Andrew Trundlewagon's photos
bar IMG 20170816 153257 edited
Mystery rose SC 5141
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This one is a bit of a mystery. It began as a dark red shrub rose (Champlain), but we had to dig it up and replant it. It came back as a pink creeping rose. Perhaps it is the original root stock? Taken after a heavy rain.
Red squirrel IMG 20230611 102523
gdn tradescantia side DSC 4488 edited
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Tradescantia flowers (spiderwort) after a light rain. They open in the morning and close in the afternoon, avoiding strong sunlight.
Buttercups DSC 4144
Nuthatch IMG 20230604 143646
Aquilegia collage 20230601 190721
Green Frog DSC 3645
Bullfrog tadpoles
Pileated woodpecker IMG 20230521 201145
DSC 3204 1
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Virginia bluebells (Mertensia Virginica), Belleview woods, upper Don Valley, Toronto. There is a good patch of them growing in the woods just off the bike path and we try to find them if we are visiting at the right time of year. These are a little over their prime, the younger flowers have a dark pink hue that turns light blue as they age. It's said that the colour change tells the bees which flowers are worth visiting and which to skip, although I am not sure how reliable that information is.
large trillium IMG 20230517 230910
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A large white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) which, confusingly, in this case is pink. The normally white flowers turn pink as they age, but there is also a rare variety that is pink from the moment it blooms. A woodland plant that flowers in mid to late spring. The seeds have an oily attachment called the elaiosome that ants find irresistible. The ants carry the seeds back to their nests, feed on the elaiosomes and abandon the rest of the seed near the nest where some will sprout. The white trillium is the floral emblem of Ontario.
IMG 20230515 191702
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Wild black currant flowers. They are part of the gooseberry family and were used by indigenous peoples to make pemmican, a mix of dried meat, fat and sometimes berries. Apparently the currants are not very palatable unless cooked with sugar, although I have not tasted them to find out. These were growing on the side of a path in a wooded urban area, the Upper Don Valley Ravine in Toronto. They are related to the European black currant (famed for cassis), both being in the genus Ribes.
Snowbells IMG 20230512 165534
IMG 20230510 210912
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Spring flowers. We have a squirrel problem in that they systematically behead our tulips. This is one of the few that survived the onslaught.
tree-toronto IMG-20191009-WA0000 edited
IMG 20230506 133437
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A lick of paint, new tires and an oil change, and she's as good as new. (Maybe not). Near Toronto airport.
The Wonder truck MG 20230506 133448
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