tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91498218731512832142024-03-04T20:09:37.665-08:00Renaissance MenRenaissance Men can be reached at kobleyhill@shaw.ca and on Instagram at renmenyycUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149821873151283214.post-8538901930681687272021-12-01T16:00:00.000-08:002021-12-01T16:00:21.349-08:00Fall 2021 And The Heat Goes On<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg73VaumrgGrd_IMVitnM7DEnDjJRjnVhBCnfC1h7yZKlrfkF2VNGE5C-Ezd3fnHhyphenhyphenZPTbBHVVdZlxi9bNVBDEpU9u1TOuXaxpv-sktlruMjdoH8UAQtiY1iAQS6K4uNT5HJEylU19dLQ/s2048/20211016_135730.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg73VaumrgGrd_IMVitnM7DEnDjJRjnVhBCnfC1h7yZKlrfkF2VNGE5C-Ezd3fnHhyphenhyphenZPTbBHVVdZlxi9bNVBDEpU9u1TOuXaxpv-sktlruMjdoH8UAQtiY1iAQS6K4uNT5HJEylU19dLQ/w640-h480/20211016_135730.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> Fall 2021 was a continuation of the above normal trend we saw in the spring and summer. We did not even have a frost until well into October where we usually experience our first frost in mid September! As I write this December 1st, technically still fall, around here November is usually when we have a major snowfall and temps dip into the -10C range and everyone is wishing they put up their Christmas stuff earlier, this year it has been more like the West Coast. As the West Coast experiences unprecidented rainfall and flooding from the phenomenon known as an Atmospheric River on the other side of the mountains we mostly get very mild weather. There has been occasional rain which is really quite something because beyond August our chances of getting snow are quite high. The extended season gave us many leaf colours we rearely get to see in this part of the world. Environment Canada is predicting a colder and snowier winter for Western Canada based on the El nina phenomenon but we will see, I wonder how true this may be? I can see, like last year, some major snow because of the Pacific pattern right now but I will be very curious to see how this winter shapes up! Until then here are some fall highlights...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEf_LZ1uAhY_GoDpISuc0WgOoX05dlylnulre-sUDbCVOITLbBdP08QWSndbWHYM8ZY_MCmNIrGvjYnuN7vZqeJS9j0RYIwHKb53qBzctlxjfXNk5FdA4k-2gPqXfyLNJmZ57-vBI5OA/s2048/20210921_100115.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEf_LZ1uAhY_GoDpISuc0WgOoX05dlylnulre-sUDbCVOITLbBdP08QWSndbWHYM8ZY_MCmNIrGvjYnuN7vZqeJS9j0RYIwHKb53qBzctlxjfXNk5FdA4k-2gPqXfyLNJmZ57-vBI5OA/w640-h480/20210921_100115.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some sunflowers. The main stalk got eaten by a squirell but the plant responded by multi heading. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBGiVmzeT8kRGy83gYq63eSBI_4BaPJQ0eRJrfQPh9ooeV0dJGdyojXc7RmQYphWOvJziRDcMlE3naQb671hSae0Tc-tz1J2OOOSGE0obLux5pCoUZXg53n2Zo1eoBInB-atC04YZAQQ/s2048/20210921_110951.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBGiVmzeT8kRGy83gYq63eSBI_4BaPJQ0eRJrfQPh9ooeV0dJGdyojXc7RmQYphWOvJziRDcMlE3naQb671hSae0Tc-tz1J2OOOSGE0obLux5pCoUZXg53n2Zo1eoBInB-atC04YZAQQ/w300-h400/20210921_110951.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tigridia, this time in red. A new plant to me this year.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY4AQsLNO6TEKt1wydfxbHLdobGqKW_J5HVTsFsq57w4xQhF4Wntuwi3v-v_Ixmn86lJT38E4fzz1tWS8HrrCqh9GGCKV9ba1tpqnZI189aM91aF4Qg68ujXVCb-hzbf6DB13MDHWUOw/s2048/20210921_120244.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY4AQsLNO6TEKt1wydfxbHLdobGqKW_J5HVTsFsq57w4xQhF4Wntuwi3v-v_Ixmn86lJT38E4fzz1tWS8HrrCqh9GGCKV9ba1tpqnZI189aM91aF4Qg68ujXVCb-hzbf6DB13MDHWUOw/w480-h640/20210921_120244.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Found this Wisteria in my neighbourhood. The owner was a little concerned someone had walked up to their house with a camera but after finding out I was not a total weirdo I gave some advice on chlorosis and blooming. I told her I have never seen a wisteria this big in Calgary and this is very special, don't do anything drastic!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpoXK6GFvwQ5UINc4JPCZXNXqumdgKuxY2HIPq6MO8pL82JxOodoo3vKtKkGrLGJJSqVr2yAvglRtSrbGsNu0qHLPHiYhVJVWi2vMcJVZtocLD_-1nULBGpRKGHcHMQyeonikR5sillQ/s2048/20210921_144628.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpoXK6GFvwQ5UINc4JPCZXNXqumdgKuxY2HIPq6MO8pL82JxOodoo3vKtKkGrLGJJSqVr2yAvglRtSrbGsNu0qHLPHiYhVJVWi2vMcJVZtocLD_-1nULBGpRKGHcHMQyeonikR5sillQ/w640-h480/20210921_144628.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8roTVBW0mJOo-BKIWYeACm12KUcYQNDLHPSMMDQFWVm4wVzbvVZ4VqpwBJ6Nco3WGkgfHpgGl5-MyncQ-m9-L824vq8xuxb76THzCRYuTgBLAyvUf09ZyxGlx3SEseKbEY5t3BXyHIA/s2048/20210921_145401.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8roTVBW0mJOo-BKIWYeACm12KUcYQNDLHPSMMDQFWVm4wVzbvVZ4VqpwBJ6Nco3WGkgfHpgGl5-MyncQ-m9-L824vq8xuxb76THzCRYuTgBLAyvUf09ZyxGlx3SEseKbEY5t3BXyHIA/w640-h480/20210921_145401.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Bow River got so low by September Bella and I walked across the few inches of water to the South side of the Zoo island. I felt like the first human to have travesed this side of the island until I found all the homeless remnants.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgBjW5E69udu-wZ657Ffg91MbdkBDhgJgUPclX9WdktbLavP98FYKqumuLmJyEv6t_wxx6V2pQ1EUX9xC5bpFWwvOWySwdGng039AsuE9rXLZAzrs8TSyPkW2KVPird-e0LyNB3zPuLA/s2048/20210922_192017.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgBjW5E69udu-wZ657Ffg91MbdkBDhgJgUPclX9WdktbLavP98FYKqumuLmJyEv6t_wxx6V2pQ1EUX9xC5bpFWwvOWySwdGng039AsuE9rXLZAzrs8TSyPkW2KVPird-e0LyNB3zPuLA/w640-h480/20210922_192017.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So after 20 years Gord discovered these pathways near the glof course just North of us, it's a really nice area divided from us by the Trans Canada so we just never bothered to go there.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyvHGqzZCUHxCx0k4IkvZfhgl-yYJgmRmA1yYXfFfET1ZxqTD2u_1q3fDdCMQj-c9MQ-Uqm24OnmX9kuGcFoCxf2t_-uOvBPQMFsFy18NFyMDY75wCtrx4NOR1gkcV9z7Fvetg4YgJGg/s2048/20210922_192752.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyvHGqzZCUHxCx0k4IkvZfhgl-yYJgmRmA1yYXfFfET1ZxqTD2u_1q3fDdCMQj-c9MQ-Uqm24OnmX9kuGcFoCxf2t_-uOvBPQMFsFy18NFyMDY75wCtrx4NOR1gkcV9z7Fvetg4YgJGg/w640-h480/20210922_192752.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A nice evening!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhosvgwRsciBp-g4FPNTHaz6DoQz-Ftp-vdC8oNZC_Zz1GkgRKcx_l6adwLEDjukIeVS_tQuDBHNbC1JSkwHc-MfV6cpj4vRYQAfBFcDP935iNf0Mb91rMlIP8PgWAJtvA0AgUY6jQ9EA/s2048/20210923_145056.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhosvgwRsciBp-g4FPNTHaz6DoQz-Ftp-vdC8oNZC_Zz1GkgRKcx_l6adwLEDjukIeVS_tQuDBHNbC1JSkwHc-MfV6cpj4vRYQAfBFcDP935iNf0Mb91rMlIP8PgWAJtvA0AgUY6jQ9EA/w640-h480/20210923_145056.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My usual park, looking good in the fall!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVKqV1s2B-tYDlSCFDQ6Mt5VxWhJ9Y6ZJh3APs6Ugg8IaKX-GdWzUjsFI8gYfWZ9DgIIlZc23TNKoa1VcKoXiUjp5qJqKualqub_Xb6T8FdylPDhyda3bmkhQbLHFou0w0CqWt9Kc69Q/s2048/20210923_145844.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVKqV1s2B-tYDlSCFDQ6Mt5VxWhJ9Y6ZJh3APs6Ugg8IaKX-GdWzUjsFI8gYfWZ9DgIIlZc23TNKoa1VcKoXiUjp5qJqKualqub_Xb6T8FdylPDhyda3bmkhQbLHFou0w0CqWt9Kc69Q/w300-h400/20210923_145844.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A naturalized Green Ash turns bright yellow</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYYKHbu7dzWIFx2SGhF_iehG0aiUrTBm9t3iK2EpvkY28MPksZouxPDrOOJ0oCLR3FQmCDx9la8atyq6jBHKWxzflPgbUwihnHbV-p8V-pxTn6KZTsYBUb-fmD0Qfl7XOJhAFUrWgPKQ/s2048/20210923_150932.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYYKHbu7dzWIFx2SGhF_iehG0aiUrTBm9t3iK2EpvkY28MPksZouxPDrOOJ0oCLR3FQmCDx9la8atyq6jBHKWxzflPgbUwihnHbV-p8V-pxTn6KZTsYBUb-fmD0Qfl7XOJhAFUrWgPKQ/w480-h640/20210923_150932.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A row of Elms and some Russian Olives</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3HQpTQ3nES6WV3Znc2ZJsLel_YfSWN1NVZ9GHL9qrNNg0y-UfCGeXFbKRRKWC8ga4dyyNrIRIoveWzmkKVoBnRHcfgPtnCd4Wh7WwL-FicF_ypNFwIqGteTKCSXiuRpWvl_-PkTwipg/s2048/20210924_141047.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3HQpTQ3nES6WV3Znc2ZJsLel_YfSWN1NVZ9GHL9qrNNg0y-UfCGeXFbKRRKWC8ga4dyyNrIRIoveWzmkKVoBnRHcfgPtnCd4Wh7WwL-FicF_ypNFwIqGteTKCSXiuRpWvl_-PkTwipg/w640-h480/20210924_141047.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Aspens have turned a brillaint yellow this year!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6WrbHU0wahmXs5PvVXQ-FGL0O5PM8OHqgq279zXYHeJQu-7vCjsUiHALFjrf55VzC3neKmPUFcGxT9k_4M4xUQeVxmu15S9tGHMU2a79HBlD0yCP3RKdW5yeKbLYxrXxVV5pM72ir6g/s2048/20210924_151834.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6WrbHU0wahmXs5PvVXQ-FGL0O5PM8OHqgq279zXYHeJQu-7vCjsUiHALFjrf55VzC3neKmPUFcGxT9k_4M4xUQeVxmu15S9tGHMU2a79HBlD0yCP3RKdW5yeKbLYxrXxVV5pM72ir6g/w480-h640/20210924_151834.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This Amur Maple is just a little cutie</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZdRnXTHfuYRGHqy04avIekilBmMYRSJyNQUpXZ0DB98HzNkkIuFSY2yx5KCT9Y0gtoLtYrrQ2-82VY8NvXoV_KJ6L9d1Gr_o2raPGJdqqviKEcDid3qIA8MEn5Lk-U8tSwe3bhYbqXA/s2048/20210925_174654.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZdRnXTHfuYRGHqy04avIekilBmMYRSJyNQUpXZ0DB98HzNkkIuFSY2yx5KCT9Y0gtoLtYrrQ2-82VY8NvXoV_KJ6L9d1Gr_o2raPGJdqqviKEcDid3qIA8MEn5Lk-U8tSwe3bhYbqXA/w300-h400/20210925_174654.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Engleman Ivy rarely turns in our climate, this one on my house almost appears as plastic</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4e1_uxlQ5mUDIP0exRF8-nwITuf0f2pxPbeu7Esuca9BgojF0ZyfsUn1a5VayGJMDswHMii12cqiOfL81mWZHhRRXnd1TMxapiK2qwXYq4EyC69Xto6SJZX0qTY9Zz3nTNHlxhC_BUA/s2048/20210925_184645.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4e1_uxlQ5mUDIP0exRF8-nwITuf0f2pxPbeu7Esuca9BgojF0ZyfsUn1a5VayGJMDswHMii12cqiOfL81mWZHhRRXnd1TMxapiK2qwXYq4EyC69Xto6SJZX0qTY9Zz3nTNHlxhC_BUA/w640-h480/20210925_184645.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Solomons Seal turns yellow in the mild weather</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9S6ZtnjRCbTrYUpLLdQ3yq8JMEFBh-uu4orHJ7v6PvrnQvitZ4s4EOg4IGd3Ks93teRu13BvtGTDaJeaKyXiuPI16LwifuujbpUXycIbXlPrKorQOHxfrfhZFPbLPEKr-1zTe8vOwCA/s2048/20210929_134752.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9S6ZtnjRCbTrYUpLLdQ3yq8JMEFBh-uu4orHJ7v6PvrnQvitZ4s4EOg4IGd3Ks93teRu13BvtGTDaJeaKyXiuPI16LwifuujbpUXycIbXlPrKorQOHxfrfhZFPbLPEKr-1zTe8vOwCA/w300-h400/20210929_134752.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Found this Hawthorn seedling in the field, very intense colours!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxgEj86CeyizFyMeCvCmmz5n8fYlWhtQplzIsC0UkxZ89QshMNsnvZtmW5OhwWpdV87XMxf24u9a6KH-ph2DqxwhKn4Nm4n6MRMVbb0cwFcfVR9wGNt2laSqFsy4qyyUMXxQ-RQSGTzw/s2048/20210930_182255.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxgEj86CeyizFyMeCvCmmz5n8fYlWhtQplzIsC0UkxZ89QshMNsnvZtmW5OhwWpdV87XMxf24u9a6KH-ph2DqxwhKn4Nm4n6MRMVbb0cwFcfVR9wGNt2laSqFsy4qyyUMXxQ-RQSGTzw/w300-h400/20210930_182255.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The latin name of Kentucky Coffee Tree, Gymnocladus diocius, means bare twig. I wonder since the tiny leaves fall from the stem leaving only the main stem if this is where this name comes from?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSvIkutaBKqpjQW-LO4nv7JpBnHsrchxRid63pdI3VEjYgVyehy6oYk95jaS_3yTeAk7YJQkEHqRRwF0yisICM7h4i2fZLBkzK1l7LGhJFDLxGQrkyoH0pis89uuTkPt6HEZH6noJt5A/s2048/20210930_231026.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSvIkutaBKqpjQW-LO4nv7JpBnHsrchxRid63pdI3VEjYgVyehy6oYk95jaS_3yTeAk7YJQkEHqRRwF0yisICM7h4i2fZLBkzK1l7LGhJFDLxGQrkyoH0pis89uuTkPt6HEZH6noJt5A/w640-h480/20210930_231026.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">While out one warm night</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi01ur6qAkGHSYuhA8LN4p9tiJN29O0JeuHBFmeTkmzqjP9QRV_BaNrLkKIwUUnB9Lu1rYIDtRMw8h9C-5Y03aUk7iiYwZ4oC5DVt8y4u0bMHbTEes_KcIohG8jF2m151XUM3zHMTSfFw/s2048/20211001_144615.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi01ur6qAkGHSYuhA8LN4p9tiJN29O0JeuHBFmeTkmzqjP9QRV_BaNrLkKIwUUnB9Lu1rYIDtRMw8h9C-5Y03aUk7iiYwZ4oC5DVt8y4u0bMHbTEes_KcIohG8jF2m151XUM3zHMTSfFw/w300-h400/20211001_144615.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Somebody planted this random Staghorn Sumac somewhere, who would do such a thing?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq1AvIBb1ATraU_ngVA4FMQmOHxatFI2fm6IkPq8Adj5rulm5zIcOtmAG2EeRq9ZutdLyqkGl22PSY5Q54eV41hL_mz1MavA2vuzttMsu474cNPRsUmSJjXlX9gqtfjH-nyONL5alt2Q/s2048/20211001_175307.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq1AvIBb1ATraU_ngVA4FMQmOHxatFI2fm6IkPq8Adj5rulm5zIcOtmAG2EeRq9ZutdLyqkGl22PSY5Q54eV41hL_mz1MavA2vuzttMsu474cNPRsUmSJjXlX9gqtfjH-nyONL5alt2Q/w480-h640/20211001_175307.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This Staghorn Sumac in my front yard takes on all the fall colours this year!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXtSRKVieZnn9C6w18aj68S2tsC03hdAGtGL2c47nV15SEKyS9Mauk9gIfsLXFeSzTMNvFx0Aonh44ItgIrb1MwdAYoP4FQhlvGUcz6_8E04HY_9ao7DzoqSM_bAfRJ1LYj79sSRn5fA/s2048/20211001_181911.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXtSRKVieZnn9C6w18aj68S2tsC03hdAGtGL2c47nV15SEKyS9Mauk9gIfsLXFeSzTMNvFx0Aonh44ItgIrb1MwdAYoP4FQhlvGUcz6_8E04HY_9ao7DzoqSM_bAfRJ1LYj79sSRn5fA/w640-h480/20211001_181911.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From the park just North of us, this looks soooo Alberta to me!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1kOE_Y68hDVKddtN2c-db_9a8_TjnA3aU0yupXrcm61mf2cRiey3_kfKtJC9DeEgEaU7nB8nZxWL0qCqd6qIc5yK7qWr74WM_zZa0u_mCnkBOqnI8PzgmzWw7MiOTGnANp3Y5NaZq0g/s2048/20211001_184429.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1kOE_Y68hDVKddtN2c-db_9a8_TjnA3aU0yupXrcm61mf2cRiey3_kfKtJC9DeEgEaU7nB8nZxWL0qCqd6qIc5yK7qWr74WM_zZa0u_mCnkBOqnI8PzgmzWw7MiOTGnANp3Y5NaZq0g/w640-h480/20211001_184429.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Found this wild Juniper in our new park, rare inside the city, they are more common in the foothills a little further West.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnSemfOZbBxJ96IkWP_X-YIFwZ8AK8mfYKS35VlFwmfh03efLxprcQc4zhEZsASbG03WJ93Cil9zSG_0Kxt8jo-48q00G38OpyZ1xcNANSDmtlSBXz14_YAHFUYSpr8-3qJB5u1TFIEA/s2048/20211002_115524.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnSemfOZbBxJ96IkWP_X-YIFwZ8AK8mfYKS35VlFwmfh03efLxprcQc4zhEZsASbG03WJ93Cil9zSG_0Kxt8jo-48q00G38OpyZ1xcNANSDmtlSBXz14_YAHFUYSpr8-3qJB5u1TFIEA/w400-h300/20211002_115524.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">East side of house</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKLL02Tcn9PAhLAbzcf45tyFh7Nkl7EmCqjoREVZMLG4auLAR2mAQh5JMXcXIak_V16bFFnsoQOWyGk3UHXvZxAsRy7_aNG-uxuzYBbrrKzS2QnWyw7f2FRDTnPyFMD550Hzh6FrUQlw/s2048/20211002_115648.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKLL02Tcn9PAhLAbzcf45tyFh7Nkl7EmCqjoREVZMLG4auLAR2mAQh5JMXcXIak_V16bFFnsoQOWyGk3UHXvZxAsRy7_aNG-uxuzYBbrrKzS2QnWyw7f2FRDTnPyFMD550Hzh6FrUQlw/w480-h640/20211002_115648.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This Dahlia was blooming well into October</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkGEdlYmLrEg11xMyopqibca4OWMUfU8olam1lCbggff346FDZfLzouwHUgr4ma11PxFJiu8cSW1qH102Fn8T_WVAH65BpnsOwP08-i9ZpHzJZJuSpEjkU-5nFagLBr8W5_g3CgpYbpg/s2048/20211006_154833.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkGEdlYmLrEg11xMyopqibca4OWMUfU8olam1lCbggff346FDZfLzouwHUgr4ma11PxFJiu8cSW1qH102Fn8T_WVAH65BpnsOwP08-i9ZpHzJZJuSpEjkU-5nFagLBr8W5_g3CgpYbpg/w480-h640/20211006_154833.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some of the Chili crop this year, these guys are hot!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-C9kEiuSrDIIyltOJBSr-R1SJqWZG5lnm5UW43kKWViztuvmLcYlyaKW7bXr44bdVaH02NfqCqMZfxqt3Y0stfembBsctZzigrKf80h12ahdB-TsA0k_qcIubsnaSs45evfnahyphenhyphenlVig/s2048/20211006_160349.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-C9kEiuSrDIIyltOJBSr-R1SJqWZG5lnm5UW43kKWViztuvmLcYlyaKW7bXr44bdVaH02NfqCqMZfxqt3Y0stfembBsctZzigrKf80h12ahdB-TsA0k_qcIubsnaSs45evfnahyphenhyphenlVig/w480-h640/20211006_160349.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I still had the majority of my plants outside October 6th!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgefc4pN_sKYMhRg_rJ9ofwoWUISAb1ReqWVTTdsrU2sNK35yze3N3eLZFw5IZ-CLw3PrRpth1SjreQZUMNp6bUekyNSmrijp5Y2u5DoHJqEB12q-9zUbCnEdnrIA6hZdTanX-4fRmtYw/s2048/IMG_20211009_123442_592.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgefc4pN_sKYMhRg_rJ9ofwoWUISAb1ReqWVTTdsrU2sNK35yze3N3eLZFw5IZ-CLw3PrRpth1SjreQZUMNp6bUekyNSmrijp5Y2u5DoHJqEB12q-9zUbCnEdnrIA6hZdTanX-4fRmtYw/s320/IMG_20211009_123442_592.webp" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Datura still blooming October 9th</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3kDQyS29RjEU9tija3jWGiWgoCVtCkCsKNZmQkVLuF1iABGXUq7bAG8v1PHvomTaO9tN-iIsae_E2rKxjm13UfjmkSMXk6OLPTOX1m7rO2mTGynqVbyWYjqNLApgBabKYm6doF_cA8g/s2048/IMG_20211003_160345_458.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3kDQyS29RjEU9tija3jWGiWgoCVtCkCsKNZmQkVLuF1iABGXUq7bAG8v1PHvomTaO9tN-iIsae_E2rKxjm13UfjmkSMXk6OLPTOX1m7rO2mTGynqVbyWYjqNLApgBabKYm6doF_cA8g/w640-h640/IMG_20211003_160345_458.webp" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ginko leaves floating in water, Id write a Haiku if I could remember how!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqGw4CKja0yONYQQF48sE3Fohdy0e-QuQBzosV9arFMQP7V_mbvO43eFUXgMCHnowky_4PlT34PYNLb-b7MWfcxdBZ-1mldhjrJ5gozVM7L7WrE7uLKyGxOPj2CoI-kAey13M9TzjDzg/s2048/20211016_135727.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqGw4CKja0yONYQQF48sE3Fohdy0e-QuQBzosV9arFMQP7V_mbvO43eFUXgMCHnowky_4PlT34PYNLb-b7MWfcxdBZ-1mldhjrJ5gozVM7L7WrE7uLKyGxOPj2CoI-kAey13M9TzjDzg/w640-h480/20211016_135727.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A placid Elbow River scene</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWVIW7TOdAC0TJU1ryJTUQ2cmVobC-XusDUPq8j6DdIsQUUBSsAh28YtGMFWkcOIhMeP_uuV4FOotkk-xlYIyP8Qzl70c2t2lhtzIc58WZkrTKGR50NCc4jpVKmL3UQJPbWw5n1GUoZg/s2048/20211016_135619.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWVIW7TOdAC0TJU1ryJTUQ2cmVobC-XusDUPq8j6DdIsQUUBSsAh28YtGMFWkcOIhMeP_uuV4FOotkk-xlYIyP8Qzl70c2t2lhtzIc58WZkrTKGR50NCc4jpVKmL3UQJPbWw5n1GUoZg/w640-h480/20211016_135619.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Found these large willows just north of the Saddledome</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5HpGAAs_J6h7mKfpwCuYjDShGCbk587mD5PEHMgaz-zq0Vwr3T8403paurkEaMkq_O-vxGj3gwaEDz1bQWB0L9A0ExfjaoUd9XHZRQeWCOiq9H7CM3eu1O7-EZbVONL2s-CkwKZu6Bw/s2048/20211016_134505.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5HpGAAs_J6h7mKfpwCuYjDShGCbk587mD5PEHMgaz-zq0Vwr3T8403paurkEaMkq_O-vxGj3gwaEDz1bQWB0L9A0ExfjaoUd9XHZRQeWCOiq9H7CM3eu1O7-EZbVONL2s-CkwKZu6Bw/w480-h640/20211016_134505.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our trip to see the Stampede Elm, a 120 something year old tree slated for destruction.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fall evening</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gbULi3ll7VdJaThirHwPajoFuYyjqGjhOo7sivRaWoVaKu64GEILiuBoP2yhJ_KAdhNo5FpOCmDnqMOgrZBBVS-Otp-QeTU1whdkfFAkb9by0c9Ve6KkA8p88OtuH0w60SOz173QqQ/s2048/20211008_174134.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gbULi3ll7VdJaThirHwPajoFuYyjqGjhOo7sivRaWoVaKu64GEILiuBoP2yhJ_KAdhNo5FpOCmDnqMOgrZBBVS-Otp-QeTU1whdkfFAkb9by0c9Ve6KkA8p88OtuH0w60SOz173QqQ/w480-h640/20211008_174134.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A Chestnut brought back from Victoria BC. In this rare year the leaves have had time to change for the first time in almost 20 years.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWkqoSMs_2udQqWGA7SBaJT60ZNmmFHeSFMgNFgLCBPHt5EtKGv8a-2AFqs0tnGFxJfS5qfkFKxm8Iqpx8oMR050Edzpd89tx_INoL4fLajgdj2SEU4KIaVezRGN0aigKMGzG17RTHRQ/s2048/20211008_151659.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWkqoSMs_2udQqWGA7SBaJT60ZNmmFHeSFMgNFgLCBPHt5EtKGv8a-2AFqs0tnGFxJfS5qfkFKxm8Iqpx8oMR050Edzpd89tx_INoL4fLajgdj2SEU4KIaVezRGN0aigKMGzG17RTHRQ/w300-h400/20211008_151659.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvcO6y_pDVocwS_j76yfVhEaZ0leoc9V5CJ4xgMEO4wHlIqAN9NhKznIejbohibTsiK7dFsNU7faEYWrrFRTrzQEYOYmRzo3SNsECoMaaIW75nHPEar-K-HWY2IVHH-UC0kM6hKiJftw/s2048/20211008_151558.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A Siberian Elm turns yellow, another rarity as these trees usually stay green up until hard frost so this is pretty rare!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2J2NfBOcWx1xdky45RsO6wScjZ6BpYOiYRCuzVJ6fkMqdI5lfc6FeOTZCUSFBKPVgJjHKyu0P_dgoN830Y9R0XtOSznTA84H3M4_Knzvrg5jowx3rGl2-D1y39q7QY7Jgf4egMogd2w/s2048/20211008_150507.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2J2NfBOcWx1xdky45RsO6wScjZ6BpYOiYRCuzVJ6fkMqdI5lfc6FeOTZCUSFBKPVgJjHKyu0P_dgoN830Y9R0XtOSznTA84H3M4_Knzvrg5jowx3rGl2-D1y39q7QY7Jgf4egMogd2w/w400-h300/20211008_150507.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some Large Leaf Lindens turn yellow/brown, another rarity in our area as often the leaves stay green until frost.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBlkPh6THftdiZqbwFQTLxNV8PiRVgKY7okurZKKIqxeCtMo6q5KB9QwEbqyj2mK_Nzl-SQV4YO_EmPEk9P8y70ia2R3cfDhfA54O0v_HK-dziW2kIEKjFNL-hceGvKRDyYg1dzW6hbA/s2048/20211008_142906.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBlkPh6THftdiZqbwFQTLxNV8PiRVgKY7okurZKKIqxeCtMo6q5KB9QwEbqyj2mK_Nzl-SQV4YO_EmPEk9P8y70ia2R3cfDhfA54O0v_HK-dziW2kIEKjFNL-hceGvKRDyYg1dzW6hbA/w300-h400/20211008_142906.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My Engleman Ivy turns red, always exciting, wish the camera would focus on them and not the background!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sumacs doing what they do!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitkn-MGMDWTnauTP2tHDFQqnUKg14Kb8GXjZreIt_t4fspqSgzBPQwe0zhV_jDxyM5ETgtQPOHdGFCnIqYBShNsibc7J6mTrlbjkj7gT9IgtoEV6lUY0anMVJnsYd-7Y7fPw_8aQHYgQ/s2048/20211007_141443.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitkn-MGMDWTnauTP2tHDFQqnUKg14Kb8GXjZreIt_t4fspqSgzBPQwe0zhV_jDxyM5ETgtQPOHdGFCnIqYBShNsibc7J6mTrlbjkj7gT9IgtoEV6lUY0anMVJnsYd-7Y7fPw_8aQHYgQ/w480-h640/20211007_141443.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A few Aspen out of hundreds turn orange which is very refreshing to see</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Front porch</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6GIlnQ8Pk9e8ySownUHxUjlf4qNB9BDzJIowt7oXB7ORW1Qb85lSx4QS0ZiEWBOcyEony0q-c5rhatOl5fKBh473zIxFph9l2MI6vWRhZH6F5fjI2iioQifQtIo67OLKJJ-19PvqQPA/s2048/20211021_170606.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6GIlnQ8Pk9e8ySownUHxUjlf4qNB9BDzJIowt7oXB7ORW1Qb85lSx4QS0ZiEWBOcyEony0q-c5rhatOl5fKBh473zIxFph9l2MI6vWRhZH6F5fjI2iioQifQtIo67OLKJJ-19PvqQPA/w400-h300/20211021_170606.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tiger Eyes Sumac fall colour</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi30VhrmOlEHnOlXLhY7kfrwzMwWsONAq82S3gxfrI_upnAuaaAzYmprAuqL9hs2XaD2pV7wAE8172TmSE745RqwsUK0kXV2uKDgRjHshtj9lmZlIhswv2jSDOj_BrPyoMwawcdODF7ww/s2048/20211023_131822.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi30VhrmOlEHnOlXLhY7kfrwzMwWsONAq82S3gxfrI_upnAuaaAzYmprAuqL9hs2XaD2pV7wAE8172TmSE745RqwsUK0kXV2uKDgRjHshtj9lmZlIhswv2jSDOj_BrPyoMwawcdODF7ww/w400-h300/20211023_131822.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A rainy day in October</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdt-lILvLue8-3qw6ao_wxmYrupoSuS8koR3UA3jiIrsYCHzWVu4ZoxVF60cUzSYqTI4al4_Kv3OSESRbUYky1RBn2fVLQHlf8TfCXd6-fOk1EaYvHV3mKqHXVRg68zU-fsVdekFjU5A/s2048/20211025_170011.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdt-lILvLue8-3qw6ao_wxmYrupoSuS8koR3UA3jiIrsYCHzWVu4ZoxVF60cUzSYqTI4al4_Kv3OSESRbUYky1RBn2fVLQHlf8TfCXd6-fOk1EaYvHV3mKqHXVRg68zU-fsVdekFjU5A/w300-h400/20211025_170011.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sedums reach their peak in October</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0or0leE-6vEMmbki5OH2642u7ZuDaTgecSAg0FaahyphenhyphenghWfxrUgkoWyjRY1lq4dEC-HDAHwJecjF1GZ8cOeYvuJa5TeNz1EV_ALQku72nIm3D6vc5X47juQwM5sDDOgRxt_sG2W0-5tw/s2048/20211025_170825.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0or0leE-6vEMmbki5OH2642u7ZuDaTgecSAg0FaahyphenhyphenghWfxrUgkoWyjRY1lq4dEC-HDAHwJecjF1GZ8cOeYvuJa5TeNz1EV_ALQku72nIm3D6vc5X47juQwM5sDDOgRxt_sG2W0-5tw/w480-h640/20211025_170825.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Mountain Ash was a thrill as we rarely get this much colour out of it!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMQA3cba1Zj5fF_36pr1WdkdNPNTFCkjqIJHwfz7MtKs3DEDdj1zAmVLHF1aYM0aic2fBH_POvBB2F5PR6tZljN8ujJcyJXRX_XRd4b61APlc9OdxhphKKr5FIwDmSupnOVGG7CAWfxg/s2048/20211026_134112.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMQA3cba1Zj5fF_36pr1WdkdNPNTFCkjqIJHwfz7MtKs3DEDdj1zAmVLHF1aYM0aic2fBH_POvBB2F5PR6tZljN8ujJcyJXRX_XRd4b61APlc9OdxhphKKr5FIwDmSupnOVGG7CAWfxg/w640-h480/20211026_134112.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This wild poplar in my area is always being frozen with green leaves so this is the first time in my 20 years here I have seen it turn a colour, this was taken October 26.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWHORkh0R9QkmgEP2lSUoe9kdE_zGGKr-rjtocZBXCCZfZkbN2Srvz6AUS-vQIcqNm5ISCqa4xJ3UbxYtgzv_BMvJiLzbXAie56w1SR7YisIwGWLW_4JgEwuuzHHUTLgVl2pesY2WAiw/s2048/20211028_145811.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWHORkh0R9QkmgEP2lSUoe9kdE_zGGKr-rjtocZBXCCZfZkbN2Srvz6AUS-vQIcqNm5ISCqa4xJ3UbxYtgzv_BMvJiLzbXAie56w1SR7YisIwGWLW_4JgEwuuzHHUTLgVl2pesY2WAiw/w300-h400/20211028_145811.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One day a small bird flew out of my front border, so small it seemed like a large moth to me, I had to look this one up but it is a Brown Creeper. Apparently widespread across Southern Canada, I've never seen one in my life! Cute, around the size of a Chickadee.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3yT9iZP5uQmIxWvaAijv8oEm54RMQ4rPS-zH4Zi3vIOzfc9ajT_4Hf3Q5bgyPFc5OYxCuQ70dMXJAUX6YqRF_i9qJ-286LmNLqMA1L4W6eRtnebW5e7ZWULC2y2k4falfzj707qyuAA/s2048/20211029_140342.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3yT9iZP5uQmIxWvaAijv8oEm54RMQ4rPS-zH4Zi3vIOzfc9ajT_4Hf3Q5bgyPFc5OYxCuQ70dMXJAUX6YqRF_i9qJ-286LmNLqMA1L4W6eRtnebW5e7ZWULC2y2k4falfzj707qyuAA/w480-h640/20211029_140342.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This variety of Ninebark was probably the last thing I saw with leaves Oct. 29th.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1RLOHM1AImY_8jyxfxcp6Yc5xP3C-T7WIFph4jcanmMcDNLNkYdehWACjYVrk5Um3xH2tSMevKlfZZMTo9MkNh_rX-BUJDdSFN4vEtZwoEVVAEtMm7w6UEFRQKm6nTg0yvIFG0Uy2ew/s2048/20211029_231934.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1RLOHM1AImY_8jyxfxcp6Yc5xP3C-T7WIFph4jcanmMcDNLNkYdehWACjYVrk5Um3xH2tSMevKlfZZMTo9MkNh_rX-BUJDdSFN4vEtZwoEVVAEtMm7w6UEFRQKm6nTg0yvIFG0Uy2ew/w640-h480/20211029_231934.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also October 29th, a little wet snow, didn't last long or damage anything as it's pretty late in the season.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9klA92XESZYE8SWcKsJQXLccXHBppVIfEpzcTl37dnsQyGpEiBDYkc12qN9u42e2j500uk_sSvr1Mj9Ja0czA15pKUmUSKKvSn8VOR764sncP45yjg_V9822Eyfe1T3LxETjv9tifjg/s2048/20211031_152323.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9klA92XESZYE8SWcKsJQXLccXHBppVIfEpzcTl37dnsQyGpEiBDYkc12qN9u42e2j500uk_sSvr1Mj9Ja0czA15pKUmUSKKvSn8VOR764sncP45yjg_V9822Eyfe1T3LxETjv9tifjg/w300-h400/20211031_152323.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Found this unusual specimen at my grocery store.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2uC0ciqtXJoBi2DossomtBrFsOAxh5mGmDnA5vnAm0512aFxCPfngRNEMBpGo1EI9-esXRuAUdnnsJnXdEZC3tqjsiczqtjxKhh5C2MFQUF9iqWuwh4tcY60WbgqAOxmD8_b-aWslYQ/s2048/20211101_124931.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2uC0ciqtXJoBi2DossomtBrFsOAxh5mGmDnA5vnAm0512aFxCPfngRNEMBpGo1EI9-esXRuAUdnnsJnXdEZC3tqjsiczqtjxKhh5C2MFQUF9iqWuwh4tcY60WbgqAOxmD8_b-aWslYQ/w400-h300/20211101_124931.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stats, the number doofus here is covering is 18, yes, it was a spectacualr October!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjobKGljvWAVFCvZ1az8Pvd4No9ofgipf11VDhp-m9g8FYbpR8gGLxm9N_rQiiUO7cS03TnJZz0rpvxHAQsV9attoTBv1L2MOqodPYf_WHCfy3gizY3nn_fRI1PkWi60Aj8_mD_Bkp22A/s2048/20211104_173341.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjobKGljvWAVFCvZ1az8Pvd4No9ofgipf11VDhp-m9g8FYbpR8gGLxm9N_rQiiUO7cS03TnJZz0rpvxHAQsV9attoTBv1L2MOqodPYf_WHCfy3gizY3nn_fRI1PkWi60Aj8_mD_Bkp22A/w640-h480/20211104_173341.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sunset November 4th, another unusually mild day</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinHrae8em_aPjYFFTNtYUwfI5aHX6J0J-4ER_zh9ySDpUmrIkoc4d4cG8ZZJyq7q91LdyNJEeRLZy4Mwy3Ll2xtmlhxhdGBXSZJsN5v71AC2CQVVHm9ksKKKWGqbpr41sco1Gpkl8DDg/s2048/20211114_161947.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinHrae8em_aPjYFFTNtYUwfI5aHX6J0J-4ER_zh9ySDpUmrIkoc4d4cG8ZZJyq7q91LdyNJEeRLZy4Mwy3Ll2xtmlhxhdGBXSZJsN5v71AC2CQVVHm9ksKKKWGqbpr41sco1Gpkl8DDg/s320/20211114_161947.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The leaves of Muscari, Grape Hyacinth, often come up in the fall, it seems wrong but even here it's no problem for the plant.</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is what we got out of the first "Atmospheric River" that caused so much damage thorugout BC. Unusually foggy and mild weather.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb6dnFQYQTANZ01Qm1yq8GBVAociqyJebqDwicsvPlXQk1_OW8_mVXC-j_LyjYrYJwc9f5-Sns_FZiVM5DmfJFf5F3JwXMGUjn4mX7-w8ySCKefYHnXCYVBv_RPBbrYDY4H_NXoqEImw/s2048/20211122_141235.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb6dnFQYQTANZ01Qm1yq8GBVAociqyJebqDwicsvPlXQk1_OW8_mVXC-j_LyjYrYJwc9f5-Sns_FZiVM5DmfJFf5F3JwXMGUjn4mX7-w8ySCKefYHnXCYVBv_RPBbrYDY4H_NXoqEImw/w640-h480/20211122_141235.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some lenticular clouds on a perfectly abnormal November day</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDHkK6VhqXmu2kLTHTJbglgUiI09ze-D4_zQBSUSjAjJTFprtxa5kOEDujzz6NsRYvhNbDuNSxr9-uMwX9jXNoLX8rU_jt8kJVlcI4ne7M0vPGSqXRgYJzHQZjleCT4Gv_POU84YsPeQ/s2048/20211127_130512.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDHkK6VhqXmu2kLTHTJbglgUiI09ze-D4_zQBSUSjAjJTFprtxa5kOEDujzz6NsRYvhNbDuNSxr9-uMwX9jXNoLX8rU_jt8kJVlcI4ne7M0vPGSqXRgYJzHQZjleCT4Gv_POU84YsPeQ/w300-h400/20211127_130512.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Spotted this Dracaena November 27th, it shows just how mild it has been. This would be normal for the West Coast but in Calgary most annuals are long frozen by now!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxV0vaoYZ3e6ESwkJjJI54IwR-IF4d1lfVyyzFmo72zvpqS_reVImKBekOSl8w_XAgMPgMbuyrQJgVc0gzgkPJWrZHoXs67O7O2mSBSgK7P75e2g5FVFWsYoAg_wYGkuYm5kNCaxDJyA/s2048/20211130_235736.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxV0vaoYZ3e6ESwkJjJI54IwR-IF4d1lfVyyzFmo72zvpqS_reVImKBekOSl8w_XAgMPgMbuyrQJgVc0gzgkPJWrZHoXs67O7O2mSBSgK7P75e2g5FVFWsYoAg_wYGkuYm5kNCaxDJyA/w400-h300/20211130_235736.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And the November stats, even more above normal than October!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149821873151283214.post-36860080350627538142021-10-08T13:26:00.041-07:002021-10-08T17:29:00.142-07:00Summer 2021, Some Like It Hot!!!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5b1VhmiZwASe721KeNniQm5B4JHhTENQV-6wx9SGlw8GrEwXYHioZ2DvryoUKikCkX7dMwMrRggx9d5jTwRrb8GGCzLMwjNU4k8sKj0PdJ9FcdOZzVzmHRelzeHc7Ywt_kzIWH_XKcA/s1440/IMG_20210820_091804_839.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5b1VhmiZwASe721KeNniQm5B4JHhTENQV-6wx9SGlw8GrEwXYHioZ2DvryoUKikCkX7dMwMrRggx9d5jTwRrb8GGCzLMwjNU4k8sKj0PdJ9FcdOZzVzmHRelzeHc7Ywt_kzIWH_XKcA/w640-h640/IMG_20210820_091804_839.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> I havent heard the stats for this summer but I'm going to say that it was likely the hottest in our 140 years of record keeping. Winter and Spring were well above normal and this carried into the summer when Western Canada was under the so-called "Heat-Dome" The heat stretched from the American Pacific Northwest where cities like Seattle and Portland saw temps over 100F and Lytton BC hitting the alltime heat record in Canada at 47.9C or 121.1F on June 29th. Everything scientists said about Global Warming 20 or more years ago is now coming true and still some people treat this as a political or made up issue, well, it affects everything especially food prices wether you believe it or not. Well, lets not turn this into a lecture and just enjoy the effects of living at the end of the world produces! For once we did not suffer large hail storms early on as the heat dome made us hot and dry, in fact it hardly rained at all and I can count on one hand the number of times it rained June thru August! The lack of rain made for a much less verdant growing season but the extreme heat and warm overnight lows benefitted some plants immensely like zucchini and made others bloom 2 or more weeks ahead of normal.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> This was also an unusual summer for another reason as my older sister died suddenly of cancer, please no condolences as we were estranged for 29 years but we did have a pleasant conversation the day before she passed. Needless to say this really diverted my attention from gardening to taking care of several of her affairs, there are so many things that come up in this kind of situation so really the lesson is to plan ahead!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> For this roundup I will use pictures from June 21 to September 21 even tho summer seemed to extend before and after these dates, it is now Friday October 8th and we really just had our first light frost! Compare to the usual mid September, we often have snow before now so I cherish all the frost free times!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAEUQmpIqJe71_HEf9ggEwYylqSs3tTdpp4ZCt8qXVxhEZ_vt3Bjw5u5QfCH7ygNXkDEzPw14o9c5jagmcaanWTasO7xmnJuaIMNScMtqSSo5n5F_N1dK6a6xQJptMbwfKc3LLWfUyTg/s2048/20210620_104049.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAEUQmpIqJe71_HEf9ggEwYylqSs3tTdpp4ZCt8qXVxhEZ_vt3Bjw5u5QfCH7ygNXkDEzPw14o9c5jagmcaanWTasO7xmnJuaIMNScMtqSSo5n5F_N1dK6a6xQJptMbwfKc3LLWfUyTg/w640-h480/20210620_104049.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The last day of spring finds the vegetable garden in and on its way, the little greenhouse was great for boosting the peppers inside and all the plants around as well!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7uLOZ20KLOGpcDU5jLWV-zwITjglmn_51kLFD5yYDOzvJ2kiZD_z8UWUnuOWgI1c8eBNjBf4gi9ww89kaQQ2KY6iBIczIvlgq87hU0QUOumN_daqMreapKEH_cQAY1QkpoDOo9m9sLQ/s2048/20210622_135048.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7uLOZ20KLOGpcDU5jLWV-zwITjglmn_51kLFD5yYDOzvJ2kiZD_z8UWUnuOWgI1c8eBNjBf4gi9ww89kaQQ2KY6iBIczIvlgq87hU0QUOumN_daqMreapKEH_cQAY1QkpoDOo9m9sLQ/w480-h640/20210622_135048.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> <div><div style="text-align: center;"> After only 20 years this is how the Martagon Lily looks.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigvO_FkM3AIzi-Hasl-B_fzvG_D6kAIxw8JrEHLbfuljndLxPAUH1k4u4X-9Lfnp7dZd7TOYP2iLjDYZf0DqdrjjvVOw8z53gHwajkDk3zWOjODLJO2usc9c0cn_2VYLmt1EYA_7cuEA/s2048/2021-06-23T16_11_46-06_00.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigvO_FkM3AIzi-Hasl-B_fzvG_D6kAIxw8JrEHLbfuljndLxPAUH1k4u4X-9Lfnp7dZd7TOYP2iLjDYZf0DqdrjjvVOw8z53gHwajkDk3zWOjODLJO2usc9c0cn_2VYLmt1EYA_7cuEA/w300-h400/2021-06-23T16_11_46-06_00.JPEG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9dNalyd-NtcCGov3C8p3NVBMzb5Q49rL-xQW7pDxCSMqHcwLLEh6nfaphLwJDiPNl04wbQO-bHMgp7DquJ4xzCkHC-9VGusoxqmiqI6BLl8z5mcnuCyKFgyRtjvcohWlYKwVErOKhMA/s2048/20210626_171257.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9dNalyd-NtcCGov3C8p3NVBMzb5Q49rL-xQW7pDxCSMqHcwLLEh6nfaphLwJDiPNl04wbQO-bHMgp7DquJ4xzCkHC-9VGusoxqmiqI6BLl8z5mcnuCyKFgyRtjvcohWlYKwVErOKhMA/w480-h640/20210626_171257.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJkkqk2Mt0oK9gnP-f01CnVE7i7HqeBX99qPXXO0Fv_rakAUJ7Uaz7uR5uozTC10XabS8nmc9ozDyFjaf__KcWoqlNQPqrowlJhgxYh4mcBPdLGrSBGs2d8lfIZ2w-_hXaK-M6B6pl6A/s2048/20210626_171400.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJkkqk2Mt0oK9gnP-f01CnVE7i7HqeBX99qPXXO0Fv_rakAUJ7Uaz7uR5uozTC10XabS8nmc9ozDyFjaf__KcWoqlNQPqrowlJhgxYh4mcBPdLGrSBGs2d8lfIZ2w-_hXaK-M6B6pl6A/w400-h300/20210626_171400.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I collected Cow Parsnip seeds in the wild and had one grow this year. The large dimensions are wonderful and the scent is very nice, also loved by various insects and birds. The ripe seeds smell like celery!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiMN_nbnQWn2ltTCuVhP27wzyQxNcG1hdmUNuyNy7jZ4_JDQWfvHzD3IGbRXA7dOQge76hwPdvUU3cRlsOcDdLMrpqykW6ZCAegxb2mRoDZ5t3BOir0SXs2KyBjSyFqH2x61QJFl5U9w/s2048/2021-06-27T17_01_59-06_00.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiMN_nbnQWn2ltTCuVhP27wzyQxNcG1hdmUNuyNy7jZ4_JDQWfvHzD3IGbRXA7dOQge76hwPdvUU3cRlsOcDdLMrpqykW6ZCAegxb2mRoDZ5t3BOir0SXs2KyBjSyFqH2x61QJFl5U9w/w480-h640/2021-06-27T17_01_59-06_00.JPEG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I rescued this Persicaria polymorpha, Alaska Knotweed, a few years ago, do not mistake it for Japanese Knotweed. Long bloomer and large perennial!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRo-pesmQCx55JFg1BuBQTeDxIMkvZuJ0JIcdPm6QiUftaxPTWJbzEUwL1JBGS1bdXa3L_0PfQCowPNzAqx1CKvDf2-eHatocoLKiX0Wo2pCMsJjtKpNWkAvwoOd3mLvhb7FbaPt9nXA/s2048/20210625_185422.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRo-pesmQCx55JFg1BuBQTeDxIMkvZuJ0JIcdPm6QiUftaxPTWJbzEUwL1JBGS1bdXa3L_0PfQCowPNzAqx1CKvDf2-eHatocoLKiX0Wo2pCMsJjtKpNWkAvwoOd3mLvhb7FbaPt9nXA/w300-h400/20210625_185422.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Coal Seams black Iris, black leaves matter!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvHKMCwMtk7-TSPFtaCV81AFg2k4NLFO_E2H8IRhAZD0UVeimGDgbbH4pHTVM-gYYbhA-gLXuBZOm6TUuhcu0ZxthGh4Nr2PBNErOmtYG7nQMeIele4rFqYXt_4fzKaJdAvUCOT6BHoQ/s2048/20210626_014944.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvHKMCwMtk7-TSPFtaCV81AFg2k4NLFO_E2H8IRhAZD0UVeimGDgbbH4pHTVM-gYYbhA-gLXuBZOm6TUuhcu0ZxthGh4Nr2PBNErOmtYG7nQMeIele4rFqYXt_4fzKaJdAvUCOT6BHoQ/w640-h480/20210626_014944.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was the sky the night the "Heat Dome" was on its way to Calgary, looks perfectly normal, nothing to worry about!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17ivU0lGn3N47sv9-iONjaJYnvuh-NZlZk0_O92n5qCg1PYSEQfFv1ecPaEmq8RpXarf_GEC4hCY3_aJc0wfuKGvdp6LIfTcKgMR5FnO0r6ptW4EHBYagAWUwiVs_6fMcUJRjzfZiaA/s2048/20210626_095240.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17ivU0lGn3N47sv9-iONjaJYnvuh-NZlZk0_O92n5qCg1PYSEQfFv1ecPaEmq8RpXarf_GEC4hCY3_aJc0wfuKGvdp6LIfTcKgMR5FnO0r6ptW4EHBYagAWUwiVs_6fMcUJRjzfZiaA/w400-h300/20210626_095240.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some forcast!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMb-RWmjydFgxfcIqESKNQlDxJ1rOFv86kgNaE3bKBCMqUGNhR9xtxl4UWgJA2MA46b33mELLttqZpNbb60jL3d9ZSPvvsQktE82Ih5YJYRu107BMUWO6OKpWL2YeJ8hHjsn6mrN9aOQ/s2048/20210626_165128.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMb-RWmjydFgxfcIqESKNQlDxJ1rOFv86kgNaE3bKBCMqUGNhR9xtxl4UWgJA2MA46b33mELLttqZpNbb60jL3d9ZSPvvsQktE82Ih5YJYRu107BMUWO6OKpWL2YeJ8hHjsn6mrN9aOQ/w640-h480/20210626_165128.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Native Prickly Pear loved the heat</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My thermomoter</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsaI7zCLIW96jVxzzLjV4miLdlEdlIDIsh0hYZe86wQjoIm0KSfjo11rzW3-6H_YfHfZMILAg1RVQ3GSE2IPDDru0CUyPLXvDGAXEXBuATQhOs9LCSFgKa1CPwuiiWzYamrvW3pZYpVA/s2048/20210703_113910.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsaI7zCLIW96jVxzzLjV4miLdlEdlIDIsh0hYZe86wQjoIm0KSfjo11rzW3-6H_YfHfZMILAg1RVQ3GSE2IPDDru0CUyPLXvDGAXEXBuATQhOs9LCSFgKa1CPwuiiWzYamrvW3pZYpVA/s320/20210703_113910.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Red Martagon Lily, was not expecting this as it was recently moved twice!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijhNUksxXSvR2EmMJxYvXXswbyXyE0HXU-lpQrqGMgokwL1P_S7P74Cbynzt7w8oKW5ClUrMx3czQ7mknLInKth0IY_BOILMS-vj3XyQPFtHENBokIcjInPuO8eQ7IABiDjZGUHJv-Sw/w640-h480/20210703_192939.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This large flowered Calendula variety came from my greenhouse days years ago and really popped up again this year.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfWuSZKvY1HSuzuj7B3WJ0tGPGyeyZnqcXljHThPemSCfJntQ6oRycd6_jfktizLUvGnvsm91MK6DFmCD87RWuI1Rua9VS75Ov5eVjEc-iDK1d1qzNXxtVUv7HTXeRkqAfFFmxlTcYUw/s2048/20210703_195014.