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Gavotte

30 Wednesday Sep 2015

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Church, Methodist, Music, Organ, Samuel Wesley, UK, Wesleyan

I was reading the blog of Will http://willyorwonthe.wordpress.com on his entry Musical Wednesday’s. So I went on to look for music by Samuel Wesley (1766-1837).

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Born in Bristol, he was the son of noted Methodist and hymn-writer Charles Wesley, the grandson of Samuel Wesley (a poet of the late Stuart period) and the nephew of John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist Church.

Samuel informed his mother, Sarah Wesley, of his philosophical conviction that his marriage had been constituted by sexual intercourse, precluding any civil or religious ceremony, but after a scandalous delay he married Charlotte Louise Martin in 1793, and they had three children. A book recently published provides a fascinating account of how Samuel Wesley’s marriage to Charlotte finally broke up with her discovery of Samuel’s affair with the teenage domestic servant Sarah Suter. Samuel and Sarah never married but had four children together, among them Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810–1876) who was a cathedral organist and notable composer.

In 1784, Wesley privately converted to Roman Catholicism, to the dismay of his uncle John Wesley. To celebrate his conversion, Samuel composed an elaborate mass, the Messa dello Spirito Santo, dedicating it to Pope Pius VI.

All this to say that his Gavotte on organ is delightful.

Here you have the pipe organ from the Nunnery Chapel in Douglas on the Isle of Man recently restored by Peter Jones and rebuilt in the Catholic Church in Castletown. Gareth Moore plays the Gavotte by Samuel Wesley.

In honour of Thanksgiving, October 11

29 Tuesday Sep 2015

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Herm, thanksgiving

This new header is a painting entitled “Still Life with Herms and a Bust of Ceres” by Flemish painter Frans Synder,  c.1630.

I thought this represents well the Season of Harvest and Thanksgiving in Canada.

A little puzzle in a picture

29 Tuesday Sep 2015

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Alexander VII, Architecture, Basilica, Bernini, Boromini, Bramante, St-Peter, Urban VIII, Vatican

Look at this painting of the St-Peter’s Basilica in Rome. A very famous view of this famous church. However if you look closely you will notice that it is not as it appears today. Something is missing. In this painting dated 1630 we see the two bell towers as imagined by Pope Urban VIII. Bernini was put in charge of decorating the interior of the newly built basilica. Then a new Pope Alexander VII asked Gian Lorenzo Bernini in 1658 to enhance the site as we see it today.

Construction of Saint Peter’s Basilica began in 1506, led by Pope Julius II with Donato Bramante on board as chief architect. Bramante designed the basilica and its dome up until 1513 when Pope Julius died; he was replaced, in succession, by Fra Giocondo, Guiliano da Sangallo, and Raphael. While Giocondo and Sangallo made their contributions, they both died in 1515, followed by Raphael a few years later in 1520.

Next in line to design for Saint Peter’s was Michelangelo, who famously said, “I undertake this only for the love of God and in honor of the Apostle.” Michelangelo decided to build upon Bramante’s early plans. His biggest contribution was the dome that was built atop the basilica in the year 1547. The dome was completed in 1590 and is still to this day the tallest dome in the world, spanning 448 feet. Everyone was quite pleased with the dome but some felt something was still missing, this something turned out to be the infamous bell towers of Saint Peter’s. Plans for bell towers atop St. Peter’s Basilica were drawn up during the reign of Paul V. Using Carlo Maderno’s designs, they had been completed up to the balustrade, the crown of the basilica’s facade. Then comes Pope Urban VIII who is eager to try his papacy’s hand at completing the facade and campanile of St. Peter’s Basilica.

On the February 5, 1629 Bernini assumed the title of chief architect to the basilica of St. Peter’s. “It was in this capacity as architect to the basilica that Bernini undertook the design and construction of his ill-fated campanili.” Commissioned under Pope Urban VIII, Bernini was instructed to design two great bell towers on each corner of Saint Peter’s Basilica with Michelangelo’s dome in the middle. An early indication of Urban VIII’s interest in the facade of St. Peters dates to sketches from 1626 by Francesco Borromini. Borromini was an architect, contemporary, and rival of Bernini. He was also a more experience architect.

