More work was needed on my car at a garage near the bottom of Pape Avenue so I decided to explore the entire length of this street including some nearby laneways while this was being done.
MYSTERY PLANT
At the conclusion of the post, I will identify it.
Other botany:
Some birds:
MYSTERY PLANT
One of the most common city weeds is Plantain.
You might more easily recognize it with seed stem attached.
NATURE POETRY
Buds are bursting in the hedges,
Leaves are stirring in the lane,
Everywhere the sap is stirring,
Love returns to life again. – John Dennis (1657–1734)
Miles Hearn
I know this street (Pape) very well, having taken a bus along it frequently before and after various hikes relating to The Spit and Commissioner’s Street, etc. (before all the remedial work on the mouth of the Don going on there). I’ve also hiked it in the course of hiking the area, generally. You have taken wonderful pictures of it, and I really enjoyed “travelling it” again. Also, the birds and botanicals are great. Thanks, Miles!
Several years ago I was walking in a similar area of laneways and older buildings. I thought the landscape was weedy and lacking any colour, but then I saw this beautiful climbing rose bush clinging to a brick wall.