Fall COlours have started!

[thetreble 19]

Oh look! There's a fire at Stelco in Hamilton!

(For those of you who aren't familiar with the area, Stelco fires burn 24/7 at their production plant, with huge flames day and night.)

:lol: ! I come from a line of stelco workers (well stopped with my uncle). My mum had her first job there when she was 18 as a secretary. Did you hear it was just bought out by an American company? As well as it should have been! It had filed for bankruptcy a couple years ago didn't it? One of the most vivid memories of my childhood...going to "the hammer" to see my grandparents and the smell as we got into the city.

Beautiful pic, btw. I miss the Ottawa autumn time like mad. Here in NJ everything is still very green and all the leaves are on the trees! Ottawa had the oranges, the reds, the yellows...ahhh...

[trailmix 77]

That is what I miss the most about living in Quebec. Fall was so beautiful.

Alberta fall is gray and depressing and ugly.

[DeadPoolX 9]

I would suppose it would depend which part of Alberta is "gray and depressing and ugly" during the Fall. I can't imagine that all areas are affected the same way.

Take my home state of Texas, for instance. Many people (both in and out of the U.S.) think it's "all the same." It's nothing of the sort. Probably the two most famous cities in Texas would be Houston and Dallas and they couldn't be more different. Houston is right by the Gulf Coast, happens to be very warm and humid (even during winter) and rarely sees ice or snow. Contrast this weather with Dallas, which has far less humidity, but regularly snows in the winter and can easily have blizzards.

How far apart are these two cities? About a four hour drive. That's it. Yet the weather patterns -- just like how seasons are experienced -- in them can be quite different. So I'd naturally assume that Alberta isn't all "the same."

[~Nini~ 2]

Take my home state of Texas, for instance. Many people (both in and out of the U.S.) think it's "all the same." It's nothing of the sort. Probably the two most famous cities in Texas would be Houston and Dallas and they couldn't be more different. Houston is right by the Gulf Coast, happens to be very warm and humid (even during winter) and rarely sees ice or snow. Contrast this weather with Dallas, which has far less humidity, but regularly snows in the winter and can easily have blizzards.

How far apart are these two cities? About a four hour drive. That's it. Yet the weather patterns -- just like how seasons are experienced -- in them can be quite different. So I'd naturally assume that Alberta isn't all "the same."

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(For some reason this instantly popped into my head after reading this... )

[trailmix 77]

And now, a word from your local sponsor:

http://www.alllooksame.com/

(For some reason this instantly popped into my head after reading this... )

Well actually Alberta is all pretty much the same

I don't know that for a fact I'm just joshing

But anyhoo of course Nini&Bee hit the nail on the head - it's in the eye of the beholder

Those two are just pictures of the street where I live, taken today, I think it's kind of pretty!

Edited October 4, 2007 by trailmix