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfWuSZKvY1HSuzuj7B3WJ0tGPGyeyZnqcXljHThPemSCfJntQ6oRycd6_jfktizLUvGnvsm91MK6DFmCD87RWuI1Rua9VS75Ov5eVjEc-iDK1d1qzNXxtVUv7HTXeRkqAfFFmxlTcYUw/w640-h480/20210703_195014.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The vegtable boxes getting going</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc0NlbuNoNoj2F63KoVcn-aT9MJQB66a0YvJy8D7GY1GwdqyNN-uq00xWDsMJxjVxsUr5texGMTNeqHoqrZ2vTFSgoAGNc583Qqn98QWeTkJwtTB9_Eg8gImKSUsESPl2sPyNs79YIPw/s2048/20210709_185320.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc0NlbuNoNoj2F63KoVcn-aT9MJQB66a0YvJy8D7GY1GwdqyNN-uq00xWDsMJxjVxsUr5texGMTNeqHoqrZ2vTFSgoAGNc583Qqn98QWeTkJwtTB9_Eg8gImKSUsESPl2sPyNs79YIPw/w300-h400/20210709_185320.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And a random Amaryllis, one never knows when they will bloom</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioJ_icRG1HgVL_WzxaYbteOqYcpLiTtnAIfOia-kiD4LDmb17nSRtvHoq6-iI8D1kJkvhL6_ZG_E1CB3j_LamDDXqRHrzcxRPexjnU7Oml3hVGcPRjyLTnHFdeliihHVcaef4vpGUBWg/s2048/20210710_191623.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioJ_icRG1HgVL_WzxaYbteOqYcpLiTtnAIfOia-kiD4LDmb17nSRtvHoq6-iI8D1kJkvhL6_ZG_E1CB3j_LamDDXqRHrzcxRPexjnU7Oml3hVGcPRjyLTnHFdeliihHVcaef4vpGUBWg/w480-h640/20210710_191623.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A potted red variety of Hen and Chicks</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPVFCEIOLD0pf6Nj8ktqmlUDvkNu-zL7DCxsj9arHxD7J4j-c21jbzadCZSb6eJrk1yd-mR_rEEe0C0g-DNp9OPFQ7v5jEhNZOVI8zZselqZ8M4vfuiU4XufM5gsMrIxW6jHyXLl6dbg/s2048/20210712_184355.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A different angle of the veg boxes</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPrPLcOAAhRM1EcCkfLyFs71xp0mojg3thVDXyJ40En238XLCtEjoIW9BN1vNZN6Q_UvoN24CubibVYO1o0U8nEVT0hGmGsosWLumEX1gnJCaec2Xr9ziWzXyXjvBj0dpnBnSKqP7UDw/s2048/20210714_214637.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPrPLcOAAhRM1EcCkfLyFs71xp0mojg3thVDXyJ40En238XLCtEjoIW9BN1vNZN6Q_UvoN24CubibVYO1o0U8nEVT0hGmGsosWLumEX1gnJCaec2Xr9ziWzXyXjvBj0dpnBnSKqP7UDw/w300-h400/20210714_214637.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The zucchinis really take off!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Extreme close-up of Clustered Bell Flower, a Calendula variety</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwk9Vt_AUj5tL0rk9T95ahFKOGg80q1sXSYpGfTQi9z5a-z-Yj_VDYxLhWfn7zPNgkPXXCvUwk9UYvDJ6KROfGpX3mqeKR1q-GXwe5EPW2xk2tAiwv8QF-LrCm4eSCI1EcAVw9kR0uJQ/s2048/20210719_195828.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwk9Vt_AUj5tL0rk9T95ahFKOGg80q1sXSYpGfTQi9z5a-z-Yj_VDYxLhWfn7zPNgkPXXCvUwk9UYvDJ6KROfGpX3mqeKR1q-GXwe5EPW2xk2tAiwv8QF-LrCm4eSCI1EcAVw9kR0uJQ/w480-h640/20210719_195828.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">An immature Echinacea</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKjppzi4FSx9K2fnC0O9XM1-m1JnZVmI8nEzi47wgQ7AefsqucDPVgy2ays3Gdq3Wzf087Rp7nqTpzElNuGtiXEBxWvoRJWTlfr4BKxyqgfvhzUTPR0FXsAJb1qGcxkrQPATFnalEV5g/w300-h400/20210729_182131.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Green Nicotiana, Langhdorffii, a Royal Horticultural Society variety from the UK, grown from seed. Charming and profusly blooming, the only drawback is they are scentless unlike their larger nicotiana cousins</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmrvsrCRXexyTVw8L2zbuROla4oLVG2jSfxJdvJIYyhsKQLw3qAGV6Z6KxUDDWeqspizPxRwbMDAN7PStwf1IayKdHDnEyJYbNS3mMzw_-zaXxiwU7okZwpXL7NJQm6LK8ng5w5KmjQ/s2048/20210723_193606.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmrvsrCRXexyTVw8L2zbuROla4oLVG2jSfxJdvJIYyhsKQLw3qAGV6Z6KxUDDWeqspizPxRwbMDAN7PStwf1IayKdHDnEyJYbNS3mMzw_-zaXxiwU7okZwpXL7NJQm6LK8ng5w5KmjQ/w300-h400/20210723_193606.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Purple Kholrabi, seemed to grow well and got quite large by September, a nice raw veg!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqeXNbAcsFAIlRTi75Xm8-QQ1O61_1UpgTsTsmaPDIxnitH7DMeAmQZyxXZR1hWDgo6sLCao7_o1b9zdC_Qf4PNf9MPLmMLUe1VreKiS6xxPmvzswRgDRSsFC-LLmqioRx_adfFyPyUA/s2048/20210729_180600.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqeXNbAcsFAIlRTi75Xm8-QQ1O61_1UpgTsTsmaPDIxnitH7DMeAmQZyxXZR1hWDgo6sLCao7_o1b9zdC_Qf4PNf9MPLmMLUe1VreKiS6xxPmvzswRgDRSsFC-LLmqioRx_adfFyPyUA/w300-h400/20210729_180600.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sugar and Spice Sweet Peas, I did not read the package carefully and didn't notice they are miniature. Apparently they would be good as a hanging basket, I will try that next year.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCr9psNlIDn00i8vkfJuJwNLYpwdKG-Y3Mv_d5ToXGbkKT44b6Hb-xa1u3WnKRcihfqocTot5UfO3cPfvYR09y95ib2oR9OKYdsQ1jydIF8bsgZrJLchntMHpreiWGqx6pl6bTkAHwaw/s2048/20210820_090325.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCr9psNlIDn00i8vkfJuJwNLYpwdKG-Y3Mv_d5ToXGbkKT44b6Hb-xa1u3WnKRcihfqocTot5UfO3cPfvYR09y95ib2oR9OKYdsQ1jydIF8bsgZrJLchntMHpreiWGqx6pl6bTkAHwaw/w480-h640/20210820_090325.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tigridia or Tiger Flower, given to me by my brother-in-law from a dollar store. I potted the little bulbs up in March expecting nothing. By late summer the palm like foliage sent up these flowers which only last one day but boy is it worth it!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMttl7WR4yLwQu3M6QDnNqvderA4OWFSUSW6pcLVZPQv0bb58SVTNDjPRmikMSrFpUfq9CqzOBuLpoIX-bEJWuLm9_LBf958Qjq1ROjZ2VT48IAWZQlwpCUQ1Pp1G-DBE3L8-IHpZJAg/s2048/20210921_095914.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMttl7WR4yLwQu3M6QDnNqvderA4OWFSUSW6pcLVZPQv0bb58SVTNDjPRmikMSrFpUfq9CqzOBuLpoIX-bEJWuLm9_LBf958Qjq1ROjZ2VT48IAWZQlwpCUQ1Pp1G-DBE3L8-IHpZJAg/w480-h640/20210921_095914.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How about in red?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ttlOMByHcnWGpJDy_TrglHE3extMA6kJN6WuzDPfIB1Fx4v2XW156TdpGbkjZJbJ_grPbS43Dk2Ag4gzT_gQtL9YOPLUNR0iqQjVVeAz69VSaeX_bPVYkyu3LWBCiWJsOU2aXB1gXw/s2048/20210921_110951.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ttlOMByHcnWGpJDy_TrglHE3extMA6kJN6WuzDPfIB1Fx4v2XW156TdpGbkjZJbJ_grPbS43Dk2Ag4gzT_gQtL9YOPLUNR0iqQjVVeAz69VSaeX_bPVYkyu3LWBCiWJsOU2aXB1gXw/w300-h400/20210921_110951.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheveBKElmnEWF0jDfjizg7GZTlH0PmoYW-b768IRgyfwgDiW1m1QWOZOqHpsEa10jEPsT2pVHGRQ7Av54eEc8u9c-yxyuvnQlDJTedTIrnxrIFBh5yJ0hWUYR-8EIW0iSRCcJvoNeDuw/s2048/20210921_111311.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheveBKElmnEWF0jDfjizg7GZTlH0PmoYW-b768IRgyfwgDiW1m1QWOZOqHpsEa10jEPsT2pVHGRQ7Av54eEc8u9c-yxyuvnQlDJTedTIrnxrIFBh5yJ0hWUYR-8EIW0iSRCcJvoNeDuw/w640-h480/20210921_111311.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMyCK78pEXz6qPiWiA5Nmgg6aFE2VjTOroI9Z3iXkGDdBVdlfr-wgYrSQ-66jQUlMGo8kyXvo6iJNkVlG9-djpMFGpRxvgR8K-weqvBRlZict5prZ4-NCR8qvK5NEcgn0vzrt91bdRvQ/s1440/IMG_20210820_091804_882.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMyCK78pEXz6qPiWiA5Nmgg6aFE2VjTOroI9Z3iXkGDdBVdlfr-wgYrSQ-66jQUlMGo8kyXvo6iJNkVlG9-djpMFGpRxvgR8K-weqvBRlZict5prZ4-NCR8qvK5NEcgn0vzrt91bdRvQ/w640-h640/IMG_20210820_091804_882.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think they were a wonderful surprise, I have never seen this flower before, everything about them is unusual including the cup like base.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Ye5iUD7eY4KFZaC-p3Js2vLaNvkxqxRsY6zZo1zmzK3TJNFMxHJuE7OY6BESulE2F9bmq-p6-wxlVH98FSUmp3hzVn5mD_0PNkVlmKVBPKqbPtOA6GsHNUGVP7NPQjrDr3MQ3jNRjA/s2048/20210712_183731.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Ye5iUD7eY4KFZaC-p3Js2vLaNvkxqxRsY6zZo1zmzK3TJNFMxHJuE7OY6BESulE2F9bmq-p6-wxlVH98FSUmp3hzVn5mD_0PNkVlmKVBPKqbPtOA6GsHNUGVP7NPQjrDr3MQ3jNRjA/w400-h300/20210712_183731.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Quinoa, ordered the seed from West Coast Seeds. I'm not so interested in it as a food crop but just generally as a plant. I have 14kg of the stuff and I always think I should eat more of it but not tonight. It resembles what we call Pig Weed on the prairies, and may be related but it grows much taller.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieegJhMnio3wtdVbe0c71uYt8uxu2RASC2SJma3HvCE74HWySIylGXJia7RSMrrdLvegGN-34538MdkCZcE_ht8yHVgQ1lYoudFGsj5lgR0pgUYFHmmfM6C_p5QAosIyP-MlqnwkZmfQ/s2048/20210918_173602.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieegJhMnio3wtdVbe0c71uYt8uxu2RASC2SJma3HvCE74HWySIylGXJia7RSMrrdLvegGN-34538MdkCZcE_ht8yHVgQ1lYoudFGsj5lgR0pgUYFHmmfM6C_p5QAosIyP-MlqnwkZmfQ/s320/20210918_173602.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkmI7tADPslQOB3VuxdavbWT96aTaya94BFUyEIIz4j8gCsM5WqXZIDLwR5mvHBLmI2l3YyrcaDPj2Mqttb6SSrXSeaGNgg4ejrlYrC14tdJKRjLfrLr9CCdU6O02jl2BRg17mZB5_Fw/s2048/20210918_173616.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkmI7tADPslQOB3VuxdavbWT96aTaya94BFUyEIIz4j8gCsM5WqXZIDLwR5mvHBLmI2l3YyrcaDPj2Mqttb6SSrXSeaGNgg4ejrlYrC14tdJKRjLfrLr9CCdU6O02jl2BRg17mZB5_Fw/s320/20210918_173616.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqppZQaM8xz02pTvYOD-vuHEoDkmDIGF_l_G14hLuDHM0hkwp8lCTj4whLKtKj94YOKYr1mhD34k9glEBSFut7D7QaAiQfxodk8eeu8WxcRrnHY5XUmkJXYDXMae0cIz2FTjB_cXueIQ/s2048/20211002_115716.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqppZQaM8xz02pTvYOD-vuHEoDkmDIGF_l_G14hLuDHM0hkwp8lCTj4whLKtKj94YOKYr1mhD34k9glEBSFut7D7QaAiQfxodk8eeu8WxcRrnHY5XUmkJXYDXMae0cIz2FTjB_cXueIQ/s320/20211002_115716.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPfe3rNnrWaseIsxJx2dMvsj-Hvkqdoy0jpIUukEsTHvzs3pYXSHYTGbWoHg8Fv0m0OJp-9L234KRJ9UyDMcAM_4drXmY31NFz7-bEwGQMIg0Ev0d0yEI1_kfTRSMDolvZHLx3UOLwEg/s2048/20211002_115726.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPfe3rNnrWaseIsxJx2dMvsj-Hvkqdoy0jpIUukEsTHvzs3pYXSHYTGbWoHg8Fv0m0OJp-9L234KRJ9UyDMcAM_4drXmY31NFz7-bEwGQMIg0Ev0d0yEI1_kfTRSMDolvZHLx3UOLwEg/w480-h640/20211002_115726.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Where it is grown in South America looks a lot like Alberta, barren with high mountains looming in the distance so I thought it would love Calgary. Apparently is ready to harvest when all the leaves fall off. No birds or squirells have gotten into it, the damage you see is from one late season freak hail storm.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Memorable Moments</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP0HRUXUL90v-EbBZ4D4eJ8xVnVX5plAaIqKRuHlhSxp6lp-mXRmkzr0zeOg8ZmQT3n82nCvf8v_4bPoe7Zu532jqPq4kIWQGzZDXmw6YOWNhBZobgjl4_MMMknrUFvGXrAAQ8qCEe5w/s2048/20210625_190631.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP0HRUXUL90v-EbBZ4D4eJ8xVnVX5plAaIqKRuHlhSxp6lp-mXRmkzr0zeOg8ZmQT3n82nCvf8v_4bPoe7Zu532jqPq4kIWQGzZDXmw6YOWNhBZobgjl4_MMMknrUFvGXrAAQ8qCEe5w/w640-h480/20210625_190631.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Amur Cork Tree lookin' good</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl3SZCgEB8cY3Lldol5gtefdBPzsoOjuPE1O-9RI8vKDYrOzFmlCuXmmqZCu7zfEEP5vjvDvJ2mYIW4StsnYjOrkUYaI6Tn4KdjmiAzFJTXaoB4fB_AxclfTjVlhk64P6Fwu1KG7lRmA/s2048/20210626_191406.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl3SZCgEB8cY3Lldol5gtefdBPzsoOjuPE1O-9RI8vKDYrOzFmlCuXmmqZCu7zfEEP5vjvDvJ2mYIW4StsnYjOrkUYaI6Tn4KdjmiAzFJTXaoB4fB_AxclfTjVlhk64P6Fwu1KG7lRmA/s320/20210626_191406.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ginko Biloba doing well this year</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQArsEhsF-n5fkNVDI7dBdlywXjHOgmASJT6gXQC2oYCC-SQPI_csJNCZKQWYeqeqUN6Lp5ELDzZcwNr10WWis2H8RxeNb8QZaUXkYiIqzDbVKR9hpcpPSCqeoAtcTebYAk1_yKGbtyA/w300-h400/20210729_105956.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Planted these cannas in the front bed</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQukILSsBuWvW7FhfDdsJUsZXOU6ALLGOIW59vd1WdnncYbZLOCVriLGpUN701XUiuBsEUmjK4m4yVqC4d0szRO7jxgJhpO9AaS4KlMwZiRiI8f7R7AvUWLbIEfLeVsSznqquWorBANA/s2048/20210729_110239.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQukILSsBuWvW7FhfDdsJUsZXOU6ALLGOIW59vd1WdnncYbZLOCVriLGpUN701XUiuBsEUmjK4m4yVqC4d0szRO7jxgJhpO9AaS4KlMwZiRiI8f7R7AvUWLbIEfLeVsSznqquWorBANA/w300-h400/20210729_110239.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kangaroo Apple grown from seed</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibmsG5fySIRWGZOa03eAdPVyYwjc283eUOCYHc_DZd5vq01uaxVYE70bTEdsbpkOv8f3x0BQd6rXXJvhNNO1CiazWs4w13S3WYnC0TqyM7nUqv_kjqWtxRXS_FHGsDmxamMxr7x-J4pA/s2048/20210729_110452.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibmsG5fySIRWGZOa03eAdPVyYwjc283eUOCYHc_DZd5vq01uaxVYE70bTEdsbpkOv8f3x0BQd6rXXJvhNNO1CiazWs4w13S3WYnC0TqyM7nUqv_kjqWtxRXS_FHGsDmxamMxr7x-J4pA/w400-h300/20210729_110452.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Grew Snapdragons from seed and was not disappointed</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-gnhajgKpKKtQ6Ewn2VoZ3TjH5RzFI1nFcuZfvNRB-9o-Fp4wlZkhs2vtzp0utU5aDc6u4Rpry7t1bfClrgdWKZ8PT1853YjJkc3N5T_h24wuzS5zWD-2bjdSq4T9c3J6G1xEAVNyJg/w400-h300/20210802_183801.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Portulaca and zucchini excelled in the heat! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAPUqQaelPR7MkAIVZ3SFI8UtNI_Vs1TLU9oNgl3cNEZz8klBqTf-9iR8JTIk-8ZxfM9Y8hO_T_EbVow-GD2UUK8VWd3GY_wNcsxtnK0SQEmLjHHE55pm6p0c2JXSQeUAeGbP4214ppw/s2048/20210802_205514.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAPUqQaelPR7MkAIVZ3SFI8UtNI_Vs1TLU9oNgl3cNEZz8klBqTf-9iR8JTIk-8ZxfM9Y8hO_T_EbVow-GD2UUK8VWd3GY_wNcsxtnK0SQEmLjHHE55pm6p0c2JXSQeUAeGbP4214ppw/w640-h480/20210802_205514.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Datura also loved the heat, never been better than this year!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-cXDMHT0xRMTtGnuPk69eg94mMVQ_z3_80PSF9audsMKPRYxtyyO9ak71yfFlie9TMdScaDafbPUI4v_OPYqhV1pHzVKN3eDzuQbmmNmjop1vishK8wMRwMX4zsHpCbplwpyXCtbb1A/s2048/20210803_202259.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-cXDMHT0xRMTtGnuPk69eg94mMVQ_z3_80PSF9audsMKPRYxtyyO9ak71yfFlie9TMdScaDafbPUI4v_OPYqhV1pHzVKN3eDzuQbmmNmjop1vishK8wMRwMX4zsHpCbplwpyXCtbb1A/s320/20210803_202259.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe_A32NT7gnlqphl7M3giabs1rq_7KIyTtP1JYukBzrY4OQrsEYg-mHe7N5LRu4_GKD_-ZAwvUCfaBK9DthxgQ0GeTs5IOP88XR5QKrsMqkAWeq0jgSmpTqE9iuW0qRNseDVzBzzhPzQ/s2048/20210804_185855.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bella Lugosi daylily, a diminutive but interesting variety</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-FDwwLZ43JtTnTULpMVU7HWqS6k_jPJqe2orSCCiXeC-pqO4pENX6OjJTmsum5VJjXrTHb20cNc96qC6nfy0lXFmkzQ-wua9jo5buvxek10OFB3nNZpy4gmlHlnt-wi0wfFOtzoQSsQ/s2048/20210816_091658.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-FDwwLZ43JtTnTULpMVU7HWqS6k_jPJqe2orSCCiXeC-pqO4pENX6OjJTmsum5VJjXrTHb20cNc96qC6nfy0lXFmkzQ-wua9jo5buvxek10OFB3nNZpy4gmlHlnt-wi0wfFOtzoQSsQ/w300-h400/20210816_091658.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Smoke! Lots of smoke as North America was on fire once again because of unprecedented heat.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicrZ86Lcxp3f9-zIcgaR-QpKu1DzXwkNZEVss9NjqYJ_lhUhKUIJ419MPVpYwVcomW8Z6MvryEQKpvK3Vwn4VnDwxlCKZVILB6ZnGjxykN30kNLqQAsL3IlZgPLomZ3d_GBko05Bg-1g/s2048/20210816_123429.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicrZ86Lcxp3f9-zIcgaR-QpKu1DzXwkNZEVss9NjqYJ_lhUhKUIJ419MPVpYwVcomW8Z6MvryEQKpvK3Vwn4VnDwxlCKZVILB6ZnGjxykN30kNLqQAsL3IlZgPLomZ3d_GBko05Bg-1g/s320/20210816_123429.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy3_z-LNP65VmWX_JuW6imNG5S-ZK34SFezG9_DvyX21N86jAFxOhrRhI2_K39gkqshQpwkSPsUhMWFDcfr5usuIpgtyKX-srvLnJVFpx02Gfq4yr1Mtppe4wT-KNyBI2zDT0u-4yr1w/s2048/20210724_184649.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Daylilies also did well this year, I divided these this spring but everywhere daylilies exploded!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFuOmEoytTeK79WqXYz8scN9_us3aooTjWLfhTFMnPApvMks3ytR_l4uv19CGRVQKd9Y36jZJqDl5a7SaqyHCaSfuckTrGQ5Lqtg6f152mfrPqYcQ24jhVbMvdyRr3tf6i0ZcWYvKbrQ/s2048/20210729_110144.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFuOmEoytTeK79WqXYz8scN9_us3aooTjWLfhTFMnPApvMks3ytR_l4uv19CGRVQKd9Y36jZJqDl5a7SaqyHCaSfuckTrGQ5Lqtg6f152mfrPqYcQ24jhVbMvdyRr3tf6i0ZcWYvKbrQ/w640-h480/20210729_110144.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The orange corner</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivB9b8-fjqDH-IKxJw93tWfRxxE9k1BWpyr7G7auxDVvso6fvCqzWK8d6z2WZNPiymnUJsuYxt09blUtNS5rU0iG0ISySM7DXwyUd3SN20uKRQHiBGMvDA9NBqCtwyNdOXronLAXvI-Q/s2048/20210729_113338.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivB9b8-fjqDH-IKxJw93tWfRxxE9k1BWpyr7G7auxDVvso6fvCqzWK8d6z2WZNPiymnUJsuYxt09blUtNS5rU0iG0ISySM7DXwyUd3SN20uKRQHiBGMvDA9NBqCtwyNdOXronLAXvI-Q/s320/20210729_113338.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mango from pits</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjan6_UrDDY8hbOxVtON3gJZ4ZBaprKnuV7DSlA_vjKVxSycmwDF1cBcNS0uPTUAFk7II639EdSbDz6Y-mpzj7NBwJABYGXk5scuPenS0nhuTbhjlvIn9_HS2wokHwKWvg8uGBgLA5xKA/s2048/20210805_212400.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjan6_UrDDY8hbOxVtON3gJZ4ZBaprKnuV7DSlA_vjKVxSycmwDF1cBcNS0uPTUAFk7II639EdSbDz6Y-mpzj7NBwJABYGXk5scuPenS0nhuTbhjlvIn9_HS2wokHwKWvg8uGBgLA5xKA/w480-h640/20210805_212400.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This reminds me of 1970's Sunset Magazine articles, lol</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1PuxAOlbatk3Ob-qG6sOjk2ZHws56OP-mQrwtx1AKDxuHViR-0pFUR3u3iCGmuylNFK6EThzuD_qa9Kt2lOYF9nOxePikPd9tErqJz1uh69nVq4Jsisthwa0OJxnfSOYH2lsbqQ0-Mg/s2048/20210822_132216.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1PuxAOlbatk3Ob-qG6sOjk2ZHws56OP-mQrwtx1AKDxuHViR-0pFUR3u3iCGmuylNFK6EThzuD_qa9Kt2lOYF9nOxePikPd9tErqJz1uh69nVq4Jsisthwa0OJxnfSOYH2lsbqQ0-Mg/w300-h400/20210822_132216.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shoo-fly Plant excelled in the heat growing to almost 5 feet tall</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghwN-OTJBAM68KTitIJ0aWQXn2_8wh9nCiKZdNAJzYr8Hop2GOISySa4vamy7DlAMudA3vegMi68G6qWIEFLvgKEo8yaF1UklRmBtDZC82lnZylbBWqWQ943QiX1f9sucKwILot0bOlA/s2048/20210822_132255.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghwN-OTJBAM68KTitIJ0aWQXn2_8wh9nCiKZdNAJzYr8Hop2GOISySa4vamy7DlAMudA3vegMi68G6qWIEFLvgKEo8yaF1UklRmBtDZC82lnZylbBWqWQ943QiX1f9sucKwILot0bOlA/s320/20210822_132255.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shoo-fly Plant flower</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBP-ZkmdgxQBl_ustJmIZTUBxEHbdGSpLWZaXJ4IGNeIpM8qtin6rOPEWeeJwhTGaVFz7bM_ZpPZkbZ9u3kCOLhW84WROCX4EsIQnTokdemIaBjG0JGVVQQ5byiIC3pjZWQIqp6nM9mg/w400-h300/20210901_132834.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Down at Nose Creek one day...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimvEO-HWijRI6Z04anV2Cjn9hr3SmkANyiefL9MlQFMO2CIIH7NSDsRHATFGgMtdq5Gmlv7vLmI1aVIIi33JeocgutSmhVHetWc33cUz7mRa3rY3CHvZA7NgtO999ZxHqsG4cpsicnEQ/s2048/20210901_133054.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimvEO-HWijRI6Z04anV2Cjn9hr3SmkANyiefL9MlQFMO2CIIH7NSDsRHATFGgMtdq5Gmlv7vLmI1aVIIi33JeocgutSmhVHetWc33cUz7mRa3rY3CHvZA7NgtO999ZxHqsG4cpsicnEQ/w400-h300/20210901_133054.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And this little guy too!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi20pRkw8tLd2fq57436yFsRFAI54av3QoigaeZw2RyBqG9D2wz_oGntPp6nrx7yLXTGgeTYX5yWrtAaPBv-QWB_Gq92nKLpne7-EXK3LcCtT06A_LGhz1dehUG-k5NX-OjN-ZQ8S3spQ/s2048/20210902_175152.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi20pRkw8tLd2fq57436yFsRFAI54av3QoigaeZw2RyBqG9D2wz_oGntPp6nrx7yLXTGgeTYX5yWrtAaPBv-QWB_Gq92nKLpne7-EXK3LcCtT06A_LGhz1dehUG-k5NX-OjN-ZQ8S3spQ/w300-h400/20210902_175152.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's bananas B-a-n-an-a-s!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc24nThkYeDrUHZEIiKoXIBF02SoOv-5R0DIBaJFKFT99xkyZRBeI270jd28VdjKQABubgXcHeDkI6gEHylVVry2eVhr-TFUyeqDHWtK0GRno5jpXy3IBHqNhNnHuu3SdSd2GYqUQyQg/s2048/20210902_175416.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc24nThkYeDrUHZEIiKoXIBF02SoOv-5R0DIBaJFKFT99xkyZRBeI270jd28VdjKQABubgXcHeDkI6gEHylVVry2eVhr-TFUyeqDHWtK0GRno5jpXy3IBHqNhNnHuu3SdSd2GYqUQyQg/s320/20210902_175416.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There is a theme developing</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE_-J4RZD6_lVJr4R_7xbYAVeQvCB56iEGBntR_2n_o1kfqMj6rN4OiQQkTo52VHPktOFXGyW2I1v_sz0j-Gct668ApW3tmxUigK10DOSeSuqJKEpPX_NLjaPmfrkpaJRytXdOLmkB6Q/s2048/20210903_112449.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE_-J4RZD6_lVJr4R_7xbYAVeQvCB56iEGBntR_2n_o1kfqMj6rN4OiQQkTo52VHPktOFXGyW2I1v_sz0j-Gct668ApW3tmxUigK10DOSeSuqJKEpPX_NLjaPmfrkpaJRytXdOLmkB6Q/w480-h640/20210903_112449.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I grew this Cobacea Cathedral Bell vine up the dead part of the sumac, they grew to the very top which is about 15 feet, I had to get out the ladder to photgraph this.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFWmz4yhpJTJHxbezzIHiEepofsvuDZb7GVqUh6s4rV39hBy2_uyWQGKzorbGvC5TbxDSHmdJN9PVPkP0NN_XBMeNBcPfFnqCtXE7U1xAtxLk0kEGWBYOCxT6BliK18xwmDrndcFu82g/s2048/20210802_181720.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFWmz4yhpJTJHxbezzIHiEepofsvuDZb7GVqUh6s4rV39hBy2_uyWQGKzorbGvC5TbxDSHmdJN9PVPkP0NN_XBMeNBcPfFnqCtXE7U1xAtxLk0kEGWBYOCxT6BliK18xwmDrndcFu82g/w300-h400/20210802_181720.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I noticed that zucchini leaves I cut and put in the green bin were not wilting so I put one in a vase, a few days later it sprouted roots!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwvwF6L4_7ZIHHZRCyHIE8EUiI4fePjiog1ZOT-THD9SK-Kw2n81eJ-cgKpVDFHhOTuyw5xyUr1iLuMuFDdZFGDn_hOTfeGl7qSRYG5d5_TiG4y-8Mme7e6Oiod-su5wjo1b7CbWjebw/s2048/20210802_181751.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwvwF6L4_7ZIHHZRCyHIE8EUiI4fePjiog1ZOT-THD9SK-Kw2n81eJ-cgKpVDFHhOTuyw5xyUr1iLuMuFDdZFGDn_hOTfeGl7qSRYG5d5_TiG4y-8Mme7e6Oiod-su5wjo1b7CbWjebw/w300-h400/20210802_181751.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The roots got bigger so I planted it in some soil but nothing really happened, it just hung out as a leaf sticking out of a pot. I'm not a biologist so I can't explaing to you what is happening but thought it was kinda nuts.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSFAPgGAaC7bupsk1X6RUkqvltFvpPtkZhFKVtDSVD8_2J-CDJgP9v2XEVeMlOCaRpN3yqdClo-xG2A3rk4wgQ9kGVHeBdK5694W3S5aKVOjFkyY8gNyRuEeLZ8hTmusqTve5GhrsFwg/s2048/20210909_122658.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSFAPgGAaC7bupsk1X6RUkqvltFvpPtkZhFKVtDSVD8_2J-CDJgP9v2XEVeMlOCaRpN3yqdClo-xG2A3rk4wgQ9kGVHeBdK5694W3S5aKVOjFkyY8gNyRuEeLZ8hTmusqTve5GhrsFwg/w400-h300/20210909_122658.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Was at the zoo one day, apparently we now think Corythosaurus was coloured like an Okapi?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7e0Mh9QVB_MIu4tBIM6D3KCMcTnHVrFZsu8f5O4jnDKRDlJ7VjqOprOhs2f0s-0v7X7iD3d5oG7CFesYUmGC2moVTwKrMrwfgwmRJna3i9vw-nURpNM10KycWUmAaN7sIQ80TSVgkqQ/s2048/20210909_160324.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7e0Mh9QVB_MIu4tBIM6D3KCMcTnHVrFZsu8f5O4jnDKRDlJ7VjqOprOhs2f0s-0v7X7iD3d5oG7CFesYUmGC2moVTwKrMrwfgwmRJna3i9vw-nURpNM10KycWUmAaN7sIQ80TSVgkqQ/w300-h400/20210909_160324.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My old favourite, Cockscomb</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFUWAg16RM_LXIjdm15ZlbaeHe0NCtx7724cczIRcGuYAGPtlkwEeWXcR1GbxvXK7yJwXxPYHOZQQJfYL2YqcCgbn9bdG0QktdqExs-7q8wHA4X54YRiEaidQsHPJeeccyBKuCZfl67Q/s2048/20210909_160636.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Begonia and sweet potato vine</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXndkET1QwRmiUBCzMWe1NHp3ri9CjxhNOIWj9KqJ84dwpShkFBQx2KKNJ_y6-wgwXrMUuTmybCsB3txUtz66-w5fndvof0d0V7LelC_2iUAnWJZe6EVc85tXrkBwTuiWm6LgZ1N55Sg/s2048/20210918_173149.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXndkET1QwRmiUBCzMWe1NHp3ri9CjxhNOIWj9KqJ84dwpShkFBQx2KKNJ_y6-wgwXrMUuTmybCsB3txUtz66-w5fndvof0d0V7LelC_2iUAnWJZe6EVc85tXrkBwTuiWm6LgZ1N55Sg/w480-h640/20210918_173149.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Raspberry Sizzle Geranium, the colour is so amazing I have kept this for several years now!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It was a crazy but awesome summer, I miss it already and dread the winter, I guess it will be spring before we know it again!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis1ZIKgC3b1DOuoBdI3-BZL_rL9IjdN5OfTnCWcz2mB_Vhx59TkUgjigIs40QK3d77U9Mt8I374gxTxGeC2rdEuxsfRZjzK7pzSyfVb3dz2gwu9p3_KzfabshfQqKlNT4NpQO9OsnDMA/s2048/20210728_210631.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis1ZIKgC3b1DOuoBdI3-BZL_rL9IjdN5OfTnCWcz2mB_Vhx59TkUgjigIs40QK3d77U9Mt8I374gxTxGeC2rdEuxsfRZjzK7pzSyfVb3dz2gwu9p3_KzfabshfQqKlNT4NpQO9OsnDMA/w640-h480/20210728_210631.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149821873151283214.post-66829968763295426602021-06-26T15:28:00.002-07:002021-07-04T09:54:46.545-07:00Spring 2021, Back To Abnormal<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZLLm8b024-BDzhXxwTJ7XhtsEbK_8afeuGvRfOYB1XE5fICDKcM43t4QZw-RfU94Mboq9OlC9FQsQBu2LsAuC7rtfC_1uBIbqD9lkypq_A__KJ8cdemHNOFQmFEX5QTNXABeClJt71Q/s2048/20210601_091318.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZLLm8b024-BDzhXxwTJ7XhtsEbK_8afeuGvRfOYB1XE5fICDKcM43t4QZw-RfU94Mboq9OlC9FQsQBu2LsAuC7rtfC_1uBIbqD9lkypq_A__KJ8cdemHNOFQmFEX5QTNXABeClJt71Q/w480-h640/20210601_091318.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> After a year of lockdown it seems like the world is antsy for change, or should it be cagey? or Jonesing? As many of us city dwellers are well on our way to double vaccination and the economy chugs back around there are many changes in my neighbourhood mostly people moving. One of my immediate neighbours sold but so have at least 6 others, the lady behind us sold and asked if I wanted some of her plants so I took quite a few, ferns, hostas, bergenia and these primrose (above) more plants saved from development. Speaking of development there is much pressure on our inner city area to develop more and higher buildings and it's not going over well with many and it is an election year so I expect some change in City politics as well to come this fall!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifLboTcc5tH1CsyOBk3dZ4i7DAev7ZiOlQiH3jxfJqqABxPgwbBUq0ahUQIRND3ebPr6aCytQUaw0PgCSsG4XI4Z6O8fglKCAv3qf7mUyVA6SYbnHqtADzZx8rM-31QOVuX3nnW5MGAA/s2048/20210319_192748.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifLboTcc5tH1CsyOBk3dZ4i7DAev7ZiOlQiH3jxfJqqABxPgwbBUq0ahUQIRND3ebPr6aCytQUaw0PgCSsG4XI4Z6O8fglKCAv3qf7mUyVA6SYbnHqtADzZx8rM-31QOVuX3nnW5MGAA/w640-h480/20210319_192748.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <b>Weird Weather </b>continued into the spring, except for the 2 weeks of severe cold in the winter (that was a part of the deadly Texas cold spell) the winter was very mild with little snowfall. Spring also stayed in the above normal temperature range with little rain or snow, there are so many years when it snows for 25 days in a row in April but this was not the case this year. For once in many years winter ended in February and stayed on the spring track with many days well above normal, temps hitting near 30C from mid May every other week until I type this here looking at a forecast for 35C this week as we close out June! This was also a contrast to last years "hot and wet" spring with many storms, this year was hot and dry. Above, the spring equinox sunset.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH_-QYxnBVKf3A_BMiXhgmoTQ20tAuDmAUfbR51vvDrDzDVxJrplpnD82l6WzFwREGEZsW6zBKVK43R4LgojsMSMGFE8jStjjEK3Hk8ojxaEsLdrng1kqlh8JVm7a6DtVsRdNNCthZxA/s2048/20210313_093214.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH_-QYxnBVKf3A_BMiXhgmoTQ20tAuDmAUfbR51vvDrDzDVxJrplpnD82l6WzFwREGEZsW6zBKVK43R4LgojsMSMGFE8jStjjEK3Hk8ojxaEsLdrng1kqlh8JVm7a6DtVsRdNNCthZxA/w640-h480/20210313_093214.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stats from March 13th</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVMBWNLNVjwiJQv4AdDCkmOqLozYlPh5YDJc2XzG7uJ_TLl_mkLrCO8VRA8mrOGyyjSUE-vW-2UBZlnDOidhZPDdyzA0WsDjfZNEt20pCu9Q6KlkaB59O8uvxpkdgPKY75WxHwUhI6Hg/s2048/20210601_124727.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVMBWNLNVjwiJQv4AdDCkmOqLozYlPh5YDJc2XzG7uJ_TLl_mkLrCO8VRA8mrOGyyjSUE-vW-2UBZlnDOidhZPDdyzA0WsDjfZNEt20pCu9Q6KlkaB59O8uvxpkdgPKY75WxHwUhI6Hg/w640-h480/20210601_124727.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stats from early June as hot weather first sets in</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3dpAOGyHUrKmThilMq9lfXdPhSHHqsV5fOvEMixQFxqIYB_m-y13bsdSZ_bTTNFbBkv64NsOrTFmtEyLJsFRTP0TczvU-fU-CCWSTZe7s1Aqyopa1cax_b0C1uIODnbLU0blGR02UPA/s2048/20210601_124646.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3dpAOGyHUrKmThilMq9lfXdPhSHHqsV5fOvEMixQFxqIYB_m-y13bsdSZ_bTTNFbBkv64NsOrTFmtEyLJsFRTP0TczvU-fU-CCWSTZe7s1Aqyopa1cax_b0C1uIODnbLU0blGR02UPA/w640-h480/20210601_124646.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yeah, Calgary is not renowned for 30C or warmer!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxANfTsf97lyaZbmnLkbd7hgWdHcwJj-OsQrBZDoM5Nsj3o1PVd-nuGo1q7bPJ-yfy_g_WiGRdVZ4DxZrJR9UXzTnKwfQLBArhwwJgyv930vcz2lvLpoBkZbQbOtu5P9YhGSX05dAdcA/s2048/20210519_113402.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxANfTsf97lyaZbmnLkbd7hgWdHcwJj-OsQrBZDoM5Nsj3o1PVd-nuGo1q7bPJ-yfy_g_WiGRdVZ4DxZrJR9UXzTnKwfQLBArhwwJgyv930vcz2lvLpoBkZbQbOtu5P9YhGSX05dAdcA/w640-h480/20210519_113402.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had the greenhouse up for only a few weeks as it became warm enough to not have to worry about plants outside.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0IUoJC4b2iYRy2h0F_G9bo1wJmXs4ekKeZ5ZRcrqFgi_2D7PgadqQK47TIWOJRAJi7GxP_0-evNGUxzD3Svfv0xkSeFHBl-XGpoqjx8-kIfecZgyCo21gJMTcvtj9vsKKsSwHoPbITw/s2048/20210426_142053.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0IUoJC4b2iYRy2h0F_G9bo1wJmXs4ekKeZ5ZRcrqFgi_2D7PgadqQK47TIWOJRAJi7GxP_0-evNGUxzD3Svfv0xkSeFHBl-XGpoqjx8-kIfecZgyCo21gJMTcvtj9vsKKsSwHoPbITw/w480-h640/20210426_142053.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The tropical bulbs, tubers etc that I overwinter in the attic were brought out April 26th this year which is a few weeks earlier than normal. Some of them already raring to go and bleached out by darkness.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQp4UMvK7oJG0yhBmq82j3L2OzdjJDZmCexl_hPzGmamNnC7zfTahjB30SnETloLijGoDb7-D1n1buzmdU33znlBxWK58bZX5OVksvQ4l711yEdd0_bw3D2rUHwKowm2pS8TYhyH1v6Q/s2048/20210620_104529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQp4UMvK7oJG0yhBmq82j3L2OzdjJDZmCexl_hPzGmamNnC7zfTahjB30SnETloLijGoDb7-D1n1buzmdU33znlBxWK58bZX5OVksvQ4l711yEdd0_bw3D2rUHwKowm2pS8TYhyH1v6Q/w480-h640/20210620_104529.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some of the Fiddlehead ferns and hostas saved from my neighbours garden, this is only a few, I have enough to choke a Stegosaurus now!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf4zDfRiozBH0zZEWWPaC5w0hSgElCnrjHlAhBaCPK0j0vDiP99HsAocihhyphenhyphenI5r-4XzgTR9G7fr6RUJG1XsgZoiHHC7hsB-8n-PJEIZXDr0qqSW5LL91OZjYLPhSncimkphQxAAvhizg/s2048/20210517_151527.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf4zDfRiozBH0zZEWWPaC5w0hSgElCnrjHlAhBaCPK0j0vDiP99HsAocihhyphenhyphenI5r-4XzgTR9G7fr6RUJG1XsgZoiHHC7hsB-8n-PJEIZXDr0qqSW5LL91OZjYLPhSncimkphQxAAvhizg/s320/20210517_151527.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This dark purple Primrose or Primula also came from my neighbour, they used to be considered hard to grow here but they seem to do fine in the City.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Thank you Amazon! </b>After last years disaster of continuous hail storms and then the local sparrow population decimating everything else my partner who is a professional online shopper ordered these for me;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy5sejtYCJ0rKFD5An_3ZXML_Y8VmwrR_lvwcmkxSWcwRgKSISImh5Q8rHAoKnqHxtvbdr-MrajMZhwilrt99q0IYNik9sbCOdvVxZDA-QJylZUzSukW-ZefmsgL_8JcUIImhDHfNVHg/s2048/20210521_153329.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy5sejtYCJ0rKFD5An_3ZXML_Y8VmwrR_lvwcmkxSWcwRgKSISImh5Q8rHAoKnqHxtvbdr-MrajMZhwilrt99q0IYNik9sbCOdvVxZDA-QJylZUzSukW-ZefmsgL_8JcUIImhDHfNVHg/w640-h480/20210521_153329.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> They are corrugated metal planter boxes that also come with a netting perfect for protection from all of natures BS! They are helping immensely. When I see the sparrows eying my baby lettuces I say too bad you little bastards yer not getting in!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQxlxUC37g6cW2F1Ddtgo5N867uwDU2ogCDgWaw44abVfJUMYyWzcOeIj9uxwCYj9EEdgkKnCsVVShWkdMv7hk-416JjK-Bd_9UU8dk2qBUZRlZIShWMZOD76LOmr2jxgK491mOHuPdQ/s2048/20210620_104049.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQxlxUC37g6cW2F1Ddtgo5N867uwDU2ogCDgWaw44abVfJUMYyWzcOeIj9uxwCYj9EEdgkKnCsVVShWkdMv7hk-416JjK-Bd_9UU8dk2qBUZRlZIShWMZOD76LOmr2jxgK491mOHuPdQ/w640-h480/20210620_104049.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Also bought this cold frame from Amazon which I am using for peppers now. It was a total bitch to assemble! It took us two days because I quit after several hours! It will also fly open and wreck it's frame in the slightest breeze unless locked. We will see how this pans out in the future!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>S*** I learned on the internet, </b>In a bid to make myself sane again after Trump and this pandemic I have been moving away from watching news constantly and have moved on to Youtube. Did you know there are many more things on Youtube than cute cat videos and Karen freak outs? There is a wealth of plant info, I have looked up almost anything I was about to seed or plant and learned something new almost everytime, I did not know zucchinis and squashes cannot sit in a cell pack for more than 2 weeks or the best way to grow a Mango seed for example, or how about how giant the root system of creeping bellflower is until the magic of Youtube. For fun I recommend watching my favourite new personality which is a foul-mouthed Botanist with a heavy Chicago accent talkin' bout plants and s***, he travels all over giving talks about native plants and other wisdom like how the bipedial apes are destroyin' da place. His channel is <b>Crime Pays, Botany Doesn't </b>I highly recommend it for the dialect and the insane amount of plant terminology that makes me feel like a novice!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0v5SwRbB18dmKsqpFrJCJ1UcgskMnH5DAEzPTzPU6pwfVRRQzVAuiUwZV2Huooz4UXyMAQA-zEIWX4vmegOF1h3s-hu018ofEsr_DxpNvJFqA9tqlPn_8z9RAzgftfPoKG9iVgfdp0g/s2048/20210524_190415.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0v5SwRbB18dmKsqpFrJCJ1UcgskMnH5DAEzPTzPU6pwfVRRQzVAuiUwZV2Huooz4UXyMAQA-zEIWX4vmegOF1h3s-hu018ofEsr_DxpNvJFqA9tqlPn_8z9RAzgftfPoKG9iVgfdp0g/s320/20210524_190415.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYY6tjAQ1sM2RkYwk1NV225VKbvhcCKXNzRor3R9JXhkuv6BHePYckK7j9BTiL-CpHnuUNX3_tnG8ZHOhqhZyFQcfcnImV3KBShUm57bIl1u9R0OVtwqf-tNNMHpS8Zko8qebKxApI2w/s2048/20210601_134802.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYY6tjAQ1sM2RkYwk1NV225VKbvhcCKXNzRor3R9JXhkuv6BHePYckK7j9BTiL-CpHnuUNX3_tnG8ZHOhqhZyFQcfcnImV3KBShUm57bIl1u9R0OVtwqf-tNNMHpS8Zko8qebKxApI2w/s320/20210601_134802.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is a Mango I sucessfully sprouted because I saw it on Youtube!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHVAjyvPFDcd5QcKI8q3A6WrxLWEmuVDc5hwZCUCzAaNyplPibWT4pvV1yktbEiEeprKgYVOXDnBka9tjSXCROv4rBRaMxytdc40V6MRyomzkzX1umMlTo1d6LgyexNF9GyjCvzkIxTQ/s2048/20210515_141140.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHVAjyvPFDcd5QcKI8q3A6WrxLWEmuVDc5hwZCUCzAaNyplPibWT4pvV1yktbEiEeprKgYVOXDnBka9tjSXCROv4rBRaMxytdc40V6MRyomzkzX1umMlTo1d6LgyexNF9GyjCvzkIxTQ/w480-h640/20210515_141140.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was wondering if there was a way to eradicate creeping bellflower that I didn't know about, short answer, no! They have tuberous roots deep in the ground and the part you see is often connected by a foot or more of breakable stem to this tuber. The only way to get rid of them is to dig up the area, and quite deeply at that. Roundup and other herbicides do not kill this plant either, I'm not sure a nuclear war would!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Feng Shui working! </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqdVZYG05tfYlT7SbwyBiKGrVsc5bo3j-58HbsSGw16BvAEPiclOeelNwXHqV7T6X78WDRG4EHfFAiERDmfUFEzDwL2EABiA5B5FFz7ADmSQj8EuFvzqLCuRDGDqKf2Q3fLTwdksB2GA/s2048/20210608_162508.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqdVZYG05tfYlT7SbwyBiKGrVsc5bo3j-58HbsSGw16BvAEPiclOeelNwXHqV7T6X78WDRG4EHfFAiERDmfUFEzDwL2EABiA5B5FFz7ADmSQj8EuFvzqLCuRDGDqKf2Q3fLTwdksB2GA/w480-h640/20210608_162508.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b> </b>You may recall from previous articles how the Ginko biloba was almost wiped out due to many unlucky events last year. So I thought since this tree is sacred to the Chinese I would research a good luck charm to put on the tree and came up with this symbol which is used as a general good luck charm, I drew it on a red ribbon in sharpie and pinned it on a branch. Since then no problems! If you want some good advice from Chinese astrology, call your elderly relatives, eat plenty of vegetables, take extra care while driving.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Just for the pretty, </b>may as well round out this post with some nice photos from Spring 21</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQaieLmalZNahEJ6SnVtM32BpJRUOy8bw6xCk8Z4df7VUz0HhhrzKOVZl2lsKw2W7SOq39Sy-qOzHzInJlnSpUYI3axUxmqfu8kCoTANRUNk9WuQ3EH-21aUtRjwSUWhuDmS_WaNEvGw/s2048/20210414_123609.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQaieLmalZNahEJ6SnVtM32BpJRUOy8bw6xCk8Z4df7VUz0HhhrzKOVZl2lsKw2W7SOq39Sy-qOzHzInJlnSpUYI3axUxmqfu8kCoTANRUNk9WuQ3EH-21aUtRjwSUWhuDmS_WaNEvGw/w480-h640/20210414_123609.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A beautiful mutant tulip</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5j6KSkg1iFoshcMgep9zp9wSY0mkd57HXA5K4dPgRsT-2mCr7aSNowKlP3RonLJNIpjmZFpCH-vaXW_tyt8Vg3J0uprITp9mKu61ybUHoKVpl0u_DpTJLAVLMxcGFMFfBe8kWnexRBA/s2048/20210501_111110.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5j6KSkg1iFoshcMgep9zp9wSY0mkd57HXA5K4dPgRsT-2mCr7aSNowKlP3RonLJNIpjmZFpCH-vaXW_tyt8Vg3J0uprITp9mKu61ybUHoKVpl0u_DpTJLAVLMxcGFMFfBe8kWnexRBA/w640-h480/20210501_111110.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Early tulips in the heat</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">With the bittersweet vine cut down Alliums go nuts!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTEwLg9sM56eUOicm06NIa9Mexuw2R37Ntm71oZ5JcrxJ915bA62i45lquwswFGWEzP6qYc-0kfiHBIFlRZ4d2EH3OYx_ueQK0z2v4Giod6pGpICSj6l6mW6faSLCsliRLmcficJgbDw/s2048/20210611_193820.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTEwLg9sM56eUOicm06NIa9Mexuw2R37Ntm71oZ5JcrxJ915bA62i45lquwswFGWEzP6qYc-0kfiHBIFlRZ4d2EH3OYx_ueQK0z2v4Giod6pGpICSj6l6mW6faSLCsliRLmcficJgbDw/w640-h480/20210611_193820.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wide angle front yard</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149821873151283214.post-22695615061441413092021-05-31T17:56:00.000-07:002021-05-31T17:56:10.595-07:005 Plants To Avoid Buying!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVU4jfrclWZ98hmVh0TkRKRum0LX-p2rg9kU_DuperLC1fk7_fU_r5JvovIYN_CZd-arDCGx7QAuqZGvK6GYTRnK6z_uLu5EB96axNF4rzlNeRiH98tpaJW0_D60KAIUaGnMzFZziruQ/s2048/20210527_105206.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVU4jfrclWZ98hmVh0TkRKRum0LX-p2rg9kU_DuperLC1fk7_fU_r5JvovIYN_CZd-arDCGx7QAuqZGvK6GYTRnK6z_uLu5EB96axNF4rzlNeRiH98tpaJW0_D60KAIUaGnMzFZziruQ/w640-h480/20210527_105206.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> I know, we've all done it, it looked so great at the store now what? Watch it slowly die. Above my number 1 don't get sucked into the beauty of this, New Zealand Impatience, it hates Calgary, it hates temps too hot or too cold (below 10C), it hates the combo of water and sun on it's leaves, it probably hates our hot and dry summer sun. When we had them at the greenhouse I would feature them prominetly so we could get rid of them, they are hard to keep! Instead of this precious princess of a plant better to go with Coleus, many new varieties can can take more sun and there are very intense colour ranges and they are so much easier to grow! See image below of this new variety Stained Glassworks Luminesce, <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO96eLqzeM9HUChCyBb3-5cexVnggh9BnK3E1LBg9-itg47-ZvQz2M8Qc8vXoDhgwlGVi6wxIt2tED5IYqOXiQ84Nh8ZGW4nS7HMP3BtmpkaJSRbKc0DlFbYYUEaoba1W94w9zG2qoSg/s2048/20210527_110223.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO96eLqzeM9HUChCyBb3-5cexVnggh9BnK3E1LBg9-itg47-ZvQz2M8Qc8vXoDhgwlGVi6wxIt2tED5IYqOXiQ84Nh8ZGW4nS7HMP3BtmpkaJSRbKc0DlFbYYUEaoba1W94w9zG2qoSg/w300-h400/20210527_110223.