Tulips in Town

We’ve discovered that Ottawa has a lot of festivals. Lots. In May there is a 3 week long Tulip Festival to commemorate Canadian help given to the Netherlands during World War Two. Not only did Canadian troops liberate the Netherlands, but some of the Dutch Royal Family lived in Ottawa during the war. In fact, one of the Dutch princesses was born here. So every year the Netherlands give some tulips, well quite a lot – about 100,000, to say thanks! Today we walked to Dow’s Lake and looked at the tulips! We also went to another Tulip Site at City Hall where they had lots of decorated wooden tulips. I was so taken with these that I insisted on painting one of my own, albeit a much smaller version. It took a lot longer than I thought but it was a masterpiece in the end. Sarah was a little embarrassed as I was the eldest artist at the painting table by at least 25 years!