Colliding pressure from Urban the VIII to carry out the project to fit his own vision and pressure from Borromini, to seize the project as his own created unstable conditions for the early development of plans for the towers. Pope Urban VIII dies in 1644. Innocent X’s ascension to the papal throne brought with it a general disfavour towards any remnants of the previous Pope and his family the Barberini.

Bernini, as it turned out was a constant reminder of the previous pope’s legacy, a reminder which Innocent X was looking for any excuse to remove. Borromini, the architect who had been working on St. Peter’s yet passed over as Architect under Urban VIII, could not help but lend his expertise on the subject of the problematic bell tower construction.

Borromini eventually convinced Pope Innocent X to take down the rest of the towers as the weight of them created cracks in the whole structure of the facade. The pope was not entirely confident in this decision and may have even had some regrets concerning the demolition of the towers. Remnants of their presence still haunt the facade of St. Peter’s in the shape of low bases that extend the length of the facade to the naked eye. The facade of St. Peter’s Basilica now has the oppressive feeling of excessive width. By looking at the building one senses there is something missing or wrong. Francesco Borromini looses his position with the death of Pope Innocent X.

Gian Lorenzo Bernini is called back by the new Pope Alexander VII who ascends the throne in 1655. He will continue to work for the Pope until his death realizing many other grandiose projects you can see today in Rome.

My question to you dear readers is, what did Bernini built beyond the now demolished bell towers which is such a great visual aspect of St-Peter’s basilica and piazza today? Do you know, can you tell?

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Viviano Codazzi, St-Peter’s basilica 1630

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Original St-Peter’s basilica from the 4th Century AD.

The original St-Peter’s Basilica around 319 AD built by Emperor Constantine. It will be demolished around 1500 to make way for the New St-Peter’s Basilica we see today with the new construction started in 1506 it will continue until 1660. On the image the Vatican Obelisk is on the left side of the old basilica. It was moved to the Centre of the St-Peter’s Piazza in the 16th century.

Sadly, little is known of its origins or which Pharaoh ordered its construction, but it was certainly quarried in Egypt and intended to be erected in Heliopolis. Sometime between 30 and 28 BC the red granite obelisk shows up in Alexandria under Augustus’s instructions to have it erected in the Julian Forum there.
It was Gaius Caligula who had the obelisk bought to Rome in 37 AD. It was the largest non-inscribed obelisk to leave Egypt, at 25.5 m high and weighing an estimated 326 tonnes. The obelisk was originally erected in gardens Caligula had inherited from his mother, and then on the central Spina of Caligula’s circus. Much of the circus is today under the basilica and square, the original spot for the obelisk is near the present-day sacristy, south of the basilica.
Because of the solid pedestal on which the obelisk was placed, it remained standing for 1,500 until it was moved to where it stands today in Saint Peter’s Square. It took thirteen months, between 1585 and 1586 to move and re-erect the obelisk. The idea to move it was that of Pope Sixtus V, as part of his desire to recover and re-erect all the obelisks lying then in the ruins of Rome.

Change of Seasons

28 Monday Sep 2015

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Autumn, Bush, Canada., corruption, cuisine, elections, Fall, Food, Harper, horn of plenty, pumpkin, thanksgiving

With the arrival of Autumn, days are noticeably shorter and the weather cooler, so it is time to look at wardrobes and make a switch to Fall-Winter clothing. I cleaned up my wardrobe, gave away what I no longer wear. I also cleaned my library and made four boxes of books to give to the Ottawa Library, not to worry I still have books for 45 boxes. What I want to do next is go through all the dish ware and glasses, a lot of it we have not used in years, best to sell it or give it away. I also reorganized my 50 mm lead soldiers and packaged all those I no longer wanted on display. It is a long task to box them up and put them away, that alone took 2 days.

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I bought a big pumpkin for $5 dollars which I believe was a bargain. Next the small garden on the balcony will need cleaning out and put away for winter. But that can wait until after Thanksgiving on 11 October. This year we will share the preparation of the meal with friends, much easier that way and a lot less stressful.

