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Natural Beauty.
Hi everyone! Thought I would share this photo with you all. I was sorting through some more of my photos and came across this one. I have shown similar photos before, but this one with the darker background and yet with the sun shining on the seedhead, really made it stand out so nicely.
This is the seedhead of the Canada Hawkweed, one of our wildflowers. I wish they wouldn’t put “weed” in the name though, it makes people think it’s an undesirable weed, when it’s actually a native wildflower.
Another look with a lighter background.
Oh well. I hope you enjoy the photo. Have a great week everyone and God bless!
Steve. ©2026 Steve McLeod.
Sunday Wildflowers. #11
Good afternoon everyone! Happy Sunday to you as well. It is cloudy today and cooler than it has been. Thursday and Friday were beautiful, sunshiny days with temps in the 45F range (7C). It really did feel like spring had arrived! However, reality has returned today with a temperature of 25F (-4C).
Hairy Beardtongue with a nice light lavender color.
And it’s going to be cooler like that all week. But, this is March, a very unpredictable month with wild temperature swings and with rain or heavy snow. We just never know what will happen in March until it happens.
Smooth Yellow Violet.
But, spring is not quite here yet. I did, however, see a couple of Canada geese down near the lake this morning. There were large patches of grass showing along the lake where the sun can really get at that snow and melt it faster.
Blue-Eyed Grass.
Anyway, it’s time for another look at some of our wildflowers as we continue our journey toward spring. I hope you enjoy them, have a wonderful week and God bless!
Steve. ©2026 Steve McLeod.
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