More Winter Wonderland Etc Etc

A few blocks north of our apartment, up near Lawrence, one finds Alexander Muir Memorial Gardens. As you can see, they're quite lovely under a fresh blanket of snow (this photo was taken about a month ago, but the snowfall that day was about the same as what we got over the past two days).

"Who is Alexander Muir?", you ask. He was responsible (some might say "to blame") for penning that pleasant little dittie, The Maple Leaf Forever.

I always hated that song. It's so "English Canada". So Ontario-centric. Also, they used to (maybe the still do, I don't know) play it at Toronto Maple Leaf hockey games (as a native Montrealer, I despise the Leafs [sic] almost as much as I revere the Montreal Canadiens).

Anyway, Alex' park is lovely in the snow. Come to think of it, it's lovely in the summer, too.

But I still hate his song.

This next shot was taken from almost exactly the same location. I merely swung south about 90 degrees.
Alexander Muir park can be seen to the left, and what appears to be a "spooky old mansion" is in reality a rather derelict old apartment building on Yonge Street. Hard to believe that this scene was found in the midst of mid-town Toronto - it looks so rural!