Japanese Maple

A Japanese maple planted beside decorative grass

 makes for an interesting combination of shapes and colours.

 

Unknown Tree with Seeds

Another unknown tree,

 but with large clusters of seed parachutes.

 I love the way the gleam gold in the setting sun.

 

Skywatch Friday

 

This tree was in the park, 8 or 9 feet tall.

The leaves look a little like apple leaves, 

 but the fruits stick up in the air.

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 P.S. Thank you to Adrienne, for identifying this as a Korean dogwood!

Coleus

Mom has planters on the front verandah

 and I love the way the coleus leaves catch

 the afternoon sun.

Dahlia

Mom only has the one dahlia any more,

 but it is a good hiding place for earwigs...

 

Acorns

 I gathered some acorns, before the chipmunks and squirrels could get to them.

 I used some of Dad's stuff as a background.

 

 This old ashtray usually holds nuts and bolts. I have no idea what this solid chunk of steel is for - an anvil?

 

And some Irish moss.

Rose of Sharon

I have found out why petals look like this after a rain - there are normally air pockets in the petals, which become waterlogged, and make the petals translucent like this.

 

Watery Wednesday

These are all reflections of a concrete lamppost, a little downstream from a small, overflowing dam.

 The turbulence in the water did all the work.

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Hosta Blossoms

On Monday, Woodstock received more than 2 inches of rain

 so the flowers were all wet

 Tuesday morning.

Bridge Over Cedar Creek

This bridge in the park

 has been there longer than I can remember.

 

Reflections on the Skootamatta River

There was a small path leading to the 

 Skootamatta River,

 and the light was perfect

 for capturing these reflections.

 

Birds on a Wire

The starlings were gathering before their migration.

 

Today's Flowers

The goldenrod is still blooming

 in southern Ontario.

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Geese

The geese in the park are used to being fed, 

 so they let me get closer than the geese here at home.