Water Smartweed / Polygonum amphibium
Polypore
Police Car Moth / Gnophaela vermiculata
Bearberry / Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Beetle
One of my favourite fungi : )
Very large Artist's Conk / Ganoderma applanatum
Two of a kind
Indian Paintbrush / Castilleja rhexiifolia
Harvest is done
Yesterday's treasure : )
Jazzy eyes
Stiff Yellow Paintbrush / Castilleja lutescens
Fancy fungi
Bull Thistle / Cirsium vulgare
Light tricks
Oxeye Daisy bokeh
The beauty of gills
Gorgeous splash of colour
Yellow Mountain-avens / Dryas drummondii
A fungi find
Cherry-faced Meadowhawk
From the forest floor
Bunchberry berries - fall is on its way
Black footed polypore
Contrasts
Forest floor
Tufted White Prairie Aster / Symphyotrichum ericoi…
Thesium / Thesium arvense
Indian Paintbrush
Clavariadelphus
Always a delight
An unusual find
Yellow Mountain Saxifrage / Saxifraga aizoides
Puffballs
Blue Lettuce / Lactuca tatarica
Alkali Cordgrass / Spartina gracilis
Beauty in the forest
Bird's-foot Trefoil / Lotus corniculatus
Juvenile Swainson's Hawks
Little dancers
Just for the record
Alpine Bistort / Polygonum viviparum
Mayfly on Echinacea
Juvenile Cooper's Hawk / Accipiter cooperii
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Sacred Lotus / Nelumbo nucifera


I have always loved the large seedpod of the beautiful Sacred Lotus, but have usually seen it only in its dried, dark brown state, when it is often used in flower arrangements. Lol, I felt as if 20 eyes were watching me while I was taking photos of this beauty at the Calgary Zoo three days ago.
Yesterday, I picked up the estimate for building a ground-level, cedar deck to cover the whole of my tiny 16'x18' backyard. It is on a bit of an incline, so that would give extra work of course, plus the plants/shrubs in my two small borders would have to be removed first. However, the total cost would be almost $10,000!! Can you imagine? So, I am back to square one again - just as I am with the sale of my brother's house in England, when the buyer backed out a few months after putting in his original offer. The only reason I thought about a wooden ground-level deck was that I had been unable to find anyone who would come and remove all plants/shrubs and put down netting and wood chips, as I just can't cope with a garden, even a small one. It seems no one wants a one-time-only piece of work - they all seem to want a job that is weekly or at least monthly ... sigh. Lol, I'm beginning to feel as if I'm taking one step forward and six steps back these days!
Lots of interesting information about the Sacred Lotus on Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelumbo_nucifera
Also a link to an interesting article in the Calgary Herald newspaper from 22nd July 2011.
www.calgaryherald.com/news/todays-paper/Secrets+sacred+lo...
Yesterday, I picked up the estimate for building a ground-level, cedar deck to cover the whole of my tiny 16'x18' backyard. It is on a bit of an incline, so that would give extra work of course, plus the plants/shrubs in my two small borders would have to be removed first. However, the total cost would be almost $10,000!! Can you imagine? So, I am back to square one again - just as I am with the sale of my brother's house in England, when the buyer backed out a few months after putting in his original offer. The only reason I thought about a wooden ground-level deck was that I had been unable to find anyone who would come and remove all plants/shrubs and put down netting and wood chips, as I just can't cope with a garden, even a small one. It seems no one wants a one-time-only piece of work - they all seem to want a job that is weekly or at least monthly ... sigh. Lol, I'm beginning to feel as if I'm taking one step forward and six steps back these days!
Lots of interesting information about the Sacred Lotus on Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelumbo_nucifera
Also a link to an interesting article in the Calgary Herald newspaper from 22nd July 2011.
www.calgaryherald.com/news/todays-paper/Secrets+sacred+lo...
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