Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Photowalk - Morning at the meadow

 Grasshopper

Chicory - Cichorium intybus 
 Just learned that the leaves can be used in a salad and that the dried roots are often used as a coffee substitute. 

 Yellow jacket

The black&white Bald-faced hornet   vs.  the yellow&black  Yellow jacket

 Red Milkweed Beetles



Ruby Meadowhawk


Sunday, July 21, 2013

Photowalk: Watts Creek Pathway and Corkstown Road Loop


We really enjoy this loop because it's long enough to get some exercise (about 7.8 km) and there is lots to see for me when I take my camera along.

Bumblebee on a Purple Cone Flower (Echinacea purpurea)







 American Goldfinch

 Cinquefoil - Potentilla recta

 Deers

 Queen Anne's Lace or Wild Carrot - Daucus carota 

 Bladder Campion - Silene nivea 




Queen Anne's Lace or Wild Carrot - Daucus carota 

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Photowalk: Downtown Ottawa

Today I decided to take a stroll around downtown while waiting for my hubby's appointment to finish. The hot weather and the lovely sunshine really were a mood booster for me and I enjoyed this hour of revisiting places I have not been to in quite a while. Downtown is not far away from home but still I rarely drive there for picturing. After today, I am thinking that I should get there more often.

Knox Presbyterian Church



No more space for flyers...

The Canadian Tribute to Human Rights, also known as the Human Rights Monument, is a monumental sculpture located at the corner of Lisgar and Elgin streets in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It was designed by Montreal artist and architect Melvin Charney and unveiled by Tenzin Gyatso, the fourteenth Dalai Lama, on September 30, 1990. (Source: Wikipedia)




 





Former Ottawa Teachers' College. It is now part of City Hall.

Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame

City Hall

Ottawa Fire Fighters Memorial, grounds of City Hall





Boaters enjoying the great weather on the Rideau Canal

University of Ottawa

Ever changing sky-line

Overlooking Rideau Canal towards Parliament Buildings



Ottawa Convention Center in front of Chateau Laurier

Ottawa Convention Center

Fountain in Confederation Park





Canadian Animals in War Memorial









Statue to dead soldiers of the Boer War