Showing posts with label Flora. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flora. Show all posts

Saturday, June 26, 2010

NATURE'S ART


Looking like a work of Nature's art, the overcast sky with the leaves and stalks of Pickerelweed are reflected in the surface of Lily Lake. Less attractive by its other known name of Mud Lake, it is home to thousands of water lillies, its famous, solitary skeletal tree and one grouchy beaver who always slaps its tail to ward off any intruders.

Saturday, May 1, 2010

MAY FLOWERS


April showers bring forth May flowers. A red trillium stands out from its white peers, in both colour and qualities. Trilliums are members of the Lily family and are aptly named for their arrangement of three leaves, sepals and petals. The white trillium was adopted as the floral emblem of Ontario and is also the symbol of its Government.