Flowers....

Since nothing exciting has happened hereabouts, (although there would be lots to write about regarding the world of the Middle East),  I dug back into my picture library to show you some flowers:

The Turk's Hat Lilly,

growing in profusion in the Courtright Centre

and many other places.

I particularly like the beautiful balance of this flower,

as well as the slightly out of focus, supporting leaves below.

The "Blue Flag"

an Iris which likes to grow in wet, marshy soil.

"Calypso Orchid"

Just off Tobermory, at the Northern tip of

the Bruce Peninsula, there is the "Flower Pot Island"

In the middle, from the mouth of a narrow cave

 a lukewarm breeze blows steadily.

(All year long about the same temperature)

Therefore, in an area where Winter becomes pretty fierce

an Orchid grows, defying all expectations.

The "Lady Slipper"

another flower of the family of Orchids,

was found and photographed near Tobermory.

These two Orchids, the Calypso and the Lady Slipper

surely prove that Orchids do not only grow

in tropical areas.