Around the Neighbourhood

We've had a wonderful week of visiting with our daughter and her family.  They stayed around the house here, helping Mrs. F.G. in the garden while the kids climbed one of those two big Sugar Maples out on the golf course, and loved it.  Meals were big communal affairs, with of course Mrs. F.G. doing most of the work, but the others pitching in a lot, especially with clean-up  It's been an exhausting but very memorable week!  They're off to Ottawa now, to visit the Canadian Fallen Firefighters Memorial, where our son William's name is engraved, before flying home.

Meanwhile I've fallen way behind in my blog posts; for this one you have to go back two weeks to when the Magnolias were in bloom.

This magnificent Magnolia is just around the corner, and it puts on a spectacular show every spring.

Unfortunately its season is all too short, and on a windy day a week later many of the petals had blown across the lawn.

Two doors down in the opposite direction is this beautiful Serviceberry, an unusual but beautiful shrub for an urban yard.  I've seen it more often on my hikes.

It's a very delicate little flower, but the shrub is covered with them.

And of course ther are my favourite spring flowers, the Dandelions, spreading sunshine wherever they bloom.

I was pleased this year to see they were plentiful on the gold course field behind us, as well as on a couple of lawns nearby.  And I;, sure the bees appreciated them.

Another thing that has appeared recently are these lines of yellow flags.  I believe these are for underground installation of fibre optic internet cables.  I just hope they don't mess us my favourite riding routes!