Mid September

Around a favourite birdwatching pond

Although fall is in the air, many wildflowers are still blooming here.

Largest square: bumble bee on bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare). Working clockwise: New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae),  wild lobelia (Lobelia  syphilitica), tickseed sunflower (Bidens aristosa), frost aster (Symphyotrichum pilosum)  and goldenrod (Solidago). 

FYI: The reason I include botanical names is because they always stay the same but common names change from region to region.

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Scavenger Hunt

1. Stripes

This week I'm playing Ashley Fisk's scavenger Hunt looking for photos to fit the prompts: stripes,  packed, travel, too cute and favorite.

I can remember a time when most sailboats had white sails.  I LOVE the colours available now  and I'm always glad to see sailors wearing colourful life vests as well.

2. Packed

Yacht clubs really pack the boats in, which makes interesting reflection, dontcha think?

3. Travel

Muscle power is an inexpensive way to travel over water, plus paddlers can get into some nifty tight spaces that bigger boats cannot.

4. Too cute

It's a tiny Gray Tree Frog resting on a leaf in the sun.

5. Favorite

I'm not good at picking favourites. I don't have a favourite colour (I like most), song, ice cream flavour...yada, yada, yada. But wait! I do have a favourite hobby: photography. And I do love photographing birds, especially Green Herons.

I am linking to Ashley Sisk's Scavenger Hunt HERE