I must say that I am fixated on the dragonfly. Your creation?
I'm like the seedling getting ready to burst through the soil. My mind is getting ready to explode and spill onto the page.
I always knew this day would come. At times I feared it, afraid I would not be able to find my way back, return from the water several feet below, but glistening and shining and beckoning for me to take the long plunge.
This is my way of saying, I am going to happily set aside a large chunk of my day to read lengthy publications in full.
Substack is not a slot machine for the casual reader.
I quite enjoyed your observations and wonderful pics of Tradescantia, and posing just what those fluffy filaments might be all about. When in bloom in my yard it never fails to draw my immediate attention. It reminds me of my early botanical courses (at our Alma mater in Ann Arbor), when I learned that these very hairs are widely noted in biology as an example whereby one can view the cellular process of cytoplasmic streaming, courtesy of the huge aqueous vacuole of cells. (Widely depicted, even replete with music, on YouTube). Happy (almost) Spring! Mike
"Only when I noticed a sweat bee gathering pollen from those raging yellow anthers did I discover the ornamentation, at which point I stopped photographing insects for the day because I needed absolutely nothing else from the world." What a grand first thing to read this morning my friend. Day's made already. Thank you.
Thank you for the beauty ... and for the explanation, which even after years of being a wild flower lover had never really stuck.
I couldn't take all this in because I was so busy enjoying the journey. Such beautiful photographs, they totally drew me in. 💚
WOW. I will never overlook the simple yet flamboyant spiderwort again.
Sometimes ya just wanna be fancy!!
I love love love these flowers. They grow in my yard every year, the first just bloomed last week. I think they are exquisite. Nice to see some props!
Very cool! I learned a few new things here.
Really amazing photos - especially that large image of the Bluejacket.
You, poet man, you. Are you also wearing a fringed something? Maybe a sombrero. I hope so.
These are incredible! I've never seen this before, and always appreciate the chance to be caught by surprise by nature once more :)
Nature’s patterns seem to repeat themselves! The filaments (?) look like down feathers. Thanks for the photos.
I must say that I am fixated on the dragonfly. Your creation?
I'm like the seedling getting ready to burst through the soil. My mind is getting ready to explode and spill onto the page.
I always knew this day would come. At times I feared it, afraid I would not be able to find my way back, return from the water several feet below, but glistening and shining and beckoning for me to take the long plunge.
This is my way of saying, I am going to happily set aside a large chunk of my day to read lengthy publications in full.
Substack is not a slot machine for the casual reader.
Thanks for posting.
Thank you for the scientific name for my observation!
Gorgeous, the picture of the words.
Bryan,
I quite enjoyed your observations and wonderful pics of Tradescantia, and posing just what those fluffy filaments might be all about. When in bloom in my yard it never fails to draw my immediate attention. It reminds me of my early botanical courses (at our Alma mater in Ann Arbor), when I learned that these very hairs are widely noted in biology as an example whereby one can view the cellular process of cytoplasmic streaming, courtesy of the huge aqueous vacuole of cells. (Widely depicted, even replete with music, on YouTube). Happy (almost) Spring! Mike
Found you through Nature on Substack post by Rebecca. Oh my! Your macro! Off to subscribe!
"Only when I noticed a sweat bee gathering pollen from those raging yellow anthers did I discover the ornamentation, at which point I stopped photographing insects for the day because I needed absolutely nothing else from the world." What a grand first thing to read this morning my friend. Day's made already. Thank you.