kool maudit
05-23-2007, 10:45 PM
well, today was a funny sort of day.
as for the setting, i live in the mile-end district of montreal, which is pretty built-up - at least as far as canadian cities go:
http://www.urbanphoto.net/temp/parkavenue/DSCF0451.JPG
http://www.urbanphoto.net/gallerytwo/d/4445-2/04.JPG
(the above photos were taken by kilgore, and are included for illustrative purposes.)
i live in a second floor walkup on a street of triplexes. two of canada's busiest bus routes hem me in: the parc 80 and the st-laurent 55.
it was a hell of a country day though.
spent the afternoon lying on my back in the hot sun, staring up through the leaves of a tall beech tree, eating fresh watermelon and playing dandelions with the cat.
i mean, admittedly, the dandelions came from from a little patch by the sidewalk where you sometimes see coke bags, and the cat was restricted to the inner edge of the porch, but still.
i think sometimes the inner-city can be depicted as utterly devoid of - or even in open conflict with - nature, but it really does poke through.
i've had similar days even in very large cities - in my overgrown garden at west kensington, london, in a weirdly rural part of red hook, brooklyn...
...it's a fun little thrill.
http://www.pathguy.com/lectures/huck4.jpg
as for the setting, i live in the mile-end district of montreal, which is pretty built-up - at least as far as canadian cities go:
http://www.urbanphoto.net/temp/parkavenue/DSCF0451.JPG
http://www.urbanphoto.net/gallerytwo/d/4445-2/04.JPG
(the above photos were taken by kilgore, and are included for illustrative purposes.)
i live in a second floor walkup on a street of triplexes. two of canada's busiest bus routes hem me in: the parc 80 and the st-laurent 55.
it was a hell of a country day though.
spent the afternoon lying on my back in the hot sun, staring up through the leaves of a tall beech tree, eating fresh watermelon and playing dandelions with the cat.
i mean, admittedly, the dandelions came from from a little patch by the sidewalk where you sometimes see coke bags, and the cat was restricted to the inner edge of the porch, but still.
i think sometimes the inner-city can be depicted as utterly devoid of - or even in open conflict with - nature, but it really does poke through.
i've had similar days even in very large cities - in my overgrown garden at west kensington, london, in a weirdly rural part of red hook, brooklyn...
...it's a fun little thrill.
http://www.pathguy.com/lectures/huck4.jpg
