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Lilac Gate: Black-Eyed Susans
Now there are lots of black eyed susans blooming. They are such cheery little flowers. Growing wild in the fields as they do, you can fins a...
lilac gateblackeyed
https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2010/03/fuschias.html
Lilac Gate: Fuschias
Last week at the flower show, the fuschias were barely out. This week, they are fully open. I have never tried looking up at them before.
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Lilac Gate: Friday's Fences
The line of the fencing looks a lot like the grass, when they are all covered with snow. To see more fences from around the world, click her...
lilac gatefridayfences
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Lilac Gate: Violets
I have a lot of violets growing in the back yard. I am still trying to get a good photo of the yellow violets.
lilac gateviolets
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Lilac Gate: Still Some Green Leaves Out There
I thought this might be a violet leaf, but they are not hairy. I don't know what sort of caterpillar this is, either. I know this is a wil...
lilac gategreen leavesstill
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Lilac Gate: St. Patrick's Day Cactus
My Valentine's Day cactus is hanging on, still producing flowers, well on its way to becoming a St. Patrick's Day cactus.
lilac gatest patrickdaycactus
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Lilac Gate: Mud and Rust
The construction crew lowered the water level in the pond, and found this scooter. I took a lot of photos of it, loving the rust a...
lilac gatemudrust
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Lilac Gate: Bindweed
This is field bindweed, and I see it in lawns. The blossoms are less than two inches across. That means I have to get right down at g...
lilac gatebindweed
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Lilac Gate: Forsythia and Lilacs
These blossoms are from the forsythia branches I brought into the house a couple of weeks ago. I took the vase outside to get the indirect ...
lilac gateforsythialilacs
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Lilac Gate: Skywatch Friday
The weeping willows are showing their leaves. I like the shadows from the morning sun. The branches and leaves show well on a cloudy morn...
lilac gateskywatchfriday
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Lilac Gate: Horse Chestnuts on the Tree
http://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2009/06/horse-chestnut-flowers.html Do you remember in the spring, when I was posting horse chestnut flowers?...
lilac gatehorse chestnutson thetree
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Lilac Gate: Spiderwebs in the Morning Sun
Walking early in the morning, I spotted spiderwebs adorning a bridge. I am linking this post with Nature Footstep Catch the Ligh...
in the morninglilac gatespiderwebssun
https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2013/11/moon-carrot.html
Lilac Gate: Moon Carrot
I found this strange plant at the garden at the college. Photographing the labels is so much easier than remembering the names of the...
lilac gatemooncarrot
https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2009/03/ducks.html
Lilac Gate: Ducks
Even the ducks are enjoying the sunshine.
lilac gateducks
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Lilac Gate: Fish at Upper Canada Village
In the park just before the gate to the Village, there is one of those food dispensing machines, so people can feed the fish. Last time I wa...
lilac gateupper canadafishvillage
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Lilac Gate: Skywatch Friday
Evening clouds have just a hint of colour to them.
lilac gateskywatchfriday
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Lilac Gate: Remembrance Day
Today is Remembrance Day, the anniversary of the signing of the treaty ending World War I, the Great War, the War to End All Wars. This is...
lilac gateremembranceday
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Lilac Gate: Skywatch Friday
The pussywillows are out, and glorious in the dawn's golden light. To see more skies from around the world, click the icon on the right.
lilac gateskywatchfriday
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Lilac Gate: The Cat in my Lap
You have seen photos of Jake and Annie, so here is the third fur kid, Gloria. I hope you realize how hard it is to get a good photo of the ...
lilac gatethe catin mylap
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Lilac Gate: White Lilacs
The lilacs are varying from this to this. Maybe it depends on the amount of light they get. Not that I really care, so long as I can bury...
lilac gatewhitelilacs
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Lilac Gate: Skywatch Friday
I have been organizing photos, and found this series from early November - the moon was nearing the western horizon, and the geese were l...
lilac gateskywatchfriday
https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2012/02/crabapples.html
Lilac Gate: Crabapples
More captures from the morning after the freezing rain.
