Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Nature Notes

Summer winding down

There's no doubt about it - fall is quickly approaching Ontario. a few shore birds are leaving the Arctic and traveling across central Ontario; many wildflowers  have already gone to seed; and - to add insult to injury - the Canadian National Exhibition  (CNE - an annual event) oprned in  Toronto last Friday.  YIKES! Where has the summer gone?

In my gardens this week:

Largest quare: white butterflies drinking nectar from the blossoms of Russian sage

Moving closckwise: hollyhocks, wild sunflowers, cranesbill geranium "Rozeanne," Echinacea (a named variety but I forget which one) and Japanese anemone (another variety forgotten at the moment).

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27 comments:

  1. Bonjour EG, your garden is very special, I'm delighted by these lovely flowers. You prepared a great collage, I love the blue flower, so delicate!
    Hugs
    Léia

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  2. Oh you like and have some of the same flowers I have. so lovely. I took a pic of a White Butterfly today. Is it ESP??
    MB

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  3. Such bright & sunny flowers in your garden. All I have are some tiny red roses, which the drought is trying very hard to kill.

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  4. Beautiful series, sad though that the summer is coming to a close...

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  5. Wonderful colors here. Better keep this to remind you when things turn white! :)

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  6. wonderful flower macros, the colors are so pretty and sharp . i saw a tiny butterfly like this one yesterday. it looked just like this, but was about the size of my thumbnail... we have these here but I have not seen a tiny one before.

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  7. Lovely colorful images, the one with butterfly is my favorite. :)

    greetings.

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  8. Wow! Colorful, cheers me up totally!

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  9. You captured such a great feeling of the end of summer with your photo collage.

    Darla

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  10. This shows so much beauty. Yes,summer is coming to a close.

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  11. Lovely as usual! The Ex opened last Friday - yikes!!

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  12. Yes, summer is truly waning. The flowers are still doing their thing though. Beautiful mosaic!

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  13. gorgeous flowers and that butterfly is stunning. I think summer is passing way too swiftly.

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  14. Lovely colors and beautiful flowers. Your collage is lovely. Thanks for sharing, have a happy week!

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  15. Summer went by far too fast! I love the gorgeous blooms throughout the collage - at least we've got this to look back at when winter arrives:)

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  16. What a beautiful mosaic this is!
    Truly the picture of summer.

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  17. I saw my first yellow leaf fall from a tree yesterday. Love the moth shot.

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  18. What a garden! The colors alone lift my spirits!

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  19. Lovely colors and array of flowers.

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  20. They are beautiful blooms of almost the same flower morphology and characteristics. I wonder if that is governed by the temperatures too

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  21. You seem to have considered something for every season in your garden. Lovely photos!

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  22. I'm ready for fall. It's my favorite season. Nice collage!

    =)

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  23. Yes the CNE was always our last summer trip.. Love Toronto..... Lovely collage... Michelle

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  24. These are all stunning! I'm not ready for fall and the end of such beautiful summer colors.

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  25. Love the variety and beauty of your flowers!

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