across the street from notre-dame is the national gallery of canada. it's been a while since i've been to an art museum so it was a real treat. the building itself was fun.
...if you got past it's guard - maman. eek! :) why, oh why would someone make a 30' tall spider? why not a cute kitten or even a lion instead? us spider phobic people would appreciate that so much more. :)
you were not supposed to take any pictures inside the gallery. oops! sorry. :)tama maalaus hypnotisoi kivasti kun sita tuijotti :)
this painting by lawren s. harris was my very favorite. these pictures don't do it any justice. you have to see it in real life to appreciate how amazing it was. loved it!
really liked this one too by david b. milne. i must admit i'm pretty clueless about any famous canadian painters. i'd like to learn more about these two artists for sure.
in one of the halls, they had kids' art and i'm sure i've said it million times before but i'll say it again - i love kids' art! love it, love it, love it. in fact, every city should have an art museum with only kids' art in it. yeah! :)
hey, make it a kids' center. there would be a huge kids' play area, kids' art museum and anything else kids' related. THE place for kids (and adults who are like kids, just like me :)).
don't ask me why i snapped a picture of these homes. i just did, ok. :)
my second day ended with a visit from a finnish friend i haven't seen for over 10 years. she lives in montreal now with her husband and three cute little girls. they drove two hours just to see me! i was so honored. they ended up staying at the same hotel that i was in. we visited until the wee hours of the night and then the next morning went to the canadian museum of civilization right across the street from our hotel. here's a sampling of some of the things i saw. definately worth a visit. lots of fun stuff to see there. a great kids' museum where they could "travel to different countries", do various activities and also play. my favorite there was a room where the kids could get dressed up as various characters and then there was a stage where they could do a play for the adults in the audience. hours and hours worth of fun for kids. i kept wishing sienna could have been there.
aboriginal stuff everywhere when you live in canada. love it.
instantly fell in love with my friend's three girls. they were so fun. and they spoke finnish! awww! :) felt so guilty for not teaching sienna finnish.
loved the logo!
props at the dress up room in children's museum
this pegasus made out of wire was so beautiful. i once again had to sneak a picture because you weren't supposed to take pictures at the mythic beasts exhibition.
a picture made with stamps.
bye, bye ottawa. it was fun to visit but i was so ready to be with jay and sienna again. missed them tons. Y
hey, make it a kids' center. there would be a huge kids' play area, kids' art museum and anything else kids' related. THE place for kids (and adults who are like kids, just like me :)).
don't ask me why i snapped a picture of these homes. i just did, ok. :)
my second day ended with a visit from a finnish friend i haven't seen for over 10 years. she lives in montreal now with her husband and three cute little girls. they drove two hours just to see me! i was so honored. they ended up staying at the same hotel that i was in. we visited until the wee hours of the night and then the next morning went to the canadian museum of civilization right across the street from our hotel. here's a sampling of some of the things i saw. definately worth a visit. lots of fun stuff to see there. a great kids' museum where they could "travel to different countries", do various activities and also play. my favorite there was a room where the kids could get dressed up as various characters and then there was a stage where they could do a play for the adults in the audience. hours and hours worth of fun for kids. i kept wishing sienna could have been there.
aboriginal stuff everywhere when you live in canada. love it.
instantly fell in love with my friend's three girls. they were so fun. and they spoke finnish! awww! :) felt so guilty for not teaching sienna finnish.
loved the logo!
props at the dress up room in children's museum
this pegasus made out of wire was so beautiful. i once again had to sneak a picture because you weren't supposed to take pictures at the mythic beasts exhibition.
a picture made with stamps.
bye, bye ottawa. it was fun to visit but i was so ready to be with jay and sienna again. missed them tons. Y
Ei voi muuta kuin kiittää tästä Ottawan matkasta. Hienoja kuvia, tuttuja paikkoja, ihan ikävä tuli. Hienoa, että ehdit taidemuseoonkin. Sekin oli elämys. Kuvia otin minäkin siellä, tottahan toki.
ReplyDeleteCivilization-museossa olimme melkein koko päivän, eikä sekään riittänyt.
You really should start teaching Sienna Finnish!
ReplyDeleteclarissa: no kiva etta joku tykkasi nahda mun sadat kuvat sielta. :)
ReplyDeleteamy: i do teach her some words here and there. but it's not the same as if i had spoken finnish to her from the start. she'd already speak finnish. now it's like she's learning another language. i had a really hard time switching to finnish when she was born as i hadn't spoken finnish for about 16 years. it just didn't come out naturally anymore.
amy: i answered your comment few posts back too.
ReplyDeleteTäällähän on oikein kuvapläjäyksiä! Kiva nähdä Ottawaa. Olen monesti muuten miettinyt että onko elämä Kanadassa vähän 'eurooppalaisempaa' kuin jenkeissä..
ReplyDeleteKiitos vaan hienoista Ottawan kuvista ja tuo lentsikkakuva on aivan mahtava.
ReplyDeletedid i ever tell you that when i was in kindergarden the school took one of my pictures and put it in the museum in saskatoon?
ReplyDeletetrue story!! it was a picture of a car wash!!
Connie
Kiitos mukavasta nojatuolimatkasta Ottawaan; ihan kuin olisin ollut myös mukana. Jutskaile vaan suomea Siennalle, oppii varmasti sen helposti. Omat lapseni ovat syntyneet ulkomailla ja ovat tietysti oppineet maan kielen koulussa (aloittivat 3 v), mutta molemmat ovat aloittaneet englannin opiskelun noin viisi vuotiaina, 1,5 tuntia vkossa ja nyt osaavat jo niin että lukevat kirjoja ja juttelevat englanniksi (jopa chattailevat facebookissa) ilman mitään vaikeuksia. omia serkkujani asuu ulkomailla (äiti suomalainen, isä ulkomaalainen) ja kukaan heistä ei puhu suomea. Siihen aikaan, 60 luvun puolivälissä, ei asiaan panostettu. muistan vielä tänä päivänäkin kun olivat Suomen mummolassa ja miten eivät voineet kommunikoida omien isovanhempien kanssa, siinä molemmat osapuolet olivat suruissaan. Kaksi serkuistani on opiskellut aikuisiässä suomen kielen, liian myöhään, isovanhemmat ovat jo poissa. Siennan iässä oppiminen on vielä niin helppoa se tapahtuu ihan huomaamatta, toista se on tässä iässä uuden kielen omaksuminen :)
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