A fragrant water lily (Nymphaea odorata) in Labrador Lake this week. © BCP 2010 Fragrant water lilies (Nymphaea odorata) are as common as mud in a swamp, but that doesn’t make them any less beautiful. I saw this particular water lily as I was making my way into Labrador Lake, in search of the loon I […]
Purple-flowering raspberry (Rosa odoratus) in the rain Saturday. © BCP 2010 I took this photo of my purple-flowering raspberry bush (Rosa odoratus) on my rainy meander through my own backyard on Saturday night. What shocked me is how long these plants have been blooming — I’d say at least a month. This incredibly hardy member […]
A tree with delicate yellow flowers at Ashbridge’s Bay this week. Willowish leaves, but is it a willow? © BCP 2010 Friday, June 25, 2010 update: Of course! How silly of me. The tree above is a Russian olive (Eleagnus angustifolia). A fellow Toronto nature photoblogger, who goes by the handle Don Watcher, answered my […]
A wild multiflora rose bush (Rosa multiflora) with upside-down Canada geese at Ashbridge’s Bay. The vertical shadow in the water is the stack from the sewage treatment plant across the bay. © BCP 2010 Some days you just get lucky. It’s simple serendipity. (And I think it augurs well for the first day of summer. […]
Yellow hawkweed (Hieracium caespitosum) inside wire mesh protecting a sapling in High Park. © BCP 2010 Sometimes on my walks I get the feeling that there is scarcely a tree in Toronto that is safe from the ravages of our hardworking national symbol, the beaver. Certainly the trees in my neck of the urban woods […]
