Landmarks Of Confederation Square

 Back into my series on the Tulip Festival. After leaving Major's Hill Park, I passed by the Chateau Laurier, where tulips and lilacs were showing off.

This portion of the building frames a view of the Parliament Buildings.

I went into Confederation Square, the very heart of the city, and in many ways the country. Its central point is the National War Memorial, dedicated in memory of those who fought and died in Canadian wars and in other military duties. The Memorial is surrounded by landmarks like the Chateau Laurier, Parliament Hill, The Chambers, the National Arts Centre, and the Government Conference Center. In May, tulips are to be found surrounding it.

After the winter, military sentries are positioned in front of it in daytime, overlooking the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

I crossed the street. My next destination was Parliament Hill itself.

City Daily Photo Theme Day: Bubbles

The first day of each month is a theme day for members of City Daily Photo, and for July, that theme is Bubbles. Check out how others are interpreting the theme right here.

 

My first shots were taken in early May. By chance I was at Lansdowne Park, where the children's festival was taking place. There was someone using these two long prongs to send bubbles into the air. Many, many bubbles.

I try not to photograph kids, but sometimes it can't be helped. Besides, most of them were looking away, and the only one looking in my general direction had his face obscured by a bubble or two.

The bubbles were even floating in the direction of the North Stands, and surprisingly still visible on camera.

A related term for bubbles is froth or foam, and it is in this that waterfalls apply. These shots were taken in the first half of May at the Chaudiere Falls on the Ottawa River. These falls are upstream of Parliament Hill, and contain a lot of power as they drop fifteen metres along the full length.

Taken later in May, this is also the Ottawa River, seen from Parliament Hill, where the river still runs swiftly downstream from the Chaudiere Falls before calming down in the wide section below the Hill. The line of white water is an island that gets covered over by water during spring run off before receding.

I took these in the first half of June. I paid a visit to the Rideau Falls, where the Rideau River drops into the Ottawa River in two channels. This is the east branch. 

Passing over the falls on the bridge, I noticed bubbles in the water. The water is very shallow here, but you wouldn't want to walk in it. It's an eleven metre drop. I'll have more from here down the line.

On another matter, this was taken before the weekend in an office building downtown. Happy Canada Day!