Thinking of Spring and Summer!

Here's a photo from the "cottage country" area of northern Ontario last spring. [After all, life is about more than flowers, right? Wanted to show some other scenery.]

Street Signs

Here's a photo from an Ontario city. [Haven't had time to check on publication rights but will take my chances!* Sorry, my time is so limited on the Internet!--And I think the photo is quite relevant!] Won't say which city--and won't identify any particular "Premier" of the Province!!!

*Will work on it. I don't expect too many problems. Note added May 16, 2011--Have heard a response from a professional source that, to the best of my understanding, this type of photo doesn't require permission for publication.

Spring Tulips

Here are some tulips from last year's spring.

Lilacs--II

Here's another photo of some lilacs.

Country Lilacs

Last year, when I was driving in the countryside nearby, I happened to hit lilac time! It seemed that every road was lined with flowering lilac bushes; and I was thinking they should almost plan a road tour around them! In this area, the lilacs are fairly common although they only bloom for a short time each year.

The lilacs were located northeast of the city of Oshawa, if anyone is interested. They'll be blooming in about a month from now.

[NOTE: Some of these flowers were actually located in the city.--The wild ones are a little harder to pick because it seems many of the lower branches have already been cut off! (Of course, it goes without saying that people pick from their own bushes in the city; but you can't pick from others' yards! It's sometimes possible to pick from the country roadsides.)]

Re-Take

Wanted to try uploading another of the red trillium photos because I wasn't sure the first one showed up well enough!? Here it is.

The Environment

These photos were taken at a spot that's not normally polluted, although they're near a small

marina. It was late in the summer season when I took them and I guess that's why the plants don't seem to be as healthy!? There were hardly any blooms left, actually; and when I saw the box in the water, I decided to make a statement about pollution! [Have told people companies can't be responsible for what happens to their packaging after it leaves their hands, by the way. In this case, am sure the box must've accidentally blown into the water.]

The moral of the story, of course, is to put garbage where it belongs--and not in the water!

Some parties in the police project in western Canada have supported environmental causes.