I really wanted to shoot this definition of dereliction, since this is why Toronto is where it is today:
The gradual receding of water, leaving more land than was there previously.
but I haven't been out of the office while there was daylight!
So, instead, I have a shot that also works for John Ireland's "Fall Family Foliage of Tree-mendous October"
(The owner of this house is a youngish computer warrior, who has decided he doesn't need to grow up just yet...
If he didn't help the neighbors so much with their computers, and have such great cats ... hmmm... )
More 'dereliction' can be found here