Pre cherry blossom in High Park, Toronto

April 21st 2018...lovely spring day, with sunshine and increasing temperatures. Went out for the first time this year to enjoy the lovely spring weather. Drove to High Park, hoping to see the Cherry Blossoms, which are there only for a week and then disappear. But we were too early and the tress were bald! Not a single pink cherry blossom! But we did enjoy a lovely walk in the Lovely High Park along with hundreds of others who had turned up here to enjoy the lovely day.  

 Thought this tree trunk above looks like abstract art

 Redwinged Blackbird in a tree in High Park

 A visitor to the park reading near Grenadier Pond. 

Mallards and swans at Grenadier pond.

We then went to the Junction and enjoyed window shopping at the cool shabby-chic shops around on Dundas West.  Dinner at High Park Spicy House and back home, driving through the busy and lively Bloor street. 
Overall,  a lovely afternoon after months of the depressing winter blues!

I love the junction area. A couple of nice used book stores, antique stores, lots of eateries and drinking spots. Sadly one of the book shops is shutting down...damn gentrification!
I love the ambience at The Junction. The shops are not 'richly' decorated but each shops seems to have a unique style of decor...not the tacky indifferent decor I have come to expect when I visit shops in the East end of Toronto where I live. 

Visitors to Toronto should spend a couple of hours or an hour in this area..they would love the ambience. The junction does not have  the touristy vibe of downtown Toronto...it's a slower, more mature ambience. One should get it before the damn gentrification kills this all.

Below are some wall art around the junction area. 

I liked these houses in the Junction...they must be worth a fortune despite the understated looks