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Nature’s Art #37.
Good morning once again everyone! I hope you are all feeling well this morning and that you are not stressed out about all that is going on right now around the world with this Covid-19 virus. I hope all of you are taking all the necessary precautions and please stay home unless it’s absolutely necessary to go out. However, it is good to get out into your yard, or on your deck or balcony to get some much needed fresh air. And go for a walk, even if it’s only a short walk. In our province they have now closed all national and provincial parks, most municipal parks, playgrounds, and beaches, which effectively closes all our parks in this area. But walking trails are still open for now, but people still need to practice physical distancing. For some reason people still don’t want to do that. But for now it’s something we all need to be doing. And if you can get out, check your surroundings for art in nature.
When I was out on my river path yesterday, I took some pics of different things that are definitely nature’s art. Take some time to look around, beauty still abounds out there…
Here we have the dried remains of some wildflowers, though I’m not sure what they are. But they definitely are beautiful.
And here we have the fuzzier remains of another type of wildflower. These seed heads were quite small so a little difficult to get a good close up of them. Amazing how they managed to survive the winter like that.
And there we have today’s picks of art in nature for our enjoyment. I hope you have a beautiful day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
© 2020 Steve McLeod.
Daily Pics #91.
Good morning to all of you! It was another beautiful day here yesterday. Still, I realize that most of you would consider these temps to be rather cool, especially this time of year, but for us it is fantastic. It was much worse than this last year at this time, so I am very happy indeed. I went to check on my river path yesterday afternoon, but it was not doing too well yet, which is what I figured. Due to the heavy growth of pine trees back there, the sun doesn’t get through to help melt that snow. So there is still a lot of snow, and ice, back along the path right now. So I didn’t go too far, no point in taking chances. After all, it took me 6 months to get back to walking properly again, I don’t want to mess that up now. It will take a bit more time before the ice and snow is gone back there. What we need is for temps to stay above freezing at night, which we are not getting yet. And some rain would be helpful too, it melts the snow faster in those sheltered areas.
And now, we will take a look at some bright flowers, even though they may not be the most beautiful for most people…
Here we have one of our wildflowers, the Canada hawkweed, which is not a weed. These are actually in the same family as daisies. They look somewhat like a very tall dandelion. These can get up to 2 ft (60cm) tall.
Another relative is the orange hawkweed, which can get to the point of taking over an area, but if you have a spot where nothing will grow, plant these, they will grow anywhere. They also look nice and butterflies and bees love them. So do hummingbirds.
And we will end off with this nice lavender daisy from France. I wish these would grow around here but our climate likely wouldn’t be very nice for it. I hope all of you have a wonderful day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
© 2020 Steve McLeod.
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