We feel so lucky to have Tooting Common on our doorstep and we’re certainly not alone in feeling this way, judging by the huge number of posts that regularly appear on Instagram from local users out and about enjoying the green, open spaces!

 

Morning 🐶👣😍

A post shared by Rebecca Snape (@rsnape111) on Feb 15, 2018 at 11:38pm PST

 

Can't wait for spring and trips to the common to stalk all the doggos 🤗. . #tooting #tootingbec #tootingcommon #nature #landscape #landscapelover #trees #winter #sun #blueskies

A post shared by Meg (@meganrosepic) on Feb 16, 2018 at 5:07am PST

 

I love these little birds #robin #redrobin #robinredbreast #lucky #birdsofinstagram #robinsofinstagram #tooting #tootingcommon #southlondon

A post shared by misshelena23 (@misshelena23) on Feb 19, 2018 at 5:39am PST

 

Super early walk to work with mama! First long walk in two weeks! It was bliss! #shihtzu #shihtzuofinstagram #shihtzulove #earlymorningwalkies #walkies #riseandshine #tooting #common #tootingcommon #dailydog #doglife #dailydogpic #citydog #citylife

A post shared by Coco-Puppykins (@coco_puppykins) on Feb 14, 2018 at 1:22am PST

 

CRICKET All newly carpeted & ready for the cricket season on #TootingCommon 💚 Does anyone know when it officially begins?

A post shared by Tooting Daily PRSS (@tootingdailyprss) on Feb 21, 2018 at 1:58am PST

 

I'm soooooo HAPPY to be with you, FOR DOGS'SAKE crew....Charlie thought!! #fds #cockapoo #happy #reallyhappy #happypuppy #happydog #friday #weeked #dogwalking #tooting #tootingcommon #tootingbroadway #sw #wimbledoncommon #wimbledon #park #positive #dogsitter #dogtrainer #london #southlondon #londonlife #londoners

A post shared by For Dogs' Sake (@fordogs_sake) on Feb 16, 2018 at 9:20am PST

 

Tooting Common Lake 🐾🌿🐿

A post shared by Dave (@picturemoggs) on Feb 17, 2018 at 5:39am PST

 

Finally some sun to get me out and doing things 🌞 #tooting #nature #springiscoming

A post shared by Andy Furniss (@andyfurniss4) on Feb 17, 2018 at 7:08am PST

 

Sunrise at Tooting Common Lake 🌤🦆⏰

A post shared by Dave (@picturemoggs) on Feb 18, 2018 at 1:13am PST

 

#spring #springishere #springiscoming #tooting #tootingcommon #southlondon #london #springtime

A post shared by Gavin O'Reilly (@powers_that_be) on Feb 18, 2018 at 10:10am PST

 

Beautiful afternoon on #Tooting Common! Spring definitely in the air...

A post shared by Tooting Daily PRSS (@tootingdailyprss) on Feb 16, 2018 at 7:30am PST

 

• Love and ashes • It’s Valentine’s Day and I’ve got David Bowie stuck in my head - ashes to ashes - because this year the festival of love is also the first day of Lent. It seems a little contradictory to be confronting your own mortality with ashes and simultaneously celebrating the supremacy of love. The Ash Wednesday words - ‘for we brought nothing into the world, so that we can take nothing out of it,’ seem a little out of place in their truthfulness. Yet, if our time is short, what is the definition of a life well lived? It is not, as John Paul Getty might have said, vast and endless wealth. It is not receiving the praise and approval of people who you work with. It isn’t measured in good dinners eaten or fine wines drunk. All of this, ultimately, is hollow if there’s no love. No one to spend the money on, no one to be sad at your passing, no heart in the conversation over the table. It is almost trite to say: a life well lived is a life filled up with and poured out in love. Ashes return to ashes and dust to dust but these three remain: faith, hope, and love, and the greatest of these is love. • • • • • • • • • • #love #valentines #thiscommonyear #london #tooting #balham #aseasonalyear #winterstories #thequietwinter #anatural_midwinter #thewildnesstonic #stayandwander #gowildlyandslow #allthingsbotanical #botanicalpickmeup #inspiredbynature_ #ataleofseasons #seasonspoetry #awhisperedbeauty #embracingtheseasons #intentionalseasons

A post shared by This Common Year (@thiscommonyear) on Feb 14, 2018 at 2:32am PST