While looking for a photo to post, I came across this daisy that I took earlier in the summer.  I had forgotten that I haven’t seen any in a good month.  Like summer, their season is too short.

This poppy appeared to be holding court among all the green.

I saw these flowers in a nature reserve and assumed they were native plants. Although considerd invasive and can displace native plants, I do like their delicate beauty. As I only saw a few of them growing and they seemed to be contained to a small area, I’ll have to check on them again next year.

Milkweed is coming into flower now, I hope it will soon be attracting monarch butterflies.  I was struck by the way this plant was growing. It looked like a florist’s bouquet, vase ready.

Another summer favourite.

We’ve been waiting a long while for a show like this.

Fleabane daisies symbolize a kind of innocence as well as being tough and resilient.

It’s not quite daisy weather yet, but the temperature rose to 9C today and I saw a few people wearing shorts  🇨🇦 !

I spend a good deal of the winter looking forward to spring; on a day like this particularly, when the temperature is in the -20s C, though the sun is shining. A look back here at more pleasant times 😊

While looking for a photo to post, I came across this flower I took last spring. A sweet memory 😔.

Still sunny and bright but these sunflowers are slowly starting to fade.

Sunflowers are such cheerful looking flowers.  These flowers were practically beaming at me as I walked up to them.

I came across these attractive flowers in the garden of a small theatre. They occupied their own flower bed, no need for a supporting cast 😏

Walking through a public garden I spotted this flowering bush. Among all the plants, it attracted my attention. Its flowers reminded me of candle flames.

We had planned to go to a park by the river but there was an event going on so we went to a nearby trail instead. There weren’t many birds but there was a nice variety of wildflowers. The bladder campion, though not native to North America, has been naturalized and insects are attracted to its nectar.

From the brilliant to the more subtle, each flower has its own beauty and uniqueness.

Buttercups and fleabane daisies are considered weeds but I prefer to call them wildflowers, Both of these photos were taken in the woods where they grow freely. The frothy substance on the stem of the buttercup is produced by immature spittlebugs, a definite concern for gardeners yet it appears on a variety of garden plants as well.

There are new flowers in bloom everytime I look around. Today I noticed this iris beaming back at me.

Often considered a weed as it self seeds in lawns and gardens, the common blue violet is native to eastern North America. I look forward to them every spring.

I like the way these flowers grow. They know exactly how to show off their colours.

There’s nothing like a sunflower to perk up the day.

An early spring snowstorm is forecast for tomorrow so I thought I’d do a bit of daydreaming .😏

Spring passes quickly here. Yesterday we had record breaking warm temperatures, today we’re back in the deep freeze. A few flowers were urgently called for…

Quite the change from our current snowy landscape.