Thursday, June 8, 2023

Colours And Architecture

 At the top of the stairs and between both wings of the Museum of History is this wonderful flowerbed filled with tulips and one of the best backdrops of the National Capital Region.


I love the curves of this museum, which is the masterpiece of the First Nations architect Douglas Cardinal, who lives in the Ottawa area. He has buildings in other parts of Canada, as well as some in the United States, including the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington.


Around the east side of the curatorial wing, there are thick bushes, some of which feature tulips to be found. Perhaps the work of squirrel gardeners, transplanting from the nearby formal beds?


And here are the formal beds, a river of tulip colours.

50 comments:

  1. Great architecture.
    Haha, squirrel gardeners!
    To colors!

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  2. A beautiful combination of the tulips, the museum and Ottawa in the background

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  3. I am quite partial to curves in general!

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  4. I have been loving all your colorful tulips photos, beautiful! Take care, enjoy your day!

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  5. Yes, the buildings by Cardinal are easily found by his use of curves. An architect with a signature style.

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  6. Your first shot is wonderful, William.

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  7. That's one of the best bed of tulips there.

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  8. I love those "stray" tulips.

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  9. Have to flip my mind around from calling at the Museum of Civilization. It takes a minute to get oriented as to what we are talking about but the pictures help.

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    1. When I first started this blog, it was the Museum of Civilization- and so it remains in my post tags, because at this point I'm not changing those tags.

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  10. A real tulip spectacle and great architecture.
    Greetings.

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  11. Me gusta ese buen edificio y el bello adorno de esas hermosas flores.

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  12. The curves are very nice -- and wonderful color.

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  13. Great architecture and photos.

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  14. The colours of the tulips is wonderful, and nice to see the architecture.

    All the best Jan

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  15. The lines and the curves are eye catching

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  16. I like the architecture of that building. Impressive!

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  17. Pretty flowers, but my favorite photos are the ones showing the curves of the building.

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  18. I love the colour contrast between tulips and building:)

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  19. Great contrast shots of architecture and florals ~

    Wishing you good health, laughter, and love in your days,
    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  20. The curves of the building really rather striking, The tulips as always stunning.

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