"You can live years next door to a big pine tree, honored to have so venerable a neighbor, even when it sheds needles all over your flowers or wakes you, dropping big cones onto your deck at still of night."

-Denise Levertov

Edited with Topaz Studio 2 (Digital painting)

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A small pinecone fallen onto the edge of the curved corrugated iron roof of the sweetest rotunda in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens.

Pinecone

pine cones

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May your heart be full of peace and joy! Merry Christmas! :)

Pinecone

Pinecone in Autumn

Made explore for Feb 1, 2009 #60

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Pinecone

Pinecone

Colorado Springs, Colorado

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Pinecone

Liked this abstract take filling the frame as Mrs. Krach and I were hiking around in Wyoming. This was near the top of the tree, so the long lens worked well for this capture.

al Castell d'Escornalbou

found on the beach at Elizabeth Morton Bird Sanctuary...

At Michigan State University grounds in Lansing, MI

Helios 44-2 58mm lens

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Pinecone cactus (Tephrocactus articulatus).

Originally from Argentina and now widely cultivated as an ornamental in North America.

Something about pine cones. I don't know why, but when I see 'em, I gotta shoot 'em.

Sap seeping from a young pinecone.

Macromondays - layers

With tack-like defensive measures too.

I've always been intrigued by the pattern on pinecones. I've added a link to an explanation of pinecones and Fibonacci

numbers for those of you who are interested.

Of course, I couldn't resist adding a dash of color to an otherwise brown cone.

faculty.math.illinois.edu/~delcour2/LessonPlanSunflowerWo...