Today’s nature walk with Miles Hearn took place close to home at Marie Curtis Park. This is our final walk of 2018 in this series of nature walks. More walks will take place beginning in mid-January. Meanwhile I plan to do other walks on my… Read More
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Nature walk at the Bluffs
Today’s nature walk with Miles Hearn was at Scarborough Bluffs. It was a cold morning – I wore long johns and a warm coat as well as toque and mittens. As it turned out, the temperature rose a little during the walk and there was… Read More
What sort of craziness is this?
Normally, I go on nature walks on Wednesdays, but Miles Hearn’s Friday group was going to be right here in Long Branch today, at Marie Curtis Park, so even though Mother Nature planned rain, snow and maybe even freezing rain for today, I decided to… Read More
Nature Walk – Humber Bay
Today’s nature walk with Miles Hearn took place at Humber Bay. It was a cool day, and though at times the sky was threatening, there was no rain. I was unable to photograph two of the highlights of this walk – a coyote and a… Read More
Drizzly Nature Walk – Sam Smith Park
Today’s nature walk with Miles Hearn took place right in my neighbourhood, at Colonel Sam Smith Park. It was a drizzly morning but the temperature was moderate and comfortable. I didn’t bring my notebook and I restricted photography to those times when the rain… Read More
Nature Walk – Cedarvale Park
Cedarvale Park is a lovely urban park located in the St. Clair and Bathurst area, here in Toronto. I’ve been going on Miles Hearn’s nature walks since early spring and this is the first time we’ve visited this park. Much of the park is pretty… Read More
Nature Walk – Sunnybrook Park
Today’s nature walk with Miles Hearn took place at Sunnybrook Park, on some lovely trails along the West Don River. It was quite cool but no rain – a beautiful day for a walk. All through these trails there were many spindle trees (European euonymus)… Read More
Morning walk by the Humber
High Park Nature Walk
What a beautiful day for a nature walk! One of the participants told us today’s walk was 4.5 km. Sunny day – comfortable temperatures. As a bonus there were lots of birds. I was early (what else is knew) and went for a half hour… Read More
Nature walk – Lambton Woods
Today’s walk with naturalist Miles Hearn was at Lambton Woods, near the Humber River. This is a Toronto treasure. There’s lots of parking in the James Gardens parking lot and trails both along the river and through the woods. We saw and heard quite a… Read More