Mountain Death Camas / Zigadenus elegans
Red Baneberry
Flowers at the Saskatoon Farm - Solanum sp.
Yellow Prairie Coneflower / Mexican Hat
Globe Centurea / Centaurea macrocephala with bee
Gazania
Opening Sunflower bud
Sunflower in full bloom
Campion / Silene sp.
Campion
Wild Sunflower sp.
Colour in the garden
Edible King Oyster mushrooms, Akesi Farms
Watched by wooden eyes
Slime mold, Pringle Mt forest walk
Pholiota destruens fungus on cut end of a log
Pholiota terrestris growing in soil
Cystoderma cinnabarina
Cystoderma cinnabarina
Bolete
Gaillardia
Backlit Sunflower
Amanita muscaria
Fly agaric / Amanita muscaria
Puffballs and others growing on a tree stump
Sitting Earthstar / Geoastrum sessile
Highlight of my day - Fly agaric / Amanita muscari…
Shaggy parasol / Macrolepidota rhachodes
Shaggy parasol / Chlorophyllum (formerly Macrolepi…
Not "The Sickener"
Sunflower, against a pink barn
Orange False Dandelion
Shaggy Mane / Inky Cap
A summer memory
Amanita muscaria, with insects (mosquitoes?)
Brown Cup & Golden Pluteus / Pluteus chrysophlebiu…
Spathiphyllum wallisii
Garden flower
Colours of fall
Hooded False Morel / Gyromitra infula – poisonous
Puffballs on a rotting log
Honey Mushrooms / Armillaria mellea
Hops / Humulus lupulus
Hot Wings Maple
The sunflower droop
Mold on a fungus?
Fungus
Mushrooms
Mushroom growing on a log
Yellow mushroom
Mushroom cluster
Fungus
Large, white mushrooms
Mushrooms
Goat's-beard / Tragopogon dubius
Sainfoin / Onobrychis
Sainfoin / Onobrychis
Wild Licorice?
Purple/Water Avens / Geum rivale
Fungus guttation droplets
Bee on Tall Larkspur / Delphinium exaltatum
Bright and beautiful
Colour for an overcast day
Opening Gaillardia flower
Insect on Steven's shirt - some kind of Borer?
Wild Blue Clematis
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Gorgeous succulent flower
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THE TICK THAT BIT ME in South Texas! LONE STAR TI…
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Day 1, Thistle sp., southern Texas
Day 1, Thistle sp., southern Texas
Day 1, Thistle sp., southern Texas
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Day 6, White-crowned Sparrow, Tadoussac
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Day 3, Dryad's Saddle (?), Pt Pelee, Ontario
Day 3, Daffodil (or Narcissus?), Pt Pelee, Ontario
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Powderpuff flower
Weathered door
Pumpkin season, kid-style
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Day 2, a more typical Trillium, Rondeau PP
Day 2, yes, another Trillium, Rondeau PP
Trillium, Day 2, Rondeau PP, Ontario
Much-needed colour!
After our first major snowstorm
Happy Thanksgivng, everyone!
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Sea Holly
Clouded Sulphur on Lettuce sp.?
Butterfly on Joe Pye Weed
Globe Thistle / Echinops ritro
Living on the edge
Beauty of a weed
Let the light shine in
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Beautiful guttation droplets on a polypore
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This evening, I have just added 12 more photos from my visit to the Saskatoon Farm, on 18 July 2019. I will not be posting any images tomorrow, as I will be out with friends. Having noticed that my Cover photo/banner has disappeared, I did wonder if I would be able to upload any photos. A few problems, but all uploaded eventually. Sorry for flooding my photostream today!
A few days ago, after seven or so long, brutal months of winter (coldest on record?) and now endless weeks of rain and cloud, I finally decided, enough is enough. I have become a fair-weather photographer, and we don't get that much fair weather, especially this year. So, on 18 July 2019, despite the weather forecast for a thunderstorm, I decided to drive SE of the city mid-afternoon. My plan had been to go to the Farm first and have a meal, and then continue on to Frank Lake. Seeing the beautiful storm clouds on my drive south, I was torn as to whether to go to Frank Lake first and catch a few photos. Then it occurred to me that I could also get a few sky shots once I had turned off the main highway and on to the country road leading to the Farm.
The Farm was pretty busy. So much wonderful colour everywhere that I almost forgot about the weather. That is, until I was eating outside under the open shelter. It was so cold, I had goosebumps, and the wind increased, sending a huge picnic table umbrella flying fast like an arrow through the air. Just a short bit of rain and all returned to 'normal'.
