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I do love to supplement my little visitors with treats at the feeding stations but nothing is as rewarding as seeing them enjoy the natural food that is available to them. Well not the caterpillars, those are supposed to become butterflies.
Although, we have come to an understanding about the caterpillars, I will collect and raise some and they can have the ones they find before I do. And yes, there are still monarchs flitting about the yard and plenty of caterpillars and eggs on the milkweed. I won’t be raising anymore until mid February but they seem to be doing fine during this season without my assistance.
Anyway, back to the natural food source. It seems that most of my little backyard visitors enjoy partaking in the berries from these bushes in my yard. The beautyberry is absolutely gorgeous by the end of August. However due to its deciduous nature, it can look leggy once those leaves fall off. I don’t mind that at all because the berries will provide a nice natural snack for birds, squirrels, raccoons and other wildlife such as but not limited to opossums.
I am pleased to say that they are transplanted easily and once you have one plant you are going to have more. The birds spread the seeds and they grow new plants from their root system as well. As you can see in this image the plant has lost most of its leaves but still has plenty of berries.
Unless my little visitors eat them all, some berries will remain until April when I cut the leggy branches back. If there are any berries left when the cutbacks are completed the branches will remain on the ground for a while so my little visitors can continue to eat them. Those older berries must be like wine, they look a bit on the rotten side to me but the birds’ sure love them in the later stage.
Cutting the branches when the berries are gone or mostly gone stimulates the plant to branch and become fuller, stronger and grow lots of new berries for the next season. My first beautyberry twig was purchased at a farmers market in Plant City FL. There are now ten or eleven thriving in my backyard and I have given away several. Most likely new ones will spring up in the spring and I will give more away.
I do hope you have a fabulous Friday, happy snapping.
Red garlic, cut in half, there are small cloves, big cloves, cut cloves and closed cloves, a wide selection with a lucky cut.
Actually we went to the local fresh marked, and bough different sorts of onions and similar products all are onion vegetables, and made some pictures.
And today, don’t waste food, onion tart.
*Helpen! een veganist wil me drinken !!!
*助けて！ ビーガンは私を飲みたい！
*Aiuto! un vegano vuole bevermi !!!
*¡ayuda! un vegano quiere beberme !!!
*Au secours! Un végétalien veut me boire !!!
*Hilfe! ein Veganer will mich trinken !!!
*मदद! एक शाकाहारी मुझे पीना चाहता है !!!
*עזרה! טבעוני רוצה לשתות אותי !!!
*救命！ 素食主義者想喝我！
*مساعدة! نباتي يريد أن يشربني !!!
*Pomozite! vegan me želi piti !!!
*ช่วยด้วย! มังสวิรัติต้องการดื่มฉัน !!!
*Hjælp! en veganer vil drikke mig !!!
*cabhrú! ba mhaith le vegan mé a ól!
*hjálp! vegan vill drekka mig !!!
*Ajuda! um vegano quer me beber !!!
*Pomóc! wegan chce mnie pić !!!
*Βοήθεια! ένα vegan θέλει να με πίνει !!!
*Помогите! веган хочет меня пить !!!
*Помоћ! Веган жели да ме пије !!!
This is the face and close up of a coco-nut taken just for fun ...Vegan's sense of Humour (even if I'm not a vegan yet) LoOoL hehehehehehehehe!!! Enjoy with Love and Light!
Drink, a small bowl with wet sugar-coated edge and with an orange and a lemon slice as garnish.
Making of, slate plates , one as floor, one as background, combination of sun light and a hand held torch as backlight for the fruits. Without the back light the fruits are of a more boring color. Due to orange Back light to the lime, its more orange than normal.
Feel free to leave comments and constructive feedback. No P1/C1 or seen in group and similar.
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Soon be the summer months when food and wine will be served here to chilled sounds.........
Learning by doing, a nice workshop on food photography, with Eileen Schäfer in Munich. First a short introduction to the subject, then start to photograph the stuff everybody brought. Actually Romanesco was on my Wishlist, but I could not get it in time. So lucky me, another participant brought some and I was able to borrow it for a couple of minutes.
Strobist info, since this is not my light, a small, square soft box feathered from above
Just Garlic, ein Knoblauch Zopf, if people keep distance from you, there must be reason for this, maybe you enjoyed more than one clove of garlic
Summer Breakfast - peach, grapes, walnuts, almonds, cashews, pecans and hazelnuts with just a drizzle of honey. A tough job I know but someone has to do it.
Summer Breakfast, Adelaide, South Australia
Recently harvested red cabbages side by side in wooden crates at the roadside beside the field. The photo was taken near the Dutch village of Werkendam, municipality of Altena, North Brabant.
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At least it looks like, spines on the burns standing up, ready to attack.
Other than this, black or anthracite table ware below, tabletop, lightning with torch
Wild rose hips are a banquet for winter residents including squirrels, birds and deer. Bear have also been seen eating them. Rose hips provide Vitamins D and E, essential fatty acids, and most importantly, they are loaded with Vitamin C. In fact, they saved the British population from scurvy during World War II when their supply ships were blockaded. The determined Brits made them into syrup, jelly and tea.
Happy Bokeh Wednesday!