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
Over the past several days, there have been black-crowned night herons hanging out in Sam Smith Park. If you want to see them, head for the bridge just to the west of the yacht club and look north. You will likely see a couple people… Read More
What a beautiful, sunny and mild February day! We took The Partners for a walk down by the lake. There is a little bit of ice remaining in the yacht club basin but the ice has disappeared from open water, at least for now. George… Read More
Sometimes, when frustrated by the development gold rush in Long Branch, I have to remind myself how fortunate we are to live so close to fantastic spots like Sam Smith Park. Yesterday we took The Partners for a long walk by the lake…. There is… Read More
Here by the shores of Lake Ontario, it might be argued there are 2 seasons, not 4, defined by two weekends each year – the weekend they pull all the sailboats from the yacht club in Sam Smith Park – and the weekend they put… Read More
I took the partners for their early morning walk this morning over by the filtration plant. We were walking along the crest of the hill where the kids toboggan in winter, when I heard a car horn. I looked down where the filtration plant folks… Read More
Lots of robins out in the park early this morning. The early bird, after all, gets the worm.
I didn’t even need gloves out walking the Newfs this morning, a big change from last week’s cold. The ice has mostly melted out at the yacht club. I shot this brief video… I didn’t see the snowy owls (again) but I talked to some… Read More
Visitors to Sam Smith Park here in Toronto are being treated to a great show of monarch butterflies right now. We took a walk with the dogs a short while ago and saw butterflies anywere there were flowers. By the way, Sam Smith Park is… Read More
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