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK-n4UK3hoNd-sq0bUzZ4U1YrhK0gMQ5f2pw0QEBbJEbcJ28p57QYRUhrb1eGCfaKtTzKY5lO3mkfcp5s52edf4NlTxkkc2NhemMdRF2E60CetsKc5xfHxZD35ApKyzR3319s47gvsiQ/s2048/20210528_142026.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK-n4UK3hoNd-sq0bUzZ4U1YrhK0gMQ5f2pw0QEBbJEbcJ28p57QYRUhrb1eGCfaKtTzKY5lO3mkfcp5s52edf4NlTxkkc2NhemMdRF2E60CetsKc5xfHxZD35ApKyzR3319s47gvsiQ/w300-h400/20210528_142026.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Maydays, Schubert Cherry, Choke Cherry and their ilk, all in the prunus family, nice for a week in the spring but loaded with issues like suckering, self seeding from millions of berries, dropping berries, and black knot gall virus. Fast growing but so are a lot of things! Instead I would opt for a flowering crab apple or if you're up for it a nice fruit tree like pear or apricot. Flowering crabs give us the spring show and so many less problems however. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUnb6Fvf4ebCwSBcALRdFJEhtob_qFY5d5jbLYJIT1J2RdJHTi3fCgYHkmnsX2Iq-xhqiQkGUvY0O5M4oKeDjR__r3n5EkwVsIz6AFEygSXTJSd1e8WMO4hQOdbT2kapOvtWrsihB4Eg/s2048/20180518_175439.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUnb6Fvf4ebCwSBcALRdFJEhtob_qFY5d5jbLYJIT1J2RdJHTi3fCgYHkmnsX2Iq-xhqiQkGUvY0O5M4oKeDjR__r3n5EkwVsIz6AFEygSXTJSd1e8WMO4hQOdbT2kapOvtWrsihB4Eg/w480-h640/20180518_175439.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4teVER6bg_ZWd25pUB4VpgJfAMAbiwiM4-YJ7cyL6v_M9BB5MpVYFTrIFUfbpDa0M6lCi7347YmwFbaFiLNtQDelrDr9FoSxCKNveKX0cY9JX7-8cWSc2wlqnCp3yEApkhyh_7IavjA/s2048/20210527_110845.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4teVER6bg_ZWd25pUB4VpgJfAMAbiwiM4-YJ7cyL6v_M9BB5MpVYFTrIFUfbpDa0M6lCi7347YmwFbaFiLNtQDelrDr9FoSxCKNveKX0cY9JX7-8cWSc2wlqnCp3yEApkhyh_7IavjA/w300-h400/20210527_110845.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Cedars, they always look so nice and green and there are many large ones in Calgary to boot, however, in the wrong spot they will soon expire. They never work here as a hedge in the open, the best ones I have seen are usually close to a house but even they they can just randomly die. Best leave these to the warmer valleys of BC and instead go with Juniper. Junipers of all sorts love our hot dry and high climate and have few problems, although mites seem to be a recent issue these days, a quick spray with a hose should help. Junipers come in hundreds of shapes and sizes and heights.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy1mc1_Dvws71F9p1yT41dpxohEwkLYOoIBL0E0DGc0jraJDaTeX-p5dgFotxFkACNWhDTRkndDgODXdZkWnkhLUU1Qtrznjmi5thYWtFF2IKg5zb9jkVgqf38PH5yxi2YmVa5f2izZQ/s2048/20210527_110927.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy1mc1_Dvws71F9p1yT41dpxohEwkLYOoIBL0E0DGc0jraJDaTeX-p5dgFotxFkACNWhDTRkndDgODXdZkWnkhLUU1Qtrznjmi5thYWtFF2IKg5zb9jkVgqf38PH5yxi2YmVa5f2izZQ/w300-h400/20210527_110927.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVKQCWAWN_yKy8wH2gS5LP9vq1vahk_SxY8OrtdiTUsVo1pFVMrLYDGRCAnkWItggj3jVwehlptCsP11K3tzwzkH_CtPqdqjwi0TH7eZEM_IJSAK3wi-cQXcrmu0Asc5lEEcxHa552vg/s2048/20210528_143919.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVKQCWAWN_yKy8wH2gS5LP9vq1vahk_SxY8OrtdiTUsVo1pFVMrLYDGRCAnkWItggj3jVwehlptCsP11K3tzwzkH_CtPqdqjwi0TH7eZEM_IJSAK3wi-cQXcrmu0Asc5lEEcxHa552vg/w480-h640/20210528_143919.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Alberta Spruce, I don't know why they have this misleading name but a place where I have often seen very nice ones is Vancouver and Vancouver Island! They hate Calgary in most situations. Now I have seen a few who like their spots, maybe they have just the right amount of shelter and moisture but mostly they will look like the one pictured here. Instead look for some of the other dwarf spruces that seem to do much better, there are many varieties now and you can also consider dwarf pines and even Yew does better here!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBRaBZt-vpA1EroeAqune30rMojN_Z9MXx1uWJskCB5THPmFAP-vUy83sOU4-UjxHdit4of_qr89EtkcRGwq5JfwtUzdrvZjlBYZqhcUazYpBhB-nlsOLZBtEBl8BnDkF76DBswD1TIA/s2048/20180601_135048.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBRaBZt-vpA1EroeAqune30rMojN_Z9MXx1uWJskCB5THPmFAP-vUy83sOU4-UjxHdit4of_qr89EtkcRGwq5JfwtUzdrvZjlBYZqhcUazYpBhB-nlsOLZBtEBl8BnDkF76DBswD1TIA/s320/20180601_135048.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Granted, this is the nicest Birds Nest Spruce I have ever seen but they do OK in moist sites.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBYQWtJJZ6dk39NXPxegAU-n5oUf3d0O3D6NZQfaL_2zyyb01u-ng_SaWDMI2p_9EFvRD7Nrxr567iKAVarTA-YIGQ4389Wl5qna_WSi0guSr_tZincx0JLww22UdoiO8oHALYfcbmHA/s2048/20180731_142625.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBYQWtJJZ6dk39NXPxegAU-n5oUf3d0O3D6NZQfaL_2zyyb01u-ng_SaWDMI2p_9EFvRD7Nrxr567iKAVarTA-YIGQ4389Wl5qna_WSi0guSr_tZincx0JLww22UdoiO8oHALYfcbmHA/w300-h400/20180731_142625.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is a nice weeping spruce variety.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjFyb07GgrrWNQfjQZSDvGiMokub7uA2kmuEdQO3XkOBCfNs2AB72vselvBWaEg8HPDjrJLNvyfLB2hfQHnLWMUz2Pv2tCol4hFaYJcuQcek3ZIbjeBy9eCXpdZADhezHeprQe_xF5ww/s2048/20210527_121241.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjFyb07GgrrWNQfjQZSDvGiMokub7uA2kmuEdQO3XkOBCfNs2AB72vselvBWaEg8HPDjrJLNvyfLB2hfQHnLWMUz2Pv2tCol4hFaYJcuQcek3ZIbjeBy9eCXpdZADhezHeprQe_xF5ww/w300-h400/20210527_121241.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Finally Basil, not impossible but it needs a fair amount of care, another plant that dislikes temps below 10C and can get easily fried in our sun and/or eaten to death by caterpillars, not good for planting in the ground, I always plant in a pot because our weather is often ridiculous and you can extend their lives in the fall too. Herbs that love Calgary are Thyme, Chives, Oregano and Lemon Balm, Rosemary is hardy in zone 8 so should be treated as a houseplant in the winter!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149821873151283214.post-92111815990286432592021-04-25T17:04:01.120-07:002021-06-01T15:19:53.006-07:00Learning to Garden in Calgary<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRwACfZw1ZsIcUwBz8WN4Rc2shwgQlh6lZmX_uxFtNWYyntc3lmI6ComeudFXRs1KI-MXyic3gs_Q9RDv2zg_wwN7zNsE-wSCMrNNXyxImrKCmage6wfQzmCUsIhpavwEG5vOBbHEPbQ/s2543/20200821_094404.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRwACfZw1ZsIcUwBz8WN4Rc2shwgQlh6lZmX_uxFtNWYyntc3lmI6ComeudFXRs1KI-MXyic3gs_Q9RDv2zg_wwN7zNsE-wSCMrNNXyxImrKCmage6wfQzmCUsIhpavwEG5vOBbHEPbQ/w399-h640/20200821_094404.jpg" width="399" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> I grew up in Calgary and have been gardening here all my life, except for a few years of my misspent youth, Art College and living in Vancouver in the 90's. I learned gardening as a child at my mothers elbow whos parents came to Canada before WW1 from the UK and had a small mixed farm north of the City until the 1970's. That generation was focused a lot on growing vegetables but my Grandma also grew a menagerie of old fashioned flowers too, just like the English gardens you imagine complete with picket fence and toads. Somehow I developed a strange obsession over trees in my adolescense, learning their natural ranges, latin names, hardiness etc, being embarrisingly obsessed over trees and plants especially when we we went to the West coast to visit family. When I finished school however, it was Fine Art that I chose for a career, maybe I should have studied Biology instead?; no one thought that was a career back then, choosing art was scandalous enough! When Ralph Klein ruined the economy and any opportunity for 20 somethings in the early 90's my partner and I left Calgary and lived in Vancouver for several years and eventually moved to Abbotsford where I got the chance to garden in zone 8 for 2 years and learn so much more about the plant world than this cold barren dry landscape we call Calgary can offer! For a variety of reasons we found ourselves back in Calgary where we have been living and gardening in the same house since the fall of 1999. I started my own company, Renaissance Men, that let me persue art as well as gardening, I have designed and planted many spaces for clients all over Western Canada but mainly in Calgary of course over the last 20 years. We also lived in Mexico for two hurricane seasons which altered my attitude, colour perception and knowledge of tropical plants tremendously. I worked at a small local inner city garden store/greenhouse in Calgary for several years and have heard almost every gardening question people can have, I've heard it all and then some! So I have known and grown a lot of kinds of plants, tried a lot of things, made some mistakes, have regrets and have some good advice for gardening in this frustrating and seemingly insane place to grow anything. So here are some good ideas and do's and don'ts, enjoy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Develop a plan</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Even if you are just choosing a tree or shub you should do a little research first, what grows here? How much light and water does it need? Is it the appropriate size. So many people rely on the same few species that many people may not know there are more than Shubert Cherries, Spruce and Potentilla that will grow here. There are many books, and internet resources available to you, do some research on Zone 3 and 4 plants, what's a zone? We will discuss later but first what are my condidtions? exposures? and how much space do I have? Trees are large enough to grow in almost any site and exposure (north, south, east, west) but many perennials, annuals and shrubs may want full sun, part shade, or full shade. Full sun is a site that recieves direct sun 6 or more hours a day, the south or southwest side of a house for example, part sun usually an east or north exposure, some sun with the majority of the day in shade, full shade obviously as little sun as possible, north side, under the shade of a tree, not many plants in Calgary require full shade.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">How big will this grow? An important question and mistake I have made a few times, many plants do not grow to their full potential in our climate especially trees but also keep in mind sometimes it is hard to understand how big something will get and become a nusance in the future.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIFb_V1tLmAWn-Sz9PKQWHXr1P2EvmHmQs5vtxVBEV9sOZ7zWm0f6jcYdPKXLNcs67J7pONrshX24OSKB_Qx9NJIiykqoFwNUdIuAcOnKN4fU_ycuORN6bBTCNE7Mg6DtwzXI5BwzEUA/s2048/20210420_141524.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIFb_V1tLmAWn-Sz9PKQWHXr1P2EvmHmQs5vtxVBEV9sOZ7zWm0f6jcYdPKXLNcs67J7pONrshX24OSKB_Qx9NJIiykqoFwNUdIuAcOnKN4fU_ycuORN6bBTCNE7Mg6DtwzXI5BwzEUA/s320/20210420_141524.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This seems to be the hot new thing with new developments, what are they thinking? This spruce will grow at least 4 times bigger and will likely be mutilated in the future to prevent future problems for this building.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAdLCpFzUBK_t_cjmbXg_903MeYLcWfCWRKY52jEyiwBh5NfVKwxnDKShyDJBpeVfh9_XVzAZaMpbpnAGHXOBE4FSAidPeWXRkwfH9BLxAOW2Gp8OhL85gtOoOZfZUF4f8Oqex-NKx5A/s2048/20210420_141611.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAdLCpFzUBK_t_cjmbXg_903MeYLcWfCWRKY52jEyiwBh5NfVKwxnDKShyDJBpeVfh9_XVzAZaMpbpnAGHXOBE4FSAidPeWXRkwfH9BLxAOW2Gp8OhL85gtOoOZfZUF4f8Oqex-NKx5A/s320/20210420_141611.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These Green Ash trees are planted about a metre from this building. They are some of our largest deciduous trees, why wouldn't you plant these outside the fence where they can live and be enjoyed for years to come?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Also consider, will this cast shade the way I want it to? Will it grow into wires, drop berries on my deck or heave up the sidewalk?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What grows here? I have heard many times "I come from....can I grow, Japanese Maple, Wisteria, or English Holly?" uhhh no, do you see any around here? It's a good idea to get an idea of what grows here, visit your local greenhouse or better yet walk around your neighbourhood and take pictures of plants you like, use an app that identifies plants or even Google Lense or show the picture to someone like me. I can't tell you how many times someone would come in to the greenhouse and ask do you have a plant I saw, it's leaves go like this and this? Oh boi, I cannot help in this situation but a photo can help!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixrl4afP_6skDUylvwhC6ETSNO0Yv57I63jWcQ0OlWu0p3j4IqmDZIZL2T3j_KAVk6x3qzyc0f85gZkjJ73lKKpXpYg2Jja_EsVk_cwQbB-ILpauN3Xfq02dk5VgAVnyIHM_mYXpOtIQ/s2048/20190621_112433.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixrl4afP_6skDUylvwhC6ETSNO0Yv57I63jWcQ0OlWu0p3j4IqmDZIZL2T3j_KAVk6x3qzyc0f85gZkjJ73lKKpXpYg2Jja_EsVk_cwQbB-ILpauN3Xfq02dk5VgAVnyIHM_mYXpOtIQ/s320/20190621_112433.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Choosing plant materials, greenhouse or box store? Well, its a toss up. If you really don't know much you may need the help a local greenhouse can provide, usually the sales staff is very knowledgeable but keep in mind going on the busiest weekend day you are not going to get very good service, go at a less busy time if you need extra help. The large local greenhouses are also expensive often for exactly the same product at a box store so it's up to you if you want to pay $140 or $40 for the same tree, although most local greenhouses give a one or two year warranty so it's up to you. Sometimes I find really good deals at a box store but often they hire the worst people possible and the plants are dying from lack of proper care, go early in the season! When I worked at the greenhouse the slowest times were after dinner and weekday afternoons, we were also open for 12 hours so do not arrive at 10 minutes before closing and think you will be greeted happily, really? can you make it in any of the 84 hours a week we are open???</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Make a list</b>! Even I have to do this to limit impulse spending, I also forget really important things if I'm distracted so I need to do this to not overspend and be in trouble when I get home.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Buy enough! Don't be CHEAP! You need to have enough to make the impact you want, one perennial or an under planted flower box will look terrible, it's sometimes better to have too many annuals than too little.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Make sure there is room in the car and put a moving blanket or plastic in for any spilled dirt.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Leave pets, children and cranky elderly folks at home! My dog cannot handle shopping and it becomes very frustrating quickly. I made a sign at the greenhouse that said in bold letters "NO WHINING!" because children also become quickly bored, I remember a father grabbed the sign and put it in his childs face, fingers pointing to the letters, you're welcome daddy! And need I say anything about large crowds, 33 degree greenhouses and old ladies in winter coats, come on a cooler day dear.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So, be prepared, have a good idea of what you need, be well rested and everyone will be happy, there's another day if you need something else.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Work with the weather</b>, just because the calendar says May 25 that does not mean it is safe to plant out. A few times I had clients who just could not wait and demanded I plant on the long weekend only to have snow or frost damage plants, sometimes severely. This is Calgary wait until the weather co-operates, we even had a snowy day in the first week of June recently so watch that forcast! Many times June is also too cold for warm weather plants like zucchini or especially basil and I wait several weeks for it to be warm enough, above 10C on a consistent basis overnight, to plant out tender annuals and veg.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>What are zones</b>? so many people are too confused and concerned about zones even longtime horticulture buffs. Simply it is a measure of a plants cold hardiness, obviously we do not grow bananna trees because our winters are too cold but plant hardiness mostly pertains to trees and shrubs above the ground and zones may or may not apply as much to perennials and bulbs which can be mulched under leaves and snow in the winter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfuS_UO6FhfZAqb5M-PzcQ-j1BAyomxxezuY5p0gPpIuiOFlYbqx2ODqwCetA5dIyVoaMEjUsLMEl3VsWSZrwA69eQCPxzva_31mKetsgSNnlJNN8MjYW7wFnmxVmIaiSqzTsjXaSf6g/s2048/20210420_120514.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfuS_UO6FhfZAqb5M-PzcQ-j1BAyomxxezuY5p0gPpIuiOFlYbqx2ODqwCetA5dIyVoaMEjUsLMEl3VsWSZrwA69eQCPxzva_31mKetsgSNnlJNN8MjYW7wFnmxVmIaiSqzTsjXaSf6g/w458-h340/20210420_120514.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Above, Canada's horticultural zones, Calgary is zone 3a like most cities on the prairies, compare to Vancouver's zone 8a or Toronto and Halifax's zone 6a, the higher the zone the warmer the winter and the greater the variety of plants that can be grown. Our zone is listed as -40C which means plants for this zone can survive temperatures up to -40C, however, as a longtime resident I don't think we get -40C that often, this does NOT include wind chill which is a measurment only for heat generating creatures like humans or dogs. So I usually consider plants from zone 3b -37C, zone 4a -34C zone 4b-31C as most years our minimum is usually around or near -30. And anyway it's not so much about the zone but our stupid climate, did I say stupid?, I mean challenging, cities like Edmonton or Saskatoon grow a better and much wider variety of plants even though our winters are warmer, being this close to the mountains is not loved by plants, it's too changeable, chinooks and all. The hydrangeas my sister in law in Saskatoon grow are immense compared to the struggling pathetic hydrangeas I grow for example. Also know that American zones from the USDA are different and their zone 4 goes down to -34C so look carefully if you are worried. Most plants sold at local shops are selected for our zone so it shouldn't really be an issue. I also grow many zone 4 and a few zone 5 plants, it's not always about how cold but how suited to our climate. I have had zone 2 plants die because they require a woodland environment and zone 5 Donkeytail survive because it likes our high and dry climate. <b>*NOTE</b> I have just been reminded that as of 2016 Agriculture Canada reclassified many Canadian cities, upping the zone a number or so, Calgary is now listed as zone 4a, as Edmonton and Winnipeg, Ottawa has changed from 4a to 5b, this reflects the reality of our changing climate which is changing the plants we grow. I would say yes our winters are mostly more mild than say 40 years ago but our weather is much more volatile and extreme so I'm not sure that's exactly better? Anyway, don't fret over zones, the question is more have I seen this growing here before? Am I willing to experiment? If not go with a safer bet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Understand our climate</b>, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxOGoJ2u_vSUdHmfoSKgmCqLxjbVG8t0OKCzGWE_l7y1x3sDj_LvMV5NGZikx3cdwd1KsFMeEFBDbg_H46tRu_90Y1QlDaICQOR-3O1Yb9f1GisvTnLPaLOMnln9Z1sfy_-nv0wgEgmQ/s2048/20200514_102608.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxOGoJ2u_vSUdHmfoSKgmCqLxjbVG8t0OKCzGWE_l7y1x3sDj_LvMV5NGZikx3cdwd1KsFMeEFBDbg_H46tRu_90Y1QlDaICQOR-3O1Yb9f1GisvTnLPaLOMnln9Z1sfy_-nv0wgEgmQ/w640-h360/20200514_102608.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Except for a handful of native trees mainly found alongside our rivers the Calgary area is a treeless plain of rolling hills that become the Rocky Mountains, we are the northernmost limit of the Great Plains that stretch from here to Texas, at 3,000 feet we are also a pretty high city, not as high as some Colorado towns or Mexico City but high enough to effect our climate. For humans we experience the warm effects of chinooks and indeed our altitude protects us a little from the worst of winter, warm air rises, cold are descends, look at the Drumheller valley some winter days at -20C while we are at plus 5C. High altitude also gives us cold nights and volatile weather like hailstorms and prevents us from getting too hot, great for my otogenarian mom but not great for growing corn and tomatoes. We are also treated to snowfall which could fall 10 or 11 months of the year, many Canadians do not understand this because they live at much lower altitudes but it can be snowing one day and be 20C the next, or vise vera, get used to it! SO, my point, this is not a natural area for most plants except grasses, this is a grassland, and we need to take extra care with our trees and plants.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Get familiar with what grows here</b>, I like to walk around my neighbourhood and see what other people are growing, sometimes it is pleasantly surprising, it's a free resourse, if you really like something take a picture and look it up or show it to your local horticulturalist.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiAWn0Jdg1WT0bPmqQEI1JN-K1cWHmcTVq0CKPpg1bBBA6HE3tua2-0DFwiDxVx0Dz77_4ogR_mpgVNn038sWyMfC7nXCeKOKM9Zifypsy2U01kmCDcfYedBT1sMJxH32XCJ31vS03sg/s2048/20180813_134718.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiAWn0Jdg1WT0bPmqQEI1JN-K1cWHmcTVq0CKPpg1bBBA6HE3tua2-0DFwiDxVx0Dz77_4ogR_mpgVNn038sWyMfC7nXCeKOKM9Zifypsy2U01kmCDcfYedBT1sMJxH32XCJ31vS03sg/w640-h360/20180813_134718.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Take a trip to the zoo's Dorothy Harvie Gardens where they have a wide variety of annuals and perennials and a broad collection of trees and shubs all labelled for you, some of them are experimental but many are just nice examples of a lot of the great things to grow here!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid-NgAFaB9CNQUDY_MyIWLiYTHMPOVRCnavbd7gpPf5Walf8farfet_jVVBmEmOESl5Y6JbCjp2hRd6p0z1eudUtHMWgTWx-6N-gMKbH-fW7vRyNjCCXA0TgS_aqpIuTQn_qMDHDACtw/s2048/20180813_135558.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid-NgAFaB9CNQUDY_MyIWLiYTHMPOVRCnavbd7gpPf5Walf8farfet_jVVBmEmOESl5Y6JbCjp2hRd6p0z1eudUtHMWgTWx-6N-gMKbH-fW7vRyNjCCXA0TgS_aqpIuTQn_qMDHDACtw/w640-h360/20180813_135558.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Some of the perennial collection at the Dorthy Harvie. There are also some other great public parks such as Reader's Rock Garden at the Union Cemetary and Riley Park in Kensington both of which I have written about on this blog, please use the search tool to the right to find the articles. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Grass is not horticulture</b>, I would often get grass/lawn questions at the greenhouse, I don't know, we live on the grasslands I wouldn't worry too much about it is what I would have liked to say. Grass depends on two things temperature and rainfall, lawns were invented by the British in the 18th Century, a place where it doesn't get too hot and it rains all the time, now we do have this weather for about a month or so in June and maybe September the rest of the time it's probably too hot and dry. I find mowing a huge waste of my time so I don't know why people want to water their lawn every time they think it's hot? The City gives plenty of free advice on lawn care, don't water in the middle of the day, don't water more than 2" at a time, don't water the sidewalk, but so many people do it anyway and it's just a waste of water and time and money. I rarely water grass, unless there is a special occasion and I need a nice lawn or have planted grass seed I really don't bother, there is ample rainfall most seasons and anyway I may be the only person who likes grass brown and dead (dormant) in the summer, it reminds me of warmer climates, to me it say hot weather and I like that! Because I have a female dog I have to use a balancing fertilizer and reseed almost half my backyard lawn every spring. I usually wait until June, the rainy season, so the seed can germinate easily, but it's usually a frustrating chore with too much rain washing the seed away or birds eating it, but somehow it gets grown in by July. Now female dogs damage grass not because they have super strong acidic pee or something, geeze what do you think of female humans then?, it's because they pee in one spot while a male dog pees in several spots. If I can catch my dog peeing I just dilute it with some water, it helps. Often grass goes dormant in hot weather (over 25), it does not like hot weather and a lot of watering often will not bring it back to springtime green. It's a natural thing it is doing and the green will return with cooler fall weather, calm down about it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Dandilions, my solution is to mow them off. If you are one of the OCD set then go crazy dig them all out with a knife. There are many dandilion pulling devices and most of them suck, these were the most returned items at the greenhouse so fair warning. You can use chemicals but be careful! The best method is to dig them out and then apply corn gluten, it resembles fertilizer but what it does is prevent new dandilion seeds from germinating. I wish the City would have used this en masse when they stopped using chemical control, their idea was no control? And now we all suffer. Also remember, like grass, dandilions like cool moist weather and hit their peak in June but will go dormant in hot weather. I just wish the City and citizens would mow the flowers before they seed, this would help us all tremendously!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUE2RRQ6OdkmXw6KGaropFjbgp-4vs-3fra6mNVDzaY5MnWzeCoYQi9DGeheeKeF6TpdtRJVGEVsXXTu1_PIq92pKqv4VSTaTgv_JHRnFBJ9U7WR0D2sRQ5Vs3fqVgEeqfpEoPRPYy1g/s2543/20200629_202619.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUE2RRQ6OdkmXw6KGaropFjbgp-4vs-3fra6mNVDzaY5MnWzeCoYQi9DGeheeKeF6TpdtRJVGEVsXXTu1_PIq92pKqv4VSTaTgv_JHRnFBJ9U7WR0D2sRQ5Vs3fqVgEeqfpEoPRPYy1g/w640-h312/20200629_202619.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Here you can see the variety of new grass patches that have grown in as well as some newly seeded patches, it's a grass collage.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Just remember no one has won an award for grass growing that I know of, I don't know why people are so obsessed with it? I have a theory that golf courses have skewed peoples perception, like super models, this is not attainable by most people and shouldn't be. I also belive lawns are a weird hangover from 1950's culture, OK kids the grass it perfect now go throw some not dangerous lawn darts around. Are you still wearing a bouffant and crinoline dress in the 2020's, probably not, it's not the 1950s anymore? Just like the generation after the 50's, relax and smoke some grass and don't be so uptight man.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Watering</b>, I have already discussed grass watering (sprinkling), I think it's nuts and if you think it's good for shrubs or other plants you're wrong, most plants dislike tap water on their leaves and could get burned and it's not enough water anyway. To really water a tree or shrub you need to get the hose to the ground and let it soak in at a slow pace and that is only when needed! Most years there is ample rainfall in the growing season here, there are times when you want to water extra like when a tree or shrub is just planted or we are having a drought. When I was a boy in the 1970's Calgary had many issues with drought and I remember many summers of even address gets to use water on these days and odd numbers these days, don't take water for granted! I just saw some knucklehead standing with a hose spraying the grass today, which is nicely green right now, and after 2 days of rain and more to come this afternoon, oi vey!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY5ZqzgLYGz2l7TWEXkMODNTNJ6llOhEUdFk0adji3Pf9Dpag4i5gteC7JpWNW2oD5VwCfg06hsSME8NlihYRMRSRiiI5D-dLUx8E5qyv31kp0Pp94LvI9ymJc6WAjj8SGr07AikkHZQ/s2048/20170830_103948.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY5ZqzgLYGz2l7TWEXkMODNTNJ6llOhEUdFk0adji3Pf9Dpag4i5gteC7JpWNW2oD5VwCfg06hsSME8NlihYRMRSRiiI5D-dLUx8E5qyv31kp0Pp94LvI9ymJc6WAjj8SGr07AikkHZQ/w225-h400/20170830_103948.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Any gardener in Calgary worth their salt uses rainwater to water plants, I didn't invent it it's just how it is. Rainwater is best for plants, is free and can be collected easily. I handwater most annuals every summer morning which brings up another point, get some watering jugs, you will also get a little upper body workout lifting a full jug. This picture is Troll Falls because I don't have a pic of my water barrell!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Some things that drive me crazy, or MAJOR Dont's</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Bad trimming of trees and shrubs. It seems everytime the weather gets warm enough everyone is out doing something stupid to our urban forest. In Art School we used to talk about "the Protestant work ethic" the idea that one must work hard and suffer either creating art or I belive in this situation to enjoy a nice day, do you need to badly hack up a brautiful tree to justify being outside? maybe you need ritalin or a good hobby?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Most trees should be cut in late winter or at least while still dormant, it is illegal to cut Elm trees from May to October. Only Birch and maple should be cut while in growth, we do not willy nilly trim trees at any time of the year as it can exacerbate disease and insect problems! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv-5nRMWSw9bFuytWVuDDgVeK3CtqauZLG48Z_J6zdYrD0H4K89YS2WAAtifrQQBx9EJVvPordVQR0wWsc163-g_KDbOb24ppjEsw4wOEyfNbCvlefXJKv_AUKpY3Es4Trjk9U8s_A-g/s2048/20210421_111503.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv-5nRMWSw9bFuytWVuDDgVeK3CtqauZLG48Z_J6zdYrD0H4K89YS2WAAtifrQQBx9EJVvPordVQR0wWsc163-g_KDbOb24ppjEsw4wOEyfNbCvlefXJKv_AUKpY3Es4Trjk9U8s_A-g/w300-h400/20210421_111503.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is a contender for bonehead of the year! Really? do you think this looks nice or is even safe? I have never met an arbourist I liked, most of the time they are just making an ugly mess. I have had green ash branches randomly break so good luck and I hope you have good insurace when it hits the neighbours house!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguxlSOtQo56gOZYd6xhnUrhhPxSRi_2-HBlwNp9-sYED3x23o4IbhAwN21NP6hA7kclfUPhHyIrBAuKArZ9V6WnGZ7P1lbZCPelPABE4yAkwYb02hh_Pg58vWtPoSpYXCYeCg0tXJPBg/s2048/20210421_105156.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguxlSOtQo56gOZYd6xhnUrhhPxSRi_2-HBlwNp9-sYED3x23o4IbhAwN21NP6hA7kclfUPhHyIrBAuKArZ9V6WnGZ7P1lbZCPelPABE4yAkwYb02hh_Pg58vWtPoSpYXCYeCg0tXJPBg/w300-h400/20210421_105156.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bad cuts. We do not begin cutting and then abandon the job, this branch should be cut flush to the trunk, there are many resources out there for you, use them! This stump will eventually die and have to be cut in the future. So many times I see people have trimmed a formerly beautiful tree into a 20 foot stump, we do not have the trees that take to pollarding, does it look like Italy around here?, trees and most shrubs do not sprout branches from a stump so stop it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXLiQqgZQW7-PahEyFmONgNL2kIg2nJqzMXQqtlngP1dE1UgBJemgo-8Q41HigiVRgnc3RwWl14sczfw5q3aGmZIuCqrBY-FEIeiuv0hnPC5J1EJ8XAAb8MG65r0zVSHGqkZJ-LQHQeg/s2048/20200519_140015.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXLiQqgZQW7-PahEyFmONgNL2kIg2nJqzMXQqtlngP1dE1UgBJemgo-8Q41HigiVRgnc3RwWl14sczfw5q3aGmZIuCqrBY-FEIeiuv0hnPC5J1EJ8XAAb8MG65r0zVSHGqkZJ-LQHQeg/w225-h400/20200519_140015.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another contender for bonehead of the year! Here someone cut the tops off of these American Elm trees that the City planted. You should be aware of what trees are actually City trees and note that you are not allowed to do anything to them, if there is a problem they will come out. Also know that Elms live for 500 or more years, are some of our most prized trees in this City and have laws about when they can be cut, educate yourself, you think that trees this close to the street belong to you? The folks at the Urban Forest Department were interested in seeing these photos as well! Don't be a knucklehead, even if these trees belonged to you, you don't take a tree that grows 50 feet and try to make it conform to a small space, or try to make it smaller, you would select a smaller tree species. Facepalm!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPf6k9_6SiQC62wGys689FR_st9QdhL6pQ4LbOCsadsU0yVSkuR98s09gTaKUSYAaKRL2eFa7DpHMsmQWJfDTPhKgVhegTyDXRNdQY5FLc34XpDJOHmoQPGwrsVHMlpb0FD5Q1Ge_9kg/s2048/20190706_214701.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPf6k9_6SiQC62wGys689FR_st9QdhL6pQ4LbOCsadsU0yVSkuR98s09gTaKUSYAaKRL2eFa7DpHMsmQWJfDTPhKgVhegTyDXRNdQY5FLc34XpDJOHmoQPGwrsVHMlpb0FD5Q1Ge_9kg/s320/20190706_214701.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Before, these spruce created a nice backdrop for my yard.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC3UQ8MyqKDAKpzngw9KUBXn2A55r3LXnPKjLTKc-tvbj7_xxUxQhMmue6mPJuaQNbKS2rUz_niWYmLDbzxQmwexLGX_Rptn2KpHrDHtqBnga3zi7uPTsmUwjNfjqcscg_aosspqoZIg/s2543/20200709_205020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC3UQ8MyqKDAKpzngw9KUBXn2A55r3LXnPKjLTKc-tvbj7_xxUxQhMmue6mPJuaQNbKS2rUz_niWYmLDbzxQmwexLGX_Rptn2KpHrDHtqBnga3zi7uPTsmUwjNfjqcscg_aosspqoZIg/s320/20200709_205020.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After, some genius thought topping these spruce would be a great idea. I think it will shorten their lives and it has marred my view pretty much forever. It looks like we've been thru a hurricane or tornado! What an addition to the neighbourhood!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj40o6pn2a6zrrUrKLAudkxEMCCc4Wa69MymuSII9fZ0GaRpu-5zkFmTa2e7775MrtjpxAB6emIKuQiLzN2C9GPoA3u0_oWBG5gyooeIeFQ0vONb7AxqCCAaj26UJSUKw1S0YZY-Dou8g/s2048/20210421_110652.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj40o6pn2a6zrrUrKLAudkxEMCCc4Wa69MymuSII9fZ0GaRpu-5zkFmTa2e7775MrtjpxAB6emIKuQiLzN2C9GPoA3u0_oWBG5gyooeIeFQ0vONb7AxqCCAaj26UJSUKw1S0YZY-Dou8g/w300-h400/20210421_110652.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Most shrubs, when rejuvination is needed should be cut to the ground, cutting half way up the stem is of little benefit. Please ask yourself, do I know what this shub is ? Will I be cutting off next years flowers? Is this the time of year to cut?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Stop Spruce Abuse!!! </b>I don't know why so many people want to hack off the bottom branches of spruce trees? Is this the glof course aesthetic again? Or does it have to do with Christmas trees? Sometimes it's because some genius did not allow for the proper space and now this spruce is growing over the sidwalk or living space, plan accordingly!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1IobDH62n_Btd3QID-kIQKlG7KeDeZw78yT_nImON9aQwmeAsutvXoSQ5qnhnqmLk6lI3H8q6pJUsEoF8c-aUn-ePAtqIOHSiA_jn2ER_uDw9ZL-6qs8CNj5XRtU_X_nADaCaZuPaAQ/s2048/20210420_110140.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1IobDH62n_Btd3QID-kIQKlG7KeDeZw78yT_nImON9aQwmeAsutvXoSQ5qnhnqmLk6lI3H8q6pJUsEoF8c-aUn-ePAtqIOHSiA_jn2ER_uDw9ZL-6qs8CNj5XRtU_X_nADaCaZuPaAQ/s320/20210420_110140.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What is the point of this? Gee I really miss looking at that beautiful wall?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOmtG_8b7s3DGip337WtCNZ_vFHvUv0sKadwiXcKFddm2-48z9BAieEt_mykL43jnFX-BkNqMdaF3h7SAu5K5OUDFJaiG94ffWBDWXh4KAZj5qUarpAykwAN0kDv10zmp7LNJrTVNVwA/s2048/20210420_110147.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOmtG_8b7s3DGip337WtCNZ_vFHvUv0sKadwiXcKFddm2-48z9BAieEt_mykL43jnFX-BkNqMdaF3h7SAu5K5OUDFJaiG94ffWBDWXh4KAZj5qUarpAykwAN0kDv10zmp7LNJrTVNVwA/w400-h300/20210420_110147.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here some knucklehead at the school board trimmed these spruces which used to grow down to the ground, now the boys and girls can enjoy all the traffic and noise from Highway 1! I guess someone had to justify their job that day?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE1AaGk7lhG4-rrF1eSG7FXm8JCc2j46fhblXY4A09ym-pbY8b3RyWne3eke15J7nbPyZNEne2Z5VfCrFapLApmuWweYq2BQTXs3I-64p95uaN0qfipAW5Ce_4DWoiczhhk_nGnQKQ4A/s2048/20210420_111614.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE1AaGk7lhG4-rrF1eSG7FXm8JCc2j46fhblXY4A09ym-pbY8b3RyWne3eke15J7nbPyZNEne2Z5VfCrFapLApmuWweYq2BQTXs3I-64p95uaN0qfipAW5Ce_4DWoiczhhk_nGnQKQ4A/w300-h400/20210420_111614.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is how spruce trees evolved, over millions of years, to have branches at ground level to protect their roots. If you don't have room for one get a smaller variety or have a look at the pines. Once cut evergreens do not regrow branches so keep that in mind and also remember Calgary is a very windy place so be wise about those cuts!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0P_RxxaAp6Bw9oABRu_sREZ0-tXzA9bZ3JZTI7urlKE_nHRQV9PuWCxCTdXwiJzDqYl2zUkJLocdBksZ8m_4KBnBW0Dfz_JgZ9mHYZCWbDL6pESuCvZCX7zotgcOzlucnFRZ5Dg03Cw/s2048/20210420_142232.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0P_RxxaAp6Bw9oABRu_sREZ0-tXzA9bZ3JZTI7urlKE_nHRQV9PuWCxCTdXwiJzDqYl2zUkJLocdBksZ8m_4KBnBW0Dfz_JgZ9mHYZCWbDL6pESuCvZCX7zotgcOzlucnFRZ5Dg03Cw/w400-h300/20210420_142232.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Young trees need protection from rabbits! I believe the wild hares, Jack Rabbits, we have live everywhere in the city and they will eat some trees and shubs to death in the winter. Things like fruit trees, apples, almost any tree that flowers or has berries is irrestible to the Jack Rabbit, as well many many shrubs, and they need protection like this wire from October until May. When the trees and shrubs have grown large enough over a few years the wire will not be needed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSSeBEwHkFiibUU_AT04qxCxB6ykNarhId0qLFh5-rxuFhOTgh-tQM1IWalcNjjAaFUx-0y3U4rlBDZ_nX45O04l9T5z2NW0uL1Nfipr_AaVLeYSHN20tC4FTAEpTC6OFApAF02toFKw/s2048/20210403_194227.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSSeBEwHkFiibUU_AT04qxCxB6ykNarhId0qLFh5-rxuFhOTgh-tQM1IWalcNjjAaFUx-0y3U4rlBDZ_nX45O04l9T5z2NW0uL1Nfipr_AaVLeYSHN20tC4FTAEpTC6OFApAF02toFKw/s320/20210403_194227.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It took me around 20 years to get used to these guys, if everything precious is protected rabbits will mostly only eat grasses which benefit from the trim anyway. Always be observing your garden at all times of year, especially for rodent damage in the winter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvY2wd9MWQohOxVyPav24QG_TVvZPSEepwuRsQ50qsHSGrkuR3YTArKT4mjZ2EPx9dvSdJuLbEfzPgVVjVbjeejJmbnXes2hdrUO1GojsNwnXBJBHwU8skakFA2Zd8eTXoFvJHNMvHPg/s2048/20210423_140411.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvY2wd9MWQohOxVyPav24QG_TVvZPSEepwuRsQ50qsHSGrkuR3YTArKT4mjZ2EPx9dvSdJuLbEfzPgVVjVbjeejJmbnXes2hdrUO1GojsNwnXBJBHwU8skakFA2Zd8eTXoFvJHNMvHPg/w300-h400/20210423_140411.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mulch with leaves. If you are trying to grow perennials or bulbs or a rose like this a large amount of mulch will ensure moisture is retained, the ground stays frozen during chinooks and plants are happily insulated over the winter. This technique may only be suitable on the southern prairies where our problems are more moisture related than other places in Canada. I often see people removing too much leaf litter in the fall, actually our gardens need it, the earthworms need it and ladybugs need it too. Recently we had an explosion of aphids in the fall, because the ladybug population had been decimated that year and I believe all our green cart program and the super keeness of new home owners to clean up everything in their yards led to this. We need to have a healthy ecosystem for earthworms which will give you better lawns and many helpful insects who are trying to overwinter in dead leaves! In the spring I often just pile leaves loosly in my compost area so the ladybugs can live another day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This brings me to another important point, <b>Insects. </b>So many times customers at the greenhouse would be in a panic over a supposed infestation that was ruining their lives. Really? are we living in the Brazilian rainforest? There can be insect problems on certain plants but get a grip, we do not live in a place where huge insect problems occur. Most times we were having nice weather in June and since people were out they were encountering insects and this was stressing them out, don't worry, insects mostly come and go. