Colours

A reminder to members of City Daily Photo that the theme for December is Slow.

More fall colours today around Ottawa. 

I was in the Nepean area one day, and fall colours alongside this church caught my eye.

A bus ride later, I was waiting up at the Tunney's Pasture transit station. Trees outside the perimeter drew my attention.

This vibrant tree was outside a bank in the Glebe.

One day I headed out in the direction of Lebreton Flats.

Pindigen Park is here, and this tree certainly drew me.

Autumn colours around nearby buildings had the same effect.

Here we look across at the Canadian Firefighters Memorial, with fall colours in the background. The large statue of a firefighter points towards a wall with names of those firefighters who have died in service.

Across the road is the National Holocaust Monument, with the War Museum in the background.

My path led me on, in the direction of the nearby Portage Bridge.

Here at Richmond Landing, I took more shots of fall colours.

I kept moving along the bridge, which spans the Ottawa River between Ottawa and Gatineau. The river passes through a series of islands here, including Victoria Island, home to the ruins of an old carbide mill. We'll pick up here tomorrow.

Ends And Odds In A National Capital

I have some more odds and ends shots for you today. On the night we had the supermoon earlier this month, I went out to Lansdowne Park, where in the park area, I took this shot looking east at a large water sculpture, with stars and planets beyond. 

Turning around, I took this shot looking towards the stadium to the west, with the Moon high overhead.

A typical late summer sky here. These brooding clouds brought some late day rain after I took this shot up in the north end of the Glebe. Past mid-August, we can still have hot days, but heat waves tend to be largely over by then.

This is the Chinatown Arch, seen from the west, where it welcomes people into the neighbourhood.

The World Exchange Plaza is an office complex in the downtown core. During Covid, the building ownership decided on a serious overhaul of the interior three floors, which are retail and food court, and that was largely done by the end of last year. But a lot of the terrace area outside was reconfigured, and only recently reopened.

Across the street is a pair of sculptures. At one spot is an aboriginal hunter, crouched and reaching for an arrow, looking across the garden at his prey.

Here at the far side is a deer, who, from the body language, has already sensed danger and is about to run.

Pindigen Park is at Lebreton Flats, near the War Museum. Developed in collaboration with local First Nations peoples, this quiet park includes metal cut sculptures of animals.

A short walk away, the Fleet Street Pumping Station dates to 1875 and lies on the other side of the bridge, where a channel of the Ottawa River flows through. Beyond it, the future main branch of the Ottawa Public Library is taking shape.

Lastly, taken just yesterday, this cutie pie is close to home for me.

On An Excursion Or Two

Early this month, I had to go out to Westboro. I took this shot of fall colours in a parking lot in the neighbourhood. I took the same shot in a post early in this series.

A bus ride later, I was up in the Tunney's Pasture area, a government complex lying north of the Hintonburg and Mechanicsville neighbourhoods. This red tree caught my eye. 

The following day I was on my way to the War Museum for a visit. This view is in Lebreton Flats on the way.

A short walk away I took this shot. The cliff we see here is part of the same ridge that Parliament Hill is on.

The Ottawa River runs through a number of channels in this area, and this particular one is a controlled one, with waters at a low level at present.

Beyond this channel, these colours really popped out.

This view is a short way beyond, on my way to the Canadian Firefighters Memorial.

The Memorial is a national memorial, with a wall of names of firefighters who have fallen in the line of duty or died of workplace related illnesses inscribed, from across the country. Each year new names are added to the wall, and a national service is held in September. A large statue of a firefighter stands across from the wall. Trees planted around the Memorial were at their height.

Neighbouring the Memorial is Pindigen Park, developed by the National Capital Commission in collaboration with local First Nations tribes. I've passed by this spot many times, but have not photographed it before. I will have to remedy that, likely in the spring, as there are some neat touches to be found here.

And then it was to the waiting intersection. Beyond were the grounds of the Canadian War Museum, with bright red colours. I'll start showing you that series in a few days.