Unexpected Garden

Unexpected Garden, originally uploaded by Melsky.

Near Kensington Market, a tenacious flower comes up through a crack in the sidewalk.

Green Tree and Flower Petals

Green Tree and Flower Petals, originally uploaded by Melsky.

This tree has been painted aqua green, and pale pink flowers have fallen from it after the rainstorm, sticking to the cracked sidewalk.

In Kensington Market, Toronto.

Tap Phong

Tap Phong, originally uploaded by Melsky.

Tap Phong is an amazing housewares, restaurant supply and hardware store in Toronto's Chinatown. It's very entertaining just to look around.

I wrote a food blog entry about Tap Phong.

Breakfast Grill

Breakfast Grill, originally uploaded by Melsky.

This is around Queen Street East and Parliment Street. My husband took this photo. I don't get to the East Side of Toronto very often but my husband likes to take walks there.

He ate at this restaurant after taking the photo and said the food was great and inexpensive but the place was crowded, the tables were too close together.

March Sidewalks

March Sidewalks, originally uploaded by Compley.

It's the beginning of spring, and it seems like all the snow is melting.

Last year we did not have a dramatic spring thaw like this because we didn't get a snow pack like this year. Today everything was just drip drip drip. I stayed at home most of the day though David went on two long walks.

Bike Racks

Bike Racks, originally uploaded by Melsky.

These are on Queen Street.

This city needs more bike racks. There's a lot of bicyclists in Toronto. I never realized about the shortage of racks until I had a friend who did a lot of biking and every time we would meet for lunch he would have a hard time finding a secure place to lock his bike.

Those bike racks don't get quite as much use in the winter though!

I also whacked my hand one one of them once, I was swinging my arms a bit as I walked and WHAM! They are right at the height of my hands. I also walked into one once when I was walking with a couple of friends.

I would like to ride a bike but I am too scared of cars.