Weekly Photo Challenge: Delicate
Delicate silky threads flow from a crusty milkweed seed…
… after the milkweed seed breaks free from the firm, grey pod.
Archive for December, 2012
Weekly Photo Challenge: Changing Seasons
Changing seasons.
From fall to winter.
From coloured, autumn leaf to wintry, white leaf.
Brown, oak leaf stark in fresh, fluffy snow.
Winter in Canada.
Photo taken 25.11.2012
Grab, split, burst, crush, mince
A female Pine Grosbeak gobbles plump, red, nutritious, almost transluscent, highbush cranberries for breakfast. The shiny, bright berries, like tiny, taut balloons about to burst, glow midst the greyness.
The skin splits. Pink pulp and pale seeds burst sideways as she crushes the berry with her powerful beak. Like a child devouring every bit of sugar candy, she methodically minces the berry not wanting to lose any of its fruity treat.
Another berry: grab, split, burst, crush, mince.
Another berry: grab, split, burst, crush, mince.
Must be like eating an apple without using hands. She makes it look easy.
Another berry…
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