Where we live now

...is on the eastern edge of Toronto, above Highland Creek, not far from where it empties into Lake Ontario.We can get to trails that follow the creek and mostly lead through woodlands where we see deer and foxes. Also, salmon spawning in the creek. Unfortunately, we don't need to go into the woods to see raccoons. 

Looking east from Morningside Avenue where it crosses Highland Creek.
 Geometrid moth (Macaria sp.) on the path. The genus name, meaning "blessed," is also that of a daughter of Persephone and Hades, and of Deianira and Heracles.
View NE from Eesti Kodu, into the woods above Highland Creek.

Besides the proximity to green spaces, the attraction of where we're living is the architecture. We're in a complex of four connected buildings totalling 54 units on three floors that surround two courtyards. No corridors for us , as would be the case if we lived in most apartment and condo buildings.
Eesti Kodu, view of Building 2 from the NE.
Eesti Kodu, view from the south of Building 2, on the left, and Building 3-4.
Eesti Kodu, third floor balconies around the courtyard of Building 1-2.
 Eesti Kodu, north end of the Building 1-2 courtyard.
 Eesti Kodu, view looking south, the Building 1-2 courtyard.

Inside our apartment Meher is working on screening the big living room windo with plants, in order to give us some privacy without blocking out the light.
Our apartment, looking out on the patio and parking lot.
 The Cercis tree outside our apartment.
 Instant Pot and the range hood that we had installed.

On the watermelon theme, have you heard about watermelon burgers? Dissociate the fruit from its national connotations and consider the possibility that someone had a good, food-related idea.

And Meher has some more...

Life at Eesti Kodu. We have settled in fully at EK and are enjoying ourselves. As I mentioned in my first writing about EK, this building is for senior citizens, 55+ year-olds. Last year this time was a bit crazy with Adam and Steph moving into our house; John Simon had already been living there for a couple of months. We all worked together to clear our stuff out. We had planned to have a condo-warming party in the fall last year, but that did not happen, so we had one last month.

Gardening

Assembling furniture

The monster fridge

Our walks

Home

From all of us

Where we live

Garden

   

Furniture

Fridge

Walks

Postscript