I always love seeing these brightly coloured flowers, in an assortment of colours, in the garden at the Calgary Zoo. Photographed on 30th September 2011.

"Gazania, or treasure flower, is a South African annual flower that likes hot, dry summers. Gardeners treasure it for its strangely patterned daisylike flowers." From "How Stuff Works" website. A different website said that they are perennials.

Yay, I now have a newly installed central heating furnace, water heater and humidifier. It took five and three-quarter hours to install and is all finished now, which is wonderful. Now I won't need to worry about succumbing to carbon monoxide, because of a very old furnace! My mind is in a whirl, though, thanks to all the instructions, ha. The main thing I have to remember is to change the filter once a month - I am SO bad at doing that, because it is placed in such an awkward position which means I have to bend in a painful way.

Can you believe it's 15C this afternoon, like a spring/summer day?! There is also a Wind Warning in effect for the city today.