Riverdale

Before I begin, I have some sad news. The next door neighbour's Jack Russell Terriorist lunged at the ladder that the Robins were nesting on, and he killed them all, just for sport. I was there, I watched it happen right in front of me in a matter of seconds and there was nothing that I could do. It was pretty traumatic.

On a happier note, a few days later Emma spotted a nest inside of a hydro pole at the intersection of Yonge and York Mills, and so we adopted it. It won't replace my lost neighbours, but it did make me happy that this little family of birds could survive in some pretty adverse conditions, like a busy intersection. Emma is going to send me the photos she took and I'll post them later.

Deep in the heart of Riverdale, sits the newest edition of design work my company Common Ground Landscape Design completed last week. The best way to show the evolution of this job is to connect you to my flickr account and let you view it for your self. We love it, and the customer does too. It was a sweet and simple job that we finished just a day or two before the big rain storms.

Speaking of big rain storms, a few weeks back we had a massive torrential down pour, and a tree came down, not 10 feet from my house. (Thats about 2.5 meters for those of you who care about the metric system) You can see the snapped stump on the right hand side of the photo, and straight ahead, up against the wall, you can see where the Robin's nest was on the ladder.

Stay cool today. It looks like it is going to be a hot one. Drink plenty of water and wear your sunscreen!