Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: interestingness#199

I was about to throw away the three vivid, orange Roses that I bought at Safeway a few weeks ago, but decided to take a quick photo of the best one, complete with all its wrinkles and curls.

Nothing like brilliant red to cure "the blues" when it rains! was out of the city with some friends most of the day. It has rained heavily most of the afternoon. Someone mentioned that we might get snow overnight - so much for going looking for wildflowers tomorrow morning, LOL. If this happens, then sorry, Rachel! My youngest daughter is coming to Calgary from Vancouver today for a short visit and without fail, we get some of our worst days weatherwise whenever she comes, LOL! She hates the cold and snow : )

Went with a friend south and east of the city yesterday, to Frank Lake and then east to the Shepard area. The wind was terrible - strong and cold! Not a lot of birds in these locations, both of which are very popular with birders. We saw plenty of open water on the various sloughs/ponds, but a good many of the birds were Northern Shovelers. We saw quite a few Tundra and Trumpeter Swans, which is always a treat. These are Trumpeters in this photo. They are dazzling white when the sun shines on them.

This unusual looking plant is a member of the Mint family and grows in open woods, fields and prairie grasslands. Grows June - August.