Chickadee Photo Art

Wild Cucumber

// November 21st, 2010 // No Comments » // Interlake, Recent Posts, Wildflowers

Greenish-white flowers on tangled vines that twine 10 – 20 feet using tendrils to hook onto bushes.  The fruit is green,  large and oval shaped with spines.  These plants typically grow along creeks and moist places. The fruit is chambered and contains several large flat seeds. Below, photos of the vine climbing trees, unripe seed pods, ripe seed pods which have burst open to distribute their seeds.

Enjoy!

~Sharon

Farewell to summer . . .

// October 22nd, 2010 // No Comments » // Atikaki Wilderness Provincial Park, Birds of Manitoba, Boreal Forest, Dragonflies-Butterflies-Moths, Interlake, Manitoba Tourist Destination, Recent Posts, Urban Nature, Wildflowers

We are experiencing some great weather as we head into fall with our temperatures reaching the mid 20′s celcius which is quite above average for this time of year.  This post is dedicated to some late summer scenes as we head into our fall season. Below are bunch berries growing on a moss covered log in Atitaki Wilderness Provincial Park.

Below: A silhouette of my cousin on the shore of Lake Manitoba.

Below: A dragonfly resting on a garden flower.

Below: Eastern Kingbird at a local pond.

Below: Cranberry Bush with ripened fruit.

Enjoy!

~Sharon

Yellow Lady Slipper

// August 22nd, 2010 // No Comments » // Boreal Forest, Nopiming Provincial Park, Recent Posts, Wildflowers

These Yellow Lady Slippers were growing in ditches in Nopiming Provincial Park.  I missed the bulk of bloom time this year but managed to find a few here and there.  They are much smaller than the Showy Lady Slippers but equally as beautiful. Once again, “Pick None”.

Below:  A photo take a few years ago with multiple blooms

Enjoy!

~Sharon