Canada's Flora and Fauna with its Flowers, Faces & Fungi

- Nature's Medicine is Everywhere

What an amazing planet. Whether tending to the everyday tasks or working in my friends gardens or fields, I love to ‘go walkabout’ in nature where I am. The joy of plant life at each location is so nourishing for the senses. Nature’s medicine is everywhere, as even the colours are medicinal with the frequency they emit and make me feel good when I see them.

From suburban and city plant life to country town, roadside and farm, it is this essence of heightened frequency that implores me to investigate, learn and grow… stop and listen… be with what is.

Flowers…

From top left: I thought this pink beauty must be a Peony but it’s a dinner plate hibiscus (Hibiscus moscheutos - part of the Mallow family) and huge! Curiously, this flower is edible and its medicinal uses include a tea that treats lung issues, urinary infections and dysentery, while dried stalks can also be used to remedy urinary infections.

Bottom Right: While I know it as Echinacea purpurea, its Canadian name is Purple Coneflower. The monarch butterflies love them and the leaves and flower petals are edible. I love that the seeds can be sown indoors from late Fall over winter… what a nurturing activity this would be when snowy and cold out. Research revealed that at least 14 Native American tribes have used it for conditions including: coughs, colds, sore throats, infections, toothaches, inflammations, tonsillitis and snake bites.

2nd & 3rd photographs: If you know what they are please let me know!

Flora:

This exquisitely beautiful flower from the Aster family.

Another one of nature’s natural beauties - Fox and Cubs (Pilosella aurantiaca) Plant

Fauna…

I thought this was a caterpillar… I was wrong. When seated outside, I heard a thud on the wooden verandah boards and watched as it lay still for a short time before regaining its consciousness and meandering about its business. Meet the American Dagger Moth!!! It is native to North America and its hosts are the Maple, Adler, Oak, Birches, Elm and Hickory trees. From what I’ve read, it stings. Happily, I didn’t touch it.

A small butterfly flitted about me in one of the paddocks. I was grateful it stayed still long enough to capture its beauty.

Faces…

Some people believe in orbs, others don’t. I neither accept nor reject, and simply admire the purple oval shape that holds up a mirror reflection of faces in the tree bark. I was drawn to this trunk for it cannot hide a previous wound and I saw the beauty in its rawness. The more I look at it the more I see… faces and animals. What do you see?

Sometimes I don’t know why I am drawn to a particular piece of nature’s art until I later see the photo. In this case, the face of a ‘man ram’ yawning, looking at the viewer through one eye is striking.

Fungi…

Here, the fungi energy spirals around the trunk of this tree, the same as our energy spirals as electromagnetic beings.

In my previous post, A Blank Canvas - when old meets new, I shared a photo from the farm where I am staying in Ontario, Canada of a giant puffball mushroom. I was intending to use it as an adjunct to heal a wound on my back. Ha! It was not to be. Nature or other external environmental influences showed it was brown inside instead of pure white, which means it is toxic.

What unique flora and fauna, flowers, faces and fungi have you seen in your neighbourhood or when travelling that have left a memorable mark?

Until next time… may your life’s experiences be lightfooted and infused with joy.

Love’s Harmony,

Leanda Michelle ✍🏼