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A Spring-like day

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It was beautiful outside today. The weatherman was reporting yesterday that while we were expecting warmer than normal temperatures (6 Celsius (42 F)) we were also going to have a mix of snow and rain and then finally – showers.

Well, so far that hasn’t happened. We had a little snow last night, but with the above freezing temps the little we got has melted away and most of the snow that had remained from the last snow storm is now gone too. No rain or snow so far today either.

My dog Midnight and I took advantage of the nice weather by taking and extra walk in the afternoon. It felt like Spring. I can hardly wait until it really does start to warm up!

Over the last several years my crocus’, the ones that I planted right in my front and back lawn, usually begin to come up and have their first bloom right around March 26th so I only have about a month to wait until my first outdoor flowers begin to appear. Oh I can’t wait for Spring!






Autumn in the park

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Wordless Wednesday

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A few weeks ago the park we take our dog to for hikes in the woods looked like this.

This was as nice as our fall colors got this year in Toronto.

That’s long gone of course.

We’ve had snow a few times, and the leaves have fallen off the trees. Winter is pretty much here.

I’m happy to enjoy the season – as long as I can stay warm!

Wild flowers and berries

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Last week Chris and I took our dog to one of our cities (Toronto) beautiful parks for a nice long walk outdoors.

Our dog had a ball running around in the off leash areas and uhm … rolling in mud! and we had a nice time watching her, talking to another dog owner (who’s dog played with Midnight during our hike) and simply enjoying our surroundings.

The trees are only just starting to change color here in Toronto, so I mainly focused on talking pictures of wild flowers as we walked.

I came across these flowers that I think look quite bit like my perennial Asters, but I’m really not sure what kind of flowers they are:

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They’re pretty aren’t they?

I also came across a small tree (maybe 10 feet tall?) that had these lovely black berry clusters growing among the leaves. I’ve seen this before but I cannot remember what this tree is called. Any ideas?

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The rich black berries are solid looking with a shiny outer skin. The berries are probably just a little bigger than your baby finger nail .. maybe the size of your ring fingers nail?

The clusters of berries looked very pretty in the tree among the leaves. They’re probably not edible though.

I have more pictures from our walk through Taylor creek park on Tricia’s Musings and My World if you’d like to see more flowers and some sumac’s turning red.

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