McCarthy's Garden

Pictures from my garden in Guelph, Canada. Follow me on twitter @mccarthysgarden.

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I had a vistor in the back garden today. She saw the dogs and went straight up the tree. She was there for a couple hours and I think fell asleep.

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I hope no one wants a cup of coffee. There's a frost warning for tonight, on May 23rd for crissakes. I'm trying to keep my sunflowers alive. May 24 is the accepted finish line for frost so I guess it's fair play. 

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A mum, after sitting out of water for a week.

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Grackles ruffle their feathers in, I think, a dominance display on my back fence. 

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A yellow rose that sat on my window sill for a couple months.

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The first Introduction to DSLR workshop at the Creative Spark Studio was a ton of fun. Lynn, Lynda, Carolyn and Nancy all learned how to set up their cameras and now know the basics of digital photography. A couple of AHA! moments made for a fulfilling day for the teacher (me!).

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Japanese elephant ear plants growing on my front lawn. A neighbour who had a bunch of these plants growing on his lawn let me dig up three for transplant to mine. 

The leaves on the plant are huge. Some of his were the size of garbage can lids. And despite a late spring snowfall, they're still growing. 

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A starling grooms on the branch of a white ash tree. It's probably wondering where the hell spring is. So am I.

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Beautiful foliage. 

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Anyone have a DSLR and don't know how to use it? I'll be running an intoduction to DSLR photography workshop at the Creative Spark Workshop studio Saturday, April 20th, 1pm - 4pm. We'll spend some time in class learning hows and whys of digital cameras and then we'll head out to take some pictures. Hope to see you there. 

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A rear view of a purple spider mum. Cheeky.

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One more time. I bought this flower because I thought it looked cool. Anyone know what it is?

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Blue rose.

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A green flower, no idea what kind it is. Anyone?

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An H. R. Giger inspired look at a flower from a supermarket.

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I plucked this dead flower from a vase in the living room, taking back a gift I gave my wife a couple weeks ago. I must admit to liking a big bouquet of flowers in a room but there's something cool about a close look at a bloom just before it drops all it's petals.