lilac gatecrabapples
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Lilac Gate: Fog
After a week of unseasonably warm temperatures, we had fog when the temperatures dropped overnight. You can see a bit of ice on the pine nee...
lilac gatefog
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Lilac Gate: Skywatch Friday
I have been organizing photos, and found this series from early November - the moon was nearing the western horizon, and the geese were l...
lilac gateskywatchfriday
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Lilac Gate: Watery Wednesday
These are also photos from 2007, but they have water. I like the reflections in this photo. Here you can see the reflection of the blue sk...
lilac gatewaterywednesday
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Lilac Gate: Lambs Ears and Mullein
A couple of people thought the mullein photos were lambs ears, so I have photographed the frost on the lambs ears. I had to scrape some of ...
lilac gatelambs earsmullein
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Lilac Gate: Corn
The corn is getting very dry, so I don't think it could be used for human consumption any longer. The weight of a lot of the cobs has turn...
lilac gatecorn
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Lilac Gate: Spiderwebs in the Morning Sun
Walking early in the morning, I spotted spiderwebs adorning a bridge. I am linking this post with Nature Footstep Catch the Ligh...
in the morninglilac gatespiderwebssun
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Lilac Gate: Ottawa Tulip Festival
There are so many colours of tulips, and patterns on them as well. Some of them have even been bred to have the Canadian maple leaf in the...
lilac gateottawatulipfestival
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Lilac Gate: Horse Chestnuts on the Ground
Every fall, the squirrels and I argue over who collects the horse chestnuts when they fall. I love to have a handful in the pocket of my ...
lilac gatehorse chestnutson theground
https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2011/12/deer-in-woods.html
Lilac Gate: Deer in the Woods
The deer were willing to let me get closer than the turkeys. I was about twenty feet from the buck, but the does stayed about thirty feet ...
lilac gatein thedeerwoods
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Lilac Gate: Skywatch Friday
Usually the fog does not last this far into our walks, so I was able to photograph new trees with fog enveloping them.
lilac gateskywatchfriday
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Lilac Gate: Canada Geese
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Lilac Gate: Dandelions
Last week, the late afternoon sun glowed through the last dandelions.
lilac gatedandelions
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Lilac Gate: Lilacs
lilac gatelilacs
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Lilac Gate: Horse Chestnuts on the Tree
http://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2009/06/horse-chestnut-flowers.html Do you remember in the spring, when I was posting horse chestnut flowers?...
lilac gatehorse chestnutson thetree
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Lilac Gate: Watery Wednesday
I spent my afternoon at the Tulip Festival in the area around Dows Lake. I could look across the lake and see the Arboretum.
lilac gatewaterywednesday
https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2012/01/rosehips.html
Lilac Gate: Rosehips
I have found some rosehips that still have colour. They have been frozen repeatedly, but are still interesting. The lowest hips on the bus...
lilac gaterosehips
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Lilac Gate: April 2014
lilac gateapril
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Lilac Gate: Apple Blossoms
I love the soft pink and white of these flowers. My daughters used to have a stuffed lamb named Apple Blossom, white with pink inside her ...
lilac gateappleblossoms
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Lilac Gate: Today's Flowers
My bouquet of tulips is lasting well, but the petals are starting to fall. To see more flowers from around the world, click the icon on th...
lilac gatetodayflowers
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Lilac Gate: Today's Flowers
The only blossoms here in Ottawa are still found on windowsills. I don't know what the first flower is, but the sceond is a begonia, and t...
lilac gatetodayflowers
https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2010/07/black-eyed-susans.html
Lilac Gate: Black-Eyed Susans
Now there are lots of black eyed susans blooming. They are such cheery little flowers. Growing wild in the fields as they do, you can fins a...
lilac gateblackeyed
https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2010/03/fuschias.html
Lilac Gate: Fuschias
Last week at the flower show, the fuschias were barely out. This week, they are fully open. I have never tried looking up at them before.
lilac gate
https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2011/12/fridays-fences_29.html
Lilac Gate: Friday's Fences
The line of the fencing looks a lot like the grass, when they are all covered with snow. To see more fences from around the world, click her...
