Trail surprises

Today's bicycle trip to Paris, ON offered panoramic views of Ontario's wildflowers. The substantial rain we've had since the beginning of the summer has provided us (trail walkers and bicycle riders) with endless samples of wildflowers. Although my knowledge of wildflowers is very limited, I am learning more (and actually remembering the names) this year.

Besides the purple flowers of chicory and mint, the tall, white aromatic Queen Anne's Lace are also predominant this time of the year; but, the yellow flower heads of tansy and Rudbeckia really outshine them all.

As I started focusing on the Rudbeckias or the Black-eyed Susans, I discovered that there are many species out there in the wild!
The above species are less than 30 cm (1 ft) right by the trail.
These lemon yellow coneflower-type of Rudbeckia are about 60 cm. tall About 4-5 ft., these have wider leaves; beautiful with the purplish thistle in the background.
Another coneflower-type; golden yellow with a darker band towards the center
Two short varieties shown here; the wider petaled one is the most common in this trail

As we headed home, a soft rain began to fall so my attention quickly changed to pedaling harder to get home quicker. But Mother Nature had another way of slowing us down: 3 deers crossed our path!

Only 2 deer of them were within the camera's range