Park

 Jacques Cartier Park lies east of the Museum of History. Here at its main entrance is a larger than life statue of the legend of the Montreal Canadiens hockey team- Maurice "Rocket" Richard. In May, the flowerbed behind him is lined with tulips.

On my way to the big flowerbeds in the park, which lies on the Gatineau shore of the Ottawa River, I noticed this lone tulip. Brought this way, perhaps, by squirrel gardeners.

There are two large flowerbeds filled with tulips, on either side of the central staircase.

Serene

A reminder to members of City Daily Photo- the theme for the first of July is Water.

My path took me to the Canadian Museum of History, where these tulips in the foreground went well with the west end of the Museum in the background.

I headed down between museum wings to head for the Ottawa River. Alas, it was in vain. There's a bed of tulips close to the shore dedicated to Malak Karsh, but the high waters of the spring took their toll. I returned to the terrace of the Museum's cafe for this shot.

Then it was back up the stairs, using the two wings of the Museum to frame Parliament Hill across the river.

The Museum is the architectural masterpiece of Douglas Cardinal, an indigenous architect who lives in the national capital area.

Over on the east end of the property is a flowing flowerbed. In May, tulips filled it.

There are more tulips in the bushes behind the formal beds, having had migrated there due to the diligence of squirrel gardeners.

Shades

 Continuing where I left off yesterday. Between the Portage Bridge and the Canadian Museum of History on Laurier Avenue in Gatineau are a series of raised flowerbeds, and in May, they are filled with tulips. A look at the background of some of these shots will note the buildings of Parliament Hill beyond the trees.

Portage

A reminder to members of City Daily Photo that the theme for the first of July is Water. 

Fitting that I'm here today, as my location for that theme day is going to be taken from the Portage Bridge. This bridge crosses the Ottawa River from Ottawa into Gatineau, coming out at the government Portage complex. Here at its end, there is a lovely bed of tulips that I seem to always have to myself when I drop by in May, when the city takes part in the Tulip Festival.

Off across from the formal bed, tulips grow in the grass. Evidence of the presence of squirrel gardeners doing their own work.