Lark In The Park

On a warm Saturday, I spent most of the afternoon at two parks in Toronto. Early on, I was in the West End at Dufferin Grove park. It was the first outdoors meeting in 2012 for Circus In The Park, a loose group of circus and yoga enthusiasts. Aerial silks, trapeze, and rings were hung from trees for everyone to enjoy. There was also acroyoga for bendy people. Like always, you get to play for a bit and then the kids in the park come running.

Noticing a young couple setting up a slack-line in another part of the park, we invited them to join us. It was a fun way to spend a few hours, though I was a bit envious of the slack-line dude; must be nice to sit and drink beer with a slender, pixie-haired French girl who laughs at your jokes and tells you in a merry Gallic accent that you are so funny.

Then it was onto the subway over to the East End  for a birthday celebration at Withrow Park. A friend was celebrating a double birthday: hers and her 1-year-old. There was lots of pizza to go around and some tasty home-made mini cupcakes. I enjoyed the chocolate ganache the most out of the 3 flavours. There were babies and toddlers galore, all within a few months of each other: pregnancy must be contagious. Looking around, I can't help but observed that the gathering would give right-wing conservatives nightmares. Couples came in all possible combination of ethnicity, orientation, and gender.

As the afternoon drew to a close, I headed home and spent the evening recovering. You know you're old when you're tired from eating.