Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: drooping avens

Only 10 new photos on "People you follow" page by 1:00 pm today. Hope that is because people are enjoying summer and not because of yet another glitch with Flickr, not displaying newly posted images. Yesterday afternoon, 21 July 2019, I decided to make a short visit to a forest area to check for any fungi. We have had so much rain the last few weeks, so I felt hopeful. However, the rain has made the plants and grasses grow well, but I didn't find much in the way of fungi. As it was a Sunday afternoon, there were quite a few people in the area, so I felt brave enough to venture a little way into the forest itself. The trails were wet and muddy in many places, making all the exposed tree roots slippery. Quite treacherous, in fact. In one spot, I managed to get my right shoe wedged in between two horizontal roots and it took a bit of effort to work it free. Was it worth going? Not really, especially as far as fungi go, but I did get some fresh air and exercise. There were a few butterflies, mainly White Admirals, and the wildflowers were the usual ones such as Purple/Water Avens, which I love to see at all stages, and Sticky Purple Geranium and Richardson's Geranium.

These Purple Avens flowers always make me smile when they start turning to seed. Makes me think of an electric shock effect, lol. Photographed at Brown-Lowery Provincial Park on 16 July 2013. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geum_rivale