handprinted on pure white quilting weight cotton

I can never resist taking poppy seedpod photos, for some reason!

Still looking for an ID on this plant.

no idea what they are-

These tall plants barely got to flower this summer - the rain destroyed the blooms as soon as they were out.

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with Sarah Baqai

Western Australia

Whittier Greenway Trail

Whittier, CA

Thanks for views, comments and critiques, much appreciated!

January 8, 2018

One of my favorite perennials has seedpods this year!

Thanksgiving day at Shirley's house...

September 27-28, 2008, I participated in a School Librarians' Retreat at a Catskills resort. It was a helpful, fun way to learn new Internet-based skills & have time to practice using them. Sunday morning, I got up early & took a walk around the grounds, to see what I could see in Kerhonkson, New York, USA. It had rained overnight & was a misty, humid morning.

cornflower seed pods...

Older image. Crotalaria spectabilis

I couldn't decide if I liked this picture more with the empty space, or with the tight crop, so I put them both up.

figs cut up for the next batch of muffins.

Not perfectly in focus, but I like the composition and OOF background, which was what I was aiming for.

View On Black Large

In the Back Field

Macro Pentax Q. (Foolishly) handheld pentax-DA 1:2.8 35mm macro. ISO 400, 1/250. f-stop unknown due to adapter.

Just split, prior to disgorging its 'angels' in the fall.

this is a set of 3 photos of a very busy bee at the onion flowers in our garden. on number one the tongue is out! I have some more to add another time.

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Iris seed pods

Annoying seed pods that fall by the thousands every year....

The fertile seeds are blue.

H. 'Mariachi' is forming seedpods and still in bloom

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i have no idea what this will blossom into

cotton balls ripen on the plant

Rather interesting looking magnolia seed pod. See www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/3847949504/ for a 3-D version

Many of the seeds that fall to the ground will germinate next spring and produce beautiful flowers that will attract hummingbirds.