原無意外,今天去Center Island應該是我今年最後一次在加拿大看秋葉了。自從10月開始,天氣好像變得特別快,秋葉很快掉落,相信在過一個星期就看不到了。碰巧今天天氣超好,我也不用上班,就花了7大元搭船去我家對面的Center Island逛逛。風景尚算不錯,湖邊一直有涼風吹著,走路也沒有流汗,很舒服。
之前阿力說很不喜歡秋天,因為從秋天到春天前,大地都一片荒涼,有著淒清的感覺。我今天拍的照希望讓他改觀,秋天很色彩繽紛,陽光亦令人起勁。其實大自然都一直循環著,過了冬天還不是會萬象更新嗎?
島上的房屋都有點舊,有些很破,沒有甚麼修葺過。我為了拍照,走到了一間比較破的屋前,假裝敲門。正當我以為是空置房屋時,突然看到屋內有人走過!嚇我一跳!!不過,我鎮定地繼續拍了兩張照片。走了一會,在我慢慢陶醉被秋葉包圍地時候,突然被地上一條快速移動的黑色繩狀東西搶了注意力。天呀!原來是一條活蛇!!我人生第一次在野外看到蛇!沒想到是在深秋的多倫多呢!我這輩子超級怕蛇,但是又覺得機會不能夠錯失,於是便膽大心細,硬著頭皮拿相機來拍它!拍完後,一個老外婦人走過,我提醒她小心蛇。也許她是島上的居民,蛇她已是見怪不怪,她對我說它們是沒害的,安慰我不要怕。很醜喔!還好,我看到蛇的時候臨危不亂,沒有被嚇到魂魄不齊而花容失色的大叫,不然就很丟臉了
繼續的走,我在拍照的時候,一隻黑貓從對面的房子走出來。我覺得它不太有禮貌和邪惡地瞪著我,我也不客氣地提起相機拍它。我們的敵視狀態維持了幾分鐘,我拍完之後沒有時間再跟他對立就撤退了。它贏了!
由於我看錯了輪船時間表,我在碼頭旁邊的小沙灘坐了近一個小時。看了好幾台小飛機準備降落到市區機場,也看了天鵝和水鴨們悠然自在地游泳和覓食,我覺得很放鬆,之前的負面情緒隨之而去。如果當時有一本小說,我一定愜意地坐到黃昏才回家喔
I expected today is my last autumn leaves viewing in Canada for this year because the weather cools down a lot since beginning of October. As weather is gorgeous in my day off today, I went to the Center Island by ferry for a walk. The breeze from the lake made the trails around the island comfortable for anyone to walk.
Most houses on the island are quite "vintage" in terms of their designs and lacking of maintenance. While I was pretending to knock on an old house which I didn't think it is occupied, I saw someone was walking in the house through the windows!! I was calm enough to finish two photo shots even I was a bit shocked. Then, I continued photo taking under the colorful leaves settings until I saw a black rope like object was moving around in front of me. It was a snake!! Oh my!! No joke, this is my first time to see an alive snake outside of zoo or snake farm. Well, I managed to take pictures of it even though snakes are always scary to me. After the shots, an old later walked by and I warned her to be careful of the snake. She smiled and told me that the snakes there are never harmful. She also asked me not to worry. I was thinking luckily I didn't scream loudly. Otherwise, I would lose all my dignity and grace!!!
While I was focusing on a picturing a house, a black cat came out from the house across. He looks so devil and unfriendly!! Of course, I would have to capture his "impolite" face by holding up a camera and taking him. We stared at each other for a few minutes until I had to leave. He won!!
On the way back, I read the ferry schedule wrong. As a result, I had to sit at the beach next to the pier for almost an hour. Watching the small jets landings, the swans and ducks playing in water were relaxing enough for me to erase all the negative thoughts built up couple of days ago. If I was having a novel on hand, I would probably be staying there until sunset.
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