Old Man's Beard

Old man's beard ( seedheads of a wild clematis) can be used as an indicator of the expected severity of the upcoming winter. Rural folklore states that lots of fluffy seedheads means a hard winter ( or is it the other way round - a mild one?). Anyway, there's lots of it about and it looked pretty in front of tonight's, quite frankly disappointing, sunset.

[Anne]

Super silhouette shot Jackie

[Diana]

A great shot and fabulous silhouettes. Hope it means a mild winter 😉

[Jacqueline]

Beautiful silhouette of this clematis. Fav

[Louise]

Lovely shot :)

[Joan Robillard]

Lovely

[KWind]

Very pretty! Love the golden light.

[Maggiemae]

This plant is a raging pest around here - you have to tell the council if you see even one head!

[Carole Sandford]

Very pretty.

[wendy frost]

Lovely capture against the soft golden sunset.

[Dawn]

Lovely against the setting sun

[4rky]

Love the focus on this and the soft golden light that results

[Brennie B]

Lovely colours. Love the gold

[Merrelyn]

Lovely tones and silhouettes.

[Casablanca]

I wonder which way around the folklore is? I can never remember these things!! Time will tell.

[JackieR]

@casablanca think it's harsh
@merrelyn many thanks
@brennieb it was pretty
@4rky many thanks
@Dawn which I missed by 30 seconds!!!
@wendyfrost many thanks, I wanted the scarlett of the night before though!!
@carole_sandford me or the photo??
@maggiemae I did read that on Google and was surprised as it's quite a liked plant here!!
@kwind v kind thank you
@joansmor :)
@roachling thank you v much
@jacqbb thank you v much
@ludwigsdiana so do I, I don't do cold
@365anne many thanks

Thank you ALL for liking my photo much mmore than I did!!

[william wooderson]

How I'd like to have my own beard in old age.

[JackieR]

@will_wooderson you could start now?

[JeannieC57]

This is super .... love everything about it... and from this perspective...the sunlight looks sensational !