I have waited for days for the rain to let up for a bit so I could participate in this week’s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge from the website LetsBeWild.com. As Friday wound down, the clouds parted and the skies partially cleared. The rain has moved off to the east. Once I arrived home I grabbed my camera to head outside to take some photos. The topic of this week’s challenge is: Now! The challenge requires photos taken outside, and taken this week…
When we had our last rains, I had noticed that our little pile of rotting wood had some pretty cool looking fungus growing on it, and there were some incredible patterns and textures in the wood. I also spied the unusual seed pods on our liquid amber tree, which when you look closely are a work of art! I decided that these two areas would be the focus of this week’s photo challenge entries. Let’s start with those seed pods first!
The spiky seed pods are a reminder of the last growing season, and what could be a better contrast of old and new than a seed pod next to a bud that will become this season’s leaves?
Days gone by and days to come
Let’s look at this a bit closer shall we?
Doing the Cancan!
The spikes remind me of dancers doing the Cancan!
Moving over to the wood pile, check out the amazing fungus!
Layers
Ears of fungus
The fungus in this photo reminds me of the skirts of dancers! What do you think?
The dancers skirts
Now how about the textures that one can find in wood?
Wood patterns
Check out the rings on this piece of wood!
Ring patterns
Compare this to a newly cut piece of wood. This photo shows the remains of my blue tree that sadly died! It was 5 years old as you can see from the rings.
5 years old
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Great photos Barb. We have seen some amazing fungi growing up in No Cal. during our hikes.
Wait until you see the photo I took this weekend!
all beautiful! i’ve had cabin fever as well, and the skies finally cleared enough for me to walk to town yesterday. i returned home, pulled weeds and grass til dark, then worked on photos til 3 this morning!!! now a painting patiently awaits my attention…
ah, so many tasks, all that i love!
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With the clearing yesterday I headed outdoors as the sun was setting…Great lighting and hope the photos that I took came out great. Will be in the kitchen for a good part of the day and I am looking forward to it! – B
Good picture contrasting the old to the new shown in the seed pod and emerging bud on the liquid amber tree. You also captured some nice detail in the fungus and wood bark shots. Thanks.
Amazing photos Barb!
Thank you Trish!