Pictures from a Walk in the Backyard

On Saturday I had a little stroll around the backyard with my camera. Not much commentary below, but please enjoy the pictures...


Caterpillar nest infestation on peach tree.


Unidentified prickly plant - identification pending.


Unidentified prickly plant - identification pending.


Rhubarby-looking plant - identification pending.


Rhubarby-looking plant - identification pending.


Rhubarby-looking plant - identification pending.


A nice, succulent edible plant: Common purslane (Portulaca oleracea).


A nice, succulent edible plant: Common purslane (Portulaca oleracea).


Tulip flower.


Tulip flower.


Unidentified flower ball - covered in ants - identification pending.
edit: Thank you Julie and Clare - you both identified this as a Peony flowerhead. Other bloggers have noted ants on Peonies - attracted to the nectar.


Unidentified flower ball - covered in ants - identification pending.
edit: Thank you Julie and Clare - you both identified this as a Peony flowerhead. Other bloggers have noted ants on Peonies - attracted to the nectar.


Unidentified flower ball - covered in ants - identification pending.
edit: Thank you Julie and Clare - you both identified this as a Peony flowerhead. Other bloggers have noted ants on Peonies - attracted to the nectar.


Purple Leaf Sand Cherry Blossoms.


Elegant looking Dandelion flower.


Ornithogalum umbellatum (Star-of-Bethlehem, Grass Lily, Nap-at-Noon, Eleven-o'clock Lady).


Ornithogalum umbellatum (Star-of-Bethlehem, Grass Lily, Nap-at-Noon, Eleven-o'clock Lady).


Snoozing Caterpillar on Rose Hip.


Honey Locust Tree.

Cheers,

Mungo

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The Woods at Rogers Reservoir Conservation Area - Part 2 of 2

Recently I went for a little walk up at Rogers Reservoir Conservation Area. Here are a few more photos from that perambulation.


Water rushes through a sluice gate, making some really nice sounds and views.


This is the view from a pedestrian bridge over the channel.


Cattails thrive in old marshy sections of the water.


Red-Winged Blackbirds are all over the place, singing loudly.


I looked both ways before taking this photograph. I even felt the track to make sure there was no rumbling or vibrations. Not sure if that works, but I was on and off the track in seconds.


The track stretched both ways.


Spring is in the air and Robins hunted worms.


Swallows build their mud and wattle nests beneath a bridge.


Spiky bits.


More spiky bits. Anyone know what these are?


American Goldfinch. (Not a Yellow Warbler which is in the last set of photos, second last photo... I misnamed it.)


Cedar woods.


White Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum).


Trillium erectum, the Red Wake-robin, also known as red trillium, purple trillium, Beth root or Stinking Benjamin.


White Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum).


White Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum).


Fern.


A bracket fungus.


Big ol' bracket fungus.


Nice ol' bracket fungus.


Polypore bracket fungus (look underneath and you'll see the polypores - i.e. the many holes or pores).


Another Stinking Benjamin. I didn't make note of any smell however.


The Bur or Burl on this cedar was huge - it looked like a big menacing head. Or depending on your mood, it might look like a big delicious chocolate.

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In The Garden There Is Life

In the garden there is life. To wit:


Seagulls wheeling about, jockeying for position to pick up bread from the neighbour's backyard.


Seagulls keeping watch on an overcast day. They fly up to the north of the city when the storms are out on the lake. That's how I know if a day is going to be clear or not - I watch the skies and see which way the gulls are headed.


A 'Purple Sensation' onion flower (Allium hollandicum) is in bloom in the other neighbour's backyard.


A squirrel takes a break from clambering about the trees.


The green is glowing just about now.


The Allium is looking radiant.


My eye spied some bird down laying delicately in the cup of a dandelion flower.


The Sage (Folia salviae) that I planted last year is coming up bigger than ever.


I am looking forward to huge amounts of the Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) that I planted last year.


The Allium bulbs are popping up all over the place.


A caterpillar appears to be taking a nap on a rose hip.


Last year's rose hips look so nice.


I'll need to trim them back soon.

Cheers,

Mungo

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