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Central Park, New York City, NY
Central Park, New York City, NY After attending a morning AGM business meeting, Adell and I were free to do some more exploring. Central Park was nearby so, although we were now dressed more in business attire than in vacationing … Continue reading
Posted in New York City, New York State, USA
Tagged 1410 Battle of Grunewald, Andrea Spadini, Angels of the Waters, Belvedere Castle, Belvedere Pond, Bethesda Terrace, Central Park, Columbus Statue, covered bridge, Delacorte Theatre, Delacourt Clock, Dutch Elm Disease, eastern gray squirrel, eastern grey squirrel sciurus carolinensis écureuil gris, Edward Coe Embury, Emma Stebbins, Fernando Texidor, Fire Hydrant in Central Park, flowers, fountain, Free Shakesperean summer productions in Central Park, Geore T. Delacort, Grand Duke of Lithuania, granite, Great Lawn, King Jagiello Monument], King Wladyslaw Jagiello, large soap bubbles, Literary Wlk, Manhattan traffic, Milton Hebald, Mother Goose statue, New York City, New York City Trip June 2012, nursery rhymes, NY, NYC yellow taxis, park, Plains of Abraham Battle, Robert Burns statue, Romeo & Juliet statue, Sir John Steell, Sir Walter Scott Statue, THe Tempest statue, Turtle Pond, turtles
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Florence to Amalfi Coast, Italy
Today was expected to be our long day in the bus. Little did we expect that the bus would hit a brick in the centre of the freeway and end up with a flat tire. We eventually ended up at … Continue reading
Florence, Italy
Florence, Italy To begin our day, we traveled to the Galleria dell ‘Accademia where are guide took us through the various sculptures and works of art until we reached the Michelangelo sculpture of “David”. Photography in the Galleria dell ‘Accademia … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Italy
Tagged accademia, Acquedotta, architecture, art work, Basilica di Santa Croce, Basilica di Santa Maria, basilica of st mary, Basilica of St. Mary of the Flower, Basilica of the HOly Cross, basilicas, battistero di san giovanni, Benvenuto, Benvenuto Cellini, brick done, bridge, bronze sculpture, bus windo reflections, caricature artist, Carlo Collodi, Carrera marble, carriage ride, Comune di Firenze, countryside, David, east doors, Firenze, Florence, Florence at night, florence italy, flowers, Fognatura, Fonderia dello cure, Fountain of Neptune, Franciscan church, galleria dell academia, galleria dell accademia, Gallileo crypt, gates of paradise, guitar, hillside panorama, iron rings in walls, Italy, L'Antico Centro Della Citta Da Secolare Squallore A Vita Nuova Restituito, lamp post, largest brick dome, Leonarda da Vinci, line-up, live entertainment, Logia dei Lanzia, lorenzo ghiberti, low relief bronze sculpture, manhole covers, marble panels, maria del fiore, Medici Lions, michelangelo, Michelangelo Large Square, multi-coloured marble panels, night photography, old streets, Palazzo Vecchia, PAMPiazza della Signoria, panorama, paradiso, Persus with the Head of Medusa, Piazz di Sana Croce, piazza del duomo, Piazza della Repubblica, Piazzale Michelangelo, pigeion, pink marble, Pinocchio, Porte del Paradiso, Prato marble, river, Roman Forum, santa maria del fiore, sculpture, singer, smorgasbord, stained glass windows, Staue of David, street merchants, street vendors, The Adventures of Pinocchio, The FLorence Bapistry, tripod
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Maplelawn Public Garden revisited – June Blooms
The forecast was for rain and the skies were overcast but I decided to go out and revisit Maplelawn and photograph some of the late Spring/early Summer blossoms.(location)
Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged flowers, garden, Maplelawn Public Garden, NCC, Ontario, Ottawa
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Carleton University Greenhouses, Ottawa, Ontario
After taking some more photos today at the Dow’s Lake Tulip beds, I drove around to the greenhouse complex at Carleton University. I was hoping to find out the dates for the annual butterfly display. I found out that the … Continue reading
Magnolias and more.
Today was the official first day of the Canadian Tulip Festival. Someone forgot to tell the tulips:-). Those tulips that might have been opened in the morning when the sun was shining, were closed in the afternoon as the clouds … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged Agricultural Exxperimental Farm, agriculture, arboretum, blossom, blossoms, bud stage, Canada, canadian tulip festival, Commissioner’s Park, Dow's Lake, Dow's Lake Pavilion, experimental farm, flowers, followers, forsythia, magnolia, magnolias, Ontario, Ottawa, ottawa tulip festival, ottawa tulips, parking lot, Primrose, Primula, Rock Garden, scilla, Spring, spring flowering bulbs, sunlight, tulip beds, tulips, yellow flowering bush, yellow flowers
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Canadian Tulip Festival starts May 6th, 2011
There are about 2 million publicly planted tulips in Ottawa just waiting to entertain residents and tourists alike when they burst into bloom. This year’s tulip festival takes place in Ottawa from May 6-23, 2011. My blog entries from Day … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged 2 million tulips, bloodroot, Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis, bloom, Canada, canadian tulip festival, Canadian Tulip Festival website, colours, Commissioner’s Park, daffodil, daffodils, Dow's Lake Pavilion, Festival canadien des tulipes, flower, flowers, forsythia, hybrids, les tulipes, Ontario, Ottawa, ottawa tulip festival, ottawa tulips, shapes, spring flowering bulbs, spring flowers, tourism, tourists, tulip, tulips, turkestan
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April showers bring May flowers
No question about it, Spring is coming. My snowdrops say so. Weather this morning started out with a few misty rain showers. It then reverted to Kodak’s “cloudy, bright” again. That didn’t stop a small clump of crocuses in my … Continue reading
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Tagged crocus, flowers, images, Kanata, Ontario, Ottawa, pictures, purple, snowdrop, spring flower, springtime blossom
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Tennessee Aquarium – Chattanooga, Tennessee (Part 1)
The Tennessee Aquarium located in Chattanooga, Tennessee is housed in two buildings located beside each other on the riverbank of the Tennessee River. One of the buildings is for predominately saltwater exhibits (the “Ocean Journey”), and the other is for … Continue reading
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