Toronto’s many hiking trails are sometimes interrupted by side street detours. For those of us looking to decompress in natural surroundings, we need to engage our observation skills along these side street excursions. There is beauty and innovation to be found everywhere..
A recent example is from this past weekend’s walk through parts of Taylor Creek Park, Glen Stewart Ravine, the Beaches boardwalk and Kew Gardens. It was easy to find the beauty and inspiration in these natural surroundings. However, getting to these greenspaces required detours along quiet side streets and busy main roadways. It’s here that our observation skills were rewarded with colourful and unique creations, both natural and manmade.
Images from this walk are included here. I hope they engage your imagination and motivate you to observe the beauty and ingenuity in your local neighbourhoods.
Hobbit House - sold over asking!
Beautiful sunflower mosaic on the porch of this house, steps from one of the subway stations.
Eclectic mix of garden items. It certainly is a conversation piece for pedestrian traffic.
This ordinary walkway is now a temporary piece of art.
Spring flowers popping up in a local garden is a welcome sight.
Heading back into one of our greenspace hiking routes in between these unique urban detours.