I start today with two dawn shots taken on an early January day in Central Park in the Glebe.
A few days later we got hammered by a blizzard that went on for around nineteen hours. This view taken during the storm was early in the morning, about an hour or so before the storm was at its height.
Late in the night, after the storm had cleared out, I departed home in search of pizza. Plows had already been by.
The piles were big along the main roadways. Across the street is the unfortunate Somerset House, perpetual victim of an incompetent owner and developer who deserves to get punched in the face by every citizen in the city.
A look in the other direction. The Atomic Rooster, at left, is a pub I will never go into. The reason why? They have karaoke.
Karaoke is one of those things spewed forth from the seventh circle of hell.
The following morning, I went out for the newspapers. It was a cold morning, and I took shots of the snow piles in the area.
I finish with this shot of Dundonald Park in early morning light.
It's pretty to look at.
ReplyDeleteI like these shots!
ReplyDeleteIt's some years ago since we had that many snow.
Blizzards and Karaoke - you have a lot to put up with in your neck of the woods!
ReplyDelete...you sure had a blizzard!
ReplyDeleteIt's January in Ottawa of course.
ReplyDelete@Linda: I think so.
ReplyDelete@Jan: we get some big snowfalls each winter.
@John: blizzards I like. Karaoke I hate.
@Tom: that was a big system.
@David: it's expected.
Those plows really save the day. I live in the Southern US and when it snows we have to shut down. No plows.
ReplyDeleteThose first two photos are beauties.
ReplyDeleteOh, boy. This year no snow at all, but a few flakes.
ReplyDeleteYou are a hardy soul for venturing out for pizza in snow...and then being out there again in the morning. Brrr!
ReplyDeleteThe snow is pretty to look at, but not too much.
ReplyDeleteTake care, enjoy your day and the new week ahead.
I have had enough of the snow for this year. I know that you like it so enjoy!
ReplyDeleteThat was a mighty storm. We haven’t had many. It’s been too cold until recently, and it is cold again today.
ReplyDeleteYou give a good idea of what a 19 hour blizzard is really like.
ReplyDeleteThat is a lot of snow!
ReplyDeleteI will not complain about our snow after seeing this!
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on karaoke. A pizza spot we like has karaoke after a certain hour and once we were a little too late to clear out. You know you are in karaoke hell when someone who has a unique sense of pitch kicks it off with "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" from "Wizard of Oz." We ate fast.
Great shots of 'after the blizzard' ~ did you get your pizza? Lol
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Wishing you lots of love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Karaoke! LOL!
ReplyDeleteOut into the night in search of pizza after a blizzard sounds poetic.
I can remember having pizza and beer during the blizzard of 78 when New England got slammed with tons of snow. Glad we didn't have to go out because the city was shut down for days. Great photos, William. As for karaoke, I don't care for it either. :)
ReplyDeleteLots of snow!!! We've too have gone out for pizza in the snow when everyone else was headed home. :)
ReplyDelete@Sandi: we have to have the plows.
ReplyDelete@Marie: this time of year one can get good dawn and dusk shots.
@Iris: we get a lot.
@Barbara: I was able to get out and about.
@Eileen: I love it.
@RedPat: we'll have several more weeks.
@Anvilcloud: it's brutally cold today.
ReplyDelete@Red: it just kept falling.
@Sharon: it was quite a pile.
@Jeanie: one time last summer I was passing by and someone was mangling November Rain, even worse than how the original singer does it.
@Jeanie: Hawaiian pizza that time.
@Maywyn: it's just a few blocks, and the night had cleared up.
@Bill: karaoke is vile.
@happyone: pizza is good comfort food.
I think we were in the same storm. Quite the mess.
ReplyDeleteYes, this was that big one that hit much of the east.
DeleteBrilliant captures all!
ReplyDeleteThanks.
DeleteThe joy of Winter.
ReplyDeleteVery much so.
DeleteWow on all that snow, looks pretty but hope you didn't have to drive anywhere.
ReplyDeleteNo, I walk. That day I kept close to home.
DeleteWow that is a heck of a lot of snow. Must have been some blizzard to last so long. Great photos.
ReplyDeleteIt was a strong system.
DeleteSo I'm guessing when you have blizzard whether that you're stuck inside until it's over, would be unwise to go out.
ReplyDeleteIt is best to stay in, but to be careful outside. I was out at its height, and could only see a block away.
DeleteThose first two photographs are so lovely.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
Thanks.
DeleteI might as well be looking at the moon William except this is much more beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI did see the moon last night here.
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