Milkweed Purple

Posted on July 6, 2019 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Nature • Tagged close up, copyright, field, fly, green, July, leaves, petals, photography, purple, summer, sunlight, Westminster Ponds, wildflowers • 2 Comments

Big bold butterfly-seeking flowers are starting to pop.

Goldenrod Galls

Posted on May 20, 2016 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Nature • Tagged black & white, close up, copyright, field, fly, gall, goldenrod, photography, plant • 4 Comments

Three goldenrod gall flies have made homes in the stems of goldenrod in the field. I never knew what these bulbous things were and finally asked a colleague who enlightened me. Although they look like they would kill its host, the plants don’t seem to mind. Downy woodpeckers and chickadees consider the larva a tasty treat.

Post 1000 – Gray Treefrog

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Nature • Tagged bark, climbing, fly, frog, gray, grey, maple, photography, treefrog • 20 Comments

This image of a cute little Gray Treefrog climbing a maple tree is my 1000 daily post! I hear this frog a lot but have never seen him close up until yesterday. They are a species of small arboreal frogs native to the eastern United States and southeastern Canada. Like chameleons, they have the ability to change colour from grey to green or brown. This little guy froze and pretended he was not there which the fly just above him was lucky for.
Thanks to all who visit my blog and keep me inspired to post images daily – here’s to another 1000!