The Canadian Tulip Festival in Ottawa is one of these seasonal events I was taking for granted.
Between us, it’s not that exciting—we’re talking flower beds strategically scattered around Ottawa, a few themed activities, a dozen of food trucks, and tons of people trying to take the perfect shot.
The “celebration of the gift of tulips and Canada’s role in the liberation of the Netherlands during WWII” is held in May, which means it can be snowy, rainy, extremely hot, or a combination of weather conditions Canada’s capital city typically experiences during this tricky month.
Basically, it’s like fall colours in October. You know it’s here for you to enjoy no matter what, and if the stars align, you will probably go to celebrate the change of season or just for the sake of it because it’s your duty as a citizen of Ottawa.
I shouldn’t have assumed I’d always be able to go to these events.
So this is the first normal Tulip Fest in two years. The weather was unusually hot for May last week, and we’re still under a severe thunderstorm watch tonight on Sunday. I went out to take pictures right after a downpour, for the raindrops bonus.
They may be “just” flowers but they are gorgeous.
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Put me out of my misery, WHERE??? I can’t find it!
I used to debug earlier versions of WordPress by myself… it was always very satisfying to pinpoint where something had gone wrong in the code and yes, most often a bracket left open in PHP.
No, not in the code, but after the question mark in the last phrase of your comment.
You know what, I’ll leave it as “unfinished business” 😉
Je ne viens plus que rarement commenter mais je suis toujours une lectrice assidue de ton.blog.
Je vais bof bof mais ainsi va la vie … des hauts et des bas …
Bonne continuation
C.
Oh, zut pour les bas de la vie… effectivement, tu as l’air moins enthousiaste que d’habitude. Ça va aller? Envoie-moi un courriel si tu veux vider ton sac 😉
You got a new camera!
Ah, I wish! Nope, it’s my “shitty” backup camera I used 😉 Pictures turned out okay but this poor camera is falling apart, literally.
awww darn! Pics still look great!
Thank you! Glad we went together first, it made me realize how nice flowers were this year 🙂
I like the dark red ones with white edges.
Communist red, always 😉
Que c’est beau !
Tu devrais prévoir d’aller un jour à Keukenhof près d’Amsterdam, pendant la période de la floraison des tulipes c’est magnifique !
The Netherlands has been on my list for a little while, I’m curious about it and I’d love to visit 😉
(Ça fait longtemps, que deviens-tu?_
You missed a parenthesis. LISP programmers hate you.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp_(programming_language)
Put me out of my misery, WHERE??? I can’t find it!
I used to debug earlier versions of WordPress by myself… it was always very satisfying to pinpoint where something had gone wrong in the code and yes, most often a bracket left open in PHP.
No, not in the code, but after the question mark in the last phrase of your comment.
You know what, I’ll leave it as “unfinished business” 😉
Je ne viens plus que rarement commenter mais je suis toujours une lectrice assidue de ton.blog.
Je vais bof bof mais ainsi va la vie … des hauts et des bas …
Bonne continuation
C.
Oh, zut pour les bas de la vie… effectivement, tu as l’air moins enthousiaste que d’habitude. Ça va aller? Envoie-moi un courriel si tu veux vider ton sac 😉
Love the 2nd picture, the delicate pink petals and the little drops of water 🙂
That’s why I like taking pictures of flowers after the rain!