I meant to take some photos of tassel flowers yesterday. They are one
of my favorite Florida wildflowers and have little red blossoms also
about 8mm diameter. However, to get to where the flowers were I would
have had to wade through an area of patchy high grasses and weeds. It
struck me as a perfect place for an Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake to
lie in wait for prey.
I was about to do it anyhow when I suddenly noticed what was probably
the burrow of a Gopher tortoise about 4 feet from the flowers. Eastern
Diamondbacks are lazy when it comes to burrows and are quite content to
let the Gopher tortoises do the work and then move in with them as
uninvited guests. I decided I really didn't need those particular
tassel flower shots.
Chuck Norcutt
Jim Nichols wrote:
> Thanks, Chuck. I measured the blooms, out of curiosity. They were about
> 8mm square.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
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> From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 6:07 AM
> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Occasional Flowers on Friday
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>> Mighty purty and a shame they're going to disappear under the lawnmower.
>> I was searching for some sense of scale when I finally noticed the
>> clover comment. Thanks for that.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> Jim Nichols wrote:
>>> This week's flowers are very tiny, but caught my eye.
>>>
>>> Oly E-1 with Leica Elmarit-R 60/2.8 Macro
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Small+Faces.jpg.html
>>>
>>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>>
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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