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On the boardwalk

February 23, 2008 by Tricia

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This weeks theme is Wooden

I took this photo of the Boardwalk at the beach in Toronto last August. It was an overcast August day. Well, if I remember correctly it was more than overcast. It rained most of the day. Still we had relatives in town and they wanted to meet some of our other friends at the Beach Club so off we went.

We ended up sitting outside on the patio drinking beer as the rain fell upon us. We were under umbrellas but as you know when it rains out the water drips off the edges of the umbrella and I ended up sitting in one of the drippy areas! It was still a fun day.

So this is Toronto’s boardwalk. It’s wooden. I’m certain with our weather they must have to replace several of the boards each year. It must cost the city quite a bit of money but it’s such a lovely area and so well loved by city residents and tourists alike that I’m sure we’ll have the boardwalk for a long time to come.

I’m not sure how long the boardwalk is, but it’s got to be at least 3 miles long if not more.

Probably from Spring onward, once the weather gets nice, we’ll be talking our puppy down to the beach and the boardwalk every weekend. I’m sure she’ll love to swim in the water and walk along the beach.

Going to the In-Laws this weekend

February 22, 2008 by Tricia

I think we’re supposed to get together with the in laws this weekend.

It’s my husbands oldest sisters birthday and I’m pretty sure we’re supposed to go to my parent in laws for a dinner.

Of course we’ll bring the puppy along with us. I suppose if we were only going for a few hours she could stay at home, but we’ve got to go out of town to see the relatives so we’re bound to be away from home for several hours.

I can’t leave my little girl at home now can I?

In fact, since we’ve been having so many crazy snow storms lately there’s always the chance that our day trip could turn into an overnight trip. There’s a section of our trip that’s really dangerous to drive through when it’s snowing hard or just when the weathers bad in general. We’ve been caught in that area in bad fog, blowing snow and wind storms and it’s pretty scary.

I guess if we are going to the in laws I’ll pack up all of our travel gear just in case it ends up being an overnight stay. That means bringing extra food for the puppy too!

If I actually liked going to my in laws it wouldn’t be quite so bad ….

My arbor rose

February 17, 2008 by Tricia

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This rose is Breath of Life. It’s a climbing rose. It’s actually the first rose that I picked out for my garden and I gave it a prominent place right at the entrance to the back garden. It’s attached to a rounded bamboo arbor and as it grows each summer I attach some of the large branches to the arbor so that the rose hugs one side and at least half the top of the trellis.

I also grow a large blue/purple clematis. It climbs up the rose and grows over the arbor. On the other side I grow honeysuckle in a large planter so the arbor is completely covered by the three plants.

Together all three plants make quite a lovely and dramatic entrance to the garden.

Do you have a special plant that you grow near the entrance to your garden?

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Dutchman’s Breeches

February 10, 2008 by Tricia

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Enough with the winter pictures of snow and worrying about where we’ll put it if we get another big snow storm anytime soon. Time for dreams of spring and early summer I say!

These lovely flowers are formally known as Dicentra spectabilis and more commonly as Bleeding Hearts. With Valentines coming up I hope that no one has a bleeding heart. Sorry … bad joke.

Another name that some might know this late spring / early summer blooming flower by is Dutchman’s Breeches. Perhaps they do look like old fashioned breeches but to me they kind of look like a little girl with pig tails. What do you think?

I know I’ve got several months to go before I’ll see these lovely flowers so I’ll have to be satisfied with looking at photos of them for now.

When can I stop shoveling?

February 9, 2008 by Tricia

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This weeks theme is Heavy

We’ve had a few snow storms here in Toronto in the last week or two and I’ve been out shoveling the heavy snow! I guess it’s good exercise but it’s awful hard work when the snow is packed and heavy. My back ached each time.

Look how high the snow is on my tiny front lawn:

It’s almost as high as our car!

We’re supposed to get more snow over the weekend and next week. I don’t know where we’ll put it! The snow was blowing so hard the other night that you could barely see the led tail lights of the few cars trying to drive on the streets!

Please visit two of my other blogs that are participating in the Photo Hunt – We’ve had a lot of snow this week here in Toronto and if you want to see some snow damage in my garden take a look at As the Garden grows, then if you want to see what my puppy finds heavy over at Tricia’s Musings.