While on Mount Pollux I had fun running around to all the milkweed seed displays. This was my favorite.
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10.08.2020 Milkweed Floss
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The word that came to mind unbidden was “dramatic.”
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That works for me. Thanks, Steve.
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I’ve missed the milkweed in our garden in Omaha. In your photo here, the four seed heads lined up in perfect array make this a really special shot.
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Thanks, Gary. I saw this from about 15 feet away and made a beeline for it.
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Ready to fly (after yesterday’s wind, probably long gone!)
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I imagine so. Some of ours are still clinging to the dried hulls but most are gone.
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A very nice composition. The pod looks like old, weathered metal.
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Thanks. I was thinking leather but I can see the metal comparison too.
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I can see why!
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This reminded me of a fan. Thanks, Melissa.
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Yes. The image pleased me so much, but I have so many words competing in my head that none come out.
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Your running around was well rewarded! I’m hoping for some nice fluffy seed heads on my Japanese anemones…will have a while to wait yet. (Even better if they get frosted or snowed upon.)
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I paid for it too. The milkweed was mixed in with a lot of thorny rose brambles and I have a few scratches to show for it. 🙂 Better but not yet, thank you. 🙂
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Ow, ow ow! You have my sympathy over the scratches!
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What a great shot, Steve. Love the dark palette which highlights the white floss. The anticipation is killing me! 🙂
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Thanks, Jane. I hope your neighborhood is coming back. Lots of lost foliage. What remains I hope puts on a show for you. 🙂
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The colors are interesting. I usually see ours in shades of green and brown. The metallic sheen is lovely, and the blues and grays are especially appealing.
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I did not see it as metallic at all but now I am getting the idea of a metal’s aged patina the more I look at it. I had thought leather. Probably the blue is coming from the sky as ours are green then brown also. But everything was dewy and may have been reflecting the sky overhead.
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Nice Mike! They are fun to photograph!
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On behalf of Mike, thanks, Reed. 🙂
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Just like you’re in a museum, right? 🙂 I like the coyness of this, like a dancer posing with a fan. The pod texture, the drops on the fluff and even the individual seeds are all so clear, it’s beautiful.
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Thanks, Lynn. The fan display was what immediately attracted me to this one pod. I have to say that it kind of ruined all the others for me. 🙂
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