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Mud Dog

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On Sunday we took our puppy for a hike in Taylor Creek Park here in Toronto.

As you can see she found a wet area that was more mud than water!

She was playing with another dog and they disappeared on a trail in the forest for a few minutes and when they came out the Collie had grey boots and well … Midnight had a mud covered grey snout, and ugh … I guess most of the front of her body was mud covered as well.

She tried to shake the mud off …
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But she didn’t do that great of a job.

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Luckily for us and the other dog owner, the dogs found some cleaner water to play in a little while later.

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We didn’t let the dogs near the mud puddle on the way back.

Oh life with a dog! It’s fun at times, isn’t it?





The Toad Lily and it’s freckled petals

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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:

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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 bloom and what a pretty sight that will be! I love the Toad Lilies freckled petals. They are so tiny and delicate.

I must admit that the plant isn’t much to look at as it grows through the summer, but once it begins to bloom it becomes one of the stars of my Fall garden.

Do any of you grow any of the Toad Lily species?

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Flight of the Bumble Bee

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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 have been any one of my flowers as the bees seem to love just about all of them.

Do you ever try to take pictures of the bees, butterflies or other insects that visit your yard?

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Big City Roads

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This weeks Photo Hunt theme is Road

Since this weeks Photo Hunt theme is Road, I decided to show you two of my favorite road pictures.

I took this picture in August, 2006, when Chris and I and a couple of friends took a road trip to Chicago to visit Chris’ brother and see a Bruce Cockburn concert. (Bruce Cockburn is one of my husbands favorite musicians).

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It was raining lightly that evening as we drove through the city trying to find “The Little School House” theater where the concert was being held. I took the photo while in the car with my Nokia 6682 cellphone.

The second picture that I’ve chosen for this weeks theme is a photo of Yonge Street in downtown Toronto.

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Toronto is the 5th largest city in North America and Yonge street is the longest street in the world … however, since there was a street festival going on (just ending) the road was closed off … so it doesn’t look anywhere near as busy as it normally is. In fact, you’d be hit by a car or two pretty quickly if you stood in the middle of Yonge street taking a picture like this on a normal day!

I wonder, did everyone participating in Photo Hunt interpret “Road’ as literally as I did?

Seductive rose

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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 P0rn. Honestly, it’s pictures like this one that get me through our long cold Canadian winters.

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This rose is called “Breath of Life” and it’s a climbing Hybrid Tea. I think it’s one of my prettiest roses, at least when I have camera in hand as I don’t think I’ve ever taken a bad picture of this rose.

I’ll look forward to looking at this picture in January or February when it’s below zero, snowing and the wind is howling outside the house. It will make me think if summer and remind me that warm days will soon return.

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