Much-needed colour
Red Baneberry
Snake's head fritillary / Fritillaria meleagris
Is this a Pink?
Flowers of spring
The purity of white
A colourful little corner
Bee nesting box
Farm seed elevator, Ellis Bird Farm, Alberta
Hollyhock buds
Needed a change of colour
Red-edged petals
Ornamental Spurge / Euphorbia polychroma (Cushion…
Iris at Olds College Botanical Gardens and Wetland…
Yesterday's summer hail
Egyptian Walking Onion
Showy Milkweed / Asclepias speciosa
Ladybug larva on Showy Milkweed
Bold and beautiful
They can't see me
Old cabin on Gottlob Schmidt's (Schmitty's) land
Splash of colour on a rainy day
Memorial Rose for Carl Handfield
Loved by Monarch butterflies
Pine Siskin at Jackie's
Lovage / Levisticum officinale
A garden in the forest
The colours of fall
Juvenile White-throated Sparrow / Zonotrichia albi…
Autumn berries
Glorious colours of fall
Tenderness
Brightness on a cloudy day
Owl sculpture at Silver Springs Botanical Gardens
Larch in fall colour
As fall colours come to an end
Passion Flowers
Astilbe
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
Sunflower going to seed
Purple Petunias
Always good for a splash of colour
Fall colours at Silver Springs Botanical Gardens
Bark colour after the rain
The Wall Garden - October is Breast Cancer Awarene…
Aging beauties
A big splash of colour
A splash of different colour
A colourful walk through the woods
The second owl
Snake's head fritillary, Fritillaria meleagris
Simplicity
Lest we forget
That sinking feeling
Ornamental Cabbage or Ornamental Kale?
Clematis after the rain
Half Moon Garden, Silver Springs
Raindrops
Narcissus
Colour for a snowy day
Oak leaf and insect gall
Showy Milkweed with bee
Seedpod of Datura sp.?
Periwinkle / Vinca minor
Colour
Snake's Head Fritillary / Fritillaria meleagris
Hepatica
After the rain
One of my favourite spring garden flowers
Hellebore beauty
Elephant Ears / Bergenia cordifolia
Beauty of spring
Art of nature
Hoverfly on European Pasque Flower
Physoclaina orientalis
Physoclaina orientalis
Candy-striped Tulip
Pink Hellebore
Delicate Iris
Siberian Squill
Home tweet home
Hanging on to the old
Hepatica
Giant Scabius with purple bokeh
Spider on Strawflower
Beauty lasts
Pink Sundae / Salvia viridis
Floral beauty
Popular with the Aphids
From days gone by
Siberian Squill
A little corner of Reader Rock Garden
Datura flower?
Just a splash of colour
Another day closer
Springtime colour
Poppy art
Delicate colours of summer
Sweet little garden ornament
Dianthus sp.
Embracing the sun
Beware those icy fingers
European Pasque Flower / Pulsatilla vulgaris
Vibrant
Busy little bee
Persian Cornflower / Centaurea dealbata?
Painted Tongue / Salpiglosis
Remembering the warmth of summer
Shoo Fly / Nicandra physalodes
Get well, Rachel
The donkeys with reflector eyes
Another day closer to spring
Ice is nice
Long-billed ice bird
Lily macro
Himalayan Blue Poppy
Summer Iris display
Christmas colours in July
Cornflower
Elegant beauty
Face to the sun
Pink or Showy lady's-slipper / Cypripedium reginae
Sparkling in the sunlight
Giant Scabius / Cephalaria gigantea
Time to reveal
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Three days ago, on 18 May 2016, I went to what was most likely my last volunteer shift. I have been volunteering there for about 18 years and it has been a wonderful experience. However, as the number of clients constantly rises, even more so with the poor state of the economy, the problem of parking has become a real issue. Though we have to park on the nearby street, usually at the very far end of it, I now find that each time I go, I have to park further and further away. There is no sidewalk on which to walk and there are many huge trucks coming and going all the time. Makes for a dangerous walk. In winter, it will be even worse. I always walk in pain and yesterday was, I think, the final straw, when I had to park even further away. I have been volunteering at various places for the last 36 or so years, so I know I will miss it, but I was just not enjoying the long walk and always wondering if I was even going to be able to find a parking spot. I know I will miss good, long-time friends there, terribly.
Anyway, after my shift, I thought I had better call in at the Reader Rock Garden, in case I don't get over there for a long time. I wasn't sure about the weather and I did feel the odd raindrop, plus it was rather windy. However, the scent around the garden was wonderful - I could have stayed there for hours, just breathing it in. Plenty of flowers to enjoy. Is this a Peony (single)?
The few workers do such a great job of keeping this place looking beautiful. If you visit and you happen to see one of the staff or volunteers, do let them know how much you appreciate all their hard work and care. I know they would appreciate it.
Anyway, after my shift, I thought I had better call in at the Reader Rock Garden, in case I don't get over there for a long time. I wasn't sure about the weather and I did feel the odd raindrop, plus it was rather windy. However, the scent around the garden was wonderful - I could have stayed there for hours, just breathing it in. Plenty of flowers to enjoy. Is this a Peony (single)?
The few workers do such a great job of keeping this place looking beautiful. If you visit and you happen to see one of the staff or volunteers, do let them know how much you appreciate all their hard work and care. I know they would appreciate it.
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