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Taylor Head Provincial Park

For Canada Day we went on an adventure to Taylor Head Provincial Park. I had a plan to do the full loop, but when we go there moderate from AllTrails was a bit harder/muddier than I expected. And for 4km for my hiking partner, through a lot of muddy …

Weekend Wandering

On friday I checked the weather for the weekend while I was sipping my coffee, it called for rain, 100% chance all day Saturday and Sunday, so I planning on errands, movies and baking.

Then Saturday came, my errands finished, still no rain and I checked the forecast and it …

When the Flowers Poke Through

Spring is rapidly coming to a close, and I haven't had a lot of time to take photos, or even sit down and record my thoughts.

So for now, here is a photo of some of the first photos that I took of flowers popping up in April.

Another tulip

Because why not.

Now this one is long dead-headed, but it was still a pretty picture.

Bumble bees and flowers

The flowers are popping now, the apple blossoms are almost full out and the lilac trees will all be open this week.

Bugs like tulips

I haven't seen a lot of bee action around the tulips this year. I'm not sure if its the time of year, my timing or the flowers.

I have seen a lot of smaller flying insects in and around them though.

Buckets of tulips

All of the tulips are popping right now. I am taking lots and lots of pictures and just limited on time. I added over 366 photos yesterday [*], which sounds like a backlog, but maybe I will clear them all out today.

tulips in felt Buckets

The aforementioned buckets of flowers (some of them)

[*]This …