Last fall when we visited the family in Batavia, I had gathered some Milkweed pods for their seeds so that I could plant some on my property to attract butterflies. Yesterday I took advantage of the warm weather and planted the seeds. I thought the remnant of the pod was quite delicate and made a nice subject for a black and white photo.
Wow! I remember we had milkweed at home all over the place and we had these too. Never liked that stuff much but it was fun to break it open and let the 'milk' drain out of it stems. :)
@eudora Thank you so much Diane! I loved the curl of the stem in particular. @nicolecampbell Thanks Nicole! Hopefully I will have a whole crop to photograph by mid-summer! @raejae Thanks Raejae! It's an interesting plant and I'm hoping to attrach Monarch butterflies with it as it is a favorite of theirs both in the caterpillar and butterfly stages. @peterdegraaff Thanks Peter. The plant is quite prevalent around here. It gets its name from the fact that you can break open the stem and discover a milky like liquid. They are a favorite food source for Monarch butterflies and I'm hoping that my seeds will produce plants for pleasure and photo opps! @summerfield Thanks Vikki- it's a lovely plant and I hope mine will grow so I can get more shots of them. @inertie Thank you Inertia. The wood is a railing on our back deck. It is in need of a good scraping and restain. My husband keeps saying, "I need to get that done" and I'm secretly hoping he won't get to it because it makes such a great backdrop for shots like this!
@beachradish Thank you Beachradish!
@kimmistephens Thank you Kimmi! I hope so!!
@dmariewms Thank you Marie!
@digitalrn Thank you Rick!
@httpgeffed Thank you Colleen!
Thank you everyone. After all the struggles with the sunglasses picture, this one truly cheered me up! I really appreciate all your kind words!
@nicolecampbell Thanks Nicole! Hopefully I will have a whole crop to photograph by mid-summer!
@raejae Thanks Raejae! It's an interesting plant and I'm hoping to attrach Monarch butterflies with it as it is a favorite of theirs both in the caterpillar and butterfly stages.
@peterdegraaff Thanks Peter. The plant is quite prevalent around here. It gets its name from the fact that you can break open the stem and discover a milky like liquid. They are a favorite food source for Monarch butterflies and I'm hoping that my seeds will produce plants for pleasure and photo opps!
@summerfield Thanks Vikki- it's a lovely plant and I hope mine will grow so I can get more shots of them.
@inertie Thank you Inertia. The wood is a railing on our back deck. It is in need of a good scraping and restain. My husband keeps saying, "I need to get that done" and I'm secretly hoping he won't get to it because it makes such a great backdrop for shots like this!