Colony Farm, along the Coquitlam River, used to be one of our favourite places to walk, before we moved to Delta. We returned this afternoon, after years away; it's as beautiful as ever.
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| Heading northeast along the Coquitlam River. |
The section we walked through this time is mostly open grassland; well-watered bottom land, sun-drenched, fertile, and bursting with life.
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| The tufted vetch (Vicia cracca) that grows knee-high in our vacant lot reaches chest height here. |
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| The flowers were buzzing with bees, bee mimics, and the inevitable mating soldier beetles. |
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| And a black-and-red Stink Bug, Cosmopepla lintneriana, 5mm. long. |
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| With the flower head he came on, in my collecting bottle. |
The rest of the story will wait until tomorrow. I'm stiff and sunburnt and weary and I'm going to bed.
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