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIbyGJ3zHkPW1K62G5wTVl_vw4WJNZWhH6TtfeR0h-B6PhfuVVW0bYa2bigdv0QWBCxOZjmDY1NZFNupTUHnqBqrLBLlCSqio9i9k6m5VvroecxzGcM_CdVrg2pzWfS1aQ1gdTx1d7Vg/s2543/20200721_185013.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIbyGJ3zHkPW1K62G5wTVl_vw4WJNZWhH6TtfeR0h-B6PhfuVVW0bYa2bigdv0QWBCxOZjmDY1NZFNupTUHnqBqrLBLlCSqio9i9k6m5VvroecxzGcM_CdVrg2pzWfS1aQ1gdTx1d7Vg/s320/20200721_185013.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Don't panic, there are a lot of insects in our world and they all have a place in the ecosystem, unlike Kardashians or Trumps! When I was a boy I remember my dad using industrial strength insecticides like Diazanon, luckily this has been banned, bee and bird populations are suffering enough! This seems like another dumb mid-centruy idea of control all nature and I'm glad we don't encourage it anymore. I remember a woman asking me at the greenhouse how to kill all the earthworms in her lawn because it was lumpy. I said "you are pregnant and have a little one in tow, what you are talking about would be so toxic you would not be able to enjoy your yard for a year or more." What a dumb idiot, maybe you should ask yourself will incredibly posionous chemicals effect my unborn child? Cripes, like this would be allowed to flow into our local streams too, just deal will the lumps lady. It's like nuking the worlds oceans because there are too many sharks, oh now the beaches are safe but the radiation!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Please get to know the good insects of your yard and try not to kill every insect because they don't suit your tastes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I don't have pics of all these but please familiarize yourself with;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ladybug larvae, they actually eat the most bad insects.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Dragonflies, they eat mosquitoes</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Spiders of all kinds, we don't really have dangerous ones here</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Wasps, not yellow jackets or hornets, there are many and they are often quite small but can control many caterpillars.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ants, I think ants have a huge role in nature but people seem to hate them and accuse them of killing grass, the grass would probably be dry anyway.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Bees, obviously, there are many kinds, wild bumble bees and tame honey bees, be kind, plant flowers, limit insecticides, they pollinate 80% of our food supply!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There are a few pretty bad insects, Red Lily Beetle must be eradicated or they will eat all of your lilies. Aphids can get out of control but can be easily rubbed off with a kleenex or sprayed with insecticidal soap. Insecticidal soap is a contact insecticide and if used properly will not harm other species we are trying to keep.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Slugs, are best controlled with a pelleted bait found in most garden stores, I have messed around with folk remedies but nothing works better than the pellets, it is harmless to humans and pets. Consider ourselves lucky we do not have the giant bananna slugs and snails like the West Coast, they are ravenous, plentiful and huge and hard to control.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If there is a big insect problem in your yard it is likely because your ecosystem is out of balance, grow more variety, encourage birds and relax, we can't control nature all the time!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Create enough variety, </b>having a variety of plant material, extending our short season as much as possible is not only great for us but all the other creatures we share our gardens with too. A horticulture snob I used to know would say "I don't mess around with annuals, I only do perennials" well too bad for you darlin' I think having the most plants possible is a thrill I always enjoy. I like to have a good collection of spring bulbs, blooming shrubs,groundcovers, annuals, decorative trees, summer bulbs, flowers that grow from seed and don't forget winter interest as well, winter is a long time here, plants that have berries or interesting profiles for example.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivSiI3-poVNjov5FxAd_1Z5CARVz8tHgpQvgSmRq37hsA38uo8XqGcBpdjDIIIKQXTylvGpBiYS8IYiTmAxxZbChgRUOuQ41_xPsRtGpWrJVPaouoylMc2tGIIHIhbySuCVBVA-O-6jQ/s2048/20190907_112231.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivSiI3-poVNjov5FxAd_1Z5CARVz8tHgpQvgSmRq37hsA38uo8XqGcBpdjDIIIKQXTylvGpBiYS8IYiTmAxxZbChgRUOuQ41_xPsRtGpWrJVPaouoylMc2tGIIHIhbySuCVBVA-O-6jQ/w400-h225/20190907_112231.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I like to grow everything possible.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Whats my style/colour scheme? </b>This is a huge topic and one I probably can't answer. Having also been in the interior design world, this is sometimes a painful process for people, I also have a background in aesthetics so this can be a painful process for me as well, you know, helping people discover their aesthetic. Gardens take a lot of time, years in fact, we have a 3 month growing season and new gardeners must be PATIENT!!!! I think it takes about 7 years to get a garden/landscape the way one wants, sometimes plants don't work or grow, or grow too much or you just don't like something in the future. There are many garden styles but hopefully your style will reflect you, here are a few in my area;<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit1TEfcMqv7WEST6Jmo089O7uqVWVlnvPlFDOv64vx-XJohJX1xP4eCXENgQN6fT4iVoGTco7dKhjNc6njZx6BOodd7rZiq0_5PJunrscsrvsUrx_bARpcOeqL4Hwt6PAimkxXFCWFhA/s2543/20201003_102321.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit1TEfcMqv7WEST6Jmo089O7uqVWVlnvPlFDOv64vx-XJohJX1xP4eCXENgQN6fT4iVoGTco7dKhjNc6njZx6BOodd7rZiq0_5PJunrscsrvsUrx_bARpcOeqL4Hwt6PAimkxXFCWFhA/w195-h400/20201003_102321.jpg" width="195" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This house uses an amazing amount of annuals every summer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE5qQOG4D2B8Yk0cfO22WtvT1iKoDENRT1HCwkpvY_7anKJ3ISnZ7HbrZ0b9Ae9_B9QwKThQoMc9IAgCfjhybS__6lhAC3Qs2E_eNYwogNAPpYd7ql0o_8kGFlHbCFwGJEjD1F0TqqQQ/s2048/20180601_115825.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE5qQOG4D2B8Yk0cfO22WtvT1iKoDENRT1HCwkpvY_7anKJ3ISnZ7HbrZ0b9Ae9_B9QwKThQoMc9IAgCfjhybS__6lhAC3Qs2E_eNYwogNAPpYd7ql0o_8kGFlHbCFwGJEjD1F0TqqQQ/w400-h300/20180601_115825.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is almost Japanese with a huge reliance on decorative evergreens and rockery.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7mqy9T0-5Xt12af7cnsJMQ6gDn6b6Nb9As8ld3GPNF6pL7trTqvXJMZ_NrBOPLMPir0Ej1rv3UVI-PNbJ7Gusmdgp8C5Mg1Lh0BgEUaUIk3O0u04pTC-gF_Nrf3VaOsFjY89ZmbNGOw/s2048/20180731_143401.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7mqy9T0-5Xt12af7cnsJMQ6gDn6b6Nb9As8ld3GPNF6pL7trTqvXJMZ_NrBOPLMPir0Ej1rv3UVI-PNbJ7Gusmdgp8C5Mg1Lh0BgEUaUIk3O0u04pTC-gF_Nrf3VaOsFjY89ZmbNGOw/w400-h225/20180731_143401.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is very formal, low maintenance, but for me lacks any "life" and must be kept pristine, one weed or a dead shub would have to be removed immediately.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCrUo53p2xyTnWE9yJKme8l_eQ_1eUVJBWykC_uLw7obWBKhOApe2aoORd5_vt_pVN4-UVdeoxuBKKQYhTCVFRBgiHce8z9qnCDi12gDlmOoI5PTHBLNpJZa_UkFXx0-y6fmN63jslYg/s2048/20180828_111008.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCrUo53p2xyTnWE9yJKme8l_eQ_1eUVJBWykC_uLw7obWBKhOApe2aoORd5_vt_pVN4-UVdeoxuBKKQYhTCVFRBgiHce8z9qnCDi12gDlmOoI5PTHBLNpJZa_UkFXx0-y6fmN63jslYg/w400-h225/20180828_111008.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How about open informal? No grass.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQPSjdnlr7GwCpcEpVUf4h322F3vJeMkkTnhtiq4xgEG443rBD3yHrttwKtFEtzaTw3LEtAbWS8v8Cx83gHUPC7qD_aCKNBs2B3aqEwcPkoJyiarBAUiRikfQIdHHPQtAS6y7IwcwNXA/s2048/20180728_145650.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQPSjdnlr7GwCpcEpVUf4h322F3vJeMkkTnhtiq4xgEG443rBD3yHrttwKtFEtzaTw3LEtAbWS8v8Cx83gHUPC7qD_aCKNBs2B3aqEwcPkoJyiarBAUiRikfQIdHHPQtAS6y7IwcwNXA/w300-h400/20180728_145650.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is a great way to grow some heat loving and drought tolerant plants in a small space.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxmxa6ofPwASDwDzLfswn75axcYI4JX1Mbvkq8VcvpKTTEFWarrOOHW5mISAuZuV05knsKnb_PjY-tJC8bUaRzsDluumaYnyF2DI9P-1Rns7zdaaCVlo2YryK7Ag9PG5W92FAzsz-pyA/s2048/20180728_145519.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxmxa6ofPwASDwDzLfswn75axcYI4JX1Mbvkq8VcvpKTTEFWarrOOHW5mISAuZuV05knsKnb_PjY-tJC8bUaRzsDluumaYnyF2DI9P-1Rns7zdaaCVlo2YryK7Ag9PG5W92FAzsz-pyA/w400-h300/20180728_145519.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How about a rose garden? There are many varieties we can grow here.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As for <b>Colour, </b>oh boi, I studied colour theory in college in two intense classes, there is a lot to it! Hopefully you have a natural aptitude for colour, if not, lets avoid what we used to call "floral vomit" which is all colours jammed together. I naturally like purples, blues and reds so most of my plants stay in this range, maybe think of ranges, hot colours like reds, oranges, cool ones like blues and purples and jarring colours like majenta and yellow. I could go on and on about complimentary or monochromatic colour schemes but simply think about what you want to achieve, a soothing colour scheme, a jarring colour scheme (without saying, we are colour blind and/or hate our neighbours) maybe all white? very classy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Hanging Baskets, </b>they are so versatile and add so much to our yards who can go without one or two or several? Keep in mind hanging baskets need a lot of water, most of my day at the greenhouse was spent watering hanging baskets, if it is hot you may need to water twice, you can tell from how heavy or light they are. <b>Deadheading!</b> most of the rest of my day at the greenhouse was spent deadheading, some of the newer petunias don't need as much deadheading but most hanging plants need to be deadheaded on a regualr basis to ensure reblooming, if you can't tell what's a bud or a seed head then you need to become a better observer, sorry. Also, regualr fertilizer, a good shot of 20-20-20 every two weeks or better yet a slow release fertilizer if you're too busy, follow the directions!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjptZa1iaWHK54JJsaWlIh48VJQ0OYq8X-hEPSYCYBmRdidMhTqEOamav77BN2nQVLLUhFRvaJoHh8E_Uyi6oTY0WLP8uPTKagurFYvxjn42ulWf1F97AeW_Oyccz9bmT5iYsptcMLKbQ/s2048/20210426_112033.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjptZa1iaWHK54JJsaWlIh48VJQ0OYq8X-hEPSYCYBmRdidMhTqEOamav77BN2nQVLLUhFRvaJoHh8E_Uyi6oTY0WLP8uPTKagurFYvxjn42ulWf1F97AeW_Oyccz9bmT5iYsptcMLKbQ/w300-h400/20210426_112033.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The seed pods of pansy are easy to recognize, some other flowers not as much, you can use your fingers or fine trimming snips for deadheading.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwoZZT0HFSdwdaZrwt4cSYpbUGhvY8KTlME160rjvcU2j4H8EE8oZigeoJi8RIwBfNyPulfcXeF0Bu21Iu9eOeWy94BB7HUcklcqvnOLLCQ_WKeu_T4C0Pwr2reDaYT-N_iPL_rKnzQ/s2048/20170905_170328.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwoZZT0HFSdwdaZrwt4cSYpbUGhvY8KTlME160rjvcU2j4H8EE8oZigeoJi8RIwBfNyPulfcXeF0Bu21Iu9eOeWy94BB7HUcklcqvnOLLCQ_WKeu_T4C0Pwr2reDaYT-N_iPL_rKnzQ/s320/20170905_170328.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A hanging basket of lotus vine and other heat loving plants.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-SLe9zkguptudh2h23Ug0SAXdfFbxY9V6rR_GAF_qTxwJ4cCeklASQtzHTHsQVJL5JdcZW2-G4w24EhePJRxANJh8OOtut4datrdKvCYtQRWHydMwmnD_evhWNI19JTFC6cNxel4FiQ/s2048/20181006_113619.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-SLe9zkguptudh2h23Ug0SAXdfFbxY9V6rR_GAF_qTxwJ4cCeklASQtzHTHsQVJL5JdcZW2-G4w24EhePJRxANJh8OOtut4datrdKvCYtQRWHydMwmnD_evhWNI19JTFC6cNxel4FiQ/w225-h400/20181006_113619.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If we are having a short cold spell I bring anything I can inside, exend that season!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrJzHMclvVH-h2OXyD0BBTIhAP31m9AnkLnDrTVTh3Ma78Cqn0cANd0Dx1XbUNdk9ojkY5eRMaWQh5adjLkRYqIpZmRn4g8DKPsxNIus9mdQWVWVRlXBmkWn8ZYXJ1bV_VNFtFYtkUWA/s2048/20180627_100237.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrJzHMclvVH-h2OXyD0BBTIhAP31m9AnkLnDrTVTh3Ma78Cqn0cANd0Dx1XbUNdk9ojkY5eRMaWQh5adjLkRYqIpZmRn4g8DKPsxNIus9mdQWVWVRlXBmkWn8ZYXJ1bV_VNFtFYtkUWA/w400-h300/20180627_100237.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Creating a bed</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Hardscaping is where we begin, what shape will a new perennial bed or annual border take? Generally curvy lines look better than straight in landscaping, you can lay a hose on the ground to trace out a new bed. A barrier to keep grass out is highly beneficial and there are many edging options for the consumer, I never did this and have to redig my borders every few years and fight wayward grass the rest of my life! You may want rundle stone or boulders or stepped gardens which may require a professional. The main thing is to get your hardscaping in, then we usually pick trees and shrubs and fill in the rest with perennials and annuals. I began with an established yard and only had to add borders which I did with a rented grass stripper, the sod went to my neighbours in some kind of symbiotic coincidence that year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b> </b>I think a nice looking garden has a lot of variety, colours, shapes and textures, many of my plants are grown for foliage and not flower. <b>Let it spread! </b>unlike our behinds gardens look better if plants are left to spread, now this may not work with a lot of our prairie and agriculture based sensibilities but you must get over it. Also if we have the ground covered there will be less weeding to do and who wants to look at dirt anyway? Many perennials and bulbs spread and self seed in our gardens I always have lamium and sedum as groundcovers both multiply easily, lamium self seeds and spreads and sedum can be just started from cuttings or just take some stems and drop them onto a new area where you want it and wait a few weeks, I also use sempivarium (hen and chicks), vinca (periwinkle), sweet woodruff, sages, thyme and ajuga (bugleweed) of which there are many, keep in mind you can't use wood chip bark mulch with these groundcovers, they need to grow in open ground and you will have to deal with some weeds and bare ground until they grow in, however, this base will be very rewarding in the future. I extend the spring season by growing the earliest flowering bulbs possible, I have a good article on bulbs please use the insite search bar, but also plants like hepatica, bergenia and alliums all start greening up very early on and pansies can be planted out most April's, above -5C is OK for pansies. Once we get to June the garden takes on its own life with different beauties coming and going until September. When we get to fall keep watering annuals and protect them from frost, some years the weather is just too cold and we lose most foliage but hopefully there are enough warm days for sunflowers, cleome (turtlehead), ligularia, and fall asters which are all very late bloomers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-opmvuUBJZwbMCeI6SEpb59DXGMDiulcY1Ugdu8l5hzYdb4GBhAPoCbFZkW3O2JKOrNkHEZj-BsUBdQiafrSZOyhSfuAkIE-XdzLrgkDoVlMAI3eSw7e61Oh0uZduCno5vlt2jSzaCQ/s2543/20200606_131423.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-opmvuUBJZwbMCeI6SEpb59DXGMDiulcY1Ugdu8l5hzYdb4GBhAPoCbFZkW3O2JKOrNkHEZj-BsUBdQiafrSZOyhSfuAkIE-XdzLrgkDoVlMAI3eSw7e61Oh0uZduCno5vlt2jSzaCQ/w195-h400/20200606_131423.jpg" width="195" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A little Bergenia which is also evergreen is a great early spring plant.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQVeDPsVCOQwa1fYYhXy88IbEvyNis5aBwqX1U4Qsx9vKINKIKoO2mxoPS3BlG_wVCjYeq5fyQtHesu-BkgYffAayR1cxZNrHZEMEcXwZ-tomPO5vlFzrIGc6z9gHkMbzVOiFm7QZPow/s2543/20201009_111635.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQVeDPsVCOQwa1fYYhXy88IbEvyNis5aBwqX1U4Qsx9vKINKIKoO2mxoPS3BlG_wVCjYeq5fyQtHesu-BkgYffAayR1cxZNrHZEMEcXwZ-tomPO5vlFzrIGc6z9gHkMbzVOiFm7QZPow/w400-h195/20201009_111635.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Decorative kales and grasses also extend the fall season.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Weeds, </b>as insects do weeds also seem to send some novices over the edge with gardening. Relax we all have weeds. Once again, since we live in a pretty cold and dry climate weeds will probably not get too out of control here. Now, there are plants classified as noxious weeds, which means they must be eradicated, because we still live in a agriculture area, we do not let certain weeds grow, you can see a list of noxious weeds of Calgary on the calgary.ca website. I have some weeds that will never go away like dandilion, foxtail grass, bindweed and creeping bellflower, dont confuse creeping bellflower with the many nice cultivars of campanula. Creeping bellflower came with the house in this old neighbourhood, it is my suspicion that this was grown in gardens at the turn of the century but is now just a nusiance! I have tried everything from digging up the entire area to painting roundup on the leaves, I still have it, it will always be here, the best I can do is pull out the flower spikes before they seed as this is when they easily lift right out of the soil, at least lets stop more from seed!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As I said before a garden full of plants discourages weeds from floating in but it won't stop them all, I still have to go around on my hands and knees every spring pulling out every single green ash seedling before they grow an immense tap root. Most weeds can hopefully be pulled out before they have a chance to set seed, if you are a good gardener you will be out everyday looking at your plants so there should be no chance for a weed to take hold.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There are times I have to use something like roundup but you can also have some success with boiling water poured on the plant, vinegar application, and there is always good old digging it up! Every once in a while I take a long knife to some giant dandilions and am always amazed at how giant their roots are and wonder if they just come back because you missed the bottom third anyway? Relax, as long as we don't let weeds seed out we have done the most we can!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Soil, </b>or dirt if you're not a snob about it, it's all the same but hort people like to say soil. I have never obsessed about it as the soil I have is really good. I remember being almost crippled trying to plant a garden in Cougar Ridge for a client, the delevopers took away all the soil, then put 2 inches or so of top soil on top of a super hard layer of clay, it was like I needed a pick axe, not a shovel, it was painful and arduous to dig a hole for a tree! One solution for insane clay based soil like this is a product called Zeolite, it is granular like phosphate or fertilizer and can be added to planting holes and dug into the soil, I did use this for this job and years later the garden does great, Zeolite helps with water retention, nutrient absorbtion and makes clay soil more friable. Of course when we have an already established garden we can just add compost in the early spring or fall as a surface or dug in treatment. If you are growing vegtables you may want manure as an additive and if this is a raised bed make sure to get a good quality vegtable mix from your soil monger. My beds are so established I don't do a lot of digging around, I add compost from time to time but it's really earthworms that do most of the work in my soil.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Random Advice,</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> I would like to finish this article one day but keep thinking of different things that may not categorize easily and I can always add to it later, as I bolt awake at 4am "I should have put that in the article!"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3cj9TGtviXTeLQYpkxIw26ICt83qdnPz1L7JP89JuuxiKNGj2sToz5P7MSyoVAwor_y-_xPRFU-LZq8PgJH7eFL8Jiscx4H5lW3n68bl_857YMu0C9XkkuYlb85X1YyHflNev2ti7ag/s2048/20170806_153831.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3cj9TGtviXTeLQYpkxIw26ICt83qdnPz1L7JP89JuuxiKNGj2sToz5P7MSyoVAwor_y-_xPRFU-LZq8PgJH7eFL8Jiscx4H5lW3n68bl_857YMu0C9XkkuYlb85X1YyHflNev2ti7ag/w225-h400/20170806_153831.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /> Many houseplants enjoy the summer outside, in the right condidtions, don't plunk an indoor plant outside on the first 20 degree day, it will get fried in the sun. Ease plants into outdoor conditions and wait until it's warm enough overnight. Many cactus, poinsettia, amaryllis, spider plants and many more love being outside.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE6bBkL-n5bUa3McL92GHktdicKPswn7lwH4AUVQ4TXfxFNqlmtrPMgGsZdBJ7oNUUIG7YIg0RJy0Y3RhdvglQpLtIJrJog5X4RwK3mlFfK5r3uuRaHELdnQJCyMNuywjU3btGqWCxCw/s2048/20190528_142756.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE6bBkL-n5bUa3McL92GHktdicKPswn7lwH4AUVQ4TXfxFNqlmtrPMgGsZdBJ7oNUUIG7YIg0RJy0Y3RhdvglQpLtIJrJog5X4RwK3mlFfK5r3uuRaHELdnQJCyMNuywjU3btGqWCxCw/w400-h225/20190528_142756.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Avoid planting in rows and planting too sparsely. Usually we are trying to imitate nature, plant in odd numbered groups with a variety of plants.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdDkn_W6lpZHHPJ9THnTlmdvBUtOnPGdPubcSErlu_neWFXyujrRLTJxuh6xSAtaJlvHfDm7GjuBOHe46lNUNghJDlE3UfLsoU640pCUPQiB3-BfXyKobBv5ZvAKNvN3TMh80hnmB4Kg/s2048/20190811_111438.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdDkn_W6lpZHHPJ9THnTlmdvBUtOnPGdPubcSErlu_neWFXyujrRLTJxuh6xSAtaJlvHfDm7GjuBOHe46lNUNghJDlE3UfLsoU640pCUPQiB3-BfXyKobBv5ZvAKNvN3TMh80hnmB4Kg/w225-h400/20190811_111438.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Tools, </b>every gardener needs the proper tools, a good pair or two of clippers, a good limb saw, extendable is even better, twine and string, spade, shovel, pitchfork or garden fork, hand trowels, all these come in very handy and necessary. What? did you think I have a pic of garden tools?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkWp_4tdl8-PlF06yDX2HiF7ldjJyDrqG_oAk0U5t7-1uarjFRVpXl_FSsVgkKVzc8i3GhhsfVA9ygj1wLdNLDMa9Y-48pdJs1q8zZbH8H270TIvMf-vahUIHxWGA6PJ0Gp0FeUPn95Q/s2048/20180626_165102.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkWp_4tdl8-PlF06yDX2HiF7ldjJyDrqG_oAk0U5t7-1uarjFRVpXl_FSsVgkKVzc8i3GhhsfVA9ygj1wLdNLDMa9Y-48pdJs1q8zZbH8H270TIvMf-vahUIHxWGA6PJ0Gp0FeUPn95Q/w640-h480/20180626_165102.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Buena Suerte!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcFfrivool-fxKydhoGv9puZ2W9Upg3pMXWHQgV_9ndtxd7F_1J7Bg99DlPkU_cVgxJJPw_R1BfRx3Q9dFueAVoeD5wXBhrI6_hyGzQchM8MaQEvbMa1yuDB_vwdN9bnM88ra2Mva3Hg/s2543/20200721_105004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="551" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcFfrivool-fxKydhoGv9puZ2W9Upg3pMXWHQgV_9ndtxd7F_1J7Bg99DlPkU_cVgxJJPw_R1BfRx3Q9dFueAVoeD5wXBhrI6_hyGzQchM8MaQEvbMa1yuDB_vwdN9bnM88ra2Mva3Hg/w387-h551/20200721_105004.jpg" width="387" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> I can't believe 4 years have passed since planting these! Above, Kentucky Coffee Tree <i>Gymnocladus dioicus </i>seems to be settling in quite nicely. This year it decided to give up on the top leader branch and leaf out further down instead, that said it grew a new shoot 8" or 20 cm which is pretty good for a "slow grower". I was not even thinking about this when the big hail storm came in June, however, it had barely begun leafing out and thus avoided any damage, talk about a slow leafing out! We were having a warm spring and June was a lot more like summer this year and still this tree was taking it's sweet a** time! When the leaves do grow though what a beautiful sight.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6tg27XYRuz_jX3b-7zd3UJ8auQuMCYXPU8rlkkqZ5-2AsRia6Yy678vJWGN9AUAIpwphyphenhypheny-JvTJHTYVihRVV4g-tl_KcxAF4pSnhZaVwTqNgH9UaWn0ecvpB-cydkvUeLGkWS2rboQ/s2543/20200814_165005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6tg27XYRuz_jX3b-7zd3UJ8auQuMCYXPU8rlkkqZ5-2AsRia6Yy678vJWGN9AUAIpwphyphenhypheny-JvTJHTYVihRVV4g-tl_KcxAF4pSnhZaVwTqNgH9UaWn0ecvpB-cydkvUeLGkWS2rboQ/w526-h262/20200814_165005.jpg" width="526" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can see by mid summer the twice compunded leaves reach very large proportions almost 2' or 60cm from stem to end. The leaves will also fold upwards a little in hot weather as you can see here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirRHLGxRI8sXLb4DHr-kF1CC2DlXxH-hDoDTaZioR4LYiegwoammEGM-yY6XbdVCiisdjHtmqZNnJB5NbY_rkjXs_AAurAvo1j61pbsYZx6GG40nBv-knhIcZs4-iCstQKiz7Xp5D01A/s2543/20201001_165020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirRHLGxRI8sXLb4DHr-kF1CC2DlXxH-hDoDTaZioR4LYiegwoammEGM-yY6XbdVCiisdjHtmqZNnJB5NbY_rkjXs_AAurAvo1j61pbsYZx6GG40nBv-knhIcZs4-iCstQKiz7Xp5D01A/w582-h301/20201001_165020.jpg" width="582" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This photo taken October 1st shows the fall colour, for the first time in many years we did not have a snow event or even a frost until mid October. The leaves fell almost all at once leaving a skeleton of the main stems which dropped a week or so later.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhztIif5Xhrm8s7gc4ZKV2OBq79hImw3RDvJ5iC-ef1fbCK-aFrT_4xrv8MN5xP6nxF7FazVTchWASaMO_OeHOUM8I9ZgmxcoJcb4cc924PMnTPnVwM3lsgUz1DF7ARBbowPd1DCz2QSA/s2543/20200721_105245.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="479" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhztIif5Xhrm8s7gc4ZKV2OBq79hImw3RDvJ5iC-ef1fbCK-aFrT_4xrv8MN5xP6nxF7FazVTchWASaMO_OeHOUM8I9ZgmxcoJcb4cc924PMnTPnVwM3lsgUz1DF7ARBbowPd1DCz2QSA/w281-h479/20200721_105245.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <i>Ginko biloba, </i>while surviving is not having a very lucky time, I guess 2020 was bad for ginko too!? Recently I decided to move it to a much more open area which it seemed to be liking. This is also a pretty slow leafer in our area and I could see the green buds slowly developing over weeks in the late spring, one day we were cleaning up some dead branches and my partner pulled a famous jinx move and wacked off the top bud, arghhhhh, after considering divorce for a short time I realized being angry would not change anything. Then we had several hailstorms, the first one literally devastated all of the new tiny leaves so I just thought fate had it out for me. By July new leaves emerged again and when it was getting kinda OK someone threw a frisbee into the top which wrecked those leaves again! So I don't know how much more bad luck could happen to this poor thing but maybe we are done for a few years??? Yeah right! Anyway here are a few leaves in the summer. It has not grown one god damed millimeter it only opens a few leaves when it can. No fall colour this year, it was green right up to the snow October 18 and then just froze.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbbOKTOacZanI1dTMomcXWIIxmNQghembNkP1U1IYq695X5yNObVyh-J6nQ6LzP81zETiDLh_2ObXusDAHHYABgvSic7q0i_WNz80n1R0D_T1V1kA4ZALq92-guBrQPqZLO2fiC2zg6A/s2543/20200830_145507.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbbOKTOacZanI1dTMomcXWIIxmNQghembNkP1U1IYq695X5yNObVyh-J6nQ6LzP81zETiDLh_2ObXusDAHHYABgvSic7q0i_WNz80n1R0D_T1V1kA4ZALq92-guBrQPqZLO2fiC2zg6A/w590-h324/20200830_145507.jpg" width="590" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Better luck next time baby!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149821873151283214.post-61082105307733276242021-01-19T16:15:00.003-08:002021-01-19T17:18:08.119-08:00Clouds 2020<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl0a0AhNDY_qGER0Q8WMeXpzkMpVIWfPpHywszkzIAnDMmTYm9tvkoIGRtCxp7SDuqtB7uN5vjp4lw1QAKB15APl7pMBUQDViLOlvtMQPvwWyHXY0oWJTFMcnXhwqU7gNuMHq8HuqP3w/s2543/20200608_131041.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl0a0AhNDY_qGER0Q8WMeXpzkMpVIWfPpHywszkzIAnDMmTYm9tvkoIGRtCxp7SDuqtB7uN5vjp4lw1QAKB15APl7pMBUQDViLOlvtMQPvwWyHXY0oWJTFMcnXhwqU7gNuMHq8HuqP3w/w523-h271/20200608_131041.jpg" width="523" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> The great Joni Mitchell wrote the song Both Sides Now, "I've looked at clouds from both sides now. From up and down and still somehow. It's couds illusions I recall. I really don't know clouds at all." Well I do know one thing about clouds they are often doing something amazing! I used to get in trouble for wasting film on "something stupid" like a cloud but in this era we can take pictures of everything. Here are my best cloud pics of 2020.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHshT_i2BXlQ_uEBbDN3Dlvd0VGzRjCRXOK5QLcA6e1RWyKkovpnJZ1lN20ViDxpYdniBbHsOD4qPpejDuxHQiIV9onGTvCZBjiGbRNFft1uZvSxiSvTtkrLyHzWJ66uvaZCN-lG39bQ/s2543/20200619_213418.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="553" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHshT_i2BXlQ_uEBbDN3Dlvd0VGzRjCRXOK5QLcA6e1RWyKkovpnJZ1lN20ViDxpYdniBbHsOD4qPpejDuxHQiIV9onGTvCZBjiGbRNFft1uZvSxiSvTtkrLyHzWJ66uvaZCN-lG39bQ/w304-h553/20200619_213418.jpg" width="304" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nearing the Summer Solstice when the sun sets around 10pm.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-HXoMCsh2cY8UXH5dW1PXwDVWY2pD1EpF5DYRTdG1_OqT20oEuzwJTSFMn-FLdK-NCCbMjWeUYtrRDuyXfCJVR5Hl1mVcaVeo1lbOHP5vzI1GTtweksXFG6U3MMbRNqTDoA0RYtzTMQ/s2543/20200625_213512.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-HXoMCsh2cY8UXH5dW1PXwDVWY2pD1EpF5DYRTdG1_OqT20oEuzwJTSFMn-FLdK-NCCbMjWeUYtrRDuyXfCJVR5Hl1mVcaVeo1lbOHP5vzI1GTtweksXFG6U3MMbRNqTDoA0RYtzTMQ/w495-h277/20200625_213512.jpg" width="495" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Altocumulous? I am no cloud scientist but know that clouds like this are shaped by high winds coming off the mountains in the higher levels of the atmosphere.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKW8F34-JIkLvuLkeGlY7OmP0YBJrrCuFkUVul09Z6Qgqru3-wwtx3xMdfAwyZfDge2sv6gjscQhqIIEe_S8aooNQNPeNJrGX7Ogbprk_Btph9NBF2k07XKprYw0JdFKkJt2n-0fdYew/s2543/20200703_195917.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="533" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKW8F34-JIkLvuLkeGlY7OmP0YBJrrCuFkUVul09Z6Qgqru3-wwtx3xMdfAwyZfDge2sv6gjscQhqIIEe_S8aooNQNPeNJrGX7Ogbprk_Btph9NBF2k07XKprYw0JdFKkJt2n-0fdYew/w308-h533/20200703_195917.jpg" width="308" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A type of Cirrus cloud sets off this summer evening.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_-7XY1QddybRmKdjC0DGJT8bDbx7NYvcAfAeXClWbndDCPUZzUHIgT-7yZTrIZ91X7fpcFA2OfKXdMWACGg8-rHoOfyHJL_fGEWIIHHN77de7e6q3oxCQZXWhqRNjnTtTaNBO7AUCkg/s2543/20200728_142621.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_-7XY1QddybRmKdjC0DGJT8bDbx7NYvcAfAeXClWbndDCPUZzUHIgT-7yZTrIZ91X7fpcFA2OfKXdMWACGg8-rHoOfyHJL_fGEWIIHHN77de7e6q3oxCQZXWhqRNjnTtTaNBO7AUCkg/w488-h269/20200728_142621.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looking at downtown from the Bow River and some scattered cumulous clouds.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdeCLhp_nG6DbVsDdwLY3uRtyPl8ijUvRgBQ0Vd9jum0A7y_vwfn709yEAUdWrrSO1bPVK1310OokTSXtym3A9oi6bDw1FYqhavMjKW06aulcbD9wNZRf852znePAqdCGRV6IZdV3KQw/s2543/20200705_202219.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="533" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdeCLhp_nG6DbVsDdwLY3uRtyPl8ijUvRgBQ0Vd9jum0A7y_vwfn709yEAUdWrrSO1bPVK1310OokTSXtym3A9oi6bDw1FYqhavMjKW06aulcbD9wNZRf852znePAqdCGRV6IZdV3KQw/w313-h533/20200705_202219.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of the many summer storms to pass thru, cumulonimbus I presume?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV3DdEiyU7cxYYkf16Sw7DHstAJIMw4TEnlK5KdK_C7M8NHmg9eZJZi2A1p6I90TCPM7NsD6CwnZXi8VUScx_dzIOw0vzAUrcHEZVZ96rsxrar_TAopgZok3lVCBBqpatCNoZudVbfXQ/s2543/20200709_205020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV3DdEiyU7cxYYkf16Sw7DHstAJIMw4TEnlK5KdK_C7M8NHmg9eZJZi2A1p6I90TCPM7NsD6CwnZXi8VUScx_dzIOw0vzAUrcHEZVZ96rsxrar_TAopgZok3lVCBBqpatCNoZudVbfXQ/w608-h360/20200709_205020.jpg" width="608" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So many storms!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJVo3AOF3Py03Ja4exGrZ1snNAkRFOIZWFnMkdZMEuFiFTFDfsdFycN-UmfJaNeZN2BzpUqZW6bdLCc4e8iwxvlpYKD7LmrY44EctDr0fZUqCgRKRDmKFCm6z5JNyv3MTn78e6Whfjjg/s2543/20200717_200235.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigB2_YQUC68gBOxXvPxrStdoxrAE-Q2A3FqsToszcIiMkf__ngui2dhnU1LKgWh-kYkO0qsjwr_Gf_1i4YlUW2gNmb6H_iDRvizDE9oAaQdFVR2aloszsc5yNmPET0Y80TnYiG5vLWvw/s2543/20200717_213456.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigB2_YQUC68gBOxXvPxrStdoxrAE-Q2A3FqsToszcIiMkf__ngui2dhnU1LKgWh-kYkO0qsjwr_Gf_1i4YlUW2gNmb6H_iDRvizDE9oAaQdFVR2aloszsc5yNmPET0Y80TnYiG5vLWvw/w553-h305/20200717_213456.jpg" width="553" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And passes to the South</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgb_QT2P2UoejXIjJZD-fmn1KgU7P-ofzI0Nwtszi051K_0cPy1u0NnGeO2gPFzEWiBDCqb3zojRx3nENFs2_-TuzQ-OmTALIYiXKGm0-jskFT7XdFmR6owY4fNCWPftd9_VXbgYKAag/s2543/20200705_212147.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgb_QT2P2UoejXIjJZD-fmn1KgU7P-ofzI0Nwtszi051K_0cPy1u0NnGeO2gPFzEWiBDCqb3zojRx3nENFs2_-TuzQ-OmTALIYiXKGm0-jskFT7XdFmR6owY4fNCWPftd9_VXbgYKAag/w512-h341/20200705_212147.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All this needs is some Greek Gods and some flying Putto!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO4WiZq4xKld7UEEx1jnxLk_8PaifV_xIaN4DmGBUgDR0GffgQZCmRJTnyJuv-s2E98zQI8mGvmV4sbxLyWEwt1cycKUQvS_VIOnzQ-9lOY-Iomuqkr63X8bGgKFakwCSGOYIZsdUbzg/s2543/20200816_203519.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO4WiZq4xKld7UEEx1jnxLk_8PaifV_xIaN4DmGBUgDR0GffgQZCmRJTnyJuv-s2E98zQI8mGvmV4sbxLyWEwt1cycKUQvS_VIOnzQ-9lOY-Iomuqkr63X8bGgKFakwCSGOYIZsdUbzg/w479-h270/20200816_203519.jpg" width="479" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think I took this just because it looked so pleasant and was not a giant storm for once!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrhEXBTxQETjOh1QdetBWGJMU1Lji21k50e3gB_B2FsBDgcMiKs7nx25Y41RyuUkh4qZbu8rGn_FQM7XoriDz08E6C0FK5MoGqIXR7-hzk_U0DFA-8WwLYBT8hs4g3tDnlgkcESOpSxQ/s2543/20200823_201320.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrhEXBTxQETjOh1QdetBWGJMU1Lji21k50e3gB_B2FsBDgcMiKs7nx25Y41RyuUkh4qZbu8rGn_FQM7XoriDz08E6C0FK5MoGqIXR7-hzk_U0DFA-8WwLYBT8hs4g3tDnlgkcESOpSxQ/w501-h285/20200823_201320.jpg" width="501" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A sunset in Saskatchewan, this is why it is called Land of the Living Skies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN7bVufA9acndzw9LlQO5RC7jlIE4Lm7Rxsj7SUjQgRk-en0TYzRKUNc5qqfEaSSqp0ut-D3XBvClsaMdjWp3w_JFC9kxuEfzoUcM7fJHngLbWYFCQe2ulSzmXOH13xz3I3rYlukZZcQ/s2543/20200822_204547.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN7bVufA9acndzw9LlQO5RC7jlIE4Lm7Rxsj7SUjQgRk-en0TYzRKUNc5qqfEaSSqp0ut-D3XBvClsaMdjWp3w_JFC9kxuEfzoUcM7fJHngLbWYFCQe2ulSzmXOH13xz3I3rYlukZZcQ/w266-h494/20200822_204547.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looks like a texbook case of Cirrus uncinus!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij-Ufce62oRd-GSLiA2CNoYo7IV7T68Is9fwe6cfdVEKBwK2SOk48JcrdohYWjqBjAemEKIqPrH-jXC0NkN2gXSuWGp2iYNFW6EpLjCo_ZuhJzgw66ExeYIOudcPj6SMyLw6oUWkWRsQ/s2543/20200901_185717.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij-Ufce62oRd-GSLiA2CNoYo7IV7T68Is9fwe6cfdVEKBwK2SOk48JcrdohYWjqBjAemEKIqPrH-jXC0NkN2gXSuWGp2iYNFW6EpLjCo_ZuhJzgw66ExeYIOudcPj6SMyLw6oUWkWRsQ/w272-h442/20200901_185717.jpg" width="272" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I like how the contrail casts a shadow on this cirrus cloud and note the sparrow in midflight.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj464KgpLQjl7ukOHHxtSMUwdAHLEeSmpgpAXNJbvQ3Fe-u_JuDfEeG9Il3qRByaPKcYIi9sm9C6kCRq2Reti8pQsfx-iOUWZerbK-XdnZQGoTC5YIUfLem6oT65R1AiBE-js_grM83vw/w481-h290/20200901_193643.jpg" width="481" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This one seems suspiciously pleasant.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Gtdvm8VhY8kFhvM6RsA2QEIz_2jA4XT3dbXJW7AzoQkoAdHCEeNn_D06fzf3khwndxNBq-STi_JKLftD1j9YIleMIheVJx6UhITNYzUxOBnA3QXi4GjgJ6jTWO6cLe2wl_vmIYuGPg/s2543/20200901_185917.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="445" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Gtdvm8VhY8kFhvM6RsA2QEIz_2jA4XT3dbXJW7AzoQkoAdHCEeNn_D06fzf3khwndxNBq-STi_JKLftD1j9YIleMIheVJx6UhITNYzUxOBnA3QXi4GjgJ6jTWO6cLe2wl_vmIYuGPg/w279-h445/20200901_185917.jpg" width="279" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cirrocumulous stratiformis</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixP-BioKiA1xPMKRq3XzqAvt7y3FqiYLB00zwEfuR2LxlWZ6tS8o-fo5BGl339HhEbpcpJ7THnG1_KlhRLJmv5jIlmTI3Wv5-kvJeegmOy0VmzGj_yOsslmxrOMojLuKsUY9T6bicyww/s2543/20200901_181555.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="457" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixP-BioKiA1xPMKRq3XzqAvt7y3FqiYLB00zwEfuR2LxlWZ6tS8o-fo5BGl339HhEbpcpJ7THnG1_KlhRLJmv5jIlmTI3Wv5-kvJeegmOy0VmzGj_yOsslmxrOMojLuKsUY9T6bicyww/w276-h457/20200901_181555.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stratocumulous castellanus</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqT4kVdmIrxDABoX5yRF5t2hajmaxwKwFfp_2cx2BNElf5DumHM3SHZzRPkTniwTnEKIhBLf3emvPlhGKo03D54xl4FyEbPCqBphk8HTNonRLDGEjvBXU6EQ4cAx2izFO_l7O40pSDWw/s2543/20200907_141859.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqT4kVdmIrxDABoX5yRF5t2hajmaxwKwFfp_2cx2BNElf5DumHM3SHZzRPkTniwTnEKIhBLf3emvPlhGKo03D54xl4FyEbPCqBphk8HTNonRLDGEjvBXU6EQ4cAx2izFO_l7O40pSDWw/w461-h299/20200907_141859.jpg" width="461" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was our two day cold spell in September, a little rain and wet snow.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEWysLvOHRYHW2t_8LqNmm2tPpn1CJOdDfvbbhnvb-4x1uvR33uVORvR_mmkHxNc4VXvKU_xCR2e-lrzYaV45GZ11Ju1K8kqWDtts8sq4JjWv1kTKO4y1Fp0gGGwvwdWAfdYb3C3OA_g/s2543/20200910_185428.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEWysLvOHRYHW2t_8LqNmm2tPpn1CJOdDfvbbhnvb-4x1uvR33uVORvR_mmkHxNc4VXvKU_xCR2e-lrzYaV45GZ11Ju1K8kqWDtts8sq4JjWv1kTKO4y1Fp0gGGwvwdWAfdYb3C3OA_g/w478-h267/20200910_185428.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Halleluja comes to mind</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf095tbElhf4RbELjwMM5uKcR0VS2kfvH78rV6PUDTp-_Q3nr2DWeeNMKb9JU7hfbz8QOVHqvBlcPuQJDbiv_VDEjKPHHx5bSeQRU3urjPAyIuFVBvVRnWVtfax5pUAxx61ZSrVFBNzQ/s2543/20200910_195959.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf095tbElhf4RbELjwMM5uKcR0VS2kfvH78rV6PUDTp-_Q3nr2DWeeNMKb9JU7hfbz8QOVHqvBlcPuQJDbiv_VDEjKPHHx5bSeQRU3urjPAyIuFVBvVRnWVtfax5pUAxx61ZSrVFBNzQ/w539-h284/20200910_195959.jpg" width="539" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQO2AYsorc4gTX_FgnnaEs311M3TJcN_Z-FYgWWvgna57jXmS3YYciK8SR5XzfqH_KcShW2kWkIF0E6_INdA0K5U-qlojKH5enODtQFo3IWW1aGCMuUYY3dQ1j1N4Vf8OOp0hm7IFGSg/s2543/20200910_195709.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">3 from the same sunset.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPqXojeYWcDwtY34B5okIBLssERmjRUU-2esbSSx3UzrUrjolSim5J8lh0-OaA4FoytAtym9BjptqCIz099qPQ_t2fdBh7yx3SorEKMe1E7-aHq6TWKG-gg2etwHF1GFoU2HjuEtCULw/s2543/20200910_201051.