Summer Walkabout Flowers | Red Coneflower Ten species of flowers are called Coneflowers. They are commonly found in the Midwest growing in prairies and wooded areas. They bloom from early to late summer. For the whole story with all images, see Summer Walkabout Flowers | a 7 Image Story.
Summer Walkabout Flowers | Golden Day Lily This Golden Day Lily is beautiful indeed. Actually, the proper spelling is “daylily” as one word, but some dictionaries spell it as two words. There are more than 80,000 different daylilies. It’s one of the most adaptable landscape plants in North America. For the whole story with all images, see Summer Walkabout Flowers | a 7 Image Story.
Summer Walkabout Flowers | a 7 Image Story Sometimes, my walkabouts bring to mind simple pleasures. The walkabout might not run across any wildlife or even nice landscapes, but simple flowers always brighten my day on summer walks. On this walk lilies seemed to catch my eye a bit more than others. This walkabout started with a path into the wetlands before winding back through the streets.
Day lilies seem to come in every color imaginable. Actually, the proper spelling is “daylily” as one word, but some dictionaries spell it as two words. There are more than 80,000 different daylilies. They have been cultivated for over 2,500 years. It’s one of the most adaptable landscape plants in North America. The super blooming Entrapment Daylily can grow 800 blooms per plant. It’s easy to grow and produces vibrant, 5″ blooms that repeat during the season. They show their blooms in late spring during the normal Daylily season and then again just before fall.
Ten species of flowers are called Coneflowers. They are commonly found in the Midwest growing in prairies and wooded areas. They bloom from early to late summer. Drumstick Allium is a type of ornamental onion with egg-shaped blooms. It blooms in early summer with oval shaped burgundy colored blooms on wiry stems.
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Spring 2019 Hodgepodge | a 7 Image Story This year’s spring was colder and wetter than normal. Trees budded later than usual. The flowers seemed to be a bit later in blooming. Migratory water fowl passed through a little later. These images were all captured on my daily walkabouts.
There’s nothing like rain on a flower to help create an interesting image. This year we’ve had plenty of rain for my walkabouts.
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Winter Walkabout | Ice Shapes Although winter walkabouts generally turn up fewer critters, natural beauty abounds. For the whole story with all images, see Winter Walkabout | a 7 Image Story.
Spring Walkabout | No Leaves Sunset Spring sunsets capture imagination occasionally. Even when a nice evening walkabout fail to produce images of critters, a nice sunset image saves the day. To see the entire story with all seven images, go to Spring Walkabout | a 7 Image Story.
Spring Walkabout | a 7 Image Story Hey, it’s spring. After a long winter, spring walkabouts bring a fresh perspective. Color slowly begins to reemerge. Sure, rain and snow showers make for muddier boots. Does April snow bring May flowers? Enough with the snow, already! Time for some warm weather, green grass, and nice calm lakes.
More critters begin to appear. The leaves have not come on the trees yet. It’s possible to find larger birds like hawks and owls on the tree branches. After missing its prey, the Barred Owl perched in a tree along the walkabout trail. It really blends into its surroundings. Without bins, finding a Barred Owl in a forest is nearly impossible; even with bins, it’s difficult.
Each spring, a flock of American Pelicans spends a couple of weeks on a slough along my walkabout path on their way up north. Spring is clearly here when they arrive. They are great fun and such clowns to watch.
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Snow B&W | Spring Snow Walkabout Winter walkabouts can be a bit more challenging than summer hikes. Wading through a foot of fresh snow still has its rewards when a scenic image with falling snow reveals itself. To see the entire story with all seven images, go to Snow B&W | a 7 Image Story.
