See the Pretty Flowers

My friend Sally and I recently went for a walk in the gardens of Spadina House. It was a beautiful summer day and the garden was in full splendour.

The gardens are maintained almost entirely by volunteers. 

The design is traditional kitchen garden. Thus there are vegetables planted in alternating rows, with the flowers - all just a few steps from the kitchen back door for easy picking. The aroma of these ripe cabbages in the sun was fantastic. Later, we saw a goldfinch feasting on insects in the patch.

This, Sally tells me, is a zinnia. Those beetles you see were everywhere.

Sally on a leisurely stroll.

This is the view from the top of the huge staircase that travels up Spadina Hill. Brilliant.