Oak leaf and insect gall
Water Smartweed / Polygonum amphibium
Red beauty on a scree slope
Wild Lily-of-the-valley
Fall colour
Long gone, but memories remain
Checkered Skipper sp.?
Purity
Same kind of flower as yesterday's
Goodbye fall, hello winter!
Dragonfly - Black Meadowhawk?
Pine Grosbeak male feeding on berries
Masked Cardinal at the edge of Caroni Swamp
Plant from the Whaleback
Tent Caterpillar
Yellow Oriole, Trinidad
Chrysothemis pulchella, Trinidad
Tropical plant, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Black-throated Mango, Asa Wright, Trinidad
On a rainy day in Trinidad
Victoria Water Lily / Victoria amazonica
Blue Himalayan Poppy
Common Wood-Nymph / Cercyonis pegala
Rough cocklebur / Xanthium strumarium
Mountain Ash berries
Maple sp.?
When fall comes after 'winter'
Fall colours
Day 12, male Firefly, probably in genus Photinus,…
Larvae tunnel pattern
Colours of fall
Could these be Bird's-nest fungi?
Hiding between the rocks
The colours of fall
Pink Monkeyflower / Mimulus lewisii
Carnivorous Sundew
Ready to trap an unwary insect
Cabbage White butterfly
Julia Heliconian / Dryas iulia
The edge of a Lily pad
Butterfly eggs
Tiger Longwing butterfly / Heliconius hecale
Blue and Brown Clipper / Parthenos sylvia
Tiger Longwing butterfly / Heliconius hecale
Stink Bug / Banasa dimidiata
White Admiral
Delicate edging of a lily pad
Common Sargeant
A quick fix
Mexican Longwing / Heliconius hortense
Simplicity
Fall colours
Almost like art
Cabbage White butterfly
I'm ready to eat you
Clasped
Paper Kite
Julia Heliconian / Dryas iulia
Julia Heliconian / Dryas iulia
Police Car Moth caterpillar
Leaf patterns
Roll on spring and summer!
The trail of a snail
Tussock Moth caterpillar sp.
Is this an Orsodacnid Leaf Beetle
40 million years old
Tussock Moth caterpillar
Larvae tunnels
Floating
A new arrival
Swiss Chard
Silver Maple
In my garden
Hewitson's Longwing / Heliconius hewitsoni
Tropical green
Red
Orange beauty with spots
Common Sargeant / Athyma perius
I don't have a name yet, other than "beautiful"
Zebra Longwing caterpillar?
Common Sargeant, Athyma perius
Banded Orange / Dryadula phaetusa
Common Indian Crow / Euploea core
Julia Heliconian / Dryas iulia
Banded Orange / Dryadula phaetusa
Two-spotted Ladybug with a difference
The jaws of death
Frozen
Fall, last year
Incomplete beauty
Roadmap for bugs
Paper Kite
Colours of fall
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I just loved the fall colours seen at the Silver Springs Botanical Gardens on 1 October 2016. The Oak leaves were gorgeous, some of them with tiny insect galls on them.
With most of our autumn colour gone, it feels good to be able to look back to a photo from 1 October 2016. On that day, I finally had my very first visit to the Silver Springs Botanical Gardens, thanks to friend, Sandy. I first heard about this beautiful place from my daughter, but I had never been, because it is way out of my city driving comfort zone. In the morning, it was raining, at least in my part of the city, and I wondered if going would turn out to be a big mistake. However, the rain stayed away while we were there and, though the sky was overcast, I was still able to photograph to my heart's content. I was surprised at how many flowers were still in bloom on the first day of October and I was extremely impressed with how meticulously these gardens are kept - every inch of them. So many different kinds of trees and plants, and it was very obvious that each area had been planted with so much thought and care. Amazing that dedicated volunteers have been, and continue to be, the ones to thank for these gardens.
