Samomatic

Life becomes fairly routine in Toronto, especially in the winter. I am not saying I am bored but there is just less reason to be walking around outside.

These photos were taken with the Panasonic LX3, the camera I usually throw into my backpack.

Bathurst & College – Sunset.

Ummm…not sure how safe this is.

Must be pretty tough digging through the frozen soil in the winter.

A while back I was trying to submit this photo of the homeless man to a photography contest. I thought the between his extended cup with the woman laden with shopping bags created a power juxtaposition. But first I had to get his model release form…so I contacted Ludwik on a quest to search for this man!

We jumped on our bikes and wandered up and down Dufferin Street, over to Queen Street. Asking for assistance and hints along the way. We crossed back on Bloor Street and found Bill sitting outside a Starbucks coffee shop. Bill said he needed time to think about it and to find him in 2 days. Unsatisfied Ludwik and I expanded our search for another quest.

We ventured into some bumpy bike trails on our speed bikes, going parallel is an abondoned railway bridge.

Using the overgrown bushes as a sign of unuse, we proceeded to carry our bikes across.

Being the intelligent beings, we proceeded to cross this train bridge, not knowing when it was last used.

Half way through. Don’t loook down! There were gaps in between the wooden beams and we could see cars passing 20m beneath us.

Finally made it across and now we are walking beside the DVP, one of the major highways in Toronto.

Traveling on the old railway tracks.

Ok now we have crossed the bridge…how do we make it up to that high bridge?!

We finally ended up on Danforth, wolfed down 2 Gyros and then headed home!

Mom: Where are you going?
Me: Sudbury (3.5hr north of Toronto)
Mom: What are you doing there?
Me: Frisbee…outdoors, with snow.

And that is what I did in the past weekend. Meeting up with teams from all over Ontario in 1ft of snow chasing a Frisbee. But it was fun!

We were the Swashbuckling Golasz Chefs, a merger between pirates and goulash chefs.

Saturday 8:30AM, getting ready. Everyone putting on triple layers and snowpants.

Hung showing off his (patent pending) double-walled plastic bag with dress shoes crampons.

It was snowing heavily, providing a constant supply of fresh powder to dive on.

Kevin show us how it is done, leaps out behind the defender to score a point.

Jumping into knee-deep snow to find the disc.


Snowplate humus & bagel lunch!

“Would you like to walk the plank…please?”

Ludwik laying out to save the disc!

“YYYARRRRRR”

I accumulated various items over the weekend, like a pirate cape and bunny hats.

Damian catching some air!

Our trophy and spirit prizes!

Relaxing on the sidelines after!

We played a total of 6 games and ended with a 3-3 record. It was so much fun and full of spirit, until next year!
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Waking up on Sunday the entire view was covered by a fresh layer of snow resting on any surface.

The stillness in the air and cool air was very refreshing.

Rain or shine, the Tai Chi students join in their morning exercies.