Andrew Trundlewagon's photos

Running on air. An acrobat street performer, part of the Just for Laughs festival, Montreal.

A bronze figure of the god Odin, from the Viking exhibition at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, originally from Sweden. (Taken with a cell phone pressed against the glass case).

A bumblebee visiting the flowers of anise hyssop (Agastache foeniculum). They are very fond of these flowers, returning ceaselessly from early morning until late afternoon. Anise hyssop is a native wildflower of eastern North America, but these are garden flowers which we planted last year and which are doing very well.

Marlene Dietrich.

Not where you might think. These monks were in the newly renovated Temperate Greenhouse, Kew Gardens in London.

A gannet, floating on the water near Ile Bonaventure, Gaspe, Quebec.

Monarda (or bee balm).

A pair of gannets. The neck rubbing is part of their bonding rituals. Île Bonaventure, Percé, Gaspé, Québec

Common Murres or guillemots, Île Bonaventure, Percé.

"Here's looking at you." Gannet (fou de bassan), Île Bonaventure, Percé.

A wild iris growing by a lake, St. Bruno, Quebec

A part of Percé rock, a landmark in the Gaspé peninsula, Quebec.

A pine grosbeak, a large finch, seen along side the trail to the top of Mout Sainte Anne, Perce Geopark, Gaspe, Quebec.

Cliffs, Forillon national park, Gaspe, Quebec, South Sector, May.(Sentier Graves)

An eastern eyed click beetle (the huge eyespots are false, the true eyes are small and on the head).The lighting effect was an accident caused by the beetle walking onto an metallic panel, which reflected back the light from the camera flash. Alaus oculatus,

Erythronium americanum , trout lily, Erythrome d'Amérique. A spring ephemeral common in Eastern Canada and United States, the trout lily grows on the floor of woods, where it flowers very early in Spring before the trees open their leaves and cast the forest into shade. It takes 4-7 years to flower and is found in colonies that, it is said, can be hundreds of years old. Its seeds are dispersed by ants. They find the seed coat irresistible and carry the seeds back to their nests. After eating the outer waxy seed coat they discard the kernel, which then grows safely underground inside the ant nest, In addition, the mature bulb or corm sends out shoots called droppers that rise to the surface and then grow back into the soil where they form new bulbs allowing the plant to spread asexually. The only member of this family Europe is Erythronium dens-canis , the dog's-tooth-violet, but, although the flower shape is very similar, the colours are different witht he European flower being lilac or pink. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythronium

A small piece of polished Brazilian agate, photographed with a cell phone and magnifying lens. Curves and circles, a fractal-like swirls frozen in stone.

Man, bear, beer, no further comment. (From a restaurant, Montreal).