Allamanda, Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Ixora, Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Ixora
Splash of colour
Roadside plants by the Green Heron, Tobago, Day 2
Flaming immortelle, Tobago, Day 2
Aphelandra sp. (Aphelandra pulcherrima?), Little T…
Torch Ginger / Etlingera eliator, Trinidad
Pink Ginger, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad
Torch Ginger / Etlingera elatior, Asa Wright Natur…
Powder Puff plant / Calliandra, Asa Wright
Hot Lips / Psychotria poeppigiana, Asa Wright Natu…
Cacao tree (chocolate!), on way to Brasso Seco, Tr…
Ageless beauty
Artichoke, Saskatoon Farm
Splash of colour, Trinidad
Angel's Trumpet, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinida…
Powder Puff flower / Calliandra, Trinidad
Ant on Kohleria tubiflora, Trinidad
Water Hyacinth / Eichhornia crassipes, Nariva Swam…
Sacred Lotus, Nariva Swamp afternoon, Trinidad
Lotus seedpod, Nariva Swamp afternoon, Trinidad
Lotus, Nariva Swamp afternoon
Lotus seedpod, Nariva Swamp afternoon
Lotus, Nariva Swamp afternoon, Trinidad
Water Lilies, Nariva Swamp afternoon, Trinidad
Vervain / Stachytarpheta jamaicensis, Asa Wright N…
Torch Ginger, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad
Aphelandra sinclairiana, Asa Wright Nature Centre,…
Springtime colour
Torch Ginger bud, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinid…
Shooting stars / Dodecatheon sp. (and Dandelions)
Tall Lungwort
One of many
Wild and wonderful Lupines
Dandelion perfection
Meadow Goat's-beard / Tragopogon pratensis
Indian Breadroot / Pediomelum esculentum
Striped Coralroot / Corallorhiza striata
Unidentified plant - Milkvetch?
A splash of much-needed colour
Arnica sp.
Red Baneberry, Waterton Lakes National Park
Gaillardia
Marbled Cobweb Spider / Enoplognatha marmorataon o…
Bear Grass starting to open
Himalayan Blue Poppies
Yellow Angelica / Angelica dawsonii
Lilium martagon - the beauty of a Lily
Glacier Lily
Thistle
Yellow Prairie Coneflower / Ratibida columnifera
Gaillardia
Pink Monkeyflower
Orange False Dandelion / Agoseris aurantiaca
Bear Grass / Xerophyllum tenax
Pinedrops
A view from Red Rock Canyon, Waterton
Summer colour
Hearts at the Rusty Bucket Ranch
Garden flowers at the Rusty Bucket Ranch
Purple/Water Avens seedhead / Geum rivale
Indian Paintbrush
Pinedrops
Invasive Goat's-beard and Baby's breath
Wild Bergamot
Heart of a Snowdrop
Just needed colour
Seedhead wisps
Goat's-beard with visitor
Summer colour
Cheery sunflower
Beauty in the final stage
Beginning to burst
Backside beauty
Showy Milkweed with bee
Wild Lily-of-the-valley
Colour for a snowy day
Narcissus
Lest we forget
Snake's head fritillary, Fritillaria meleagris
Mariposa Lily
A big splash of colour
Always good for a splash of colour
Purple Petunias
Katydid on Common Tansy
Sunflower going to seed
Alpine Harebell
Astilbe
Passion Flowers
As fall colours come to an end
Brightness on a cloudy day
False Dandelion / Agoseris glauca
Three insect species on a single flower
The colours of fall
A splash of sunshine
Sowthistle
Sainfoin / Onobrychis viciifolia
A garden in the forest
Lovage / Levisticum officinale
Yellow Columbine
Yellow Avens / Geum aleppicum
Pinedrops / Pterospora - rare
Delicate wild Rose
Northern Gentian
Northern Willowherb / Epilobium ciliatum
Thistles galore
Gaillardia with little visitor
Yellow Owl's-clover / Orthocarpus luteus
Paintbrush - green flowers, red bracts
Loved by Monarch butterflies
Northern Gentian
Goat's-beard
Scabious growing in the wild
Splash of colour on a rainy day
Alsike Clover / Trifolium hybridum
White Prairie Clover / Dalea candida
White Evening Primrose / Oenothera caespitosa
Purple Prairie Clover
Mariposa Lily
02 Colourful Dock sp.
Thimbleberry / Rubus parviflorus
Roadside wild sunflowers
Bear Grass / Xerophyllum tenax
Bold and beautiful
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Aloe Vera / Aloe Barbadensis Miller, Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
This plant is Aloe Barbadensis Miller, and it was growing in the garden at the Blue Waters Inn, on the island of Tobago, on 13 March 2017.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloe_vera
Bear with me, everyone, as I think I am going to have to post 6 photos from my trip each day, otherwise it will take me many months (years?) to get them on to Flickr. Obviously, no comments expected, unless you happen to like one photo in particular. Actually, I am so disappointed with my photos - never have so many photos come out blurry, many totally blurry and no use at all. No idea why - the light was often really bad and maybe the humidity had some effect. For some species, I am going to post awful shots, just for the record.
