Bookish Mary

Spring has finally arrived and with it the flora has burst through the soil, and sprouted on the limbs of trees.  The tulip festival at the end of May is the celebration that brings us into summer in Ottawa.  Everywhere one looks tulip blooms are seen on the landscape: colours, hybrids and soft petals surrounded by lush greenery.   The sun also invited me outdoors to play, so I grabbed my camera and chased shadows, revelled in the colours of spring and marvelled at the many shades of green waving at the robin blue skies.   CHASING SHADOWS  The beautiful weather also brings out the cyclists.  The city is becoming more bicycle friendly, adding bike lanes along busy thoroughfares.  The shadows were wonderfully distinct on this bright day.   ON THE STREET  I walked around the city and took pictures that I found interesting.  I walked over to the Alexandra Bridge, (one of the bridges t...

City Under Ice  Rain enters the city, freezing attaching itself to everything it touches  Power lines stretch  with the frozen weight  Optical illusions are seen  through its thickness, as Humans slip, slide, stumble and crash on its slick surface Cars move with unprecedented slowness, and  Rain and wind partner to propel its freezing clutch onward  into  the city centre   leaving everything under a layer  of finely sculpted ice. Mary Kritz , April 16, 2018  The city is cloaked in a layer of ice and I decided it was time to create a new post for the blog.  It has been a while, so here goes:  Montebello Trade Show   At the end of March I participated in a trade show at the Chateau Montebello in Montebello, Quebec.  This is one of the old CN/CP hotels which is now part of the Fairmont Hotel chain. It is a rustic wooden log structure hotel.  Upon entering, ...