Spring has definitely hit Ottawa but I have not been able to do many tours,  for the most part seen only either hospital grounds when out with my wheel chair or the airport.....the hospital grounds had some spots of daffodils and odd tulips but not in concentrated beds. Saturday afternoon was my last day and decided to take a taxi trip with Amelia and walk to see the tulips near Dowds Lake.    Wish I had been able to take a wheel chair as the crutches were quite exhausting but we saw some lovely beds. Many of these bulbs were a gift from Holland as noted on the plaque here.  Red, white a blue bed. An odd red petal   among the yellow tulips made for some interesting shots. In the middle of our walk there came a torrential spring down pour and I retreated to one of the benches with my crutches pretty exhausted and wet. The less than half a block to get to the Malone restaruant and bar was excruciatingly slow about 25 minutes but the beer and club sandwich was well worth it before a 5 PM taxi pick up.