The Dawn Rises Upon The Brand New Year

 As I end the year with sunsets, it's appropriate to begin the year with new post material with sunrises.

These first shots date back to a July morning. I was at Lansdowne Park and took this shot from the grounds on the east side of the property.

A few minutes later, I took this shot from the west side of the stadium.

I took this one with a zoom on my phone in August, with the crescent moon rising in the dawn sky to the east. The stadium and the surrounding property are particularly ideal for dawn shots.

Later in the month, the cloud pattern seen here caught my eye as I came by before dawn.

Early in September, another beautiful morning was developing.

A few days on, with absolute first light starting to develop on the horizon, I returned and took these shots of the rising crescent moon.

And later in the month, another beautiful day was rising.

Here we have another case of absolute first light, but from November, when this was taken around six in the morning. This is Dundonald Park in Centretown.

Late that month, but on the same day, two more shots from Lansdowne. I paused to take this view of the Aberdeen Pavilion in pre-dawn light.

Shortly afterwards, the stadium view was like this.

On Boxing Day morning, I was downtown and took this shot of the morning sky. The building in the foreground is Somerset House, once an architectural gem, but for more than a decade shuttered and closed off, the victim of an incompetent developer who has monumentally screwed up in his response to an accident inside the building that's compromised the place, and ever since has been nothing more than excuses and silence and promises that lead nowhere.

I still say that every citizen of the city should have the right to punch that jackass in the face.

My first shots of 2024, taken on New Year's Day. I considered trying to reach the Rideau Canal downtown for a couple of shots, but wasn't sure if the cloud cover would hold off when I woke up early. I took this shot a few blocks from home, with some blue sky and the early sun illuminating the clouds.

And this one a bit closer to home, at Dundonald Park, where the bare outline of trees contrasted well with the dawn.