Photography – Page 49

Waiting for Spring

April 15, 2007 by Tricia

This is a January picture of Toronto’s famous beach boardwalk. The tree’s bare, leafless and waiting for spring. The boardwalk – sunny on a beautiful winter day with a few brave souls daring to come out and explore the beauty of the lake on this cool day.

If anything, that bright winter day was probably nicer than today – a Spring day, is supposed to be. It will be cold and rainy. We might even get some snow.

Much of Europe is unusually warm, and so is western Canada. Why isn’t it warming up here? I want to see my spring flowers bloom.

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Tiger Lilies

April 8, 2007 by Tricia

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I love my Tiger lilies. I grow a number of different types of lilies but I think I like the original tiger lilies that came with my house best.

Even though we’ve hit another cold spell I’d swear that I saw some lily sprouts out in the garden. They grow well through April and May and often bloom depending upon what kind of spring and summer we are having any where from mid June to Mid July. The last few years they’ve bloomed by Mid June if memory serves me correctly.

Did anyone get any flowers for Easter? For some reason Lilies are often included in Easter flower bouquets. They aren’t Easter flowers to me, but I guess they are to some people.

I hope everyone has enjoyed this long weekend. Happy Easter to All.

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For the Love of Peace

April 1, 2007 by Tricia

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This is an almost blown Love and Peace rose blossom. This is absolutely gorgeous multicolored rose.

It begins it’s blooming stage as peach and yellow colored buds that bloom into multi-colored roses of yellow, red, orange, and peach that could seem quite gaudy if you stare at them too long. The fully open rose blooms are at least 5 inches in diameter and the love and peace Hybrid Tea rose plant itself bloom prolifically throughout the season.

I’m eager for my rose growing season to begin. I have to wait almost two months before I’ll start to see the first flower buds on my roses. It’s worth the wait.

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The Waterfall

March 31, 2007 by Tricia

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This is a photo of the waterfall near Toronto’s CN Tower. I took this photo last August when my husbands brother and kids were visiting from Chicago for a family wedding. I think the kids and my sister in law had gone up into the CN Tower to get a view of the city from above, while Chris, his brother and I waited outside.

We wandered around and a short distance from the Tower we discovered this waterfall. I guess I hadn’t walked in this area very often because I didn’t remember ever having seen this water fall before.

I think I took the photo at about 10 or 11 at night. I’ll have to visit the area again sometime during the day to take more photos of the waterfall. It’s quite large and it’s very pretty.

We have some more great photos up on our other sites today. Chris has one over at Odd Planet that I took when we were traveling to Ottawa last summer. It’s of a lake so it fits the water theme perfectly. Then I’ve got a great photo of rain droplets on As the Garden grows. You must visit the other sites – please. I’d love to find out if you like the photos!

The boardwalk

March 24, 2007 by Tricia

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September, Woodbine Beach in Toronto

We went to the beach last year in September. It was late afternoon and although the day had been nice it was starting to get a little chilly. I suppose that’s why the beach was almost empty.

I think that I took this photo on the same day. This is part of Toronto’s famous boardwalk. This is what I would call the beginning of the boardwalk in the Ashbridges Bay area. As you can see the boardwalk was almost empty that day.

On nice days, the beach is crowded with people getting sun or playing volleyball. Throughout the whole year the boardwalk is a great place to walk. Residents lucky enough to live in that area of Toronto regularly walk their dogs, cats and just about any kind of pet that you can imagine on the boardwalk.

Right beside the boardwalk there’s a bicycle path.

We aren’t too far from the beach area. It’s about a 10 minute drive or a half hour bike ride. It’s not uncommon for Chris and I to get on our bikes anytime from April through to November and bike down to the beach area, or on some of the nice trails in the area.

We’re actually pretty lucky living in Toronto. The whole inner core of the city has ravines and parks where city residents can walk or bike. You can actually travel quite a distance throughout the city on the paths that interconnect throughout the city.

Biking on the trails, or walking on the boardwalk is a great way to get some exercise and enjoy a nice day.

Do you make time to enjoy some of the things that you can do in your city or town?

Waiting for Spring

Tiger Lilies

For the Love of Peace

The Waterfall

The boardwalk

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