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Sunday, 26 December 2010, I was invited by my good friends Ann and Rimmer at their home in Clarkson, a Toronto suburb. They have a beautiful garden which is often visited by wildlife, from the magnificent cardinals and bluejays over the ubiquitous raccoons and squirrels to the cutest chipmunks and deer.
Over the years, they have [...]

This morning, people in Toronto experienced a rare event: a total lunar eclipse on the same day as the winter solstice. Only once before has this happened in the past two thousand years, on 21 December 1638.

The traditional yearly Christmas Flower Show at Allan Gardens which started last week on Sunday, 5 December 2010, has a darker side. Literally. Welcome to the evening openings of the show.

When Kim Tinkham wrote to Oprah that she was going to heal herself after she was diagnosed with breast cancer, Oprah invited her to the show. She died yesterday, of a cancer she once thought was no longer there.
Two days before her fiftieth birthday, in February 2007, Kim Tinkham was diagnosed with stage three breast [...]

Every year during the Christmas Season, the historical greenhouses of Toronto’s Allan Gardens host a Christmas-themed flower show. This year’s show started on Sunday, 5 December 2010.