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.

Colours

 These tulip beds are popular for photographers.

Note the lone pink in the lower right here. What we call a rogue tulip.

We'll be back to Commissioners Park to close out this series, but tomorrow we go find tulips across the Ottawa River.

Vantages

We pick up where we left off yesterday in the south end of Commissioners Park.

I returned over to the main beds of tulips.

The last section is one of the most photogenic in the city, with its backdrop of lovely houses.

Flowerbed

 There is a series of standalone flowerbeds at the south end of the park, which always seem to be the first to bloom. They were at their peak during this visit.