Flowers
Hello My Old Heart
Living on the Edge
We live on the development edge of the ever expanding “Greater Toronto”. Despite this, there are still some wild pockets of tranquility not too far from our home. Today we slipped into the woods. It was a perfect day; sunny, and that temperature where you feel like your skin goes on forever. A bounty …
The Sun is Risen
The snow still lingered
on north slopes
and under cedar.
But today,
today was resurrection Sun Day,
and the bees and I came to worship.
Winter Aconite
Eranthis hyemalis
Digging Up the Past – Seeing the Future
Yesterday, digging roots.
Feels like digging up the past.
Elecampane, for old colds and old heartaches.
Rosettes of next years primrose and mullein.
Flowers for the future.
Today – Samhain – eating pomegranate and waiting for Persephone’s time in the underworld.
Virtual Garden Tour
Yes, there are all kinds of things I’d like to be writing about the garden. But, I’m so busy IN the garden. Some pictures I managed to snap …
More flowers …
What’s Bloomin’
Hairy Beardtongue
Hairy Beardtongue
Blue Flag Iris
Horseradish
Prairie Smoke
Canada Anemone
Red Clover
Wild Black Raspberry
Comfrey
Yellow Devil’s Paintbrush (Yellow Hawkweed)
Bee Happy !
Our alternate leaf Dogwood was flowering the other day, and was just humming with bees. It has a heavy pollen load and was particularly popular with the smaller native bees. Some bumble bees were around, but few honey bees. I thought I’d try a bit of a photo survey of the bees that were out and about on some of the plants that are in flower right now. Some I could identify, a few I’m just guessing at.
Sweat Bee (Halictidae, Halictinae, Halictini): Augochlora pura ?
GUESS: ??
GUESS: Leaf-Cutting Bee (Megachilidae, Megachilinae, Megachilini)
An Impersonator: Syrphid Fly
I love seeing the big queen bumble bees at this time of year. They’re so big you can see the down draft from their wings kicking up particles from the ground or moving leaves. And the honey bees, well they just have their heads in the flowers !
Bumble Bee (Apidae,Apinae, Bombini) on Red Clover
Bumble Bee on Wild Black Raspberry
Honey Bee (Apidae, Apinae, Apini) on Comfrey
Art Between the Worlds 