castles, Toronto and Spring – oh my!

After all my moaning about Snow Madness this past winter, I am happy to report that spring seems finally to have arrived in Toronto!

Of course, the weeds were the first greenery to make themselves known, even pushing through concrete:

And until very recently, the cold finger of Winter was still more evident in the forest than the lovely leaves of Spring…

…but finally the spring greenery is emerging more clearly!

Now, because this is a part of Canada in which spring takes a while to appear, some flowers are slower to emerge than others.

But these budding tulips make me happy – they make me think of dancing arabesque ladies of the mystical East.

And funnily enough, just down the street there are fully-fledged tulips!

In fact, the road to the Castle is strewn with flowers.

There are also lots of other lovely spring colours there:

… as well as another sign that Winter is ever so slowly giving way to Spring:

The colours are overwhelming at this time of year after all that grey bleakness.

But don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining! (for once in my life, anyway).

I don’t even care that it is grey and damp outside when I see lovely blooms all around!

And even lovely cherry trees!

So, today I’m very happy. To top it off, it is that all-hallowed of holidays, PayDay. So, doubtless there will be more photos of Nature’s lovely colours as depicted through yarn on display here tomorrow.

Happy Wednesday!

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3 thoughts on “castles, Toronto and Spring – oh my!”

clarabelle says:

30 April 2008 at 9:01 am

Very pretty photos! Really cheers you up when spring arrives and the temperature warms up, doesn’t it – makes you feel like DOING something other than knitting like a lunatic to keep warm and pelting rotten tomatoes at the TV screen.

Amy says:

30 April 2008 at 9:18 am