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We got our Voters cards from Elections Canada, so we are registered to Vote in the Federal Election come 19 October. We have to also bring photo I.D. with proof of home address, like a Driver’s Licence. A wind of panic is now blowing in Canada, this very long campaign has people frazzled and politicians making desperate promises for a vote. What is assured now is a Minority Government but who will win is not certain, all 3 major parties are tied at 29 or 30% which is far to close to call. This is truly depressing, it looks like the issue is about a piece of tissue, a veil worn by some Muslim Women. With all our problems you would think that there are more pressing problems facing us but no, oh no, it’s all about Muslims women who wear a head covering. It does not help to point out that Muslims in Canada represent just 1% of the population of 36 million and are no threat to any of us. Hysteria is the order of the day and Mr. Harper is doing a fine job of it. Someone said in the 1950’s it was the Communists now it’s the Muslims, how true. Canada has turned into a version of the book 1984.

As for the refugee crisis Mr. Harper calls them Bogus refugee, that is the only way he refers to anyone claiming to be a refugee, you are bogus, a free loader. What is interesting is how this line of attack has woken up the sleeping beasts of ignorance, racism and xenophobia. Someone pointed out that in the past you had the Tavern drunk who would rant about this or that, but you could always ignore that guy sitting at the end of the bar. Now he is on the Internet and trolls around with his petty insults and outrageous opinions, not so easy to ignore and in the meantime infects others into thinking it’s Ok to be hateful. All the while saying he is a supporter of Stephen Harper and the CPC. I have not heard the Conservatives or Harper contradict or distance themselves from such statements. The other day I was looking at Jeb Bush’s platform for the US Presidency and realized it was the same as Stephen Harper in Canada, scary stuff. What strange times we live in who needs excitement.

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A new recipe and a red moon

27 Sunday Sep 2015

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chicken in garlic, cooking, cuisine, Earth, eclipse, Moon, Recipe, red moon

Today Will came home from his Cruise on the St-Lawrence River which took him to France and back, yes France is a lot closer to Canada than most people think.

So I tried this new recipe for Chicken with a garlic sauce and it was wonderful. Here it is for you all;

Ingredients,

1/2 cup butter 3 tablespoons minced garlic 1 tablespoons soy sauce 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, 1 tablespoon dried parsley 6 boneless chicken thighs with skin or drumsticks whichever you like. I mixed it all up with good results.

Pre-heat the oven to 375 F. so it is hot when you need it. Lightly grease a baking pan.

In a microwave safe bowl, mix the butter, garlic, soy sauce, pepper, and parsley. Cook 2 minutes on High in the microwave, or until butter is melted. Take out and with a spoon stir well.

Arrange chicken in the baking pan, and coat with the butter mixture.

Cook chicken 45 minutes in the preheated oven, until juices run clear, turning occasionally. Sprinkle with fresh parsley and serve.

I made a green salad to accompany the dish. It was really good.

After dinner we went on our balcony which faces South and looked up to see the Moon slowly disappear and turn dark orange. I could not remember when I had last seen an eclipse, but it has been decades. How beautiful it was to see this eclipse and realize that we live on this little planet and we are part of a vast Universe. Wonderful!

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Re-blog 2 items

24 Thursday Sep 2015

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Canadian Parliament, Elaine Stritch, Musicals, Noel Coward, Routine Proceedings, Sail Away

I just re-blogged two items, one from Will who is currently on board a Cruise Ship cruising the St-Lawrence River and the Gulf. Tonight in St-Pierre and Miquelon (France). The song by Noel Coward sung by Elaine Stritch Why do the wrong people travel. The song was composed in 1961 for the Musical Sail Away and it is even more true today in a rather scary way. I have seen those tourists in Capri and in the Greek Islands not to mention Venice, not a pretty sight.

The second re-blog article from the blog of Canadian Journalist and member of the Parliament Press Gallery, Dale Smith-Journo, Routine Proceedings is great to read. I read him daily and find the precision of the details in his articles wonderful. He has great knowledge about how Parliament works and how it fits in our Canadian System of Government. His observations are very much to the point, nothing escapes his eye.

