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applegrove

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2. That is so too bad. Ottawa gets its park tulip bulbs from the Netherlands

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Sat May 13, 2023, 01:01 AM

May 2023

in thanks for Canadian troops freeing them at the end of WWII. We don't have deer in the parks in the city so we are safe. Yes animals do sometimes do swarming behaviour. Every 50 years to black bears get a bug and swim from island to island in Georgian Bay. May have to do with blueberries. My sister has a place there.

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Tulip Festival has started in Ottawa. These are from the middle of the cemetery [View all] applegrove May 2023 OP

In the Okanagan, the deer this year appear to have eaten most of the tulips Bev54 May 2023 #1

That is so too bad. Ottawa gets its park tulip bulbs from the Netherlands applegrove May 2023 #2

I have many photos somewhere Bayard May 2023 #3

Looks pretty! We had a heat spike in early mid April I think our tulips are past... electric_blue68 May 2023 #4

Beautiful! We also have a yearly Tulip Festival in Washington Park in Albany, NY Rhiannon12866 May 2023 #5

Wow. That's lovely to see. Easterncedar May 2023 #6

We used to visit Washington Park when I was a little kid in Albany. Rhiannon12866 May 2023 #7

Gorgeous. applegrove May 2023 #8