fajrdrako | My neighbourhood... (Reply)

I'm doing two things this afternoon that I've meant to do for months. Well, today is the day.

The first thing is to defrost the freezer. Seriously necessary.

The second thing was to feed the birds outdoors. Every day when I give my Little Feathered Guys fresh seed, I put their leftover seed from yesterday in a small pot, with the intention of scattering it by the canal for the wild birds.

I went to do that, and took my camera with me, because there were skaters on the canal, and a nice feeling in the (cold) air, and still some sunshine left in the day. My pictures:

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The duck pond: hard to see where it begins and ends, this time of year, and we won't see ducks again for a while. But critters come out at night (both feathered and furred) and I'm sure someone will appreaciate the seed.

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The path by the canal. They've ploughed it this year; runners and dog-walkers still use it all winter.

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Skaters on the canal. Three miles of rink, and it's crowded from one end (the National Arts Center) to the other (Dow's Lake, where it opens up). In this light, it's hard to see how colourful they are.

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This is at the entrance to Patterson Creek.

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As I walked home, I was behind a lady in pink who had been buying groceries.

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Readers of Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett will recognize this as a demon who has tried to slip through Ottawa Hellmouth, or maybe it's the Ottawa Rift. In any case, I think this shopping-cart demon has had the worst of it. Ottawa is too much for him.