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Cringe alert, read no further if you don't think you're up for this:
If athletes get athlete's foot, do astronauts get mistletoe?
I know it's an old and juvenile joke but I couldn't resist. I found this bit of mistletoe in the town of Locke located in the Sacramento River Delta.
In Brittany and in this area people believe, that it brings luck to embrace under a mistletoe on New Year’s Day. In der Bretagne und hier ist es Brauch, eine Mistel zu Neujahr im Haus aufzuhängen. Es bringt Glück, sich unter einem Mistelzweig zu umarmen. Hintergrund ist, dass die immergrüne Mistel ein Symbol für das Leben ist.
Mistletoe - Stuarts Well Camel Farm, Australia. Mistletoe is a semi-parasitic plant that attaches itself to tree branches and obtains nutrients from the host tree. Although it provides sustenance for various birds, its presence can stunt tree growth and if found in large quantities, can kill the tree.
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December 10th
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Today's Mr Fox and Mrs PB's 50th day, and they decided to celebrate with a smooch! Mrs PB went to the market especially to get the mistletoe, not that she needed an excuse. They might, on occasion have their differences, but they really do love each other with every morsel of their little furry bodies. Rumour has it, that Mr Fox gives the best butterfly kisses in the land, while Mrs PB is notorious for her hugs. They were both a little camera shy today though so we had to sneak up on them, luckily they couldn't hear us in the background, because Mrs PB was playing "All i want for christmas is you!"
Another 365 project shot.
I picked up this piece of mistletoe back at the beginning of December (where we parked for the flooded field shot), but didn't really know what to do with it. Thought I'd have a go at a Danbo Christmas Card. :)
Mistletoe Castle, Youghal - Photo by Kieran McCarthy - 10/03/2016
Marked as Eustace's Castle on the first Ordnance Survey map and apparently straddling the boundary between Cooperalley and Greencloyne, this house was the residence of John Conroy Browne in the second half of the 19th century. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the buildings were valued at £25 and held from William Fitzgerald. J.C Browne of Mistletoe Castle owned 16 acres in county Cork in the 1870s. The house is stated to have been built in the 1770s as a summer residence for the Villiers-Stuart [Stuart] family.
Latitude / Longitude: 51.96404 -7.86468
Phoradendron californicum. Spotted this mistletoe (female) with berries remaining at Wetlands Park at East Las Vegas, NV. Am glad, but was surprised, there was still available food for birds during the winter.
Near the banks of the Loire all trees stand in perfect lines. Host trees for families of growing mistletoes. Around Christmas couples will probably meet under these trees and kiss.
Already Pliny the Elder reports, that the mistletoe plays an important role in the Celtic mythology. Since Goscinny´s and Uderzo´s "Astérix" we all know, that Panoramix (aka "Getafix", "Miraculix"), the long bearded druid needs mistletoe (cut with a golden sickle!) to prepare the magic potion.
Eastern San Luis Obispo Co., California
The juniper is the paler green at lower right; the rest all mistletoe.
In a Gray PIne, Pinus sabiniana, Santa Margarita Lake,
San Luis Obispo Co., California
I had previously appreciated parasitic plants for their unusual lifestyle and that they can co-exist with their host. But several days after this photo was made I had an opportunity to talk to an expert on dwarf mistletoes, someone who had gotten his PH.D. studying their interaction with pines (not just the species I saw it on). Apparently dwarf mistletoes have a way of life that is much more invasive to their host than the leafy mistletoes I am more familiar with. So they have a damaging effect on pines, especially significant to pines that are harvested. And apparently there is a fungus that can interfere with these mistletoes getting a hold inside the pine.
And the seeds of these fruits are spread in a manner different from the leafy mistletoes. The latter have fruit which are eaten by many birds and probably small mammals, with the seeds going through their digestive systems. The dwarf mistletoe fruits apparently explode, leaving a sticky substance that gets on the outside of birds and small mammals, which carry the seeds along with the goo stuck to them and then probably wipe off onto another branch, tree or pine needle.
(This is a very simplified synopsis.) And thanks, Wally!
I still appreciate the unusual lifestyle.
Model Stephanie Jay
Dress by Vivian of Holloway
Three Bowens 500R strobes fired by Pocket Wizard Plus 11s
Shot at the DieselPunk Studios. Wickford.
According to Christmas custom, any two people who meet under a hanging of mistletoe are obliged to kiss.
The custom may be of Scandinavian origin.
"The mistletoe is still hung up in farm-houses and kitchens at Christmas, and the young men have the privilege of kissing the girls under it, plucking each time a berry from the bush.
When the berries are all plucked the privilege ceases."
The tradition dictates that a man is allowed to kiss any woman standing underneath mistletoe, and that bad luck would befall any woman who refused the kiss.
Mistletoe is the common name for a group of parasitic plants that grow attached to and within the branches of a tree or shrub.
The name mistletoe originally referred to the species Viscum album (European mistletoe, of the family Santalaceae in the order Santalales); it is the only species native to Great Britain and much of Europe.
A broad array of animals depend on mistletoe for food, consuming the leaves and young shoots, transferring pollen between plants and dispersing the sticky seeds
Very much appreciated. M, (*_*)
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I'm feeling nostalgic today, hehe....
Such a romantic shot, love it.