I had only seen *L. annua* when sold as dried “silver dollar” plants w/o mature seeds. Thanks for the evocative tanka and the image showing what they look like if allowed to mature and given a nicer reason to look golden than my old camera’s flaky white balance.
Thank you Mellow. Yes, I was trying to avoid the “silver dollar” reference since the print was gold. I don’t think I had seen them gone this far into the seed stage either and it was cool to see them growing wild.
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November 5, 2017 at 4:47 am
how beautiful
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November 5, 2017 at 4:49 am
Thank you Beth
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November 6, 2017 at 9:15 am
I had only seen *L. annua* when sold as dried “silver dollar” plants w/o mature seeds. Thanks for the evocative tanka and the image showing what they look like if allowed to mature and given a nicer reason to look golden than my old camera’s flaky white balance.
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November 6, 2017 at 10:15 am
Thank you Mellow. Yes, I was trying to avoid the “silver dollar” reference since the print was gold. I don’t think I had seen them gone this far into the seed stage either and it was cool to see them growing wild.
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November 7, 2017 at 10:08 am
Wonderful: image and words. How wonderful to hear the wind in the rattling seed pods.
“Lunar Annual” … but here the sun’s rays refracted rather than reflected. And the seeds, like the Man in the Moon.
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November 7, 2017 at 10:19 am
Thank you Patrick. Man in the Moon, what a great perspective to think about the name of the plant as it relates to the photo.
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November 8, 2017 at 5:48 pm
=)
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