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Just Some Pics. #14 Wet and White.
Good evening everyone! I hope you don’t mind if I post some more photos today. I have posted photos of the Fragrant Water Lily before, but these are new ones from our trip last week. There is one lake, a small one, along our highway that has these incredibly beautiful flowers blooming all over the lake.
Well, not quite the entire lake, there are deeper sections that don’t have this water lilies. But one end of the lake, plus areas along the shoreline around most of the lake, are covered with lily pads and white lilies with their brilliant yellow centers.
I just love these water lilies and so do the flower flies and sometimes the bees like them too. A lot of them were still in the shade as the sun had not cleared the top of the trees yet.
The one photo shows a water lily in the process of opening and once the sun shines on it, then that will open it quickly to show forth it’s amazing beauty. Interestingly there are no yellow water lilies in this lake, just white ones. Most lakes seem to have both, if they have any at all.
They don’t show up on all lakes. I never get tired of taking pictures of wildflowers, even if I already have photos of them. I will still take more pictures. Well, I hope you all have a great week and God bless!
Steve. ©2026 Steve McLeod.
Nature’s Wonders.
Good evening everyone! I haven’t had one of these posts in a very long time, so maybe it’s time to get started with them again. I have been picking up some nice new photos to use for posts such as these. We had a rainy day today, and cooler with a north wind. The wind has gotten quite strong now I see.
Well, we did need the rain, but a high of only 66F (19C) is rather cool for mid August, even for us. But, it should warm up a little this coming week, at least, I hope so. In the photo today is an old rotten tree stump with new life growing in the middle of it. Not trees, but plants of some kind.
I have seen tree stumps with new, little trees growing out of them from a different tree species. That’s always cool to see. If you have a vivid imagination like mine, that tree stump on the outside has a somewhat of a heart shape to it. I know, I’m crazy. Anyway, have a great weekend everyone and God bless!
Steve. ©2026 Steve McLeod.