Mercoledi Musicale

24 Thursday Sep 2015

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Source: Mercoledi Musicale

Roundup: Ignoring legal advice

24 Thursday Sep 2015

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Looking through the government documents made available to the public during the court challenge on the government’s niqab ban during citizenship ceremonies, a pattern emerges quickly – that the de…

Source: Roundup: Ignoring legal advice

Books I read recently

23 Wednesday Sep 2015

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De Sade, France, literature, Nobility, Paris, Sadist, sex, Versailles, Writers, Writing

After the Jack Bush retrospective at the National Gallery of Canada which ended just a few days ago, I decided to read the biography of the wife of his agent Clement Greenberg who was probably the single most influential art critic in the twentieth century. Although he is most closely associated with his support for Abstract Expressionism, and in particular Jackson Pollock, his views closely shaped the work of many other artists, including Helen Frankenthaler, Morris Louis, and Kenneth Noland. His attention to the formal properties of art – color, line, space and so forth – his rigorous approach to criticism, and his understanding of the development of modern art – although they have all been challenged – have influenced generations of critics and historians. The book is written by Janice Van Horne, she is still alive living in New York, she’s 87.

The book is entitled a Complicated Marriage. In it Van Horne talks mostly about her life and Greenberg and their daughter are treated as an aside. She met Greenberg at a party, she was an Office girl and he picked her up and she simply fell in his bed. She was a follower, a hanger-on, that is pretty obvious from the beginning.

What is interesting is the description Van Horne gives of the wives of the great artists Greenberg represented and promoted. Van Horne did not like any of them and in most cases had difficult relations with them. The reason being she was an outsider and married Greenberg when he was already very much a well known impresario. She confesses she never liked Art much nor the Art scene, it bored her to tears, but she did not know what to do with her life so she hung around with the crowd her husband knew and loved. She was afraid of ending up like her Bennington College girlfriend living with some rich husband in Connecticut.

There were also several artists she did not like for various reasons, a very personal approach to it all. One who comes in for harsh criticism is Jackson Pollock, who killed himself driving his car drunk and also killed one of his passenger in 1956.  His wife Lee Krasner protected the image of Pollock even after his death and despite the fact she was estranged from him at the time. Van Horne really disliked Krasner because she never felt included in any encounter Greenberg had with Pollock and Krasner who were close friends of his. Van Horne claims that Krasner invented the myth of Pollock the great artist. According to her he was not so great, just a boozer and self-destructive. Another couple she did not like was Willem de Kooning and his wife Elaine, they were to full of themselves and snooty.

What you see is as an outsider, she is angry that they did not include her but all these people were artists and created art, lived it, it was their world, not hers. You want to ask her, what did you do to integrate the world of Greenberg and these artists besides feeling sorry for yourself. The only artist she seems to have liked was the Canadian Jack Bush and his wife Mabel, she was not an artist just a housewife, Van Horne liked that there was no threat or exclusion.

The book is about how her and you learn little about Greenberg.  All her life she was looking for who she wanted to become or could be, looking for happiness, fulfilment through countless affairs with other men and in various work projects so that she would not have to be with Greenberg and his artist friends all the time. There was much booze and drugs it was the sixties after all. At the end of the book I was wondering what she was trying to tell us and was it worth reading. Maybe for the gossip and the stories about the artists and their world in New York, it was a time period.

The other book I read or am still reading is the life of Donatien Alphonse François Marquis de Sade (1740-1814). No it is not what you might think on the contrary this is the book written by Gilbert Lely, first published in 1952 and in 1957 is an exhaustive research of the life of the Marquis de Sade. Lely read just about everything about the Marquis and his family, friends, and the complicated family life he had. Born in the circle of the Royal Family of France and raised with the Royal Children of the King, De Sade had a very privilege life surrounded by luxury.

