Alongside Leighton Dillman Park

Yesterday, finally feeling safe to travel with my friend after Covid’s ravages  I jumped in her SUV and went for a ride to “The Valley”. I had hoped to get some shots of apple blossoms but perhaps another day in another spring. What happened though,  put me in awe and it was in our very own back yard. On our way home, she turned off the highway and took us through the hilly Dartmouth Streets to Park Avenue in Dartmouth a mere 25 minutes from my front door. Park Avenue runs along one side of The Commons.

The Dartmouth Commons is an approximately 120 hectares  (almost 300 acres) area of land established as a commons for Dartmouth residents in the late 18th century. In that Commons Leighton Dillman Park nestles on the hillsides. Along the Easterly perimeter Park Avenue hosts its own celebration of flowers: Cherry Trees.    Leighton Dillman was a volunteer caretaker of the park  and it is for him that the park is named. Please enjoy the cherry blossoms with me on Park Avenue Dartmouth NS and someday we will go through the park.