Odds And Ends

I have some odds and ends from the last few weeks today. I start in late September, when I was walking away from the War Museum. A flock of Canada geese were on the lawn, having lunch. No doubt migrants from points further north, heading south.

In early October, I attended a couple of football games at Lansdowne Park. One was a CFL game, where the resident Redblacks have had a rough season, plagued by injuries. Post-game, fans are allowed on the field.

A couple of days later, an annual tradition. The Panda Game is a football game between Carleton University and the University of Ottawa, held here at Lansdowne each year, drawing in students, alumni, and staff from both universities. It is a busy ingress at each of the stadium's gates.

I walked around a bit during the game. This year, Carleton won, which is a good thing. 

A few nights later, I was back at Lansdowne, on a quiet night, where I took this shot from the east end of the property, towards the stadium.

Then I looked south, taking in the familiar sight of the Orion constellation. Its characteristic line of three stars, representing the belt of the mythological hunter, is the easiest way to find it in the night sky. It starts appearing in the northern hemisphere in the fall, and stays through the winter until dropping below the horizon. Seeing it for the first time in the fall is like seeing an old friend.

And here we have the Aberdeen Pavilion at night.

I was in Centretown one day, and decided to walk to make my bus connection. Along the way, I came to Dundonald Park to photograph fall colours, and came across this. I had seen work in the park last year on a section of the park fenced off, and then a number of weeks ago saw some pictures on social media.  This is in fact a splash pad, with two works of art at either end, by the artist Christopher Griffin, who works with concrete. Here we have a beaver.

And here we see a bear.

My last shot, taken early one morning, is of the Canadian Museum of Nature. The rising sun was illuminating the south face of the building, which I don't recall photographing before.