He is described, because no portrait survives of him, as a short little man 5 foot 2, which is rather short, fat or plump, aquiline nose with dirty blond hair and blue eyes. He like all the Nobles at Court had a military career which was mostly made up of fine uniforms, medals and lots of parades. He was lazy, loved intrigues and from a very young age had a rather dissolute life of debauchery, which we are told was not uncommon amongst the powerful and wealthy who were bored at Court. He was married quickly by his father to another Noble family who were of inferior rank at Court but very wealthy, so their more modest rank in the complicated Court system of precedence and protocol could be overlooked because money talks. The author Gilbert Lely explains in detail what rank at Court meant and how very important it was to the Nobles who were constantly fighting , arguing and having intense discussions on who could do or not do this or that at Court depending on when their ancestors were elevated to a dignité by the King. Saint Simon who lived some decades before De Sade does speak of this in his memoirs. It is very tedious for modern readers but you do understand how deadly serious it was at the time. This sets the tone for the book and brings the reader into the world of the Court of France in the XVIIIth century.

Though De Sade became the most controversial writer of his time, most of his troubles came from the acrimonious relationship he had with his mother in law Madame la Présidente De Montreuil, her husband had been a Chief Magistrate (Président de la Cour du Roi). She came to hate him and to ensure her complete and cruel vengeance on him for disobeying her, neglecting his children and wife and for being a spendthrift used all of her influence at Court to destroy him.

De Sade in his writings simply made available to the common man the sexual practices of the Ancien Régime, most of which were often predatory on the common people who had no recourse and went largely unpunished. It was one thing to participate in orgies with people of your own class and to gossip about it or give parties where all manner of excesses where performed on commoners hired or tricked under the promise of favours or money for the event. It is known that Monsieur who was the brother of the Sun King Louis XIV was known for his penchant for very young Pages at Court or that Louis XV was a sexual pervert, that Voltaire had a long term incestuous affair with his young niece Marie-Louise Denis or that Montesquieu who wrote beautifully an enlighten text on the mistreatment of African slaves made his fortune on such trade or that Jean Jacques Rousseau who wrote about the care of children abandoned his 5 children at birth, not giving them a second thought.

Le Marquis de Sade wrote about all this debauchery in graphic details and his books were published became very popular and are to this day. That was his crime, he committed the horrible crime of betraying his Class the Nobles and showing them for what they were to the people. That was inexcusable and his Mother in law knew how to exploit this to her advantage to save her name and that of her relatives the De Sade Family. The author Gilbert Lely also researched the psychological portrait of De Sade and much has been written in the 19th century about his psychological make-up. He obviously enjoyed violence and found great personal gratification. Despite the fact that his writings created much employment for writers, literary analyst, university thesis and psychologists, De Sade comes across as a deeply deranged man who French Society at times accepted and praised and then shunned and despised, politics, societal changes, taste and attitudes all played a part.

Le Marquis de Sade was freed by the French Revolution but imprisoned again because the Revolutionary found him a little too free in his thinking. He was let go yet again when Napoleon gained absolute power in a Coup d’Etat but not for long since even the Emperor thought De Sade’s morals a bad example on France. Needless to say that Napoleon and Josephine were not puritain and much documentation remains about their own sexual debauchery.

Seen in this light, I think that in our World today le Marquis de Sade would be on You Tube giving advice and invited on shows like Ellen or The View. One only has to think of the popularity amongst the Bourgeoisie in North America with the novel Fifty Shades of Grey to understand the hypocrisy of the World.

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L’escarpolette by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806)

A cruise on the Kitchi Zibi

19 Saturday Sep 2015

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Canada., Colonel By, Gatineau, great river, Kitchi Zibi, Ottawa, Ottawa river, Parliament, Rideau Canal

The original name of the Ottawa River was Kitchi Zibi (big river) has it is know in Algonquin. It is 1270 Km long, the river takes its source at Lake Capimitchigama and takes you to the Saint-Lawrence river near Montreal. It is a big river and has waterfalls larger than Niagara, many rapids and in some parts forms large lakes.

At Ottawa below the cliffs of the Capital you can take a river cruise and this is what we did yesterday. It is very nice and so quiet on the river, difficult to believe that a city of one million is up there on those cliffs. Every effort has been made to preserve the green aspect of the surrounding area. Not to mention the National parks which extend to the river and go up into the Gatineau Hills. The park extends around the Gatineau river on the Quebec (North) side of the Ottawa river.

