Buds and blooms at VanDusen Gardens

Photos by Jim Murray. Copyright 2014.

Birds and bees at VanDusen

After a heavy downpour yesterday, today, Good Friday, was sunny and warm.

The turtles are still sunning themselves at VanDusen, and the geese are flapping and honking. 

Bees are active again and the humming birds have stopped along their long journey.

Photos by Jim Murray. Copyright 2014.

The Turtles appear at VanDusen Gardens

The warmth of the sun brings out the crowds, and the turtles, to VanDusen Gardens in Vancouver.

                                                                                                                                                

As for the other Turtles, they began as surf band in 1965 with a hit penned by Bob Dylan: It Ain't Me Babe. Great vocals, smart arrangements and dumb lyrics combined to provide their biggest hit in the spring of 1967, knocking Penny Lane by the Beatles out of the number one position: Happy Together.                                                

Photos by Jim Murray. Copyright 2014.