Tag Archives: Ottawa
Climate Change Secret
It’s quite pleasant in Ottawa today, especially if you like snow. Admittedly, if you have to drive in the stuff you might be less than thrilled at the white stuff falling from the sky, causing problems for your morning commute. Overnight low was minus three (all temperatures in this post are Celsius. For Fahrenheit conversion […]
Ice Trees
I had to make an evening run to the library. It had been raining all day, with the temperature hovering around the freezing mark. The trees had a coating of ice, shining in the street lights. I whipped out my phone and snapped a couple of pictures for you.
One Year Later
I have from time to time posted photos taken at one of my wife’s favourite locations in Ottawa’s urban forest, Mer Bleue. We had some time Christmas Eve afternoon before we had to leave for church, and decided to once again walk the boardwalk. It was a pleasant enough winter day, but we couldn’t help […]
Winter Wonderland
As I walked to the bus stop yesterday… …I had to take some pictures.
Duck Cleaning Again
Alex called a few days ago. I’d forgotten his name. And he had forgotten me. On the previous occasion Alex called I had a very enjoyable conversation. That’s not the way he would have described it. He was so upset with me that he hung up without saying goodbye. Alex is a telemarketer. I understand […]
The Renovation
They don’t make them like they used to. Probably because they can’t afford to. Just refurbishing Ottawa’s Wellington Building, opened in 1927 as the headquarters of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, cost $425 million and took seven years. That’s a lot of money; my guess is about $424 million than it cost to build it […]
More Mailbox Woes
It seems almost wrong for me to keep taking shots at Canada Post. I’m sure they mean well, it’s just they have a competency issue. Or perhaps that is an incompetency issue. I’ve already written about the frozen locks on community mailboxes in my area, and how I was without mail for a couple of […]
Police Logic
Read in the newspaper yesterday that Ottawa Police have issued 29 per cent fewer tickets this year than in 2015. It’s not that residents are breaking fewer laws and bylaws, but the police are upset. The police union says fewer tickets are being issued because the officers’ feelings were hurt by something the mayor said. […]
The Harvest
Snow in the forecast, but it was a sunny Friday afternoon and unseasonably warm. I had a long list of things I wanted to accomplish. They didn’t get done. My wife sent a text: “Are you done work? Want to enjoy the weather and go for a walk?” So it was out into Ottawa’s urban […]
Fall Colours V
It looked like a perfect picture. I was in a conference room on the fourth floor of Centre Block on Parliament Hill. Through the gothic arched windows I could see the Gatineau Hills alive in a blaze of fall colour. “I must get a picture of this” I said to myself. “As soon as the […]
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