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Sometimes you can find art in everyday, overlooked places.
These are images of the lowly dandelion (Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg.), a plant hated by many. . . overlooked by most. . .
If you look close. . .
and in different light . . .
and from different angles . . .
they're quite exquisite.
Another plant that's not given a lot of credit is the Cattail (Typha domingensis Pers.).
As they explode this time of year in the Northern hemisphere. . .
they can be fascinating. . .
taking the time to stop and feel the cattail and watch the seeds sail off in the wind is therapeutic. . . trying to count how many seeds are there is something else.
looking at them in extreme close up reveals the incredible evolutionary adaptation of these plants. . . they remind me of some deep-sea creature rarely seen with their long, delicate tentacles. . . designed to catch the slightest breeze and take flight.
These Milkweeds are also dazzling in extreme close up.
I'm not sure which of the 76 species of Asclepias (Milkweed family) these are. . .
but we can safely say they're probably Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata). . . of one sort or another. . .
its absorbing to think how long it took them to come up with this design. . .
to so effectively spread their seeds over great distances. . . in an effort to produce new milkweed next season. Kind of makes one feel quite small and insignificant. . . and forget about the day's problems.
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