Bloodroot flowers, Sanguinaria canadensis, bloom in Taylor Creek Park this week. © BCP 2011 Don’t have much time today to write a long post, but I did want to get these pictures up. Thanks to Melanie, one of the Toronto Field Naturalists’ leaders, who showed me where these lovely blooms were in bud in Taylor […]
Early blooming coltsfoot (Tussilaga farfara) makes an appearance in Sun Valley. © BCP 2011 After my nature walk earlier this week in Taylor Creek Park — in which we did not find a single flower blooming, (with the exception of some lovely snowdrops that had escaped from a long-gone garden) even though we are well […]
Snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis), on a wooded hillside at Taylor Creek Park on Tuesday, April 5, 2011. © BCP 2011 Tuesday morning, 10 a.m. The morning is as grey as old, cold dishwater, and a bitter wind whips me as I wait at the Victoria Park subway station for the woman who is to be my guide […]
Milkweed babies, the seeds of Asclepias syriaca, ready to be launched by the wind. © BCP 2010 One thing in Ontario in autumn is as certain as death and taxes: If you open your door and head outside to any vacant lot, you will surely see milkweed babies — the seeds of Asclepias syriaca, or […]
Yellow goatsbeard (Tragopogon dubius) gone to seed. A study in perfect symmetry. © BCP 2010 On the run today. Such a perfect glorious fall day — please see Today’s Quote! — that I can’t bring myself to sit at the computer and do what’s necessary to create a longish post. But I did want to […]
