As promised, following on from yesterdays floral extravaganza, here’s the second batch of floral portraits for you to enjoy.
And finally, the last handful.
My next visit to the gardens will probably be in August, just in time for the large test garden to start showing.
When I saw today’s weather report saying thunderstorms for this afternoon, and high humidity (no kidding) I thought, if I want to get to the botanical gardens I should do it first thing. So that’s what I did, straight after breakfast and just long enough to slurp down a cup of tea, I grabbed my bag and headed out.
Today’s objective? To take photos in both the annuals garden section, and see what was growing in the edibles garden. I love that there are so many different sections of gardens here, including the arbour and tree walk, the lily pond and waterfall, a mini nature trail, and as I said, several small test gardens.
So what did I find in the annuals garden? Lots. First the ‘Crowning Glories‘.
Up next … maybe I should call this bunch ‘Bee Specific‘. And yes, there were a lot of bees.
Stop by tomorrow to see Part 2 and another 12 gloriously gorgeous floral portraits.
Yesterday, as many of you already know, me and mine took ourselves off to see the Tall Ships Regatta taking place on the docks here, in Quebec City. There were nine ships in total, 5 of which were tall ships that were on parade earlier this month, in New York City, for the 250th birthday celebration of the US.
These five ships sailed up the coast visiting different ports and now, are here for the next 3 days. Included were the Unión from Peru, the Gloria from Columbia, the Esmerelda from Chile, La Belle Poule from France, and finally, the Amerigo Vespucci from Italy.
And will you look how tall these masts are?
Of course, there were over a hundred thousand other people there at the same time us, all queueing to get onboard each ship, for a tour. So that, in the end, we never did get onboard any of them. Not unless we wanted to wait 40-50 minutes or more. Instead we chose to walk the entire length of the quayside from one end to the other and just take in the whole atmosphere.
Oh, and fun bonus? The clever Italians had set up a series of containers with a small boutique selling souvenirs, a cool drinks booth, and an outdoor seating area to watch a video of the training recruit in action, on the high seas. All in all, they came prepared to make it a day trip for everyone. That’s not to say the other crews weren’t welcoming, they were.
It was another absolutely memorable day in the sun.
Some of the tall ships that were at the US 250th Birthday Bash down in New York City for July 4th have finally made their way up the coast to arrive here, in Quebec City late Wednesday evening. Sadly for us we were unable to get out yesterday to go see them due to the crazy weather we’ve had these last few days. It’s was raining on and off all day yesterday, never mind blowing a gale.
Today, however, has dawned fairly calm in comparison resplendent with clear blue skies and mild balmy temperatures.
So, like tourists, we’ll arrive quay side around noon today to queue up with however many other people turn up, to get a free tour of one more more of the ships in dock. We’re told there will be 9 in total including ships from Italy, France, Chile, Colombia, Peru, the US and, of course, Canada.
I’m really looking forward to seeing which ships are in dock. We’ve been lucky enough to see a variety of the tall ships come here over the years. One of my favs is the Italian training ship, the Amerigo Vespucci, which has been here a couple of times now.
As always, I’ll try post photos either later today, or sometime tomorrow.
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