My working hours are roughly 5 a.m. to 2 p.m., which allows me a nice afternoon stroll home (actually, not a stroll, as the cardiologist says I have to walk at a brisk pace). But I will stop for interesting things like ducks, squirrels or flowers.
Here are three photos I took of colorful flowers on my way home. I used my iPhone 13 camera with just two lenses, so they are not of the usual pixellaciousness. The first two are on campus, as we have some nice gardening in places, and the last beside a private home. If you know what they are, please ID below.
I thought flowers bloomed in the Spring, but it is nearly Fall and the bees are busy (and buzzy);
My best guess is that the first pic is of Black-eyed Susans (Rudbeckia hirta), a native wildflower of old fields and forest margins.
Don’t know the second pic, but the final one is a Begonia of some sort. They have distinctive asymmetrically shaped leaves.
the upper half of the first is near absolutely black eyed susan.
The second really needs another angle. Best I can guess is a Veronica (Spicata, maybe?) but to be sure and ID variety needs another angle. After my guess, I tried a couple online ID AI’s, and more agree with me than not. My initial guess is based on it being one of the varieties I grow.
Lovely. Thanks!
Stopping your stroll to admire the life around you? Challenge your doctor to produce a better test of a heart’s proper function.
Wise!
5am? Good Grief! Is this some sort of “the early kitten catches the catnip” thing, Professor?
I always loved the quiet and feel of an empty lab early in the morning. Getting coffee and starting the working day at your own pace with your own priorities. I always counted myself fortunate to have the independence to do it.
Wildlife photos! Nice!
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Beautiful photos, Jerry! Well done!
A 5am start! Jinkies. What time do you get up PCC? I admire your gumption….
The flowers that attract pollinators get my vote. Especially plots of native flowering plants.
I enjoy gardening and thought I recognised two of the plants, but I cheated and looked them up on Google Lens, which told me they are:
Rudbeckia, commonly known as Black-Eyed Susans or Coneflowers
Likely a type of Veronica, commonly known as Speedwell or Shrubby Veronica (Hebe)
Begonia sutherlandii, also known as Sutherland begonia.
I love the dark background that highlights the red flowers in the third photo.
Also very cool to catch a bit of spiderweb in the photo as well.
Black-eyed Susan — one of my favorites and it’s fine to see these colorful photos as I come here this Thursday morning.