Bracted Honeysuckle
Time for take-off
Textured cap
Pedal the Ocean
End of the season
Bee on wild Sunflower
Long-tailed Duck
One little puffball
Hello, colour!
Climacium dendroides moss
Fall colours in South Glenmore Park
Yep, it's that time of the year again
Scales galore
Our Alberta skies
Vivid pink
Nectria cinnabarina, 'Coral Spot'
A rollercoaster mushroom
Abstract in gold
Inglewood Bird Sanctuary
Too pretty to eat?
Bejewelled
1956 Plymouth stationwagon
False Solomon's-seal
Prairie skies
Ring-billed Gull
Give me colour
From the archives
Auburn 1932
Helmeted Guineafowl
A different season
Little yellow mushroom
Where did Autumn go?
Pretty little shroom
Inside looking out
Little round beads
Naughty girl!
Mountain Sheep
Eye contact
Red beauty
Rolling in the Porcupine Hills
In the light
Withered beauties
Not my best side
To chase away the snow
Mountain Sheep
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Memories of summer


Perhaps I should whisper that this is my favourite Thistle, seeing as it is a weed : ) It is called Musk Thistle, also Nodding Thistle, and was introduced from Europe and North Africa. A member of the Aster family, it grows to 60-250 cm tall, with flower heads that are 1.5-8 cm across. This particular plant was growing on 23rd July 2008 at the Erlton/Roxborough Natural Area. It was past its prime, as the purple disc florets have died, but I am always fascinated with the spine-tipped, inner and outer bracts. I am always given the chance to photograph them before they are pulled, LOL.
Finally bought two new external drives this afternoon - wish I could wave a magic wand and discover the last 15 months' worth of images magically transferred to them, LOL! I've taken a ton of photos on most of the days during that time ... sigh! I transfer them one folder at a time.
Did a three and a half hour walk by the Glenmore Reservoir, south side, this morning. I've only done one day of walking in about the last 10 days, and my poor old body is painfully paying the price : (. Highlights were a Long-tailed Duck and a Pacific Loon on the Reservoir, plus various kinds of Grebe and White-winged Scoters. Several Trumpeter Swans flew overhead in formation, too - lovely to see them at this time of the year. Temperature was around 4C, and it was overcast most of the time, but it was a gorgeous morning for a walk.
Finally bought two new external drives this afternoon - wish I could wave a magic wand and discover the last 15 months' worth of images magically transferred to them, LOL! I've taken a ton of photos on most of the days during that time ... sigh! I transfer them one folder at a time.
Did a three and a half hour walk by the Glenmore Reservoir, south side, this morning. I've only done one day of walking in about the last 10 days, and my poor old body is painfully paying the price : (. Highlights were a Long-tailed Duck and a Pacific Loon on the Reservoir, plus various kinds of Grebe and White-winged Scoters. Several Trumpeter Swans flew overhead in formation, too - lovely to see them at this time of the year. Temperature was around 4C, and it was overcast most of the time, but it was a gorgeous morning for a walk.
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