Which road to choose?

Sometimes in life we are faced with different choices, which will get us to different places. Today's photo made me think of that, as I saw the train tracks split into three lines, and made me wonder, where did each line lead to? In life, our choices often bring us on different paths, and as the train tracks we don't always know the destination or what will happen at the end. However, if you do get on a train, hopefully you have an idea where you will be getting off, unless you have an open ticket, then you can always come back and stop where you really want to.

BBQ Time

Today I opened up the BBQ for the first time this year. The weather was really nice, the BBQ warmed up nicely and I did some burgers, yummy burgers! The smell of a BBQ really reminded me of the Spring, warmer weather and envy of nice steaks, baked potatoes, veggies, and other good stuff cooked on the BBQ. As you can see in the lower picture, the burgers were really tasty! I'm really looking forward to more BBQ'ing and nice weather.

Wah Shing Store or Washing Store

I had seen this sign a while ago, and it made me laugh. It's a neat play on words, and when I first read it, I thought oh maybe a laundry mat, or something to do with cleaning. However, it's a grocery/utility/kitchen equipment store in Chinatown (at least it seems like that from the outside, as I've never gone inside). There are other neat spaces in and around Chinatown, I hope to get some more as the year progresses.

Toys and travel

As I waiting for my flight back to Ottawa at the Montreal airport, I decided to take a photo of my travel toys. It is crazy when I think about the technology that I carry around with me and what it is capable of doing.


Since I liked taking the photos in the plane yesterday, I figured I could take a few more today.

In the air...

Shortly after taking off in YOW (Ottawa), this was the view from my window. It was a short and sweet flight to Montreal, and now waiting for my flight to Moncton. Always a pleasure going home, even though this trip is a short one.

One of my cameras

Tonight, as I was trying to figure out what I was going to take for my photo, I decided to take a photo of one of my cameras. This one is a special little camera that came to me as a gift a while ago, and it always reminds me of that person and how I like taking photos. I always get a kick at hitting the little button on the top and seeing the flash go off. I might be a toy, but it's fun and reminds me of how fun photography can be. As my 98th post of the year, here's the a photo of that camera.

Please change your signs! I don't want snow!

I was walking down Preston St today and noticed these signs above Preston Square. Who wants snow on April 3rd?? It's now Spring, please change your signs!! As you can see in the photos, there's no signs of winter or snow anymore, and these signs are kind of out of date! They should say, please bring the sunshine or the warmth!

Spring cleaning: At the car wash

This weekend finally feels like it's Spring. It was a very beautiful day, the sun was out, it was still a bit cool but definitely not freezing, which is a welcome change and made for a great day. As I was running around town today, I figured I'd go through the car wash. It's been a long winter and the car looked like it was coated with a coating of salt and grime, and I was quite happy when I looked at the outside of the car after the wash. Here's a few photos from inside the car wash.

Serious warning and false advertising!

Tonight I was driving down the 417 and noticed this sign and had to pull over as it occurred to me that it was false advertising. If you're from Canada and you've ever seen a moose and a deer, you know they aren't even close to being the same size. A big deer ways approximately 275lbs where as a moose can weigh over 1200lbs, now if you look at the signage, they look like they are the same size. Ask anyone who's hit a moose or hit a deer and the impact difference is definitely not the same. Most people would rather take a hit from a deer, less chance of totaling your vehicle. All that being said, I do appreciate signs that tell me to be weary of them popping out at night as I'd rather avoid any contact with these nice animals. Be careful when driving at night during this time of year, better to be safe than sorry!

new growth

If you look closely at this branch, you can see the small buds that are starting to come up, which feels nice to see, as it announces Spring and the new growth. I'm really looking forward to warmer weather and Spring vegetation. I'm looking forward to seeing the greenery, the tulips at Dow's Lake and being able to go out without thinking if I need to wear a winter jacket.

Another texture item in my apt.

When I got home from work today, I was supposed to head out, but I had a headache and rested instead. Since I had not taken a photo earlier, I had to scramble around my place and find something else I wanted to take a photo of and I decided to look for something different. I decided to look for something with some texture. I came up with this photo, it's a bit dark, sombre, but it works.

Talisman: The Board Game

I decided to take a few photos from tonight's board game called Talisman. We decided to change it up from our regular Tuesday night game and try it out. As you will see, the board game with the two map expansions takes a lot of place. It took us just over three hours to complete the game with only three players. Normally we would be at least four, but one person backed out tonight, which is probably not a bad thing, as the more players you have the longer the game can be. For those maybe familiar with this game and for those not so familiar, we were playing the fourth edition of the game with all the current expansions (view link to Fantasy Flight Games for more info). Tonight, it was the Dread Knight that was victorious! The photo above is of the Dread Knight with the Grim Reaper in the background (Fear the reaper as you could easily loose all of your character's lives!).

Intertwined

I was looking around my apartment for something interesting to take a photo of and came up with this. I has some texture and movement, nothing fancy, but capable of many things.

Let's make some pasta, I got the sauce

Every once and a while, I like to do a batch of meaty red sauce. I usually do a big pot and eat some pasta throughout the week and then freeze the rest for later on. Today, I finished gathering my ingredients and went at it. Here are the results :


It made for a good meal for tonight and now I have some leftovers for tomorrow and the next few days :)













Here's what it looks like packed away with a few containers of leftovers with a little bit of pasta that cooked. I figured I'd start off with spaghetti, but will probably change it up in a few days. I actually measured my pasta portions and it seems small, but I imagine with an apple and yogurt tomorrow for my lunch, it should be all good. :)