Built for Climbing

Posted on July 29, 2021 by Mama Cormier

…thanks to Becky B for hosting Tree Square in July, https://beckybofwinchester.com/2021/07/29/tree-square-29/

Some trees were meant to be climbed. This might come as a surprise to some of my former students because I was always the teacher that made them get out of the trees that grew on the school property. Of course that was more of a liability thing and images of my younger sister falling from a tree and biting through her tongue is a memory that never goes away. Luckily for her some of her teeth hadn’t come through yet so her tongue stayed in place but she did need stitches.

New Flower (July 29, 2021) – Orange Cosmos

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Home for the Neighbourhood Critters

Posted on July 29, 2021 by Mama Cormier

….thanks to Becky B for hosting Tree Square in July https://beckybofwinchester.com/2021/07/28/tree-square-28/

Trees provide us with shade, oxygen, lumber, food and shelter for the critters of the world, including insects, birds and a variety of tree mammals.

Here in the city trees like the one below have been home to numerous racoon families in the past. I haven’t seen any in the tree this year but they are definitely around. We were sitting on our deck a couple of days ago when we noticed a family coming out of the roof of my neighbours garage. Unfortunately I didn’t have my camera in hand so I wasn’t able to document the event.

New Flower (July 28, 2021) – Purple Cone Flower

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Fuzzy, Wuzzy Was a ……Tree?

Posted on July 28, 2021 by Mama Cormier

….thanks to Becky B for hosting Tree Square for July https://beckybofwinchester.com/2021/07/27/tree-square-27/

Combining Tuesday Texture with Tree Square. This tree is very fuzzy but I have no idea what kind of tree it is.

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New Flower (July 26, 2021) – Giant White Lily

Posted on July 26, 2021 by Mama Cormier

….I’ve never seen a lily this tall…..it has to be at least 6 feet tall

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New Flower (July 25, 2021) – Pink Lily

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The Guardian of the Lake – July 24, 2021

Posted on July 24, 2021 by Mama Cormier

….thanks to Becky B for hosting Tree Square for July

This tree looks like it is standing guard over the lake.

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Tree Square – Red Leaves in July

Posted on July 23, 2021 by Mama Cormier

…thanks to Becky B for hosting Tree Square in July https://beckybofwinchester.com/2021/07/23/tree-square-23/

This is a Japanese Maple and the leaves are this colour all season.

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Tree Square – Morning Sun Through the Trees

Posted on July 21, 2021 by Mama Cormier

….thanks to Becky B for hosting Tree Square in July https://beckybofwinchester.com/2021/07/21/tree-square-21/

The last few days in Toronto we’ve been adversely affected by the forest fires in north western Ontario. Hard to imagine that a forest fire thousands of kilometres from us could affect our air quality but it has. There was a haze that hung over the city and many people claimed they could smell the smoke. In the mornings the sun had an orange tinge to it and at night the moon glowed like a pumpkin. This is what the sun looked like as it came up through the trees in our backyard.