Postcard Pictures...

[fajrdrako]

I went downtown today, to the National Gallery. It was a hot but beautiful day.

Maybe because I was looking at paintings and thinking visually, I started looking at Ottawa as if it, too, were a piece of art. And looking particularly beautiful. So I started taking photos the way a tourist might, right there in the middle of the city, where all the good tourist attractions are.

And here they are:

1. The Parliament Buildings, seen from inside the National Gallery:
   
   
   
   
2. Maman:
   
   
   
   Most people I know think this monster spider sculpture is hideously ugly, or (my particular opinion) oddly juvenile. But Wikipedia calls it 'magnificent', so who am I to argue? Maclean's magazine called it 'beloved'. Hmm. By whom?
   
   
3. The interior of the Great Hall of the National Gallery.
   
   
   
   
4. Major's Hill Park.
   
   
   
   
5. The American Embassy.
   
   
   
   
6. The Peace Tower, as seen from outside the American Embassy.
   
   
   
   
7. The Chateau Laurier.
   
   
   
   
8. The War Memorial on Wellington Street.
   
   
   
   
9. An Elm Tree on Confederation Square. I only noticed today how very big this tree was; and I thought there weren't many healthy Elms left in Ottawa. Am I wrong, and it isn't an elm at all?
   
   
   
   
10. The Post Office on Sparks Street.
    
    
    
    
11. Umbrellas outside the World Exchange Plaza.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

Comments

[baronjanus]

Re spider, I was thinking one could set group therapy sessions for arachnophobes under it. you know, not first-stagers, but later.

[fajrdrako]

That at least would make it useful!

[baronjanus]

Lots of ways to make it useful! Tie many kites to it... Make a giant tent for parties... Ooh ooh ooh! Do a remake of Glass Spider! Oh, and some kind of may-pole-type fertility celebration!

[fajrdrako]

Put white flowers on it an rent it out for weddings.

Get it a job playing Shelob in the next remake of "Lord of the Rings".

Use it to desensitize arachnophobes.

[baronjanus]

yeah, that was the first one.

we're getting pretty good at this :)