Posts Tagged ‘seeds’

Milkweed pod

27Nov07

There’s something about milkweed in fall and winter that catches my eye and my imagination – the seeds, the silky filaments, the way the pods split open and spill out, and the sight of seeds taking flight. Here’s an image from a recent encounter:

I’m working on a set of milkweed pages for my website – [...]


Foxtails

24Oct07

I think of late fall and winter as the brown seasons. The green and multicolored natural world of spring and summer goes monochrome – black, white, and browns all average to a soft light brown. Instead of flowers, I look for seeds in fall and winter. Foxtails have beautiful, graceful curves and make repetitive patterns [...]