A Two Hour Walk

This morning I walked for two hours in my neighbourhood.  I didn’t take the dog because I was planning to go into a store.

I have to say that what I saw on my walk was so much more interesting than what I saw on street view afterwards.  Sorry, but the Milwaukee highway was boring.  By the way I am now virtually at Milwaukee Ave. and County Hwy. K in Wisconsin.

So how was the big city better?  Isn’t it a concrete jungle?  Not where I live!  I walked on quiet residential streets.  I enjoyed looking at the styles of architecture in the houses I passed by.  This is no “cookie cutter” suburban development.  These houses have been there for years but they were obviously unique from the start.  Some were beyond beautiful.  They were exquisite!  I try to imagine how they are decorated on the inside or what the layout of the rooms is.  There were Tudor style homes and ranch bungalows.  There were split level, 70-ish homes.  One of my favourites was the classic red brick with white trim, two stories (but that’s another story!)  That style always reminds me of the type of metal dollhouses that were popular when I was a little girl.

But the trees were better than the houses.  Toronto is truly a green city with lots of trees and parks and ravines.  Many of these beautiful old homes had huge trees in their yards, both evergreen and deciduous.  This fall when the colours turn I will go that way again and take some fall pictures.

Lots of trees means lots of birds and I could hear the birds singing so sweetly.

It was very warm today but I stopped at a library branch along the way and enjoyed the air conditioning and when I got to the store it was also nice and cool to refresh me for my walk back.

Looks like rain for tomorrow.  We’ll see!