This morning I woke up early (around 5 am) and couldn't get back to sleep, so I got dressed and coasted on my bike down to the beaches to watch the sun come up and get some fresh air before spending the whole day in an office.

There were a few joggers out there, a few couples with dogs, and the growing reds and yellows in the eastern sky bounced off the flat morning waters of Ashbridges Bay.

I was amazed at how still and flat Lake Ontario was. It's usually pretty choppy, even on relatively calm days.

I walked down to the water and sat on the small stones that make up that part of the beach and watched the colours from the sun change on the water. I sat there in awe of being right beside one of the largest collections of freshwater on the planet, and how awe inspiring nature is.

I then looked across the lake and slowly realized that the air above Buffalo and Niagara Falls had a bit of a brown tinge to it... and it depressed me that there was probably someone over there looking in Toronto's direction at the same time, noticing that the air over here has a brown tinge to it too.

(There's a few more photos on Flickr for you.)

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