Fall
October 26th, 2008
Another busy week ended. Was really hoping to have a sun-shining weekend, but it turned out to be a rainy one. So staying home and dry, and got some time to get the pictures taken last weekend up here.
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Archive for October, 2008
Mont Tremblant
October 18th, 2008
This year’s Thanksgiving falls on a Monday, so we have an extra long weekend. My friends and I went to Mont Tremblant, the tallest of the Laurentian range of mountains and a beautiful wilderness 2 hours away from Montreal, hoping to enjoy the gorgeous fall colors.
The weather was perfect for outdoor activities because it’s not too cold, but my desire to see the red maple leaves was not satisfied because of the nice warm weather. So, I realized that like all other beautiful things, real natural beauty is not that easy to capture either.
The maple leaves are not red yet, because the weather is not cold enough, so still have to wait. But I don’t want the weather to get colder. What a dilemma.
Wasn’t satisfied with most of the photos I took on this trip (the sun was hiding most of the time), so had to be a little bit creative to beautify things.
Moved Again & The Exhausting September Finally Ended
October 5th, 2008
Don’t remember any more, this is the Xth times I moved. Don’t even bother asking: when this kind of wandering life is going to end.
Anyway, I really like the neighborhood. The only downturn is: the roommates (mostly guys), are not very clean, but this is minor compared to the many advantages of this area: less than 15 minutes to walk to work, less than 10 minutes’ walk to Place Alexis-Nihon (downtown shopping mall), Super C (one of the cheapest supermarket in the city) and the atwater market (lots of vegetables fresh from the farm), less than 2 minutes to Lionel-Groulx metro station with 2 metro lines, and very close to the cannel, and not too far from the mountain, which is great for the summer. The rent is quite affordable for a neighborhood like this, the street is very quiet, and I have a big closet in my room for my clothes. I’m quite happy so far.
Saturday, I was hoping the sun would come out, and in late afternoon, the sky finally cleared up, so I took out my camera, bundled up (it’s very cold already), and went for a walk.
Atwater Market’s season special:
These pumpkins must have received lots of sunshine, so big and bright!
More pumkins
There are a lot of cute little parks in the area, this is one of them: Statue de Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville érigée par la Ville de Montréal en 1983
My long quiet street