{"id":15808,"date":"2013-12-20T10:48:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T15:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kitka.ca\/?p=15808"},"modified":"2013-12-20T10:48:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T15:48:00","slug":"snow-in-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kitka.ca\/?p=15808","title":{"rendered":"Snow in Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"snow_toronto-7\" src=\"https:\/\/kitka.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/snow_toronto-7.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve had an incredible amount of snowfall during the first few days of the week, but of course if you&#8217;re in Toronto today you can appreciate the irony of this blog post since it is raining. We can all agree that any city is much more beautiful with a sprinkling of snow so despite all the inconveniences it causes I would take the snow over the slushy winter rain any day.<\/p>\n<p>During this snowfall, there were some really nice moments in our little courtyard. First being the snow falling on the delicate bamboo leaves, which remain a strong green colour.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"snow_toronto-9\" src=\"https:\/\/kitka.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/snow_toronto-9.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are so many paintings with snow on bamboo, it&#8217;s just cool to see it in real life.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"snow_toronto-10\" src=\"https:\/\/kitka.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/snow_toronto-10.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"1050\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Also on our bonsai.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"snow_toronto-8\" src=\"https:\/\/kitka.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/snow_toronto-8.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"1050\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-15810\" alt=\"snow_toronto-2\" src=\"https:\/\/kitka.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/snow_toronto-2.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kitka.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/snow_toronto-2.jpg 700w, https:\/\/kitka.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/snow_toronto-2-200x133.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The snow creeping up onto the window sill.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-15811\" alt=\"snow_toronto-3\" src=\"https:\/\/kitka.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/snow_toronto-3.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kitka.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/snow_toronto-3.jpg 700w, https:\/\/kitka.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/snow_toronto-3-200x133.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kazumi Tsuji&#8217;s &#8220;Snow&#8221; bowl looking very appropriate.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-15812\" alt=\"snow_toronto-4\" src=\"https:\/\/kitka.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/snow_toronto-4.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kitka.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/snow_toronto-4.jpg 700w, https:\/\/kitka.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/snow_toronto-4-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Elodie&#8217;s first real snow experience.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-15813\" alt=\"snow_toronto-5\" src=\"https:\/\/kitka.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/snow_toronto-5.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kitka.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/snow_toronto-5.jpg 700w, https:\/\/kitka.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/snow_toronto-5-200x133.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-15814\" alt=\"snow_toronto-6\" src=\"https:\/\/kitka.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/snow_toronto-6.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kitka.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/snow_toronto-6.jpg 700w, https:\/\/kitka.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/snow_toronto-6-200x133.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"snow_toronto-1\" src=\"https:\/\/kitka.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/snow_toronto-1.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our view outside our bedroom to the parking lot behind, luckily with some bamboo making a small privacy screen. If you close the window just right, all you see is bamboo. Very Japanese.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve had an incredible amount of snowfall during the first few days of the week, but of course if you&#8217;re in Toronto today you can appreciate the irony of this blog post since it is raining. 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