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
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8 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 28, 2011 at 5:34 PM

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

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  2. Ellen RathboneDecember 28, 2011 at 9:33 PM

    Wow! Beautiful. :)

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  3. ADRIANDecember 29, 2011 at 6:46 AM

    beautiful images.

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  4. PhilDecember 29, 2011 at 9:25 PM

    Beautiful, aren't they toffeeapple - natural sculpture.

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  5. PhilDecember 29, 2011 at 9:26 PM

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

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  6. PhilDecember 29, 2011 at 9:26 PM

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

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  7. IonaDecember 27, 2016 at 7:37 PM

    Wouldn't these be pretty cast in silver?

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    1. PhilDecember 28, 2016 at 5:23 PM

      They really would!They would be a real challenge to a silversmith

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