This weekend is Doors Open in Ottawa. I'll be busy taking pics, and will have them posted, but I'll give myself a few days breathing space with some posts of various subjects before then.
For a brief time each spring, some of the trees and bushes here bloom in vibrant pinks, purples, and whites. Lilacs, cherry trees, and more can be found among them. The shots I have today are all close to home in Old Ottawa South; the closest examples are thirty seconds from my front door. I have more of this to come over the next couple of days.
This last bush is nearly overwhelming the lion sculpture beside it.
I love watching the trees during this season, and the "snow" of petals :)
ReplyDeleteSome beautiful examples of flowering trees here!
ReplyDeleteHappy Friday! :)
Beautiful...beautiful....beautiful!
ReplyDeleteMB
My favourites are photo #3 and the lilacs!
ReplyDeleteGoodness you live in the most beautiful place.
ReplyDeleteSuch colors. Wonderful photos.
cheers, parsnip
Spectacular ! I'm having a second spring... albeit virtual.
ReplyDeleteThose early blossoms are breathtaking, and I love the moment they appear, but, alas, the blooms are gone too quickly!
ReplyDeleteWonderful!
ReplyDeleteI look forward to seeing what you find at the Ottawa Doors Open!
Lion... did you say there's a lion there? :-))
ReplyDeleteIsn't spring marvellous?
@Meradeth: we can get plenty of falling petals.
ReplyDelete@Halcyon: thanks!
@MB: thank you!
@Linda: the house gets a brief but glorious show of pink right outside the window!
@Parsnip: thank you.
@Stuart: it won't be long til we're deep into summer here.
@Kate: they are gone much too quickly.
@EG: I will be busy all day tomorrow and Sunday.
@Ciel: the poor thing looks lost amid the blossoms!
Beautiful, William, it's always great to see the blossoms come after a long and cold winter. Because we didn't have any winter this year, the blossoms were very soon this year. Meanwhile all the blossoms have gone overhere.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely gorgeous blossoms!
ReplyDeleteGreat colours.
ReplyDeleteThe pink ones are my favorite!
ReplyDeleteLilacs are gorgeous this year but the apple blossoms are non existent.
ReplyDeleteJane x
Beautiful blooms to admire!
ReplyDeleteYour area is awash in color and scents. So beautiful! And then you've got tulips, too!
ReplyDeletei think i love blooming trees and shrubs even better than flowers. :) i need more of them here. have lost a few over the years to drought, insects, etc.
ReplyDeleteOttawa in spring makes up for the (shudder) winter!
ReplyDeleteIs it any wonder that we look forward to spring! The tree I posted today gets huge white blossoms in spring but I visited it too late this year.
ReplyDelete@Jan: we still have some lilacs doing nicely, and those white blossoms as well.
ReplyDelete@VP: thank you!
@Mike: thanks!
@Lois: they are pretty.
@Jane and Chris: I haven't seen much in the way of apple blossoms this year.
@Sharon: thanks!
@Lowell: it's been a good spring for flowers and these blossoms.
@Tex: where I grew up we had some bushes that really bloomed nicely.
@Norma: but winter is good!
@Judy: I'll check it out! I was looking for a snowball blossom shrub this year, but haven't found one.
Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteLove it, love it, love it.
ReplyDeleteHappy Weekend!
Gosh spring in Ottawa is absolutely fabulous William, I can just image the aromas floating around here.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous assortment of Spring colors, William!
ReplyDeleteSpring is so wonderful especially after the winter we have had!
ReplyDeleteLove the pink colours!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful
ReplyDeleteGorgeous trees!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful trees. I like their flowers.
ReplyDelete@Luis: I think so too.
ReplyDelete@Whisk: thank you.
@Grace: the lilac scent in particular is good.
@Karl: thank you.
@RedPat: it was a long winter.
@Marleen: this year the colours hve been vibrant.
@Mo: thanks!
@Cheryl: that they are.
@Feyza: it's a nice way to kick off the summer seeing these trees like that.
i bet the lilacs are heavenly scented. beautiful. ( :
ReplyDeleteOttawa is certainly a beautifully planted city
ReplyDeleteAll those blossoms must be truly heady! Isn't it nice to have such a beautiful view near your front door?
ReplyDeleteThese northern 'lights' delight!
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Lovely! One of the first times I wish for smell-o-vision on my computer.
ReplyDeleteThere is nothing like spring shrubs and trees, is there?
ReplyDeleteIt's fascinating to see the time line of spring between Virginia's pictures in Birmingham, what I see here, and your posts up in Ottawa. Latitude rules.
ReplyDeleteI live in the land of very mild weather. For us to see spring time scenes such as these, we have to go to them (which we do). Our darned local palm trees don't blossom at all! Beautiful photos William.
ReplyDeleteTruth. Trees bloom shortly. It's easy to miss a moment.
ReplyDelete@Beth: they are.
ReplyDelete@Daryl: true.
@Kay: it is. At times I miss that place.
@Cloudia: thank you.
@Linda: thanks!
@Jack: true.
@Bob: it does.
@Pat: we get extremes.
@Mariusz: that's true.