Friday 24 June 2022

Chestnuts, Cedar waxwings and Dame's Rocket

The little chestnuts are growing!! Some drop off, as they aren't viable.


I noticed a pair of cedar waxwings in the Horse Chestnut tree. I grabbed a photo of the waxwing, knowing they are flighty, then took out my videocamera. They flew!

 They landed in the backyard later, on a serviceberry bush. This is good for a giggle. Little twerps! 

from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

At that point I put the zoom lens on. It really didn't help much!  

 

When I was a child, my mom and I would walk the road on Windsor Dr. where our cottage was located. She love the Fireweed plants that grew there. I noticed some of these plants across the highway, and brought some plants home. 

They grew well and Guinivere liked them.


On my Facebook friend's post, she named them Dame's Rocket, stating some people mistakenly call them Phlox. Well isn't it interesting to learn something new at age 65! All these years.
Phlox has 5 petals, this 4. Fireweed grows much taller!

15 comments:

Tom said...

...Dame's Rocket is a yearly treat!

Christine said...

Amazing there is always more to learn

KarenW said...

We have fireweed in the bog just beyond our lane. Our bees used to love it. It has been overtaken by purple loosestriff. :(

Divers and Sundry said...

I have phlox but no cedar waxwings. Beautiful birds!

Cloudia said...

Beautiful!

Cloudia said...

❤️

Elephant's Child said...

Fireweed is new to me. I wonder whether we have it. A pretty thing.

RedPat said...

Waxwings are such elegant birds.

Nancy J said...

I sometimes wonder where the names come from, apart from their botanical ones. Maybe a Dame was living somewhere and thought they looked so pretty. Down here, I had 2 little wax-eyes sitting on a maple shrub stem, but every time I went to the window to get a photo they flew off. Maybe today, before the rain comes.

Jeanie said...

I haven't seen a cedar waxwing yet this year. I love them!

Lorrie said...

Fireweed is starting to bloom along the roadsides here. Dame's Rocket is usually found in more wooded areas. I didn't learn what it was until just a year or two ago. Such a pretty plant.
The cedar waxwing video was had me looking and looking until near the end! HA!

William Kendall said...

I've heard of fireweed at some point.

Anvilcloud said...

I once thought that dame’s rockets were phlox and had to learn that they weren’t. They look go to me, though.

Gaelyn said...

Nice to see the Cedar Waxwings. Used to get drunk on the leftover fermented apples in Wenatchee, WA. Such a striking bird. Have I mentioned lately how much I love your "yard"?

Lowcarb team member said...

Nice to see the Cedar Waxwings ...

All the best Jan