Royal Botanical Gardens

Royal Botanical Gardens

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.

Royal Botanical Gardens, May 5, 2012

Royal Botanical Gardens, May 5, 2012

Royal Botanical Gardens, May 5, 2012

Royal Botanical Gardens, May 5, 2012

Royal Botanical Gardens, May 5, 2012

Royal Botanical Gardens, May 5, 2012

Cherry Blossom tree, Royal Botanical Gardens, May 5, 2012

Cherry Blossom tree, Royal Botanical Gardens, May 5, 2012

Royal Botanical Gardens, May 5, 2012

Royal Botanical Gardens, May 5, 2012

Having a bit of a sit down at the Rock Garden:

Royal Botanical Gardens, May 5, 2012

Royal Botanical Gardens, May 5, 2012

Royal Botanical Gardens, May 5, 2012

Royal Botanical Gardens, May 5, 2012

Royal Botanical Gardens, May 5, 2012

Royal Botanical Gardens, May 5, 2012

I'm afraid of bees but managed to stick my camera down here
next to this one for journalistic purposes.

Royal Botanical Gardens, May 5, 2012

Royal Botanical Gardens, May 5, 2012

Royal Botanical Gardens, May 5, 2012

Royal Botanical Gardens, May 5, 2012

Royal Botanical Gardens, May 5, 2012

Royal Botanical Gardens, May 5, 2012

Royal Botanical Gardens, May 5, 2012
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