Floral Colour In The Morning

Picking up where we left off yesterday, I continued along the low stone wall.

Moving beyond that bed brought me to another one, a mix of pink tulips and white companions that were in the shade at this time of the morning.

Alongside The Low Stone Wall

The next bed of tulips along this pathway curls around a low stone wall, with the street behind it descending towards park level. It was filled with a mix of tulip colours.

Some days ago I mentioned an abomination of an infill house. It can be seen at upper right. Tom may remember it, as it was under construction at the time of his visit a couple of years back.

Flowing Rivers Of Spring Flowers

Looking back from where I'd come yesterday, this bed of tulips felt like a river flowing between bushes on either side.

This view looks forward to what's to come with the lake included. The tall tower in the background is in the last stages of construction. Too tall, and not suitable for the location, if you ask me.

But as always, it was the tulips that drew my attention.

Rogue Tulips And Dazzling Colour

Rogue tulips: often found in a bed of tulips, the work, perhaps, of a squirrel gardener. One often finds them in the flower beds during the festival.

A Cheerful Delight For The Senses

I turned back from where I was standing in the last post from yesterday and photographed back where I had come from along the lake. This year, with Coronavirus dominating things, there weren't really tourists from out of town taking in the tulips. I have no idea what things were like on the weekends, when in a normal year this park can be rather crowded, but on the days I was here in May, there were some people about taking pictures, but not too many. Another sign that this was May: some trees were leafed out, and others were just getting started.

Here we have a look back at those beds off the main path, and the lake beyond.

There is such a rich selection in types of tulips. Our festival uses but a fraction of those types, planting a million bulbs or so in the public gardens. Members of the public plant more in their own garden. Here at Commissioners Park, the variety is a delight to the eyes.

The Vivid Shades Of A Tulip Festival

Close up views from ground level for tulips are a delight, as was the case with this bed of tulips I left off with yesterday.

This wider view of the beds at this part of the park includes someone posing for a member of the tulip paparazzi.

I returned to the main path, and carried on with photographing tulips.

Here we have an example of how one part of a bed is just starting to show, while beyond it the flowers are more coming into their own. We'll carry on here tomorrow. Happy Fourth of July to my American readers!

Splashes Of Colours Along The Lake Shore

Here we have a view of one of the beds of tulips that lie across from the main path, with Dow's Lake in the background.

Here we have a wider view of two of these beds from the end of one of them.

And this is another bed. We'll pick up here tomorrow.

A Morning Walkabout Among The Tulip Beds

Carrying on where I left off yesterday, here's another view of the tulips in front of the homes bordering this part of Commissioners Park.

I carried along with my walk. The homes bordering the park tend to be quite eclectic. For the most part they're pleasing to see, though there's an infill one further down the park that looks like an abomination

City Daily Photo Theme Day: Neighbourhood

Happy Canada Day to my fellow Canadians! It'll be a weird one here with all official events called off due to Covid, and the museums closed.

The first day of each month is a theme day for members of City Daily Photo. For July, that theme is Neighbourhood. Check out how others areinterpreting this theme right here. For me, I'm in the midst of an extended series on our Tulip Festival, which was held in May. Today's post features three neighbourhoods in close proximity.

Just east of the Bronson Avenue Bridge where it crosses the Rideau Canal, a flowerbed lies near the Canal. This spot is in the Glebe neighbourhood. Across the Canal, glimpsed among the trees, are homes in the Old Ottawa South neighbourhood.

The bridge, seen here, marks where the Canal widens into Dow's Lake.

This view from the south side of the bed features homes of the Glebe.

Crossing to the west side of Bronson brings us back into Commissioners Park, one of the major tulip sites. The homes west of Bronson and bordering the park are part of a neighbourhood in its own right, called the Glebe Annex. I carry on with this visit to the park tomorrow and in the days to come.