Snapped a couple of pictures at Andrew Haydon Park over the weekend – blue sky and warm sun, great day to be out sitting on the grass watching birds.
Category Archives: Ottawa
Snow Sculpting
My maker team (The notorious OMG) and I got together over the first week of Winterlude to carve a gigantic 10 foot tall Godzilla out of a cube of snow!
The cube started like this:
Our original plan included a cityscape, but when we saw how high the peak of the snow cube went, we knew we had an opportunity to do a familiar landmark – Parliament Hill.
Our first couple of nights were tricky because of the warm melty weather, so we only had a few days with all hands on deck to carve it in to shape.
Saturday morning, the final OMGodzilla could be spotted mingling with the crowd of admirers who came out to see what we’d been working on. Super proud of this project – I think it turned out pretty well, and I learned a lot about co-ordinating artistic projects among a team.
Harry Snowpotter
The neighbour’s kids put up a snowman over the warm weekend, so I thought I’d build their snowpile a friend – here’s Harry Snowpotter II.
He didn’t last long though – I could blame it on the +4C temperature and drizzling rain, but I suspect he was murdered in the night by the evil wizard Voldemelt. 😉 Pretty sure I’ve traumatized the nearby kids – this is some Indiana-Jones-ending-style facemelting.
Happy Holidays!
It’s the holiday season – although we’ve had a disconcerting run of summer-like weather all through December so dashing through the snow and walking in a winter wonderland are not on this year’s celebration schedule. I did go check out the holiday projections on the side of Parliament Hill, and I’m drinking my share of hot chocolate and egg nog despite the balmy weather. Christmas is coming!
Hog’s Back Falls
I am ignoring TLCs advice and chasing waterfalls. 🙂 Natasha and I often end up at Hog’s Back to do a little hike after dinner, and now and then I can’t help myself but bring the camera along to snap some pics of the rushing water.
Speaking at Refresh Ottawa
Last week I did a tech talk about web images in front of the members of Refresh Ottawa at the Shopify offices. Refresh is a neat meetup group and I’ve enjoyed the talks I’ve attended, so it was great to be able to contribute back to the group. It’s a pretty relaxed atmosphere (free pizza!) so it’s a good place to try out a new talk and see how it goes over.
This is the first talk I’ve ever given using Google Slides – I was a little terrified that the internet was going to cut out and kill my presentation, but it ran pretty smoothly! So many cat pictures!
Credit to Natasha Roebuck for the pic!