Summer

this past summer i spent about 2 weeks in edmonton, it's an annual trip and i stay with my aunt and uncle who live a bit a ways from downtown edmonton- actually everyone does, people only work in downtown edmonton, it's like another world were people only live in the suburbs- weird. and these past few days i've been thinking about and mostly listening to all the sounds that make up this beautiful city of vancouver: sirens going off at 2am, car alarms triggered every 5 minutes, kids playing, people on cell phones, cars whizzing by at all hours of the day. and then there was edmonton: birds to wake you up with the sunrise who's rays softly flow in through the window, the sound of a fresh breeze on tall grass, people walking on the newly laid sidewalk, and stray leaves falling from the trees. edmonton is a great expanse of peace and tranquility, you step off the plane or out of the car and your compelled to follow the "laid-back-easy-going-cowboy" lifestyle it so elegantly presents.
of the two weeks i spent in edmonton i didn't feel relaxed until i had a coffee in my hand looking at a brighter than light computer screen surrounded by people with things to do, places to go and purchases to make- i was in the rare and elusive "white ave", it was great and i had the best few hours there than i did anywhere else in all of edmonton- the whole 2hours- in-the-back-seat-of-a-minivan-malayalee-uncle tour of edmonton.
and at this time right now, i really want to be back in edmonton- forgive me vancouver for i have spoken blasphemously- i want to go back to white ave with a book in hand and coffee in another with the sun shining down on a beautiful day- i want summer.


please note: in an earlier post i requested rain and got what i wanted, and i'm perfectly content with this- i just want to change of scenery for now