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The elephants - natural water filtration

Posted by Tricia in Sunday, October 5th 2008

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Earlier in the week I told you that Chris and I and our dog Midnight went for a walk in Taylor Creek park here in Toronto … remember those muddy dog pictures? (you’ve got to see the pics if you haven’t already, I’ve never seen a dog that well coated in mud!) Well. this [...]

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The Toad Lily and it’s freckled petals

Posted by Tricia in Sunday, September 28th 2008

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If you thought Lilies only bloomed in the spring or early summer I have one for you that blooms during Autumn. It’s called the Toad Lily:

These little beauties are just starting to form buds and only a few have begun to bloom. However in a week or so they will all be in [...]

Topics: Gardening, Green Thumb Sunday, Photography, Recreation, Toronto, Tricia's Garden Tags: autumn, blooming, buds, delicate, fall, flower, flowers, forming, freckled, Green_Thumb_Sunday, GTS, petals, pretty, speckled, Toad_lily

Flight of the Bumble Bee

Posted by Tricia in Sunday, September 21st 2008

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This isn’t my best shot, but given that there are so many bees buzzing around my garden these days that showing you one of the creatures in flight is very fitting!

I caught this Bumble Bee taking flight after collecting pollen from one of my flower … the Balloon flowers I do believe, however it could [...]

Topics: Gardening, Green Thumb Sunday, Home and Lifestyle, Photography, Recreation, Toronto, Tricia's Garden Tags: bee, bumble_bee, buzzing, close_up, collecting, flight, flower, flowers, garden, Green_Thumb_Sunday, GTS, insects, macro, pollen, yard

Seductive rose

Posted by Tricia in Sunday, September 14th 2008

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I can’t help it … when I take a macro photo of a roses petals that looks like this I think of it as Rose Porn. Honestly, it’s pictures like this one that get me through our long cold Canadian winters.
This rose is called “Breath of Life” and it’s a climbing Hybrid Tea. I [...]

Topics: Canada, Gardening, Green Thumb Sunday, Photography, Recreation, Tricia's Garden Tags: breathoflife, camera, canadian, climber, Climbing, cold, flowers, greenthumbsunday, GTS, hybrid, macro, petals, picture, porn, pretty, rose, roseporn, roses, snow, winds, winter

Striped flowers

Posted by Tricia in Sunday, September 7th 2008

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Most of the flowers in my garden are solid colors or have petals that subtly go from one shade to another, but I only have a few flowers that have stripes.
One of the striped flowers is new to my garden this year. It’s a petunia. I purchased my annuals in the middle of June and [...]