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPqXojeYWcDwtY34B5okIBLssERmjRUU-2esbSSx3UzrUrjolSim5J8lh0-OaA4FoytAtym9BjptqCIz099qPQ_t2fdBh7yx3SorEKMe1E7-aHq6TWKG-gg2etwHF1GFoU2HjuEtCULw/w547-h214/20200910_201051.jpg" width="547" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had to run down the alley to get this shot and orange you glad I did?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEQ_i9ztbR1pB0mVRLV1QhjecynvOMsOBAQUc_GFHnseE8xqizIJu4oeQvgamR2IZDvKg0wQd9LQWX_w-R5XmmnHzN8hLP_M7W0iipbqD4L-dYTUgDVEJAM3leHcgYyy8KVtpyly8jJA/s4261/20200910_200927.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="4261" height="102" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEQ_i9ztbR1pB0mVRLV1QhjecynvOMsOBAQUc_GFHnseE8xqizIJu4oeQvgamR2IZDvKg0wQd9LQWX_w-R5XmmnHzN8hLP_M7W0iipbqD4L-dYTUgDVEJAM3leHcgYyy8KVtpyly8jJA/w566-h102/20200910_200927.jpg" width="566" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Same night in panorama</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilzrgs5yNj2GvZRa13A0T_GJn5v1ISgU1TQfrOu3M7krJnOUS-X1pDZXzuQq12kUA-sPoBNE_WRO1CqilIqtyz93FqRhcygx-pk8BKdKNkAAabN2_07jmBK6yWRJ3bdc3jHKqA9pQLLA/s2543/20200910_201200.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilzrgs5yNj2GvZRa13A0T_GJn5v1ISgU1TQfrOu3M7krJnOUS-X1pDZXzuQq12kUA-sPoBNE_WRO1CqilIqtyz93FqRhcygx-pk8BKdKNkAAabN2_07jmBK6yWRJ3bdc3jHKqA9pQLLA/w442-h257/20200910_201200.jpg" width="442" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also from that same sunset.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdxBzi5gEKZp78o8ST1xHawxViORxen9V0zLAAHu6gipmOG6x2P0RSppMMbFH2rhuWGHk-4uT24-suh_zSaEjNFqPtvHgfUWsOz56BU8lfosmVeM2VYH46z2EmJVw-8LTNrlsfqbp08Q/s2543/20200910_204411.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdxBzi5gEKZp78o8ST1xHawxViORxen9V0zLAAHu6gipmOG6x2P0RSppMMbFH2rhuWGHk-4uT24-suh_zSaEjNFqPtvHgfUWsOz56BU8lfosmVeM2VYH46z2EmJVw-8LTNrlsfqbp08Q/w454-h288/20200910_204411.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, if this isn't Altocumulous floccus I'll eat a bug!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdRY0Lq8y86_pfq7HAP8czgpE45Pc3LxCTYaTcrNF7MLsLMK8fd0ECrwSFoy2j9TJZ1nnuY-OYOsGm31xulBxDSTVgRTMg_BeiYO-rqqW0EE1RAn0VjNn3Y4K_mylp_zZC4fe66Pumyg/s2543/20201003_190732.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdRY0Lq8y86_pfq7HAP8czgpE45Pc3LxCTYaTcrNF7MLsLMK8fd0ECrwSFoy2j9TJZ1nnuY-OYOsGm31xulBxDSTVgRTMg_BeiYO-rqqW0EE1RAn0VjNn3Y4K_mylp_zZC4fe66Pumyg/w282-h448/20201003_190732.jpg" width="282" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some interesting layers on display here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihZlubHaMEucBns29YeKjktmrEbAD15pnEB5_h6lopfD8cy6cDr0As_PSMFxQILrlAHOvZR9cx_ip37413vs21j8LQFuwybvqFdvUHnGIrHh4sX9OgCW5XokIzIIgGCGQzddw0ft3TdQ/s2543/20201005_185121.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihZlubHaMEucBns29YeKjktmrEbAD15pnEB5_h6lopfD8cy6cDr0As_PSMFxQILrlAHOvZR9cx_ip37413vs21j8LQFuwybvqFdvUHnGIrHh4sX9OgCW5XokIzIIgGCGQzddw0ft3TdQ/w438-h316/20201005_185121.jpg" width="438" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Heading into fall we get very nice sunsets!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQd6DPLRqqefCj9Bob21IOV4fZrP9fVn7QT6KkU4oKcSkNK3BverThscmgtozwZhOGjirCcoEYL-inwOVK_5br1dMFfhGvS6_6IrLnLKyS4xeKL5qDf1y2gJ8puCEft8SKmMQfI8VjHg/s2543/20201005_190340.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQd6DPLRqqefCj9Bob21IOV4fZrP9fVn7QT6KkU4oKcSkNK3BverThscmgtozwZhOGjirCcoEYL-inwOVK_5br1dMFfhGvS6_6IrLnLKyS4xeKL5qDf1y2gJ8puCEft8SKmMQfI8VjHg/w466-h239/20201005_190340.jpg" width="466" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7g4lHS8_hk_gr-pjLSuOoXyjuNh-j1Tqj4Dufn47Wd8hRlIt56KS1blzx9FUCR2f3rjf954v7heUWurL4ipAvdMpi5D0VVNJaiZV8aG7LIywp-AWOsrQIOZAPFl1IARuqVuQPG8PrqQ/s2543/20201101_172358.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7g4lHS8_hk_gr-pjLSuOoXyjuNh-j1Tqj4Dufn47Wd8hRlIt56KS1blzx9FUCR2f3rjf954v7heUWurL4ipAvdMpi5D0VVNJaiZV8aG7LIywp-AWOsrQIOZAPFl1IARuqVuQPG8PrqQ/w527-h269/20201101_172358.jpg" width="527" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Many dramatic sunsets in October.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikty_nrERMBOol4LfOikYozIZtJ5irQemrX5yoOxQTgYLlgQywHGglXqPQFg__SfoNv5eg7lQ6txgPXG1PAqVVPsi1fJK2fOkz1A8kH9hREJVrdOrdliNnJmsaovkDdHjS7oxAYRDKsQ/s2543/20201102_172358.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikty_nrERMBOol4LfOikYozIZtJ5irQemrX5yoOxQTgYLlgQywHGglXqPQFg__SfoNv5eg7lQ6txgPXG1PAqVVPsi1fJK2fOkz1A8kH9hREJVrdOrdliNnJmsaovkDdHjS7oxAYRDKsQ/w530-h270/20201102_172358.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And November!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS1m0nL6q_7sb8PsbVPBKDtXZvyh5Mw2MyiPPC2olAuxQsOHDL03SnVF4a4u9t1hg08TrwMAP9-Gf362iy0WhTdQDJjtMdWDlTQ8T52JUFIhNyqTI1ClzREwtbyYnogBoGR31Yk7SEiw/s2543/20201103_071456.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS1m0nL6q_7sb8PsbVPBKDtXZvyh5Mw2MyiPPC2olAuxQsOHDL03SnVF4a4u9t1hg08TrwMAP9-Gf362iy0WhTdQDJjtMdWDlTQ8T52JUFIhNyqTI1ClzREwtbyYnogBoGR31Yk7SEiw/w574-h269/20201103_071456.jpg" width="574" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I woke up to this and bolted out of bed to run down the alley to get this sunrise, yes I am a hero, you're welcome!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoBtUP7LC9X6lQjUf1ccBLH6EDzxMhnNAr3_2rjGnv7alzu9x-5bhL5g33jbvv8fX_XPxr4fWUlgH65CHS_WIeRqqkc74VQYUwYWj0wLq4tDpEx-XCLhzTYvfiNZ6WgVrTudRaqghAtw/s4082/20201103_071540.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="770" data-original-width="4082" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoBtUP7LC9X6lQjUf1ccBLH6EDzxMhnNAr3_2rjGnv7alzu9x-5bhL5g33jbvv8fX_XPxr4fWUlgH65CHS_WIeRqqkc74VQYUwYWj0wLq4tDpEx-XCLhzTYvfiNZ6WgVrTudRaqghAtw/w516-h120/20201103_071540.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Panorama view</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW2H9PjJ796L5f-abFXjfbWCI_K76t8fumcjt4yEmvH5rZq_PeLH3BizQZXreInET3E6y63OKCyClDaTzKVQbVzmomtydZu0KDr7wzrT6yUNKbkuiDC_YMouWG_cJIvepvZAIZdcY37A/s2543/20201103_071628.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW2H9PjJ796L5f-abFXjfbWCI_K76t8fumcjt4yEmvH5rZq_PeLH3BizQZXreInET3E6y63OKCyClDaTzKVQbVzmomtydZu0KDr7wzrT6yUNKbkuiDC_YMouWG_cJIvepvZAIZdcY37A/w429-h207/20201103_071628.jpg" width="429" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And a few moments later</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgafTvLtmEF3zOIaBejqp3b2PnxIgOtHD7C8UtryrLf3AdWoB8N3I5Vi7yVN-C8bjKPaN0ZV5DYR4rtVPzyv57PO6aQdnji1p18MvbMgMkc3kf20ZO-GJYtuyZYYBCOiz2Of1w49Lod6w/s2543/20201103_071618.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgafTvLtmEF3zOIaBejqp3b2PnxIgOtHD7C8UtryrLf3AdWoB8N3I5Vi7yVN-C8bjKPaN0ZV5DYR4rtVPzyv57PO6aQdnji1p18MvbMgMkc3kf20ZO-GJYtuyZYYBCOiz2Of1w49Lod6w/w447-h233/20201103_071618.jpg" width="447" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Only me, the dog and this empty school to witness this symphony.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1o8mDMywYhN8z9DyyTF3HtXZ5LF8aNggkJxbsPuF8nPkqOimbKuj5blP7_ajVOQBhUuSuWhk5UAs7iHpRuW5lIDKyoharLR1hD3bmao9X4zJNYG7AId9RCj8KpJwebckk3ObiAbeeEg/s2048/20201117_132908.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1o8mDMywYhN8z9DyyTF3HtXZ5LF8aNggkJxbsPuF8nPkqOimbKuj5blP7_ajVOQBhUuSuWhk5UAs7iHpRuW5lIDKyoharLR1hD3bmao9X4zJNYG7AId9RCj8KpJwebckk3ObiAbeeEg/w437-h306/20201117_132908.jpg" width="437" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is more like being in a cloud!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUREMFHOAsHfgajYcI2wT5POfu-T3o6dYkkw159xhLF-ysQcTfkBiKmOtDEFmx8qCx7cXwZ-yh73H7WtSQdBWu7hMWve3C7Z21wsGGcxPtZ_3QQfEJTROMuabK7MNmnQaEvqLBsWBd7Q/s2048/20201129_164458.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUREMFHOAsHfgajYcI2wT5POfu-T3o6dYkkw159xhLF-ysQcTfkBiKmOtDEFmx8qCx7cXwZ-yh73H7WtSQdBWu7hMWve3C7Z21wsGGcxPtZ_3QQfEJTROMuabK7MNmnQaEvqLBsWBd7Q/w539-h391/20201129_164458.jpg" width="539" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In December if there is a Chinook happening the day will be total cloudy gloom but as the sun sets it will produce a sunset like this!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgou7KecfRkjN8aQ2-9QTPpSvpnmCs1ZVvkGpBkAQaq5zlMHpTZ5ZH04j7JQEeA3rRJc8NhMS1uINOrAYSADRvTBWD17bxH1tlcHjuLw9mc7-JppJc1L72EWHcgYEBEYNmHvJAXdg9iIQ/s2048/20201129_165030.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgou7KecfRkjN8aQ2-9QTPpSvpnmCs1ZVvkGpBkAQaq5zlMHpTZ5ZH04j7JQEeA3rRJc8NhMS1uINOrAYSADRvTBWD17bxH1tlcHjuLw9mc7-JppJc1L72EWHcgYEBEYNmHvJAXdg9iIQ/w487-h388/20201129_165030.jpg" width="487" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The same night yet the camera picks up completely different colours.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSXSXOjGqRcKvobRpEAC8TDjrdM9Nyggu3W6ytMChLrULYDBFrCGaUO5ilQWooTp_7Lgt_baWkYXDAcq3BsXY5m0dzDuQM50vRtE6s6fExfX_Fwm5PBrDC-vI2xiX2AuqBoP_JLpDcKA/s2048/20201207_162252.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSXSXOjGqRcKvobRpEAC8TDjrdM9Nyggu3W6ytMChLrULYDBFrCGaUO5ilQWooTp_7Lgt_baWkYXDAcq3BsXY5m0dzDuQM50vRtE6s6fExfX_Fwm5PBrDC-vI2xiX2AuqBoP_JLpDcKA/w583-h349/20201207_162252.jpg" width="583" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These almost look like lenticular clouds with their opalescent colouring.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9MshZCz461wlseoDySlLW9X929NmsNUHm3_5dAS58K8LXHX4tHs68gNlbJ0UkXi6_WYlJkkXjlGXp8UpVe4QbXVds4KjBlnG9zYqWDY0Ior9Z0KEKh6nsQLik6L_Nb2GWCNHiiIDe7A/s2048/20201224_142144.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9MshZCz461wlseoDySlLW9X929NmsNUHm3_5dAS58K8LXHX4tHs68gNlbJ0UkXi6_WYlJkkXjlGXp8UpVe4QbXVds4KjBlnG9zYqWDY0Ior9Z0KEKh6nsQLik6L_Nb2GWCNHiiIDe7A/w570-h316/20201224_142144.jpg" width="570" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And here too as the sun rounds this Chinook Arch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO_iNOoUrdE9Ter7IH0rn3b2D71F8A7IF27knuQ1rLwAQzjYbrM_Yuxvdy8eeXMY-rDo-Aj1vrcVSnFXhJWklTA8UV2ccvsCH98hgEFuq3365DmUPSNi0ZSPi5NuRCDTwtVjXLkUB_lA/s2048/20201224_164221.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO_iNOoUrdE9Ter7IH0rn3b2D71F8A7IF27knuQ1rLwAQzjYbrM_Yuxvdy8eeXMY-rDo-Aj1vrcVSnFXhJWklTA8UV2ccvsCH98hgEFuq3365DmUPSNi0ZSPi5NuRCDTwtVjXLkUB_lA/w541-h376/20201224_164221.jpg" width="541" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The days are so short in the winter but when conditions are right spectacular sunsets fill the winter monochrome.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVYsdVvbOZoYP68sj3kyC3igwzfKTbyZlDWroUYuhxvlDuGzFxG673K4QfNW8dwtvohlx3EKiPF_1jL9ZDjjY8YyOWFCgiUTF9fz4otrk2D-vS7ZqyHg3BecAxMSj3togDTOZ6lUZwjA/s2048/20201224_164407.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVYsdVvbOZoYP68sj3kyC3igwzfKTbyZlDWroUYuhxvlDuGzFxG673K4QfNW8dwtvohlx3EKiPF_1jL9ZDjjY8YyOWFCgiUTF9fz4otrk2D-vS7ZqyHg3BecAxMSj3togDTOZ6lUZwjA/w325-h404/20201224_164407.jpg" width="325" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWp1QzmQrGdLn0ZiH4MaQNtL-MjWoakw9-g7C8zB5lFH1fOHNXOYOH7HfygU8rqFpModbe6AHkTa_1yt0F4A7aiwp1Cx5yn834GJNlMIVaklZ7XwtDUJVRXWaYgXXRPb_bQT_TiMmDpA/s320/20200109_112357.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> 2020 began with Australia on fire, here is a map of the fires superimposed on North America, it would be like a fire that stretches from Saskatchewan to Florida and then some, I wondered if the Earth would get back at us???</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3WSuMLaxDiRSxVB6otHTpDVscIHvrWceO76cMzJZ5QJra6PPErdCIo1VyE8q5_SWMmKBRkpo3GNXJW1eE5CPHgXqyL2yXxpEEgZUFgcciksdqt84cs3-c2uKINRDM6NWJlNIzyY9BEA/s2048/20200215_090139.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3WSuMLaxDiRSxVB6otHTpDVscIHvrWceO76cMzJZ5QJra6PPErdCIo1VyE8q5_SWMmKBRkpo3GNXJW1eE5CPHgXqyL2yXxpEEgZUFgcciksdqt84cs3-c2uKINRDM6NWJlNIzyY9BEA/s320/20200215_090139.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">An unusual satellite image from February, I guess it's not so unusual for the season just unusually symetrical, I believe we were having a seasonal winter at that time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhesusSjkaa5iii6vrK4R-hrHejeRQezX6ppcCJ41Lc9e0Fhl_NN2pp77RC9DF6rJYkL_xUwV8m7gW2SCmrJI_BrSQhOVnzhXfhw3JIzwN6YjqAGXCtC_-4_GrpmkhRPLynY3GC0rZa4w/s2048/20200325_132549.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhesusSjkaa5iii6vrK4R-hrHejeRQezX6ppcCJ41Lc9e0Fhl_NN2pp77RC9DF6rJYkL_xUwV8m7gW2SCmrJI_BrSQhOVnzhXfhw3JIzwN6YjqAGXCtC_-4_GrpmkhRPLynY3GC0rZa4w/s320/20200325_132549.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We're all in this together, unless you are so selfish that you think you deserve to travel for leisure, our Provincial government would find this out by next winter!!!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5-zIMvEYQE7c_MYS4dKVpEfJ1lbYcYKJy1izrid9tL8ZZCCj_CgDc5MrI_Rv1GWHcY7umSaHcDOf-KhlLQDLVtPkuioHNbDDIHNLSAbQjO_Lp-J92Xo4CbvGiloWtEVxVvAhatohj4A/s2048/20200421_094732.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5-zIMvEYQE7c_MYS4dKVpEfJ1lbYcYKJy1izrid9tL8ZZCCj_CgDc5MrI_Rv1GWHcY7umSaHcDOf-KhlLQDLVtPkuioHNbDDIHNLSAbQjO_Lp-J92Xo4CbvGiloWtEVxVvAhatohj4A/s320/20200421_094732.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Spring eventually comes, creating a small lake at our local school yard.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin9UGPKEvOe5T6c0pZzko69TXAspgFiRxVIwRKeP4wawbADomIBHpvC0l2lGmKNguQJtwiFS95lL-_j5dKWynroj9RnPM0CUpedoyyUY3FJjjMBaQrVCNzmQqHrHgUtgZpI2gvewoDxQ/s2048/20200501_101501.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin9UGPKEvOe5T6c0pZzko69TXAspgFiRxVIwRKeP4wawbADomIBHpvC0l2lGmKNguQJtwiFS95lL-_j5dKWynroj9RnPM0CUpedoyyUY3FJjjMBaQrVCNzmQqHrHgUtgZpI2gvewoDxQ/s320/20200501_101501.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Siberian Squill is the among the first spring blooms.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl650usgvsVwbVmLF5nS5lKMVA0w9iuDQJ187YVB5FRgQDot978sgnW7GbWIXKP9Dov7KYhCGHAwVQIHgH21lYH3cpxghqX20Vnr8pGeNbdRSTWfokNF1UPXZzumF61-ArMT3QE9OeNw/s2048/20200509_153355.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl650usgvsVwbVmLF5nS5lKMVA0w9iuDQJ187YVB5FRgQDot978sgnW7GbWIXKP9Dov7KYhCGHAwVQIHgH21lYH3cpxghqX20Vnr8pGeNbdRSTWfokNF1UPXZzumF61-ArMT3QE9OeNw/s320/20200509_153355.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some Kaufmanii type tulips in early spring.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCIZTsWkf0EWDPkCtgPMe8IaSrLLK4AlYBHWPAy212sNzXL7PlLb6o1Qb0oH_g0dmp7Skv90Z2_gPwxpTTVrQ4CnWL5TN0z662qdjN2K7tCe7qSKHZEdbXhcBdrmwP-CZB1Gz5obkEUQ/s2048/20200502_110132.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCIZTsWkf0EWDPkCtgPMe8IaSrLLK4AlYBHWPAy212sNzXL7PlLb6o1Qb0oH_g0dmp7Skv90Z2_gPwxpTTVrQ4CnWL5TN0z662qdjN2K7tCe7qSKHZEdbXhcBdrmwP-CZB1Gz5obkEUQ/s320/20200502_110132.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hepatica welcomes the spring.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8BvK2RGf7OtuXLeD6Qo4834vLvUvU_4Tt4DKmjFRufirf_eLWfofrWgetVshqKAODj9ugnKQpKMdljYI0sAT9Rqfy0JI3iL9QnTcB0XhzBhxxDjUMibUvSKvmucRITgyfQNdKsNc9FA/s2048/20200515_150514.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8BvK2RGf7OtuXLeD6Qo4834vLvUvU_4Tt4DKmjFRufirf_eLWfofrWgetVshqKAODj9ugnKQpKMdljYI0sAT9Rqfy0JI3iL9QnTcB0XhzBhxxDjUMibUvSKvmucRITgyfQNdKsNc9FA/s320/20200515_150514.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some species tulips and crocus.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq2JHa__VU53Kx9z-h4IcK53eZW1ww8LKlXOEAqrNGUE5B7hJ_cp6_uGf1HGEo-rQMItdJKFnO0_6672kkeRMeKW2MFQUBcm-s7dLywU5Y3nY2F0bOIoSVFNTfN23NqtDeppq8wmO-QQ/s2048/20200529_155416.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq2JHa__VU53Kx9z-h4IcK53eZW1ww8LKlXOEAqrNGUE5B7hJ_cp6_uGf1HGEo-rQMItdJKFnO0_6672kkeRMeKW2MFQUBcm-s7dLywU5Y3nY2F0bOIoSVFNTfN23NqtDeppq8wmO-QQ/s320/20200529_155416.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Vinca or Periwinkle with it's tiny but pretty flower.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Two types of Muscari or Grape Hyacinth bloom mid spring.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoURIeewVH_NAGa2kNDMnzFBwvZ_xkHUa41U7K0xUsKlSDLoXSe-Hy9bVE_tArDekyGbr-aGwbvWNqW69BhwhdbpjjG7KxW-Es0GR0ZoM7Ndk3wScE9eyzWhQLSlye6T5coO3Ues649A/s2048/20200529_155520.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoURIeewVH_NAGa2kNDMnzFBwvZ_xkHUa41U7K0xUsKlSDLoXSe-Hy9bVE_tArDekyGbr-aGwbvWNqW69BhwhdbpjjG7KxW-Es0GR0ZoM7Ndk3wScE9eyzWhQLSlye6T5coO3Ues649A/s320/20200529_155520.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The delicate blooms of Double Flowering Almond.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVjDJoJZg_CSYXkn_kZeffq2xS1GAVK42LzjUVhjmMavnpftx5guuUCcH_0QW-mZibo-JaGtM_3n3Zii7xfqO7yf_C7M7qQEwE7dSgB4sxbki6RnZ8WaG_sx5hnX_J8XdhpJdg0GewBQ/s2048/20200531_135625.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVjDJoJZg_CSYXkn_kZeffq2xS1GAVK42LzjUVhjmMavnpftx5guuUCcH_0QW-mZibo-JaGtM_3n3Zii7xfqO7yf_C7M7qQEwE7dSgB4sxbki6RnZ8WaG_sx5hnX_J8XdhpJdg0GewBQ/s320/20200531_135625.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We spotted this wild Penstemon in our local dog park, it is native to Western North America and the only ones I have ever seen in our area.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaZUCnySpnjAogZGON2G4HsjuwqjKMlNjPsX2EP0U2eb7Yizi4DIsWjuIZG2GmDHSwSiD4gVO0gbI-Sdy_b3OBg4b6W2naEG10ZlHqWDNY3CXL1EJLPn6unSq1-46HycNivq9qkgdijQ/s2048/20200602_183858.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaZUCnySpnjAogZGON2G4HsjuwqjKMlNjPsX2EP0U2eb7Yizi4DIsWjuIZG2GmDHSwSiD4gVO0gbI-Sdy_b3OBg4b6W2naEG10ZlHqWDNY3CXL1EJLPn6unSq1-46HycNivq9qkgdijQ/s320/20200602_183858.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some double flowering tulips, they would be finished off by the hail in June!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg494_yWCSS4Jd7OsZaoVsKvdV3Zt2wbUY3Qx10yhtOOk3dJB5eVwE1RWu4JrVNQM0c8ZndOxpfTZ_Tz7Urz5F7fgPq0zzo1Agm0RIzBKfhTSFuSiwv34pLyFKJEko2rVxFhTOApb3PhQ/s2048/20200602_183744.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg494_yWCSS4Jd7OsZaoVsKvdV3Zt2wbUY3Qx10yhtOOk3dJB5eVwE1RWu4JrVNQM0c8ZndOxpfTZ_Tz7Urz5F7fgPq0zzo1Agm0RIzBKfhTSFuSiwv34pLyFKJEko2rVxFhTOApb3PhQ/w537-h348/20200602_183744.jpg" width="537" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sunlight thru the trees in the frontyard, does this look like the Northern Plains?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRuJbAxQN7qz67Ke3_JU2jYT1hOOeWc91ND8sLm7Rph_5pq1JSQgmR39_z46Du13MrOmYU7jqccKQtQHOVRDdow7TO6Tk7bHRq1RXi9sgZA7G1DMcnElMd-L74zif_HnMq6p0t9sB7Bg/s2543/20200602_184920.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRuJbAxQN7qz67Ke3_JU2jYT1hOOeWc91ND8sLm7Rph_5pq1JSQgmR39_z46Du13MrOmYU7jqccKQtQHOVRDdow7TO6Tk7bHRq1RXi9sgZA7G1DMcnElMd-L74zif_HnMq6p0t9sB7Bg/s320/20200602_184920.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of my favourite photos of the year, evening sunlight on the muscari and tulip buds.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEXFkcY2XECM94M49CInWprQm7CxEFI9ERnI4vvZlWxxXYiJSuDTVqpwZ_R6z8StyO3fcMFvx_sul5zCWCNV8SRMn1dtMc0jZh_WbILFsdGLF-O0v_gaWu71JE4kzAmKeH33-LTVd2Hg/s2543/20200613_190158.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEXFkcY2XECM94M49CInWprQm7CxEFI9ERnI4vvZlWxxXYiJSuDTVqpwZ_R6z8StyO3fcMFvx_sul5zCWCNV8SRMn1dtMc0jZh_WbILFsdGLF-O0v_gaWu71JE4kzAmKeH33-LTVd2Hg/s320/20200613_190158.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">June hailstorm, came out of nowhere, would set off the early summer as stormy and destructive, I almost had a nervous breakdown.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrtxXIJz0H5PQRQKeaU4C-Fj6kLnvm135hw9BFt7P7de6zcN6dLL4NyDkZgvWymr5p21IitfZrbm6TgiOSJhVlNMdcQPNJgQHgmDSzjYh2xvmq0Ooubf91io2fxGFTvNqVLWs7I1_6fw/s2543/20200614_182115.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrtxXIJz0H5PQRQKeaU4C-Fj6kLnvm135hw9BFt7P7de6zcN6dLL4NyDkZgvWymr5p21IitfZrbm6TgiOSJhVlNMdcQPNJgQHgmDSzjYh2xvmq0Ooubf91io2fxGFTvNqVLWs7I1_6fw/s320/20200614_182115.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stats</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAHhn11WOMdNVZpw2_0zavFaO2vWVv5RibJplV7MJ0b50me9cKn5nZMFhoIS2Ah2R7FLodwzH83pEDKkty4zQCsHm68FVj3gTcgiY1X_5qzZbdjIuhSL3ImtUBwoa4oIK18q3iK9CPyA/s2543/20200605_165916.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAHhn11WOMdNVZpw2_0zavFaO2vWVv5RibJplV7MJ0b50me9cKn5nZMFhoIS2Ah2R7FLodwzH83pEDKkty4zQCsHm68FVj3gTcgiY1X_5qzZbdjIuhSL3ImtUBwoa4oIK18q3iK9CPyA/s320/20200605_165916.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of the few plants I bought was lobelia this year. I wanted to create a lobelia ball so used this old wire planter, some raindeer moss, wire and coleus cuttings for contrast, the first of a few photos, lets see how that grew...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY884Sj1Hjtpcki2tXh8vOIX7-9WeqlkP01YSi3lSZ2ZNICbtv3e_eBA6NLbxSURkyWBG28p7BKc3IyOt65ArsZcHgf5U2omSVqn5fxQDrt3vxWTikczB3IVkdfOyzsYF_8ZoXY6mEHQ/s2543/20200615_080422.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY884Sj1Hjtpcki2tXh8vOIX7-9WeqlkP01YSi3lSZ2ZNICbtv3e_eBA6NLbxSURkyWBG28p7BKc3IyOt65ArsZcHgf5U2omSVqn5fxQDrt3vxWTikczB3IVkdfOyzsYF_8ZoXY6mEHQ/s320/20200615_080422.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The early summer was shaping up to be hot and wet, which is not a song from Prince believe it or not!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX0sF_3HucOdzMixjdchS5u8LpvSJy2qy7H2Jn_RKTgzl4V5nan9VAN3tsNcthbTB9UqhMwn9XbehMJh15S7x5pbeXPyRW-6GGhgfZzLU0w73zrbqRS2PR6-w615Q458cWE8FF3BBfCQ/s2543/20200610_090128.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX0sF_3HucOdzMixjdchS5u8LpvSJy2qy7H2Jn_RKTgzl4V5nan9VAN3tsNcthbTB9UqhMwn9XbehMJh15S7x5pbeXPyRW-6GGhgfZzLU0w73zrbqRS2PR6-w615Q458cWE8FF3BBfCQ/s320/20200610_090128.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My neighbourhood is being inundated by new developments which means houses are torn down and yards are completely destroyed. When I see the fencing about to go up I try to rescue whatever I can, in this case I rescued this yellow globeflower Trollius and a bunch of these ferns. I also rescued some peony's the fall before, they are doing well but may not bloom for years yet.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie0OwA-LZUc7ITc1NBlhXCDpl86dAwfzEbVOyVIT_6qxZA6ttNWDh922ySLerS7IiAjx9oSUtlVUOy6LsJdiN6ichIFRvq0bjfKGRMph4Y6ygQTLxFK1HYPYQ2THzjnF43Qm_5Lk8rSg/s2543/20200621_172153.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie0OwA-LZUc7ITc1NBlhXCDpl86dAwfzEbVOyVIT_6qxZA6ttNWDh922ySLerS7IiAjx9oSUtlVUOy6LsJdiN6ichIFRvq0bjfKGRMph4Y6ygQTLxFK1HYPYQ2THzjnF43Qm_5Lk8rSg/s320/20200621_172153.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is what happened to my vegetable boxes, I replanted twice only to have them completly innundated by heavy rains and hail. I've never had such bad luck in my life, in the year I decided to have a garden show with the Horticultural Society!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnrolgzCQsQNzud1QZE6cuoTIj9OvavgHXlBZGl3htCXE-jF7BnRRpOKVPWTfTntQjh5L08vs1Mkd_Ypo3QJ21MrNeqlAPblvgsktXmqmCMH0a-4NwN-UyI0TwZiGZ30RXu5g-_78bRg/s2543/20200610_200603.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnrolgzCQsQNzud1QZE6cuoTIj9OvavgHXlBZGl3htCXE-jF7BnRRpOKVPWTfTntQjh5L08vs1Mkd_Ypo3QJ21MrNeqlAPblvgsktXmqmCMH0a-4NwN-UyI0TwZiGZ30RXu5g-_78bRg/s320/20200610_200603.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some purple iris</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO7hQoMdWZ-6mDDZt0DqcFtPHiQ2h5oD21P1VgeVyhgzVEKck524yuzftpiyq2nRUUsCO9gHP33M12F3U1TLKkYcq29aPcC1Y4e3_Ov4pmOaCNWx2OlELd89ZLOCxfJ3nGvtU1tPgRkQ/s2543/20200616_151111.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO7hQoMdWZ-6mDDZt0DqcFtPHiQ2h5oD21P1VgeVyhgzVEKck524yuzftpiyq2nRUUsCO9gHP33M12F3U1TLKkYcq29aPcC1Y4e3_Ov4pmOaCNWx2OlELd89ZLOCxfJ3nGvtU1tPgRkQ/s320/20200616_151111.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Amur Cork tree after the hailstorm, I thought the worst but a few weeks later new leaves emerged like a miracle! Or just nature I guess!?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRfRNLEd9FPpwPSi28ho9EVyvJU9BJxr513PIOUO35EckcVA8GN4ZdshYTV-E7-z2Zcy-A1CA2wqx0OpVY8NryMc-buVaWnt7OzKO8qsHenEmGVPIz2N9djSaqyajV9WhbxDxl4IO5aQ/s2543/20200612_201701.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRfRNLEd9FPpwPSi28ho9EVyvJU9BJxr513PIOUO35EckcVA8GN4ZdshYTV-E7-z2Zcy-A1CA2wqx0OpVY8NryMc-buVaWnt7OzKO8qsHenEmGVPIz2N9djSaqyajV9WhbxDxl4IO5aQ/s320/20200612_201701.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cornus canadensis or Canada Dogwood is a nice groudcover for the shade.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBj3r9YsW0BkSugk9Ficn6YvhmJqYNs_VpJPBs9aN17k-gVCXTvnpVJyE6l3_ttgho0Pf8GYwIuhVFkcJrsUQdR85miEKpBgUlbNGORmp_4CVqkH6CRPKP2c4BvQvLtN6B3luvWePWDA/s2543/20200630_181041.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBj3r9YsW0BkSugk9Ficn6YvhmJqYNs_VpJPBs9aN17k-gVCXTvnpVJyE6l3_ttgho0Pf8GYwIuhVFkcJrsUQdR85miEKpBgUlbNGORmp_4CVqkH6CRPKP2c4BvQvLtN6B3luvWePWDA/s320/20200630_181041.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">more stats</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Ir__5gpiQlPuwOa6LKzZcyaDzYDFYWr91V5vuEpZw-X7G5umB63Yyd4nieIoi8U7EfgCBplTgsedKpDb__Ejl9YTc9WCBqkNGbECwW5tFWCJWZ1VF_ZDkpOA8LnFD9RphC_GZ88UKw/s2543/20200623_134125.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Ir__5gpiQlPuwOa6LKzZcyaDzYDFYWr91V5vuEpZw-X7G5umB63Yyd4nieIoi8U7EfgCBplTgsedKpDb__Ejl9YTc9WCBqkNGbECwW5tFWCJWZ1VF_ZDkpOA8LnFD9RphC_GZ88UKw/s320/20200623_134125.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Spotted this on one of the river paths, uhh huh.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_8tT7r7VvxKT4W6QVllbxwHTsls_E8pLYqA1_Gdr5xLlIX5vCgvq82zpIOUT9gEC64ados2YGdo7rpSE7kkU2jPROGfXSBsFbyuBbQTJr3qO3NF2DqfZwl7H6NJYGepUMKLw9LIfmQ/s2543/20200623_133926.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_8tT7r7VvxKT4W6QVllbxwHTsls_E8pLYqA1_Gdr5xLlIX5vCgvq82zpIOUT9gEC64ados2YGdo7rpSE7kkU2jPROGfXSBsFbyuBbQTJr3qO3NF2DqfZwl7H6NJYGepUMKLw9LIfmQ/w407-h195/20200623_133926.jpg" width="407" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A Tyrannosaurus Rex made of scrap metal near the Science Centre sets off this dramatic Chinook Arch.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5V2P1MbQ8dk5h19wj5Lp3r4lfj6fcejGbYiULlAc40CYltwRsjhVB2KyqGQfdo_JGWLJ9tWXCaAsgCwxal7a37ky8iH43x-NZTreNHDP4DTLRDwiOoovJ1zetz-VY8y4sHzW_2WIPFA/s2543/20200701_205031.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5V2P1MbQ8dk5h19wj5Lp3r4lfj6fcejGbYiULlAc40CYltwRsjhVB2KyqGQfdo_JGWLJ9tWXCaAsgCwxal7a37ky8iH43x-NZTreNHDP4DTLRDwiOoovJ1zetz-VY8y4sHzW_2WIPFA/s320/20200701_205031.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had some fun submerging this peony in a glass bowl.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUOE1AD3jlS9u0aVTkrCr0GAVFgHvZAvW8jr8y0iQgHdJsh4hlUF1ICbnA6aOFsIpugAoNM5jYxMY74WhudF8zUz5Uumi94__HhsBTHL18OydiKpYXuFpPjjNEDHIDQlJr5PVvPgb7HQ/s2543/20200704_115140.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUOE1AD3jlS9u0aVTkrCr0GAVFgHvZAvW8jr8y0iQgHdJsh4hlUF1ICbnA6aOFsIpugAoNM5jYxMY74WhudF8zUz5Uumi94__HhsBTHL18OydiKpYXuFpPjjNEDHIDQlJr5PVvPgb7HQ/s320/20200704_115140.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A little later on for the lobelia, yes I wanted to put all these photos together but I am dealing with new technology and lets just be happy we can even get the blog this far without a major problem right now!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguQnAdfjMVazNRcf5AI88Sz7oh5cdjQvSpTOH5WttlX2YJi230eEN6NNb6WlCDVndP1i7RxTfCWEYP1FF3zEWAqBnUhRiklCzpI4VoDhRuNOKPoBON57UhRlE_B7yA0hFZD9QYj5lOiA/s2543/20200705_101107.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguQnAdfjMVazNRcf5AI88Sz7oh5cdjQvSpTOH5WttlX2YJi230eEN6NNb6WlCDVndP1i7RxTfCWEYP1FF3zEWAqBnUhRiklCzpI4VoDhRuNOKPoBON57UhRlE_B7yA0hFZD9QYj5lOiA/s320/20200705_101107.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">New, Coal Seams Black Iris, I waited two or three years for this to bloom and then we had to put a tall stake nearby in case of a storm to put a bedsheet over it, geeze what a year!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheZmnf7iACYF8_T0Kzm3EYcgkQvG43qnwi4mFd7QDAPewSkZBxpNBHk9Xztx_NJuRay6mqfYuNwe0imYjuq8oq5NMGCXvzSOjIxVK8w6JyAcz5Q3ltapwO30i1oU0aqlHVb-zmVtrbxw/s2543/20200711_114402.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheZmnf7iACYF8_T0Kzm3EYcgkQvG43qnwi4mFd7QDAPewSkZBxpNBHk9Xztx_NJuRay6mqfYuNwe0imYjuq8oq5NMGCXvzSOjIxVK8w6JyAcz5Q3ltapwO30i1oU0aqlHVb-zmVtrbxw/s320/20200711_114402.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A salute to the Calgary Stampede cancelled due to Covid 19 like everything everywhere!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKW7U8VJYjDsowwkq4Z0lX21Jevd4cqy7zTMFyuo3roBAndSiqEQmgAWgLW-hosIkZLet2G0KRUKQFNeCmwyfu2VJz2leJGTm041SeDrGy9_aGCR0esLgC0fGBHXiG95KcAqPCYj-AIA/s2543/20200714_102652.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKW7U8VJYjDsowwkq4Z0lX21Jevd4cqy7zTMFyuo3roBAndSiqEQmgAWgLW-hosIkZLet2G0KRUKQFNeCmwyfu2VJz2leJGTm041SeDrGy9_aGCR0esLgC0fGBHXiG95KcAqPCYj-AIA/s320/20200714_102652.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">New leaves burst forth on the Amur Cork</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk9W1qfCdEGHC70Z7FPHM-LctIJ-qSK_X4Ccz0YlrCaIaoaSo21vp692MYcWAeX4QTeuPZBUKDeEAwzcIiGrvjaTdqbQqHTvZ_LXk-CAxkEsaHdIv8ohe8yhhfTIpKJcu3x1HDoGdjiw/s2543/20200709_113003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk9W1qfCdEGHC70Z7FPHM-LctIJ-qSK_X4Ccz0YlrCaIaoaSo21vp692MYcWAeX4QTeuPZBUKDeEAwzcIiGrvjaTdqbQqHTvZ_LXk-CAxkEsaHdIv8ohe8yhhfTIpKJcu3x1HDoGdjiw/s320/20200709_113003.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Google Lens helped me identify this Dog Vomit Mould, how great is nature and the people who have named it???</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo3lQIIT0HSgCWBmNxxTinfnBLYKAcSITriX08bE61CROdLqFZn20FvyHkajMM_T5wzKUEm6RL5ITlktBE5D7tXKKLnCS2WPKzRtF4cOav7qZmOPBWLvvpWo76Z6MCOyCBGsjADyJ9nQ/s2543/20200718_111447.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo3lQIIT0HSgCWBmNxxTinfnBLYKAcSITriX08bE61CROdLqFZn20FvyHkajMM_T5wzKUEm6RL5ITlktBE5D7tXKKLnCS2WPKzRtF4cOav7qZmOPBWLvvpWo76Z6MCOyCBGsjADyJ9nQ/w404-h206/20200718_111447.jpg" width="404" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This native Prickly Pear bloomed only one year after being planted as a cutting!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWUDMAdNRpSWw6Sy5wqB1QUjPBgrY2YKHR8zP4vKZvcZyLdQtZdfk4jG6_alMNb5HEEKD_GVnH3KtbKQVx2kpzTS2gPwJVDJrTq9RWDh2You5O5vDURJMgByLMeTsKh2HaXwISGyt4Ww/s2543/20200718_141943.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWUDMAdNRpSWw6Sy5wqB1QUjPBgrY2YKHR8zP4vKZvcZyLdQtZdfk4jG6_alMNb5HEEKD_GVnH3KtbKQVx2kpzTS2gPwJVDJrTq9RWDh2You5O5vDURJMgByLMeTsKh2HaXwISGyt4Ww/s320/20200718_141943.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Because of Covid the Schools did not mow the lawns but left them to the clover. I think this is an economical and ecologically friendly way to deal with all these fields. The bees love it and dandelions do not grow.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNJ6LCeXuLutF96p0-23JeV2Syr6gfwnoPEAjdpxMvRXuXh8mvEscLd1xnn1v9q2MlAwS76saq4lPOCrcyz1HutjfVTQdQxf3FaIobnWb0u5d1UZ5ZIOsY-Ij8dXqigvXC_ch3pG-WLQ/s2543/20200718_175320.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNJ6LCeXuLutF96p0-23JeV2Syr6gfwnoPEAjdpxMvRXuXh8mvEscLd1xnn1v9q2MlAwS76saq4lPOCrcyz1HutjfVTQdQxf3FaIobnWb0u5d1UZ5ZIOsY-Ij8dXqigvXC_ch3pG-WLQ/s320/20200718_175320.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And a little later on, ball status achieved!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTibbbwg5Y3G1BiJs71Uyp6CHqSoW8dP_duqEF0ZqQ7h49Sgds3P6u_XPXCvH9QfeKR0KVOq7CGPgT4L_ZlmbDGU-3749zh_n8n_XjZN5sGjMnBzoyoXQIRp_F_F8OuycexjcBbZ8KTA/s2543/20200721_104715.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTibbbwg5Y3G1BiJs71Uyp6CHqSoW8dP_duqEF0ZqQ7h49Sgds3P6u_XPXCvH9QfeKR0KVOq7CGPgT4L_ZlmbDGU-3749zh_n8n_XjZN5sGjMnBzoyoXQIRp_F_F8OuycexjcBbZ8KTA/w432-h210/20200721_104715.jpg" width="432" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Isabella double lily I found for 20 bucks at Home Depot! This is a new variety of double lily that does not have stamens or pollen, it is derived from a mutation and has only been available for a few years. I have planted it in the ground so we will see how it does in situ next year!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirsKaEmW2XAeK4q2Je7bWC2Wq1DpHuxd134ThLBrDD8fdA6tfH2pzK_yBtR52Z3QYy18VUxxArzF5uesGBKwQNjyhnzi3lXZgQmCrJvoiO15SMb7KCyrkl975H4obFf4xD8c_4kRiokg/s2543/20200721_104942.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirsKaEmW2XAeK4q2Je7bWC2Wq1DpHuxd134ThLBrDD8fdA6tfH2pzK_yBtR52Z3QYy18VUxxArzF5uesGBKwQNjyhnzi3lXZgQmCrJvoiO15SMb7KCyrkl975H4obFf4xD8c_4kRiokg/s320/20200721_104942.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another flower from my Mother-in-laws farm, a clustered bell flower, set off nicely with the brilliant green of Kentucky Coffee Tree.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj77HLDKtxtXTYyq7WXXXJcMiZRP2nymSpH4bCzFtOKd_1mldzlFGhFNdVQplzT0fQGF9hoCLjwD8lQ94EZB4ZYakDavkv58hwEyqwTS-J3oA4gbPfqclazkgDJG783SXlqsP4dEJQ54w/s2543/20200721_140944.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj77HLDKtxtXTYyq7WXXXJcMiZRP2nymSpH4bCzFtOKd_1mldzlFGhFNdVQplzT0fQGF9hoCLjwD8lQ94EZB4ZYakDavkv58hwEyqwTS-J3oA4gbPfqclazkgDJG783SXlqsP4dEJQ54w/w193-h335/20200721_140944.jpg" width="193" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another one I had to indentify with an app, Wild Buckwheat, found on Tom Campbell Hill which is an area the city spent a lot of attention restoring to natural plant species, I have never seen this before!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit_AdJTQyiyr4lxBULHBFldINVCu2YyNi6lXCp7BcuDw3-qzwPMUUbcRM_RJjNtU2ivmj4e5rSnCvjp4d1BhOXx3gFZxQrurZG9Movf51Wb0_ma5bgOF3MtsLcC_PR9XyB9f-mD81pVg/s2543/20200731_111600.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit_AdJTQyiyr4lxBULHBFldINVCu2YyNi6lXCp7BcuDw3-qzwPMUUbcRM_RJjNtU2ivmj4e5rSnCvjp4d1BhOXx3gFZxQrurZG9Movf51Wb0_ma5bgOF3MtsLcC_PR9XyB9f-mD81pVg/s320/20200731_111600.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My Ricinus pots enjoy the heat.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoDjcmQOgfY11RS9ldAbPOTAqMuAwM85wn3G-0EbpYhN_0ydscv3hLfzdrY-SU_J7t2tuQPMzmh2CrFJRfV8C_TcIq9zu7pB0p4_JZh0n8YSVreLQDbU8AYZol3PBRj_YiZq9HoX44tw/s2543/20200731_111632.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoDjcmQOgfY11RS9ldAbPOTAqMuAwM85wn3G-0EbpYhN_0ydscv3hLfzdrY-SU_J7t2tuQPMzmh2CrFJRfV8C_TcIq9zu7pB0p4_JZh0n8YSVreLQDbU8AYZol3PBRj_YiZq9HoX44tw/s320/20200731_111632.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh and another one! It just gets better and better!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNjr7tFd5PYmfNZekj9-9_EzdVXIhk2ZuaiiZYK4lwCSSIA60k5PkEMcNkE-PtKFs1-CNQAq3-vt_toRKz3uTDp5pH2RMR6QWE7P_he9RVWgdW63Isn0dPhR1arRCa_iRVdSH4xSoTtQ/s2543/20200731_111615.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNjr7tFd5PYmfNZekj9-9_EzdVXIhk2ZuaiiZYK4lwCSSIA60k5PkEMcNkE-PtKFs1-CNQAq3-vt_toRKz3uTDp5pH2RMR6QWE7P_he9RVWgdW63Isn0dPhR1arRCa_iRVdSH4xSoTtQ/s320/20200731_111615.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I tried growing some Papaya seeds, easy germination.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmmBYi_K-VwFYTdt5T9_eZrJ1Ecm7qJHZQvPWZy2Zsa9PIfMK_da76HuD6ahDDFfYXvk1_L8b24jUOUk4j1A7cD1LGGFuhNl83BjfPsuib5cba8o-N4nVRwQMieUxMcKnXGN28C07asA/s2543/20200731_111914.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmmBYi_K-VwFYTdt5T9_eZrJ1Ecm7qJHZQvPWZy2Zsa9PIfMK_da76HuD6ahDDFfYXvk1_L8b24jUOUk4j1A7cD1LGGFuhNl83BjfPsuib5cba8o-N4nVRwQMieUxMcKnXGN28C07asA/s320/20200731_111914.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Found this Tiger Eyes Sumac on sale for only 7 dollars so thought it needed a good home.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV4tffADdr7QBGDS2rQ4SdSlIpRPHJ7PVG_cQ7PihvIRhuJpXf_tu3ikFaMyqvEWyJY2cYzB_ee-l8wKS4j-lFJ_5m7mjXNPFVtzbRRmpOOZI1z6auCTOS1USaSymfplmOaWkeS18oag/s2543/20200801_164642.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV4tffADdr7QBGDS2rQ4SdSlIpRPHJ7PVG_cQ7PihvIRhuJpXf_tu3ikFaMyqvEWyJY2cYzB_ee-l8wKS4j-lFJ_5m7mjXNPFVtzbRRmpOOZI1z6auCTOS1USaSymfplmOaWkeS18oag/s320/20200801_164642.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">More Isabella Lilies, bloomed for several weeks, also fragrant!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5SNW0Z9QUv6HWutZZGKotxcae_HlwKR-IEoffkQbmSp37WwoN_Iis5ElnJ6MgIy2vb7cqsAb9AiNnAnboHJgpPrx9qZKcEEP6AiT-RZzDWMT0EnICFXqwf16zZnoC7nvsP1Qbp-Sasg/s2543/20200805_173717.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5SNW0Z9QUv6HWutZZGKotxcae_HlwKR-IEoffkQbmSp37WwoN_Iis5ElnJ6MgIy2vb7cqsAb9AiNnAnboHJgpPrx9qZKcEEP6AiT-RZzDWMT0EnICFXqwf16zZnoC7nvsP1Qbp-Sasg/s320/20200805_173717.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Datura did very well in this new bed, several blooms a day.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3UriNtEGt_TYPCbG1w8i8m5SKZ2kW-F7_gQRi6U1ekMfspM2wwyQ4-4hlnaFII9Lff7JhZkgjpbE_lIW6Si1pUWLTyxyH5zCMcAmXuwBGwtxg3fltIiSSoqlHhG_8swSNJShv6mncRA/s2543/20200810_161126.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3UriNtEGt_TYPCbG1w8i8m5SKZ2kW-F7_gQRi6U1ekMfspM2wwyQ4-4hlnaFII9Lff7JhZkgjpbE_lIW6Si1pUWLTyxyH5zCMcAmXuwBGwtxg3fltIiSSoqlHhG_8swSNJShv6mncRA/s320/20200810_161126.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A Gypsy Moth caterpillar, I used to love throwing these at my sister. You cannot imagine how concerned a Border Collie could be over a thing like this, I eventually got him to a safe area.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYa911CH0TK0fwybxyT1JEsNXsRpiuk2pM-J4ZJL0hm47Ehuv-85rPuRXoYBMt7LFofdeu57TNN-nMU2RMijIXMq8M_w7ye2vqg2IFuEe2liMRTWjdbmiXQE4O_SummaGoLQdMKKJOig/s2543/20200818_130241.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYa911CH0TK0fwybxyT1JEsNXsRpiuk2pM-J4ZJL0hm47Ehuv-85rPuRXoYBMt7LFofdeu57TNN-nMU2RMijIXMq8M_w7ye2vqg2IFuEe2liMRTWjdbmiXQE4O_SummaGoLQdMKKJOig/s320/20200818_130241.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">An American Goldfinch, apparently we are well within their range but I have never seen one in Calgary before, I also saw a Mountain Blue Bird earlier this year another species I haven't seen before but we apparently have, who knew?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpKEKJzsn3dh5fJ4Gp1Xw7CPTMVTt8b4ZCi7HQPNw36r8YTXmguqsu5nLO28ZiZjRtKPcSLtx4tUvezjR3v2EcABl8tZwE3B85kc9DNI3ZrRakn4HQ01H6RAIGHncMR0ksfx8fj93-YA/s2543/20200814_164944.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpKEKJzsn3dh5fJ4Gp1Xw7CPTMVTt8b4ZCi7HQPNw36r8YTXmguqsu5nLO28ZiZjRtKPcSLtx4tUvezjR3v2EcABl8tZwE3B85kc9DNI3ZrRakn4HQ01H6RAIGHncMR0ksfx8fj93-YA/s320/20200814_164944.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">El Desperado daylily, it means The Desperado!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEP67uHyQ5cJfd8hJv5F_NocVdMFkyNiunlJNYvrzN_yh3yLsdpHADjA3r5TPzkZEernN9qngwpHgwK1WSy_5uT-YTSYfcyQy3RIhyX5yXPUg8E6PFMIYKu_FsUkjBs66IwOSrbwSTDw/s2543/20200820_171425.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEP67uHyQ5cJfd8hJv5F_NocVdMFkyNiunlJNYvrzN_yh3yLsdpHADjA3r5TPzkZEernN9qngwpHgwK1WSy_5uT-YTSYfcyQy3RIhyX5yXPUg8E6PFMIYKu_FsUkjBs66IwOSrbwSTDw/s320/20200820_171425.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also new this year, Queenie Lime Orange Zinnia, yep its orange! I think I would like Queenie Lime Red better and now I have so many seeds! Oh boi!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMehf1MgpwVHk__9Ig2dMaF4-g_Fq42rxCfJwZm5ZzO4r_-ex8eAhoeZg_F6rlOk9u0UFbNWxMduDuEHZQ0Kh58c5nc076y8eVPhgasfT5tbRfTWSIDik4ANffMJyynDbuvxEcuBZ4iA/s2543/20200830_145428.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMehf1MgpwVHk__9Ig2dMaF4-g_Fq42rxCfJwZm5ZzO4r_-ex8eAhoeZg_F6rlOk9u0UFbNWxMduDuEHZQ0Kh58c5nc076y8eVPhgasfT5tbRfTWSIDik4ANffMJyynDbuvxEcuBZ4iA/s320/20200830_145428.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hope For Humanity Rose, never lets us down, this plant is only a few years old and now you know why it is my favourite for our zone!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG9I8F1oFldKl3JLdzZpmzv4tSJqNLB3lBMKKx9mXXtOZzQtF8S9m8-GX2VpxjgTs1bNeHJ0NSEozJA6IsUCVQ2oraf5Ge61KBJ38PyBL_WoGWUUylJZfUXWnvMRSi9iEcThbAXEGneA/s2543/20200824_084604.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG9I8F1oFldKl3JLdzZpmzv4tSJqNLB3lBMKKx9mXXtOZzQtF8S9m8-GX2VpxjgTs1bNeHJ0NSEozJA6IsUCVQ2oraf5Ge61KBJ38PyBL_WoGWUUylJZfUXWnvMRSi9iEcThbAXEGneA/s320/20200824_084604.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Double Purlple Datura, I grew these in pots and when they were about to bloom we had to take them on a 10 hour car ride to Saskatchewan or else we would miss them! I grew them from seed and was not going to miss this!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitVBAyBsvBwXiQmM20rlu7XRZsE7Z38HA_0uyCxOSQ4n6OUHVYCBrUoauHRoHiAupJbCRkuS457pLZkHJzpmEO5Gii64-9t8aGOMAzDdf6qm7wjZQ8NJziy3ClMhohu3_7Sy6zei_3IQ/s2543/20200830_145652.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitVBAyBsvBwXiQmM20rlu7XRZsE7Z38HA_0uyCxOSQ4n6OUHVYCBrUoauHRoHiAupJbCRkuS457pLZkHJzpmEO5Gii64-9t8aGOMAzDdf6qm7wjZQ8NJziy3ClMhohu3_7Sy6zei_3IQ/s320/20200830_145652.