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Sunday Wildflowers. #18
Hi everyone! I’m back with more of our wildflowers for you to enjoy! Since this is Mother’s Day, I just had to include the white Fragrant Water-lily. These beautiful water flowers can get up to 6 inches (15cm) across, though 5 inches (12.5cm) is more common.
This was by far my mom’s favorite wildflower and she always looked forward to July when these would begin to bloom. This is contrasted with the Water Speedwell which is one of our smallest wildflowers at just 1/4 inch (6mm) or less.
Fragrant Water-lily, a native wildflower
It is another cold, cloudy and windy day with a high of just 41F (5C). That would normally be considered cold for a night time low temperature in a normal year at this time in May. No sign of wildflowers, or even leaves, coming out yet.
Water Speedwell, another native wildflower
There was actually a dusting of snow on the ground this morning with snowflakes falling throughout the day so far. But, the winter snow is gone and the ice has finally disappeared from our lake, at least from areas that I could see this morning.
Have a great day everyone and God bless!
Steve. ©2026 Steve McLeod.
Happy Mother’s Day!
Hello everyone! Happy Mother’s Day to all of you mothers out there! It is Mother’s Day here in Canada, I know in other countries it is on different days. I wrote this poem a number of years ago and I shared it once before on my blog, but I wanted to share it again this year. It is one of my first poems and I wrote it for my mother with words from my heart, not trying to make a perfect poem. My mother passed away later that year.
MOTHER
She carried me gently all through
The time when nothing I could do.
She held me in my time of fear;
I thank you, Lord, for mother dear.
She helped me learn how to walk,
She taught me carefully to talk,
She guided well as none other;
I thank you, Lord, for my mother.
She helped me all the way through school,
And helped me learn the ‘golden rule’.
She prayed for me when ’twas needed;
Thank you, Lord, that mother pleaded.
A lot of time with me she spent,
Most precious time that she lent;
She gave so much, as no other,
I thank you, Lord, for my mother.
Here I sit and often ponder,
My love for her still grows fonder,
We shared a lot with one another;
I thank you, Lord, for my mother.
Have a wonderful day day everyone and God bless!
Steve. ©2026 Steve McLeod
