Pause for a visit to Ottawa :) by BDADT

Heading back to my home in Sherbrooke again, after passing a wonderful, relaxing, regeneration of energy, fun time in Ottawa with my relatives. Now that I live so much closer than Victoria (4610km) to Ottawa, I can travel very often to visit family. Although it still is a 5 hour trip from on place to the next, including the horrible 1 hour layover in Montreal bus depot. I personally think it’s horrible, maybe it’s just my bad experiences with the homeless that love to approach me as I’m waiting.

Although, for a first I think I slept almost all five-hour bus ride. Yes it’s an hour more this time, because with my lovely planning skills. I managed to get the milk run bus route. Otherwise known as the semi-express. Funny, yet not because they stop at almost every little towns gas station.

Over the past few times I have enjoyed all the different weather changes. My favourite, and first time experience this fall; was the changing of the leaves of all of the trees. I found it completely amazing, looks like a quilt, patched, striped, scratched with yellows, oranges, reds,greens, browns. Yet the question is in which was do the leaves change? From green to yellow, orange, red, then to brown? Or is the order different? Maybe I will find out over time. You have obviously seen the snow photos of that new season.

Well here are some trip to Ottawa photos.

This one is kinda a fun. A guy kite surfing in the parking lot on my way to Montreal.

cool eh?

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By BDADT

Catherine Says:

November 27, 2011 at 10:28 pm

Enjoying your musings – fun to read. and fantastic photos – loved the closeup winter ones posted earlier.

Chantal Says:

November 28, 2011 at 2:45 pm

Enfin une question à laquelle j’ai une réponse!

Jaune – Orange – Rouge –Brun

C’est le manque de soleil, et non le refroidissement des températures, qui est directement responsable du changement de la couleur des feuilles. À mesure que les jours raccourcissent, un bouchon se forme là où la feuille est rattachée à la branche et les éléments nutritifs et l’eau circulent de plus en plus difficilement, alors les feuilles deviennent jaunes et oranges. Le rouge apparaît lorsque le sucre ne circule plus et le brun, lorsque la feuille est morte.

Mais naturellement il y a toujours des variantes qui changent l’ordre des choses. Une feuille orange peut tomber et une feuille brune peut se cramponner à l’arbre.