California poppy escaping from a front garden, growing at the inner edge of the pavement.
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Orange: California poppy
Bees busy making the best of the sunny weather, out gathering pollen.
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Haws ripening early September
Looks like there’s going to be a good crop of haws this year, and seem to be ripening early.
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White dogwood, flowers and berries
Berries beginning to ripen while the flowers were still out nearby on a white dogwood bush in a front garden.
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Flower on the wall (sow thistle)
Sow thistles can often be spotted at the garden wall edge of pavements in the suburbs, where they can get towards a couple of feet tall. This one was growing rooted in the mortar half way up a garden wall, looking healthy despite a stem only a few inches long.
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Still on the nest
This coot and its mate, which was swimming just out of shot, were the first to have chicks hatch this year. The chicks are now long gone.