Spring has definitely come

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This is from early April but I just saw it and I love the in focus foreground and the soft focus house in the background.

Night in the City IV

Night in the City IV, originally uploaded by crazzarc.

wee crocuses (croci?)

wee crocuses (croci?), originally uploaded by karin!.

Spring is starting in Toronto.

Spring on Bloor

Spring on Bloor, originally uploaded by Melsky.

Pond Bench

Pond Bench, originally uploaded by Melsky.

When I saw this from a distance I entertained thoughts of having lunch there with my feet in the water. The stagnant smell of reality stopped that thought in it's tracks.

In High Park, the northeast corner near Bloor and Parkside.

Bucolic Bench

Bucolic Bench, originally uploaded by Melsky.

This photo is not quite as bucolic in the uncropped version, seeing as I cut out the road it is sitting by.

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.

Blooming Tree

Blooming Tree, originally uploaded by Melsky.

This is from exactly one year ago today.

I'll be going back to Dufferin Grove Park today, hopefully there's still some nice flowers on the trees. We had a big rainstorm last night so I'm not that optimistic. I was just getting ready to go out and take photos when the storm suddenly came up. My husband had gone out on a walk a little earlier when the sky was very clear and it seemed like the perfect balmy spring day and within an hour it was pouring and lightening and thunder.

Today it's cool with a light rain, could be good walking weather! Lets hope.

High Park Trees

High Park Trees, originally uploaded by Melsky.

Sometimes High Park feels like being off in the wilderness, then you look up and there's a building on the horizon sticking up like a tombstone.

serene spring

serene spring, originally uploaded by jgrantmac.

This is in High Park. Not by me! It reminds me of the kind of photos in those old Photo Ideals books my grandmother used to collect - very sentimental.

Early Spring in Toronto

Early Spring in Toronto, originally uploaded by Melsky.

Manipulated photo.

Rainy Sunday

Rainy Spring Sunday, originally uploaded by Melsky.

Spring is here, and we are getting rain. This is the corner of Brock Avenue and Dundas Street, taken from the car. The distortion is from water drops on the car window.

Ah, to be in Toronto now that spring is there

Ah, to be in Toronto now that spring is there, originally uploaded by Melsky.

Huge, icky piles of filthy partially melted snow adorn the Dufferin Mall parking lot. Even the part of it that mostly looks like mud is snow.

Since the weather has been pretty warm and it's raining today, all that is probably gone by now.

On the other side of the parking lot is The Beer Store, a store that only sells beer from Ontario. It's run by the brewers of the beer. In Ontario, you can only buy alcohol from he LCBO (Liquor License Board of Ontario) which is the government store, or from the producer of the alcohol like at a winery or at one of The Beer Stores or The Wine Stores.

You can also see Penningtons, the large size store for women.

It's spring!

It's spring!, originally uploaded by Melsky.

The first spring flowers I've seen this season. I saw robins today too, but they were very shy and didn't want to be photographed.

The it's nice to be able to walk around without boots and sweaters on.

Linux Caffe

Linux Caffe, originally uploaded by Melsky.

I've been curious about this place, but I haven't been there yet. I'm getting to the point where I'm ready to try Linux again, maybe I've gotten smarter or it's gotten easier.

Streetcar Turns Onto Ossington

Streetcar Turns Onto Ossington, originally uploaded by Melsky.

They have re-routed the Dundas streetcar onto College Street. Here it is turning onto Ossington. It always seems odd to see a streetcar turning in the wrong spot.

No Parking

No Parking, originally uploaded by ~EvidencE~.

Amazing!

Spring Flowers

Spring Flowers, originally uploaded by Melsky.

So far the spring flowers are only in the shops. I took this on Saturday the 17th, a sunny day but it had snowed the night before and I was standing in slush. And as I write this on Monday morning, I'm watching snow swirling outside my window.

St. Patrick's Day on College Street

St. Patrick's Day on College Street, originally uploaded by Melsky.

The calm before the storm - this is 7:00 in the evening, looking into the bar Ted's Garage. You can see all the empty tables with green glitter hats on them, waiting silently for the crowd to arrive.

In the reflection of the window you can see College Street, including my husband's favourite CD store, Soundscapes.

Spring Thaw

Spring Thaw, originally uploaded by orbz.

Here comes spring! Except they said it might snow tomorrow. But spring snowstorms are usually very wet snow that melts quickly. i've already seen some tiny green things coming up from the ground.

Even though I like cold, winter and snow much more than most people, I still am excited by Spring.