Getting used to this “social distancing” thing but not the “stay at home” part. A walk in the park seemed like a good way to mix the two – get a little exercise without running into too many people.
below: Keeping his distance
It’s close to March 21st and the beginning of spring. Actually this blog post started to take form after I parked my car and wandered aimlessly a few yards. I was standing on a path in a ravine wondering which way to go… but why was I here? I heard a bird, and then I heard another.
below: A robin snacking on sumach
below: A female downy woodpecker
below: A little chickadee
below: It’s not a bird nor is it a sign of spring, but it sat still enough to let me get my camera focused through the branches.
below: The red dogwood branches have started to become more vibrant.
below: Pussy willows have opened up their fuzzy white buds. A definite indicator of spring.
below: There weren’t many tree buds but this tree (and others of its type) were an exception.
below: There was a train too! A different kind of sign of life.
Spring, and a walk in the park. Sometimes it’s just the little things…. including someone to share your space.
below: Reflections in the Wilket Creek
as I walk Toronto 
I always loved the moment when those dogwood suddenly turned so vividly red, sure sign of spring – also that first time, driving up/down the DVP, that all those naked deciduous tree branches have turned fuzzy, because they are just beginning to leaf out…
My opinion exactly! The red is wonderful. Love to see it exploding out of the grey and dull browns of winter!
We have more over-winter healthy green here than in Toronto (where evergreen looks pretty battered by Feb)… but part of me misses the sharper contrasts of the Toronto climate.