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Shockingly, No Snow for Christmas in Ottawa

Which of the following options applies to you?

  • I’m suitably merry. Booze helped.
  • I’m merry by nature. Except during the holidays.
  • I work retail and I’m thinking of calling in sick for Boxing Day.
  • I don’t celebrate Christmas but thanks for the day off anyway.
  • I’ll let you know how I feel once the extended family has left.
  • I’m singing Christmas songs to myself and I can’t believe this magical time of the year will be over soon.
  • Ate too much. Can’t think. Food coma.
  • I’m an elf and I’m considering unionizing. Enough is enough!
  • Why no snow? I want a refund on my Christmas fantasy!

Merry Christmas, everyone!

It’s a very unusual Christmas here—no snow, and as I’m writing this, on the 24th, it’s 17°C outside. No kidding.

On the 23rd, temperatures were mild as well and it was very foggy. I went for a long walk just because I could (it’s rarely warm enough to spend time outside in December!) and because I found the foggy weather very intriguing.

Here are the shots I gathered that day, from the eerie Experimental Farm to Parliament Hill in the fog, from the busy Rideau Centre to the Byward Market.

Foggy and Rainy
Foggy and Rainy
Foggy and Rainy in our Neighbourhood
Foggy and Rainy in our Neighbourhood
Bus Stop
Bus Stop
Bank Street, Downtown Ottawa
Bank Street, Downtown Ottawa
Bank Street, Downtown Ottawa
Bank Street, Downtown Ottawa
Parliament Hill in the Fog
Parliament Hill in the Fog
Parliament Hill in the Fog
Parliament Hill in the Fog
National War Memorial
National War Memorial
The Locks and the Ottawa River
The Locks and the Ottawa River
Tim Hortons Cup on Rideau Street
Tim Hortons Cup on Rideau Street
Byward Market
Byward Market
Byward Market
Byward Market
Byward Market
Byward Market
Byward Market
Byward Market
Byward Market
Byward Market
Rideau Centre
Rideau Centre
Rideau Centre
Rideau Centre
Ottawa's Business District in the Fog
Ottawa’s Business District in the Fog
Ottawa's Business District in the Fog
Ottawa’s Business District in the Fog
Wet Christmas
Wet Christmas
Wet Christmas
Wet Christmas
Shoppers on Bank Street
Shoppers on Bank Street
Little Italy
Little Italy
Little Italy
Little Italy
Little Italy
Little Italy
The Experimental Farm
The Experimental Farm
The Experimental Farm
The Experimental Farm
The Experimental Farm
The Experimental Farm
The Experimental Farm
The Experimental Farm
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
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Zhu

French woman in English Canada.

Exploring the world with my camera since 1999, translating sentences for a living, writing stories that may or may not get attention.

Firm believer that nobody is normal... and it’s better this way.

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