Time's a-wasting. Here we are on the down slope of the year already; the days getting shorter, the sun heading south. Yesterday, dawn was at 5:11 AM; tomorrow it will be at 5:12. We've lost a whole minute already! Winter is on its way!
And in the meadows, on the dunes, along the roadsides, the flowers are playing catch-up after a late spring. The bees and the bugs are hurrying to load up on goodies. Time's running out!
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| Evergreen blackberry, Rubus laciniatus. Introduced from Europe, not as invasive as the Himalayan blackberry, but just as delicious. |
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| Ocean spray, Holodiscus discolor, still mostly in bud. The open flowers will be white and fluffy. |
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| Another Nootka rose. |
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| Yarrow, Achillea millefolium. Each individual "flower" is made up of 3 to 8 white ray flowers (the petals) and 15 to 40 cream disc flowers. Only a few of these are open now. |
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| Zooming in. The disc flowers, open, have yellow centres. |
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| Yarrow in the field, as we usually see it. |
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| Not a flower any more. Cultivated apple, growing beside Oyster Bay. |
More June flowers, tomorrow.
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