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For many years, I was fascinated by these seedpods, but had only seen them when they had turned dark brown and were included in flower arrangements. I was thrilled to bits when I knew they were growing at the Calgary Zoo and I could see them at all different stages. I came across this image recently when going through a few archives, and thought I'd post it. Lol, I think I'm already feeling green-deprived, thanks to our heavy snowfall this past weekend.
"The lotus was of great significance to many ancient cultures, and in particular to the Eastern religions. From ancestral times, the lotus regularly appears as a symbol of purity, peace, transcendence, enlightenment, rebirth, beauty, and fertility. In India, the lotus flower is considered to be of divine origin and is viewed as sacred by both Hindus and Buddhists. Buddha was said to sleep on a lotus six months of the year, and Shambala (Buddhist heaven) is sometimes represented as a field of flowering sacred lotuses." Taken from the first link below.
A dry empty seedpod of a bag. Dark taupe with olive, aqua and cranberry topstitching. It has a wide padded strap and some stuffed mustard yellow pouchy things at the top. Snaps shut.
This is an old piece of work which I kept. Clip-on earrings of hollow construction with backs. Repousse, enamel, silver, gold leaf. I had the urge to combine crazy natural forms with obviously manmade forms, these came from my sketches of Star Anise pods and my sketches of the boilers which operate the engines that lift up the road on Tower Bridge over the Thames. I love them, but they're pretty crazy pieces, I can't imagine who would wear them!
Bottlebrush, Australian Native Flora
Callistemon seed pods
Seed pod
Photo taken in Melbourne, Australia.
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Today's prompt was "Ash". This tree might soon be a thing of the past with Ash dieback being so rife these days. In my own street about half a dozen trees were felled in autumn last year. Some of them weren't even ash trees, which brings into question the integrity of some of the tree fellers the council employs.
I always liked playing with the seeds when I was younger. We never called them Keys, we called them 'propellers' because of their shape and also because of the way they spun when they fell from the trees. Let's hope some clever folk can devise a way to save the trees and staunch the damage done by the disease.
Palamino Blackwing soft pencil
Lamy Safari fountain pen
Cass Art watercolours
Seawhite A4 sketch book
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A wonderful, tall tree of the Fabaceae family. Has very long seed pods, but all mostly empty when I pick them up from the ground.
Doghobble Leucothoe spp are evergreen broadleaved bushes that usually grow in or around water here in the NC mountains. So named because clusters are so dense that they make it difficult for dogs to pass (hobbling your dog). These are the seed pods.
I don't remember having seen seedpods on our wisteria, any other year, but this year we have quite a few. The weather conditions must have been just right.
Alternative for Daily Shoot's "green" assignment.
dailyshoot.com/assignments/485
HBW :-)