Library

This is the Library of Parliament in Ottawa. It's an interesting neogothic building sitting very distinctively on top of the bluffs overlooking the Ottawa River. For our first couple of years here it was shrouded in white sheets while it was renovated (if you find it in Google Earth - see today's placemark - you can still see them). When the sheets finally came off, its new copper roof shone gleaming on the skyline - beautiful. I took this shot in March last year, after an unseasonal thaw had cleared most of the snow. If last winter was mild, this winter is positively tropical. It's the middle of January and there's no snow on the ground, the canal and river remain unfrozen, and at one point last week I walked to work in only a long-sleeved t-shirt. Apparently a lot of it has to do with El Niño, but one can't help thinking about climate change and what it's going to mean for our future.

Details: Nikon D70, 18-200mm @ 18mm, f/22, 1/40s, ISO 200. 16 March 2006, Ottawa. Placemark.