Rain... finally!

After some really terrifying overnight storms and a few torrential downpours…. we have puddles! It’s been so long since we’ve seen a puddle, Shelby wasn’t quite sure what to do with them! :-)) 07/16/19

hot, hot, hot

Yesterday… 40C/104F, humidity 88% - NOT my kind of weather! Today - more of the same. :-( 07/15/19

There's something about pansies

that always makes me smile. You too? 07/14/19

Rain on the horizon

Our storms don’t often come from the east, but when they do it’s best to hightail it home and batton down the hatches! This storm blew in so quickly, I barely made it in the door before it hit. The winds were wild & the rain heavy, but no damage done. Thanks so much for your time & for your comments, both are greatly appreciated… :-) 07/13/19

The long wait

until the boat returns. Poor Shelby, it’s hard when half the family leaves without her. If the wait is too long, I make her come in and we find other things to do, like go for a walk. That always cheers her up… :-) 07/12/19

A bee - doing what bees do best

Not the best macro shot, but at least we can see it’s a bee! 07/11/19

The Low Prairie Rose (Rosa arkansana)

Native to Manitoba Tall Grass Prairie - a perennial shrub, grows to 30 cm tall, prickly woody stems; flowers June to August, colours are pink to white, 5 petals, flat, up to 7 cm across with many stamens. Leaves are compund, 9 - 11 leaflets, alternate, smooth, toothed. Source: “Manitoba Tall Grass Prairie, a Field Guide to an Endangered Space” by Manitoba Naturalist Society. (It’s a book, not the internet) 07/10/19

Sprinkler delight!

For just a few minutes in the evening light, we had our very own rainbow …. 07/09/19

White honeysuckle

Not all that common here, most of our honeysuckle is in shades of pink. I’m so glad that, yesterday, some of you mentioned the childhood memories that honeysuckle brings back & it does for me too. Like Elizabeth, I remember sucking out the honey and what a treat it was, and I also remember all the bees! How you had to create a careful, respectul dance with the bees and be ready to run if you stuck your hand in the wrong place… lol Funny how a flower can mean so much. 07/08/19

Honeysuckle in the morning

I love their sweet aroma! 07/07/19

Blue-Eyed Grass

Another very tiny flower that is native to Manitoba’s Tall Grass Prairie, belongs to the Iris family, each bloom lasts for only a day and is only 3 mm wide (1/8”) It can be quite a challenge finding them as the grass thickens on the Prairie & they are here for such a brief moment in time. Thanks so much for all your thoughts & comments, always enjoyed & appreciated…. :-)) 07/06/19

Wild flax

Lots of wild flax on the prairie this year, always a treat to see them waving in the wind. 07/05/19

Stepping through time

Somehow, during this early spring walk down the beach, my camera decided to change it’s own settings (!! seriously !!) and started shooting double exposures, which of course, I didn’t realize until I downloaded them. Needless to say, I ended up with some very strange & useless images - but this one seemed like a keeper. It’s particularly meaningful because we do this walk every evening, all summer long, from one year to the next… 07/04/19

Siblings

As I was shooting the little guy in yesterday’s shot, one of her siblings wandered over to catch the action, then sat down to enjoy the show. I’m assuming this is one of her brothers - he is so much bigger than she is. She is definitely the smallest in the litter & perhaps he is the biggest, I never did get the opportunity to photograph all 5 together. Thanks so much for all your comments over the past few days, I look forward to them every day & appreciate every one so very much… :-) 07/03/19

Baby fox

A litter of foxes is growing up along the lane, in the middle of our small lake community. They are becoming very habituated toward humans, which, of course, is not a good thing, but it’s been a joy watching them playing on the lane every day. It’s the 2nd year that their mother has chosen to have them here, it’s not a bad choice - everyone here loves them & protects them, and soon she will move them out, into the wilderness. We think this little guy is the smallest... definitely the most curious. 07/02/19