It is taking a while but little by little, spring is springing. The grass is green, trees are slowly growing leaves and soon we will be taking pictures of tulips.
At least I hope so.
It’s been a long and brutal winter, and the three of us were starting to get cabin fever. We are going out more and more though, and now that the snow has melted I can finally push the stroller just about anywhere without getting the wheels stuck in slush, ice or salt. Yes, pushing a stroller is a form of art and yes, licenses should be issued for this privilege, but that’s another topic.
So we decided to take a walk by Remic Rapids, one of the many scenic points along the Ottawa River. This is where you can usually find the Inukshuk sculptures—but this time, no art, just water flooding the paths.
We had a lot of snow this winter and it’s been raining almost every day lately. As a result, the Ottawa River water level is very high. Flooding risks are minimal though, it’s mostly just paths underwater—nothing dramatic. The scenery was nice though with fast-flowing water and strong currents.
… and the geese are back! That means “summer,” right?
So refreshing!!!! Mark is so cute 😀
Thank you on his behalf!
I love the month of May in Ottawa. It’s neither too cold nor too hot and best of all, there’s the Tulip Festival. I never get tired of seeing tulips!
I recently looked through a few pictures from right after Mark was born and I can’t believe how different he looks! He looks like an entirely different person now!
And oh boy, he has his personality too… for better or for worse! 😆
Ah yes, the geese has always been a weather signal, at least when I was living in Buffalo, it was that way too. I’d start seeing them around April, and then they disappear around October. They leave their green poop all over the place though, which sucks.
Oh, and Mark is so cute!
Yep, lots of poop wherever these birds are!
Gorgeous pics – love that one of the fence. Mark’s sunglasses are too cute! Hasn’t it been beautiful?!
It’s actually Feng’s sunglasses, but Mark was complaining about the sun. Poor kid, born in October, he is new to the notion of “sun” and “heat”! 😆
So right, I can’t believe how high the river is!!! I’ve never seen it that high on the westboro beach and the water covers several part of the pathway! It feels so strange all these trees in the water !
The weather has been nice this week and I hope it’s going to stay that way. I had enough of the winter, too !
I’ve seen it much higher a few years ago… everything was flooded!
I feel like your so underdressed! I’m still wearing my leathercoat with a vest under it!
It was so cold and then suddenly hot, so 15C felt like 40C for us 😆 But now it’s actually hot, like close to 30C.
I love the picture with the sunglasses 🙂
That one was fun to take 🙂
Lovely photos which are mind calming.
Ottawa has this effect on people 😆