House in Don Mills

A pretty normal looking house! There are plenty of suburban areas in the Greater Toronto Area. It's not all brick row houses from the 1800s!

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Snow!

Snow!, originally uploaded by mendel.

It's Green

This is the time of year when everything in Toronto seems green. All the grass, trees and plants go into overtime. I love it! Especially because in California where I'm from, this is when everything turns brown before the long hot summer.

This is a street between Little Italy and the Annex neighbourhoods. It's my favourite kind of Toronto residential street - old brick houses with big porches and nice gardens, big trees overhead and a strip of grass between the street and sidewalk.

Rain out my window

Rain out my window, originally uploaded by Melsky.

It started out hot today, then cooled off nicely before the thunderstorm. Now it's so humid and sticky, yuck.

Can we just skip to fall? I don't do so well in humid heat.

Fallen Petals

Fallen Petals, originally uploaded by Melsky.

We had a pretty big rainstorm the other night, which knocked a lot of petals off the trees.

Modern House

Modern House, originally uploaded by Melsky.

Most of the houses I see that I like in Toronto are the old fashioned ones - brick, big front porch, a couple of stories. But I was walking down a side street in Little Italy the other day and I came across this duplex. It reminds me of California, the good style of California that I liked and admired. I was surprised to see it.

But if I had my choice I'd rather live in a brick one. You rarely see brick in California because it doesn't do well in earthquakes.

Gladstone Street

Gladstone Street, originally uploaded by Melsky.

I took this on my way to the library. Gladstone Street is one of my favorite streets. Most of the houses are big traditional brick homes with nice front porches and there's a lot of trees, gardens and cats.