We also got up close to the Rideau River Falls which are at the mouth of the Rideau river (146 km long) which crosses for 10Km the Capital before going into a series of lakes and more waterfalls and the rural area.

The cruise boat docks at the foot of Parliament Hill and you reach it by walking down the stone staircase along the 8 locks of the Rideau Canal. From the bottom of the hill if you look up you will see the Gothic Spire of the Library of Parliament amongst the trees.

Here are some photos of what we saw on this river cruise.

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The 8 locks from the Ottawa River up to the canal waterway. Nowadays it is mainly pleasure boats travelling on the river and on the Canal.

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The Ottawa River looking towards Montreal and the St-Lawrence River 157 Km down river.

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View on the Ottawa River the entrance to the Rideau Canal system, the first gate to climb up to the canal above. The Castle on the left is the Chateau Laurier Hotel (1912) and the hill on the right is Parliament. The boats dock just to the right out of sight here. The Rideau Canal was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage. Built 182 years ago by Colonel John By, Royal Engineer. It stretches all the way to Kingston, Ontario some 202 Km away. It is one of the great engineering feat of North America.

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The top of the Library of Parliament in the afternoon sunlight around 3:30 pm, the Sun is in the West.

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View of the National Gallery of Canada dome designed by Moshe Safdie to mirror the form of the Library of Parliament on the opposite hill. The idea being that one is a Library with rare books and the other a library with art, both bring knowledge.

Parl hill view

A view of Parliament Hill, the Central block is currently under renovation, the first since  1919. It is said to last at least until 2028. Complicated work given the numerous architectural details and sculptures, stained glass windows etc.

ottawa general

general view of the City of Ottawa, the Rideau Falls so named by Samuel De Champlain in 1613. When the Algonquin guided him up the river from the St-Lawrence. Rideau is a French word meaning curtain. The Rideau river cuts through the City from North to South with parks and quiet residential neighbourhoods all along.

falls rideau

The Rideau Falls, if you follow the road to the left of this photo, you will arrive in the neighbourhood of New Edinburgh, Rideau Hall, Rockcliffe Park, a very exclusive area of the City.

Gatineau hills

The view across the river, the City of Gatineau and the Gatineau Park in the Province of  Quebec. The Ottawa River is a border between the two provinces, Quebec and Ontario.

History museum

Across from Parliament Hill, the City of Gatineau formerly known as Hull. With the Museum of Canadian History formerly Civilization, and the Alexandra Bridge. The architecture of the museum designed by Douglas Cardinal is inspiring. The site has been a meeting point for the Algonquin for thousands of years and the museum reflects the link with this indigenous people. The outside walls are clad in fossil stone.

gatineau river

Gatineau River mouth on the Pointe Gatineau seen from the Ottawa river. The river is named after a lumberjack/logger Nicolas Gatineau who drown while working the logs floating down the river in 1700. His family lives on in the region. This river was used until 1985 as a road to bring down the logs from the lumber camps. Large paper mills still function further down on the Ottawa river though no more logs are being floated, it is now a vast new forest with cottages here and there.

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US amb house

The Rockcliffe Boat house and restaurant, above the Residence of the US Ambassador once in 1880 the house of a lumber baron.

 ottawa hull view

Panorama view of Ottawa on the left and the City of Gatineau on the right. Gatineau or old Hull, has the second largest Office complex in the world housing government services, Place du Portage c.1979, the other is in Moscow.

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The stone mansion in the centre is 24 Sussex Drive the Official Residence of the Prime Minister. Hopefully a new tenant will arrive after 19 October. The house with the dark green roof on the right is the Official Residence of the Ambassador of France.

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Another view of Parliament hill, the building are cladded in tarpaulin to facilitate the cleaning of the stone and the replacement of the copper roof and cleaning of the wrought iron decorative elements. The architectural style of the building is called Canadian Gothic, not heavy like Victorian Gothic.

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The West block of Parliament which is being revealed renovated with a new shiny copper roof and stone work cleaned, a first since 1864. Quite beautiful to look at, completion of the work inside should be done by 2017. The House of Commons will sit in this building while the Central block is completely renovated.

All in all it was a very nice day on the river, gives a new perspective of the river and the City.

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