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.