Sunflower remains
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The picture of Maximilian sunflowers in the last post was a look back at October, a time that’s always still warm (many of you would say hot) in central Texas. Even after sunflowers wither and fade, though, what’s left can be fascinating. Here you see the seed head remains of a “common” sunflower, Helianthus annuus, at the Arbor Walk Pond on December 4, 2013. It looks like there are still a few seeds in it.
© 2014 Steven Schwartzman
Sunflowers in any form are glorious. It looks like an elderly states person.
lensandpensbysally
January 29, 2014 at 6:34 AM
I’m with you, Sally, in finding that sunflowers in any form are glorious. This one certainly strikes me as stately.
Steve Schwartzman
January 29, 2014 at 6:52 AM
oh my imagination instantly drew a face in the center of that flower head!
what a great contrast to yesterday’s post.
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Playamart - Zeebra Designs
January 29, 2014 at 7:57 AM
A great contrast, yes, and one that your imagination faced up to quite well.
Steve Schwartzman
January 29, 2014 at 11:47 AM
I like the wordplay in the title. And as always, I’m amazed by the realization that “brown” never is just brown and “gray” isn’t ever just gray. The hint of lavender in the flower head is lovely – to the imagination, it’s a hint that “dead” isn’t always just dead.
shoreacres
January 29, 2014 at 8:11 AM
A headline in the local newspaper the other day had the same syntactic ambiguity as the title of this post. That hard-to-understand headline prompted me to write a post that will appear in my other blog next week. In any case, sunflower remains remain photogenic.
Steve Schwartzman
January 29, 2014 at 1:58 PM
The transformation is amazing. Yet it’s part of its essence. I posted something today a flower your wife may be familiar with.
Tropical Flowering Zone/Maria
January 29, 2014 at 9:14 AM
And this stage of the transformation lasts a lot longer than the flowers that are better known.
Steve Schwartzman
January 29, 2014 at 2:24 PM
Picked clean.
Jim in IA
January 29, 2014 at 11:01 AM
Perhaps, though I seem to detect a couple of seeds still in there.
Steve Schwartzman
January 29, 2014 at 1:59 PM
Dead and dying flowers have a beauty all their own – love this photo
norasphotos4u
January 29, 2014 at 5:10 PM
I’m glad you do, Nora. From the early days of this blog I’ve made sure to mix in a share of dead and dying plants. We often see their deteriorating stages longer than we see the fresh ones.
Steve Schwartzman
January 29, 2014 at 5:22 PM
wow. beautiful.
sedge808
January 29, 2014 at 9:14 PM
Even though this is in color, it fits the noir that you’re attuned to.
Steve Schwartzman
January 29, 2014 at 10:27 PM
How nice that so many of the rays are still hanging on to be lovingly dusted by the passing of time.
Steve Gingold
January 31, 2014 at 8:56 AM
It is nice, and the longevity works in my favor.
Steve Schwartzman
January 31, 2014 at 12:10 PM
J’aime beaucoup les couleurs rendues par la fleur qui se fane, c’est très poétique.
bon week end end
chatou11
February 1, 2014 at 4:36 AM
Et fane-tastique, je trouve.
Steve Schwartzman
February 1, 2014 at 6:46 AM
Ah, quelle télépathie: j’ai écrit “fane-tastique” avant de lire ton prochain commentaire, où tu as employé le mot “fantastiques”.
Steve Schwartzman
February 1, 2014 at 7:13 AM
It’s good you took that photo shot.
raulconde001
February 4, 2014 at 9:21 PM
I’m drawn to such things. The past has power.
Steve Schwartzman
February 4, 2014 at 10:29 PM