Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Order: Saxifragales

After a volunteer shift on 23 July 2014, I wasn't too far away from the Erlton/Roxboro Natural Area, where I was finally going to go on a botany walk. Having been to this location several times before, I knew it was a short, easy, flat trail, and that I could go as far as I wanted and then turn back early, which is what I did. I've missed pretty well all the botany and birding walks the last few months, which is quite depressing. The main thing I wanted to see were the Nodding / Musk Thistles, as these are my favourite species of Thistle. They are called a "weed", but I love to see them. The sun was unfortunately in the wrong direction, so I was only able to get a handful of shots, but better than nothing. With a couple of hours to "kill", I spent them at the Reader Rock Garden, which was just a few minutes' drive away from the evening botany walk location. This beautiful, vibrant pink Peony was the only one still in reasonable condition that day. It's a gloomy, overcast day today, so it feels good to see a bright splash of colour. It's only 15°C this morning, which feels good after some recent hot weather. There are only six new photos from My Contacts and it's already 10:30 a.m... Hmm, I wonder if there is problem with Flickr, or if people are just too busy to post photos at the moment.

Came across this beautiful pink Peony growing at the Reader Rock Garden three days ago, on 2 July 2014. It was so hot in my house yesterday, which is probably why this photo made me think of scoops of cooling ice-cream. "The peony is a flowering plant in the genus Paeonia, the only genus in the family Paeoniaceae. They are native to Asia, Southern Europe and Western North America. Boundaries between species are not clear and estimates of the number of species range from 25 to 40. The peony is named after Paeon (also spelled Paean), a student of Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine and healing. Asclepius became jealous of his pupil; Zeus saved Paeon from the wrath of Asclepius by turning him into the peony flower." From Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peony