The end of August

I seem to have hit my limit for Internet data so there won't be any new pictures for a few days. Until then I'll post pictures from August 30th (or as close to as possible) from years past.

August 26, 2008

August 29, 2009

August 27, 2010 (not very clear phone picture)

August 23, 2011

It's pretty amazing, I can't seem to remember some things for more than a few minutes but I know exactly where I took each of these pictures and for most of them I remember almost exactly the precise moment also.

First film from Canada

Fresh (sorta) from the first roll of film in Canada.

It's a dog!

Music!

Now that I'm back in a city with a larger biking culture I'm going to attempt to restart taking (bad) pictures of fixies and singles. Here we go!

This morning I stood on a street corner waiting for a bus and in the twenty minutes that I was waiting three people walked by me. In the same amount of time probably 300 cars went by me. Last night I took a short car trip down to Ikea and we drove on a section of the busiest highway in the area. If I remember correctly at one point there were five lanes of traffic going in the same direction and another two lanes that were separate but also in the same direction. Now that’s a quite a lot of cars and highway, especially for me, someone who didn’t grow up in a driving focused country, and it’s just one more adjustment that I’m finding I have to make. A car makes life a lot easier here.

Early on a Monday morning last week I ate a quick oatmeal breakfast and hopped on a bus for the quick ride to Kitchener. My plan was to spend the day out at Transpire Organic Farm, a small organic farm near Baden, Ontario taking some pictures. Once in Kitchener, I grabbed a quick ride out to the farm with the farm owner and a few other helpers. By the time we arrived the sun was shining brightly even though it was still around eight in the morning. Everyone was quickly put to work harvesting the various vegetables and I was left to wander around and take some pictures. There were carrots, tomatoes, onions, beans, lettuces, and various other vegetables, and I did my best to finish the picture taking before the sun got too strong. Somewhat satisfied with the pictures I took; I set my camera down and volunteered my harvesting services which got me assigned to harvesting beans. I soon grew accustomed to bending over and lifting leaves aside to search for the ripe bean pods. With half a bucket filled with beans, I moved on to helping bunch carrots, a task which was quickly finished. Up next I set to work on harvesting a section of the 25 meters or so of garlic rows that the farm had. By this time the sun was starting to really heat things up and I watched as another helper who was harvesting garlic slowly tan a shade darker. Needless to say I wasn’t looking forward to seeing the results of my t-shirt tan. The day moved by quickly and soon we brought the vegetables to distribute to the farm members. At that point my day was finished and I made my way back home, tired but happy with the farm experience.