#1 Lambsquarters....some grow this on purpose and eat as a green. VERY nutritious weed indeed :) #2 Looks like Ground Ivy...Glechoma hederaceae (Lamiaceae-Mint Family). A nasty perennial weed with creeping stems especially when it gets into your lawn! #3 Elm....possibly Siberian Elm...Ulmus pumila...very invasive reseeding tree! I have a volunteer that I should have taken care of last year :( #4 Sumac species usually have some type of serrated leaf margine. Knotweeds usually have cordate (heart-shaped) leaves. I'm stumped....there are many plants/trees weedy or not that have compound leaves with smooth margins. #5 Mirablis (4 O'clock) Try this Gallery of Weeds of Ontario...broadleaf weeds Hope it helps find it. It may or may not even be a weed? Here is a link that might be useful: Ontario Weed Gallery-Broadleaf

Karen - Panda is Mr dove's worst nigthmare, he keeps going after the tail feathers and getting them - the dove is finally learning how not to sit too close to the bars. Miss K bothered the birds too around Panda's age and now she has nothing to do w/them - they grow out of it. BTW - My dove is around 23yrs old Luv - Thanks for the props, the jars are empty because they cost too much to fill! LOL Judith also said I had a lot of things to do tablescapes w/too and has encouraged me to do so! Jaybird - Miss Kitty wasn't mad, she had just sneezed and she had the funniest look on her face and I was able to capture some of it. Here's my other bird - Houdini. I've had him around 25yrs, the cats leave him alone because he will go after their paws and tails if the get too close.....and they've learned the hard beak way! I thought this was very clever - it's a trompe l'oeil birdcage created in a wall niche. Here's a couple of new pieces I have, unfortunately I haven't gotten around finding a spot for them - my friend was extremely generous w/my b'day gifts and bought me the pair of birds, the wooden dove, the Chinese couple, and the pair of tulipieres & the mirrored obelisk - it was truly an embarrassment of riches.

Hi I have finally taken a photo, sorry it's dark (end of the day). I copy/paste my former comment. I had to delete it because I couldn't add the photo : Camellia, my variegated Blue Bird is not growing anymore, it seems dormant and looks exactly the same. We had an exceptionnal heat wave for 2 weeks with temps over +35°c and some plants didn't like it (the less rooted ones, the smallest ones and/or the more variegated ones). As Legolas and variegated Gollum keep growing (very slowly), I conclude that my variegated Blue Bird is not rooted enough to face the heat. It should grow again with the first rains of september or october.

Unfortunately I was not able to get any great garden pics. We saw them all mostly while driving and on the train. This is not the best one by far, but this was next to the parking lot at the supermarket. A few olive trees were in everyone's yards. Wildflowers. The tall yellow ones that look like forsythia were growing everywhere, as were the red poppies.