Just a few shots of the #icescuptures on Sparks Street in Ottawa on this final day of #winterlude 2023

The opening of Canada’s iconic Rideau Canal Skateway in Ottawa has been pushed back continually this year as the nation’s capital and much of Ontario are experiencing an unusually “mild” winter season.

The famous canal-turned-ice-rink has opened to the public every year since 1971. However, it remains unclear if the rink will be able to open at all this year given the weather conditions.

#OttCity #Ottawa #Winterlude #ClimateChange #Skating

https://globalnews.ca/news/9483102/rideau-canal-skateway-closed-ottawa-weather/

Went to drag story time today. Outdoors in Canada in February. Drag queens might be the toughest people in the world, hanging out in the cold in those outfits (including one in a day glo body suit, fishnets and stilettos walking on ice!) #dragqueens #drag #Canada #Ottawa #Winterlude

Any recommendations from #Ottawa folks with young kids what to check out at #Winterlude this weekend? Planning an outing with a friend her 2 year old.

I walked the length of #SparksSt in #ottawa just before the rain/ice/snow and read all the plaques on all the #IceSculptures Super lucky timing!
#Winterlude #Ice #Canada #NCC #WinterTime #beautiful #TimHortons #Canadian

https://youtu.be/oZ2C_-XW50E

A little extra cold this morning - a short-lived arctic cold snap.

But nothing breaks the cold in #Ottawa more effectively than an imminent winter festival. That'll get the ice thawing so that skating and ice sculptures are short-lived.

#Winterlude

There was an album I recall called “Winterlude”, I think, that had low-key Christmas music-but I like the word-we are in “Winterlude”, before warmer weather returns to the Northern Eastern U.S.
#winter #winterlude

Yesterday being #TwelfthNight I put away most of out Christmas decorations. These wee fellows remain to see us past Orthodox Christmas Day (7th Jan) and carry the light of the #Winterlude into this new year. They stay out until January hits double figures.

Our #Winterlude shenanigans continue with the arrival of the latest shenanigator #SaintLucy / #SantaLucia whose Day it is today. Winterlude Corner is beginning to look like quite the party.

#BjornWiinblad

Meanwhile in the #Winterlude: #GreenMan gets a robustified wreath; and #StNicholas gets to celebrate his day with a nice old chinwag with #AutumnBear

Yesterday, the first Sunday in #Advent, marked the official beginning of our #Winterlude festivities. #Autumn #Bear stood witness to the end of Autumn, and a fab new #Owl centered #AdventCalendar got its first outing. From now til #Epiphany various other Winterlude figures will join in the fun. Betcha can't wait.

Or not.

As you will.