My maternal Grandparents
Life-long friends, Anne and Linda
My maternal Grandparents
Another glimpse into the past
My parents' wedding day
My parents' wedding, June 1938
Tom Carden Bassindale - my Dad
I'm ready for spring
A great pick-me-up
Black beauty
Skeleton trees
Silky Scorpionweed / Phacelia sericea
Alfalfa
Willow catkin
Middle Lake, Bow Valley Provincial Park
Yellow Columbine / Aquilegia flavescens
African Spur Tortoise / Geochelone sulcata
Hooker's Thistle / Cirsium hookerianum
Earthstar
White Angelica
Spores on moss capsules
The Sickener / Russula emetica
Black Cup Fungus / Plectania melastoma
Bokeh paradise
Spectacular
Northern Gentian
Naked Mitrewort / Mitella nuda
Scarlet Butterfly Weed / Gaura coccinea
Puffball
Ladybug on Goat's-beard
Blurry, but fascinating
Not a fungus, or a bird, or a flower ...
Dotted Blazingstar
Little beauty
Horseshoe Canyon
Bronzebells
Saddle fungus
Slime mold
Not just a pretty seedpod
Louisiana Broomrape / Orobanche ludoviciana
Blue
Comb Tooth / Hericium coralloides
Prostrate Knotweed / Polygonum aviculare
This little light of mine ...
Spider's tunnel web
The hiding game
Slime mold
Blue Lettuce / Lactuca tatarica
Stink Bug
Eyelash fungus
Heaven on earth
A mix of colours
Bow Valley Provincial Park
Bluer than the sky
Poppy red
Little blue spider
Shrubby Cinquefoil
Alone
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
Zebra Longwing / Heliconius charithonius
Overlapping - and, oh, so temporary
Blue-eyed Grass
Greater Scaup - or Lesser?
There's hope yet
Rosy Pussytoes/Antennaria rosea
Small-flowered Sand-Verbena
Southern Red-backed Vole
Red Paintbrush / Castilleja miniata
Western Toad
Such a cutie
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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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