Last look at some flowering spring beauties

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We’re currently in a heat wave here in Toronto and what was left of my tulips and other spring flowers are looking fairly pathetic right now!

Luckily the roses started blooming on Friday. Morden sunrise was the first rose to bloom as it has been the last three or four years running, however this year within an hour or two Yves Piaget had a rose bloom and then my Therese Bugnet Rose started blooming as well. Sounds like a race doesn’t it?

Other roses began blooming on Saturday. One spectacular rose that’s full of blooms is Jacques Cartier with it’s lovely perfumed pink blooms.

I did take some photos but I haven’t transferred them to my too full laptop hard drive yet.

However, in Mid May and up until a few days ago this lovely Trillium was blooming:

As was this rather flamboyant tulip – Texas Flame:

Isn’t that gorgeous? I must get more of these tulips for next year. I have far too few of these wild looking tulips.

I hope that everyone had a great weekend.

Thanks for your thoughts on my eye allergies. My eyes are a lot better today. I never knew eye allergies could be so painful! Let alone the difficulties it gave me with blurred vision and sensitivity to light.

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