Reflected in steel balls

Our group has made a couple of attempts to meet out of doors during the pandemic, because we're missing one another. The snag is that several of our group are in the vulnerable category and don't feel like taking the risk, even in a relatively safe environment. This week, instead of meeting on a Zoom call, a few of us met in the parking lot of Strathcona Park for a face-to-face encounter instead, wearing masks of course, and warm clothes, because it was a chilly day. We did a lap of the park, setting off beside the Rideau River; its water level was very low and the ducks appeared to be wading rather than swimming in it. 

Then we crossed the bridge that connects Somerset Street to the eastern bank of the river, named the Adàwe Crossing, admiring the sculpture half-way across, two large steel balls reflecting us, the river and the sky, with the title, A View From Two Sides. This was created by the artist Kenneth Emig who knows our friend Jill (now living in Victoria, BC). Jill informs me that he made the sculpture at the new, Ottawa University Campus, light rail station, as well. That one is similar, featuring another steel sphere; he calls it Sphere Field.

The conversation in German didn't last all that long, due to the shortness of our walk, but we enjoyed one another's company and hope to meet in this way again. Ute extended her walk by arriving and returning home on foot; the rest of us used our cars.