Life is messy. Sometimes, in some places, the mess is hidden. It's underwater, or too small to see, or too big, too far away. And sometimes, it's everywhere you look.
Reifel Island is a good place to find it.
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| Tree, without the leaves to disguise the disorderly branches. |
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| Unidentified plant, gone to seed, half fallen over the bank. The purple flowers are purple nightshade. |
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| Mallard, daisies, and pond scum. |
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| Bee on thistle, with pollen dust, and a tangle of assorted plants as background. |
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| Windborne seed, on goldenrod. With assorted flies and ants, all tied together with spider webs. |
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| Ripening crabapples, with spotty, dying leaves. And spider web, of course. |
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| Blackberries, green, red, spotty, black, and purple. With dead flowers. And spider webs. |
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| More pond scum, rotting weeds, and a neat little brown sparrow. |
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| Busy bee on thistle, skipper waiting his turn, and more spider webs. |
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| Black-crowned night heron, in his favourite spot. |
I'm sure there were spider webs around the heron, too.
nature's much more interesting when it's messy. Wonderful pictures!
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