Dawn Arises Upon The Brand New Year

 As I end the year with sunsets, so too do I start it with sunrises for my first regular post of new material, taken from the last few months of last year.

I took this shot in the latter half of July early one morning, before dawn, coming out to the stadium at Lansdowne Park. I couldn't have asked for better conditions.

This shot was taken at the end of July near home very early one morning.

I took this one in the first half of August, back at Lansdowne Park again.

A few days later, another shot from close to home.

Another late August shot.

While this was at the beginning of September.

A few days later, I took this shot early one morning in the north end of the Glebe.

In mid-October, back at Lansdowne Park, I took a different perspective for dawn shots- the east side of the stadium, using the pedestrian bridge as a foreground.

I took this shot at the beginning of December. This is the last time you'll see things like this- the city has allowed for some work to be done here, and it's already started. A new event center will be built at the east end of the stadium field, where the berm is, and then the north stands will be entirely rebuilt. The idea is to do this without disrupting the teams. My view of things at this site has changed considerably from when the south stands were rebuilt over a decade ago- the city has an arrangement with the organization that runs the site to let them do so, and I've seen enough of how the city fumbles things themselves to know better.  The north stands are at the end of their life and need to be replaced. It's going to be quite a process, and in hindsight, it would have been better to do all this at once back in 2012. 

These were taken in mid-December. at Lansdowne.

I took this shot on Christmas morning, close to home.

And some days later, I approached the Flora Bridge, a pedestrian bridge over the Rideau Canal that links the Glebe to Old Ottawa East.

Bitterly cold, but worth coming out for with the sun soon to rise.