As usual, I wandered around the grounds, shooting flowers, rabbits, landscape, clouds, and old tractors. One barn stood out to me and had me puzzled. I have visited the farm many times before, but I don't remember seeing one particular barn/shed before. It looked so pretty, with its colourful flower border, so maybe that is why it caught my eye.
Eventually, I continued my drive to Frank Lake. The storm clouds stayed with me. One side road has a small wetland on either side of the road and I pulled over to check what birds might be there. I was about to turn off my car when a loud buzzer sounded and a tornado alert was announced - to take shelter and if there was no shelter nearby, to get into a ditch or ravine. Then I heard that the area covered was further SE - in fact, where I had been a week earlier.
"Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) confirmed a weak EF0 tornado touched down two kilometres northeast of Crossfield at around 2:15 p.m. Sunday, 14 July 2019, marking the 12th confirmed twister of the season." (This was roughly 50 km north of Calgary.)
According to the weather agency, Alberta typically sees an average of 15 tornadoes per year with the peak season starting mid-to-late June and ending early-to-mid August.
So far in 2019, there have been 12 confirmed tornadoes in Alberta and three probable ones. There have also been many reports of funnel clouds." From Global News.
While I was standing by this wetland, a White-faced Ibis flew in. I believe this was the first one I had really seen and photographed this year. Further on, when I was at the blind, there were so many Ruddy Ducks. The Barn Swallow pair flew back and forth to their nest that is just out of sight. I had checked to see if I could spot the Red Knot (bird), but without binoculars, it was pretty much impossible to check the very distant water birds.
A very enjoyable afternoon/evening. Mid-evening, the main highway wasn't very busy, and the rain only started when I arrived home and had to get out of the car.
A few days ago, after seven or so long, brutal months of winter (coldest on record?) and now endless weeks of rain and cloud, I finally decided, enough is enough. I have become a fair-weather photographer, and we don't get that much fair weather, especially this year. So, on 18 July 2019, despite the weather forecast for a thunderstorm, I decided to drive SE of the city mid-afternoon. My plan had been to go to the Farm first and have a meal, and then continue on to Frank Lake. Seeing the beautiful storm clouds on my drive south, I was torn as to whether to go to Frank Lake first and catch a few photos. Then it occurred to me that I could also get a few sky shots once I had turned off the main highway and on to the country road leading to the Farm.
The Farm was pretty busy. So much wonderful colour everywhere that I almost forgot about the weather. That is, until I was eating outside under the open shelter. It was so cold, I had goosebumps, and the wind increased, sending a huge picnic table umbrella flying fast like an arrow through the air. Just a short bit of rain and all returned to 'normal'.
As usual, I wandered around the grounds, shooting flowers, rabbits, landscape, clouds, and old tractors. One barn stood out to me and had me puzzled. I have visited the farm many times before, but I don't remember seeing one particular barn/shed before. It looked so pretty, with its colourful flower border, so maybe that is why it caught my eye.
Eventually, I continued my drive to Frank Lake. The storm clouds stayed with me. One side road has a small wetland on either side of the road and I pulled over to check what birds might be there. I was about to turn off my car when a loud buzzer sounded and a tornado alert was announced - to take shelter and if there was no shelter nearby, to get into a ditch or ravine. Then I heard that the area covered was further SE - in fact, where I had been a week earlier.
"Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) confirmed a weak EF0 tornado touched down two kilometres northeast of Crossfield at around 2:15 p.m. Sunday, 14 July 2019, marking the 12th confirmed twister of the season." (This was roughly 50 km north of Calgary.)
According to the weather agency, Alberta typically sees an average of 15 tornadoes per year with the peak season starting mid-to-late June and ending early-to-mid August.
So far in 2019, there have been 12 confirmed tornadoes in Alberta and three probable ones. There have also been many reports of funnel clouds." From Global News.
While I was standing by this wetland, a White-faced Ibis flew in. I believe this was the first one I had really seen and photographed this year. Further on, when I was at the blind, there were so many Ruddy Ducks. The Barn Swallow pair flew back and forth to their nest that is just out of sight. I had checked to see if I could spot the Red Knot (bird), but without binoculars, it was pretty much impossible to check the very distant water birds.
A very enjoyable afternoon/evening. Mid-evening, the main highway wasn't very busy, and the rain only started when I arrived home and had to get out of the car.
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