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For the Joy of Flowers

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Featured are the flowers in my garden as well as the wildflowers that grow in the surrounding woods and along the roadsides. Sometimes I'll have pictures of birds, trees, butterflies and bees, too.

Added on: Jul 7th, 2008
Country: Canada
Language: English

Author: AprilS
Listed in: Gardening Adventure
Tags: garden flowers Nature british columbia woodland plants

Recent Posts

A Flower Garden

Posted on Sunday November 15th, 2009 at 09:00 in garden, flowers, summer

Delicate Baby's Breath (June)Maltese Cross Perennial (July) Petunia (August)Fragrant Sweet Pea (August)Geranium (November)(I brought it inside a month ago)Today's Flowers...
Sky Watch - On A Fine November Day

Posted on Thursday November 12th, 2009 at 21:17 in Autumn, british columbia central interior, fort st. james

(please click on the images for better viewing)Last week we drove up to historic Fort St. James and had a very pleasant walk under a magnificent autumn sky.Situated on Lakeshore Drive is Our Lady of Good Hope Church (right) which was built in 1873. ...
It certainly has been a good day for observing the birds

Posted on Tuesday November 10th, 2009 at 15:42 in birds, british columbia central interior

Evening Grosbeak close-up. The female has a thin, dark "whisker" stripe.Zooming in on a Bald Eagle who is perched where he can overlook the lake.I sometimes get the Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers confused, but I think this is the Hairy, which is the bi...
At The Winter Feeding Stations

Posted on Tuesday November 10th, 2009 at 13:40 in birds, british columbia central interior

Now the fun begins.Our focus this frosty morning is a tree stump, and our visitors are:A Red SquirrelBlack-capped ChickadeesMore than one Pine SiskinA pair of Evening Grosbeaks (female on the left, male right)...
Today\'s Flowers - Goat\'s Beard

Posted on Sunday November 8th, 2009 at 10:00 in wildflower, british columbia central interior

Aruncus dioicus (sylvester)is a graceful woodland perennial.Male and female flowers on separate plantsFemale flowers are green whiteAlso known as "spaghetti flower"Male staminate plants(photos taken July 2009)Found between Quesnel and Barkerville, B....
Sky Watch - O Moon

Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 11:44 in sky, british columbia central interior

so bright, so highPhoto taken through a windowon the eve of the November full moon.(Monday, November 2/09, 7:32 p.m.)~ One fascinating fact ~The November full moon rises in the east-northeast and sets in the west-northwest mimicking the path of the s...