The trilliums seem to be a bit late this year, but it worked in my favour, and I was finally able to take some pictures. The white trillium is Ontario’s official flower. It was chosen in 1937 and became Ontario’s official logo in 1964. The logo has changed over time. Trilliums take somewhere between 7 […]
I was able to take some photos as the moon went through the lunar eclipse, so thought I would put them on here for my record. I was not able to take a photo of the final total eclipse. I did see it though, and thought it was amazing to see. God’s handiwork!
Yesterday as we were biking home, we saw a beaver on our road. He had cut down a couple of small trees and when I stopped to take some pictures with my cell phone, he walked across the road to the lake. I thought that would be the last that we saw it, but we […]
We have our two loons back again. This morning they were in the small cove in our lake, and I was able to get some pictures of them. One of the loons “stood up” and flapped its wings, which gave me the opportunity to take several pictures of it doing this. I put together the […]
I have a Christmas Cactus that was started with a slip from my grandmother’s cactus. My sister gave slips to many of us in our family some years ago. Mine has been slow in growing, and has bloomed twice before this. Each time it only had 3 blooms. It is blooming again and has more […]
It’s been interesting to see the Pine Siskins this winter as we have seen the most we have ever seen before. They usually come in a big flock of 20 or so. They remind us of chickens when they are crowded on to our window feeder. We aren’t seeing as many now, so we don’t […]
Brown Creepers are very difficult to spot. They blend in with the trees, and are hard to see. My husband spots them easier than I do. A brown creeper is about 5 inches in size, which is smaller than a nuthatch. They often look like a piece of bark from the difference. Brown creepers go […]
We’ve had a few goldfinches coming with the pine siskins. They are starting to get more colour. I enjoy their bright colours in the spring and summer, but they are beautiful at this time too. Their subtle colours at this time of year are beautiful too. We haven’t seen them very much, so it’s a […]
We’ve had a flock of pine siskins at our backyard feeder during the last couple of weeks. They are small and belong to the finch family. Adult pine siskins are brown. They have lots of brown streaks on their breasts, and the edge of their wings and tail are a subtle yellow. It is rare […]