May you have a fruitful and colorful year
This morning’s post was all words, so here to balance the verbal with the visual is a photograph showing (yet again) a colorful flameleaf sumac, Rhus lanceolata, now with fruit prominent enough for you to see the details. As was true for some other photographs shown here recently, this one is from a thankfully undeveloped property behind Seton Northwest Hospital; the date was November 14, 2013.
© 2014 Steven Schwartzman
Portraits of Wildflowers 
A beautiful way to start 2014!
Marcia Levy
January 1, 2014 at 12:43 PM
Thanks for saying so.
Steve Schwartzman
January 1, 2014 at 1:12 PM
You too: fruitful and colourful. Happy new Year!
bentehaarstad
January 1, 2014 at 1:38 PM
I’d say “fruitful and colorful” in Norwegian if I knew how, but the picture can serve as a translation.
Steve Schwartzman
January 1, 2014 at 3:19 PM
Happy New Year, Steve—all the best in 2014!!
Vladimir Brezina
January 1, 2014 at 2:12 PM
Thanks, and the same to you guys.
Steve Schwartzman
January 1, 2014 at 3:19 PM
Hooray for UNdevelopment! Absolutely beautiful picture! Happy 2014!
Brenda Jones
January 1, 2014 at 2:26 PM
Yes, those undeveloped properties are my close friends. I’ve lost some and know I’ll lose others, but a few (like this one) promise to last. Let’s hope so.
Steve Schwartzman
January 1, 2014 at 3:22 PM
Wonderful berries and fall leaves too. Have a great 2014, Steve! 🙂
George Weaver
January 1, 2014 at 6:38 PM
And a fructiferous year to you, too, George.
Steve Schwartzman
January 1, 2014 at 7:08 PM
Lots of orange tones there.
Do you know if certain birds like the fruit?
Jim in IA
January 1, 2014 at 9:51 PM
I suspected that some do but I didn’t know any specifics. At
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=RHLA3
I found this: “Birds, especially bobwhites, grouse, and pheasants, consume quantities of the fruit in winter, and deer browse the foliage.”
Steve Schwartzman
January 2, 2014 at 3:40 AM
wow.
HNY
sedge808
January 1, 2014 at 11:42 PM
STY (same to you).
Steve Schwartzman
January 2, 2014 at 3:41 AM
Ah, such splendour! Thank-you for all the shapes, colours, insights and ruminations you offer us. Much beauty and many blessings for 2014!
beeholdn
January 2, 2014 at 6:19 AM
I’m beholden to you, Christine, for your nice words, and to nature (and my camera equipment) for the scenes that appear here.
Steve Schwartzman
January 2, 2014 at 8:07 AM
And the same to you! Happy New Year,
Susan Scheid
January 3, 2014 at 5:11 PM
And a snowy one to you, from what I’ve seen on television.
Steve Schwartzman
January 3, 2014 at 5:18 PM
I laughed heartily over these!
Caroline Sith
January 4, 2014 at 8:52 AM
That was my intent, Caroline, so I’m heartened to hear you complied.
Steve Schwartzman
January 4, 2014 at 8:58 AM