Pine Cone Close-up

A pair

of docile pine cones

lend their lines, shapes, shadows, colors and textures.

Taken 1 October 2010.

Smart Smeller

Potpourri.

How do they get that aroma to stick

to those sticks

for so long???

Somebody,

Somewhere,

meticulously

dyed or painted

wood chips, pine cones,

and sundry other dried plant parts

so that we could have aromatic, colorfully adorned

bits of nature in a bowl

in our living room.

Bless their hearts.

Pine Cones in Repose

Pine cones from a previous front yard, now retired to the patio fence at our current hang. Taken 11 July 2010.

That same ubiquitous Canon PowerShot A590.