lilac gatefridayfences
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Lilac Gate: Violets
I have a lot of violets growing in the back yard. I am still trying to get a good photo of the yellow violets.
lilac gateviolets
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Lilac Gate: Still Some Green Leaves Out There
I thought this might be a violet leaf, but they are not hairy. I don't know what sort of caterpillar this is, either. I know this is a wil...
lilac gategreen leavesstill
https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2012/03/st-patricks-day-cactus.html
Lilac Gate: St. Patrick's Day Cactus
My Valentine's Day cactus is hanging on, still producing flowers, well on its way to becoming a St. Patrick's Day cactus.
lilac gatest patrickdaycactus
https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2014/09/mud-and-rust.html
Lilac Gate: Mud and Rust
The construction crew lowered the water level in the pond, and found this scooter. I took a lot of photos of it, loving the rust a...
lilac gatemudrust
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Lilac Gate: Bindweed
This is field bindweed, and I see it in lawns. The blossoms are less than two inches across. That means I have to get right down at g...
lilac gatebindweed
https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2009/03/forsythia-and-lilacs.html?showComment=1237420920000
Lilac Gate: Forsythia and Lilacs
These blossoms are from the forsythia branches I brought into the house a couple of weeks ago. I took the vase outside to get the indirect ...
lilac gateforsythialilacs
https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2009/05/skywatch-friday_08.html?showComment=1241829780000
Lilac Gate: Skywatch Friday
The weeping willows are showing their leaves. I like the shadows from the morning sun. The branches and leaves show well on a cloudy morn...
lilac gateskywatchfriday
https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2009/11/horse-chestnuts-on-tree.html?showComment=1257866286503
Lilac Gate: Horse Chestnuts on the Tree
http://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2009/06/horse-chestnut-flowers.html Do you remember in the spring, when I was posting horse chestnut flowers?...
lilac gatehorse chestnutson thetree
https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2014/09/spiderwebs-in-morning-sun.html?showComment=1409613258471
Lilac Gate: Spiderwebs in the Morning Sun
Walking early in the morning, I spotted spiderwebs adorning a bridge. I am linking this post with Nature Footstep Catch the Ligh...
in the morninglilac gatespiderwebssun
https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2013/11/moon-carrot.html
Lilac Gate: Moon Carrot
I found this strange plant at the garden at the college. Photographing the labels is so much easier than remembering the names of the...
lilac gatemooncarrot
https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2009/03/ducks.html
Lilac Gate: Ducks
Even the ducks are enjoying the sunshine.
lilac gateducks
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Lilac Gate: Fish at Upper Canada Village
In the park just before the gate to the Village, there is one of those food dispensing machines, so people can feed the fish. Last time I wa...
lilac gateupper canadafishvillage
https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2009/05/skywatch-friday_29.html?showComment=1243604706597
Lilac Gate: Skywatch Friday
Evening clouds have just a hint of colour to them.
lilac gateskywatchfriday
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Lilac Gate: Remembrance Day
Today is Remembrance Day, the anniversary of the signing of the treaty ending World War I, the Great War, the War to End All Wars. This is...
lilac gateremembranceday
https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2012/03/skywatch-friday_22.html?showComment=1332430190917
Lilac Gate: Skywatch Friday
The pussywillows are out, and glorious in the dawn's golden light. To see more skies from around the world, click the icon on the right.
lilac gateskywatchfriday
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Lilac Gate: The Cat in my Lap
You have seen photos of Jake and Annie, so here is the third fur kid, Gloria. I hope you realize how hard it is to get a good photo of the ...
lilac gatethe catin mylap
https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2009/05/white-lilacs.html?showComment=1242655320000
Lilac Gate: White Lilacs
The lilacs are varying from this to this. Maybe it depends on the amount of light they get. Not that I really care, so long as I can bury...
lilac gatewhitelilacs
https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2009/11/skywatch-friday_26.html?showComment=1259362133718
Lilac Gate: Skywatch Friday
I have been organizing photos, and found this series from early November - the moon was nearing the western horizon, and the geese were l...
lilac gateskywatchfriday