Scenic Sunday #94 ~ Old and New

The old and the new, Proctor Conservation Area in Brighton, ON

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MyWorld Tuesday ~ A Spring Walk in the Woods

White Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum)

 I took a friends dog for a walk at the Beaver Meadow Conservation Area south of Picton, Ontario last week(before the black flies showed up!).  I had forgotten how beautiful a hardwood forest is in the spring when it is in bloom. 

Ontario's provincal flower, I haven't seen trilliums for at least ten years.

These simple, single stem flowers are easily identified by their three white petals, three sepals and three leaves in whoral formation.

The forest floor was a carpet of these simple, beautiful flowers.

Red Trillium (Trillium erectum)

Among the masses of white trillium this red trillium was an unexpected treat and the only one I saw.

I nearly missed these lovely flowers as they open with the sun.

Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum)

Where there were carpets of Trilliums there were more of the Trout Lily.

This "lovely" I captured on yesterdays bright morning walk.

Marsh Blue Violet (Viola cucullata)

These delicate flowers almost got lost in last years duff.

Despite the lack of rain and water the forest was overrun with wildflowers.

Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)

Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)

This photo doesn't really do these brilliant flowers justice but the black flies were too bad to get a steady close up!  Take it from me they were breath taking.

I know it is not a flower but it is beautiful! 

Cut-leaved toothwort (Dentaria Laciniata)

Downy Yellow violet (Viola pubescens)

The last flower I saw as I walked out of the conservation area through a farmers right of way.

The trees are almost in bloom, nothing a good spring rain wouldn't help!

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Weekend Reflections ~ What's wrong with these pictures?

American Robin

I am wandering around southern Ontario and doing a lot of walking and when you walk you see more things. Wednesday while walking in the Beaches Area of Toronto I came upon four Robins....it is January 14th!
Woolly Bear (ArctiidaeCaterpillar)
And then today as I was walking into Picton along County Road 10 I met this little fella. I thought he was dead as the snow had just melted overnight but low and behold....
he was strutting his stuff! I turned him around as his trajectory was across the road and at the pace he was moving he was going to be road kill....this is January 16, winter, in Canada....he/she is supposed to be hibernating and the Robins are still supposed to be down south!
So what's up?

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SkyWatch Friday ~ Skies Across Canada

Dusk on the beach at Tlell, Haida Gwaii Thursday, December 10th. I left Haida Gwaii, BC on Thurdsay, December 10 for a trip 2/3rds of the way across Canada. The skies across this huge country are beautiful.

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I dedicate this post to my Greyhound Refugee Buddies, eight of us who were abandoned by Greyhound in Edmonton, Alberta to fend for ourselves. By coming together, standing up for each other everybody got home despite Greyhound Canada(another post). The loading dock of BC Ferries at Skidegate, BC 11p.m. Thursday, December 10th.

Along the Skeena River about 30 minutes out of Prince Rupert, BC.
Friday, December 11th.
The mighty Skeena River, BC.
Close encounters along the Skeena River, BC.Is that blue sky? Three Sisters Mountain, Hazelton, BC. From west of Prince George, BC to east of the Rockies we travelled in the dark.An icy dawn in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, Alberta.

Saturday, December 12th

West of Edmonton, Alberta December 12th (I think it is an oil processing plant?)

Icy fog in Edmonton, Alberta Sunday, December 13th. The coldest day on record for Edmonton and the coldest spot on earth this day!

Dawn over the Saskatchewan prairies, Monday, December 14th between Calgary and Regina.

Leaving Regina, Saskatchewan on Monday, December 14th.

Cold winds and sunshine leaving Saskatchewan Monday, December 14th.

Manitoba was travelled in the dark. This is just outside Thunder Bay, Ontario overlooking Lake Superior Tuesday, December 15th
From west of Sault Ste. Marie to just outside Ottawa, Ontario we travelled in the dark.

Arrived in Ottawa at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, December 16th five days, 10 hours, 5500kms. and too many buses later!

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Watery Wednesday ~ North of Lake Superior

Travelled across the top of Lake Superior yesterday and am always awed by it's beauty and size.

The lake is quickly freezing but where there was open water a weather system was forming. This picture is taken from a moving bus behind tinted windows but if you enlarge it you will see the warmth of the lake water being drawn up to make the clouds...quite fascinating.

Taken at dusk near White River, Ontario, one of the coldest places in Canada and the home of Winnie the Poo!

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