Annalia S.'s photos with the keyword: seeds

Though they fall in flurries just like snow flakes in the wind, they are not cold and do not melt. They are the seeds of certain poplars (like the Populus Alba that grows plentiful along the banks of the Arno River). The cottony filaments help the seeds catch a ride on air currents and disperse widely, giving them a better chance to grow away from the mother plant, where they won't have to compete with it for light and nourishment. This particular tree, however, grows in an area sheltered from the wind and had little opportunity to send its "children" off into the blue. Most of them collected on the ground or got caught on the grasses lining the path.

Left in peace during the lockdown, wild grasses were allowed to "go to seed" all over the city. Here they catch the sunlight from the side beautifying a very plain garden fence. In the Pip, another take on the same fence in black and white. HFF!

There is a spot, in the backyard of my workplace, where a whirlwind tends to trap bits of paper and other windborne trash. The other morning, however, these feathery seeds had fallen in the wind trap and formed a beautifully textured mound of fluff. PIP added: I added a PIP to show the b/w version, which, even with enhancements, looks drab and uninteresting in comparison to the color version. This surprised me and all I can figure is that the contrast between the warm furry seed heads and the cool white of their feathery tails adds an interesting element, which is missing in the monochrome.