Island Girl is a potcake
from the Bahamas. This
was my first summer
with her. She was about
three at the time
Being essentially a flat strip of land bounded by trees and fences, the beltline is confining for a dog of Island Girl’s energy and passions and, as well, provides only ditches and puddles for her to cool off in. So, we nearly always, these days, catch a Yonge bus north to Muir Park, then follow the paths that follow Burke Brook through Blythewood Ravine and Sherwood Park.
squirrel patrol 2008
These shots were taken in Kay Gardner Beltline Park. Once a rail line, this 4.5-kilometer strip of parkland twists westward from Mount Pleasant Road to the Allen Expressway. Because Island Girl lives nearby, she is often taken there, so knows a good stretch of it like the back of her paw. Squirrels are on high alert when she’s in the vicinity.
