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‘A seed neither fears light nor darkness, but uses both to grow.’ ~ Matshona Dhliwayo
One of many
30 Sunday Oct 2022
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Seedheads: Rough sow-thistle
18 Sunday Sep 2022
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At this time of year, when there are few wildflowers in bloom, the presence of Rough sow-thistle, with its glowing yellow flowers and fluffy white seedheads, is a lifesaver for thirsty bees and butterflies, and a boon for finches wanting to nibble at its seeds. And, for me, it provides yet another example of the sculptural beauty of the seedheads of plants.
323/366 Seedheads, 5
18 Wednesday Nov 2020
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If all seeds that fall were to grow, then no one could follow
the path under the trees. ~ Nigerian proverb
278/366 Seedheads, 2
04 Sunday Oct 2020
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‘There is not a fragment in all nature, for every relative fragment of one thing is a full harmonious unit in itself.’
~ John Muir, The Wilderness World of John Muir, ed. Edwin Way Teale, 1954
264/366 Seedheads, 1
20 Sunday Sep 2020
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‘The vegetable life does not content itself with casting from the flower or the tree a single seed, but it fills the air and earth with a prodigality of seeds, that, if thousands perish, thousands may plant themselves, that hundreds may come up, that tens may live to maturity; that, at least one may replace the parent.’
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, Chapter 6: Nature, Essays, Second Series, 1844.