Reaching out to the sun
How's this for colour?
Silver threads
Bird's-nest Fungi by the hundreds
White Columbine
A different Coral Fungus
Whooping Crane / Grus americana
Life on a leaf stalk
Echinacea
Cladonia Lichen sp.
The power of bokeh
Sitting pretty
Desire and passion
Light
Blue-eyed Grass / Sisyrinchium montanum
Aged beauty
A close up view
Blue-eyed grass seedpods
Peruvian Lily
Two of the same
Sowthistle buds
Frills and gills
A splash of orange
It's all about the bug
American Crow
Nodding Thistle / Carduus nutans
Boreal Chickadee
A sprinkling of snow sparkles
Vancouver Island Marmot / Marmota vancouverensis
Life on a leaf stalk
Yellow Columbine / Aquilegia flavescens
Rainbow of a smaller kind
A lucky shot
Cladonia sp.
Bearberry / Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Standing tall
I'm hungry and waiting ...
Fire and ice
I'm a Boreal Chickadee, not a Black-capped Chickad…
When the petals have fallen
Mini-icicle
Keep warm, everybody!
Russula
Crystal, designed by Mother Nature
Crystal edging
Rest in peace, my brother, John
One of a kind
Cosmos
Whooping Crane
Pretty little Primula centre
Sweet bokeh
Appreciation and gratitude
Friends for life
Tiny pinwheel of the forest
Mushrooms
Thank you so much, everyone!
For six amazing friends
Face to face
Tiny Lemon Drops / Bisporella citrina
Peruvian Lily / Alstroemeria
Penstemon procerus
Anemone
Turban shell
A little find in the forest
Bird's-nest Fungus
When the weight of the world ...
Hooker's Thistle / Cirsium hookerianum
Whooping Crane / Grus americana
Earthstar
Highbush Cranberry / Viburnum trilobum
Bokeh shower
Round and round ...
Dainty bells
Cladonia Lichen
Out of the darkness - for the Chilean miners and t…
It's all about RED
White Angelica
Spores on moss capsules
The Sickener / Russula emetica
Black Cup Fungus / Plectania melastoma
Bokeh paradise
Northern Gentian
Dotted Blazingstar
Little beauty
Bronzebells
Saddle fungus
Slime mold
Not just a pretty seedpod
Louisiana Broomrape / Orobanche ludoviciana
Prostrate Knotweed / Polygonum aviculare
This little light of mine ...
Spider's tunnel web
Blue Lettuce / Lactuca tatarica
Stink Bug
A mix of colours
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
White Water Crowfoot / Ranunculus aquatilis
Shaggy Mane / Coprinus comatus
Tall Larkspur seed capsules / Delphinium glaucum
Lemon Drops / Bisporella citrina
Clasping-leaved Twisted-stalk / Streptopus amplexi…
One of my favourite flowers
Tartarian Honeysuckle /Lonicera tatarica
Black Currant Pie, anyone?
Tiny world on a leaf
Invasive beauty
Insect casing
Fireweed / Epilobium angustifolium
Burrowing Owl
Yellow Sweetclover / Melilotus officinalis
Against the light
Blue-eyed Grass
Greater Scaup - or Lesser?
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Nodding Thistle/Musk Thistle / Carduus nutans
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I came across three or four of these quite large flowers a few days ago, totally unexpectedly. I had just spent some time down on my hands and knees photographing tiny Bird's-nest Fungi and then came across these very beautiful "weeds" on the way back to my car. They are my favourite thistle, so I always love seeing them (rarely).
"Biennial or winter annual that reproduces by seed only. A native of Europe, nodding thistle has a long history as a rangeland pest. The invasive nature of this aggressive plant can lead to severe degradation of native grasslands and meadows because grazing animals focus on native vegetation giving the thistles a competitive advantage."
www.invasiveplants.ab.ca/Downloads/FS-NoddingThistle.pdf
"Biennial or winter annual that reproduces by seed only. A native of Europe, nodding thistle has a long history as a rangeland pest. The invasive nature of this aggressive plant can lead to severe degradation of native grasslands and meadows because grazing animals focus on native vegetation giving the thistles a competitive advantage."
www.invasiveplants.ab.ca/Downloads/FS-NoddingThistle.pdf
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