Win­ter has set­tled in the cap­i­tal, and lately, we have been able to enjoy Canada’s trade­mark weather: pure blue sky with a high of –20C. But don’t think the weather is stop­ping us from going out. We actu­ally have quite a lot of fun out­door, even though as the sign says, slid­ing down the hill is not allowed! Who cares?

No Slid­ing They Said!

Hav­ing Fun On The Hill

Talk­ing about signs, don’t you find these ones a bit… er… cryp­tic? I found them down­town Ottawa. I get the mean­ing, but it always makes me laugh. I mean, what am I sup­posed to do to pre­vent the ice to fall on me? Not walk in the street?

Weird Sign

Watch For Falling Ice

Don’t you like these roads and side­walks? Snow can turn into mod­ern art… before it turns into the dreaded slush.

Snowy Road

Foot­steps

And look at these ici­cles! Ici­cles are spikes of ice formed when drip­ping water freezes. It is usu­ally caused by snow melt­ing (typ­i­cally on roofs) and refreez­ing because out­side is very cold. You don’t want to stand below… trust me!

Huge Ici­cles

More Ici­cles

Land­scapes look very dry and desert… yet beau­ti­ful. Blue sky actu­ally means extremely cold tem­per­a­ture here, I could barely stand out­side as I was tak­ing the pic­tures.

For­est In Winter

Frozen Ottawa River

In the park, benches and pic­nic tables are buried under inches of snow.

Used To Be Benches

Buried Under Snow

We were dri­ving by the Canal the other day, in a really bad bliz­zard, when I spot­ted two peo­ple. Jog­ging. In the snow and the cold. Okay… not for me!

Blue Sky and Bare Trees

Jog­ging?!

Hope you guys enjoy these lit­tle snap­shots of Canada!

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