And more remains from last year
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Spring may be coming in, but many ghosts still remain from last year. On the same February 13th outing that took me past a couple of blossoming redbud trees, I later walked behind Seton Northwest Hospital and saw this dense thicket of stalks from a dried-out colony of giant ragweed, Ambrosia trifida. Artists talk about negative space, but this picture negates that and is positively filled from side to side and top to bottom.
If you’d like a reminder of what this high and highly allergenic species looks like when it flowers in the fall, you can look back at a post from 2011.
© 2013 Steven Schwartzman
My eyes keep roaming around thinking there has to be something hidden in there LOL!! I know, I’m strange :).
photosfromtheloonybin
February 22, 2013 at 6:50 AM
You may be strange, Cindy, but as soon as I read your comment it suggested to my equally strange mind that this picture would be great for someone who wanted to hide a message in it and pass the hidden message along to another person. Maybe I’ll write up a description of the method for doing that.
Steve Schwartzman
February 22, 2013 at 8:18 AM
Ooh, I would be interested to read that! Glad to know we have strangeness in common :).
photosfromtheloonybin
February 22, 2013 at 9:20 AM
Your wish is my command. I’ll work on it.
Steve Schwartzman
February 22, 2013 at 9:25 AM
There is something hidden there, in the lower right corner. See that tiny bit of spring making its presence known?
shoreacres
February 22, 2013 at 7:22 AM
You looked at this would-be Rorschach test and found a trace of spring. I guess that means you’re an optimist.
Steve Schwartzman
February 22, 2013 at 8:21 AM
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