City Daily Photo Theme Day: Purple

The first day of each month is a theme day for members of City Daily Photo. This month, the theme is Purple. Take a look at how others are interpreting the theme right here. 

I start with these shots taken in Confederation Park during Winterlude. A large screen had been set up for watching Winter Olympics coverage, though this was a night or two before the opening ceremonies. Alongside the screen were LED lights in purple.

At one entrance of the park, shifting lights illuminated evergreen trees that had been placed there. I caught them as the light was shifting into purple.

Lights also shift gradually over the ice sculptures. Blue was turning into purple when I took this shot of a sculpture.

A few blocks away, and on my way home, I noticed a car that had been given an exterior design that looked like something from space. There was purple in the mix, and I concentrated on that.

One night during that month, I was coming back from a walk on the Rideau Canal and was passing by the Canadian Museum of Nature. Some of the streetlights had purple bulbs, which were lighting up the main entrance.

I took these two shots of ice sculptures on Plaza Bridge, part of a set of sculptures that had been set up for Winterlude. Blue coloured lights were gradually shifting into purple.

Later that same evening, I was back in Confederation Park. The place gets decorated for Christmas not with lights in the trees, but coloured shifting spotlights on the trees, and they left them on for Winterlude. 

An underpass beneath the 417 was painted for Canada 150 back in 2017. I'd never photographed it, but this section, with a purple triangle, fit the bill.

And I finish with this toque for the PWHL, the women's professional hockey league, with its lettering in purple.

Park

 Jacques Cartier Park lies east of the Museum of History. Here at its main entrance is a larger than life statue of the legend of the Montreal Canadiens hockey team- Maurice "Rocket" Richard. In May, the flowerbed behind him is lined with tulips.

On my way to the big flowerbeds in the park, which lies on the Gatineau shore of the Ottawa River, I noticed this lone tulip. Brought this way, perhaps, by squirrel gardeners.

There are two large flowerbeds filled with tulips, on either side of the central staircase.

Odds And Ends Around A National Capital

 I have some odds and ends from the last few months for you over the next three days. I start with these shots from before Christmas, when I was returning across the Ottawa River on the Alexandra Bridge from a visit to the Museum of History. I photographed the Ottawa skyline over the frozen river.

I used the bridge itself to frame Kiweki Point.

My path took me past the Peacekeeping Monument, with Notre Dame in the background.

I hadn't posted this shot from the Christmas market at Lansdowne. At the east side of the Aberdeen Pavilion, there had been a spot with regularly carved ice sculptures.

Late in the month, passing through the Glebe neighbourhood, I photographed this building I've passed by on occasion. It is in fact a church, a Quaker congregation.

In mid-January, back at Lansdowne Park, I photographed the Aberdeen Pavilion at night.

I've been occasionally photographing the development of the future main branch of the Ottawa Public Library at Lebreton Flats. The building will also house some space for Library and Archives Canada. Most of the work now is being done inside. I took this shot from the north in January.

One day I stopped by the National Gallery of Canada briefly. This looks up through the reflecting pool from below.

Outside, Maman by Louise Bourgeois is always worth taking a photo of.

I attended a PWHL game at Lansdowne. The game is fast paced, and the crowd enjoys it.

In early February, out in Nepean, I took time to photograph a church I haven't photographed since before Covid, I believe. Julian of Norwich Anglican Church stands out well in winter.

In Confederation Park

 After leaving Plaza Bridge, as noted in yesterday's post, I went for another walk on the Canal skateway. Coming back, I returned to Confederation Park. I had previously taken shots of the main sculptures at night and wanted to do so again- until I saw the line ups. Instead I took some shots of ice sculptures out in the open, including this hockey player, getting up off the ice.

This moose stood out. It might have been carved that last weekend.

The big skate still looked good.

As did this bird.

Another ice sculpture- a stylized maple leaf. Very fitting.

The Ice Hogs looked radiant.

As did these

At the west side of the park, on stage were two buskers, performing with fiddle music, and using glow sticks as part of their act. I'll have some more of them for the Entertainment theme day. Tomorrow we'll return to the park on an earlier evening visit.