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Tag Archives: full bloom
Springtime flowers of Ottawa, Ontario
Springtime flowers of Ottawa, Ontario Ottawa is famous for its annual Tulip Festival but once the tulips begin to fade, there are plenty of flowers just waiting for their moment in the sun. For today’s blog, here are a few … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged andrew haydon park, annual tulip festival, Canada Geese, full bloom, goslings, irises, maplelawn garden, moment in the sun, national gallery of canada, ottawa ontario, Ottawa River, sailboat on Britannia Bay, shite flowering bush, Spitea, spring flowers, springtime flowers, van gogh exhibit, vincent van gogh
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2012 – Tulips at Dow’s Lake, Ottawa
2012 – Tulips at Dow’s Lake, Ottawa May 11, 2012 – Since returning from our Pennsylvania trip I have been sorting through Pennsylvania images and looking out the window at generally overcast skies and rainy weather so hadn’t got down … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged Apple Blossoms, apple trees, blossoms, Canada Goose gosling, Cars in parking lot, dwarf Iris, Euphorbia, experimental farm, flower beds, full bloom, irises, magnolias, National Capital Commission, neighborhood houses, ottawa ontario, overcast skies, Perestroyka tulip, rock gardens, Statue Man with two hats, tulip beds, tulip festival, tulips, walkways
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Canadian Tulip Festival – 60th Anniversary – May 4-21, 2012
Canadian Tulip Festival – 60th Anniversary – May 4-21, 2012 When I first looked at the headline in the Monday edition of the Ottawa Citizen (March 5th, 2012), my first reaction was one of dismay as I read “Tulip Festival … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged 60th anniversary, canadian tulip festival, daffodils, Dow's Lake, experimental farm, forecast temperature, forsythias, full bloom, magnolias, Major's Hill Park, mid march, ottawa citizen, ottawa ontario, spring this year, tulip beds, tulip festival, tulips, weather conditions
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Changeable Weekend Weather
It was a bit of a strange weekend. Saturday was nice and Graeme was able to get out and photograph some friends participating in the 10K portion of the Ottawa race weekend. Then on Sunday morning, it was raining for … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged 33c, azaleas, dormancy, eastern ontario, full bloom, high humidity, hostas, marathon, new leaves, Ottawa, rain, strange weekend, sun, sunday morning, temperatures, weekend weather
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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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Watts Creek Trail Revisited – May 21, 2011
The sky was blue again today ( a rare treat these days) so my wife and I headed out for a cycle along the Watts Creek Trail from Kanata over to Britannia Beach. No tulips along this trail but the … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Ottawa, Watts Creek Pathway
Tagged apartment building, apple orchard, apple trees, aromas, bikes, Britannia Beach, full bloom, lilacs, mg roadster, Nepean, Ontario, Ottawa, parking lot, photographer's reflection, photographing buildings, residential area, shiny objects, sky, watts creek, Watts Creek Pathway
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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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Tulip Festival, Dow’s Lake, Ottawa
After photographing the Trilliums along the Jock River, I headed over to the Experimental Farm and to Dow’s Lake to photograph the remaining flowers of the Magnolia trees at the Experimental Farm and a few of the tulips at Dow’s … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged Dow's Lake, experimental farm, flowers, full bloom, gardens, image, Iris, magnolia, magnolia trees, magnolias, Ontario, Ottawa, ottawa experimental farm, photo, photography, purple iris, Rideau RIver, salmon tulips, springtiem, trilliums, tulip festival, tulip. yellow tulip, tulips, two-toned iris, yellow iris
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