Market

 I return today where I left off yesterday. The Aberdeen Pavilion is at the heart of Lansdowne Park.

A farmer's market operates out of here on Sundays during the cold weather and in the adjacent square to the north during the rest of the year. In the weeks leading up to Christmas, the market operates both days of the weekend, and includes Christmas vendors.

It is routinely busy. They'll be taking some weeks off but returning weekly again by mid-January. In the interim, this building is going to host some of the fan events around the World Juniors Hockey championships, which is being held here in Ottawa and shared between the arena here and the Canadian Tire Centre out in the Kanata area, where the Ottawa Senators play.

From time to time, I indulge here.

Musicians are a staple of the farmers market regardless of time of year.

A type of food I've only recently started having, and which I showed you during a previous theme day, the arepa. They are South American in origin, and a delicious breakfast.

Some of the Christmas vendor's items.

A final look from within. Tomorrow I take you outside, for the Christmas market portion.

Noel

Office buildings decorate for the holidays this time of year. This display is in the World Exchange Plaza downtown. 

A block west, the next building has some decorations of their own.

Here we have a view inside the C.D. Howe Building downtown.

While these trees are in an office building nearby.

These were taken last night at the Rideau Center.

I finish off today at Lansdowne Park, where late in November, the Christmas market was opened up for the season with the lighting of the Christmas tree in front of the Aberdeen Pavilion. We'll see more from Lansdowne over the next two days.

Yule

 It is time to move into a Christmas series. I do this for my readers, who enjoy this sort of thing. I, on the other hand, dread this time of year, and am in a depression that will only lift after the Christmas music stops. This happens every year.

I took shots in late November around the Glebe neighbourhood, where some people had put up decorations early.

In the first half of December, snow had fallen, and I took more shots in the Glebe one night.

This is more my speed, on a front porch close to home.

More Christmas decorating.

I finish with a daytime shot of Abbotsford House in the Glebe, with decorations in the windows. This 19th century farmhouse today is home to a seniors centre.

Mixed

A reminder to members of City Daily Photo that the theme for January 1st is your photo of the year. 

I have some odds and ends today. This first one was from July, and I'd meant to use it for the Blue theme day in the fall, but overlooked it. International rugby games were held at Lansdowne Park, and I attended one. The dramatic sky caught my eye.

 I was out early in the morning one late October day, just at the very first hints of dawn. Most everything was in darkness, and I photographed this view down one street in the Glebe, with the Moon above.

In this same neighbourhood close by, this bumper sticker caught my eye. I love that movie.

Around dusk on Hallowe'en, I took this photograph of the building that will house the new main branch of the Ottawa Library, a partnership with Library and Archives Canada, which will have some space there. The project is coming along well.

I took a shot of this stoic dog on Remembrance Day after the ceremonies at the War Memorial.

One morning when I had the day off, I noticed a crane through my apartment windows, hoisting something onto a government building a street over. I took a shot with the zoom lens on my phone.

Another day, I was awake in the dead of night when the colours of emergency lights drew my attention. I looked outside, seeing fire trucks on the next street over, heading to a residence building to the right. They were gone within ten minutes, so whatever it was, it was routine.

This colourful mural is painted onto steps at Carleton University.

In late November, I attended a showing of The Empire Strikes Back at Lansdowne Park. The film was shown in the arena, with an orchestra playing the music live. Members of the local Star Wars cosplayer group Capital City Garrison were there, and I caught some shots with relatively few people around. History's most foul mouthed character was cursing up a storm, every word bleeped out.

It might have been too much cursing for the Dark Lord of the Sith. Darth Vader looked perplexed.

Later in November, I took these two shots of the new library building from two angles. 

I finish with some comfort food, taken earlier this month. I went with a couple of buddies up to Great Canadian Poutinerie, my go-to for poutine. I had the holiday one, with turkey, cranberry sauce, and stuffing on top of the fries, gravy, and cheese curds that are a Canadian staple dish. One of the other guys had it topped with bacon and a grilled cheese sandwich. Good eating.