As August marches relentlessly along the daylight hours shrink. One advantage of the shorter days is that sunrise isn’t at a time that starts with the number 5. I’m not a morning person but I like to take morning pictures.
below: Pinkish sky as the sun rises.
below: There was an enormous flock of birds flying low over the water together. Can you see the swimmer?
below: Ready for the day
below: Reading on the beach… just after 7 a.m.
below: A group of women on their paddle boards (not quite so early. I had breakfast part way through my walk that morning).
below: Mother and son.
below: At 11:15 the life guards row to their stations.
below: Kew Williams house, now on the grounds of Kew Gardens. Kew Williams (1873-1956 ) built the house in 1902 on the grounds of what was then The Canadian Kew Gardens, a campground resort opened in 1879 by his parents, Joseph & Jane (nee Henry) Williams. Joseph Williams sold the house and 20 acre property to the City of Toronto in 1907. A year later the property became Kew Gardens.
The gardens are very well maintained. They are in full bloom at the moment and looking gorgeous. I will leave you with a few pictures of flowers, colourful ones to brighten your day.
below: A stalk of lobelia cardinalis grows among the black eyed susans.
below: A monarch butterfly finds a bright red flower.
below: A pink zinnia
below: Gaillardia pulchella, also known as firewheel or Indian blanket
below: Three white daisies growing with smaller orange flowers
