Lovely.

Faye captured a lovely image of our redbud tree in bloom.

lovely

Coppery.

A lovely coppery-coloured morning.

Crystalline.

African violet flowers have an almost crystalline quality. This one occupies space on a shelf above the kitchen sink, where it gets morning sun and some humidity.

Still looked lovely.

Even after the first frost and the first hard freeze of the season, this Johnny Jump-up flower still looked lovely.

A glorious October morning.

Stands out.

A fallen Silver Maple leaf stands out from the deck boards and fallen Manitoba Maple leaves. No, I did not arrange this.

Pleased.

I was pleased and blessed to come across this slope covered with attractive flowers while I was out for a walk.. What they are I do not know. While humans may call these plants ‘weeds’ the many honeybees I saw were quite busy harvesting pollen.

Mute Swans

I understand that the Mute Swan is an introduced species and can be aggressive about evicting native species. Granting that, they are lovely to watch in flight. This pair was exercising their wings and encouraging their four fledglings to do the same.