“Morning Glow” showing off in the garden. #bloomscrolling #roses #yellowthu #coloraday

This juvenile bald eagle is tucking in on a flounder it just caught. #birdoftheday #lunchtime #baldeagle #goldenhour

Beautiful Cooper’s Hawk in the neighbourhood on the weekend. It was a little unsettling when it turned and let me know it noticed me! #birdoftheday #closeups #hawks

Candlelight in the Stockholm Cathedral. #BWFriday #halloween

I like these sometimes maligned birds. They are beautiful and clever. #birdoftheday #crow #halloween

I’m guessing it needs to literally choke it down. 😬 #birdoftheday #seagulls

Can you get any bluer than desertbells? Wildflower mix on the green space near us has brought us these beauties. #bloomscrollimg #bluetue #wildflowers

We once had a hummingbird build a nest on top of an extension cord we were using for the patio lights. It used the same nest the following year! #birdoftheday #twosday #hummingbirds #Annashummingbird

Dahlias in the botanical garden in Amsterdam. #magentaMonday #bloomscrolling #dahlias

Always a treat when I spot Great Blue Herons. Here’s an action shot during nesting season in spring. #birdoftheday #heron

Great egret wading in the weeds. We saw such a great variety of wildlife in Costa Rica. #birdoftheday #egret

Mute swan napping in the sunshine in Stockholm. Loved seeing these spectacular birds in Sweden. #birdoftheday #sunlit #swan

Remembering summer on this rainy westcoast day. #birdoftheday #flying #hummingbird

Beautiful pink asters providing food for a peacock butterfly. Taken in Kiel in late September. #bloomscrolling #flowerfriday #butterfly

Throwback to spring this year and this beautiful barn swallow. #birdoftheday #thinking #swallows

Had to look this one up: it’s a safflower! Came in a thanksgiving bouquet from my lovely daughter. #bloomscrolling

Between showers. One of my favourites, “Easy Does It” rose. #bloomscrolling #flowerfriday

You know fall is here when there’s dew on the roses. #bloomscrolling #roses #dew

Love this. #heather #bloomscrolling #flowerfriday

Bright lights for fall. This heather is gorgeous! #bloomscrolling #flowerfriday

Hanging onto summer. #flowerfriday #roses

Loving the second flush of roses. #flowerfriday #bloomscrolling