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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 https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2009/05/violets.html?showComment=1243199886450 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 https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2009/11/still-some-green-leaves-out-there.html?showComment=1258568899519 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 https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2013/07/bindweed.html?showComment=1374425325753 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 https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2010/07/fish-at-upper-canada-village.html 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 https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2009/11/remembrance-day.html?showComment=1257989598323 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 https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2009/05/cat-in-my-lap.html?showComment=1242244860000 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 https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2012/02/crabapples.html Lilac Gate: Crabapples More captures from the morning after the freezing rain. lilac gatecrabapples https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2010/03/fog.html 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 https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2009/11/skywatch-friday_26.html?showComment=1259413338937 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/2009/03/watery-wednesday_18.html?showComment=1237691220000 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 https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2009/11/lambs-ears-and-mullein.html?showComment=1258517340532 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 https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2009/11/corn.html?showComment=1257595506695 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 https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2014/09/spiderwebs-in-morning-sun.html?showComment=1410007263712 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/2009/05/ottawa-tulip-festival.html?showComment=1242949266071 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 https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2009/11/horse-chestnuts-on-ground.html?showComment=1257989693750 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 https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2009/11/skywatch-friday_20.html?showComment=1258910614046 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 https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2009/03/canada-geese_16.html Lilac Gate: Canada Geese lilac gatecanadageese https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2011/12/dandelions.html Lilac Gate: Dandelions Last week, the late afternoon sun glowed through the last dandelions. lilac gatedandelions https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2009/05/lilacs_13.html?showComment=1242300540000 Lilac Gate: Lilacs lilac gatelilacs https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2009/11/horse-chestnuts-on-tree.html?showComment=1257863547768 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/2009/05/watery-wednesday_19.html?showComment=1242901752224 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 https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2014/04/ Lilac Gate: April 2014 lilac gateapril https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2009/05/apple-blossoms_22.html?showComment=1242999763893 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 https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2012/02/todays-flowers_19.html?showComment=1329782991251 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 https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2009/03/todays-flowers_22.html?showComment=1237763280000 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 https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2009/05/violets.html?showComment=1243199886450 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 https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2009/11/still-some-green-leaves-out-there.html?showComment=1258568899519 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 https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2013/07/bindweed.html?showComment=1374425325753 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 https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2010/07/fish-at-upper-canada-village.html 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 https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2009/11/remembrance-day.html?showComment=1257989598323 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 https://lilacgate.blogspot.com/2009/05/cat-in-my-lap.html?showComment=1242244860000 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