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Montreal trip

  • Apr. 20th, 2008 at 4:05 PM
black flower
What does Montreal have lots of?
SNOW!
What else?
Plants in bloom!

Who'd have thunk it.

white flowers

I got snap-happy on my recent trip to Montreal's Biodome and Royal Botanical Gardens (featuring a fantastic butterfly exhibit). I've narrowed down the photos to only the really interesting ones, or at least I tried to.

First, the Biodome. The main feature there is really seeing the animals, and I did get a bunch of animal shots, but I ended up getting distracted and preoccupied with all of the cool plant life around.

hanging vines



jungle flower

spotted leaves

spiney-looking plant

group of plants

hanging flowers



Next, the butterfly exhibit at the Royal Botanical Gardens. Again, lots of butterflies around, but lookit all the pretty flowers!!!

red & black bfly w/ red flower


yellow flowers

pinky flowers

white flowers

tube of leaves

red flowers

purple leaves

pinecone plant?

jagged leaves
I love the "hand" at the bottom left reaching into the frame.

pink & blue

3 reds

orchid
From the orchid greenhouse.


Okay, I did get some more butterflies too...


black & blue bfly

black & yellow bfly

owl bfly
I'm pretty sure this is called an Owl Butterfly because of its markings. They were everywhere...

owl bfly on my coat
...even on my coat.

bfly close up



It was a great trip and seeing all of the greenery really helped with the dragging winter blahs. Plus, seeing the ridiculous amount of snow in Montreal made Toronto's winter seem not so bad. We really are a bunch of crybabies and Montrealers have every right to laugh at us -- even before the playoffs start.

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This journal is mostly a way to track my progress as I try my hand at urban gardening...well ok, ANY kind of gardening...for the first time. Having said that, I'm bound to make mistakes along the way and would appreciate any advice from fellow gardeners/houseplant lovers along the way. (Assuming anyone but me actually reads this.)

Someday I'll be a talented plant whisperer and will know the joy of a lush and healthy bounty of happy plants. In the meantime I'll muddle along and try not to kill every one I get my hands on.

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