Sunday, January 09, 2011

Mother Nature's Collage

On Friday I took this picture of the pumpkin we left for the wildlife in our backyard. It seems a shame to throw out pumpkins after Halloween, so this year we chopped them up and put them in the vegetable patch. I figured the squirrels would have grabbed all the seeds. But here was one half of one of the pumpkins, seeds intact and frozen at this point. I was surprised at the green I still found in the garden. Later this week I'll photograph it again. We have so much snow right now that I don't think I could find it.

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1 comment:

  1. the real treat is in the spring. I leave my pumpkin out too, it breaks down realy neat, it's almost a lace appearance, and great for your garden too, you may even have pumpkins growing.

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