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Jardin de vie

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Hier après-midi, nous avons terminé notre promenade par une brève incursion au jardin botanique — qui était, comme d’habitude, plein de couleurs et bourdonnant de vie…

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Artistic interlude

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Dog with a Ladybug and Californian Poppies in the Countryside
Chien et coccinelle dans la campagne avec des Pavot de Californie
Dog with a Ladybug and Californian Poppies in the Countryside
© 2017 Miyako Matsuda

See more of my wife’s art in this Flickr album
Voir d’autres peintures par mon épouse sur cet album Flickr

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Progress report (02.017.211)

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Front garden

Since the first growth in April, fifteen weeks ago, the front garden has grown into a thick jungle where sunflowers and cosmos are now dominating (See previous report).

Jardin de juillet(iPhone 6s, 2017-07-25)

Floraison de Cosmos Nombreux tournesols(iPhone 6s, 2017-07-27 & 29)

Parc Frédéric-Back

Now that the parc is electrified, the signalisation is backlit at night and the lamp posts are working keeping the path well lit. It’s actually quite beautiful. Now, they just need to open the new section (See previous report) !

Backlit signalisation Lamp post

(iPhone 6s, 2017-07-25)

Kittens

The kittens have seen a veterinarian for an examination and their first shots. They will be taken in charge by a shelter in a week. The two mothers are still waiting to be neutered (they are on a waiting list) but it is taking a long time. They’ve already been in a cage for too long. I hope we’ll be able to release them soon… (See previous report)

Update (2017-08-01): After pleading the urgency of the situation, the Mittens’ Targeted Permanent Sterilization Clinic of the SPCA contacted us yesterday, and the two mothers have been sterilized today. We will let them recover for a few days and then release them in our backyard.

Update (2017-08-07): After a week, we have released the two mothers. They have bolted out of the cage and, four hours later, they are still nowhere to be seen. Hopefully, they’ll keep hanging around our backyard… Also, still no news from the shelter that is supposed to take custody of the kittens sometimes this week. Hopefully everything will go well on that side too.

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Créatures du jardin

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Lors de ma dernière visite au jardin botanique, j’ai pu observer de multiples créatures, principalement de nombreux insectes, plusieurs volatiles (que je n’ai malheureusement pas tous pu prendre sur le vif) et quelques bestioles aquatiques. En voici quelques exemples:

(Nikon D3300, Jardin botanique de Montréal, 2017-07-23)

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Promenade au jardin

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Nos horaires et la température nous ont finalement permis de retourner faire une promenade au jardin botanique cet après-midi. C’est juste ce qu’il nous fallait pour refaire le plein de vert, de nature et de fleurs. Il parait que c’est bon pour la santé. Malheureusement ont a manqué le meilleurs des roses de juin — il en restait mais elles avaient passé de meilleurs jours. Nous étions toutefois juste à temps pour apprécier les lis de juillet. Bien sûr, le jardin est splendide en tout temps. Voici quelques échantillons de ce que nous avons pu observer :

La nature en mouvement

(iPhone 6s & Nikon D3300, Jardin botanique, 2017-07-23)

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Artistic interlude

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Dog with Butterfly and hollyhocks
Chien avec un papillon et des Roses Trémières (Tachi Aoi)

Dog with Butterfly and hollyhocks
© 2017 Miyako Matsuda

See more of my wife’s art in this Flickr album
Voir d’autres peintures par mon épouse sur cet album Flickr

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