Our plan for today's walk was to visit Montgomery Inn and use a free Toronto Public Library pass for admission. Then walk the area looking for Little Libraries. There were 2 little libraries in the area that we had on our map. We ended up finding only those two libraries. Nice area for a walk with some very upscale housing. We also wandered into a Tim Hortons commercial shoot set-up.
We got to Montgomery at 1130am, but the museum didn't open until 1pm. The staff let us leave the car in the parking lot, then off we went to explore the area.
First stop....coffee. We walked to a great French bakery/bistro on Dundas, Ma Maison.
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| 4243 Dundas St W, Etobicoke Between The Kingsway and Prince Edward Drive |
Plenty of seating when we got there. Just as we sat down people started to pour in and filled the rest of the tables.
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| A very tempting selection of desserts. |
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| Paris-style decor |
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| Hot cross bun, apple tart, cocoa and cafe creme |
After our coffee break we headed south towards Bloor and walked through the Lambton Mills/Kingsway residential area. The first Little Library was on King Georges Road.
Then continued our walk along King Georges Road when we stumbled upon white polyester batting covering some grass. Then we noticed power cords on the sidewalk. Further up 2 police officers in bright green. Trailers, giant fans, ladders, lighting. Cool, a movie shoot.WS-S asked the guys working on set design on one of the house's driveway what the shoot was for. It's going to be a Tim Hortons commercial and they were shooting both winter and spring scenes.
Continued on our way to another Little Library south of Bloor. Along the way we saw this budding garden with a cute way of accentuating the toronto water hydrant on their property. They put a schnauzer statue next to it. We also noticed the special rock near the front stairs. The garden on Cliveden Avenue was the 2013 Environmental Alternative Garden winner. WS-S was also a EAG winner.
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| Cute dog statue by the hydrant. The special rock by the steps indicates the garden was a 2013 winner |
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| Peace wreath in the window |
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| A cute purple doll house little library on Orchard and Thompson, between Mimico Creek and Royal York |
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| On our way back to Montgomery Inn, we spotted this curious little monkey in a tree |
We made it back to Montgomery Inn at 230pm.
This was a 3rd visit. It seems we visit about every decade.
First time was for a tea service at the Inn before WS-S's wedding.
The second time, about 15 years ago was for a pioneer cooking class. It was fun visiting the kitchen we cooked in, and the old bar room we ate in. Here's a good photo of the hearth that our meal was cooked in (not my photo, it's from the Toronto Public Library):
Here's my photo:
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| They removed the old pine table to preserve it and replaced it with this new-fangled table |
And here are my photos of the bar room:
All-in-all an excellent walking day, even though we found only 2 little libraries.
After Montgomery Inn we went grocery shopping. Then I remembered to snap photos of our daily steps. 17,000 (about 12,000 before shopping):
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