Jennifer Toole
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Flowers From My Garden XVIII: Winning Dahlias
My mother-in-law is a great dahlia aficionado. She mailed me a box of dahlia tubers all the way across the country from her home on Vancouver Island in the Spring. I lovingly cared for them all Summer long, giving them daily maintenance in an effort at coaxing the glorious blooms out of the dull tubers.…
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‘Start to Finish’ – NBA
New work for NBA Tip-Off directed by Stuart McIntyre with Skin & Bones (Toronto) and (Translation) Brooklyn. We flew Paolo Banchero, Rookie of the Year, up to Toronto to show off his skills at the waterfront court. He delivered big time while drawing a crowd of onlookers impressed with his prowess. We completed a challenging…
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Flowers From My Garden XVII: ‘Strike it Rich’ Roses Strike Again
Last Summer our ‘Strike it Rich’ yellow roses won 1st Prize at the Port Hope Fair. Last Winter the Ice Storm all but killed the 2-Year-Old rosebush of five feet in height. I scraped back the bark looking for that tender light green sign of life beneath the bark and kept on finding brown. The…
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Vancouver Island Travelogue
Vancouver Island in August is Mother Nature at her most generous. Plump, juicy blackberries drip off the wild bushes everywhere you look. We picked a basket and made a pie. The penultimate decadence is a perfectly ripe fig. August on the island is fig season. We feasted. The hummingbirds get drunk on grape juice. The…
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Sephora Squad 2025
We shot this fun little gem for Sephora in July with Skin & Bones. Directed by Nikki Ross. I love playing stand-in in my downtime. 🙂
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Boater Skip Party 2025
Every year, on the first Friday of June, everyone with a boat in central Florida skips work and let’s loose on a random sandbar in the middle of the St. John’s River. How I ended up here is another story, but we sure did have a time. Here’s what I saw on 35mm. I passed…
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‘Don’t be a Gringo’ – Gran Centenario
At Cancun’s Mandela nightclub, amongst thousands of sweaty, undulating, scantily clad spring-breakers, my three best girlfriends and I discussed which tequila we should enlist as our elixir for the evening. The tall bottle with the gold and winged tequila goddess on the label was what we unanimously agreed on, namely ‘Gran Centenario.’ It was delicious…
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Ice Storm, Ontario, CA, 2025
Taking pre-orders on ice camo summer sweats in your favourite print. Email me at jennifer@jennifertoole.com.
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Flowers From My Garden XVI: Flowers as the Enlightenment of Plants
“Seeing beauty in a flower could awaken humans, however briefly, to the beauty that is an essential part of their own innermost being, their true nature. The first recognition of beauty was one of the most significant events in the evolution of human consciousness. The feelings of joy and love are intrinsically connected to that…
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