Tag Archives: nature

Japanese Garden

I frequently walk through Penticton’s small but lovely Japanese garden. It’s very peaceful and relaxing, even in winter.

Although we’re fully into autumn now, it’s still quite green although most of the hydrangeas are fading …

Cotoneaster

… and some of the plants are showing their fall outfits.

Azalea bushes

What’s more indicative of autumn is the slant of the sun, the cool edge that the wind now has…

… and the tint of the sky. Somehow, this grey is different from the summer greys.

Japanese garden fountain

I can’t visit the garden without stopping to watch the fish for a bit. Some of them are very large and their colours definitely fit right in with the season.

Happy October. 🍂

Sunflowers

Sunflowers have such attractive and pretty late summer and autumn blooms and they have been the subject of many famous and beautiful paintings. Vincent Van Gogh, Claude Monet, Georgia O’Keeffe and Paul Gauguin spring to mind. I don’t paint, but I love taking photos of them. Here are a few favourites.

A fresh face.
An older face (like mine!).
The Okanagan sunflower. They cover every hillside for a brief time in April.
A recent little find.

Have a sunflower day. 🌻

Reblog: September Squares on the Equinox.

This past weekend marks the transition into fall. And as always, I am falling for it. Sadly, it’s a short season here on the Canadian prairies but …

September Squares on the Equinox.

I hope you click the link above to see the rest of this collection of beautiful photos from Bernie at Equipoise Life.