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Beauty Of Tulips

In Canada this is the time for Tulip festival and every year the Tulip festival is organized in Ottawa and thousands of people visit the place. Although the pics above taken by me are not from Ottawa but from the tulip gardens of Montreal, I would like to share some information about the history of tulip festival in Canada.

The Canadian Tulip Festival claims to be the world's largest tulip festival, with attendance of over 500,000 visitors annually.This major cultural event is held annually in Ottawa and Gatineau, Canada, over the course of 18 days in May, concluding with the Victoria Day long weekend.

Although tulips are displayed throughout the city, the most extensive tulip beds are found in Commissioners Park on the shores of Dow's Lake, and along the Rideau Canal with 300,000 tulips planted there alone.

In 1945, the Dutch royal family sent 100,000 tulip bulbs to Ottawa in gratitude for Canadians having sheltered Princess Juliana and her daughters for the preceding three years during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, in the Second World War.

The most noteworthy event during their time in Canada was the birth in 1943 of Princess Margriet to Princess Juliana at the Ottawa Civic Hospital. The maternity ward was declared to be officially a temporary part of international territory, so that she would be born in no country and would inherit only her Dutch citizenship from her mother. In 1946, Juliana sent another 20,500 bulbs requesting that a display be created for the hospital, and promised to send 10,000 more bulbs each year.In the years following Queen Juliana's original donation, Ottawa became famous for its tulips.

Moments

Some moments are worth capturing... I noticed this man sitting quite in a silent corner for an hour or so in the banks of the river. His head down the entire time with closed eyes. Most probably he was enjoying the silence of the place. The life in cities sometime becomes so hectic and monotonous that people desperately search for peace of mind and try to escape from the mechanical life surrounded by gadgets. At these times a silent place like this, is a relief. The expression in the man's face says it all. I was sitting some 100 mts away from this person but thanks to my camera lenses.. I was able to capture the expression and that very moment...

Me..Flying High

After a long winter, which started for me in Delhi in the month of December seems to be ending in Montreal. The weather in Montreal last weekend was pleasant and after the winters it was the first time that the temperature was around 25 degrees C. The excitement of a sunny bright day was equally reflected in the moods of people. It was a nice feeling going out without the regular Jacket, caps, mufflers, etc. So to utilize this time for full enjoyment, I and Sanjeev planned to visit the Old Montreal area and the banks of St.Lawrence river. Though some of our other friends also planned to come with us, at the final moment they preferred to Sleep in their cozy beds. Leaving all these guys with their day dreams, Sanjeev and I started at around 12:30 PM. It was a bright day outside and It was really fun to see people around in Shorts, T-Shirts, Not to miss the pretty girls in mini's. Comming back to the point...we reached the streets of Old Montreal to find a french band enjoying the dance and songs, doing all crazy stuff. Spent a good amount of time with the people over there with people laughing and screaming. The best place was still to come and it was not too far from the streets of Old Montreal. The banks of St.Lawrence river. Its was beautiful place and not as crowded as the places I have been earlier. The best part of this place was it's silence. There were some people at one corner enjoying beer and fishing stick in the other hand. It was really fun to see a women standing there... who got 2 big fish in a time interval of 20 mins whereas the other people around, did not even manage to get a single small fish after an hour or so. The expressions of other people looking at the women with fish was worth watching :)  

We sat there for an hour or so and couldn't stop admiring the beauty of the place and its silence. We spent good time taking pictures of the surroundings, people racing in the speed boats and the ships . In our 5 hours stay in the banks of the river we took around 600 pics, some good..some bad and the pic above of me flying high was also taken in the same place. I liked this pic for the only reason that the pic reflects my mood, being happy and enjoying the moments. Cheers!!!! :)