Here’s a #tbt! That’s my dad and my grandmother. I would guess it’s about 1923 and somewhere in Saskatchewan.

Victorian Fountain at #AllanGardens in 189?
#tbt (via @FOAllanGardens @TorontoArchives) (at Allan Gardens Park and Conservatory)

#TBT to the Palm House at #AllanGardens 105 years ago. Source: City of Toronto Archives - Fonds 1231, Item 541 (via @FOAllanGardens)

#TBT to @Torontounion in 1930.
Look at those steam engines! 🚂l (via @MyTOFD)

Happy #BurnsNight! In 1902, the Burns Literary Society of Toronto presented the City with a life-size statue of Scottish poet Robert Burns, which still stands at the east end of #AllanGardens to this day. #tbt Image: Toronto Public Library Archives (via @FOAllanGardens) (at Allan Gardens Park and Conservatory)

#AllanGardens under a fresh dusting of snow, circa 1993 or 1994. Photo: City of Toronto Archives (Fonds 200, Series 1465, File 394, Item 5) #tbt (via @FOAllanGardens)

#TBT to November 24, 1913. Horticultural Ave. (not yet named) served the greenhouses, boiler house, offices and horse stables beyond. Photo: City of Toronto Archives (Fonds 200, Series 372, Subseries 52, Item 232) #allangardens (via @FOAllanGardens)

#TBT to the Palm House & Austin Floyd’s “Cascading Fountains” at #AllanGardens in the 1980′s. The fountains were removed in 1995 & replaced by pergola designed by landscape architect Robert Duguid. Photo: City of Toronto Archives (via @FOAllanGardens)

So, in going through some keepsakes, I found my dad’s binoculars. The address, written in my dad’s hand, says “A. L. Day, YMCA, Salisbury Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong.” I think he went in 1963. Shortly after this, he would have moved into the boarding house where he met the cute young nurse who lived downstairs, my mom. #tbt #hongkong

Left to Right: Aunt Dorothy, Uncle Doug, Grandmother Charlotte, Dad Alfred, Grandfather David, Aunt Thora, circa 1927. My Grandmother was deaf. Apparently, when she was young, the boys would tease her, saying, “Lottee Lee, come sit by me!” Devastating at the time, I’m sure! #tbt

My dad and my grandfather fishing (apparently rather successfully), c. 1927. (I looked practically identical to my father when we were each aged 13.) #tbt

This shot from 1928 makes Sunnyside Pavilion look like Southern Spain.
#TBT (via @myseumTO)