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 Chômeur, 

(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.

I

I had a great weekend.

In 2017, we visited an exhibit on butterflies.

Click on this link to view.

Butterflies Go Free

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;

 Bonsai Trees

This year there weren't as many. 

Thanks for your visit. 

💜💜💜

St. Patrick's Day Parade ~ 2022

After two long covid years,

a large crowd lined the

 streets in Richmond, Quebec,

in the Eastern Townships,

south of Montreal, for

 their St. Patricks Parade.

Richmond has long been 

renowned across the province

 for its annual celebrations of 

 Irish heritage and culture.

Despite rain in the forecast, 

it held off for the parade,

"the luck of the Irish"

Lots of horses, and horse teams.

 Farm Tractors 

and Lawn Tractors.

This tractor put on a show.

with smoke and flames.

Irish Wolfhound dogs

A large gentle dog.

Police on horseback,  were on guard also, 

All terrain vehicles

Many decorated floats from 

 community organizations

 and businesses.

I didn't take a lot of photos.

There were a lot of many 

other things to see,

like Scottish Pipers

and Pipe Bands.

To view some short videos

of 3 pipe bands, visit

me on Instagram

@thel.day

My photos were taken on a

 quite street, Craig St., near 

 the starting of the parade.

The next photo, (not my photo),

was taken on Main Street where

 most of the crowd gathered.

It felt great to have some

 normalcy in our lives again.

Lets hope that the virus count stays

low, as most of the restrictions

are being lifted.

To view a previous parade in 2015,

and see the difference

 in the amount of snow,

click here

Thanks for your visit.

☘☘☘