So, our city has been socked in by fog for the past 21 days. Yup, 21 days. That's a lot of fog. And it's crazily thick fog - for most of those 21 days, we couldn't see the streetlights in front of our building, not to mention the huge trees right across the street. Out our windows has just been a wall of grey nothingness. Now, this town gets a lot of rain in the winter, but somehow rain doesn't feel nearly as oppressive as this fog. I was out for a run one day last week when the sun peeked through momentarily and I felt like I was having a religious experience! It just felt SO incredible I had to stop and stand there with the sun on my face for the few minutes it was there. And then it was gone. The fog been wreaking havoc on traffic, especially on our bridges when you're in the middle - you're coming from nowhere, heading into nothing and can't see anything on either side. Riding a bike is more-than-usually hazardous since visibility is always a problem when you're such a small vehicle but now even my 5 bright blinking helmet lights aren't enough!
Well, the CBC weather reporter just said today *should* be the last day of fog. There's finally wind & temperature changes arriving to stir it up a bit. I think I can actually see some mountaintops peeking out. I don't know, I might miss it. It's kind of cozy. And it certainly has created some incredible photographic opportunities, although I haven't managed to have my camera in the right place at the right time. Whoever took this picture did though - a lovely reminder that beauty can exist even within oppressive weather conditions!
Apparently when the fog leaves, the snow will be back... but that's another story!
[Some more cool fog photos:]
