One of my favourite wildflowers.

On a personal note, things have become very busy lately. Nothing serious but I won’t have as much time to spend on WordPress. I’ll be back later in the fall but until then I’ll be popping in from time to time.

These flowers aren’t fading quietly as summer draws to a close. They continue on well into September adding cheer to the cooler mornings.

This flower was an introduced species and is considered invasive. I still like it.

The flowers no longer have the vibrant colours of early summer.  I thought it would be nice to return to earlier in the season.

Red Columbine goes by many names. It’s a hardy native that I always enjoy seeing earlier in the summer. I like its untamed appearance.

I’ve noticed the bright greens of the landscape are beginning to fade and some flowering bushes are full of berries now.  Summer is rolling along and these changes hint of the season to come.

This area was full of Queen Anne’s Lace. The underside of the flower was facing the sun, showing off its fine detail.

We’re starting to see some seed heads alongside new buds. In this case a Salsify and an emerging flower directly in front of it. I like the intricate design of its seed head.

The roadsides in summer turn into landscapes. Chicory and daisies are adaptable and seems to grow wherever there’s a bit of earth. Chicory has become naturalized in North America, brought over by early European settlers.

I set out to find some Queen Anne’s Lace as it’s begining to flower right now. There’s a hint of pink in the bloom when it first starts to bud.

Some of my favourite flowers are there for the taking; growing wherever there’s a bit of soil and sun or just by the side of the road.

It won’t be too long before the Scilla push their way through the dried leaves and brighten the landscape.

It’s snowing (again) but before too long spring’s turn will come.  Here’s a preview of coming attractions…

The days are sunny and cold right now, here’s a bit of warmth to add to the mix.

We’re under a winter weather advisory (10 cms/4 inches is forecast). Luckily, I don’t have to be anywhere today and can watch the snow fall and swirl around from my window. When I was a kid the schools stayed open even with considerable snow. The snowfall would have to approach 25 cms/10 inches before we had a snow day. We could count on several each winter growing up.

I thought the daylily I took this summer would provide something else to look at 😏

I look for these wildflowers in the same spot every year. They grow on either side of a small footbridge in a nature reserve. Taken last month when it still felt like summer 😏

More autumn scenes. We’re having a wonderful fall, cold one day and warmer the next; the leaves are hanging on and so are many flowers.

I took these photos on a recent walk. As the days get cooler I linger a little longer and look a bit more closely at my surroundings.

At the end of summer the flowers in the fields are looking pretty spent, but there are some like this salsify that aren’t going quietly.

Despite their name, New England Asters are native to many Canadian provinces. We see them from mid-August through October. These were at the edge of a pond in good company.