On Explore 5/25/2023

Spoonbill alights on tree

A shot of this little guy from our garden, taken yesterday while sitting in the sunshine ☀️😎

long tailed tit in the rain

The first ladybug in my flower bed this spring. Finland, on a sunny noon.

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Leucanthemum × superbum, the Shasta daisy, is a commonly grown flowering herbaceous perennial plant with the classic daisy appearance of white petals (ray florets) around a yellow disc, similar to the oxeye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare Lam, but larger. It originated as a hybrid produced in 1890 by the American horticulturist Luther Burbank from a number of daisies. First, he crossed Leucanthemum vulgare with Leucanthemum maximum (Ramond) DC.; this double hybrid was itself crossed with Leucanthemum lacustre (Brot.) Samp. The resulting Leucanthemum triple hybrid was crossed with Nipponanthemum nipponicum (Franch. ex Maxim.) Kitam., creating an intergeneric cross of species from three continents. It was named after Mount Shasta, because its petals were the color of the snow. Some members of the genus are considered noxious weeds, but the Shasta daisy remains a favorite garden plant. 4619

Huge Water Lily, so full, one of the most beautiful one I've ever seen!

Hope you all have a wonderful rest of the week!

Thank you for your support and visit everyone!

Happy Sunday my dear friends!

Female rose-ringed parakeet. Last time I went to St James`s Park I only saw one, now I am told there are at least 20, Soon be as many as Kensington Gardens, I wonder how they will cope with this cold weather though!

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Chrysanthemum!

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Daylilies and lavender in the gardens of Serenity Lavender Farm near Oxley, Ontario

Goes Holland

It was the first day of Spring but there was still snow on the Alps.

A rose is a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus Rosa, in the family Rosaceae. There are over three hundred species and thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can be erect shrubs, climbing, or trailing, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers vary in size and shape and are usually large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows and reds. Most species are native to Asia, with smaller numbers native to Europe, North America, and northwestern Africa. Species, cultivars and hybrids are all widely grown for their beauty and often are fragrant. Roses have acquired cultural significance in many societies. Rose plants range in size from compact, miniature roses, to climbers that can reach seven meters in height. Different species hybridize easily, and this has been used in the development of the wide range of garden roses. 30074

Compositionally Challenged Week 3 - Macro

#20 Wet/52 in 2023 Challenge

CC Rainbow Game - Red

white goose with orange beak. Picture taken at the Kankakee river near Wilmington Illinois.

Geraniums lit by the snow.

Springs colors are slowly making their way into my garden. Still getting cold temps dipping down to the 20's F at night.

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Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. Thanks for your visit and comments, my friends. I hope you're all staying safe and healthy): All the best to you, my friends...

A pink tulip growing very nicely in the garden this spring

These carefree flowers were growing alongside the sidewalk. I thought they were quite pretty and deserved to be photographed. For Sliders Sunday, I took them to Topaz Studio for editing, colour enhancement and addition of a texture. HSS!

P.S. I have BIG news! I am moving and will be away from Flickr tomorrow and for another day or two after that. Wish me luck, cuz I'm gonna need it! I'll catch up with your awesome images when I get back!

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Roscoff au petit matin

This building in downtown Beardstown, Illinois was completed in 1889 as a clubhouse for the Beardstown Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In recent years it has housed an antique mall. Glad to see this old-timer survive into the 21st century, but I'm not quite sold on the color.

Dietes is a genus of rhizomatous plants of the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1866. Common names include wood iris, Fortnight lily, African iris, Japanese iris and Butterfly iris, each of which may be used differently in different regions for one or more of the six species within the genus. Most species are native to southern and central Africa. They have flowers with six free tepals that are not joined into a tube at their bases. 29221

Taraxacum is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, which consists of species commonly known as dandelions. The genus is native to Eurasia and North America, but the two commonplace species worldwide. Like other members of the family Asteraceae, they have very small flowers collected together into a composite flower head. Each single flower in a head is called a floret. In part due to their abundance along with being a generalist species, dandelions are one of the most vital early spring nectar sources for a wide host of pollinators. Many Taraxacum species produce seeds asexually by apomixis, where the seeds are produced without pollination, resulting in offspring that are genetically identical to the parent plant. 17473

Spotted close to my home town.

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A female Northern Cardinal rests in the bramble, posing nicely for my camera on a chilly day last year.

HWW & HBW

One of our storms last winter was just so pretty! I shot this during an amazing sunset on the golf course in Quincy MA

The scent is exceptional. Sadly I don't know the variety

365:2019. Day 165