Odds And Ends In The National Capital

I have some odds and ends today, taken from the last few weeks. One day in October, I was at Lansdowne Park, where this antique fire truck was found.

The reason for it being here- a charity fire truck pull.

At the end of October I had reason to be at the RA Centre, an athletic facility south of the downtown core. Paintings inside caught my eye.

In early November, en route to the War Museum, I took this shot of the Dominican University College, a graduate institute focusing on theological studies.

Coming back, I noticed a cat looking out from a windowsill. I took some shots of this supreme being.

Later in November, I was at Lansdowne Park one night. I took a shot of the Orion constellation in the sky.

Elsewhere in the Glebe, an eyeglasses shop has this in their front window.

I've been monitoring the progress of Adisoke, the future home of the main branch of the Ottawa Public Library at Lebreton Flats. The building will also house some space for Library and Archives Canada, and is coming along nicely. This was from mid-December.

I passed by again on Christmas Eve.

A few days earlier, I had gone into Gatineau to pay a visit to the Canadian Museum of History. The architecture of these buildings caught my eye.

Coming back, I took this shot in Major's Hill Park, looking towards Parliament Hill and across the Rideau Canal.

And these were taken a couple of days ago, on a rare blue sky day downtown. I've featured them before, but it's been quite awhile. The murals face each other across an empty lot on Bank Street. The ghost sign in the second shot dates to the 19th century.