This is one of the most dramatic locations in our area:

Some birds:

Buffaloberry is a shrub which enjoys the clayish soil at the bottom of the bluffs. I see it in no other Toronto location. Buffaloberry is also know as Soapberry.

The buds are a lovely golden colour:

Other botany:

NATURE POETRY

How like a winter hath my absence been
From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year!
What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen?
What old December’s bareness every where!       – William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

Miles Hearn