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Our first Toronto home. . .

October 18, 2009arrival, TorontoBalsam Avenue, Beech, our homeGina

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We have the ground floor of this hundred year old cottage that sits just 50 yards or so from the Beach (Lake Ontario’s shore). (It’s 14 Balsam Avenue, not 12!)

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