Volume 1, Edition 12
‘Toronto Tuesday‘ is a weekly photo feature about random stuff (landmarks, people, culture, seasons, etc.) in the city.
Spring Flowers!
I made a quick half-day trip to Niagara Falls, USA on Sunday. And what did I see? Dandelions!
Green grass! Yellow flowers! Yay, spring!
Dandelions are indicators of the arrival of spring – in most parts of the world. The grass along sidewalks gets covered with this flowering weed during early spring. After pollination and flowering is finished, the flowers dry. This stage of the flower’s death is also the beginning of new life (I’ll have pictures in some weeks). No wonder, many religions see death as the beginning of life.
The flower is called कनफुल (Kanphool) in Marathi and कुकरौंधा (Kukaraundha) in Hindi. It is used in Ayurveda (traditional Indian herbal medicine) as a detoxifier. When I was trekking in Himalayas in 2006, I was starting to show signs of high altitude sickness – I ate very little and I hadn’t visited the loo for 3 days now! A villager gave me some tea brewed from stem and roots of Dandelion. Since everything tasted awful at that time anyway, I didn’t complain. Soon, I was back in action. 
Dandelion, smile!
The grass is greener on the other side. 
I saw a couple of random flowers in Toronto, but the city is definitely few days away from a full bloom. Niagara Falls on the other hand was already covered in a carpet of green and yellow. I was so happy to see that.
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Volume 1, Edition 6
‘Toronto Tuesday‘ is a weekly photo feature about random stuff (landmarks, people, culture, seasons, etc.) in my city.
On Sunday, the clocks here sprang ahead by 1 hour into DST (Daylight Savings Time). Spring is coming, and if the changing clock wasn’t an indication enough, I spotted this little old maple leaf stuck to the snow, reminding us of the green old days!
Maple leaf on snow
IST is now 9.5 hours ahead of EST. So what I missed an hour of sleep due to changing clock? I’m happy, spring is close!
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Volume 1, Edition 5
‘Toronto Tuesday’ is a weekly photo feature about random stuff (landmarks, people, culture, seasons, etc.) in my city.
Where’s my bike?
Student bikes at University residence. I always keep mine in my room!
There was lot of snow earlier but last few days it has been bright and sunny between -20 deg and -30 deg without snow.
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Volume 1, Edition 2
‘Toronto Tuesday’ is a weekly photo feature about random stuff (landmarks, people, culture, seasons, etc.) in my city.
We had a welcome respite from the freezing temperatures last weekend and the Lake Ontario looked charming.
Ducks and Geese in semi frozen lake
Lakeshore
Chunks of broken ice floating on the water. I wish I could hop and jump over them like they show in cartoons!
The sky was blue, water was blue and floating chunks of ice looked beautiful. It is interesting to see how naturally formed ice breaks along a straight line. This week is going to be rainy and gloomy, which will make picture taking more interesting!
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