Tag Archives: in the neighbourhood
New Flower (May 6, 2018) – White Daffodils
WPC – The ‘Unlikely’ Return
….after yesterday’s windstorm it was very unlikely that today life would return as a normal spring day so quickly
The forecast was for more wind but not as severe as yesterday but with all the damage that the storm did I thought it would take a few days for things to return to normal. Even though today is a Saturday, people are already having repairs done to their roofs, the streets have been cleared of debris and tree branches and entire trees and couples and families are out walking and enjoying the sun. You can see from the photos that the water is still pretty choppy but it’s not keeping people from sitting at the shore to take in some rays or for some brave souls (or foolhardy) to get into their boats today.
I know that the damage that you see here may not seem like much, especially if you compare it to the damage that a hurricane or tornado can do but two people did die during this storm from falling trees and 100 000 people were without power.
New Flower (May 5, 2018) – Magnolia Bud
New Flower (May 1, 2018) – Purple Hyacinth
Roda’s Critter Connection – April 30, 2018
…..thanks to Roda for the hosting the Critter Connection
The swans today were very friendly and came right up to the edge of the beach. Of course when there’s food involved it’s not hard to entice them. I just wish that people gave more thought to what they feed the birds and more importantly teach their children that certain foods, like potato chips, can make birds sick. No kidding….when I got closer I saw what I thought was bread was actually potato chips.
Also these children were pretty young and they were very close to these big birds. I wonder if the parents know how nasty swans can get.



Silent Sunday – April 29, 2018
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Birds by the Lake
….most stay all year
Even though many birds migrate south in the fall, here in Toronto many of these migrating birds stay here all winter long. Now that the weather is starting to warm up and the sun has reappeared (although today is grey and raining) the swans, Canada geese and gulls happily go about their day and don’t seem to mind the close proximity of people, in fact some love the extra attention.
Cee’s Odd Ball Photo – April 22, 2018
….thanks Cee for hosting the Odd Ball Photo Challenge
I’m a little late this week and I could have saved these shots for tomorrow but I’m hoping I’ll have new ones by then.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Busy
…thanks to Cee for hosting the Fun Foto Challenge

