Thanks so much, Sandy, for giving me the chance to spend an afternoon in such beauty and peace! We all knew that snow wasn't far away and about a week after this visit, Calgary had its first snowfall of the season, the whole of the Thanksgiving weekend. At least I now have plenty of bright, colourful photos that I will be able to post in between all the coming white, snowy images that will be taken during the seven (?), long months of winter.
"The Botanical Gardens of Silver Springs is without doubt one of the Seven Wonders of Calgary, Alberta. It boasts 1350 square meters (14 600 square feet) of gardens which includes a spectacular Wall Garden that runs an uninterrupted 1300 feet. In the gardens you will find an endless variety of annuals and perennials ranging from artemisias to zinnias. Here indeed is a place to stop and smell the roses and the peonies and the delphiniums and the chrysanthemums and the …
What makes these gardens so very special is that they were created and continue to be maintained by a band of green-thumbed enthusiastic volunteers. These hale and hearty diggers, planters, seeders, weeders, mowers, waterers, pruners and community builders work two to three mornings a week to keep the gardens in primrose shape and their efforts are truly appreciated by the many walkers, joggers, and cyclists.
On any given day, hundreds of people walk the wall garden with their families, friends and out-of-town visitors. It has become a treasured destination site for many.
For anyone who has spent time in the gardens, it is hard to believe that they have only been here since 2006 when a humble ornamental garden (400 square feet) was developed within the existing BirthPlace Forest tree beds.
The BPF, by the way, saw 7000 trees planted in the area. The project was accomplished through a partnership of BP Energy, Calgary Parks, Regional Health and Golden Acres." From the gardens' website.
www.botanicalgardensofsilversprings.ca/
With most of our autumn colour gone, it feels good to be able to look back to a photo from 1 October 2016. On that day, I finally had my very first visit to the Silver Springs Botanical Gardens, thanks to friend, Sandy. I first heard about this beautiful place from my daughter, but I had never been, because it is way out of my city driving comfort zone. In the morning, it was raining, at least in my part of the city, and I wondered if going would turn out to be a big mistake. However, the rain stayed away while we were there and, though the sky was overcast, I was still able to photograph to my heart's content. I was surprised at how many flowers were still in bloom on the first day of October and I was extremely impressed with how meticulously these gardens are kept - every inch of them. So many different kinds of trees and plants, and it was very obvious that each area had been planted with so much thought and care. Amazing that dedicated volunteers have been, and continue to be, the ones to thank for these gardens.
Thanks so much, Sandy, for giving me the chance to spend an afternoon in such beauty and peace! We all knew that snow wasn't far away and about a week after this visit, Calgary had its first snowfall of the season, the whole of the Thanksgiving weekend. At least I now have plenty of bright, colourful photos that I will be able to post in between all the coming white, snowy images that will be taken during the seven (?), long months of winter.
"The Botanical Gardens of Silver Springs is without doubt one of the Seven Wonders of Calgary, Alberta. It boasts 1350 square meters (14 600 square feet) of gardens which includes a spectacular Wall Garden that runs an uninterrupted 1300 feet. In the gardens you will find an endless variety of annuals and perennials ranging from artemisias to zinnias. Here indeed is a place to stop and smell the roses and the peonies and the delphiniums and the chrysanthemums and the …
What makes these gardens so very special is that they were created and continue to be maintained by a band of green-thumbed enthusiastic volunteers. These hale and hearty diggers, planters, seeders, weeders, mowers, waterers, pruners and community builders work two to three mornings a week to keep the gardens in primrose shape and their efforts are truly appreciated by the many walkers, joggers, and cyclists.
On any given day, hundreds of people walk the wall garden with their families, friends and out-of-town visitors. It has become a treasured destination site for many.
For anyone who has spent time in the gardens, it is hard to believe that they have only been here since 2006 when a humble ornamental garden (400 square feet) was developed within the existing BirthPlace Forest tree beds.
The BPF, by the way, saw 7000 trees planted in the area. The project was accomplished through a partnership of BP Energy, Calgary Parks, Regional Health and Golden Acres." From the gardens' website.
www.botanicalgardensofsilversprings.ca/
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