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"Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language." ~Henry James
Unusual black & yellow stripe petunias nestle upon a variegated hosta leaf in my back yard.
A view of the tucked wing feathers of an Eastern Bluebird. As with other recent feather images like this I applied the PS oil paint filter to soften the edges and create more of a flowing look in the details.
Our Daily Challenge ... hidden gems.
This beautiful male Sacred Kingfisher was back today, and while I watched, he caught a grub and a largish insect in my garden and sat on the gate while he ate them.
Kingfishers have long beaks and tails and a small body. From the tip of the beak to end of the tail they are 19 -22 cm long, but they are very similar in shape to their much larger relative, the Kookaburra.
According to my bird book they live in all parts of Australia but no-one I asked has ever seen one in the wild. I remember seeing them in the country as a child but this is a rare sighting just here so this combined with their iridescent opal colours makes me think they are "hidden gems"
Edible, in spite of its prickles and unappetising odour, the Prickly Lettuce is the closest wild relative of Cultivated Lettuce. There is archaeological evidence of its use in ancient times, for example by the Egyptians, but this may have been for its soporific properties rather than as food. It is not native to the British Isles and was first recorded in 1632, but it is now fairly common, at least in the South and Midlands - and still spreading.
Thank you for looking - HMM!
The Flickr Lounge-Patterns In Nature
These tendrils are growing along side my driveway. They belong to the Wild Grape plants. Not sure what plant the seed pods are from.
Macro Mondays theme: "Patterns in Nature"
White-faced Cockatiel feather (1.75 inches) on Carrion Crow feather.
HMM
Violas growing in a flowerpot in a garden in Shoeburyness in Essex, England. Violas are a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as violets, with a wide range of species and varieties. Taken with the Canon 5D4 and the Sigma 135mm 1.8 Art Lens.