On Canada day, we braved the rain and went for a hike thru Nose Hill Park in NW Calgary. The sites of so may blue lupins was a site to see, along with many other wild flowers but my absolute favorite was finding a lonely frog orchid - I enlarged it so you can see the happy smiling frog :)
The two Clematis plants in the back are blooming. These are variety "Sweet Autumn", which I thought were supposed to smell like vanilla. But I don't smell anything from them at all. And the bees seem to be ignoring them (and the Black-eyed Susans). That whole patch is meant to be bee-friendly. But the bees are constantly on the Anise Hyssop and Borage. and sometimes the Comfrey.
