Monday, May 23, 2016

By The Lake

This is Victoria Day in Canada, a public holiday, so I'll be a bit scarce today. And it is also the final day of the Tulip Festival, though my shots will be ongoing into June.

Returning to Dow's Lake, I came back late in the afternoon on the 14th of May, with the sun out and shining on the tulips. This first bed is just before the Rideau Canal widens out into the lake, a bed of tulips on the east side of Bronson Avenue.


West of Bronson, the path brings us back into Commissioners Park, where I wasn't the only one this day appreciating the tulips.

32 comments:

  1. Lovely walk through the tulips.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Oh wow...Commissioner's Park looks like the place of dreams...

    ReplyDelete
  3. This is where is the Fletcher Wildlife Garden...?.

    Tomás.

    ReplyDelete
  4. It must be nice to take a walk overthere between the tulips.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Happy Victoria Day. I like the way in photo #6, it is as if the tulips are imitating the clouds!

    Janis
    GDP

    ReplyDelete
  6. That is a huge amount of tulips you have there, more than in the Netherlands I think!

    ReplyDelete
  7. Happy Victoria Day William.. Looks like it was the perfect day when you took these shots!

    ReplyDelete
  8. Tiptoe through the tulips...sorry, I couldn't resist!

    ReplyDelete
  9. @Linda: it was.

    @OE: a good way to describe it.

    @Tomas: no, but that place isn't far away.

    @Francisco: thanks!

    @Jan: it is, yes.

    @Janis: thanks!

    @Marianne: there are many.

    @Grace: it was a good day.

    @Norma: someone had to say it!

    ReplyDelete
  10. Happy Victoria Day William. Tulips looking good!

    ReplyDelete
  11. Your climate seems perfect to grow tulips.

    ReplyDelete
  12. Well Happy Victoria Day and keep those Tulips coming.
    MB

    ReplyDelete
  13. Happy Victoria Day. I would love to join the Tulip Festival and enjoy all the beautiful tulips.

    ReplyDelete
  14. The large tulip beds show off very well.

    ReplyDelete
  15. What a beautiful set of shots William. Lovely.

    ReplyDelete
  16. Happy Victoria Day and you've got a lot of tulips to beautify the celebration!

    ReplyDelete
  17. Such beautiful pictures with colorful tulips! I'd love to stroll around there admiring them :-)

    ReplyDelete
  18. @Bill: they are!

    @Janey: I imagine so.

    @MB: lots yet to come.

    @Nancy: they are a pleasure to see.

    @Red: they do, yes.

    @Luis: thank you!

    @Sharon: there is no shortage here.

    @Lowell: we have many.

    @Tamago: it is fun for me to photograph them.

    ReplyDelete
  19. Dark red and white tulips make a great combination!

    ReplyDelete
  20. It will be a nice day to wander around town!

    ReplyDelete
  21. I am very envious of all the time you have had to enjoy these wonderful tulips@!

    ReplyDelete
  22. Seeing your photos makes me realize how much I miss seeing tulips. So pretty!

    ReplyDelete
  23. @Marleen: they do!

    @RedPat: it was, and so busy.

    @Tex: definitely.

    @Kate: it is a wonderful time of year.

    @SRQ: they are indeed.

    ReplyDelete
  24. Each one of these photos is gorgeous. I wonder, did tulips take a lot of work? If they do, the people who take care of these have excellent skills. No matter what, tell the truth, the hip excellent skills as evidenced by not only the tulips but the grounds. Thanks for viewing and listening to my videos. I start cooking those veggies this evening, before I watch a basketball on my TV. They will go well with my baked chicken. There's no photograph of it because I bought it at a different place.

    ReplyDelete
  25. Belated Victoria Day celebration wishes to you, William. A friend who lives in Kingston shared some details on the celebrations there as well.

    ReplyDelete
  26. Some very nice houses at the edge of the tulip beds. What a treat it must be to live there.

    ReplyDelete
  27. @Lynette: they do take a lot of work. They remove the bulbs after they're done blooming, and plant other things here for the summer until replanting takes place in the fall. I have no idea where the bulbs are stored for the coming months, though.

    @Beatrice: thank you!

    @Jennifer: so do I.

    @Bill: I do too.

    @Jack: it would be.

    ReplyDelete