In the thrall of the Mistletoe.

MistletoeViscum album, growing in a hawthorn Bushy Park, there are also large bunches growing in the Lime trees there.

Phoradendron californicum

"Who knew there was mistletoe growing close to home? Jim McCloskey, that's who. Jim spotted this growth of mistletoe north of Garden Road near the Maurice River. Mistletoe grows in clusters attached to the branches of several different species of trees. The mistletoe shown above is about 50 to 60 feet above the ground."

That's some holly out of focus in the foreground. The mistletoe is 50 yards or so from the camera. I focused manually, because there was too much detail in the foreground.

Camera: Nikon D300

Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/320)

Lens: Nikkor 70-300 VR

Aperture: f/11.0

Focal Length: 250 mm

ISO Speed: 200

All but one of roughly 20 mistletoes spotted this week have been on Golden Rain Trees.

from The New York Public Libraries collection

Polymer clay & mistletoe.

A list of places I went to, in search of mistletoe.

I never did find any.

Blogged here: cw3283.blogspot.com/2008/12/christmas-party.html

Krissy's Xmas costume Party I came dressed as Mistletoe.

Couldn't find any products with mistletoe in my stash, so printed this image off the internet to enter the Merry Monday challenge. The sentiment is by Penny Black. Details on my blog: www.ggnursecreations.blogspot.com/2014/04/mistletoe.html

A simple card using the Merry Kiss-mas stamp set by PTI and the Fine Check BG stamp by MFT.

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No, thats not just an off colored juniper bough, its a Juniper Mistletoe (Phroadendron juniperinum), growing on a Utah Juniper. Too bad there weren't any pretty girls around.

LA: Viscum album

EN: Mistletoe

DE: Weißbeerige Mistel

HU: Fehér fagyöngy

A special kind of mistletoe that grows on one-seeded juniper

St. Michael's Church, Vienna

Mistletoe fruits and blooms in an ironwood tree near the KofA preserve, Arizona

View On Black

Listen to: Moment Scale from Cafe Del Mar

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Mistletoe, an international sign of peace, goodwill and..... love. One of the favorite traditions of young lovers is the kiss under the Mistletoe. This is a wicker bell. 12-25-07

Harlequin Mistletoe

(Lysiana exocarpi)

Aldinga Conservation Park, Kaurna Country, South Australia

'Tainmunta' - Kaurna language for mistletoe

This is an example of a plant causing a plant gall. The swelling on the apple stem is caused by the tissues of the mistletoe entering the conducting vessels of the host.

This is the second choice ornament I made by special request of a "Christmassy ornament" I ADORE how the bows turned out!

my hubby and I. Isn't he so handsome?

According to Wikipedia, mistletoe was a plant of peace in Scandinavian mythology. Enemies who happened to meet under the mistletoe laid down their arms and call a truce for the night. From this we get our modern-day custom of kissing under the mistletoe.

Please note that while animals (birds) can eat the berries with no problem, mistletoe is poisonous to humans and must be kept out of the reach of children.

Nikon D3100 IR 665nm,

converted by Spencer's Camera

Always a delight to watch these birds feed. Firstly the bird shears off the top of the fruit casing then swallows the fruit whole. Later the seed is passed out and wiped on a branch elsewhere providing the opportunity for another mistletoe plant to take root on another tree.

Dicaeum hirundinaceum ♂,

Langwarrin Flora & Fauna Reserve.

MistletoeUS 2014