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Tag Archives: tulip beds
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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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.
Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged apeldoorn holland, Apple Blossoms, bike trailer, Blushing Aleldoorn Tulip, canadian tulip festival, Concord Fire Hydrant, Cycling path, cyclists, duck with green head, el nino, El Nino tulip, Fire hydrant, flower beds, Holland Beauty Tulip, large house, mallard drake, mallard hen, mallards, Monte Carlo tulip, multi-colored tulips, Ottawa, ottawa tulip festival, Pink Tulips, pinks, queen elizabeth drive, red and yellow tulip, red tulips, Rideau Canal, Rideau Canal World Heritage Site, rock phlox, side streets, tom pouce, TOm Pouce Tulip, tulip banner, tulip beds, Tulip macro, UNESCO World Heritage Site, weekend crowds, white phlox, Yellow double tulip, yellow tulips, yellows
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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
Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged 110 ft. brigantine, 78th Frasers, bridge, Brigantine, Bytown Brigantine Inc., Fair Jeanne, fish-eye lens, largest ship, locks, Not-for-profit sail training for youth, ottawa ontario, Ottawa River, parliament, parliament hill, piper, Rideau Canal, Rideau Canal World Heritage Site, sail training, ship, tight fit, training organization, tulip beds, tulips, UNESCO, UNESCO World Heritage Site
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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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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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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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