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Gerbera flower centre
Slime mold
Venus Flytrap
Catching the light
Alfalfa
Kalm's Lobelia / Lobelia kalmii
Tiny beauty on a log
Wild Strawberry / Fragaria virginiana
Leaf Rust Fungus / Puccinia monoica
Star-flowered Solomon's Seal / Maianthemum stellat…
Common Bearberry / Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Arctic Willow
Tufted White Prairie Aster / Symphyotrichum ericoi…
Blue Lettuce / Lactuca tatarica
Alpine Bistort / Polygonum viviparum
Arctic Willow
Golden Dung Fly / Scathophaga stercoraria
Creepy crawlies - Willow Leaf Aphids?
Greenish-flowered Wintergreen / Pyrola chlorantha
Lichen
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Happy Thanksgiving
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Knitting pattern: knit 2, purl 1
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Alfalfa
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For Joan, Suzanne, Margit and Sheila
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Crystal, designed by Mother Nature
Mini-icicle
Fire and ice
I'm hungry and waiting ...
Standing tall
Bearberry / Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Rainbow of a smaller kind
Frills and gills
Two of the same
Blue-eyed grass seedpods
A close up view
Cladonia Lichen sp.
Life on a leaf stalk
How's this for colour?
Soft-leaf Muhly grass / Muhlenbergia richardsonis
A little find in the forest
Earthstar
Round and round ...
Dainty bells
Spores on moss capsules
Naked Mitrewort / Mitella nuda
Scarlet Butterfly Weed / Gaura coccinea
Puffball
Blurry, but fascinating
Dotted Blazingstar
Rattlesnake Plantain Orchid / Goodyera repens
A mix of colours
Little blue spider
Upright Prairie Coneflower / Ratibida columnifera…
Is this a Shield Bug?
Stunning little beauty (Aculepeira)
A tight little community
Marbled Orbweaver / Araneus marmoreus
Russian Thistle / Salsola kali
Rust on a leaf
White Water Crowfoot / Ranunculus aquatilis
Tall Larkspur seed capsules / Delphinium glaucum
Lemon Drops / Bisporella citrina
Black Currant Pie, anyone?
Tiny world on a leaf
Invasive beauty
Insect casing
Yellow Sweetclover / Melilotus officinalis
Rocky Mountain Sandwort / Minuartia austromontana
Insect on tiny Moss Gentian
Bird's-nest Fungi
Subarctic Darner female and nymph casing
Sticky fingers
Parry's Townsendia / Townsendia parryi
Kalm's Lobelia / Lobelia kalmii
Dew on Sundew
Fringed Gentian / Gentiana procera
Bog Candle
The same but different
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Carnivorous Sundew
I could spend hours macro photographing the tiny Sundew plant! Unfortunately, I only get to see it when we go to the Elkton Bog, north west of the city, near Cremona. We've been lucky enough to botanize the bog area once each of the last couple of years, so I'm really hoping that we get a chance to go again this summer. It's definitely a very wet experience, as you sink partly under water, lol!
"The carnivorous sundew plant, botanical name Drosera, has about 130 species. All of the species of the sundew plant are beautiful and many look like fireworks, but they are deadly to the insects that fly near to them. One thing that all carnivorous sundew plants do have is the gel-like substance at the tips of the tentacles that cover the leaves. This gel is a sticky substance that the insects that fly too near the plant get stuck on. The plant can then eat it. The many species of the sundew plant can be found all around the world, on every single continent. This is unusual for a plant because most carnivorous plants are found only in one or two regions of the world because of the different climates that they must live in. The plant is called sundew because of the gel like substance on the tentacles. The gel makes the plants look as if they have morning dew on them all day long, especially when it glistens in the sun." From www.carnivorous--plants.com/sundew-plant.html
A date has now been set for my brother's funeral - February 3rd. Amazing how many things have to be decided upon for a funeral. My life-long friend Linda in Birmingham, England, is still working hard to make this the best possible (simple) farewell to my brother. She sent me a second draft of what will be said at the Service and, to read it, one would think that the person who is going to lead the Service had known John for years (he's never met him). He and Linda have done such an amazing job of this. When I read it through the very first time, I kept gasping, as the words so perfectly described my brother. Beautifully written, way beyond any possible expectation. My close friends will read out some "Memories" from myself and each of my three kids. I don't know how they will be able to do this - I know I would never be able to do it myself - far too emotional! Does anyone have any suggestions about possibly audio-taping the service? I had a look on the Internet yesterday to see what kind of little gadgets there are, preferably digital, not tape. Not a very successful search, though, so I must take another look. Linda and I had both had this idea to record, which would be wonderful if we can think how to do it.
"The carnivorous sundew plant, botanical name Drosera, has about 130 species. All of the species of the sundew plant are beautiful and many look like fireworks, but they are deadly to the insects that fly near to them. One thing that all carnivorous sundew plants do have is the gel-like substance at the tips of the tentacles that cover the leaves. This gel is a sticky substance that the insects that fly too near the plant get stuck on. The plant can then eat it. The many species of the sundew plant can be found all around the world, on every single continent. This is unusual for a plant because most carnivorous plants are found only in one or two regions of the world because of the different climates that they must live in. The plant is called sundew because of the gel like substance on the tentacles. The gel makes the plants look as if they have morning dew on them all day long, especially when it glistens in the sun." From www.carnivorous--plants.com/sundew-plant.html
A date has now been set for my brother's funeral - February 3rd. Amazing how many things have to be decided upon for a funeral. My life-long friend Linda in Birmingham, England, is still working hard to make this the best possible (simple) farewell to my brother. She sent me a second draft of what will be said at the Service and, to read it, one would think that the person who is going to lead the Service had known John for years (he's never met him). He and Linda have done such an amazing job of this. When I read it through the very first time, I kept gasping, as the words so perfectly described my brother. Beautifully written, way beyond any possible expectation. My close friends will read out some "Memories" from myself and each of my three kids. I don't know how they will be able to do this - I know I would never be able to do it myself - far too emotional! Does anyone have any suggestions about possibly audio-taping the service? I had a look on the Internet yesterday to see what kind of little gadgets there are, preferably digital, not tape. Not a very successful search, though, so I must take another look. Linda and I had both had this idea to record, which would be wonderful if we can think how to do it.
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