It seems that most years around this time
I mention that May's my favourite month (see May 8,2011 and May 1, 2009) and post a ton of pretty flower and tree photos
to my blog. May is so gorgeous that I can't help myself;
I go a bit ga-ga. This year I'm using Amy Black, my editor
at Random House Canada, as an excuse because she recently
said that she'd hope I'd snapped a few of the cherry blossoms
just as they start to fall. So, Amy, the cherry blossoms
here are for you!
Burlington's Royal
Botanical Gardens' Rock Garden site is such a vision
of loveliness these days and this past Saturday was a perfect
day for tiptoeing through the tulips. I was sure the flowers
pictured below were the finest thing I was going to see
all weekend but, as it happened, today when I slipped out
to join Paddy in the garden area of our condo, there was
a fox stretched out on the lawn, savouring the sun. The
fox didn't seem disturbed by our presence in the distance,
but he did raise his head to eye a few noisy birds now and
then before adjusting his position.
We could see several of our neighbours getting
a kick out of the fox too, staring down at him with binoculars
from their balconies. Though the condo is close to natural
lands this is very much the burbs so a fox isn't something
you see in your yard every day. At first I thought it must
have been someone's dog! Alas, I have no photos of the fox,
but if you're looking for pictures of some of May's blossoming
treasures, this is a good place to be.
Having a bit of a sit down at the Rock Garden:
I'm afraid of bees but managed to stick my camera down
here
next to this one for journalistic purposes.
next to this one for journalistic purposes.
