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An Autumn Outing

November 16, 2008 by Tricia

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For many of us it’s beginning to get cool outside, for some it might even be snowing.

Actually it’s snowing here right now as I write this …. but even though it’s cool outdoors do you ever stop to take a look at what’s left of the flowers and trees in your area? That’s one of the things I enjoy about Autumn. Looking at how plants change as the weather cools. I love looking at flower seed heads, leaves changing color and so on. Don’t you?

Near the beginning of November Chris and I decided to go to Taylor Creek park here in Toronto with our dog. We figured it might be her last outing in the forest while the weather was still kind of nice. While there, I took some time to take some photos of our surroundings.

One of my favorite plants to play with as a child in Autumn was always Milkweed. The pods that were once green would die down and turn grey and then burst open to let loose thousand upon thousands of white feathery seeds.

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I’m surprised that I didn’t pluck this Milkweed seed head from it’s stem once I’d taken it’s photo, only to blow on it and release it’s seeds into the wind.

Do you remember the pictures that I posted of the interesting natural water filters that I call “The Elephants” in early October?

Well here’s what they looked like a couple of weeks ago, surrounded by trees with leaves of red, orange and gold:

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They do kind of look like elephants, don’t they?

I know this is a Green Thumb post, but how could I not include a picture of our dog. I mean, she’s the reason we went to the park in the first place and that’s why I managed to get these great pictures …

Here’s Midnight, the Yuppy Puppy (nicknamed because she’s spoiled), coming out of a pond that she discovered after a quick dip in the cool water. If you look closely you can see the water still dripping from her legs.

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And here she is a short while later, still wet and perhaps finally getting a little tired after enjoying a nice romp through the woods.

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Chris and I might go to the park this afternoon if it’s not snowing or raining. It’s a nice place and it’s definitely a good outing for an energetic puppy!





Filed Under: Canada, Green Thumb Sunday, Home and Lifestyle, Our Puppy, Photography, Recreation, The Neighborhood, Toronto, Wildlife and Nature Tagged With: blow, dog, fall_color, forest, fun, Green_Thumb_Sunday, GTS, hike, leaves, Midnight, milkweed, natural, nature, puppy, seedhead, seeds, Taylor_Creek_Park, Toronto, trees, water, water_filters, wet_dog, wind, woods

Dancing Dogs

November 12, 2008 by Tricia

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I found this picture at a humor site and I just had to show it to you!

I have no idea if it’s photoshopped or if someone was extraordinarily lucky in getting two dogs to stand up and look like they were dancing. Either way it’s a fantastic photo isn’t it?

I love the dogs little sweaters too, don’t you?

Filed Under: Entertainment, Humor, Pets and animals, Wordless Wednesday Tagged With: adorable, cute, dancing_dogs, funny, Humor, luck, lucky, photo, sweaters, Wordless_Wednesday, WW

Toadlilies – Gorgeous Fall Flowers

November 9, 2008 by Tricia

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My garden is finally starting to die down. I just took a peek out the window at my backyard and it looks like there are only a few stubborn “dumb” roses, Monkshood and a few of my New York Asters still blooming away as if it were still summer or early Autumn.

Some of the roses that are still blooming look so perfect that I think I might even go outside and cut them and bring in a final small bouquet of roses to enjoy indoors. Unfortunately, if I do that, they’ll probably drop their petals once they are greeted with the heat indoors!

One of the flowers that I enjoy each fall is the Toadlily. It generally blooms from sometime in September until Mid-October or so, but this year my Toadlilies were blooming up to sometime last week. We had a little heat spell here last week (not hot, but warmer than usual weather) and that might have marked their demise as they are no longer blooming and the plants have started to die down for the winter.

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Aren’t they just gorgeous little flowers? I love the spotted petals and I assume that’s where they got “toad” from in their name.

I sometimes wish that the toadlilies would bloom in the summer so I could enjoy them while spending time in the garden during nice weather, but they definitely brighten the garden in Autumn when most of my other flowers have stopped producing blooms.

Filed Under: Gardening, Green Thumb Sunday, Photography, Toronto, Tricia's Garden Tagged With: Asters, autumn, blooms, cool_weather, fall, freckled_petals, gorgeous, Green_Thumb_Sunday, GTS, lovely, New_york_asters, roses, small_flowers, spotted_petals, Toadlilies, Toadlily, Toad_lily, warm_weather

I have dumb roses

November 2, 2008 by Tricia

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My roses and other garden plants must be quite dumb.

It’s getting colder and colder here in Toronto, yet my garden is still very much alive. Smart plants would have shut down and begun to go dormant by now …. but no, not my roses! Some of my other plants seems to be on the dumb side too.

Along with several other roses, my Compte de Chambord is still putting out lovely rose buds. Oh and they smell heavenly! Compte de Chambord has a beautiful old rose perfume scent and as I said, the roses and rose buds are still full of their lovely scent.

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Compte de Chambord rose bud

I took this photo last weekend. It was quite windy so I had to hold the rose stem while taking the picture, but the leaves and other plants near it were blowing in the wind, hence the interesting blurred effect in the background.

Even my Lavender has started to bloom again … I have no idea why. It’s not like I’m out there watering, amending soil or putting my secret sauce (Alfalfa Tea) on my plants. I’m not doing a thing to my garden .. yet it’s thriving.

Here’s a single Lavender bloom …

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Lavender bloom

And here’s one of my Lavender plants, blooming (a little bit) and looking terribly healthy for this time of year.

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Healthy blooming Lavender plant - October

Is your garden asleep for the winter or is it still struggling to perform as if it were summer?

Filed Under: Canada, Gardening, Green Thumb Sunday, Home and Lifestyle, Photography, Recreation, Shopping, Toronto, Tricia's Garden, Web and Technology Tagged With: autumn, cold_weather, dormant, dumb_roses, flowers, garden, Green_Thumb_Sunday, GTS, lavender, lavender_blooming, October, rose, rose_bud, windy, winter

Some of my favorite summer flowers

October 26, 2008 by Tricia

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I was just saying on my gardening blog that it’s about time we started doing some Autumn gardening tasks, like cutting down the sunflowers in the front boulevard.

Yup … it’s time to put the garden to bed for the winter … actually it’s well past time, we should have started doing some of these Fall tasks at least two weeks ago.

Some of my flowers are still blooming, but most of the plants are beginning to lose their leaves and either die down or are becoming dormant as it gets cooler.

Some of the flowers I’ll miss is my Butterfly Weed:

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Such delicate bright colored flowers. This one really attracts Monarch butterflies to my garden.

Another flower that I’ll miss is the Balloon Flower. I’m sure the bumble bees will miss them too:

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I have several clumps of Balloon flowers growing in the back and front garden beds in white, pink and blue. I love their balloon like buds and bright cheery flowers.

What flowers will you miss as the winter season approaches?

Filed Under: Gardening, Green Thumb Sunday, Home and Lifestyle, Photography, Recreation, Toronto, Tricia's Garden Tagged With: backyard, balloon_flower, Beebalm, bright, buds, cheery, flower, front_yard, garden_beds, Green_Thumb_Sunday, GTS, Summer, summer_flowers

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