Delicate beauty

Just felt like something soothing today and this delicate pink Poppy, growing at the Reader Rock Garden on 6th July 2011, seemed to fit just right. I love Poppies, from bud to seedpod and everything in between : )

If anyone happens to read this, who was a friend of Doug Waylett (dougwaylett on Flickr) and would like to add a few words on the tribute page for him and has not yet done so, that would be much appreciated. I will be printing out the pages of heartfelt words and passing them on to Doug's wife, Flo, and his family. Thanks so much.

I have just this moment heard that Doug's MEMORIAL will be held at 2 pm on Thursday at the South Centre Memorial at Macleod Tr and Lake Fraser Dr. SE., Calgary.

Winter has returned, with snow and -5C (windchill -15C) this afternoon and very windy. I noticed a high of -20C for next Monday, brrrr. Glad I was out on a bird walk yesterday and not today. We were very lucky yesterday to see a Cinnamon Teal on the far side (of course, lol!) of the Bow River, across from the Hull's Wood area in Fish Creek Park. Apparently, the last record for a Cinnamon Teal seen in winter in Calgary was on January 3, 1960 at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, when there was a bit of open water on the lagoon. That bird in 1960 was seen by Ian Halladay and Paul Anderson. It had been injured and had remained with the Mallards that were being hand fed.