The first day of the month is a theme day for members of City Daily Photo, and for April, that theme is Wet. You can see how others are taking on this theme here.
Winterlude is a major festival in February here in Ottawa and Gatineau. It includes the carving of ice sculptures, such as in Confederation Park. This small one was carved on the last day of the festival, on February 20th, which happened to have temperatures above the freezing mark. The sculpture, freshly carved, was melting, as you can see on the concrete beneath it.
A few days ago I featured a shot of the Bytown Museum from the side as part of another series. There was an ice sculpture standing before it, and this is it.
I thought snow melting in general fit this theme well. This is Central Park in the Glebe, with views west and east. When I took these shots, the snow was starting to give way, and pools of water can be glimpsed amid the snow.
The series I featured some days ago was on Crashed Ice, an event held here at the Ottawa Locks of the Rideau Canal involving fast paced downhill ice cross skating. A course had been erected on temporary scaffolding along the locks, and on the evening I attended the event, I passed beneath the course, via a staircase that descended into one of the locks. I took several pics, liking the sci-fi mood of the light and scaffolding over the water passing at the base of the lock.
Melting snow coming off of the National War Memorial made for a good wet photo.
I was up on Nepean Point in the middle of March. This shot looks down to the Ottawa River below the heights, part of it clear of ice.
Still, winter does have a way of sticking around here. This dates to March 24th, when fresh snow was falling.
I finish with this shot from three days ago. Crossing the Rideau Canal at the Bronson Avenue Bridge, I saw a mix of open water and ice to the east.
Still many signs of winter where you are William. Nice series of photos!
ReplyDeleteYes, ice is all frozen water so very wet when it melts.
ReplyDeletei love all the melting going on. way chilly looking. ( ;
ReplyDeletenice!!
...William, I hope the spring reaches you soon.
ReplyDeleteThe theme was cold and wet? :)
ReplyDeleteGreat imagination here. You picked topics for wet that I would not have thought of or noticed.
ReplyDelete@Marleen: and it's snowing again today!
ReplyDelete@Marianne: once that ice starts breaking up, it's unstoppable.
@Beth: it was an odd March. Very cold for part of it.
@Tom: it seems elusive today, given the weather of the last twenty four hours or so with snow continuing to fall.
@Lowell: well, wet!
@Red: I enjoyed this one.
No, it's really snowing again today, April 1, William??
ReplyDeletei really love the photo of the fresh snow falling...although you are probably tired of that! have a great weekend william :)
ReplyDeleteThis theme was too easy for you William, you are surrounded by wet right now 😀😀 Excellent images.
ReplyDeleteNothing says 'Spring' better than melting snow! I'm sure the wet, melting snow is a welcome sight for many.
ReplyDeleteYour version of wet is coming to us with a bit of a chill added. Brrr..
ReplyDeleteNice wet-series.
ReplyDeleteWow you saw open water---now that is amazing for your part of the frozen almost north.
ReplyDeleteWet MB
The tulips in your header shot look loverly, William, especially today as I look at the snow falling outside our apt windows on April 1, April Fool on us from Mother Nature.
ReplyDeleteYou nailed the theme day with the melted snow now hopefully spring will blossom for Ottawa soon. Nice series William!
ReplyDeleteYou had lots of good subjects for the theme, William!
ReplyDeleteNice choices and nice images.
ReplyDelete@Dina: it finally ended sometime before noon. I doubt that's the last of the snow!
ReplyDelete@Tanya: oh, I love the snow.
@Grace: no shortage of wet stuff at the moment.
@SRQ: spring has been quite slow here thus far.
@Sharon: this was a fun theme to play with.
@Orvokki: thanks!
@MB: yes, we finally are seeing signs of spring, but it's a slow one.
@Beatrice: and we got the snow too. Typical for this part of the world.
@Bill: thank you!
@RedPat: I did!
@Gunn: thanks!
Hooray for Spring!
ReplyDeleteÉ o fim do inverno trazendo dias mais quentes e aconchegantes
ReplyDeleteSoberba esta foto do canal. É de tirar o fôlego toda essa beleza
Um abraço
Let it go. That's what I say about ol' man winter. :-)
ReplyDeleteThese are all definitely wet...and cold!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful series, William! I have been really loving your winter photos!
ReplyDeleteWe actually had snow here yesterday though it didn't stick. Back into the 60's today though.
ReplyDeleteSpring is slowly inching into your part of the world.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos. Perfect for the theme! I love the last one with ice and water..spring is coming :-)
ReplyDeleteAnd you had more snow still?!? You've gotten plenty of wet this winter. Fun to see the variations of it in your more northern spot.
ReplyDeleteVery thorough coverage of the theme.
ReplyDeleteWet works for today!
ReplyDelete@Eve: it slowly shows up here, which is fine. A slow snow melt is good.
ReplyDelete@Gracita: thank you.
@Revrunner: I doubt Old Man Winter is done.
@Norma: that's the idea!
@Linda: thanks!
@Catalyst: we appear to have a sunny day here, with temps around freezing at present.
@Mari: very slowly.
@Tamago: thank you.
@Kay: we surpassed the average snow numbers.
@Linda: thank you.
@Jennifer: indeed.
Melting snow! Of course! Clever
ReplyDeleteI like mix of ice and water for WET CDP Theme. Good one.
ReplyDeleteWater, snow and ice create intriguing patterns.
ReplyDeletePerfect shots for the theme.
ReplyDeleteWow! Lots of 'wet' photos to choose from. As much as I liked our snow this winter, I'm glad it is finally gone. I bet you're waiting for it to melt, too.
ReplyDeletePerfect series for the theme, William !
ReplyDelete@Cloudia: it felt quite appropriate for the theme.
ReplyDelete@Klara: thank you!
@Gemma: they do indeed.
@Lois: thanks!
@Susan: oh, I love winter.
@Karl: thanks!