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Tag Archives: spring flowers
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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Hostas and Azaleas – My front yard
Hostas and Azaleas – My front yard It’s the May long weekend in Canada and in Ontario, at least, the weather couldn’t be much better.We were heading out for a drive in the country but, before getting on our way, … Continue reading
The Pennsylvania Grand Canyon near Wellsboro, PA.
The Pennsylvania Grand Canyon Our visit to the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon started in Corning, NY where we had stayed at the Radisson Hotel the night before. In our last post, we had followed Hwy. 15 south as far as Mansfield. … Continue reading
Posted in Pennsylvania, USA
Tagged azalea, campground, Canyon, close to the river, Corning NY, Dexter Baptist Church, east rim, elevation 1833 feet, forested area, Fringed Polygala, Gaywings, Gaywings Fringed Polygala, Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania, harrison state park, hiking, hillsides, incinerator, Leonard Harrison State Park, observation deck, old mill, Otter View, Overlook Trail, PA, Pine Creek Gorge, Pine creek river, Pine River Rail Trail, spring flowers, steep section, tioga county, Tioga County Visitor Center, toad, trails, turkey vultures, updrafts, wellsboro, Wellsboro PA, wood violet
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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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St. Patrick’s Day, March 17th, 2011
It was St. Patrick’s Day and this year I found myself contemplating a day of snowshoeing on the snow-covered slopes of the mountain trails maintained by the Trapp Family Lodge in Vermont. Certainly different than my plans and surroundings when … Continue reading
Posted in USA, Vermont
Tagged Budweiser, cabin, celebrations, downhill ski hill, irish tunes, leek soup, lounge, maple syrup, Mt. Mansfied, panoramic view, photographic opportunities, pisten bully, pots, rail, refreshments, ski, ski trails, Ski-Doo, skier, skiier, slopes, snow, snowmobile, snowshoe trail, snowshoeing, spring flowers, st patrick, Stowe, sugar maples, trapp family lodge, truck, Tubbs snowshoe, Tubbs trail sign, Vermont, violin, windowsills, X/C Skiing
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Cooper Marsh
Cooper Marsh Conservation Area (Location) Visited Cooper Marsh with my birder friend, Gerhard. We were hoping to see some of the wading birds and warblers but were either too early or too late in the season for them. As usual, … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Cooper Marsh, Ontario
Tagged baltimore oriole, Baltimore Oriole in flight, Binoculars, birder, birding, Blue violet, boardwalk, boardwalks, Capella gallinago, chokecherry, Chokecherry blossoms, Chrysemys picta marginata, common dandelion, common snipe, Cranesbill, Dendroica petechia, Dryad's Saddle, Hairy woodpecker, Hawthorne, Hawthorne blossoms, Icterus galbula, man in hat, marsh, Melospiza georgiana, Midland Painted Turtle, Orange bird, Oriole, Painted Turtle, Picoides villosus, poison ivy, polypore, Raisin Region Conservation Authority, Raisin River Conservation Authority, Rhus radicans, Rhus toxicodendron, small pond, snipe, spring flowers, swamp, swamp sparrow, Tachycineta bicolor, Toxicodendron radicans, Tree Swallow, Visitor Centre, wading birds, wetter areas, wood violet, Woodland Violet, Yellow warbler
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