Very neat stuff showing up here. It occurred to me last night that this thread really accounts for about 90pct of gardening in one form or another...the apex window is so short on things...yet there is so much else going on. And I love the Japanese words...and your understanding of how your husband's using them, too. I can kind of 6th-sense (who knew THAT was a verb?) the vibe there. Fantastic.

Here's a shot of a well-known weed...and I think it's lovely:

Nelumbo lutea, American Lotus seed pod

Hibiscus moscheutos seed pod

I think my understanding and the vibe come from 42 years of marriage and 2 folks with a pretty fair sense of humor....most of the time..


Isn't it interesting how quickly the eye learns to look beyond the perfect bloom if given a bit of encouragement? Thanks for the push, Asa.






I have always been fascinated with fungi....they are rather like Nature's clean-up crew...and when they look like a dormouse popping out of a hole, I am delighted.

Loving this!
Already loaded with wonderful stuff and I just know it is gonna keep growing.
I can't wait to see more sabe-wabe-licious stuff (The Japanese words are *perfect* for this thread and I'm sorry but I could not resist using the fun modification)
I know we all have a bunch of it to work with because, as Asa said, it accounts for about 90% of gardening (and everything else, too, if you ask me).


daylily seedpods
I put that first one in the photo contest it did not play well with all the pretty flowers but that was a really gorgeous seedpod, nonetheless.

Beyond the encouragement and celebration, perhaps the thing I appreciate most about this thread is the permission!



to share a dying Ginkgo-leaf-edge (with dirty water spots)

I am SO enjoying this! Thanks for starting this thread Asa.

I may even be able to contribute to it.

Winter cold burn on Crassula ovata 'Gollum' - hope remains as long as there is some green left.

Teeny, tiny fungus that only lasts a day. Then "poof" its gone...if you see it to begin with.

These photos are beautiful in their own right. great thread.

Frosty sedum:


And the end of the coreopsis. My ability to focus when it's that cold is compromised!

This is a wonderful thread, and even though we garden all year 'round down here, all the tropical divas are dying back now, so I will be on a hunt for some picture-worthy stuff coming up. We are forecast for a couple of really cold - low 40's - nights this week.

I'm loving seeing this stuff. And the other thing is that there's some neat art here...not in spite of the subjects, but because of the subjects. Here's a leaf from up on the mountain I shot a couple of weeks ago. Pretty traditional, but I like the shot:

I wondered why this butterfly had not moved in days. Before I realized he took his last wing flap days alive on a Hibiscus.

Color show before resting for winter.

Love this idea and have been looking at it for some time. Here's some of mine.

@moonhowl, I love the definition of those Japanese words. Sabe-licious and wabe-licious!

Native Muhly grasses putting on a show with their fine-feathered pink plumes.

More seeds -

Fall Clematis


Queen Anne's Lace (I think)


Aster


Moth Mullein (I think)

(I *really* want some pink muhly grass, I do!*)

From this morning's garden tour, turkey oak leaves and a spent cosmos blossom:


And then there was this:


I think it's a frozen and melted toadstool but not sure! Sure is weird looking though.

Kyla, that is a member of the fungus kingdom, Family Phallaceae , Phallus hadriani ... they all look for the most part like strange alien creatures. Just another member of Ma Nature's cleanup crew. (I do think many of the common names were engineered to make Victorian ladies blush)

http://www.mushroomexpert.com/...