Monday, July 8, 2013

Early July/Nature Notes

Ontario wild flowers, early July

Humid! Central Ontario is between Lake Ontario and Lake Huron. Most of our weather systems cross either of these two LARGE lakes picking up water as they come.

Largest square: viceroy butterfly on flowering dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum ).

Moving clockwise: Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare), common milkweed (Ascelepias syriaca), closeup of ant on common milkweed, heal-all (Prunella vulgaris) and black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta).

* Please note that I include botanical names because common names differ from area to area.
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18 comments:

  1. Wonderful collage! It's good of you to include the botanical names too.
    Denise
    An English Girl Rambles

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  2. Lovely butterfly capture. Beautiful flowers and collage!

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  3. Śliczne dzikie kwiaty pokazałaś o ozdobiłaś motylem. Pozdrawiam.
    Beautiful wild flowers adorned you showed a butterfly. Yours.

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  4. What a beautiful mosaic this is!
    Such wonderful summertime colors.

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  5. So much beauty in this. Lovely

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  6. What a pretty summer collage!

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  7. Scrumptious display of wildflowers!

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  8. You prepared a very special collage with wonderful close ups, the nature is splendid there!
    Léia

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  9. Love how you have arranged the floral colours in the mosaic! One seems to highlight the other! And the butterfly is stunning!

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  10. I like everything but the name Viper's bluegloss is so interesting. I just wonder how it came about.

    Darla

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  11. The wildflowers and butterfly are beautiful. I love your nature collage.

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  12. A beautiful montage of wild colour.

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  13. This is the best time of year for exploration and enjoyment. Thank you for sharing your passion Tina.. Michelle

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  14. Very nice! All of them great photos.

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