It will take me forever to do any kind of write-up about this trip, but eventually, I hope to get some kind of description written. Right now, I'm not quite sure where I was and when, lol! We arrived back in Calgary just yesterday evening, 21 March 2017, and I have to get myself unpacked and organized. Totally dead beat after such a busy time away, dealing with extremely early mornings and hot, humid weather. Those of you who know me well, know that I am a dreadful night-owl, so getting up around 5:15 am was an absolute killer. Also, heat and humidity don't agree with my body, so each trip out was quite exhausting. Yesterday morning, 21 March, we had to get up around 2:00 am, as we had such an early flight (5 and a half hours) from Trinidad to Toronto - followed by a four-hour flight back to Calgary. On our very first day, we had three flights in a row, as we flew from Calgary to Toronto, then Toronto to Port of Spain on Trinidad, from where we had a short flight to the island of Tobago.
This adventure was only the second holiday (or was it actually my third?) of any kind, anywhere, that I have had in something like 30 or 35 years! The other holiday was a one-week holiday with my great friends from England, Linda and Tony, when we went down south to Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Tetons in September 2012. I have had maybe half a dozen weekends away, including to Waterton National Park, which have helped keep me going.
Six birding/photographer friends and I decided that we would take this exciting trip together, spending the first two or three days on the island of Tobago and then the rest of the time at the Asa Wright Nature Centre on the nearby, larger island of Trinidad. What a time we had, seeing so many beautiful things - and, of course, everything was a lifer for me. Some of these friends had visited Costa Rica before, so were familiar with quite a few of the birds. There was a lot more to see on Trinidad, so we were glad that we chose Tobago to visit first and then spend a longer time at Asa Wright.
The Asa Wright Nature Centre is such an amazing place! We stayed in cabins up or down hill from the main building. Really, one doesn't need to travel away from the Centre for birding, as so many different species visit the Hummingbird feeders that are right by the huge, open veranda, and the trees of the rain forest that live in the area, high up a mountainous road. The drive up and down this narrow, pot-holed road was an adventure in itself! Never would I ever do this drive myself - we had a guide who drove us everywhere in a van/small bus. I had read many accounts of this road, lol!
And now I am going to take a break from typing and go and make myself some breakfast - already missing the great food that was provided every single day and the Rum Punch that appeared each evening. I don't drink at all, so I wasn't sure if I would even try the Punch - glad I did, though, as it was delicious.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloe_vera
Bear with me, everyone, as I think I am going to have to post 6 photos from my trip each day, otherwise it will take me many months (years?) to get them on to Flickr. Obviously, no comments expected, unless you happen to like one photo in particular. Actually, I am so disappointed with my photos - never have so many photos come out blurry, many totally blurry and no use at all. No idea why - the light was often really bad and maybe the humidity had some effect. For some species, I am going to post awful shots, just for the record.
It will take me forever to do any kind of write-up about this trip, but eventually, I hope to get some kind of description written. Right now, I'm not quite sure where I was and when, lol! We arrived back in Calgary just yesterday evening, 21 March 2017, and I have to get myself unpacked and organized. Totally dead beat after such a busy time away, dealing with extremely early mornings and hot, humid weather. Those of you who know me well, know that I am a dreadful night-owl, so getting up around 5:15 am was an absolute killer. Also, heat and humidity don't agree with my body, so each trip out was quite exhausting. Yesterday morning, 21 March, we had to get up around 2:00 am, as we had such an early flight (5 and a half hours) from Trinidad to Toronto - followed by a four-hour flight back to Calgary. On our very first day, we had three flights in a row, as we flew from Calgary to Toronto, then Toronto to Port of Spain on Trinidad, from where we had a short flight to the island of Tobago.
This adventure was only the second holiday (or was it actually my third?) of any kind, anywhere, that I have had in something like 30 or 35 years! The other holiday was a one-week holiday with my great friends from England, Linda and Tony, when we went down south to Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Tetons in September 2012. I have had maybe half a dozen weekends away, including to Waterton National Park, which have helped keep me going.
Six birding/photographer friends and I decided that we would take this exciting trip together, spending the first two or three days on the island of Tobago and then the rest of the time at the Asa Wright Nature Centre on the nearby, larger island of Trinidad. What a time we had, seeing so many beautiful things - and, of course, everything was a lifer for me. Some of these friends had visited Costa Rica before, so were familiar with quite a few of the birds. There was a lot more to see on Trinidad, so we were glad that we chose Tobago to visit first and then spend a longer time at Asa Wright.
The Asa Wright Nature Centre is such an amazing place! We stayed in cabins up or down hill from the main building. Really, one doesn't need to travel away from the Centre for birding, as so many different species visit the Hummingbird feeders that are right by the huge, open veranda, and the trees of the rain forest that live in the area, high up a mountainous road. The drive up and down this narrow, pot-holed road was an adventure in itself! Never would I ever do this drive myself - we had a guide who drove us everywhere in a van/small bus. I had read many accounts of this road, lol!
And now I am going to take a break from typing and go and make myself some breakfast - already missing the great food that was provided every single day and the Rum Punch that appeared each evening. I don't drink at all, so I wasn't sure if I would even try the Punch - glad I did, though, as it was delicious.
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