Tuesday, April 19, 2022

Easter 2022

 

I spent Easter this year with my daughter,
 Suzanne and her family.
I hadn't been to her home in over 2 yrs.
I had a great weekend. 
A highlight of the weekend was
 visiting the Botanical Gardens in
Montreal. 
Here are a few of my photos.





This huge plant (or tree) is an Elephant Foot.
(beaucarnea recurvata)



The photo below I took during
 my last visit to the botanical gardens,  in 2017.
Some branches on the left side have been cut off. 
Actually, it appears nicer in this photo below.
There must have been a reason to cut those
branches off. 

A slow growing plant from the palm family. 
This must be a very old plant.







Suzanne has this plant.
 I took a photo of her Elephant Foot.
She's had it for about 25 yrs.



More photos from the Botanical Gardens:

Some orchids














Lots of lilies
A spider Lily below.



And tropical plants




Tropical fruits



Cactus





Annie and the cactus
Behind is a beautiful Jade plant/tree.







Truly a beautiful place to visit.








My sister, Annie



In a Rainforest Greenhouse




Suzanne and Sabrina







Lots of hanging moss.


Chinese Elm Bonsai
70 yrs. old.

Japanese Cherry Tree in bloom
30 yrs. old.


Flaky Juniper
45 yrs. old.




Elephant Ears


Lots of ferns




We walked outside.
It was very cold with the 
occasional snowflake falling.
The outside gardens were 
being uncovered from Winter.


Suzanne in
The Chinese Garden.





It's much more beautiful in the Summer with
 flowers etc., also beautiful lily pods and water life.



I like this rock display below showing types
 of ground succulents and thymes.
It must be beautiful in Summer,
when in flower.


If you are a plant and nature lover,
I suggest you visit these beautiful
gardens, when in Montreal. 



Suzanne cooked a delicious Easter supper


We had turkey and vegetables.





Pouding ChĂ´meur, 
(Maple Pudding) for dessert.
A white cake pudding with
 maple syrup sauce.
Suzanne made it in her Crock-Pot,
with extra dark maple syrup.
It was delicious.

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I had a great weekend.

In 2017, we visited an exhibit on butterflies.
Click on this link to view.
These butterflies are at the Botanical Gardens
 for a limited time, then gathered up and
 taken to another city for exhibition.
I don't think they had them this year.

If you like trees, 
check out this large selection 
of Bonsai Trees. In 2017,
 I did a blogpost on some
at the Botanical Gardens.
 You can visit it here;

This year there weren't as many. 

Thanks for your visit. 
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