Soldier Beetle ?

Soldier ?, originally uploaded by Ontario Wanderer.

Beetle found on Queen Anne's Lace flower in our west meadow.

Mandala

Mandala, originally uploaded by Ontario Wanderer.

The Mandala is coming into being, more and more everyday. As I look back at Tuesday's photo, I see that there is lot more to the mandala than meets the eye. As wonderful as the mandala is to look at, some patterns of sand, under the top level, are completely hidden.

Visitors

We have Tibetan monks visiting Brantford and making a sand Mandela.



Photo by Églantine.

FBO Outing

Églantine and I were out with the Field Botanists of Ontario yesterday in the area of the Halton Hills. One of our finds was Laetiporus sulphureus. It's common, and more colourful, name is "Chicken of the Woods."

Two Deer

While on our Monday evening wild flower walk, we kept seeing deer. I think we saw at least 12 by the end of the walk and we were only a couple hundred metres from a four-lane highway on two sides and a residential area on the other two in a small bit of meadow and forest.