These pictures of spring flowers were taken at Rosetta McLain Gardens in Scarborough. It is a beautiful place to people watch (especially wedding parties having their photos taken), look out over the lake, or simply look at flowers – as the bench plate attests. Now that summer is here and the temperatures are soaring, it is nice to look back on lively rather than wilted flowers.
For Doors Open Toronto in May we visited the Doris McCarthy house – Fool’s Paradise – in Scarborough. Though the house tour was interesting – she was a former art teacher who became a major Canadian artist – I was most interested in the garden atop the Scarborough Bluffs.
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I love the texture of hostas. These lovely specimens were found at Rosetta McLain Gardens in Scarborough in May. I had to lie on the ground to get them – nobody seemed to blink an eye.
My latest attempts at photographing the shapes, colours and little creatures of summer.
Shadow was “cat -napped” from the backyard on June 20, 2011.
One year later I reflect on what I’ve learned from her.
- Cats are weird, true to their reputation.
- Black cats are extra weird.
- Fletch and Shadow love each other, showing that Fletch might have been lonely.
- Cats can stress out, like when Shadow got so nervous she jumped through the screen door at the cottage.
- My cat is not a dog, even though I might treat her that way.
- She will follow me around when she wants to. Mostly she runs away from me when I approach her. This I find confusing.
- She makes me laugh when she does her little somersaults chasing after her feather toy.
- Cats are an excellent form of stress relief. Purring has an especially healing effect on the human.
- She doesn’t get enough play time.
- Breakfast better be served on time every morning! Note: cheerios are not good for cats.


Amazing carnival. I’ll remember it forever. Thanks!
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Here’s all the glitz and glamour. Remember, I’m used to photographing flowers and plants the size of my fingernail!
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Here are some photos from our first day at the cottage – spring-like weather.
The next day of March Break we went to Presqu’ile Provincial Park where there is a beach strewn with bird bones; sounds morbid but it makes for an interesting subject.