Nature Friday - Tulips

 Hi friends, hi friends, hi friends,

We mentioned this week that Lady had a super, super, super busy week. She was out for work and for fun. It was a lot, to much for such an old Lady like her. She is tried and we missed her so, so, so much!  But one of the fun things she did, can be a beautiful post for you. So not all is lost. 

On Mother's Day, Lady and a friend went to the Tulip Festival. In case you didn't know, from 1940-1945 the Dutch Royal family lived in Ottawa. In 1943 when Princess Margriet was born, the Ottawa Civic Hospital temporarily became Dutch territory so the Princess was ensured Dutch citizenship. To thank Canada for this and giving them a safe place to live, in 1945 Princess Juliana sent 100 000 tulips to Canada. Every year the Dutch Royal Family sends 10, 000 bulbs and the Dutch Bulb Growers Associations ends 10, 000 more.  These are added to other bulbs for a total of about 300, 000 tulips in several locations in the city. 

Lady and her friend went to the small sight, Major's Hill Park, downtown Ottawa, as it was Mother's Day and they didn't want a huge crowd.  It was also closer to a great place to get cake as they were celebrating the friend's birthday. The flowers did not disappoint. There are so many kinds of tulips Lady always forgets this! (Google says there are 75 distinct wild species and over 3000 varieties).

I hope you enjoyed a tiptoe through the tulips (which is actually prohibited at the festival).