Chris and I were up in Ottawa this past weekend for a friend's baby shower and to check out the tulip festival. We also had fun with our new camera, playing around with different depths of field.

There are a few similar photos and I can't decide which one I like best. Do you prefer AmongstTheTulips or AmongstTheTulips2? Leave a comment.

How about UpwardPerspective or UpwardPerspective2 or UpwardPerspective3?

Other photos:

     One thing that really bugs me about Toronto drivers is when drivers bud in line. It is considered rude when in a line of people, so why is it permissible to bud in line when everyone is in cars? You all know what I am talking about right? Those cars that wait until the last second before leaving the onramp and merging into traffic. Or even worse, those who jump out into the onramp lane and then sneak back in ahead. Aaarrggg.

I think when drivers due this it disrupts the natural merging process and causes those weird slowdowns that appear to happen for no reason. Anyone civil engineers out there who have any statistical data on this?

Drivers also bud in line when the highway splits and traffic is really slow for one direction, some drivers will wait until the last possible moment and then get stuck blocking the traffic lanes for the other direction that have no need to be slow. OK, some of these people will not be familiar with the area and have a valid reason for not getting in line properly, but they should try be more aware of what is happening.

This also happened to use when we tried to drive to Cirque du Soleil last year. We were waiting for over half an hour just to turn into exhibition grounds and this guy tried to bud in front of us. We didn't let him in (much easier to do this when you aren't moving anyway). But Circque itself was fabulous and they have a new show coming to Ontario Place this year Corteo. So I recommend that you go, just don't drive, because even though they have moved to Ontario Place, driving will still be horrible.

Anyway, back to my original rant. I think that people feel anonymous in their cars, especially those people who have tinted windows.