Eileen Finds her Buddah

Guanyin or Guan Yin is an East Asian bodhisattva associated with compassion as venerated by Mahayana Buddhists. She is commonly known as the "Goddess of Mercy" in English. ... Guanyin is often referred to as the "most widely beloved Buddhist Divinity"^] with miraculous powers to assist all those who pray to her.

A night at the ROM

Wheatly Provincial Park

Lake Erie

Hickory Tussock

The Hickory Tussock moth catterpillar is a garden-variety caterpillar that packs a poisonous punch. The five-centimetre critter is white with black markings and covered tufts of spiky hair.

It can be found throughout Southern Ontario and residents are  cautioned against touching the caterpillars as they can cause skin irritation in humans, similar to the effects of poison ivy.

42nd Parallel

Guardian of the Galaxy

Wild Columbine

 

Wild Columbine is one of our most familiar and beautiful wildflowers. It has fascinating hollow spur-like flowers that appear to be two flowers in one: an inner yellow flower that is surrounded by an elegantly spurred red outer flower.

beautiful Sucker

Lift Me Up Buttercup

Hello there my buttercup

your petals are so fine

so fragile in the afternoon sun 

how brightly you do shine

Wild Geranium

These attractive lavender blooms of Wild Geranium are among the most widely known of all the spring wildflowers. Unlike many other spring bloomers, it keeps its attractive foliage all season long. Although it is typically found in shady dry to medium soils, Geranium maculatum will also grow in medium-moist soil in full sun.

Kopegaron Woods

Forgotten Era

sym·bi·o·sis

Sumac

Heritage Orchard

I saw an apple tree with blossom oh so white

like little drops of snow a picture of delight

lots and lots of flowers and pollinating bees

as busy as can be among the apple trees

Love Birds