Friday 23 January 2009

Can You Say "Brrrrr"?

Man, that just looks nasty.

I had to go to Sarnia for a course. I took one look at the road conditions and decided to take the train.

Good call. With ice and white out conditions on the 402, I'm sure I'd have been experiencing that nastiness first hand. From the ditch.

This is a view from the Toronto waterfront. Cold and barren.

Great chance to see the southwestern Ontario countryside up close.

Warm and tranquil, except for the familiar clickity-clack of the tracks.

It was like looking into the backyards of other's lives.

No, it wasn't like it. It was looking into the backyards.

Sheds, BBQ's, old cars, half finished projects, snow covered furniture, waiting for summer.

Someone out for a smoke, someone looking out the window - heard the whistle in the distance, someone else shoveling snow into huge piles.

Cars parked all around a small church, service going on inside. Car idling outside a coffee shop. Three kids having a snowball fight.

Then they were gone. They were gone in a flash.

Pretty cool stuff there, small town Ontario. Pretty cool.

1 comment:

Rob Greenfield said...

Cool Jim, I feel the same about train travel, there are things rught up to the tracks, not like highways where it's clear cut bck 100 feet or so.