Happy Thanksgiving 🇨🇦🍁🦫💪 Counting our blessings 🥰

Even with the cooler nights, beauty remains 🥰🍂💞 #yyc #AutumnVibes

The mellow colors of the season, welcome October 🍂🥰. #yyc #FallVibes

Autumnity at its best 🍂🌻🍁🧡 fabulous sunrises to start the day❣️ #yyc #sunrises #FallVibes

Cool evenings are warmer with friends 🐞. This spotted group was cozy together in the grapes 🍇. #yyc #FallVibes #gardening

Heirloom tomatoes 🍅 showing their gorgeous stripes ♥️💚 in our garden. Today’s harvest perfect for dinner, yum 😋! #yyc #tomatoes

The sunshine ☀️ is ripening the grape 🍇 harvest; such lovely jewel-like colors ♥️💜🧡💛 #yyc #ReaderRockGarden #harvest

Up, up & away 🎈… another hot air balloon flying above our house this AM. Blue skies & peaceful floating with a Birds Eye view 🐦‍⬛. Been on two excursions, dawn & dusk jaunts, they were awesome! 😊 #yyc #hotairballoon

A nice way to watch the sun rise … aboard a hot air balloon following the gentle breeze☀️ … happy Monday … a good start to the day 🎈. #yyc #hotairballoon

Thalictrum delavayi, aka Chinese meadow-rue; luv the delicate panicles of lilac flowers with green/ yellow/white stamens 💜💛💚. Tall beauty! #yyc #gardening #flowers

Vitis vinifera, the common grape vine growing well at Reader Rock Garden; just needs more ☀️ & time to ripen & mellow to deep purple ♥️🍇. #yyc #gardening #harvest

“Where flowers bloom So does hope."💚💛💕.... Lady Bird Johnston. #gardening #yyc #flowers

Luv Hollyhocks’ variety❣️ Bees 🐝 are happy too!! Known as Alcea, they’re a genus of over 80 species of flowering plants in the mallow family Malvaceae. Great cottage garden vibes 👩‍🌾. #yyc #gardening #flowers #Bees

Beautiful, timeless, historical Lougheed House … if only these walls could talk, what tales they’d tell 📚🤫. #yyc #historicalbuildings

My glorious “Tangerine Skies” climbing roses 🧡 just hours before the deer ate every single bud & bloom 😢. They’ve 🦌 never done that before, buggers! #yyc #gardening #roses

After the rain ☔️ … Bonne Soirée 🌈. Frothy Ladies’ Mantel & Ferns 🌿… Verdant Luv 💚. #yyc #gardening

Peony season continues 💗 Fragrant beauties! #yyc #flowers

Celebrate the small things ♥️🖤 #yyc #gardening

Magical Cypripediums reginae aka pink Lady Slippers, dancing at Reader Rock Garden❣️ #yyc #flowers #gardening

Heavenly scent from this simple rose in my garden is calming 🤍. Luv its gift. #yyc #gardening #roses

Highly variable Aquilegia, commonly known as Columbines, are a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae (buttercups). Looking happy in my garden❣️ #yyc #gardening #flowers

Thank goodness for the peacefulness in my garden, but the wildfire smoke isn’t boding well for enjoying the outdoors. A quick visit to the poppies will have to do for now ♥️. #yyc #gardening #wildfires

Luv iris season 🤎♥️💛. These are stately bearded varieties, standing tall in our garden❣️ #yyc #gardening #irises

Aesculus glabra, commonly known as Ohio buckeye, currently in bloom 💛💕. Stately tree in our garden. 🌳 #yyc #trees #gardening

Fragrant Scotch rose purchased from Reader Rock Garden blooms happily every year! 💛🤍💚 Luv this elegant tall beauty. #yyc #gardening #roses

Cypripedium parviflorum, commonly known as yellow lady's slipper. Dancing in my garden 💛. #yyc #gardening #orchids

Cute little garden visitor 🐇 #yyc #bunny #gardening

Lovely old tree offering heavenly scents from her blossoms… aaahhh 💕. A feast for the senses 🤩. #yyc #gardening #trees

Hidden strips standing tall ♥️. Nature’s works of art! #yyc #gardening

Just tulips 🌷strutting their stuff 💕! #yyc #gardening #Spring2025

Fritillaria UVA Vulpis - Guinea Hen Flower bulb just starting to emerge 🌱☔️💜 #yyc #gardening #Spring

Arisaema triphyllum, Jack-in-the-pulpit, blooming today 💚 Unusual, other-worldly beauty 🌱 #yyc #gardening

Besides being visually lovely with blossoms, the sweet scent from this tree is heavenly 🤍💚💛 #yyc #Spring2025 #gardening

Ornamental Chinese Rhubarb is coming up nicely! This huge mottled colored foliage adds tall structure & an architectural presence to the garden. ♥️💚🤎#yyc #gardening

Cheery Spring 🧡💛😊 #yyc #gardening

Luv the colors of Spring 💜💛💚🐞 #yyc #gardening

Another sleepy 💤 pollinator 🐝. Rest up for tomorrow’s work. 💛🖤🧡 #yyc #gardening #bees

Ssshhh 🤫 … it’s time for a rest 🐞. Spring is so busy! #yyc #gardening #Spring

This Tawny mining bee, Andrena fulva was much redder in real life; usually the female is covered with fox-red hair on the dorsal surface of its thorax and abdomen; she does not create a colony, each female has her own nest in the soil. Luv pollinators 🐝 🧡. #yycgardening

Golden forsythia 💡 lighting up the Spring landscape 💛. #yyc #gardening

Still sweater weather, but ☀️is on the way. #yyc #gardening

April showers ☔️ will bring May flowers 🌷. Thinking positively 🌱🙂 #yyc #Spring2025

Happy Easter to all who celebrate 🐇. Mini irises welcome Spring 🥰 in our garden. #yyc #Easter2025

Spring’s promise lifts the soul 💙💜🤍 #yyc #gardening

The mallard 🦆 couple has returned to our neighborhood again. Luv them 💕 #yyc #birdmigration

Hepaticas are awakening ☀️ Thankful for Spring! #yyc #gardening

Finally, aaahhh Spring! 🌱🦋💕 In our garden today, Mourning Cloak butterfly enjoying the sunshine ☀️. So nice to welcome them back 😊.

Hope this little beauty 🐞 has a safe, warm retreat for this evening’s forecast snowfall. ❄️ A bit early for a visit today.😧 #yyc #CanadaIsNotForSale #CanadaStrong

Daylight Saving Time arrives today, so too does the promise of Spring. Find the good in every day 💙💛.🇨🇦🇺🇦 #CanadaIsNotForSale #IStandWithUkraine #yyc

Pass it on. #StandWithUkraine