words just can’t express the awesome force of nature. Please click onto the pictures to really see the art of survival.
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Sunday, October 27, 2013 by lifeonthecutoff
Sunday, October 27, 2013 by lifeonthecutoff
words just can’t express the awesome force of nature. Please click onto the pictures to really see the art of survival.
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How truly beautiful: those silky shapes, topped by such hard seeds, all harmoniously arranged, in the golden mean no doubt. I’ve twisted my head to see the top picture because it goes sideways when I click – but I think I spied a caterpillar. Thank you Penny, for the glimpse into an unknown plant.
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My goodness, Juliet, I was so busy photographing the seeds and silk that I didn’t see the caterpillar, and there you are, on the other side of world, finding it in one click. There it is, in the upper right hand corner! Wow! I enlarged the actual picture and can’t quite tell what stage it is in, or if (I hope, hope, hope) it is monarch. You are welcome for the glimpse, and I thank you for taking that glimpse a step further. Life is grand.
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Juliet, I also wanted to add that this is a milkweed plant. I’ve posted about them before, but, this is the stage where the plant starts sending off its seeds.
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How beautiful! You really captured the essence of their survival. I don’t have any milkweed in my home and I’m still doing a little research to be sure I get the right one for our area. I wasn’t even sure what it looked like, so you’ve at least given me a good hint! I’m fascinated, Penny. 🙂
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One more thing…This is perfect for your header! It’s really beautiful!
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This is the most common milkweed, growing in the prairie around here, and what happens when milkweed is ready to sow its seeds. It is just amazing how the seeds grab on to the white silk, which floats around carrying new life like an angel in the wind. I was so excited when Juliet, above, mentioned there is a caterpillar on it, which I hadn’t seen. How strong these forces of nature are.
The header is cropped from the last photo and seemed to express what I couldn’t put into words. Thank you, Debra.
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I’m so glad you took Debra’s advice, Penny. The new photo is absolutely perfect for your blog.
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Thanks, Andra. It is actually cropped from the last picture.
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Beautiful photos Penny. The new header is gorgeous.
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Thank you, Janice.
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Dear Penny, I was raised out in the country on twenty acres and my favorite plant of all, among the vegetables Mom grew and the apple, cherry, and pear trees and the blackberries and the dandelions and the peonies and cannas and all the weeds was and is the milkweed. The milkweed ladies emerging from their cocoon enthralled me as a child. If I remember correctly, they were part of Walt Disney’s “Fantasia” and I danced with them across the fields and the sky. Thank you for these lovely photographs of them. Peace.
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The milkweed ballet! What a fantastic memory you have, Dee, and an equally fantastic childhood of imaginations. You are so very welcome – and thank you for that memory.
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Beautiful pictures and more food for the butterflies — what a wonderful happy post.
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Thank you, Sallie. I hope the butterflies overflow with happiness.
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I’m late coming on here. Beautiful photos and header. We used to call them milkweed fairies when they started floating around. Make a wish and blow and then the wish will travel far.
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It’s never late here, Janet, and you are welcome any time. Thank you. I love “milkweed fairies”, which is what I will call them (whenever I remember), and I will make wishes and blow them far. Such a delightful thought.
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I never realized Milkweed was so pretty, light, airy, you do have a way with that camera. This is like a Milkweed makeover, beautiful..thanks, we learn so much from your post….
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A “Milkweed makeover”! Thank you, Sharon; that is such a very kind thought and beautiful way to describe milkweed.. I’m so pleased you learned some new things and will, perhaps, view milkweed in a new way.
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Such gorgeous photos, Penny. I had to google milkweed as I’d never even heard of it, but I won’t forget it in a hurry now. 🙂
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Thank you, Perpetua. Milkweeds are both weed and wonder. The farmers dislike them for the spread across their fields, but, the monarchs need them for their sustainability. Their built-in mechanism, the seeds and silk, are remarkable.
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