Burwalde Woods

 On the other side of this bridge, are the Burwalde Woods. It contains large maple & oak trees, natural prairie grasses, a variety of wildflowers during the summer & beautiful vegetation to photograph in the fall.

 The Dead Horse Creek also meanders through the woods & there is a small amount of water in places.

 

 In the meadow, there are many Milkweed plants & some pods are still filled with seeds.

 

 These seeds are just waiting for a strong wind to take them to another area where they will grow. Milkweed is not wanted by dairy farmers in grassy meadows where cows graze as it can taint the milk.

 

 Lexie, my assistant, looking for a squirrel to chase.

 

 Looking across the meadow, is a slough filled with bulrushes.

 Golden leaves & rose hips on a wild rosebush.

 A green cluster of berries gives a contrast of colour to the reddish stem & the brown & green leaves.

Sharp thorns on a hawthorn tree. I found so much colour & textures when exploring the Burwalde Woods. 

Autumn - My Favourite Season

This was taken on Pembina Ave, here in town. This street has quite a few of these colourful Maple trees that put on a beautiful show every fall.

Lovely sunset just outside my backdoor.

This Silver Maple grew many inches this summer.

 

Leaves on my Autumn Blaze Maple.

This is 2 Tidal Wave petunia plants that have bloomed & bloomed all summer long.

This was taken at the Hoop & Holler Bend close to Portage. 

This colourful field is asparagus.

Island Park at Portage.

Took a different route home from Portage this past week & saw this large herd of horses.

And then we saw this pond with Canada geese & 1 lonely swan.

The geese didn't seem to mind sharing the pond with this young heifer.

Autumn on the Prairies

Fall. A favourite time of the year for me. Cooler nights, that first hint of frost in the air, pumpkins appearing everywhere.

Fall colours everywhere.

This was taken overlooking the golf course at Morden.

This was taken at Island Park in Portage la Prairie.

Don't know the name of this tree. Love the changing of green to red in the leaves.

Oak leaves usually turn from green to brown quickly. Here I found an oak leaf with yellow colouring.

This was taken at Island Park too. One of my favourite places to visit in the fall.

Summer Travels 2015 Part Three

The fountain at Bethel Heritage Park here in Winkler.

Beauty in a common weed - Milkweed.

And more beauty in a field of thistles.

Thistle seeds sparkle in delicate webs.

Golden bales of straw shine in the setting sun.

Pembina River meandering through the Pembina Valley.

Enjoying dinner with our oldest son & his wife at Carnaval BBQ in Winnipeg.

Summer Travels 2015 Part Two

On my travels, a beautiful sunset.

Have displayed several pictures of this stand of trees here in past posts & I continued to enjoy photographing them.

This colourful pot is right by my front door. It continues to put on a showy display.

Also in my front yard.

This was my garden in July. It produced very well now I have many jars of dilled beans to enjoy. Also have a variety of herbs in my freezer to add to soup during the winter.

This wave petunia is growing like a weed!

My shade garden.

Chickens at my son's farm.  They keep their family & mine supplied with fresh eggs.

A chicken I prepared on our "smoker." Not of of the above chickens!

Tree house built by Papa for the grandkids.

And I'll end with another beautiful sunset.

Summer Travels 2015 - Part One

Going to do a few posts about my travels this summer & some of the gorgeous gardens that I have visited.

 The above picture was taken at Stonewall, MB. in front of their City Hall.

 Also taken in Stonewall. Loved the odd shaped knobs on the tree trunk.

 This is at the English Gardens at Assiniboine  Park in Winnipeg.

 There were several varieties of roses in bloom.

This is my granddaughter's cat, Peaches, who just loved attention. However, she ran away & I found her several miles from home & brought her back & fed her & the next morning she was gone again. She hasn't been seen since then. She is missed!

In the middle of July, after several attempts, my sisters & myself got together to celebrate their birthdays. Such a fun time!

Grandeur Gardens is just a few short blocks from my house. So beautiful!

The horticultural society does an amazing job of planning the colour combinations & then the planting & caring for these lovely gardens. Thanks to them & all of their faithful volunteers for all the hard work!