Photo Post!

It is pouring outside now . . . .but this morning it looked like this as I walked to the library:



Comfortingly foggy. I made it to the library and back before the rain started and spent a quiet day reading (granted it is still the middle of the day . . . but I plan to continue to read).

On a brighter note I leave you with this red leaf photo from my favorite money sink store here:

Biking Adventure!

So last week I tried to post about my most recent biking adventure - but then Blue tooth wasn't sending all the photos to my computer to upload, and then dreamwidth lost the draft of the post. So I let it go a week, but now i'm trying again.

The trip actually started as a plan to bike to victoria park in Kitchener - which on the map looks much like the park next to my apartment in form and function. I was just going to head south on roads parallel to the main drag following the bike lanes until I spied this to the right of the road:



This of course reminded me of a certain venue in Noho - so I had to follow it. I briefly looked at the map seeing it glanced Victoria Park and went on my way . . . . not realizing this would be the last map I would see.

The bike trail itself is quite wooded and closely follows a concrete lined stream for part of the way (which of course reminded me of LA - this trip was pretty much a flood of memories):



The trail is also lined with all sorts of relics from the railroad and industrial past of the area (even as it went through the new industrial area at the end) which made it feel like you are in some children's fantasy novel, or maybe a weird steampunk disney world. I unfortunately only took one picture of these things:


I also saw some cool houses - maybe one day I will capture more of the most interesting buildings around here (though some should be in a post soon). Here's one:




I was so wrapped up in memories and sight seeing I utterly missed the turn off and made it all the way to the end of the trail! I turned back and was able to find it (not easy though - lots of branching of the trail and no labels/signs much like upper Rock Creek). It turned out to be much more intensively landscaped then the park by my place - prettier, but flatter.

This pond had an island in the middle! It also was COVERED in ducks and geese and everything that goes with:


Interesting sealed canoe sculpture:



absolutely gorgeous fall flowers:



One day I will have to take a picture of me and my bike so you know I am actually biking to these locations!