The River Through Changing Seasons

 My second position to document the change of seasons in a given spot is on the Portage Bridge, upstream from Parliament Hill, roughly where the provincial boundary between Quebec and Ontario is. The Gatineau shoreline is at left, with landmarks including the Alexandra Bridge, Kiweki Point, the National Gallery, Notre Dame, the Supreme Court, and Victoria Island also seen. I come out here twice a month to do this series. You'll see the next post coming for the July theme day post, which deals with water.

I start with this shot taken in the latter half of July.

A few days later, I returned late in the day.

Around the middle of August, things were cooling down.

Towards the end of the month, I returned on a day with dramatic skies.

When I came back at mid-month in September, it was on a sunny day.

In the last days of that month, I was back.

When I returned on another day in the first half of October, it was under similar conditions.

And the same thing later in October- ideal conditions. The next day would bring in a lot of rain.

I stopped by on Remembrance Day en route to the War Museum. There had been snow two days prior, and the skies were clearing.

I returned late in November. The snow was gone, but it was a cold, moody day, with snow to come.

When I returned in the first half of December, the snow was back, and the river was in the midst of

freezing up.

My last shot in this series was taken on Boxing Day, after a visit to the War Museum.