Duplication

These two were browsing in a nearby clearing yesterday.  A second fawn was off in the bush.  Looks like they are about to lose their spots.

Bracket Fungus

This Bracket Fungus seems to have stopped growing and then restarted.   Bracket Fungus are parasitic and will actually cause rot in trees.    Don’t know if this fungus will destroy itself?

Rosemary Bloom

Hoverfly

Fence Finds (continued)

Previous finds HERE, HERE and HERE

The Bean and the Driftwood

Rusty the Butterfly

Cutlery Chimes

Dragonfly Lantern

Surprise

Found this small sunflower hidden among the pole beans yesterday. It must have been planted by the birds.

Beulah Deep in Thought

Giant Hogweed – playing in Black & White

I received this plant as a gift over 30 years ago.  My friend said it was called (incorrectly) Water Hemlock or sometimes Cow Parsnip.  It grew wonderfully, reaching sometimes 7 to 8 feet in height.  It would produce a large canopy of white flowers which developed into hundreds of seeds.  It would last two or three years in one spot and then die off but another plant would pop up somewhere else in the yard.  It continued to do so until two years ago when a newspaper article identified the plant as Giant Hogweed (Heracleum maximum), an extremely invasive and sometimes harmful plant to humans.  The remaining two plants were easily and I must say sadly removed.  It was an impressive plant and all the years that I had it it didn’t cause any problem. 

Rain on Bamboo

Playing with Black & White

Revisiting my roots in black and white photography thanks to a nudge by blogger Deb Hunter.  These are recent colour posts now given a black and white treatment.