Just needed colour
Heart of a Snowdrop
Chocolate Pansy / Chocolate Soldier / Junonia iphi…
Colour among the mosses and lichens
Bark patterns on a cut log
Wild Bergamot
Showing off its gills
Invasive Goat's-beard and Baby's breath
Chocolate chip lichen / Solorina crocea
Pinedrops
Crab on the pier at Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Allamanda, Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Giant seedpod of the Flame Tree, Blue Waters Inn,…
Cutie on the beach - Atlantic ghost crab / Ocypode…
Ixora
Splash of colour
Tropical shell
It's hard work, but someone's got to do it
Aphelandra sp. (Aphelandra pulcherrima?), Little T…
Torch Ginger / Etlingera eliator, Trinidad
Cacao tree (chocolate!), on way to Brasso Seco, Tr…
Artichoke, Saskatoon Farm
Splash of colour, Trinidad
Powder Puff flower / Calliandra, Trinidad
Ant on Kohleria tubiflora, Trinidad
Lotus seedpod, Nariva Swamp afternoon, Trinidad
Vervain / Stachytarpheta jamaicensis, Asa Wright N…
American Robin's egg on the ground
Aphelandra sinclairiana, Asa Wright Nature Centre,…
Springtime colour
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
Red Baneberry, Waterton Lakes National Park
Gaillardia
Bear Grass starting to open
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
Pinedrops
Hearts at the Rusty Bucket Ranch
Purple/Water Avens seedhead / Geum rivale
Indian Paintbrush
Ruby-throated Hummingbird female
Greenish-flowered Wintergreen / Pyrola chlorantha
Western Wood Lily
Nodding/Musk Thistle / Carduus nutans
Bear Grass with Crab Spider and prey
Common Tansy / Tanacetum vulgare
Bear Grass bud
Star-flowered Solomon's Seal / Maianthemum stellat…
Decorating the base of a tree
The Sickener / Russula emetica?
Goat's-beard with visitor
Summer colour
Unidentified fruit
Cheery sunflower
A splash of fall colour
Snowman who loves Amanitas
Remembering summer colours
The droplet
Beginning to burst
Like floral flames for a deep-freeze day
Small fungi growing among the mosses
Fall colour
A bright splash of colour
Seedpod of Datura sp.?
Showy Milkweed with bee
Oak leaf and insect gall
False Morel fungus
Colour for a snowy day
Narcissus
Raindrops
Clematis after the rain
Simplicity
Hiding in the shadows
Shingled/Scaly Hedgehog fungus / Sarcodon imbricat…
Peregrine Falcon talons
A beauty from mushroom season
Snake's head fritillary, Fritillaria meleagris
Growing on a tree trunk
A splash of different colour
Mariposa Lily
Colours and textures
Turquoise fungi / Blue Stain / Chlorociboria aerug…
A big splash of colour
Aging beauties
Fungi goblets
Deadly duo - Amanita muscaria
Katydid on Common Tansy
Sunflower going to seed
Alpine Harebell
Astilbe
Ice crystals on a mountain top
As fall colours come to an end
Larch in fall colour
Brightness on a cloudy day
Puffballs on Plateau Mountain
False Dandelion / Agoseris glauca
A fine network of cells - maybe Arcyria obvelata?
Rusty Gilled Polypore / Gloeophyllum sepiarium
Yesterday's find
Autumn berries
Three insect species on a single flower
Strap/Coral Club / Clavariadelphus ligula
Reindeer lichen
Look into my eyes
Fungus on a log
Highbush cranberry / Viburnum opulus var. american…
Growing amongst the mosses
Dragonfly in Southern Alberta - a Flame Skimmer?
Why I would never eat wild mushrooms : )
Gathering in the forest
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Seedhead wisps
On 18 May 2016, I went to what was most likely going to be my last volunteer shift at a place not too far from Reader Rock Garden. 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 had to park on one of the nearby streets, usually at the very far end of it, I now was finding that each time I went, I had 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 would be even worse. I always walk in pain and that day was, I think, the final straw, when I had to park even further away. I have been volunteering at various places for the last 37 or so years, so I knew I would 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 after driving part way across the city. I knew I would miss good, long-time friends there, terribly. However, nine months later, I have to admit that I am enjoying being without that extra stress, which I really didn't need.
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. If I remember correctly, this wispy seedhead belongs to a European Pasque Flower.
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 really 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. If I remember correctly, this wispy seedhead belongs to a European Pasque Flower.
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 really appreciate it.
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