Turned my head at just the right moment,
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to be delighted, seeing hummingbirds at the buddleia.
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Ever on the look-out for new flora, this morning my eyes lit on this vision by the pain clinic parking lot.
Fall being in evidence, I didn’t pay as much attention as I should, snapping a couple of pictures and getting in the car instead of going closer.
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As far as I know I have never seen this before. I was quite surprised when I downloaded the images.
According to PlantNet this could be Burning bush.
or…Flowering dogwood.
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There are always new things to discover.
On the way home I got out of the car to take a picture of back-lit grasses.
Back-lighting appeals to me.
And this led me to another new thing…
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What was this jolly looking plant?
While not inclined to touch it, I needed to investigate.
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Great burdock, it turns out.
We actually have burdock, so I must make an inspection as I’m sure I would have noticed spikes like this!
While I was checking out prickles, Grant found something more delicate.
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Jewelweed.
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Earlier this morning as the Sun tried in vain to pierce the mist, I surveyed a soggy scene.
Always good for a picture or two.
What makes Yarrow “noble” as opposed to “common”?
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Mine is bound to be the common kind.
Though I think it’s quite noble for anything to grown in my wilderness.
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While I was out in the mist, I remembered to check on the Roses of Sharon.
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Just as well because there were new blooms.
Seeing that the bushes were being trimmed frequently, we assume by deer, I had begun to fear we would see no more flowers.
Innocent until proven guilty. We haven’t actually seen deer in the act!
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Nobody will admit to finding it creepy that I added a bird beak to my feather collection. “Odd” was a more polite way of putting it!
Maybe it’s that after bringing a human skull home in my baggage, there are fewer things that seem creepy to me.
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The human skull story goes way back.
I have written about it before, but if you’d like the details, I certainly have not forgotten!
Interestingly, bringing a bird beak into the USA could have got me in trouble.
A human skull? No problem. Not endangered, you see.
Thank you, Carolyn, for your lovely pictures and your musings.
Joanna
I think the human skull may well be from an endangered species now Carolyn if we do not take drastic action on global warming! Great photos as always.
Magnificent, as always. And I definitely do not think saving a bird beak is odd at all, it’s fascinating!
Oh, the hummingbirds are beautiful! ‘Blooming dogwood’ – what a strange name for such a beautiful bush. A human skull … I’m waiting for the story!
I am so jealous of you having Hummingbirds in America. I often wonder why we don’t have them here, as the weather is mostly similar, if not quite as hot in summer.
Best wishes, Pete.
The Hummingbird is lovely. A bird beak as collecction?
Well no. I have a lot of feathers collected over years. When I found the tiny beak I just placed it in among some of them. Hopefully I won’t find another!
You’re becoming a Taxidermist!