John Elmslie

I'm half of the blog Tomatoes From Canada. I live in Toronto with William Kimber.

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@AssalRad Congratulations

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I printed six fresh Rome book sheets, tonight. Here are two. Two pages for me on the left, a double page spread for Bill on the right. Feeling optimistic about this project.

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@MementoRoma I would put my favourite books on the top shelf, I guess, and the supporting books would be below. What do you

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@MementoRoma Lovely books. Such a small collection it really doesn't matter how you arrange them, does it? They are all there in one glance.

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Toronto.
"...express that sense of falling head over heels for a thing; the artist’s job is not to transpose something he’s seen but to express the impact the object made on him, on his constitution, the shock of it and the original reaction. --Matisse, The Lost Interview. 1941

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@caputmundiHeidi So nice. Takes me right back there.

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Bill and I have started printing our Rome 2026 album. Here are the first six double-paged sheets.

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Ontario produce at St Lawrence Market, Toronto

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Idea for our Rome book -- Bill fitting in with the locals.

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A glass of water on a summer day

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Remembering Roman shop fronts -- spring 2026

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Happy memories of lunches in Rome -- Augusto in Trastevere -- lentils and sausage, bread fresh from the bakery next door and a special spring-only vignarola salad (artichoke, fava beans, peas and spring onions). Contentment.

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Memories of Rome from this past spring

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@caputmundiHeidi Maybe in my top five Roman churches. I was sorry to miss getting in this past spring but will try on my next visit. Should be worth waiting for!

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Costume on the streets of Rome this past spring.

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A wild boar cools off under a nasone fountain in Saxa Rubra in the northern outskirts of Rome.

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OK. Here's a crazy set of pics auditioning for our Rome 26 book. We have the statue of Marcus Aureluis on the Capitoline Hill and the stairs leading up to the Hill.

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@caputmundiHeidi Good luck with wifi!
Nice pic.

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Another pair of photos auditioning for our Rome 26 book. The brothers are floating along the Street of the Marble Foot. The dog is a block away on the Street of the Pine. It was HOT that day.

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I saw this ad in the London Review of Books. "contract...to research and...write a book proposal examining the...conservation and ecology of ten overlooked...non-charismatic animal species, ranging from the pygmy pig of Assam to the South American bush dog." (LRB, 25 June '26).