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Memory Lane Campground and RV Park. 45 sites with PWS, quiet setting close to Edmonton and St. Albert. Alberta. Walking trails, playground, trout pond

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Mountain ash is ready for the waxwings to drop by for a snack.
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Marshmallow farms have a decent crop this year. They are careful not to leave the marshmallows out too long, lest they get toasted on hot sunny days before being shipped.
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Happy Thanksgiving to one and all on the north side of the 49th.
Basket of apples

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Sea buckthorn glowing in the afternoon sun. When the migration is over, every berry will have been consumed by hungry birds.
Sea buckthorn with a heavy crop of bright orange berries.

ALT Sea buckthorn with a heavy crop of bright orange berries.

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September 30 is the day the gate closes at Memory Lane Campground and RV Park. Thank you to all who came out to enjoy the quiet countryside. Best wishes for safe travels wherever the trail leads you.
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Wild blue clematis seed heads and fall foliage
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Coyote pups come out to inspect at Memory Lane. Unwary mice beware!
Two coyote pups.

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The wet summer has brought on an abundance of mushrooms. Varied and attractive....look but don't touch and definitely do not eat.
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Wild blueberries maturing in their turn at Memory Lane. These are one of the last fruits, some weeks after the raspberries, saskatoons and choke cherries have finished.
Wild low-growing blueberries at Memory Lane.

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Mount Royal plums ripening at 53.5°N. These will be a similar colour and texture to the more familiar prune plums in the markets when fully ripe.
Mount Royal plums at an early stage of ripening.

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Ripening bur oak acorns are being taken as fast as the magpies can get them off the tree. Although bur oak can produce large acorns, these are small. The tree is relatively young and close to the edge of its range.
Bur oak leaf and acorns with ruler showing the size.

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Tiger lilies brighten an overcast day. The heavy rainfall this year and continued use of spent coffee grounds around the base of the plants seems to have discouraged the lily beetles.
Tiger lily in bloom.

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"Pandora's Box" daylily lightens a shady corner in the late summer landscape.
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Hydrangea macrophylla is a stalwart performer in the late summer shrub border at 53.5°N.
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The crows are massing. They make a point of letting all comers know their location and then proceed to murder any possibility of sleep.
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Pears are starting to show colour as they ripen. The partridge has not been spotted recently.
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Bur oak: July 20 in the rain, July 31 with new growth. This tree is hardy but slow-growing at 53.5°N. Every acorn will be picked off by birds before the leaves fall.
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Last peony of the season (Festiva maxima) with blue delphinium for contrast.
white peony with red flecks with two stems of blue delphinium

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Puffballs have been enthusiastically taking advantage of the prolonged wet--over 40" since this started on May 29. Average annual precipitation is less than 20".
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Lilies offer rich colour in a shady part of the garden. These have been reliably blooming in the same spot for over 50 years.
Orange lilies with a yellow throat.

ALT Orange lilies with a yellow throat.

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