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also new was Peruvian Black Mint or Hucate (tall plant in centre), is a tall relative of the marigold and is eaten in Latin America. It has all the benefits of marigold such as repelling bad insects and nematoads. It grew surpringly well in Calgary and I will definitly grow it again.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2mh-pARzfu8an2K8QSQQGyJ1nL5gZvZxKVJQwDr_ctzKxGthFVEUYNb7y91TxYAyEEhJMmxudbwfo_S4NuBMzP20UXGdrNrV5bS-LGPvlWo3kkEWBVySWW9jfz8ddysrRiPMtkS_F6w/s2543/20200831_191940.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2mh-pARzfu8an2K8QSQQGyJ1nL5gZvZxKVJQwDr_ctzKxGthFVEUYNb7y91TxYAyEEhJMmxudbwfo_S4NuBMzP20UXGdrNrV5bS-LGPvlWo3kkEWBVySWW9jfz8ddysrRiPMtkS_F6w/s320/20200831_191940.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Double Datura looks like an alien</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNI0j3GLP7925ldExMXMOWmDmB3Fqv8ijPFF6su6ur-9Bg0RZdiK7kqsC7OwAeu58aJSnShyMSJgoQiqa-GcpV1u8NJ1NcOFxTCb5q_Jgxpv39kpEJLqWpLoc6pJmhDl-jzN0TYLACMA/s2543/20200831_162753.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNI0j3GLP7925ldExMXMOWmDmB3Fqv8ijPFF6su6ur-9Bg0RZdiK7kqsC7OwAeu58aJSnShyMSJgoQiqa-GcpV1u8NJ1NcOFxTCb5q_Jgxpv39kpEJLqWpLoc6pJmhDl-jzN0TYLACMA/w250-h488/20200831_162753.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I took a few photos of this bee at the Cerinthe flower, this one turned out well.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjacnipE-_92Y6n0L-F3mO6SBMJkHvJGVEqw5RGoEtAIVSpsomzDOG3pcB9fKehWAox7BP6D9yHUlQRB_BXzzzyNJFD7VLJhGlECyCwM7Wn2YC8RDELlsRTrmWbSAwWVTI5IsNi42_bmA/s2543/20200901_122513.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjacnipE-_92Y6n0L-F3mO6SBMJkHvJGVEqw5RGoEtAIVSpsomzDOG3pcB9fKehWAox7BP6D9yHUlQRB_BXzzzyNJFD7VLJhGlECyCwM7Wn2YC8RDELlsRTrmWbSAwWVTI5IsNi42_bmA/s320/20200901_122513.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">stats</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj137RwyNADlPLfbfl5Nz9WC5SeWxoPbuVOiRBwqvAsxckgSfWve8GdcibuXh8bNN6rzF7ZCUzQoL5UJQudk6ZoKLyHHCVnufwIeQ62VIIWdVtai7Fc2XgCrGEP5AFfAHj_QJWnV_UJbA/s2543/20200901_181527.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj137RwyNADlPLfbfl5Nz9WC5SeWxoPbuVOiRBwqvAsxckgSfWve8GdcibuXh8bNN6rzF7ZCUzQoL5UJQudk6ZoKLyHHCVnufwIeQ62VIIWdVtai7Fc2XgCrGEP5AFfAHj_QJWnV_UJbA/s320/20200901_181527.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When we have a hot year ants will enter their reproduction phase by growing wings and flying away to make a new nest, there can be a lot hatching all in one area and since we are surrounded by school fields...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZAcLxzommpyUNLQypkSuZUz7z_i8M_PzXEgvlPbxOaJaRzpvddoEU5_ocW1Cw9syYTi4qsNDH4IxTGs7wguO4oX6_M5fQChu_Wu8Lff7BJc2k2ailZCMUhRBSo2Duea1PSodleX-SYQ/s2543/20200901_182047.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="367" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZAcLxzommpyUNLQypkSuZUz7z_i8M_PzXEgvlPbxOaJaRzpvddoEU5_ocW1Cw9syYTi4qsNDH4IxTGs7wguO4oX6_M5fQChu_Wu8Lff7BJc2k2ailZCMUhRBSo2Duea1PSodleX-SYQ/w231-h367/20200901_182047.jpg" width="231" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">hundreds of seagulls take wing and eat as many flying ants as they can.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKrbSr3eZvZh-YyDbw-j4luYOhjH8k1kPJl_QhPHfw02a0FiU442KFrt5qmsJaxEt7yfsAlbulwc1P4vkoxQkiQbzaxNU7Jf9ASRM-SiVZUI4G3USIgoCi_MHc9Y_nah4WWbcmOL_54A/s2543/20200917_114951.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKrbSr3eZvZh-YyDbw-j4luYOhjH8k1kPJl_QhPHfw02a0FiU442KFrt5qmsJaxEt7yfsAlbulwc1P4vkoxQkiQbzaxNU7Jf9ASRM-SiVZUI4G3USIgoCi_MHc9Y_nah4WWbcmOL_54A/s320/20200917_114951.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All of the Cockscomb I grew were wiped out earlier in the year so I took the remaining seeds I had and started them again in late June, by late summer they had become quite rewarding, see, never give up! That's me, Mr Optimist!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfNRU5T7EnBr1Irv1wter3XcDKrrey5pza2mniYGuirf2opdJPDlZdJ-FSDjUbEcRwfw96cfR4nbGzuf2GZOuX3M1sCSCXZB_m9LIFNvmnlwqtv_BcmBk4FcPTRfalcfRqmHpyW_d0wQ/s2543/20200909_102920.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfNRU5T7EnBr1Irv1wter3XcDKrrey5pza2mniYGuirf2opdJPDlZdJ-FSDjUbEcRwfw96cfR4nbGzuf2GZOuX3M1sCSCXZB_m9LIFNvmnlwqtv_BcmBk4FcPTRfalcfRqmHpyW_d0wQ/s320/20200909_102920.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have known about this Horse Chestnut for a few years near my neighbourhood and noticed it had grown some nuts so....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZZ7RYz3khTqWndGlv3axlesp0rA6Ij38J6-pOldKiH17NkdFEaTHJLDOVCLZPxrq6FfjcxbweRKlBqMmOke-pOen38VHSVwHFoiS7ugSXK7lAklhNujaMeIbY9VGD0CPmSgAd636AfQ/s2543/20200921_165100.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZZ7RYz3khTqWndGlv3axlesp0rA6Ij38J6-pOldKiH17NkdFEaTHJLDOVCLZPxrq6FfjcxbweRKlBqMmOke-pOen38VHSVwHFoiS7ugSXK7lAklhNujaMeIbY9VGD0CPmSgAd636AfQ/s320/20200921_165100.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I will try growing some of course!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAU30754cjmxeGVjBmn9PBWVdmv6WzX49dpgJDMNcS0yy8iuhkjZswTnV8SH4b1xTnUOaNRYhLa88CI6IxfHbAT4SWpBZhSGjZdwOeDyEJhJILTMiusUXk9QK0unXcXu9pC4kaJTFG-g/s2543/20200922_164235.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAU30754cjmxeGVjBmn9PBWVdmv6WzX49dpgJDMNcS0yy8iuhkjZswTnV8SH4b1xTnUOaNRYhLa88CI6IxfHbAT4SWpBZhSGjZdwOeDyEJhJILTMiusUXk9QK0unXcXu9pC4kaJTFG-g/s320/20200922_164235.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We don't usually grow chilis very well but our extended summer was all they needed.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtglvOJlWgDSgn3VasnpD4ijE8TqAHbCgWdwBVTwOGwongiRVsw33VnJTYCUs1LTtuIztKZDZps3DzKIFxwKzX_Zk71JJe9i8XwSWFFyf6PiXdQ9jfEzH-lCYXUyIEAnGppVktRJsx7Q/s2543/20200929_142009.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtglvOJlWgDSgn3VasnpD4ijE8TqAHbCgWdwBVTwOGwongiRVsw33VnJTYCUs1LTtuIztKZDZps3DzKIFxwKzX_Zk71JJe9i8XwSWFFyf6PiXdQ9jfEzH-lCYXUyIEAnGppVktRJsx7Q/s320/20200929_142009.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I haven't grown sunflowers in many years as squirells usually devastate them and my emotions are devastated with them, however, since there are more dogs and a few cats in all our backyards this situation has changed over the years. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDkveMvz9jdEnRRhy3-A-yWUFfSrDO-pT1AtE7M8_mx8u4h2mEryd3yuEVVNnbTFp-YH9GeK5I8KsAbl6DgnmDDN3PHtirPlxXgaMYxHrgmdgS3NpfubD_I2Pq2r0s7PGisX9PXNWkPw/s2543/20201001_173809.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDkveMvz9jdEnRRhy3-A-yWUFfSrDO-pT1AtE7M8_mx8u4h2mEryd3yuEVVNnbTFp-YH9GeK5I8KsAbl6DgnmDDN3PHtirPlxXgaMYxHrgmdgS3NpfubD_I2Pq2r0s7PGisX9PXNWkPw/w232-h378/20201001_173809.jpg" width="232" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIY3IYtxQnjo-rHG9hyCQ2L2Db1UhRzw4nRSXNO1hOpX3BV4shUaDUDW5UBVVoOByHk1T5py1TnMhRxUePrAhYqB0Bp-WCV4CRwtg0MLldFrRopjUU3CuaVEXZfI5I2OwcTKH3Xb-zog/s2543/20201001_133508.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIY3IYtxQnjo-rHG9hyCQ2L2Db1UhRzw4nRSXNO1hOpX3BV4shUaDUDW5UBVVoOByHk1T5py1TnMhRxUePrAhYqB0Bp-WCV4CRwtg0MLldFrRopjUU3CuaVEXZfI5I2OwcTKH3Xb-zog/s320/20201001_133508.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One day I had a detour and spotted this Honey Locust on a boulevard in Bridgeland, did the City plant it? It's great I hope we see more, there is no reason we are not planting these beautiful trees all over!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPrPx0RGLp6HLFoIUwoX6dYvW9kgsQ5ocuef0GpyfGGrs5mXqWxRU9DU3AohEAKXXlPAPhI6OfzT0iHjYgoXdeCvYv7BD9pPwBs0TfUxXRJ78beMdF3puBFEDk3PhSTX7LEEfR9wOC2Q/s2543/20201002_135336.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPrPx0RGLp6HLFoIUwoX6dYvW9kgsQ5ocuef0GpyfGGrs5mXqWxRU9DU3AohEAKXXlPAPhI6OfzT0iHjYgoXdeCvYv7BD9pPwBs0TfUxXRJ78beMdF3puBFEDk3PhSTX7LEEfR9wOC2Q/w488-h241/20201002_135336.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some Cottonwoods by the river on a spectacular fall day.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs15RRHtacsDGFm-rrWKw3_FlXv52Z3yCsabneNkQe4N68RnyO0mJuRch65jT1OSxAOEkvt2ChqknRUflJFh3YFVIv8EIZY7qt-l2iVma6oXOax03Tux4wSPXoDGAjDvPsABDekTAHuA/s2543/20201003_140423.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs15RRHtacsDGFm-rrWKw3_FlXv52Z3yCsabneNkQe4N68RnyO0mJuRch65jT1OSxAOEkvt2ChqknRUflJFh3YFVIv8EIZY7qt-l2iVma6oXOax03Tux4wSPXoDGAjDvPsABDekTAHuA/s320/20201003_140423.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some sunflowers in my neighbourhood.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicTYABMSQlKPLgdUApJNz9UrSj6kc_uquHPFLceLrL1OI0nyUs2EsuoR13HVeP6FCRF5D6R9DKy8yHoJ2m79pI3c0g0hl7XV4oyEPmiMuCwGsRggF4i5K7X3SwpUbayWrRM9j2Cjih0w/s2543/20201007_164717.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicTYABMSQlKPLgdUApJNz9UrSj6kc_uquHPFLceLrL1OI0nyUs2EsuoR13HVeP6FCRF5D6R9DKy8yHoJ2m79pI3c0g0hl7XV4oyEPmiMuCwGsRggF4i5K7X3SwpUbayWrRM9j2Cjih0w/s320/20201007_164717.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This year was so warm well into October that the Engleman Ivy even turned red, a rarity in our city!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicyF2wSvigO6L95lCJdOO1wCuE07QC9tcoFvzk9qtmpnrU5E8Kdjl-B2dK_Rz94MdVvWbL4bBTFmlxfVXKYdszWP2yQyqj8Kb0wgiOeF-pb7CBPRGi2CzA2OEkeGomU8W5FHjWX3gFnw/s2543/20201022_171155.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicyF2wSvigO6L95lCJdOO1wCuE07QC9tcoFvzk9qtmpnrU5E8Kdjl-B2dK_Rz94MdVvWbL4bBTFmlxfVXKYdszWP2yQyqj8Kb0wgiOeF-pb7CBPRGi2CzA2OEkeGomU8W5FHjWX3gFnw/s320/20201022_171155.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some of the tomato crop this year. Varieties like Think Pink, Yellow Cherry, Lucky Tiger and Lemon Boy.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP1_iVRVlBxcxp8iQ5ApDEc3epu4se3Nn8bTiLnotun1e3swMHi15cM4Gujd-LyR4xxNvMppsqDExLwue5k4COLuJatsSlxbG9Dk7SuePKKsshVdFAkCgYUKoAjgaUtdWHYsUT-XrJZw/s2543/20201005_102321.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP1_iVRVlBxcxp8iQ5ApDEc3epu4se3Nn8bTiLnotun1e3swMHi15cM4Gujd-LyR4xxNvMppsqDExLwue5k4COLuJatsSlxbG9Dk7SuePKKsshVdFAkCgYUKoAjgaUtdWHYsUT-XrJZw/s320/20201005_102321.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kentucky Coffee Tree turned yellow before dropping all it's leaves one day at once.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk9bRHfrddlNi_FUZXr10_4k7bfI2fvnAMmP0CD9YUtunm3yt3nCeCKTeX7utt-x4iyp8vug5TeNGnY256CuSj5f6EfRkblxS_dpAmXjhhjW-_Sm1w9qQPOcco7sEMgpKtYFh84SDHJQ/s2543/20201020_190552.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk9bRHfrddlNi_FUZXr10_4k7bfI2fvnAMmP0CD9YUtunm3yt3nCeCKTeX7utt-x4iyp8vug5TeNGnY256CuSj5f6EfRkblxS_dpAmXjhhjW-_Sm1w9qQPOcco7sEMgpKtYFh84SDHJQ/s320/20201020_190552.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Two large tomatos from the garden, we did not have frost until mid October this year and the results were pretty great!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibUDES2Dt8F25TGGv9ED98-lJLBenTmE4KYlXh5UWRTinaqITLKY2hXcervpdvLDH4KFlrBKYegnm5qw2hmMiuWojk-su0mWLpOuCDV0zuRUf0Z7T5caC6DoBhcvY_HG5FG3vjkcs2Iw/s2543/20201031_193815.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibUDES2Dt8F25TGGv9ED98-lJLBenTmE4KYlXh5UWRTinaqITLKY2hXcervpdvLDH4KFlrBKYegnm5qw2hmMiuWojk-su0mWLpOuCDV0zuRUf0Z7T5caC6DoBhcvY_HG5FG3vjkcs2Iw/s320/20201031_193815.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The full moon on Halloween which was actually a blue moon and the first time this has happened on Halloween since 1944! I played some playlists of 1940's music outside for any ghosts out there who may have returned for whatever reason.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpruRK9MRkvJs7wjntWZB1OXgOP_NNW0CjnWJhtEgwQ678EEHSfTWZ2wyQxbAshF3cYBq5I06Ber7Plcrj-aMo0zaFUVairKfKr6pS8Mb8mAkynKZvFCOhuFYjtS2P0jWjfaqyvQbNgA/s2048/20201102_182844.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1180" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpruRK9MRkvJs7wjntWZB1OXgOP_NNW0CjnWJhtEgwQ678EEHSfTWZ2wyQxbAshF3cYBq5I06Ber7Plcrj-aMo0zaFUVairKfKr6pS8Mb8mAkynKZvFCOhuFYjtS2P0jWjfaqyvQbNgA/s320/20201102_182844.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After a mid October cold spell with snow the weather returned to crazy warm again.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhED9sxD7BMlQOU2d3-eQEe4UlHPLtdb5J6DKrhwyLaDI09kMUXWOpwoF7ZZkg2Mje3_diFS6qiRrPYuxpu194aZCdCz4ShB3fSCK9ej2JpOFGJD3Yk1P4NtyZJEK1_D03uSJ4fE5Y74A/s2048/20201107_120118.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhED9sxD7BMlQOU2d3-eQEe4UlHPLtdb5J6DKrhwyLaDI09kMUXWOpwoF7ZZkg2Mje3_diFS6qiRrPYuxpu194aZCdCz4ShB3fSCK9ej2JpOFGJD3Yk1P4NtyZJEK1_D03uSJ4fE5Y74A/s320/20201107_120118.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And this was happening, Rachael Maddow has some fun on TV, we deserved it!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfb4yP1UHfhM5VNS8Gav5aZ0tP2fLpgw8Zf9WaFWhVdjSjVhR0maXiOyxT5D-fwVv1fiyv877QHPJsGjBJ9eai89DSDlwCSbFHLNuLp6yQFo5d0WIPeIqTq5XPDplvGXJ9KqqRlY-pUA/s2048/20201207_123639.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfb4yP1UHfhM5VNS8Gav5aZ0tP2fLpgw8Zf9WaFWhVdjSjVhR0maXiOyxT5D-fwVv1fiyv877QHPJsGjBJ9eai89DSDlwCSbFHLNuLp6yQFo5d0WIPeIqTq5XPDplvGXJ9KqqRlY-pUA/s320/20201207_123639.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In December more warm weather, we were tied or just were about to beat long warm spells for the month in history.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTar3OZih0HBOMWusn2RB7qop7PeSAD2d1Aiv4uUZLn2i0wUd6AjPmBPRBcNfRAz63UxgK4kWnpZE2MUVQPNjYvFEMZdrchpbmkNkspVuDnb_3jUXwWXiXCX24INFkPzcQ1-UsTvO6cA/s2048/20201207_152217.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTar3OZih0HBOMWusn2RB7qop7PeSAD2d1Aiv4uUZLn2i0wUd6AjPmBPRBcNfRAz63UxgK4kWnpZE2MUVQPNjYvFEMZdrchpbmkNkspVuDnb_3jUXwWXiXCX24INFkPzcQ1-UsTvO6cA/s320/20201207_152217.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Putting up Christmas lights and stuff in early December, so nice, I was in shorts a few days!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinve0F2FA24-Jif31XISDGkDpS5TSWf8Q9iOeTrj-EmSPM6nWGu8lHR8O_o1K9GDUAmyQvqiZEL2ISTjwTYlsbKOWa7ytpViZwRibMdGO9ZBFC-7lXhpb3Wpfl8GZom-2rnlqbvYOckA/s2048/20201222_085241.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinve0F2FA24-Jif31XISDGkDpS5TSWf8Q9iOeTrj-EmSPM6nWGu8lHR8O_o1K9GDUAmyQvqiZEL2ISTjwTYlsbKOWa7ytpViZwRibMdGO9ZBFC-7lXhpb3Wpfl8GZom-2rnlqbvYOckA/s320/20201222_085241.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And then, WHAM! Huge snowstorm, breaking many records, causing chaos but so close to Christmas f***ing magical!!!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho_TPt5wCX8hunxlaI3lw6N-mb_YwDUyBMeXMtdk704KCdTEivUqx_w4O2cIBHPQiQyWOo86l3RKRjndDdGGgw4RvfGoV3p-EupQx28ABZmQyV_w7Ny18gtlUcksjHbRbrNV1b9nBxfA/s2048/20201223_090821.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho_TPt5wCX8hunxlaI3lw6N-mb_YwDUyBMeXMtdk704KCdTEivUqx_w4O2cIBHPQiQyWOo86l3RKRjndDdGGgw4RvfGoV3p-EupQx28ABZmQyV_w7Ny18gtlUcksjHbRbrNV1b9nBxfA/s320/20201223_090821.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Snowstats</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEygmQVajjjbnCaZGR5Qp62FmDUqSieJzAB_ZJUkAyW_i3G1vKVqcepvis5a4M4_iTFQH1Gy14SmCCBMrPuUVEVwRUd_4oJ32V2uPFfhqy8r5rDqiLLBwgyPOVQXI282oj_U5Tj73WhA/s2048/20201228_135147.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEygmQVajjjbnCaZGR5Qp62FmDUqSieJzAB_ZJUkAyW_i3G1vKVqcepvis5a4M4_iTFQH1Gy14SmCCBMrPuUVEVwRUd_4oJ32V2uPFfhqy8r5rDqiLLBwgyPOVQXI282oj_U5Tj73WhA/s320/20201228_135147.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I always pass this boulder which looks like a dinosaur head so I drew this in the snow.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinttyYVKDRPmxG7oaDM-cUe53vEVUXVyyttiC3qRURMQcn1UoZ3AxzfJQ7UZr-5tJcmZX-GD2BC4PMg9JbcqVNFtU7X7HptZkYcAW6Kuw36o5AKM0Ie2DMN583Ake64w_Wvqrqybj7xg/s2048/20210101_181637.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinttyYVKDRPmxG7oaDM-cUe53vEVUXVyyttiC3qRURMQcn1UoZ3AxzfJQ7UZr-5tJcmZX-GD2BC4PMg9JbcqVNFtU7X7HptZkYcAW6Kuw36o5AKM0Ie2DMN583Ake64w_Wvqrqybj7xg/s320/20210101_181637.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">8 days below freezing in December.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV4xecBZAWKB4q_Ypq3ZbprjG-YAuREt1V4Lx87kk1ilAba_-eNmimIdLlGZhcE4aKRjC2aE7eAXdlABkRiQep2SiJFMtgT7xUopR2CJroU25svwCb_iILl98pWdYZKd0hPPWz4u6tOQ/s2048/20201228_193952.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV4xecBZAWKB4q_Ypq3ZbprjG-YAuREt1V4Lx87kk1ilAba_-eNmimIdLlGZhcE4aKRjC2aE7eAXdlABkRiQep2SiJFMtgT7xUopR2CJroU25svwCb_iILl98pWdYZKd0hPPWz4u6tOQ/s320/20201228_193952.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A magical Christmas night with the moon</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0_XzIFGkl7LfFnN4W6hlSXgqFhQwDOt_zO3UYGhnI3ungedOXNsmproXtHUImkCzEXSGL87Soj4CiQTT2XKK6y9EwdLyeNVYMNmf3l7pQDwFqgMhl2vBmCmEtLxKVXmZup5j0QrYnbw/s2048/20201220_182131.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0_XzIFGkl7LfFnN4W6hlSXgqFhQwDOt_zO3UYGhnI3ungedOXNsmproXtHUImkCzEXSGL87Soj4CiQTT2XKK6y9EwdLyeNVYMNmf3l7pQDwFqgMhl2vBmCmEtLxKVXmZup5j0QrYnbw/s320/20201220_182131.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Great Conjunction of 2020! Jupiter and Saturn haven't been this close and observable since 1226. We have a conjunction like this every 20 years but it is not always visible to us on Earth. I can't believe my camera caught this and we were lucky enough to have one clear day just before they were the closest, the next night was the giant snowstorm.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS5GTIPfIYIdM5VstrGeFIxnLer79qHBUNKjoSLJMPM4L23mMTbFqSFTQ774xyJ7TRKBfnhXEAaTE4sX2V1xiaf9vIOurZMOVPg7Ydq51YCeMWsgEc06THYHNjd0UI5xJvQq8UTvJHTg/s2048/20201230_131240.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS5GTIPfIYIdM5VstrGeFIxnLer79qHBUNKjoSLJMPM4L23mMTbFqSFTQ774xyJ7TRKBfnhXEAaTE4sX2V1xiaf9vIOurZMOVPg7Ydq51YCeMWsgEc06THYHNjd0UI5xJvQq8UTvJHTg/s320/20201230_131240.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A fitting sign of the times and ending to 2020.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiA1vaTmVamllse3KDXRILIV_BXbubXRHqfbb_kWGigqxAB1ok2yFhMnGqDSL8blLYUvhYtjnNE1ssk5cc2xRRjanKiqzEZmRX0Pgjxz0KvLJpyln3_rLaTdNnojW7wOAS21J118iRGA/s2048/20201228_193825.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiA1vaTmVamllse3KDXRILIV_BXbubXRHqfbb_kWGigqxAB1ok2yFhMnGqDSL8blLYUvhYtjnNE1ssk5cc2xRRjanKiqzEZmRX0Pgjxz0KvLJpyln3_rLaTdNnojW7wOAS21J118iRGA/s320/20201228_193825.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So much snow we made trails for the dog in the backyard! Happy New Year!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149821873151283214.post-40319190590675891342020-09-02T15:55:00.001-07:002020-09-02T15:55:57.231-07:00Seed Surprises<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC45ZXFrwpxWlZLOINo0Tj3V85MIjD7m7GzEcsSqFvCx_4e0fgvjwn5NNTmiM3oR8yE2T59zH8rKzg6O8cRFZsFrIsyCX5SurNOnATDvzFlrVtsuyHlsLP18mtYGX9UU8B6SEUR5DK2g/s2048/20200526_145757.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC45ZXFrwpxWlZLOINo0Tj3V85MIjD7m7GzEcsSqFvCx_4e0fgvjwn5NNTmiM3oR8yE2T59zH8rKzg6O8cRFZsFrIsyCX5SurNOnATDvzFlrVtsuyHlsLP18mtYGX9UU8B6SEUR5DK2g/w600-h800/20200526_145757.jpg" width="600" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Last summer (2019) my in-laws in rural Saskatchewan made the decision to leave the family farm and move to town. While cleaning up the property over an arduous week in July I decided to keep the bag of seeds that were kept in the garage. So many of us prairie people keep seeds of things we like or people give us, my mom also has a seed collection that stretches from the 70's to now and while the seeds I keep aren't quite that old I also have a bunch tucked away to be planted some day in the future. Since we were in the middle of pandemic panic I decided I would try to grow all the seeds from my mom-in-law as who knew what was going to be available by May? Turned out this was a good decision as plant supplies were hit and miss everywhere!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFwzpWKgxIJ5FONv5tRz3JQO3MKpfPfvZ-W7A0hWswzyvH49n46CQ2ghmnYyBttzJhGG6IHgMcHKCHo5gCoE-eKXQWYcgW_jB26EZQy48DpRTraHpZrwp3hXoZC5QOzR6Fyvaxg5Q2rQ/s2543/20200711_124253.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFwzpWKgxIJ5FONv5tRz3JQO3MKpfPfvZ-W7A0hWswzyvH49n46CQ2ghmnYyBttzJhGG6IHgMcHKCHo5gCoE-eKXQWYcgW_jB26EZQy48DpRTraHpZrwp3hXoZC5QOzR6Fyvaxg5Q2rQ/s640/20200711_124253.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My trusty greenhouse aids in growing and starting almost anything in our nuts climate.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc7Tr5-BWx8EiqgttpkXXahXUArSGzHOBO6UTUt5E4zGM83Cfb6cCTYudOjhN5HsLCWY8kqWSh0bfzwBxHgS93a9FWAOQ6Qpvgs0NOEXM24rMGp5_M8-hqg2K-Tffs_WP3AuaWSC7iog/s2543/20200724_102339.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc7Tr5-BWx8EiqgttpkXXahXUArSGzHOBO6UTUt5E4zGM83Cfb6cCTYudOjhN5HsLCWY8kqWSh0bfzwBxHgS93a9FWAOQ6Qpvgs0NOEXM24rMGp5_M8-hqg2K-Tffs_WP3AuaWSC7iog/s640/20200724_102339.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of the poppies that were loose seeds in the bottom of a bag.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkKU8amTEQGmg7n9CAF2z58Utrj763uYn0c6gn8Mhl7fFrRmObCJmgAdXZl4D4vkkXWn-vBaCc2RngI-5xdpFJxjQSB_l7W3flg30gFcI5HKFp-Kpub8E0dNjx5pcLvV4LABJIC-1asA/s2543/20200731_111523.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkKU8amTEQGmg7n9CAF2z58Utrj763uYn0c6gn8Mhl7fFrRmObCJmgAdXZl4D4vkkXWn-vBaCc2RngI-5xdpFJxjQSB_l7W3flg30gFcI5HKFp-Kpub8E0dNjx5pcLvV4LABJIC-1asA/w800-h389/20200731_111523.jpg" width="800" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and some more, once they got going it was a great show!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgItIRa_gJ_y4z9aXlBVjY7W1byKpKRjBiJImAqCa7lUZXdTlLkTFweUlybt4G-WZucpiGbCLAbbkPq16CWJx9CCEl8fUfKRCdj7Nb_4fZFEAltFgJQZT46c63XUVR-_Y9cVChZUVjc4w/s2543/20200731_111539.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgItIRa_gJ_y4z9aXlBVjY7W1byKpKRjBiJImAqCa7lUZXdTlLkTFweUlybt4G-WZucpiGbCLAbbkPq16CWJx9CCEl8fUfKRCdj7Nb_4fZFEAltFgJQZT46c63XUVR-_Y9cVChZUVjc4w/s640/20200731_111539.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shoo-Fly Plant Nicandra physalodes is also called "Apple of Peru" and I'll bet it is known by that last moniker in rural circles!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf23TQDPHoosRiXX-i4kvR9lSO3bnnY2O3JnZtgm0NbFl9MHRgNxc56_O_JCRv9rlIPFw09yqWPfQFeVdCNP_CMJsEjnFSD4rHHwhI2GNukfIDMpFnftMSIDS9_xtyHD6IElcLv5BAsA/s2543/20200731_111707.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf23TQDPHoosRiXX-i4kvR9lSO3bnnY2O3JnZtgm0NbFl9MHRgNxc56_O_JCRv9rlIPFw09yqWPfQFeVdCNP_CMJsEjnFSD4rHHwhI2GNukfIDMpFnftMSIDS9_xtyHD6IElcLv5BAsA/s640/20200731_111707.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These Scarlet Runner Beans were over 20 years old but easily grew. In a fun pairing that I did not plan the Lychnis or Maltese Cross also came from the farm many years ago. Now it is an homage in orange flowers to Saskatchewan!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiJHA2cTjC0qFr8f8Smon8ROj2GCzHnRnP7-JJbM4bJyy9wAbqDOYEPNvJuLPSMJ3-CsP_G_xLL1d5YdU0ArvS5zI57AZL6ewjNhIOw1Arf4sw3Gm3DWgL_lVUjGqhgvvKLlf-qJiRUQ/s2543/20200731_160957.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiJHA2cTjC0qFr8f8Smon8ROj2GCzHnRnP7-JJbM4bJyy9wAbqDOYEPNvJuLPSMJ3-CsP_G_xLL1d5YdU0ArvS5zI57AZL6ewjNhIOw1Arf4sw3Gm3DWgL_lVUjGqhgvvKLlf-qJiRUQ/w800-h389/20200731_160957.jpg" width="800" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shoo-Fly plant is a fairly large annual growing to almost 5 feet in my yard. The flowers open in the day and close at night, the papery husks are reminiscent of tomatillo. I have grown this plant before and did have an inkling of what they were, that they were familiar, but I couldn't put my finger on it until they bloomed, Oh yeah!!! That's what they are! Fun stuff, I haven't seen these in many years and will grow them again!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Only a few seeds did not grow namely Lavatera and Hollyhock, they could be too old or not sown in the right conditions or will grow next year after a whole season in situ. We will see. I did manage to sprout the Lupine seeds too, in situ ( in the ground) but other plants took them over so we will see if they survive, they are extremely hardy plants so I will be excited to see if they come back next year.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149821873151283214.post-54992266686881188032020-09-02T15:09:00.000-07:002020-09-02T15:09:32.768-07:002020 The Year Of Storms<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfqdgRsvw3sDvjGP77WngjRae_XN2aZ4QVrwpR7EWODwfC4-D5j02yWtw-5jICwm5ltyxTHioT-GQpwOQ48xNYwNq8afFscS-uio58CTtsxk41fMXSKk1fVx8xWFwXEGqElUl2l54qeQ/s2543/20200717_213906.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfqdgRsvw3sDvjGP77WngjRae_XN2aZ4QVrwpR7EWODwfC4-D5j02yWtw-5jICwm5ltyxTHioT-GQpwOQ48xNYwNq8afFscS-uio58CTtsxk41fMXSKk1fVx8xWFwXEGqElUl2l54qeQ/w1000-h486/20200717_213906.jpg" width="1000" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p> Spring 2020 was rolling along very nicely with warm days becoming hot by June that had us all saying we haven't had such nice weather in years! As with all things in this stupid year that was all about to change! June and July are usually quite stormy here with some of the most expensive hail damage in the country, I am always on alert for hail storms and is why I grow so many things in pots, they can be moved undercover. In mid June we had a surprise storm pop up, I believe the folks at Environment Canada dropped the ball as well our local news, for some reason no one saw this storm develop, they say it just popped up and then it was too late. This was terrible timing for hail, so early in the year, just as everything is getting some growth going, I lost my vegetable garden (twice) but I did not lose my windows or car or any of the other damage that affected areas further North of me. It would turn out that we would suffer around 7 or so more hail storms of varying intensity. By the time we got to July I was well trained in hauling all the plants into the garage, the house, under the roof and getting the bed sheets out, all the time cursing at the top of my lungs, sorry neighbours! It has taken me almost until now to get over it, one time I said "I wish it was winter!!!" the stress of these storms was making me insane but I'm nice now, believe me!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ-yUiB4yU4W2Z9hIVRJpIEI7Tmw-z9AjWUdTObapGAHDIdfiCPCxiMvpw4_13WrmiYUJDPRRttl0KiChG1V2LaPILxzAD5ilk5jX52RXD8K10OhmgKeKwnjXF6Yz1HebFsnIT0BmJ4A/s2543/20200613_185243.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ-yUiB4yU4W2Z9hIVRJpIEI7Tmw-z9AjWUdTObapGAHDIdfiCPCxiMvpw4_13WrmiYUJDPRRttl0KiChG1V2LaPILxzAD5ilk5jX52RXD8K10OhmgKeKwnjXF6Yz1HebFsnIT0BmJ4A/s640/20200613_185243.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The storm of June 13th, 2020, hail and torrential rainfall, note the water pouring off my roof.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnDV5cHCet28apwPwiBiLyG0jRMeQ1Kzog0QUiadSElSy3PPTdnRlqlxd9tVtPotbaZp4xsJZsGJParCUJqGDCgqe9PXVfmuphJ_dAEnU_gDm-ftgNbRS6h2FWrZYcmaHRszZ1IYDR_g/s2543/20200613_190154.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnDV5cHCet28apwPwiBiLyG0jRMeQ1Kzog0QUiadSElSy3PPTdnRlqlxd9tVtPotbaZp4xsJZsGJParCUJqGDCgqe9PXVfmuphJ_dAEnU_gDm-ftgNbRS6h2FWrZYcmaHRszZ1IYDR_g/s640/20200613_190154.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The hail in my area was small but relentless.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHRHPkcrU9Fu7SrVM02VIDLZp_urNN2oN2Qms0Ixsd9UMhxDS2zvG4Bm9STBqulkIClc9lkzNBtaGQejLPmRl2gjwmaosRzxaaa6tnp1ULSb7L6nWbweBsuoJXumcmBUYdZOiej4dL0w/s2543/20200614_182115.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHRHPkcrU9Fu7SrVM02VIDLZp_urNN2oN2Qms0Ixsd9UMhxDS2zvG4Bm9STBqulkIClc9lkzNBtaGQejLPmRl2gjwmaosRzxaaa6tnp1ULSb7L6nWbweBsuoJXumcmBUYdZOiej4dL0w/s640/20200614_182115.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some stats from local weather, this storm was way worse for NE Calgary where it caused flooding, destroyed siding, destroyed cars and smashed the windows of cars and houses prompting residents to ask for federal and provincial disaster aid. As a side note just remember that the Federal government turned the City of Calgary down for disaster funding for the "snowmageddon" event that saw us lose a huge portion of our tree canopy a few years ago. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8kvuLc339iKBGSY8ZgKSbVmY1Sh1An_U2OdKKtvfXlbmdowSguHJT117vNlUUcYU7VM42WS-N7amim8R5ooNgd40cCl7_pdELYxzB02nT9jS9Dl9NavQDETM9xQOsA3zYj2RAwg__8Q/s2543/20200615_080159.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8kvuLc339iKBGSY8ZgKSbVmY1Sh1An_U2OdKKtvfXlbmdowSguHJT117vNlUUcYU7VM42WS-N7amim8R5ooNgd40cCl7_pdELYxzB02nT9jS9Dl9NavQDETM9xQOsA3zYj2RAwg__8Q/s640/20200615_080159.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some images from TV, destroyed siding on a NE Calgary home.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCPXcnUYjxCEXgVEH7gq8HvGNoOrkb3R52wEwv9_lmdDFrOEP79GlKLv0qGyUkOScZBLVgFgnQtEsZW3GBJjnRG3wbJVL40MiUuLJR3pqdyiJIM_JM-YrLsA6eqbpLTlMHMDtyUlXOEA/s2543/20200615_080203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCPXcnUYjxCEXgVEH7gq8HvGNoOrkb3R52wEwv9_lmdDFrOEP79GlKLv0qGyUkOScZBLVgFgnQtEsZW3GBJjnRG3wbJVL40MiUuLJR3pqdyiJIM_JM-YrLsA6eqbpLTlMHMDtyUlXOEA/s640/20200615_080203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF5vszOjULoERjsvyQX0mYjtH0YsdkQH9493UFtJxdwnUbp47R8-6qZGra_kS1dMdDvDd2dhNEvv5HmTyLXNXBxFQZRP5MS-zKIgXFMKpLGAi02owaB2KdIxk5hPhypdhTtL1eugeLpA/s2543/20200615_080210.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF5vszOjULoERjsvyQX0mYjtH0YsdkQH9493UFtJxdwnUbp47R8-6qZGra_kS1dMdDvDd2dhNEvv5HmTyLXNXBxFQZRP5MS-zKIgXFMKpLGAi02owaB2KdIxk5hPhypdhTtL1eugeLpA/s640/20200615_080210.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cars submerged on Deerfoot trail, because the Province and the City have to work together to fix this problem nothing has been done and this did happen again a few weeks later and will probably happen again in the future!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7cMhvsVbDCrT-bIoEH_YZfy2DZ08TDeI1T0to3Vgv8ge89-F6OlMe2EeCNGEYAwYh7plgkbN8f7D6v8klApnJ896R9zCLA674G42gC7xzXyWUpcNNP3l3gC7LkOSfrGZi9ZGvu3lVJQ/s2543/20200615_080422.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7cMhvsVbDCrT-bIoEH_YZfy2DZ08TDeI1T0to3Vgv8ge89-F6OlMe2EeCNGEYAwYh7plgkbN8f7D6v8klApnJ896R9zCLA674G42gC7xzXyWUpcNNP3l3gC7LkOSfrGZi9ZGvu3lVJQ/s640/20200615_080422.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhX7L_hW7_FTiIKtRvn9lpDfAjOG9QY-UoQCyjP3ZivpNe3XyaQjdBXv-FeKFn64P4o3uziCbWAQ1Dc-YPPlOci6B54PMO_5urzTddtkg_Kzxx6rYWHydaW-XW7O7DPSpdWQtUuycrlg/s2543/20200616_102556.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhX7L_hW7_FTiIKtRvn9lpDfAjOG9QY-UoQCyjP3ZivpNe3XyaQjdBXv-FeKFn64P4o3uziCbWAQ1Dc-YPPlOci6B54PMO_5urzTddtkg_Kzxx6rYWHydaW-XW7O7DPSpdWQtUuycrlg/s640/20200616_102556.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My local schoolyard, basketball anyone? This puddle is so big it attracts geese, ducks and seagulls!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17YonOheihAe1hE3Orm84oeKOL5YfDTEoAdTR0xMBFyllDQjRovnUMGTF5AefVygCbLG8hSx1F5v-o6WoL0DDXYpdFRrs5kFfqUtlVzZG3BVUJNWmpsvFAU1N3hMPUWGOdrlAthevew/s2543/20200616_150643.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17YonOheihAe1hE3Orm84oeKOL5YfDTEoAdTR0xMBFyllDQjRovnUMGTF5AefVygCbLG8hSx1F5v-o6WoL0DDXYpdFRrs5kFfqUtlVzZG3BVUJNWmpsvFAU1N3hMPUWGOdrlAthevew/s640/20200616_150643.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My vegetable boxes completely destroyed in a few minutes. I planted after this only to have more hail and torrential rainfall ruin the new seedlings again! By the time I got a few sprouts of lettuce and Swiss Chard the sparrows were busily feasting on these micro greens, let the swearing begin again!!!!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijZWS8WQcI5ou4nDFglxd-yqREdHJZl-a3sevs3JRZHWMAdIQOLSMndONw-2SUeIlUFtm4_UT5rm-l1Xlw30sVW3DWHWhC61D1cNGsMb0jOAPBlKlKuq6LZZ_sZDRhu7iVEvbzxoMoAA/s2543/20200624_184118.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijZWS8WQcI5ou4nDFglxd-yqREdHJZl-a3sevs3JRZHWMAdIQOLSMndONw-2SUeIlUFtm4_UT5rm-l1Xlw30sVW3DWHWhC61D1cNGsMb0jOAPBlKlKuq6LZZ_sZDRhu7iVEvbzxoMoAA/s640/20200624_184118.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My backdeck during a storm June 24th, the pot to the right had a cherry tomato that managed to grow back and bear fruit by September! Guess I shouldn't be so negative? Nah, it's too much fun!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxvpChqk5mueyWTPbdwZb3qgbp6S03nHYhHu_9eYSwg_ThMhN1WPLrRbj9pf23_-Xt8PaghKEWoW21na-5TPcb5uQdlSCf-7xgVZ6ODF7UUpVMULeQz4GNAMu5exly2dQ3ZO2a79yujg/s2543/20200705_202219.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxvpChqk5mueyWTPbdwZb3qgbp6S03nHYhHu_9eYSwg_ThMhN1WPLrRbj9pf23_-Xt8PaghKEWoW21na-5TPcb5uQdlSCf-7xgVZ6ODF7UUpVMULeQz4GNAMu5exly2dQ3ZO2a79yujg/s640/20200705_202219.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And now a collection of the various storms that blew thru here until around the end of July, most of them outstanding in appearance.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgns2AY8pRSbPG3MXu_y7dQWaOM1l8DD9gwzD504xMsKbEjHrwmJDAiqgUjJY4Pkg9gwTNlbxyT6nictDm0LI4b2te_9nerQD5ksPa3D9NupKtAgcrDa9JyWObuCiKJK57dIl3I5CfKJw/s2543/20200705_210240.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgns2AY8pRSbPG3MXu_y7dQWaOM1l8DD9gwzD504xMsKbEjHrwmJDAiqgUjJY4Pkg9gwTNlbxyT6nictDm0LI4b2te_9nerQD5ksPa3D9NupKtAgcrDa9JyWObuCiKJK57dIl3I5CfKJw/s640/20200705_210240.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4F-_i05d-ngcEGrOUo6mKT0-JPEXcHJQ3RcopjnPaaZi9dUM_kigJ8QdIJTKi55Lq2WkG3vhg2_QLBszk8U4iXyBEclL2sgdA0ULzmy1Lo4CQ_gNnW3V0tRx0k1vdLQG3L4r4FT6U_w/s2543/20200705_211941.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4F-_i05d-ngcEGrOUo6mKT0-JPEXcHJQ3RcopjnPaaZi9dUM_kigJ8QdIJTKi55Lq2WkG3vhg2_QLBszk8U4iXyBEclL2sgdA0ULzmy1Lo4CQ_gNnW3V0tRx0k1vdLQG3L4r4FT6U_w/s640/20200705_211941.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This one spawned a tornado a few miles East of here, you could see this cloud rotating but for once mostly missed us.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMj7zv8aIuN0V_CaJO_Dn3TzYAoN8ogSPlMekeit_5tB5xab91fNRN8eqpgx245CFpeoBWw_6OVfsAZsrF2GEHuzIuQGNrbSKfnn6bQDw3jwoaBu6Nv-qa4iUVEl1EFy5VR9VTJkTgg/s2543/20200705_212305.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMj7zv8aIuN0V_CaJO_Dn3TzYAoN8ogSPlMekeit_5tB5xab91fNRN8eqpgx245CFpeoBWw_6OVfsAZsrF2GEHuzIuQGNrbSKfnn6bQDw3jwoaBu6Nv-qa4iUVEl1EFy5VR9VTJkTgg/s640/20200705_212305.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsSrtiKjEtkwFDOJmciSTfpsyhQfcQv4bNRcacXX-XVBPs75tjknPyUUawYmZno3hKUUp21QxyJq7hfwBIuV_9aDpDHywOgzJqgOoM7MgrvwdTvbDiTCcXcAqmgbSMANQg2eszvsYHZw/s2543/20200705_212552.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsSrtiKjEtkwFDOJmciSTfpsyhQfcQv4bNRcacXX-XVBPs75tjknPyUUawYmZno3hKUUp21QxyJq7hfwBIuV_9aDpDHywOgzJqgOoM7MgrvwdTvbDiTCcXcAqmgbSMANQg2eszvsYHZw/s640/20200705_212552.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ-MqAMaiWgmDNkIsd_6b7grTdh27d1JHdCs3KyrzBXLhsRHIlKYr51cTIBV-9eflolCTFAygwWipKEUpXlM-KW0G7CSKT1CvVBgzF4L5g5pooHtSm2TJ6VkQjGPqimg-REYXt4kIoRQ/s2543/20200705_212703.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ-MqAMaiWgmDNkIsd_6b7grTdh27d1JHdCs3KyrzBXLhsRHIlKYr51cTIBV-9eflolCTFAygwWipKEUpXlM-KW0G7CSKT1CvVBgzF4L5g5pooHtSm2TJ6VkQjGPqimg-REYXt4kIoRQ/s640/20200705_212703.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And another.....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyhA0qVAxXYkgdrTVIf0C1lGeEKZ1fwzX5K-W4LKpYGE8pgo8deWjdAFfLoJgTWFPINE-zGD8o6m4bip0DsQytozEn_YevSbPFYfXigUF2UKh6Mz6TEcUH5tn9AygtZwokiy0DUtT2nQ/s2543/20200712_140840.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyhA0qVAxXYkgdrTVIf0C1lGeEKZ1fwzX5K-W4LKpYGE8pgo8deWjdAFfLoJgTWFPINE-zGD8o6m4bip0DsQytozEn_YevSbPFYfXigUF2UKh6Mz6TEcUH5tn9AygtZwokiy0DUtT2nQ/s640/20200712_140840.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and another....</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguaaG2ghCB9F8Fi2cWecKfv3VpHqvFoWINTmwckvyWflZtVKcA7nIPONbegQtVDKvTr3hQQ-TQaazX0l0eKTe1cQaZvdPRcUtP4VCkJsqUGDvvqn7QbEhBVl3NqBPdKaLt8LSSECba4g/s2543/20200717_200100.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguaaG2ghCB9F8Fi2cWecKfv3VpHqvFoWINTmwckvyWflZtVKcA7nIPONbegQtVDKvTr3hQQ-TQaazX0l0eKTe1cQaZvdPRcUtP4VCkJsqUGDvvqn7QbEhBVl3NqBPdKaLt8LSSECba4g/s640/20200717_200100.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This one caught the light in a special way!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-wd7ktZ03jjQtDyrx3gT58v2QF_ERFqz5RgxJe4fROo88mDUM95Zq0gviizbnM21aSBx-Mq6luB4flZiQ6f9Bi8UyFUO_Fwl5sCiPT8k0T_yK632aubvVogONkxxAUQG_HHn7ipHlhw/s2543/20200717_200624.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-wd7ktZ03jjQtDyrx3gT58v2QF_ERFqz5RgxJe4fROo88mDUM95Zq0gviizbnM21aSBx-Mq6luB4flZiQ6f9Bi8UyFUO_Fwl5sCiPT8k0T_yK632aubvVogONkxxAUQG_HHn7ipHlhw/s640/20200717_200624.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and here, with many shades of blue</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwYNwF-EpKD4PGxinx7hc1EzcWpr4yYAxGBWOdJcvchRGYvLQ8g7N979qfCGSdgVLUrTfF5bOHQhlHWXi9_H8KM8qLFF_2NtCvJeOW8dfCjR4j1cFmT3KWSTtg6roNz6kVRT5RAi0HiA/s2543/20200717_201721.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwYNwF-EpKD4PGxinx7hc1EzcWpr4yYAxGBWOdJcvchRGYvLQ8g7N979qfCGSdgVLUrTfF5bOHQhlHWXi9_H8KM8qLFF_2NtCvJeOW8dfCjR4j1cFmT3KWSTtg6roNz6kVRT5RAi0HiA/s640/20200717_201721.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was a really big one that did NOT affect us but gave us quite a show as it passed to the South.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1mev0Kqaifdi0vMq82002n174jVesxji-IlgDptRoUHXM1HBrBUXrMBF1s3Qjib6enUoh82y0COHfQOTNxEE3CfCJxwYFH2SSxb-JSKxHJ44sF5C1aZmchbdPMkLtORJqgH0PkmEXsQ/s2543/20200717_203355.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1mev0Kqaifdi0vMq82002n174jVesxji-IlgDptRoUHXM1HBrBUXrMBF1s3Qjib6enUoh82y0COHfQOTNxEE3CfCJxwYFH2SSxb-JSKxHJ44sF5C1aZmchbdPMkLtORJqgH0PkmEXsQ/s640/20200717_203355.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVdzackgz-yIP4NQP70phGo-9RaPqaePgk-pjI0lXybBAiVsG6UzgxsynqKBOM79WiEirl_VmHynXA3JFKjHKwTiaIBGkqdiEol1vfaQcad4AP8vXgR3w_1j3RB66eIjD6__zVHRvbuQ/s2543/20200717_204549.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVdzackgz-yIP4NQP70phGo-9RaPqaePgk-pjI0lXybBAiVsG6UzgxsynqKBOM79WiEirl_VmHynXA3JFKjHKwTiaIBGkqdiEol1vfaQcad4AP8vXgR3w_1j3RB66eIjD6__zVHRvbuQ/s640/20200717_204549.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For once, not a storm in our quadrant, it gave my mom some hail for the first and only time all year!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWMHXJz5Iw2fKZ3VKJm2VZAVLF0PBYJBzYgIBYsqdaeJvrrJPEpn_-BWgk0NJXr9WiK4v-cOLCicEhLLxpvASN9xRHdly2AvtJqfhnlvEFqykOtZ4UTWe1yocbHukl5Tf-CyKDS1InmA/s2543/20200717_213319.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWMHXJz5Iw2fKZ3VKJm2VZAVLF0PBYJBzYgIBYsqdaeJvrrJPEpn_-BWgk0NJXr9WiK4v-cOLCicEhLLxpvASN9xRHdly2AvtJqfhnlvEFqykOtZ4UTWe1yocbHukl5Tf-CyKDS1InmA/s640/20200717_213319.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As this one passed the setting sun really set it off, imagine if I had a better view!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN5BdWyfmmx8LNUHUVgMT_MpH8iSwZhfQrjQaMorHr9E2tJXL__zK4ufXrlDs_VOLedm_LeohMKBxqpdiPekKHwCk_eWn17M-HE2K6SnZl_WjRf671OS8_w1Ae-MjS1rnaYxCDU6oHzg/s2543/20200717_213906.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN5BdWyfmmx8LNUHUVgMT_MpH8iSwZhfQrjQaMorHr9E2tJXL__zK4ufXrlDs_VOLedm_LeohMKBxqpdiPekKHwCk_eWn17M-HE2K6SnZl_WjRf671OS8_w1Ae-MjS1rnaYxCDU6oHzg/s640/20200717_213906.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHNeZX8CfuD8rLYqkDP8XGcn800uAR0KtQzierr4aHLBQYs0VP6Roh8NDWesv-qnXXH0cY_2QyrdOaW5L19jMndi3j2zBJdu8QXboFfeUQ1FXIitVfKB6LtUVWPNlgSuwxz7Fb1cWLBA/s2543/20200717_214139.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuXGyFUMuCXnN_LiJLXnAVP2ldWOEqd92mNN-4XK6pAXghtsuOBVU9Mc4dCvk3UUiip4iZiOBmZkZ8le6ciXARLUwMY8KAKfZXZJsnNTFVOivY8e8tGeQ1U53JYDSUGK_fxa4QhQHZcA/s2543/20200723_150307.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuXGyFUMuCXnN_LiJLXnAVP2ldWOEqd92mNN-4XK6pAXghtsuOBVU9Mc4dCvk3UUiip4iZiOBmZkZ8le6ciXARLUwMY8KAKfZXZJsnNTFVOivY8e8tGeQ1U53JYDSUGK_fxa4QhQHZcA/s640/20200723_150307.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another hail storm with hail getting into the house from the open backdoor.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgHfJQAclw_ZL-fDwkAQXJso8Cf6mnGUI8eEAIBLJP5pU-sXHXC2qD4L_7i5WPHHeK3Rlv71e3Py5jqZxbAFNPo50oz9I3irl6o2-llBpBeHd-eV-pTSpsKBNknY6dphbI_F-VxyNXog/s2543/20200723_150824.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgHfJQAclw_ZL-fDwkAQXJso8Cf6mnGUI8eEAIBLJP5pU-sXHXC2qD4L_7i5WPHHeK3Rlv71e3Py5jqZxbAFNPo50oz9I3irl6o2-llBpBeHd-eV-pTSpsKBNknY6dphbI_F-VxyNXog/s640/20200723_150824.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This hail came from the North, the first really big one was from the South, so many variables to hail storms that spawn destruction in different ways every time!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN1TnZwtul6rfsH11_phC7wpHLyOyUjpgZN1I8Oo_sSJ6lqcbrAPfhosE1RG8W7w1RUcP6j3jTvgG0UzS1kft55S2Qsihb5zx0fqNu8suFPiiUgILtw6f0InQDEjqUuCEw5uQlQ9F_uA/s2543/20200723_165811.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Near the end of storm season a giant system 50 miles north of the City August 3rd wrecked havoc and devastated crops in the area.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS4jtXtv5O1co1WzeQNdI_9ZS56lFzcyTukbaZ8Wxky7BBK9Vy-1tDMHtbfqy5HRlDWKhKfYnUK5D3S5kul1xNYm9F3argLqsi3I2HZwhR48t_616M-RpW1NnQPrtk1otl0KXDm4GMGA/s2543/20200803_134105.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS4jtXtv5O1co1WzeQNdI_9ZS56lFzcyTukbaZ8Wxky7BBK9Vy-1tDMHtbfqy5HRlDWKhKfYnUK5D3S5kul1xNYm9F3argLqsi3I2HZwhR48t_616M-RpW1NnQPrtk1otl0KXDm4GMGA/s640/20200803_134105.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm1HWq5Stfz9_g3gUQn_sdyKBLcnmR9t9mnNJyTX3QHtTjSJcL8Gkl9KeHNZ-POipBI5h7eFQm9BrrqTjP26f6CANq1rskWboBYjMIXI3wEzKvTtvrnjmZbFz3WnqHUKAGSNfGd898OQ/s2543/20200803_153210.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm1HWq5Stfz9_g3gUQn_sdyKBLcnmR9t9mnNJyTX3QHtTjSJcL8Gkl9KeHNZ-POipBI5h7eFQm9BrrqTjP26f6CANq1rskWboBYjMIXI3wEzKvTtvrnjmZbFz3WnqHUKAGSNfGd898OQ/s640/20200803_153210.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> While 2020 has been a piece of shit for all of us I will hopefully remember that even if nature throws its full fury at us we can persevere like so many plants. Hailstorms often allow us to get philosophical about life and death but goddamnit after this disaster of a year I really don't want to live here anymore! I need a much better and calmer climate to garden in! Someone in Victoria BC once said to me "Calgary? that must be like gardening in hell!" while this is a typically arrogant and rude remark from a West Coaster there is some truth to that! Gardening in hell however either makes us crazy or heroes though, don't try me! :)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149821873151283214.post-1106640373933947752020-06-11T11:18:00.000-07:002020-06-11T11:18:58.039-07:00Spring 2020, Gardening in a Pandemic!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So, Pandemic hey? Who saw that coming? Actually many experts warned us for many years, who knew all that international travel would lead to something like this? Just several Science Fiction movies, the modern version of Planet of the Apes comes to mind or the big budget film Contagion parallels our current situation quite well except in that movie the US President went into hiding and in the real world we should be so lucky!!! Anyway enough of all that, what to do when everything is closed and the availability of plant material is in question? I decided I was not going to buy anything this year and grow everything from seed myself! I have a fair sized stockpile already and I did order a few seeds online before I declared this, who knew the seeds would take almost 6 weeks to arrive because of the pandemic? I also saved my Mother-in Laws collection of seeds as we cleared out the farmhouse for a move to town last summer. Some of these seeds were from the 90's, some collected from a neighbour in envelopes, some from only 7 or so years ago. Most of these have grown including Scarlet Runner Beans, Lupine (which I scratched with sandpaper and soaked overnight before planting) and some loose poppy seeds at the bottom of the paper bag they were all in! There will be some surprises!<br />
