This was a week full of people and conferences. I didn’t have any time to venture out with my camera, so I’m sharing a few photos from earlier this month that didn’t fit into other posts. I hope you enjoy this grab bag of winter close-up images.
Cattail seeds on ice bubbles.Milkweed seed on ice.Snow and prairie leaf.Ice bubbles. Does anyone else see an octopus?Goldenrod seeds and snow.More goldenrod seeds and snow.Stiff sunflower (Helianthus pauciflorus) leaves.
I love the milkweed seed photos. I plant milkweed for the monarchs here in Virginia. When the seed pods pop open in the late summer, I can be seen running around the yard, grasping for the floating seeds. 😂
The Prairie Ecologist 
The Stiff Sunflower looks like dancers in a row to me.
Ditto! The Dancers of Winter …
I love the milkweed seed photos. I plant milkweed for the monarchs here in Virginia. When the seed pods pop open in the late summer, I can be seen running around the yard, grasping for the floating seeds. 😂
I see a Dumbo Octopus, specifically.
These are just stunning, thanks for sharing the beauty of winter.
beautiful, thanks
The curled stiff sunflower leaves look like the old-fashioned metal icicles we used to hang on the Christmas tree.