Monday, October 27, 2008

Fall colours in Orangeville


Fall Colours in Orangeville from wisefly on Vimeo.

Funny it should be called Orangeville. Anyway, I think the video sums up my entire weekend. It's a composition of 1400 photos I shot on this trip. The photos themselves (with most of the redundant ones deleted, of course) will be ready for viewing soon, but really, when there's a video like this to sum it up, who really needs to look at the photos?

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Busy month October!

My adventures in Dallas last weekend included more than just chasing goats on the "ranch" (I don't really want to call it a "ranch", but it also doesn't seem to make sense to claim that there at goats in the "back yard", which is probably closer to the truth). Last Sunday I visited visited the State Fair of Texas, but along the way I also got a good look at the big 5-level stack interchange at I-635 and US-75.

All in all, I have a better feel now for what life is like in the American suburb. It really is very different and, dare I say, very pleasant compared to the high rise condos in Toronto and the medium density row houses in Europe. It's a bit easier to see now why so many Americans prefer their big freeways, low density cities and big suburban houses. I'm not saying it's right... I'm just saying I've lived it for a week.

And now there's just two more weeks until I leave for Taiwan.

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Rancho Relaxo

So here I am at my parents' new Texas "ranch", home to three hungry goats and a little family reunion. Personally I think the 7 bedroom 4000 square footer on the 2 acre lot is a bit of overkill in the suburban dream, but I must admit it is relaxing after all the travelling and living in tight quarters during the past few months. Incidentally, I also found out about Flickr's slideshow feature, and how to embed a slideshow in HTML. It's what I've always wanted to do!