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Some of the old seed collection from my mom in law</div>
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I also got into growing several seed trays which I haven't done in years! 20 years ago I had a lot more energy for running multiple trays in and out of the house as the weather dictates but in recent times I had relied on retail plants. With the addition of a small temporary greenhouse ordered online last year the task of growing several trays of plants has become slightly easier. I must have learned about using a heating mat to germinate seeds some time ago but was out of time to order one online and with the pandemic everything was taking weeks to get delivered so after reading a little on the old internet machine I learned that people were using Christmas lights as a heat source for seeds. You need the old incandescent type as I don't think LED generate heat. It actually worked very well! Speeding up germination by several days and at the time we were having an unprecedented cold and cloudy few weeks, I usually rely on sun to heat my trays but the lights were better, I did find out the hard way that seedlings must be removed from the heat source or, like Nicotiana, will damp off, turn to mush and die. Most of these seedlings were saved thankfully after I realized.</div>
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The cheap and homemade way to make a heating mat out of old Christmas lights.</div>
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Some images from the Pandemic panic gripping us this spring. It has nothing to do with plants but reminds us of the mood of the early spring which was pretty gloomy like our weather!</div>
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My neighbour banging a pot at 7pm in honour of Essential Health Care workers.</div>
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Most parks were very busy as people had nothing to do but this day walking around Inglewood and the Zoo was suspiciously empty of crowds, nice!</div>
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This was on TV and it still makes me laugh! Do they mean "Sanitization"? Or "Sanitation"? I pronounce what they have here as San-it-a-sa-shun Station. Yes I am amused by very stupid things!</div>
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When it got warm enough to put some of my indoor plants outside they looked terrible! We were laughing that this looks like an abandoned flower shop like a scene out of The Walking Dead or any such post-apocalyptic story, very fitting for our times!</div>
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A rescued orchid blooms in the early spring in my kitchen window, it's all about consistency of care.</div>
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Some species tulips and crocus in April</div>
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Nice to see, Fritillaria blooms after several years of being decimated by the Red Lily Beetle. Maybe all our terrible weather over the last few seasons affected the beetle?</div>
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Hepatica, one of the earliest of flowers, tiny but adorable!</div>
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Some Siberian Squill in the early spring.</div>
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After a very mild winter we suffered a serious and long cold snap thru most of March and into April, it made for a very depressing and gloomy Social Isolation period, however, April turned around and became very mild. I kept thinking that since we have banned most air travel, going to work or really travelling anywhere we have cleared the atmosphere. We have seen images of crystal clear Los Angeles, views of the Himalayas, the Taj Mahal all because air pollution levels have seriously decreased and I believe it is making our weather better. This year has been so lovely, so warm, with insanely blue skies, it's the weather we had when I was a boy in the 1970's. It really made the Pandemic a lot easier, can you imagine if we had one of those cold and dreary springs with snow into May and cold well into June? Now so many people are working from home I don't think anyone wants to go back to some office somewhere? I hope that humanity rethinks a lot of it's recent decadence that got us all into this in the first place! Do we need to consume every resource on the planet to fill our empty lives? Or should we take it easy? Consume less, stay closer to home, use less oil? The planet and air are already thanking us for this extended break, you can see the evidence everyday, I swear the skies are bluer than they have ever been in my life!</div>
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In keeping with a kinda disappointing decade 2019 also let us down but did have it's moments! February was recorded as the coldest in 82 years and this cold trend continued thru April which seems to be a trend for spring in most of this decade too. We had to wait well into May to see the snow finally go for good and get a few spring flowers weeks behind normal.<br />
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These early tulips usually bloom in early April but this photo was taken mid May.</div>
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Spring begins with these grape hyacinth and tulips.</div>
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The end of May saw some rainy and humid weather, this would be the trend for the rest of the summer.</div>
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Taking advantage of some warm days, time to repot this prickly pear cactus started from seed in the early 1990's. It had been living in the same pot for the last ten years, time for a change!</div>
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Plenty of rain saw Nose Creek rise a few dozen feet above normal, almost touching the train bridge.</div>
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Pansies loved the cool wet early summer.</div>
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This native prickly pear cactus sprouted two new paddles which grew exponentially!</div>
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So much rain and cool weather saw mushrooms everywhere including this local "little library" made to look like a tiny house. A curious tiny mushroom almost the color of the stained wood popped up.</div>
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Vegetables struggled this year and did not do very well. What did do well was this wall flower, the thing kept growing and blooming until about the end of August.</div>
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This Oriental lily did quite well and bloomed nicely for a few weeks in the mid summer.</div>
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Some stats from Global News on the summer; we had 71 days of rain out of (I assume) 90 days of meteorological summer, although it wasn't constant rain like previous years it was more like some rain almost every day with some sun too. The rainfall was 23mm above normal which was really bad for gardens and farmers all over the Province with late and non producing crops but was likely great for trees in the City, see, I always find a silver lining! Tornadoes recorded at 23 which is double the average which seems crazy to me as I have never seen or heard of them in our area until this century! This stormy weather also brought us 2 times the hail and wind as well. So it was a pretty wet and cool year but it did have some sunny moments which we cherished, after all Calgary is supposed to be an arid climate and the 3rd sunniest major city in North America! </div>
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In late August we took a day trip to Dinosaur provincial Park where we learned that cottonwood trees can live over 200 years and become massive. The branches seemingly split off the main trunk as if one split a carrot into 4 and they continued to grow curling downward toward the ground.</div>
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The Red Deer River carved these deep canyons as the glaciers melted in the last Ice Age 20,000 years ago. It makes the place look like somewhere very exotic and beautiful.</div>
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I also did not know that liatris grew wild in Southern Alberta, it's smaller than garden varieties but more profuse, who knew?</div>
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Just a nice scene near the river with sages and wild cherry, badlands and cottonwood.</div>
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This was the first year I ever grew zinnia, the colours are obnoxiously addictive and butterflies go crazy over them!</div>
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The backyard by the end of August or September, everything grown to it's potential as the summer wanes.</div>
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Regular rain would wash the colour out of these black petunias turning the water dish indigo!</div>
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Found this poor dead garter snake in my park and I blame too much cycling in the area. We never allowed bikes in the dog park until recently when the City seemingly went nuts and would bend over backwards for any cycling initiative. As we learned while driving to Dinosaur Provincial Park, cars kill snakes, road signs urge drivers to "Protect our Rattlesnakes" remember where we live, there is not an abundance of reptiles this far north! As cars will kill snakes on a road so will bikes on a foot path. It's my theory and I think it's a good one!</div>
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Found this enormous mushroom in September, probably about 8 inches across.</div>
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Thought we might get through fall without a bunch of snow and cold like we have had the past few years but no. The end of September brought us 27cm of snow and as in past years it warmed a little and then snowed again, this was devastating to farmers all over the Province. It is also depressing to miss the fall colours once again as this kind of cold snap really puts an end to fall colour for the 3 rd year in a row, I feel robbed!</div>
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This is about as much autumn colour as we got in the City this year.</div>
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November and December became very mild and this picture was taken after a very unusual rainfall just before Christmas, it was pouring as if we were in Vancouver. The next day was icy and foggy.</div>
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December saw a few days of hoar frost, very dramatic on this scotch pine.</div>
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You've likely noticed that I haven't blogged all season? One factor is that Google+ ceased to exist, I may be one of a handful of nerds who liked this service but I am not a 20 year old and I despise social media. Google+ allowed those with a specific interest to share within a group, around the world, I won't have access to such things again! The reason to pull the service was that information was being hacked (probably by Russians) which could have been solved by either asking for less information or users not answering sensitive info, I can't even recall what would be sensitive on my Google account but never put it past a Russian hacker or spy to gather info that is widely available publicly! Most people willingly put very sensitive info on Facebook and other sites for free anyway so I never understood Googles reason for this change!</div>
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Another reason was our very questionable Spring/Summer, a fairly late Spring followed by hot and cold spells all season with above normal precipitation, raining about 4 of 7 days of the week. Not very inspiring. As a fun social science side note I noticed when walking around this spring during the Provincial election that those who had election signs for the left-wing NDP often have beautiful expansive gardens for the public to enjoy while those with Conservative signs rarely have a garden at all! Go figure?, the socialists are best at beautifying a neighbourhood, Flower to the people!!! LOL</div>
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I appreciate all my followers but I really don't know how I can expand my audience anymore with Google + gone, sometimes I would get readers from the UK, Australia and the US. Hopefully a new medium will come around soon.</div>
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Canada Day fireworks started the summer off with a little rainy but warm weather.</div>
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Some plants that did well with wet and cool weather. A white begonia I overwintered from last year and a pink Astilbe blooms end of August.</div>
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A challenge of many ageing gay men is often how fast will I turn into an old lady? Apparently this is happening to us very quickly as we become new fans of Lobelia, Zinnia, and Geranium! If you had told me 20 years ago I would have these plants in my garden I would have not have believed you, but I guess times change, aesthetics too?</div>
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Our Aunt C mailed us some Zinnia seeds and having never grown this plant before I tried it in several spots. As with many things in Calgary they did best in pots with heavy watering every day. These flowers are at once everything offensive about 1970's colour schemes and patterns and also completly fascinating. I can't take my eyes off the nuts colours of these flowers!!!</div>
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I overwintered this Geranium 'Merlot Sizzle' because I thought it didn't give us our money's worth last summer. We just wanted a little colour hit for the front public garden but it didn't bloom much until this year. As someone who usually mocks Geraniums this is quite the thing for me. This one is so prolific and such a bright colour I like to think of it as a small Bougainvillea instead, I think I'll overwinter it again!</div>
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New to me this year; Cerinthe 'Pride Of Gibraltar'</div>
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I've seen this plant before but have never grown it, Cerinthe is from the Mediterranean and noted for it's unusual flowers and blue/purple bracts. Easily grown from seed, did very well in this pot but also did moderately well in the ground in a hot spot. I planted this with black petunia, we also had issues about petunias once upon a time and still do but we can forgive this black variety!</div>
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The flower of Datura. I used to grow this all the time and recently managed to sprout some seeds in the greenhouse, nice to see again!</div>
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This was an average day for almost all of September and half of October, grey, raining or snowing and 10 to 20C below seasonal averages! I love the fall season and like the song <i>Four Strong Winds </i>says of Alberta "weather's good there in the fall" but not this year! This year was pretty hard on everyone after 50 some days of this my emotions ranged from rage to depression, despondency, to "why has god forsaken us", and "have we died and gone to hell?". While there were the few odd days, three or four that did not precipitate, there was always more in the forecast which kept the mood at constant gloom. I blame global warming and if you don't understand the concept you're probably thinking what the hell is this guy talking about!? Well I'm afraid it doesn't always mean warmer and warmer weather in fact a warming planet will have more precipitation. Scientists have also warned us about weaker jet streams like the kind that don't move for 50 days and bring us constant cold weather, also with a warmer ocean more low pressure systems like the kind that sat over the Arctic sending us, in the prairies, very cold air. So, we've ruined the planet, I knew this would happen, it's what science was telling us along! A consequence of all this unseasonable weather was ruining crops, Alberta and Saskatchewan grow a large amount of grains for the world food supply, by the end of September only 40% of the crops had been harvested due to wet conditions. This becomes a concern when it starts affecting the food we eat, if an event like this were combined with other severe weather around the world it could start to affect the entire food supply of the planet, and that is how and why Global Warming affects us , please inform the current dim wit President!<br />
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Even though it snowed a couple of times nothing was damaged too much although we lost a lot of fall colour. The effect for plants was kinda like being in refrigeration for 6 weeks, neither turning colours or dropping leaves. More like winter on the West Coast than fall on the prairies!</div>
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This was about the extent of fall colour around here, some Manitoba Maples turned very orange this year and it must be due to the weather because this usually doesn't happen.</div>
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This Green Ash turned a brilliant yellow for a few days before freezing weather dropped it's leaves only a few days after this photo.</div>
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Many birds in my garden this fall, from several Warbler species, Oregon Junco, Wrens and this Downy Woodpecker.</div>
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An elusive Warbler, usually very difficult to photograph, I got lucky here!</div>
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And then this happened! October started with the coldest weather since the year 1900 and then it began to snow...</div>
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Now you know why I grow so many plants in pots, during this cold episode I moved everything I could inside, never can say goodbye!</div>
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The Dahlias in my living room continued to bloom for several weeks.</div>
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And the Ricinus looked great with the mask collection.</div>
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I took care of this hanging basket of Lobelia and Calibrachoa for my neighbours back in August when they left for vacation, I fully intended to give it back as a surprise when the weather got warm, and then I waited and waited, and it never got warm. I kept it inside for the entire cold spell and still have it now! It still looks great in November!!! Shhh don't tell them!</div>
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This is what happened to many trees, leaves turned brown from frosty days and nights and dropped all their leaves at once as soon as the storm passed.</div>
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In typical Calgary style the weather turned on a dime and the last half of October had temperatures ranging from 24 to 10C mostly sunny and above average the rest of the month. We even managed to get some fall colour out of this Mountain Ash.</div>
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These Ornamental Kales survived despite being completely buried in a mound of snow and several freezing days and nights.</div>
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Even though we had such below normal weather and heavy snow there were a few survivors, many plants buried under the deep snow did not freeze and looked pretty good (albeit squished) the rest of the month. Trees like my Sumacs didn't really turn red or drop their leaves, some got frost damage but by the first week of November still had leaves ranging in the dark green to dark red range, they must be very confused and I don't blame them!</div>
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This Burning Bush turned a several weak colours but was still nice considering we lost almost all leaves in the snow.</div>
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Back at the end of August I had the good fortune to make a trip to the Ottawa area, specifically to see the Mosaiculture exhibit in Gatineau Quebec just across the Ottawa river from the Capital. Of course it helps that my awesome Sister-in-Law and family also live there and she was a volunteer for this exhibit last year for the Canada 150 celebration and is also an avid plant/nature enthusiast! This trip was a whirlwind tour of gardens, museums, national historic treasures and more plants, that's my kind of trip!<br />
There is so much to know about the Mosaiculture 2018 exhibit it would be impossible to cover it all here, there are still many websites about it for much more information than my fingers can type here! In 2017 when Canada celebrated it's 150th birthday this Mosaiculture exhibit opened as a free attraction in the Capital area dedicated to plant sculptures representing all regions of Canada, the First Nations peoples and Canadiana, turned out it was such a success they decided to open it the next year with even more sculptures! Mosaiculture originated in the ornate flower beds of French gardens of the 18th century and is a combination of the words mosaic and horticulture. Today there are exhibits around the world reaching new heights of creativity and beauty. The park used for this display, Parc Jacques-Cartier, is usually just like any other inner city park, that also has stunning views of the Parliament Buildings, and we are all grateful the citizens have given up the use of this fine park for such amazing sights! I have no idea if this display will be around next year as it wasn't even supposed to be around this season but if you ever have a chance to see something like this in your corner of the world don't turn it down!<br />
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Armature example</div>
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Samples of plants used in the exhibits</div>
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I'm a practical guy, with a degree in Sculpture, so I like to know how these things are made. Quite simply start with a giant armature which will involve skilled engineers and welders, then take a variety of low growing and mat-forming plants, tonnes of soil, and hundreds of gardeners and volunteers to trim and water all day long. Here you can see an example of armatures and examples of every kind of plant used, there are hundreds of species!</div>
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The majority of this exhibit is of course a celebration of Canada which begins at the entrance with a train station and train like so many that carried settlers across the country, like my grandparents and great grandparents.</div>
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Above, <i>A Ticket To Canada </i>homage to Anne of Green Gables character waiting to take the train.</div>
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Saskatchewan symbolized by the RCMP</div>
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<i>The Foxes</i> symbolize Prince Edward Island</div>
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The Horses with <i>The Three Ships</i> symbolizing French colonization.</div>
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The Musk Ox of The Northwest Territories</div>
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<i>The Puffins</i> of Newfoundland with the Three Ships in the background</div>
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<i>The Northern Lights</i> with a howling wolf</div>
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The Remembrance Poppy</div>
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A stunning vista of high contrast flowers</div>
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The cities of Shanghai and Beijing have been collaborating with Mosaiculture Montreal and wanted to share some of their expertise in this art form. Top; <i>Blessing Of The Good Omen Dragons</i> is an interpretation of the dragon dance an expresses Beijing's best wishes to Canada. Below; <i>Joyful</i> <i>Celebration Of The Nine Lions</i>, children in the foreground dance with nine lions bound together with a large ring and clouds of happiness, Beijing sends it's best wishes to Canada.</div>
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<i>The Man Who Planted Trees</i> is one of the French Canadian stories represented here, I am a fan of the trusty sheep dog made of Carex grass.</div>
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The piece de resistance was <i>The Bird Tree</i> featuring 56 species of endangered birds each weighing several tonnes and the entire sculpture topping around 30' (10m)! The work is surrounded by a pool featuring a mosaiculture crocodile, turtle, salamander and iguana, interpretive plaques identify the birds at risk and confront us all about the importance of conservation and taking care of the planet we live on. The work was stunning and prompted one to take a seat and a breath while we try to absorb it's presence, truly awe inspiring!</div>
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One of my favourites, a floating crocodile made of sempervivum species.</div>
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Directly across from <i>The Bird Tree</i> were these larger than life cranes.</div>
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This area was an homage to the First Nations stories of creation of which there are many leading up to the buffalo and wild horses of the prairies.</div>
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This is the second piece de resistance, <i>Mother Earth</i>, another large 40 or 50' sculpture that also has a water feature from the hand. Who has ever seen anything like this before in their life? Is what I kept saying.</div>
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A tribute to Glenn Gould in the form of a giant piano while a cellist plays and a kinetic dancer sculpture twirls to the music.</div>
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As we wend our way back to the exit and the train station a vegetable garden just like the kind that were found across the country at train stations everywhere to sell the notion of this country being a fertile land. No one told our ancestors that it snows for 6 months or more but hey, free land!</div>
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I'm glad I saw the Mosaiculture in my life, where else would I see sculpture and horticulture merged into total insanity? Ottawa being the Capital there are many public gardens and a feeling that the whole place is on display for the world. Compared to where I come from this is a pleasant humid climate great for growing almost anything and surrounded by a native forest of oak and maple, a far cry from the dry high plains I live on!</div>
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A public gazebo/lookout across the Ottawa river to Gatineau.</div>
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Ottawa is proud of it's natural areas and this area features many kinds of ecosystems all in a small area, you can take a self guided tour from the entrance.</div>
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Even in the late summer there were still some large blooming wild perennials.</div>
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I was delighted by a small thicket of sumacs, my favourite tree species.</div>
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Nearby you will come across the famous canal system which stretches for miles through eastern Ontario, so much history!</div>
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Another one of my favourite trees in the world is Amur Cork, Phellodendron amurense. I have never seen one this big before in real life, I was thrilled!</div>
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Ricinus the way it should be! I haven't grown this to this dimension since I lived on the West Coast.</div>
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Outstanding and beautifully twisted pine.</div>
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More on the formal side, a variety of beds featuring fine examples of annuals.</div>
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We took a little drive to the Gatineaus, which is an escarpment formation just north of Ottawa about half an hour or so. At the top one is treated to sweeping views of the Quebec countryside.</div>
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A maple and oak forest is pretty special to this prairie boy!</div>
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I recommend a trip to the Governor General's House, surrounded by large iron gates and containing several gardens and acres of trees, and free! This is a great place to spend some time.</div>
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If you walk up to Parliament Hill and go to the right around the back there is a collection of statues important to Canadian history as well as more great views across the river and of Ottawa itself.</div>
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Lieutenant Colonel John By, considered the founder of Ottawa and responsible for the canal system built in the early 19th century.</div>
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The story of August 2018 was heat and smoke. August 10th saw the hottest temperature ever recorded in Calgary and was also one of the smokiest on record.<br />
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The temperature could have been hotter but smoke kept it down a little. The new all-time record beats 36.1C from 1919 and 1933.</div>
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A new wave of smoke rolls in August 10th capping our temperature for the day. Many people made comments that it seemed "apocalyptic" and with most of Western North America on fire from California to the Alaska panhandle this summer really had that feel!</div>
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I love white flowers in the summer garden, they pick up the last of the evening light and provide beautiful scents as well. From above, Nicotiana alata, daisy, <i>Nelly Moser</i> clematis, and carrot flower.</div>
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I thought these gladiolus were a darker purple but they turned out to be mauve, se la vie! they went with everything anyway!</div>
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Close up of cocks combs' vibrant bloom.</div>
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It was a great year for Dahlias, I picked up a mixed bag in the spring and was not disappointed! They are worth the work, the constant watering and fertilizing and moving out of storms, I grow all these in pots due to our volatile climate, late frost, hail, strong winds etc.</div>
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<i>El Desperado</i> daylily bloomed late August.</div>
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I added some potted fall asters as this late summer bed was really drab!</div>
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Some beautiful bugs, above a Sphinx moth and below an Admiral butterfly.</div>
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If you love all things prehistoric or are in the Southern Alberta area a visit to the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller is highly recommended. 135km (84 miles) North East of Calgary, about a 1.5 hour drive, finds you in the middle of the Badlands, home to the plentiful fossil bearing strata of late Cretaceous formations. The museum is named in honour of Joseph Tyrrell, a geologist who accidentally discovered the first dinosaur in the Red deer River valley, Albertosaurus, in 1884. Many complete skeletons have been recovered from this region and are in museums from New York and Washington D.C. to the Natural History Museum in Ottawa (still waiting to be unwrapped from the plaster casts since the 19th century!). The museum has a broad selection of Cretaceous specimens from Alberta as well as many more boasting a collection of 130,000 fossils altogether. The Tyrrell opened in 1985 and attained Royal status in 1990, it's simply a designation under the prerogative of the crown to recognize any organization or institution as unique or exceptional.<br />
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Life-like Pachyrinosaurus grace the entrance</div>
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A diorama of Albertosaurs greet visitors with a realistic scene from Cretaceous Alberta.</div>
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Above a collection of fossils found in Alberta from every epoch of Earths natural history leads us through a collection of examples of the fundamentals of fossil science leading up to this large specimen.</div>
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A view of the Preparation Lab where you can see real specimens being uncovered, this museum is also a centre of research.</div>
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An appealing display called "Grounds For Discovery" tells the story of many important discoveries by oil development or even common excavation for housing or road work. Each display begins with "One day at work..." telling the story of how the specimen was discovered and then an explanation of why it's important, sometimes its an unknown or rare species in Alberta like the Borealopelta markmitchelli above, which turned out to be the best preserved armoured dinosaur in the world and also the oldest dinosaur discovered in Alberta.</div>
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47,000 sq ft of the museums 121,000 sq ft is devoted to exhibits which are organized in chronological order, here your journey begins in the time tunnel with the dawn of life on Earth.</div>
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Here you walk through a darkened and glass-floored diorama of the Cambrian sea, based on fossils from the Burgess Shales of the nearby Rocky Mountains. The creatures depicted are about 400 times their natural size. As one species is highlighted with lighting a voice over explains their characteristics.</div>
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A range of fossils explains life in the early seas from jawed fishes to the first amphibians.</div>
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A life sized replica of a Devonian reef system, extremely intricate in every detail.</div>
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An exceptional diorama illustrating the first plants on land up to the Devonian forests where we see the small ancestor of dinosaurs climbing the tree.</div>
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A few of the early plant fossils</div>
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Some Devonian animals</div>
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A part of the 21m (69ft) long Ichthyosaur from northeastern British Columbia.</div>
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A welcome respite from all the bones is the living display "Cretaceous Garden" that features representations of plants that lived in Cretaceous Alberta such as ferns, magnolias, ginkos and meta sequoia.</div>
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Some of the plant collections including ginko at bottom.</div>
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Above, the interpretive plaque describes Metasequoia (Dawn Redwood) as a plant that was plentiful in the Cretaceous and thought extinct until discovered growing in China in the 1940's. A close up of the deciduous soft textured conifer.</div>
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The "Dinosaur Hall" contains over 40 articulated dinosaur skeletons and begins with this Camarasaurus greeting you at the beginning of the Jurassic period face to face.</div>
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The recently discovered Regaliceratops peterhewsi which means Royal horn face made national news when it was recognized only a few years ago.</div>
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The two groups of Ceratopsians defined, Centrosaurines and Chasmosaurines</div>
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Gorgosaurus dines on a Centrosaurus</div>
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A dromaeosaur in a vicious pose</div>
