Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Skeletons.....





I threw these old seed heads of henbane Hyoscyamus niger on the compost heap back in the autumn and since then winter weather and fungal decay have done their work, reducing them to skeletons and revealing their complex network of veins.








More skeletonised plants here

6 comments:

Toffeeapple said...

Doesn't it look wonderful? I love the way nature shows us how things are constructed.

Ellen Rathbone said...

Wow! Beautiful. :)

ADRIAN said...

beautiful images.

Phil said...

Beautiful, aren't they toffeeapple - natural sculpture.

Phil said...

Exactly my words, Ellen, when I saw them poking out of the compost heap!

Phil said...

Thanks Adrian ... with subject matter like that you can't go wrong...