A Flower Garden

Delicate Baby's Breath (June)

Maltese Cross Perennial (July)

Petunia (August)

Fragrant Sweet Pea (August)

Geranium (November)

(I brought it inside a month ago)

Today's Flowers

It certainly has been a good day for observing the birds

Evening Grosbeak close-up. The female has a thin, dark "whisker" stripe.

Zooming in on a Bald Eagle who is perched where he can overlook the lake.

I sometimes get the Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers confused, but I think this is the Hairy, which is the bigger of the two.

Goat's Beard

Aruncus dioicus (sylvester)

is a graceful woodland perennial.

Male and female flowers on separate plants

Female flowers are green white

Also known as "spaghetti flower"

Male staminate plants

(photos taken July 2009)

Found between Quesnel and Barkerville, B.C. when we were returning from a summer camping trip.

Lanceleaf Stonecrop

Sedum lanceolatum

succulent perennial
glabrous or smooth leaves
5-20 cm long stems
can be found from sea level to high mountains

Photos taken this past July up at Fort St. James, B.C. The plants were growing on a rocky bluff overlooking Stuart Lake.