For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Hello everyone! Today’s wildflower is the “marsh grass of parnassus”. A rather odd name for a very beautiful flower that is 3/4 to 1 inch (18 to 25mm) across and the plant can grow from 8 to 16 inches (20 to 40cm) tall. It is another water loving native wildflower, often growing in water, but not always. It is definitely not a commonly found wildflower up this way but it’s always fun to find it. It blooms from August to September. Even though it has ‘grass’ in the name, it is not a grass, but without the flower at the top of the stem it would be hard to tell it apart from grasses around it. In Canada it can be found from BC to Quebec and in the US it is found from Michigan in the east across the northernmost states to the west coast and down to California and Nevada. Thank you for reading, there is going to be a change to these early morning series, so that wildflowers will be only one day a week beginning next week, birds will also return one day a week, not sure what will be on the other 3 days yet. Have a wonderful day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
Β©2021 Steve McLeod.
Love this wildflower! Can’t even believe someone gave it a grass name. Well, looking forward to whatever post you being our way. πΈ βοΈ βοΈ
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It is a little beauty, I wish they were easier to find. Thanks so much Renee, have a beautiful day!ππΊπ·
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I agree! Welcome. the same to you! πΈ
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Thanks Renee!ππΊ
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Bizarre name but pretty flower
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Yes, it’s hard to understand the reasoning behind the name!ππΊπ·
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It is a beautiful flower ! Interesting info ! …have a restful sleep tonight both of you ! βοΈβοΈππΊπ΄βΌοΈ
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Glad you enjoyed it Sharon! Should sleep good unless it storms. Have a good night as well!ππ»ππ΄
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Marsh grass of parnassus – Creative name. More than that, your photography, the view of this flower from your eye, breath taking β€οΈπ So so beautiful π₯° amazing photography Uncle Steve ππ
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Thank you so very much Simon!πππ· Hope your Friday was good, have a nice mosquito free night!ππΊππ΄
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I killed a lot tonight π hope I will be able to sleep peacefully π π€¦ I Hope π€I’ll keep you posted βΊοΈ
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Good for you! Leave all those dead bodies around as a warning to any others!ππ
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oh oh I missed that π€¦π maybe next time, let me note that part. π
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It might work.ππ
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it worked last night, I had dead bodies of their fellow mosquitoes and I didn’t feel a thing last night, a good sleep, except the frequent alarm π΅ that’s another story π π not sure of my reaction about that. ππ
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AHA! It worked!π I knew it would,π€ almostπ³, sort of,π kinda, well maybe anyway!π€ππ Keep it up, they’ll run away scared from you!ππ¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦
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today is no mosquitoes day ππ₯³ but no sleep too ππ§ darn, must be their curses π either they don’t let me sleep, then I don’t sleep myself π€ what am I supposed to do π³
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Hmm, that is a problem. Maybe you shouldn’t kill so many of them.ππ€
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maybeππ€it was tough to wake upπ³ anyway, the day beganπ₯³π Have a peaceful night Steveβ€οΈ
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Actually it’s noon now. Oops, this comment was last night. Thanks Simon!πππ΄π€―
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I always appreciate a good afternoon napππ try and seeπ Good n8 again
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Hey, that sounds like an idea!π΄ Thanks Simon! It just started to rain,π¬ rats, just when I was going out for a walk. Sigh.ππΆββοΈβ
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So sad, didn’t expected that, you should have closely watched the weather report ππ gone for the walk again?
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Nope, no walking to the river, just walking in the driveway again.πΆββοΈπΆββοΈ Terrible thing. Sigh.π³
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Terrible π walking on the driveway π³ terrible π΅ try today βΊοΈ
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Too much rain today, walked on the driveway again for a bit, good way to get wet.ππ
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Too much rain there too? it’s off season and we are getting rains ππ afraid of the actual season, the city is wet already, when the actual season comesz then it will be catastrophe π΅π π let’s see.
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Early fall and late fall is rainy time here. But that week in mid fall is usually nice.π
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that should be really nice π
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don’t get wet pls, you should have an umbrella, don’t catch coldπ
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That’s a good point. But people here don’t use umbrellas. I wonder where I could get one?π€π³
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No Umbrella ππ³ maybe there is a strong reason, I think it’s the snow.
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You know, that could be it.π But I did see a guy walking in a snowstorm with an umbrella.π² It really was hard to believe. Didn’t help him though,π he was still covered with snow.π³π Mainly because it was windy.πππΉπΉββ
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π€£π€£π€£ he must have been from Indiaππ or from a raining country, where snow not exist ππ
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Very beautiful flower and itβs story so inspiring ππ»π·π you are so lucky, near so many wild
Flowers ππ·Good morning and have a lovely Day π·πβ₯οΈπ·
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Good morning!πππΊ It is a beautiful day, but clouds are coming in now and it’s supposed to rain soon.π Yes, we do have a lot of wildflowers around here,πΊπΌπ· many more than I have shown so far! Thank you so very much!π Have a nice very early morning, or good night I guess!ππΊπ»π΄
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Very lovely reply message πΉπ thank you so much ππΉ
Here 11:30 am now !! Take care ππΉ
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Thank you!
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