Tag Archives: Ottawa

Carleton University Greenhouses, Ottawa, Ontario

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Ron

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 →

Posted in Canada Explorer, Carleton University, Ontario, Ottawa | Tagged butterfly, Carleton University, flowers, greenhouse, greenhouses, Nesbitt Biology Building, Ontario, Ottawa, ottawa ontario, ottawa tulips, photos | Leave a comment

Canadian Tulip Festival, Ottawa Ontario – Day 5, May 10th, 2011

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Ron

I bit of heat and sunshine can do wonders for a tulip bed and that is certainly what is happening for the tulips that have been planted around the flower beds of Dow’s Lake. Still plenty left that haven’t started … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Ottawa | Tagged Bee's-eye view, canadian tulip festival, Commissionerâ€™s Park, Dow's Lake, Dow's Lake Pavilion, Festival canadien des tulipes, flower beds, Henck Visch, les tulipes, Ontario, Ottawa, ottawa ontario, ottawa tulips, sculpture, sunshine, The Man WIth Two Hats, tulip bed, tulip festival ottawa, tulips, Tulips in Ottawa | 1 Comment

Andrew Haydon Park and the Brant, Nepean, Ontario

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Ron

After visiting Shirley’s Bay, I drove along to Andrew Haydon Park on the Ottawa River. When I go out with my camera, I sometimes have a specific theme in mind. On other days,such a this one, I just photograph what … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Ottawa | Tagged andrew haydon park, birders, Brant, Brant (Branta bernicla), Brant Goose, Branta bernicl, branta bernicla, Canada, Canada Geese, Canada Goose, dandelion, day in the sun, flock, goslings, grass, hodge podge, Nepean, Ontario, Ottawa, Ottawa River, photograph, photographer, small goose, young couple | 1 Comment

Shirley’s Bay, Ottawa, Ontario

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Ron

I started off my travels today by first visiting the area called Shirley’s Bay on the Ottawa River. Considering all of the rain that we had in April, it is not surprising that the bay is much fuller than normal. … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Ottawa, Shirley's Bay | Tagged andrew haydon park, birds, boat, catkins, cheeks, chipmunk, kayak, Ontario, Ottawa, ottawa ontario, Ottawa River, overhead wire, poplar catkins, rocks, rocky shoreline, Shirley's Bay, travels | 3 Comments

Astronomy Day 2011

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Graeme

Astronomy Day 2011 Today is Astronomy Day, and the above picture is a shot of the Sun as it rises. Again you can see some sunspots. Once again I was volunteering for the RASC event held at the Canada Museum … Continue reading →

Posted in Astrophotography | Tagged amateur astronomy, astronomy, astronomy day, camera lenses, crowds of people, display material, helen sawyer hogg, local restaurant, museum of science, museum of science and technology, observatory, Ottawa, picture of the sun, public star party, rasc, refractor, royal astronomical society of canada, scopes, skynews, solar filter, solar observation, solar scope, star parties, star party, sun, sun spots, sunspots, telescope | 1 Comment

A Bit Of Canadian Transportation History: Bricklin SV1 and CCM Marauder

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Graeme

A couple of the items that showed up at the Canadian Museum of Science and Technology when I was there demonstrating telescopes and discussing astrophotography.

Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa | Tagged Bricklin, Bricklin SV1, canadian museum of science and technology, canadian transportation, ccm, CCM Marauder, marauder, museum of science, museum of science and technology, Ontario, Ottawa, science and technology, sv1, telescopes, transportation history | Leave a comment

Pontiac Observatory Initiative RASC Presentation

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Graeme

Pontiac Observatory Initiative RASC Presentation Stephane is trying to win the Pepsi Refresh Canada $100K prize to build an Observatory Park in Pontiac Quebec. The idea is that it allows for the general public to get access to telescopes, planetarium … Continue reading →

Posted in Astrophotography, Home and About | Tagged 100k, astronomy, Canada, dark sky location, initiative, museum of science, museum of science and technology, observatory initiative, observatory park, Ottawa, pepsi, pepsi refresh everything, planetarium, pontiac, Quebec, rasc members, science and technology, stephane, telescopes | Leave a comment

Magnolias and more.

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Ron

Today was the official first day of the Canadian Tulip Festival.Â 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, Commissionerâ€™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 | 3 Comments

Trillium Woods Trail, Kanata, Ontario

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Ron

Today, was the first day of the Canadian Tulip Festival, and I was heading down to Dow’s Lake to see how the tulips in the formal display beds were doing. Before going that way, though, I decided to take a … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa | Tagged American trout-lily, arboretum, bark beetle, bloodroot plant, Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis, canadian tulip festival, conservation park, Cucujus clavipes, experimental farm, formal beds, fronds, fungus, Kanata, kanata ontario, little red bug, magnolia trees, magnolias, Monk Environmental Park, mushroom, native flowers, Ontario, Ottawa, ottawa area, ottawa tulip festival, polypore, Prunus sp., Red Flat Bark Beetle, Red Flat Bark Beetle (Cucujus clavipes), soccer shorts, spring flowering bulbs, Tillium Woods Trail, trillium, trilliums, trout lily, Trout Lily Erythronium americanum, white stripe | 2 Comments

Canadian Tulip Festival starts May 6th, 2011

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Ron

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, Commissionerâ€™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 | Leave a comment

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Carleton University Greenhouses, Ottawa, Ontario

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Andrew Haydon Park and the Brant, Nepean, Ontario

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Astronomy Day 2011

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