Frosty Morning

Some Colours in my World

Yesterday's Sunset

Some Lichens on a Walnut branch that fell yesterday morning

Enjoying sunset colours on Goldenrod and Milkweed Seeds this evening

Grand Valley Trail Walk

            Fleur-Ange and I only walked a few kilometres on the Grand Valley trail yesterday but the colours were still wonderful. There were many more leaves still on the trees there compared to where we live. I am not sure why unless it is that we are more exposed to the winds.

            As I walked the dog last evening I heard the honking of geese in the distance. Even though I had a couple of minutes before they arrived, it was still difficult to get out the camera, change it to distance instead of macro, and focus. That being said, I did get one fairly good photo.

         

  As we walked along, we found a few more wild flowers that had not been blooming at home:

Bugloss, Viper's

Butter-And-Eggs

Chicory

Cinquefoil, Common

Clover, White

Dandelion, Common

Dandelion, Red-Seeded

Dogwood, Red-Osier

Goatsbeard, Yellow

Medick, Black

Sow Thistle, Field

Sow Thistle, Spiny-Leaved

Storksbill

Running and Wild Flowers

            So, I finished another long run yesterday. I ran 18 km on the streets, roads, and trails in the Brantford area. It will be the last long run before the Road-2-Hope Half Marathon that is coming up on November 6, two weeks from today.

            The leaves on the trail were very colourful and almost made me dizzy at times but they were not too slippery. My friend Chris ran with me and we ran just a few minutes slower than several others in the running club.

            In the afternoon, I cut down most of our Cup Plants. I put some of them into the fence line so birds could still get at the seeds and used some to make a bit of a wall in the trees. I wanted it to be an art piece but was not pleased with it enough to really call it art. Sometimes I need to be more patient with my work.

            Wild flowers that the dog and I found in bloom this morning are as follows:

Aster, Arrow-Leaved..(Symphyotrichum urophyllum)

Aster, Frost..................(Symphyotrichum pilosum)

Aster, Heath ...............(Symphyotrichum ericoides)

Aster, New England ...(Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)

Aster, Panicled ...........(Symphyotrichum lanceolatum)

Cinquefoil, Rough-Fruited..(Potentilla recta)

Clover, Red ................(Trifolium pratense)

Fleabane, Daisy...........(Erigeron annuus)

Goldenrod, Canada .....(Solidago canadensis)

Goldenrod, Tall ...........(Solidago altissima)

Harebell ......................(Campanula rotundifolia)

Herb Robert.................(Geranium robertianum)

Houseweed..................(Conyza canadensis)

Queen Anne's Lace......(Daucus carrot)

            Meanwhile, this seed head of Wild Basil caught my attention.

Friday, October 21

            And another day of rain. We need all we can get as we ran out of water in our well again this morning. Meanwhile it does make for fewer wild flowers in bloom. We only found 41 in bloom in the Hendrie Valley and around the edges of the formal flower gardens.

            We did have a treat in terms of "wild" pumpkins all over the Rose Garden and part of the Hendrie Valley today.