Sunlight through leaves
Filtering gently each morning
A joy to behold
Transillumination
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Cyclamen in October
Even though it is October and the leaves are changing colour on the trees before being shed by them, cyclamens are blooming as if spring has just arrived. Nature never ceases to amaze.
Rain drops
Drops of rain keep
Falling on my many green leaves
Don’t you see them now
The handkerchief tree and pollination
ONE OF THE characteristics of a living organism is the ability to reproduce itself. Pollination of plants is an important stage in maintaining the survival of a species.
Yesterday (the 15th of May 2024), we saw a curious tree at Kew Gardens. It looked as if it had both green and white leaves. It is a Handkerchief tree (Davidia involucrata). The white appendages are not leaves but bracts. They form for about a fortnight each year, and serve to increase the chances of the tree’s flowers being pollinated.
Fallen foliage
The year is ending
Leaves raining down aplenty
Much sweeping need-ed
September sunlight
Leaves illuminat-ed
By late summer sunlight:
Autumn is nearing
Photo taken in Kensington Gardens, London, UK
Under a tree
Light filtering through
Leaves and branch-es:
Felicity reigns serenely
Eating off a banana…
Banana palm leaves make ideal plates for eating food. They are used a lot in India. They have several ecological advantages. The leaves need no washing-up. They are large. And, they are biodegradable. There you have it!
Autumn rain
Rain, wet leaves
flattened on the pavement:
very slippery underfoot
Poinsettia – winter colour
Flowers in the heart
of a leafy plant:
pleasure in a flower pot
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