Beth Janvrin

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Doctors and the AGO

Ever since I was 8 years old and in a rather nasty car accident with my parents I have been back and forth to Toronto for Doctors appointments.

Brilliant fall colours along Airport Rd. on the drive down.

Bloorview Macmillan (Dr. Rumney was the sweetest) when I was a kid, St Mike’s when I turned 18 and needed a grown up Doctor (Dr. Ouchterlony was also amazing), and then now through the Environmental Health Clinic it seems like every hospital in Downtown Toronto.

Toronto skyscrapers on a grey day

Yesterday was the Ehler’s Danlos clinic at Toronto General, which we were able to rule out. I am hypermobile (about 30% of the population), but I do not have any issues with my connective tissue which is the main identifier for EDS.

Because we were in walking distance of the Art Gallery of Ontario my sister and I wandered over for lunch and to see what we could see.

Did you know?

If you are 100 km away from the AGO you can qualify for the Long Distance Membership. This allows for 2 cardholders. For $90!

This meant that going twice would pay for the membership. I already know I’m back and forth often enough to enjoy it so it was an easy decision.

Highlights:

After Phaeton, 2013 Handcrafted glass, ionized glass, and brass fittings - Tim Whitten

The glass glows and shifts if you view it from the right perspective - like an opal catching the light.

Blue reflections, Kazuo Nakamura 1962

Rowanberries or Mountain Ash, J.E.H. MacDonald 1922

Immigrants, F.H. Varley 1922

Light and Shadow, Franklin Carmichael 1937

Georgian Bay, Summer Clouds, A.Y. Jackson 1913

Evening, Georgian Bay, A.Y. Jackson 1913

Dark Shore Reflected, Bishop's Pond, David Milne 1920

Black Waterfall, David Milne 1921

Portrait of Marie-Melanie Quesnel, 1810