Yes, it was *that* time of year again: Budget hand down day in Ottawa. I posted about it last year.

I took fewer images than previous years, but came away with better stuff perhaps because I took an hour to walk around the Hill and snap a few in what was incredibly bracing weather. I think it was somewhere around -23C. It was a beautiful morning. The sun was coming up and throwing that orange-yellow winter light we know in Canada, steam was rising off the river and coating gates and trees with rime and there was hardly anyone around the Parliament buildings.

I’m trying out a new WordPress image gallery system:

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