Pink (African?) Daisies
Artichoke in bloom
Helmeted Guineafowl
Faces
Welcome colour
Farmyard friends
Blossom on red
Farm dog
Colour for an overcast day
Old and rusty tractor
A great use for old teapots
The far side of the river valley
Bright and beautiful
The first day of fall
The last one remaining
Sunflower, against a pink barn
Domesticated Helmeted Guineafowl / "Numida meleagr…
The sunflower droop
Milk Thistle, I believe
Little angel
Cute little thing
The final stage of an Artichoke
Memories of colour
Before "winter" arrived
At the Saskatoon Farm
September flowers
Goodbye fall, hello winter!
End of the season
A touch of Halloween
Remembering summer colour
Artichoke flower with different bee species
Kangaroo Apple flowers / Solanum aviculare (?)
Sunflower and visitors
Old red tractor at the Saskatoon Farm
Colours
Rooster, Saskatoon Farm
Looper Moth sp.
Lasting beauty
Busy little bee
Helmeted Guineafowl
Bees, bees and more bees
Time for a cat nap
The Saskatoon Farm
Helmeted Guineafowl / Numida meleagris
Typically Western
Colour from Ornamental Cabbages
Unidentified fruit
A bunch of Christmas owls
Seedpod of Datura sp.?
Pretty Mama cat
Ornamental Cabbage or Ornamental Kale?
That sinking feeling
Purple Petunias
Sunflower going to seed
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
The colours of fall
Across the river
A use for old shoes
Tea, anyone?
Helmeted Guineafowl / Numida meleagris
From days gone by
Datura flower?
Just a splash of colour
Beware those icy fingers
Ice is nice
Long-billed ice bird
Christmas is a fun time for a kitten
Tea, anyone?
Helmeted Guineafowl / Numida meleagris
All decked out
A fancy chicken
Orange for Halloween
Posing sweetly
Keep your distance
House Sparrow in the fall
The last bit of colour before winter
A view from The Saskatoon Farm
Teapots and fall reflections
Blue on blue
For a complete change of colour
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Butterfly on Joe Pye Weed
Not sure if this is a Western White or a Checkered White, or something else.
"As the story goes, there once was an Indian medicine man named Joe Pye who used concoctions from a wild plant found growing in the nearby woods to cure typhoid fever. His brew is said to have halted an epidemic that raged in Colonial Massachusetts. Hence this local plant became forever known as joe-pye weed."
www.nytimes.com/1993/09/12/nyregion/gardening-how-joe-pye...
On 6 September 2018, it turned out to be a much longer day than I had planned! In the very early hours of the morning, I happened to check the weather forecast just out of interest, and saw that rain is expected on about six of the coming days (if it actually happens). Decided then and there that I had better get out for a drive, just in case.
My intention had been to just drive some of the roads east of the city, getting out there via 22X, which is definitely not a drive I like to do. On a previous trip, I had made two mistakes along this complcated highway, and ended up on Stoney Trail going north and, on the return trip, I was in the wrong lane and ended up heading far, far south of the city on the worst major highway. The latter happened again and, like on the previous drive, I ended up going to the Saskatoon Farm. Fortunately, I was in time to get an afternoon meal there and have a wander around the grounds taking photos. I love this place.
There were certain things I wanted to go and see again, including a few old barns and sheds. I was also hoping that I might just come across a beautiful hawk or two within camera reach. I even finally got to take photos of a few shorebirds. Throw in a butterfly or two and the odd flower, and I was happy.
On this trip, I really wanted to make myself use the Nikon P900 a lot, though this one was taken with my old Panasonic FZ200. I always take a few of the same photos with my Panasonic and Canon point-and-shoots, too, as I am not yet used to the P900. One of my concerns about the latter is that it seems to blow out the white in an image, from what I have seen in quite a few other people's photos - didn''t seem too bad. My other - and main - concern is focus. I still have not been able to stand in front of a flower/something small at various distances, and zoom in. All I see in the viewfinder is a coloured blur. The other cameras don't do this, and I've been doing it easily for many years. Hope I can sort this out! I guess it's just a case of experimenting. So far, apart from this major issue, I think I am liking how the P900 takes photos.
"As the story goes, there once was an Indian medicine man named Joe Pye who used concoctions from a wild plant found growing in the nearby woods to cure typhoid fever. His brew is said to have halted an epidemic that raged in Colonial Massachusetts. Hence this local plant became forever known as joe-pye weed."
www.nytimes.com/1993/09/12/nyregion/gardening-how-joe-pye...
On 6 September 2018, it turned out to be a much longer day than I had planned! In the very early hours of the morning, I happened to check the weather forecast just out of interest, and saw that rain is expected on about six of the coming days (if it actually happens). Decided then and there that I had better get out for a drive, just in case.
My intention had been to just drive some of the roads east of the city, getting out there via 22X, which is definitely not a drive I like to do. On a previous trip, I had made two mistakes along this complcated highway, and ended up on Stoney Trail going north and, on the return trip, I was in the wrong lane and ended up heading far, far south of the city on the worst major highway. The latter happened again and, like on the previous drive, I ended up going to the Saskatoon Farm. Fortunately, I was in time to get an afternoon meal there and have a wander around the grounds taking photos. I love this place.
There were certain things I wanted to go and see again, including a few old barns and sheds. I was also hoping that I might just come across a beautiful hawk or two within camera reach. I even finally got to take photos of a few shorebirds. Throw in a butterfly or two and the odd flower, and I was happy.
On this trip, I really wanted to make myself use the Nikon P900 a lot, though this one was taken with my old Panasonic FZ200. I always take a few of the same photos with my Panasonic and Canon point-and-shoots, too, as I am not yet used to the P900. One of my concerns about the latter is that it seems to blow out the white in an image, from what I have seen in quite a few other people's photos - didn''t seem too bad. My other - and main - concern is focus. I still have not been able to stand in front of a flower/something small at various distances, and zoom in. All I see in the viewfinder is a coloured blur. The other cameras don't do this, and I've been doing it easily for many years. Hope I can sort this out! I guess it's just a case of experimenting. So far, apart from this major issue, I think I am liking how the P900 takes photos.
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