Boatload/ Ruby Tuesday

This boat is not quite ready to retire yet

This boat's final gig: lawn ornament

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Teasel Blossom/ Today's Flowers

Soldier beetles on a teasel blossom a couple of weeks ago

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Waiting/Shadow Shot Sunday

Plant hooks patiently waiting to be put away for fall and winter storage cast their shadows

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Hay bales/ Sky Friday

Sky over harvested field

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F/ ABC Wednesday

F is for Fishing

It may look like she's sad, but really she's concentrating on what she is doing.

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Climbing Down/ Ruby Tuesday

It's not easy keeping up with an older bother. Hey! Wait for me!

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Pincusion Flower/ Today's Flowers

Metallic green bee (Agapostemon virescens) on pincushion flower (Scabiosa)

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Entrance/ Shadow Shot

Shadow under the entrance to a house in town

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Joe-Pye Sky/ Sky Friday

Sky over meadow covered in joe-pyeweed

This is what our daytime sky has looked like most of this summer. Like this or even thicker with clouds. The mornings have often started out quite lovely...and then the clouds rolled in. But I do admit I'd prefer this over drought.

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E/ ABC Wednesday

E is for Escape

The bottom of the rusted ladder on this old industrial building is folded up. Since the building is still in use I hope the ladder isn't rusted shut.

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Scene at Garage Sale/ Ruby Tuesday

I'm not sure who put this still life together but I just HAD to shoot it

It's the RUBY red boots that make the photo, dontcha think? LOL

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Virgin's Bower/ Today's Flowers

Clematis virginiana (botanical name of virgin's bower) is a native vine that grows high and flowers prolifically along the edges of woods and streams throughout central Ontario.  I LOVE it. In a couple of weeks the seed heads will look like hairy, hence another common name: old man's beard.


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Trellis & Leaves/ Shadow Shot

The flowers are gone but the leaves and their shadows remain

The clematis blossoms on this vine were spectacular and long lasting this year. Gone now till next spring. Luckily I have clematis vines in other gardens that are still blooming!

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Sky Over Red Tractor.../Sky Friday

...and also over cows, hill and pasture

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Overlapping images/ Ellipsis Monday

 

Overlapping poppy petals in sunlight last June

This week's Ellipsis Monday challenge: layers - how they go together to create soething different that catches the eye.

Here I like the way the light illuminates the poppy petals leaving a shadow in between.

  To find out how others handled last week's assignment, check out http://ellipsissuddenlycarly.blogspot.com/

D/ ABC Wednesday

D is for Dragonfly

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Snacking on Chokecherries/ Ruby Tuesday

 

A robin out for a bedtime snack

The robin flew right by me to alight on this skinny chokecherry shrub. Most humans don't like the taste of these cherries but robins find them irresistible. So appealing, in fact, that even though I moved in to get this shot, the robin took no notice. But then a group of boys came along and the robin flew away.

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Balloon Flowers/ Today's Flowers

A double version of a familiar favourite

Platycodon grandiflorus (botanical name) are also known as balloon flowers because their buds look like...you guessed it...balloons.

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Optical illusion/ Shadow Shot

Optical illusion caused by the shadows between the boards in a wooden fence

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Summer Meadow/ Sky Friday

Fluffy clouds over daisies and grass

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Word-Color/ Ellipsis Monday

Orange butterflies on orange butterflyweed

This weeks Ellipsis challenge: Choose a word, decide what colour the word evokes, then take a photo to tie the word and colour together

My word: opportunity

The colour that came to my mind: orange

My photo: orange  butterflies recognizing a feeding opportunity when they see one

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C/ ABC Wednesday

C is for Country driveway

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Air Worthy/ Ruby Tuesday

Propeller on a small airplane tied down in Baldwin, Ontario

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Stairway/ Shadow Shot

The camera was tilted to catch some of the length of this shadow

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