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Tag Archives: colours
Breeding Bird Surveys (2013) – Day 4
Breeding Bird Surveys (2013) – Day 4 – June 6, 2013 Today’s route was a two-part route with the approximate half-way point being the small town of White River, Ontario (Winnie-the-Pooh town). The first half of the route was new … Continue reading
Posted in Bird Survey Outings, Canada Explorer, Ontario
Tagged bird surveys, black flies, blue sky, Breeding Bird Surveys 2013, colours, gravel road, horizon, ponds, Provincial Park, provincial parks, rising sun, road conditions, silent waters, washouts, Wawa Ontario, White River Ontario
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Azaleas
I have just three colours of azaleas in my garden and here they are. This last one matches the colour of the June 2nd sunset beautifully.
Maplelawn Garden, 529 Richmond Road, Ottawa
Maplelawn garden is an approximately 1 acre site adjacent to Richmond Road at Broadview. (Location) It is a National Capital Commission property maintained by a volunteer group, the Friends of the Maplelawn Garden. The garden is a walled garden dating … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged aromas, benches, colours, crabapple tree, domain Maplelawn, flower beds, forget-me-nots, full bloom, historic garden, insects, Iris, jardin de Maplelawn, jardin historique, late 19th cnetury garden, limestone wall, Maplelawn, NCC property, Ontario, Ottawa, oxalis, panoramic view, perennials, richmond road, spring blooms, spring flowering bulbs, symmetrical layout of gardens, The Friends of the Maplelawn Garden, tulips, volunteer group, walled garden
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Backyard Fireworks
My middle son purchased a box of fireworks to set off in the field behind our house. As soon as it stopped raining, he decided to head out through the wet grass in the dark with me and my tripod … Continue reading
Posted in Home and About
Tagged 35 mm, camera settings, colours, fire works, fireworks, Fireworks in field, Fireworks tutorial, fish-eye lens, flashlight, iso 200, Kanata, lens caps, Ontario, release camera, star wars light sabre, swirl, tripod, wet grass, what settings for fireworks
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Canadian Tulip Festival – Day 2
The sun was shining today . At least, for awhile it was. That was all that was needed for some of the tulip beds to start showing their colours. Being Saturday, it meant that there were quite a few people … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged boardwalk, Canada, canadian soldiers, canadian tulip festival, colours, Commissioner’s Park, Dow's Lake, Dow's Lake Pavilion, food stalls, full bloom, government of the netherlands, magnolias, Ontario, ottawa tulip festival, ottawa tulips, question mark, red tulips, second world war, shapes, tulip beds, yellow tulips
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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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A little walk – theme Autumn colours, Kanata, Ontario
A little walk – theme Autumn colours, Kanata, Ontario Four days of photographing tropical butterflies in the Carleton University Butterfly Show has been fun but for a change in pace I took my father (92 y.o.) out for a little … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged autumn, colors, colours, Fall, leaves, RJHay, Ron Hay, walking
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Mediæval Fair at Osgoode, Ontario – 2010
2010 – Another year has passed by and once again Graeme and I find ourselves visiting Osgoode, Ontario to enjoy the jousting, the archery, the dancing and the costumed folks taking a step back in time to the mediæval days … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Osgoode
Tagged anvil, archery, armor, arrow, arrows, Canada, catapult, celtic music, celtic sea, chess ganme, clothing styles, colours, competitions, dance displays, dexterity, entourage, fair grounds, gaelic music, horsemanship, images, Irish music, jousting, knights in shining armor, knihgts, knot carver, lance, lances, long bow, maidens, mail, medieval games, musicians, Ontario, Osgoode, photographers, photos, saddles, spear, spectators, step back in time, tilting, wood carver
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Ottawa Flickr Group Outing, Chelsea, Quebec
Ottawa Flickr Group Outing, Chelsea, Quebec It was another wonderful day for an outing with some of the folks from the Ottawa Flickr group. Autumn colours were everywhere and the weather was beautiful.
Baxter Conservation Area, Kars, Ontario
Baxter Conservation Area, Kars, Ontario This day saw me traveling southward along the Rideau River until I reached the Baxter Conservation Area (Location) maintained and operated by the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority (RVCA). A nice sparkle of Fall was in … Continue reading