All Flowers Keep the Light

I know that on my last post there was a bit of confusion about the images. I should have been more clear, since I know how easy it is to skim over a post, collect a few words and come to a conclusion. Those image were not of our new place. Neither are these. I was having a few issues getting Frank's computer to welcome my camera as one of its own. I've since learned a bit of a workaround but it will take some time to go through them all and process some for you. I hope to do that before too much longer. Until then, I hope you enjoy this post.

Deep in their roots all flowers keep the light.

~ Theodore Roethke

I can't possible go through summer and not do a post or three just about flowers. This is going to be one of them.



Nightshade is an interesting plant. Along with their tiny purple blossoms...





They produce little clusters of berries. They turn bright red, eventually but these are still green.





The new growth of this leafy plant evolves from soft purple to pink, red and finally green.





While on the topic of purple flowers, thistles always catch my eye. They remind me of a prehistoric plant.





These purple bell-shaped blooms appear to be ringing out their tune as they sway in the wind.





This near-empty dandelion head stands alongside the creek. The background might look likes its seeds carried by the wind but really it's just foamy bubbles in the water.





Wild chicory are among my favourite blooms in summer.





This simple orchid plant bloomed in Frank's care. We weren't even sure what the plant was - he had inherited it from a friend.

I hope the flowers brightened your day. More photos coming up soon.

A Summer's Day

Yesterday's "Once in a Blue Moon" was one of my rare posts which was only up at the top of the heap for one day before moving on to this, the next post. If you didn't happen to catch it and would like to see it, you can click on "previous post" at the end of this page.

I have a sneaking suspicion that I'll be posting summer photos well into autumn. I have a lot of them and my posting schedule has been lagging recently. I'll do my best to keep up - starting with the images below.

Although I've titled this post A Summer's Day, the photos were not snapped within the same 24 hour period. Some are not even from the same week. Or month. Still, they depict a summer's day and that's all I'm going to say about that.




There's a volunteer-attended butterfly garden at my nearby park. This lovely orange flower greeted the morning sun through much of the summer.





A pair of purple thistles strut their colourful stuff.






The colour on this one is just emerging but it's enough to attract this cabbage white butterfly.






Yet another prickly plant catching a few shaded rays.






This squirrel found something interesting to munch on. He scarcely looked up when I snapped this shot.






I don't know about you, but when I lean in toward this photo, I feel like the spikes of this flower are actually moving - 3D-style.






And while you probably already think I'm a bit nuts, do you see a hag's face in the blooms of this Queen Anne's Lace? That gap near the bottom would be her mouth and the protrusion in the middle, her nose? No? Okay, never mind. ;)





A Green Heron takes flight. You can't see much green in this fellow but some of his feathers have a definite teal green sheen to them in certain light.





Well how about that! I do have a shot of him in just that right light. You can see the green in his wing, tail and a bit in his face.


 


As the day and summer progressed, I enjoyed watching the groups of ducklings grow. This was taken in early July but by now, I can no longer tell the young from their parents. I wonder if this guy is dreaming of the day when he too, will have feathers as large as the one floating beside him.





A wander at dusk at the early part of the season. I looked up just in time to see a Great Blue Heron fly off into the the twilight-painted sky.





A robin watches the night fall from atop the branches of a pine tree.

More photos in a few days.

Flowers Revisited and Posts of the Week

Since the season is anything but warm and cheery for most of us in the Northern Hemisphere, right now, I thought I'd post a few leftover flower images from last season. I hope you won't mind seeing those colourful reminders of this past summer.

I don't know what this beautiful magenta flower is but it was growing in a neighbour's yard well after the first frost.

This was the last remaining flower up at the property next door to Frank's family cottage. We had a lot of rain when we were up there in October, and these petals glisten with proof.

And this unusual cluster will give you an idea of how I feel about the upcoming winter.

And now, without further delay, here are the Posts of the Week. The icon below is yours for the taking if if your blog post is named as a POTW.



A GOOD CAUSE

Running for Research
by Lime
at House of Lime


A GOOD READ

They Shoot Canoes, Don't They?
by Sage
at Musings


GOOD PHOTOGRAPHY

La Seine
by Pierre
at Pierre Boyer

A Day of Rest
by Adrian
at Adrian's Images

In the Window
by Daryl
at Through My Eyes


JUST PLAIN GOOD

A Gentleman at the Marina
by Dianne
at Do You See What I See?

Salmon Feast Life Cycle
by Glo
at Porcelain Rose

Advent and My Little Tree
by Ruth
at Ruth's Photo Blog


READERS' CHOICE

1) Recommended by Lady Fi for Good Photography:

Kagami-ike Pond in Full Spectrum of Colors
by Stardust
at Stardust English Talk

2) Recommended by Dianne for a Good Laugh:

Everyone’s a Critic, or Would Bribery Help?
by Pearl
at Pearl, Why You Little

Please drop by their blogs for a visit and leave a kind comment if you have the time. Also, please feel free to add your own choices (for any blog except this one) for a specific blog post in the comments section below, where others can see them.

Thank you.