The University of Calgary campus, as seen from my office window on the 5th floor of the Bio Sciences building, after a day of snow yesterday.
Tag: snow
snowy al azhar pond
everything is rosy now
the morning ride, seen through my new el cheapo goggles. the box lists the much more masculine colour of “vermillion” – but Evan is convinced that I have pink goggles…
I only went down twice – once quite hard, landing directly on the camera in the right panier. I think the camera survived, but I messed up my knee somehow.
shades of grey
snowball races
chilly morning inversion
500 channels…
bus stop
Yet another freak spring snowstorm hit Calgary last night. We were forecast to get 10-20cm, but thankfully nowhere near that much accumulated. It’s May 9. I’m ready for spring to come for real.
Springtime in Calgary
You can tell it’s springtime in Calgary when you wake up to this:
And then after you get to work, you check Dashboard Weather and find this:
Up to +7˚C today, then up to +22˚C this weekend. At least the surprise dump of white stuff will melt quickly… It was a really fun ride to work this morning. Maybe too much fun. I’ve got street slicks on my bike, so didn’t have much traction. Going up hills was interesting. And I had to stop repeatedly to clear snow from inside the fenders, from off of the handlebars, off of my jacket and helmet. And had to constantly wipe the giant flakes from my glasses so I could see where I was going. I avoided the busiest street portion of the ride, ducking through a park instead. No need to take unnecessary risks…