A few seed heads

i agree, they look really lovely, i do like macro photos for all those amazing details

very nice indeed

Wonderful.
Thanks for sharing the photos. :o)))

Grea pics of close ups!! They do make great photos :)))))

thanks everyone, i like doing these close ups, sometimes the detail you get is amazing.Thanks :-))

Wonderful pics..yes it#s all quite amazing isnt it :)))))

make a good quiz ~ which seed head is this but it would be too hard for me
on the other hand close ups of food would be a lot easier!!!

it it, Thanks Pixi..
Sounds good Sticki, but your right that would be hard..Oooh food my favourite subject ;-)

mine too ~ did you guess?

Lol :-))

Yer lets get Terra to do a foody one,

i can do a foody one!! so could you yorkie and SL and a few others on here but its a gardening site.

how about edible plants??

yer, S for nettles

soup nettle???

no you silly thing, Stinging nettle,

you can make soup with them though

Careful though SL I find close ups fascinating since I did the wild carrott seed head I can't stop taking them.

i know what you mean Pimpernel, it is addictive :-))

You can make wine out of it too Sticki, i used to do that :-))

oh thats true, never tried it though.

very nice it is, tried lots when i was younger ;-))

no wine when i was younger ~ very strict!!!!

didnt you ever get stung when you made it?

no i'm used to nettles Sticki, pulled so many up in the past my hands are nettle proof... started as a teen helping my dad make it, then when i was 15 he let me sample it :-)

i hate nettles they hurt for ages when i get stung!!

when i was 7 or 8 i rolled down a hill covered in them!

We don't always take the time to look closely at plant life in the winter , thanks for showing us Slad , a lovely set of photos ......

I dry Nettle leaves in the spring to make nettle tea ,it's good for some conditions , skin ailments / Psoriasis Rheumatism .. I wear rubber gloves to pick them in the spring when they are young ,they need a good wash and dry as much as possible , then I dry them in the micro wave but you have to watch them every second because they easily burst into flames, when they are dry I scrunch them up like tea leaves and fill a jam jar , it tastes awful until you get use to it , they contain a high concentration of Iron and vit C and a high content of Chlorophyll

Blimey i bet that hurt Sticki...your right there before my hands got used to them it did hurt a lot....

Thanks Amy, the nettle wine is an acquired taste too but like you say it is good in many ways...

i tried jasmine tea recently ~ it was very nice! not so many stings either!!! [only the price]

Lol, i've not tried to many green tea's, i prefer coffee (probably why i can't sleep well at night), if i have tea i make a pot with tea leaves..

to be honest we were out for a chinese meal and i was so bored i wanted something to do ~ even pouring the tea helped!! thats terrible isnt it!!!
anyway it was a nice refreshing drink

otherwise i tend to have coffee in mornings and tea in afternoons, i dont know why but it seems all wrong the other way round

Jasmin tea..yum!
Great photos, love those seed heads.

is it easy to buy lulu? to make at home i mean

not sure Sticky! I used to buy a green tea with roasted rice in it, best tea I ever tasted but the shop stopped selling it :(

shame when that happens

Thanks Lulu.
i must have a coffee in the morning Sticki otherwise i'm like a bear with a sore head.... very grumpy :-))

have to call you grumpylad if its before 12 then SL?? if you havent had your coffee!!

more like grumpy old lad Sticki... just ask my kids how grumpy i can be.... one standing next to me know nodding :-))

thats what i like about children ~ they are so honest.

i had my haircut once and one of the five year olds [bright little girl] said

'Miss did you ask them to do that to your hair?'

i assume she didnt approve!!!!

lol Sticki, i shaved my goatie beard off a few years ago and when my eldest saw me she burst out laughing and said grow it back you look silly !!! bless her ;-)

you have to smile dont you!!

My boyfriend of (eeks nearly 30 years ago!) shaved his beard off and I didn't notice, my 4 year old friend did though!

did you get in trouble for that lulu?

Lol Lulu :-))

So long ago...can't remember!!! It was dark!!!

Seed pods etc can be fascinating, just as much as the flowers very often.

yes that's very true Hywel.. :-)