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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

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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

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Tulips, Tulips and More Tulips – Rideau Canal and Dow’s Lake, Ottawa, Ontario.

Thursday and the tulips are all ready just waiting for the weekend crowds.

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Brigantine Fair Jeanne Passing Through the Locks – Ottawa, Ontario

My interest today was photographing the tulips of Parliament Hill and Major’s Hill Park. After leaving the tulip beds on Parliament Hill, I headed over to Major’s Hill Park but first had to stop at the locks of the Rideau … Continue reading

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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

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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

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