Snowy Day

I took these on a particularly wintery day in February, while Winterlude was going on, in streets around Old Ottawa South, the Glebe, and Centretown, including views of the Canal from the Bronson Bridge. The snow pack has gone down since then, as you've seen in shots from my St. Patrick's series, but it's been consistently cold in March thus far. And we got a bunch of it back thanks to that storm earlier this week.

Saint Patrick

I have one final day of St. Patrick's parade shots, and it's fitting to end on the day itself. Also have a peek over at my writer's blog, where I've got a St. Pats image post scheduled to go live when this one goes with my own warped sense of humour.

Crossing under the 417, Bank Street comes into the Glebe, and the rest of these shots reflect that area, around the underpass and south of it. That includes St. Patrick himself, who decided to wear shades for the occasion.

Shenanigans

Here we have more of the floats and marchers from last Saturday's St. Patrick's Day March, making their way south down Bank Street. The marchers include those of the canine variety- a number of Irish greyhounds.

Marching In Green

First, I have indeed switched out my header image for a spring like shot, even though as of the time I wrote this last evening, it was snowing heavily. It's a shot from the Tulip Festival last May.

The St. Patrick's parade was held last Saturday here in Ottawa. It was a particularly cold day as the parade went along a route that started at City Hall and ended at Lansdowne. I went along the route, photographing at various spots, mostly where there weren't onlookers. It started out with flags and bagpipes. I have more from this over the next two days.

Traversing The Wall

This is an untitled work by Stephen Brathwaite that incorporates steel, granite slabs, and coloured glass, depicting two life sized climbers on a rock wall. It is situated in City Hall, in the main council chamber. The door was open one day in February, so I went in and took the opportunity to photograph it.

In the adjoining hall, an orchestra was in the midst of rehearsals.

Dazzling In The Night

One last glance here at the pairs sculptures in full colour. 

I headed over to the other shelter, where the single carver sculptures were also lit up. Here we have them. I hope you've enjoyed the Winterlude series. It has been a long one!