{"id":209,"date":"2009-05-04T19:41:23","date_gmt":"2009-05-05T00:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghostlysubstance.swgbex.com\/Blog\/?p=209"},"modified":"2009-05-10T14:50:10","modified_gmt":"2009-05-10T19:50:10","slug":"ottawa-spring-time2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/?p=209","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa &#8211; Spring time#2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I see I haven&#8217;t blogged in awhile. Lets create a new entry then with my bike ride along the Ottawa river, with my new bike.\u00a0 Sadly I didn&#8217;t bring any Anime figures this time around since I just wanted to get used to my new bike and finally check out the Spring scenery around. Though since this is a gaming and anime oriented blog for Ottawa, I&#8217;ll get some in the next article.<\/p>\n<p>Lets start off with some ducks, shall we?<\/p>\n<p>(<em>All images are full sized, click the link under images to view them. Images are captured with a Sony Digital Camera W170.<\/em> )<\/p>\n<p><strong>Warning:<\/strong> <em>Below image comments may contain inside jokes or quick humor that may not be humourous to an average person. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05153.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"463\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05153.JPG\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>These ones I caught resting right beside a bike path that turned into a sidewalk. They were just calmly resting under a shady part of the tree without moving from bikes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05156.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"463\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05156.JPG\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Canadian Geese just shouting and flapping about. These ones I saw were just shouting at one another.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05157.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"463\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05157.JPG\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>The same two Geese above and I still failed to get an image of them flapping about :(.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05161.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"463\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05161.JPG\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>The two same ducks resting from before, and as you can see they didn&#8217;t mind if I took a picture of them.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05164.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05164.JPG\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>And the rest of these images were taken in Andrew Haydon Park where noobies like me could easily grab pictures :). There were many others dancing about but I could never get them flapping their wings at the right time.\u00a0 I had to deal with the below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05169.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"463\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05169.JPG\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Proudly Canadian! *<em>attempts a bad pun<\/em>*<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05175.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05175.JPG\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>And a nice couple freely waltzing around the park, shall we toast to it?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05180.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"463\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05180.JPG\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>And for those that kept up with the news would remember\/heard of the wind storm that Ottawa had a few days ago. It was windy for 3-4 days that I guess people found it a right time to fly these kites, with these results:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05184.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"463\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05184.JPG\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>And another one higher up in the tree&#8230;&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05186.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"463\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05186.JPG\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>No matter how many times I view the lake like Ottawa River from Andrew Haydon Park. This view always manages to make me smile.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05189.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"463\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05189.JPG\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>And signs, from what I seen not even us friendly Ottawaian&#8217;s obey them. At least the kids are having fun feeding them :). Look at the sign and then the last image of the blog and put 1+1 together, heh.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05190.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"463\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05190.JPG\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>And a scenery view of Andrew Haydon from one of those wooden bridges.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05193.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"463\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05193.JPG\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>And I enjoyed looking at this, a convoy of Canadian Geese going from one side of the pond to the other side.<br \/>\n*<em>Thinks of WW2 style convoys<\/em>*<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05197.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05197.JPG\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>A Canadian Goose on life guard duty or a proudly Canadian bird?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05199.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05199.JPG\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Hmm, dark image my bad. At least you can see the convoy of birds reaching the other side of the pond as well as a hordes of small boats.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05200.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"463\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05200.JPG\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>And of course, a flock of Geese over head! And you said us Canadians couldn&#8217;t invade America, heh.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05202.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05202.JPG\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>I saw Squirrels, but they&#8217;re insanely quick for my camera so those images are excluded, blurry. So instead, we got three images showing a Chipmonk eating something on a branch. I kind of chased it up there since it feared me.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05207.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"463\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05207.JPG\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05208.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"463\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05208.JPG\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05209.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05209.JPG\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Refer to the sign above and tell me what you think. You know where Seagulls hang around, right?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05212(1).JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"459\" height=\"257\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(link &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticukitsu.com\/Blog\/blogpics\/May\/DSC05212(1).JPG\" target=\"_blank\">MySite<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>With that, I&#8217;m glad spring is here and I&#8217;m glad I got a new working bike :). Its not as fast as I wanted it to be but I can figure something out. Also except some more anime coming back into my blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I see I haven&#8217;t blogged in awhile. Lets create a new entry then with my bike ride along the Ottawa river, with my new bike.\u00a0 Sadly I didn&#8217;t bring any Anime figures this time around since I just wanted to get used to my new bike and finally check out the Spring scenery around. 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