Around our Property

It appears that sunrise is the best time for photos lately.



Below is a photo of Gray Dogwood (Cornus racemosa). It is also called Panicled Dogwood for obvious reasons. In addition to reproducing by the berries, it also spreads by sending out roots with new growth coming up around the centre core. Often the Gray Dogwood will look like a mound of growth with the oldest part at the centre and newer sprouts coming up around the edges. (Yes, I used Photoshop to gray out everything that was not Dogwood.)



I am always intrigued by flowers that bloom in spite of the leaves on the plant turning brown. These flowers are on a Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis}.

Sunrise

Here are four photos of our November 6 sunrise. We had to hide inside to avoid falling branches for most of the rest of the day.


6:45 a.m. (I've got my camera time set to standard time. It was still on Daylight Saving Time before....)


6:47 a.m.


6:48 a.m.


7:19 a.m. ("Official" sunrise time is 7:04 but we have trees in the way of our horizon.)

For Something Completely Different

I had a close look at part of one of my outdoor sculptures the other day. Following are three close-up photos of a chain.

Ontario Autumn Continued

November 2, 2005 Sunrise


Sugar Maple leaves against a rare November blue sky


Milkweed seed


Raspberry leaf


Églantine's photo of the Dundas Valley

Wild Flower Seeds

My search for blooming wild flowers is becoming more difficult as the frosts continue but I did find 79 species still in bloom during the last week of October. Look at my wild flower web site if you are interested in what I found.

Most wild flower species have already seeded themselves or are going to seed. Here is an example of one wild flower going to seed.



And another view...



And one more view of the whole seed head. It's Thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana).



This is how it looked last May.