A simple twist of fate

You’ve seen plenty of pictures here this year of Gaillardia pulchella, known as firewheel or Indian blanket, but not till now have I showed you one this far gone and dried out, nor with so curiously looping a stalk. I took this photograph beneath cloudy skies and with rising wind on Old Settlers Blvd. near Greenhill Dr. in Round Rock on July 14th (vive la France et vive la gaillarde).

I try to give dried-out plants their due, as you’ve seen two days in a row. Tomorrow’s picture will include another one, but only as a minor element in the service of something quite different. Lovers of bright red, stay tuned.

© 2013 Steven Schwartzman