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A large collection of duck-billed dinosaurs of which Alberta also was home to</div>
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The largest duck bill Prosaurolophus posed with a petrified tree</div>
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This South American Rhea at the Calgary Zoo reminded me of so many of these ostrich like dinosaurs!</div>
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This is a cast of the famous Struthiomimus in New York which was excavated from Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta in the early 20th century.</div>
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You will get a close up view of the head of Trannosaurus as you make your way through the second floor above. This specimen is mostly a cast from Montana but it's sheer size is impressive, it makes the Triceratops look like a light snack!</div>
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The marine reptile exhibit is very impressive, lit in blues and greens it is like being underwater as you gaze at these immense specimens. The info board in the middle says Mosasaurs were related to Komodo Dragons!</div>
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Some of the weirder early mammals, sorry I'm a dino guy, don't know that much about these.</div>
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Some of the Ice Age mammals of North America ending in the modern day buffalo with Native petroglyphs appearing on the wall, this is the end of the museum, please exit through the gift shop!</div>
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<b> </b>The Tyrrell Museum took me about 2 hours to go through and I did it at a pretty leisurely pace, once you're done that you can have a snack at the on site cafeteria or bring a picnic lunch like I did and found a nice place just down the road. The museum is in a Provincial Park so there are a few pull outs and rest areas, I found a nice spot for lunch just before the Museum that has picnic tables and a path through the badlands.</div>
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This area was rich in coal and had many coal mines in the 19th and early 20th centuries. A little closer to town on the same road as the museum you'll find the old Mercury Mine site. There are no picnic sites here but some interpretive trails scattered with old mining equipment.</div>
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A little closer to town you'll see the whimsical dinos of Fossil World, a large retail store where you can buy fossils anywhere from a few dollars to thousands of dollars! You'll have to stop for the kids or they'll hate you forever.</div>
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This, of course, is the home of the "World's Largest Dinosaur". This guy is 26.3m (86ft) high and 46m (151ft) long, with a viewing area in the mouth, 106 stairs to the top. I didn't go up to the top as I was with my dog but I enjoyed this view from street level as it looms over the very normal street scene. The whole town is dinosaur themed from the many sculptures everywhere to the dino named streets, meet me at the corner of Gorgosaurus Ave and Triceratops St.</div>
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And not the worlds largest dino in the foreground, this guy is the original from when I was a kid.</div>
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Another Fossil World store across from the large T. Rex and more dinos around the streets.</div>
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Drumheller is a cute little town now full of interesting boutiques, a far cry from it's coal days when this must have been a rough town. The best part is ample free parking! Coming from the city this is like a dream!</div>
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<b> </b>The hoodoos are a short 10 minute drive east of Drumheller, just follow the highway out of town through Rosedale past the Hoodoos campground and they will be on the left (north side) of the highway. There is a large parking lot although this was full when I went this summer. When I was a kid you could climb all over the hoodoos and there are home movies of my dad sitting on top of the tallest one, of course this is not allowed anymore! There are stairs and viewing areas all around the area encouraging people to stay off the fragile formations, don't be a dick please stay on the path! Adjacent there are many badland hills you can explore and climb all over, beware that some areas are steep and dangerous and wet badland clay is impossible to get a foothold on. A lot of these photos I took on a warm 20C day in November last year, almost no tourists or snakes! In the summer this free attraction is quite crowded. </div>
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The Dorothy Harvie Gardens located at the Calgary Zoo are 6 acres and thousands of species of plants showcasing what can be grown in our difficult and unique climate. Named after Dorothy Harvie wife of Eric Harvey , generous philanthropists who are responsible in large part for Heritage Park, The Glenbow Museum, The Calgary Zoo, The Banff School of Fine Arts, and Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park. There has been some sort of garden in this area since the 1920's however, first a Biergarten then a Tea House, after someone found out selling alcohol on City property wasn't legal, then zoo staff quarters, then the conservatory was built in the 1960's. This area was always famous for lush lawns giant Blue Spruce and a sweeping vista to Dinny the larger than life Brontosaurus built in 1937 at the West end of the park. In 1984 zoo director Don Peterkin envisioned a plan to create a botanical garden that would trial and showcase plants that are hardy in our climate, several decades later this garden is still a showcase for the whole City!<br />
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These gardens remind me a little of the Botanical Gardens in Montreal only on a much smaller scale but still as wonderful! Calgary gardeners deal with late and early frosts, about 120 frost free days, hail, wind, torrential rain, blazing summer heat and a mostly arid climate with little snow fall, so it is amazing we can have a world class garden like this at all sometimes!</div>
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There are many perennials on display here, Hostas, Heuchras and the giant leaved Colewort Crambe cordifolia seen here on the right.</div>
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I am still enjoying the many kinds of daylilies that are available in the world, now that I'm aware of their beauty I seem to see them all the time, here a few I spotted at Dorothy Harvie.</div>
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There are a few interesting new trees that I haven't seen growing in Calgary before but hope we see more of in the future!</div>
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A peaceful scene near the Conservatory. This area of the zoo is nice because it does not attract children, a welcome break for some, I saw a guy snoringly asleep in the nearby shade.</div>
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Some very nice Annabelle Hydrangeas and annual planters surround this bench at the entrance to the Conservatory.</div>
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The Conservatory is a far cry from when I was a boy in the 70's and 80's, in those days it was much larger and contained distinct environments, humid tropical, arid cactus, rain forest and a seasonal display house, there were also tropical birds allowed to roam inside. The only original part left is the humid tropical on the North side, the rest have been replaced by a large reception area in the centre and the butterfly house, call that progress! Be that as it may the butterfly display is popular and nice in the late afternoon when the crowds have gone.</div>
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The humid tropical house contains some fine specimens and also hosts several edibles like chocolate, pomegranate, figs and avocado.</div>
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The butterfly house has a large lily pad pond at the centre.</div>
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Butterflies are hatched onsite in a display case and allowed to fly throughout the greenhouse.</div>
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On the East side of the gardens there are many evergreen trees on display, a vast collection for another blog one day!</div>
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I found this mass planting of kale and kale tower very pleasing! The bottom picture should or should not be (depending what you like) a jig saw puzzle.</div>
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A "Hope For Humanity" rose near the panda pavilion, my favourite rose for our zone.</div>
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As you walk around the rest of the zoo keep your eyes open for rare and unusual trees, they are not marked which is a pity because some of us really want to know what we're looking at!</div>
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Between the Red Panda and Tiger exhibit is this wonderful specimen which appears to me like Northern Red Oak.</div>
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Near the Tiger's Den Gift Shop is one of my favourite trees, Amur Mackii, growing happily for the last few years.</div>
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This Littleleaf Linden has been growing in the Prehistoric Park since I was a kid, just past the Ankylosaurus.</div>
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Although no longer labeled I remember this Sugar Maple from the 1980's in the Canadian Wilds area across from the bears near the pond.</div>
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There are a few Amur Maple "Red Wings" around the zoo, the City has been planting these more extensively in public parks and streets recently.</div>
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A "Sensation" Manitoba Maple near the panda pavilion, I had one of these once, until it outgrew it's place, don't regret this zoo! LOL</div>
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A cute planting in the mosaiculture tradition.</div>
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and a panda one of course!</div>
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Once there were peacocks roaming all over the Dorothy Harvie gardens, until some kid got bit which ruined it for everyone for ever after. I spotted this one near the Conservatory on the other side of the wetland/water plants display.</div>
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Calgary has a long history and love affair with all things prehistoric, with a close proximity to the rich bonebeds of the Badlands and famous paleontologists like Barnum Brown and Charles Sternberg excavating dinosaurs in 1912 in the Red Deer River valley. In those days some local citizens formed the Calgary Natural History Society (1914-27) and created a natural history museum in the basement of the old courthouse, the society sold it's collection to the City and from 1928-35 operated one of only four civically funded museums in the country in the North-West Travellers Building (a historic site built in Edwardian style at 515 1St. S.E.) which included an entire dinosaur skeleton.</div>
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John Kanerva a Finnish born artist (1883-1976) is responsible for "Dinny" the Brontosaurs above and most of the 56 dinosaur and prehistoric mammal sculptures of Calgary's Natural History Park which was located on the West side of St.Georges Island (the Zoo). John Kanerva cited the 1925 film <i>The Lost World</i> as his source for a life-long passion in dinosaurs.</div>
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Calgary's first Prehistoric Park opened in 1937 and the Zoo was renamed the The Calgary Zoo and Natural History Park the first such park in North America to feature life sized (or larger) models of dinosaurs. The Brontosaurus (an incorrectly classified dinosaur) "Dinny" became a beloved and famous landmark of early 20th century Calgary probably only superseded until the Calgary Tower was built in 1968. Dinny is 12m tall and 36 m long (36' tall, 108' long) and weighs 110 tonnes, made of hand formed concrete over steel and wire mesh armature with a hollow interior, local lore says a Model T and outhouse are inside...we may never know. Dinny is the only surviving sculpture from this era as they were all destroyed in the 1980's for the Eurasia exhibits and a new Prehistoric Park on the North side of the zoo was planned. All we have left is old photos which is quite a shame but not entirely shocking considering how we have treated historic landmarks around this city! Of course as a child I loved this exhibit and have a few mementos. I was wondering if time was playing tricks on my memory but remember a tunnel that maybe contained the fossilized Corythosaurus skeleton probably from the first museum mentioned above and indeed I found a Glenbow Archives photo of the outside of the tunnel created by Kanerva that featured high bas relief cave men and women and a sabre-toothed tiger, such a shame to lose this specimen of art deco inspired prehistoric craziness, totally bad decision!!! Anyway, I found a postcard book that I had as a souviner which shows many of the dino sculptures, below.</div>
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I have never understood how the Calgary Zoo is run because it seems more like an institution bent on changing everything with an unending supply of money, no regard for the past, it always seems like change for change sake. This is how the Calgary Zoo is treating one of our most famous landmarks for the last 90 years, seeming shoved into a forgotten corner with a terrible fence around it, barely noticeable at all in fact one cannot even see Dinny from it's once prominent placement.</div>
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I'm sure I read that this is considered a Provincial Historic Resource so I hope that means some restoration money as the Zoo seems to hope this old guy crumbles so they can make way for some new multi-million dollar exhibit featuring rides for kids and souvenir shops! Sorry for the cynicism.</div>
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Dinny was a major influence on the Zoo, naming hot dogs "Dinny Dogs" and their quarterly magazine "Dinny's Digest" , once beloved now forgotten.</div>
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Where is that Corythosaurus skeleton? If memory serves me right it was moved to the amphitheater in the new Prehistoric Park, however, on my last visit I don't even know if the amphitheater was in operation and I completely forgot to look for it. It would be nice to display it again!</div>
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The new park takes shape. Dinosaurs being helicoptered in created quite the buzz in 1980's Calgary!</div>
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A lot of attention paid to creating rock formations mostly by sculpture students (who would later become my instructors at the Alberta College of Art)</div>
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Unfortunately the park is showing some signs of neglect, here the entrance appears unchanged since it's opening in 1983. In 2013 it was announced that the Prehistoric Park would be closing and the Asia exhibit taking it's place (where have we heard that before?) however, I cannot find any concrete information on this plan, certainly the park is still popular and remains open today. I hope the plan is not to neglect the place so much it has to be closed kind of like spilling something on that sweater grandma gave you so you don't have to wear it anymore?</div>
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Above an oversize and incorrectly postured T. Rex looms near the entrance. You can see how much the plantings have grown since the 1980's near the waterfall.</div>
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The park is themed in environmental landscapes such as early Rocky Mountains, Volcanic, Inland Sea and Swampy Lowlands.</div>
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Some of the dinos, from a high contrast Ankylosaurus to the green Edmontosaurus.</div>
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Careful attention was paid to not include flowering plants or grasses in the Prehistoric Park. There are a few interpretive signs like this around the park many include a tactile feature as above.</div>
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The Inland Sea area with a few marine reptiles, It's hard to mount a display like this without seeing the bases so it comes off a little corny. The water on the other hand is beautifully clear though!</div>
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A picture from the 1980's on a cold winter day.</div>
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A hard to see Segosaurus resides in the low land swamp area.</div>
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While I don't want many things to change sometimes we can make improvements rather than throw out the entire thing like this park. It would be a shame to destroy the intricately sculpted rock formations that emulate the badlands, Canadian Shield, volcanoes and basalt formations and they seem to be holding up to millions of kids climbing all over them too. There are some issues though mainly not enough dinosaurs. For the last two years animatronic dinos were brought in and were quite popular but they were on loan and not permanent but some of the old sculptures were taken out and not put back in, it makes the park look too bare right now. There is a thematic problem, the old park from the 1930's was arranged chronologically this park makes little sense. Since we are famous for dinosaurs in the area maybe focusing on Cretaceous Alberta would be a good idea?, no Stegosaurus but how about a collection of Ceratopsians of which many different kinds have been discovered here? A stronger connection to the Tyrell Museum would make more sense, a family of Albertosaurus hunting an Edmontosaurus as the curator of this museum, Dr. Phillip Currie, has been theorizing that Albertosaurs probably lived and hunted in groups like lions. Which brings me to my other point, a stronger connection to living animals at the zoo, as we talk about feathers, if you want to see the closest thing to an Ornihtolestes or Struthiomimus go look at the Rhea or Ostrich in the living exhibits, other connections are group hunters or the living reptiles like tortoises, alligators and the Komodo Dragon. Extinction is another obvious connection here, asteroid theory aside, it's important to teach kids that extinction is real and is happening at a rapid pace in our times, you are also the member of a species Timmy and can also go extinct.</div>
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As an ardent horticulturalist I would like to see even more emphasis on plants, there are many examples of Ginko growing in Calgary and this would be the obvious choice to illustrate plant life of the Cretaceous, I have written about growing Ginko on this blog before, also more ferns as well. The park looks a little overgrown, it is getting hard to see some of the sculptures, it's probably time for a little editing.</div>
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A great idea for mounting Pterodactyls would be from underneath and over the water feature, as if trolling for fish, it would appear like a more natural behaviour and illustrate animal lifestyle. Since the water is so clear why not place sculptures under the water and remove them for the winter freeze? Things like the giant turtle Archelon, Ammonites, and prehistoric Crocodiles are obvious and local choices.</div>
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Finally, since there is a little movie called <i>Jurassic Park</i> I think the kids would like more Raptors, there are a few examples from Alberta which would also make more thematic sense.</div>
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I hope the powers that be keep the Prehistoric Park and just tweak it a little to keep up to scientific discovery. It is fine to also keep some old examples of what we used to think dinosaurs were like to illustrate that science is ever changing with new evidence. Calgary has a long connection to dinosaurs and some argue because of oil is a big part of our history, as much as our cowboy history. This is a unique city and we should embrace all of the weirdness from our unique climate to once having North Americas first Prehistoric Park, it's all a part of us.</div>
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July was mostly above average temperatures with some rainy cool spells, not perfect for us but great for growing. Above the sun sets near 10pm, with around 15 hours of sunlight July is like a long pleasant dream.</div>
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Roses loved the heat and moisture, some of my rose collection, Adelaide Hoodless, John Cabot, and Linda Campbell were off to an early start this year.</div>
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This Amaryllis called Limona quickly became my favourite flower of the Month!</div>
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Spiderwort, Tradescantia, is new to me as a perennial but I'm getting to like it's long bloom time and numerous flowers.</div>
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Some volunteer delphiniums looked great until a big storm broke most of the stems, that's gardening on the prairies my friends!</div>
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Jackmanii Clematis, always a summer favourite.</div>
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A closeup of the green heads of Annabelle Hydrangea before they grow into the white flowers.</div>
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Found these ferns on sale and thought I would try them, they seem very happy right now, above Painted Fern, below Tatting Fern.</div>
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The vegetable boxes have been very rewarding already this summer, difficult keeping up to the lettuce and peas!</div>
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Grew these Purple Viking Potatoes at another site, already a nice size by mid July.</div>
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Astilbe loved the ample moisture this July.</div>
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My cactus collection enjoys the summer sun, foreground cactus was grown from seed 9 years ago.</div>
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The chartreuse flowers of Lady's Mantle glow in the evening sun.</div>
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When I worked at a local nursery years ago a customer once asked me what were my favourite plants? Well, it's a pretty long answer, start reading this blog from the beginning for starters! But honestly there are a few stalwarts in my garden that I rarely do without. Aside from trees, shrubs and perennials I believe a well rounded garden includes annuals and summer bulbs, our perennials and shrubs often bloom for specific periods and are there year after year, annuals provide an extra punch of colour and interest. Here are some that I never seem to do without.</div>
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<b>Cannas</b>, these tuberous sub tropical annuals give us the feel of luxurious tropical foliage and come in an array of colours, sizes and blooms. I have grown some cannas for years by bringing them inside in the fall and overwintering in a cool place in the house. Cannas are relatively easy to grow as long as they are provided plenty of water, in fact they can be grown as a marsh plant or pond plant. I water cannas practically every day in the summer and feed every 2 weeks with a 20-20-20 fertilizer. Cannas are readily available as root stock that you plant in the spring or as already grown plants ready to bloom. Cannas bloom easily with a little hot weather and full sun in colours ranging from Orange, Yellow, Reds, Spotted and edged with contrasting colour. The plants also range in size from 6' to 12" with leaves ranging in colour and stripe. In our zone it's best to grow in a pot in case of wind or hail or cold weather as the leaves are susceptible to damage from all these factors. For a tropical look and gorgeous flowers cannas can't be beat.</div>
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<b>Coleus, </b>is renowned for it's vast array of colourful foliage and shapes. Coleus is great for brightening up a shady corner, I find they do best with morning sun and afternoon shade. These plants also benefit from plentiful water and regular fertilizing. The best thing about coleus is their ability to grow from cuttings, simply snip off a branch poke it into some soil, keep moist and soon you will have a new coleus. I usually bring these guys inside in the fall and grow new ones from cuttings in the spring. Sometimes these plants send out flower spikes which should be cut off as it is a big energy drain. With thousands of leaf variations there is probably a coleus for everyone!</div>
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<b>Corn Japonica, </b>is an easily grown ornamental corn. A little smaller than edible corn these plants make great container specimens. I usually start these indoors a few weeks before the end of May and plant in pots with some Ricinus and other annuals. The pink and white stripes are stunning and are reminiscent of other tropical plants. Water well as these annuals get fairly large even in a pot. Often by the end of the season these plants produce small corn cobs that are dark red and can be used for decoration. Rarely I have grown this corn from it's own seed it's best to purchase new seed when you run out.</div>
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<b>Sweet Peas,</b> I'm sure I don't need to explain these old fashioned favourites to anyone? I plant the seeds as early as a possible in the spring usually April and get flowers by mid summer. What would summer be without the beautiful and haunting scent of sweet peas? It takes me back to some kind of childhood memory I can't quite recall, warm summer days of long ago and far away. It's advised to pick the flowers on a regular basis, you enjoy indoors and the plant blooms more, perfect!</div>
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<b>Pineapple Lily, Eucomis, </b>these sub tropical bulbs are among my most favourite, hardy to zone 8 they are not as delicate as real tropicals. I bought a few bulbs over 15 years ago and over the years they have multiplied into 4 large pots! They come in pure white, green and reddish tones often with spotted foliage. These must be overwintered indoors in a cool dark place until the end of April or so, they can go outside when the nights are still cool (not frosty) in early May. By July the curious pineapple like flowers will rise from the base of the plants and bloom in a mildy fragrant flower for over a month followed by seedpods that still make it look like a pineapple until frost. Fairly undemanding, water and fertilize regularly. In the fall the foliage will collapse from cold nights then bring inside and begin the cycle again.</div>
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<b>Colourful Annuals, </b>I usually buy or grow from seed some interesting and colourful annuals. Top photo, <b>Cockscomb</b>, I seem to buy some every year, I just have a thing for the deep reds and chenille like texture. When I lived on the West Coast Cockscomb would grow to about 36" high with multiple heads here they are just a little pot filler.</div>
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Who knew that one day I would be in love with the brilliant pinks and reds of <b>Portulaca</b>? These plants are prolific bloomers and love a hot location and also seem to excel in pots. The tissue like petals are reminiscent of pinatas which is probably why varieties are named after Mexican themes like Fiesta and Tequila Mix.</div>
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I often experiment with a new annual every year, this year is<b> Polka Dot Plant,</b> a tropical from the forests of Asia, likes moisture and shade. Seems to stay quite small but is intricate up close, I'll probably keep this as a house plant at the end of the season.</div>
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<b>Ricinus, </b>is actually castor bean where we get castor oil from, the beans are extremely toxic and there is no treatment, they have even been used infamously to poison a spy with a ricin (from ricinus) tipped umbrella; so consider this if you have children or anyone who would eat the beans, the good news is that the beans rarely grow to maturity in our climate and are also encased in an extremely spiney shell. I first grew these on the West Coast where they would grow to around 8' to 10' (3m) tall in only a few months with leaves around 2' (60cm) across! Unfortunately they do not seem to grow that large in our climate but still make an impact in any pot or border. I usually start these early indoors as a head start is best and I have seen them available in some greenhouses. These plants like lots of water and benefit greatly from tomato fertilizer spikes and a very rich soil. There are a few varieties available the red-purple Carmencita and the large green leaved Zanzibarensis are pictured above.</div>
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<b>Sweet Potato Vine, Ipomea, </b>are a readily available annual that come in a variety of shapes and sizes. I often prefer foliage to a basket of gaudy flowers and these plants are so easy to take care of too! Potato Vine loves heat but not too much sun and likes to be moderately moist. There is a huge selection of leaf shapes and colours ranging from spade shaped like the variety Ace of Spades, second from top, to tri-lobed, deeply cut and irregular and colours ranging from chartreuse, purple, bronze, black and even pink and green variegation. These plants do produce tiny tubers like their edible cousins and sometimes regrow if taken inside over the winter. I love these as pot fillers and spillers (trailing) or just on their own.</div>
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<b>Dahlia,</b> there are literally thousands of Dahlias in the world divided by flower shape from pom pom to cactus and semi-cactus and almost every colour available in nature. I'm not a connoisseur of Dahlias yet, I just buy what's available and strikes me. I have success growing them in pots but just remember that these plants must never dry out and are heavy feeders, fertilize every 2 weeks. If you follow those rules you'll be rewarded with gorgeous blooms until frost. I bring the entire pots inside for the winter and place outside after frost danger is over in the spring. The blooms are worth the fuss!</div>
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<b>Nicotiana, </b>I have saved the best for last! I accidentally became acquainted with the variety Alata 20 some years ago when I bought a packet of red nicotiana (nikkies) and this variety grew instead ever since I could never do without them! This variety can grow to around 3' (1m) in the ground and a little shorter in a pot. This close cousin of tobacco grows easily in sun or part sun with no special care required. From July until frost these plants bloom in white tubular star shaped flowers, the flowers stay wilted in the heat of the day and spring to life in the evenings and night with the best part the heavenly scent! I think this is one of the nicest floral scents of all flowers, the scent coming alive at dusk perfuming the air on summer nights, one of my favourite things in the world! I usually grow these from seed about 6 weeks before the last frost as I have never seen them as a 6 pack annual. Just scatter the dust sized seeds over your potting soil, cover with plastic dome and keep moist, the tiny seedlings will fill an entire 6 pack cell in a few weeks, plant out when warm enough and soon these tiny seedlings will grow immensely. It's a good practice to keep some seeds for next year from the little pods that form in the fall.</div>
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Daylilies seem like a constant companion in the mid summer and with 80,000 varieties you can find one in any size shape or colour to suit your needs.</div>
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Daylilies come from North Eastern Asia, China, Korea and Japan and have been in cultivation for centuries. The common orange Daylily was brought to the West in the 17th Century and in some areas is considered an invasive species, don't worry in our climate that just makes the plants a reliable perennial! What is considered invasive in a mild climate is usually perfect for ours! The name Hemerocallis comes from the Greek words <i>hemera</i> (day) and <i>kalos</i> (beautiful), the flowers usually last only one day but a new one takes it's place from the multiple buds on the stem. Some Daylilies are scented and some bloom twice in one season "rebloomers". Daylilies are not true lilies, they do not grow from a bulb or are susceptible to red lily beetle.</div>
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These plants are extremely easy to grow in our climate, love full sun, are drought tolerant and need little care except trimming the dead leaves in the fall or spring after winter. Daylilies in my experience have zero pests or diseases. The long arching leaves are excellent for hiding the foliage of daffodils and tulips as they wither in the summer and are also a great texture for any garden, below forming a living skirt around this tree.</div>
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For a little fun or if you need extremely detailed information there are many Hemerocallis Societies around the world a good website is the American Hemerocallis Society<span style="color: blue;"> www.daylilies.org</span></div>
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here is a list of common questions and some examples of Daylilies that sold from $4,000 to over $6,000! </div>
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The flowers come in a range of colours from orange and yellow to pinks, purples, reds, greenish, near black to almost pure white. There are also flower characteristics to consider including, height, scent, ruffled edges, arching petals, contrasting eye colour and reblooming. I just took a walk around my neighbourhood to survey some of the Daylilies available,<i> </i>I don't know all the varieties by name but I'm sure you can find one just like it at your local greenhouse.</div>
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This plant is massive in size and flowers, brilliant cherry red.</div>
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<i>Chicago Apache</i> in my front yard blooms reliably with large dark red flowers every year.</div>
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<i>El Desperado, </i>one of the largest blooms available</div>
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<i>Pardon Me, </i>a very small cultivar with very dark red flowers</div>
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<i>Stella d'Oro, </i>another small variety with continuous blooms perfect for front of the border or mass plantings.</div>
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Caring for Daylilies is also extremely easy making it probably the perfect perennial. After flowering simply cut off the flower stems to prevent energy going to seeds. I just let Daylilies freeze to the ground in the fall and carefully tug the dead foliage away in the spring or cut with sharp shears. Division is easy, after several years your Daylily might be getting too big, simply take a spade and dig out a clump and transplant to another area or give away. Many years ago when my garden was new a friend got rid of all her orange Daylilies and I was the benefactor, today I have more than enough for one yard! If I had another acre I would collect as many Daylilies as possible the combinations of colour size and shape seem endlessly fascinating!</div>
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Back when I lived on the West Coast I had a brief foray into bonsai. The climate of everywhere else in Canada is not conducive to bonsai but I did learn a few things about growing trees in pots. I've been growing this lemon tree for around 15 years, from seed, it is now as tall as me and wider than the average doorway. Of course this is an indoor plant in the winter as growing trees and shrubs in our zone in a pot is an entirely different challenge and article! </div>
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June is usually a pleasant month but this year was outstanding! Well above average temperatures interrupted occasionally by heavy rain ensured a wonderful start to the growing season.</div>
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If you thought there was a lot of fluff from the many poplar species this year you are correct! Last years hot and dry weather apparently stressed the trees and this year they responded by sending out extra seeds. Turns out this fluff is also extremely flammable as the news reported a fire started by careless smoking meeting poplar cotton, who knew?</div>
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While out and about on cool days I often come across beautiful gardens and incredible plants, here are a few of my favourites. Above a hillside garden filled with evergreens and perennials, I don't know if I've ever seen so many high grafted and bonsai'd evergreens in one place. This garden should be the cover of a magazine, truly one of the best in Calgary!<br />
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Here a pair of two unusual trees in our area both around 20 feet tall or more, on the left a walnut and on the right a silver maple doing very well.</div>
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The walnut from above.</div>
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Above what appears to be Honey Locust has grown to a height of about 15 feet. I've never seen one growing in Calgary at all so was very surprised.</div>
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Another rarity in our zone, Fir, I've never seen a Fir exactly like this before and after looking at the literature is most likely Blue Fir as most other varieties are zone 5 or higher. In a city where a majority of our trees are spruce Fir is such a nice soft contrast, they should be planted much more!</div>
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What looks like a Nest Spruce that is very old, I was impressed by the size of this one and wonder if it was planted 50 or more years ago? Truly the largest of this variety I have ever seen.</div>
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I remember Korean Maple from my Garden Store days, no one could ever tell me for sure if they really grew here though. Years later I spotted this one growing quite happily which answers my question. In a zone where Japanese Maples do not grow this is as close as we can get, beautiful specimen trees that should definitely be planted more!</div>
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I found this quite amusing, it is the Calgary Emergency Centre in the Centre Street Park, and they have used Egyptian Onions (sometimes Walking Onions) in a public mass planting. I thought I was the only proponent of this plant in the world so was quite pleased to see this. Why not? These plants spread willingly, need zero care, have zero pests and are interesting year round.</div>
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There are many beautiful and amazing gardens all over this city, I love being able to see as many as possible in our short season. These gardens are also useful resources to see how plants grow and what can be grown, these pictures bolster my theory that many plants should be tried as you never know what can take root here!</div>
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