What? You didn't expect me to show up again? Surprise! Sorry, though, if you kept checking and I was not there. Anyways, I am going to treat you with my new shots, that were taken recently.... at the same spot - Don Valley. To be precise - Don Valley Park Way and Lawrence Avenue, Toronto.
Sometimes I feel sorry for myself, because I would like to go and to see (read: take pictures of) new places or even back to the places I used to visit in my pre-immigrant life - Iran, Iraq, Europe and some great places of the deceased Soviet Union... But we have to be grateful for what we have. And I am , totally. So, being horseless, I walk. Being cheap, I don't go far. It's my challenge to see new in old places. Isn't it suppose to develop our capability to SEE? So I try.
It was a gorgeous day of October! Warm, sunny, and a day off! Being waken up by an early call of some inconsiderate clerk from Roger's, I decided to take my camera (and a new lens) for a walk. I believed, for sure that the clerk had a hidden mission. And it was true. I ended up at the same corner of Don River, enjoying the most wonderful combination created by the Nature - trees and water . This time there was something different - I kept hearing different splashes. When I saw what was causing it , I realised, that I am going fishing today. With my camera instead of a fishing rod. To my amazement, I saw jumping fish, huge, going against the stream and trying to get over the little man made rapids, about 1 meter over the water. As our school taught us something, I realized that it was Salmon, going to the destination it was programmed to reach no matter what. I had no idea that our narrow, totally polluted Don River was their rout . I felt sorry, but it was a great feeling to be present and to watch the work of the greatest computer - the Nature!
I came home and Googled : Salmon, Don River, Toronto.I read a few articles and found out that it is not recommended to eat that salmon, because it becomes totally poisoned while staying in our Don River. And why I am not surprised? See my post in this blog "Toronto Ugly". Isn't it a shame?
