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.

I had wondered how sneezeweed, this attractive wildflower got its common name.  Indigenous people and early settlers ground it up for medicinal use as well as to make snuff,  It certainly brightens up the landscape in late summer and has never once made me sneeze 😏

As summer winds down I especially enjoy walks by the river. The local flowers are beginning to fade but the sunflowers are still bright and dance in the wind alongside the grasses.

This field borders an entrance to a reserve we visit from time to time. On a hot day this area has the most wonderful scent as the sun works its magic. It’s a favourite spot for rabbits and bees as well.

Echinacea or coneflowers are native to eastern and central North America.  I started seeing them a few weeks ago, another sign of the hotter summer months.

A wildflower I saw growing alongside a small pond.