This week, share a texture found in an unexpected place. It could be made of natural materials, as in these images, or with man-made objects. Click here for more.
Texture. If there’s one place texture abounds around this old house, it’s in the garden:
I throw in the photo-bombing Westie Max free of charge.
And the main reason I grow celosia is for its fuzzy-wuzzy velvety texture:
And here’s one more celosia. This one has a sea coral quality, doesn’t it?:
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I read texture and immediately thought dog fur! So just as well the Westie got thrown in there 😀
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Ha Ha! And there’s plenty of that around here too, come to think of it.
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That top pic is a FAB mix of textures. Wonderful.
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Thank you, Nancy!
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So pretty as summer starts to wind down we are thankful for the plants that have made it through the heat and abundance of rain
Thanks for sharing
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Thank you, Diane! I could just have easily sneaked into your garden for some great texture shots, I know!
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Thank you!
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So velvety – I felt I could have reached out and touched them. Lovely!
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Thank you, Sandra, appreciate very much!
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Thank you for the pingback!
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I have never seen celosia! It’s beautiful. Almost like having a pet. 🙂 Perfect fit for the photo challenge too. 🙂
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Dor, your comments always make me smile but this made me laugh. Yes, my pet plants. No vet bills, no boarding fees, no Heart Guard!
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I did like the top photograph especially, all those shapes, directions and colours…not to speak of a guardian Westie…
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Yes, we call him (Max) our stealth Westie. He was a way of appearing when least expected. Thank you, Helen.
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Celosia is so beautiful in dried arragements. Love all the textures you perfectly coordinated.
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Dorothy, I didn’t know celosia could be dried. The color is unbelievably intense, isn’t it?
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Beautiful photos….full of texture!
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Thank you, Dianna.
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Gosh, Barbara – your garden is amazingly wonderful ! But I MUST know what the insane yellow fluffball is … 😀
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I should have labeled it – it, too, is a Celosia in full “bloom.”
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I have to search it out and see if it grows Downunder. In pots. I cannot live without an insane yellow puffball ! [grin]
Thank you, m’dear !
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I surely think it will, M-R. It is an annual grown from seeds and I think given enough sun and water, you will have fine luck with it. Mine reseed each year. I never know where they will pop up and that’s the best part. IT produces billions of little black seeds, like poppy seeds. Some call it amaranth, by the way. Good luck!
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Thanks HEAPS, Barbara ! – yer a champeen. 😀
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The Celosia looks like something out of Dr Seuss. I, too, will have to hunt that down. (Or maybe let M-R do all the work and just copy her. Again.)
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Atta girl. Why reinvent the wheel, I say. I suppose it is highly illegal for me to send seed Down Under, right?
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Highly. Advantage/Disadvantage (depending on your point of view) of living on an isolated island. We have arguments about importing apples from the neighbours across the ditch because we’re so disease free and would like to stay that way.
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Surely as it should be with all that’s going on in this world lately. There must be a local seed-seller nearby for mad fluffy Dr. Seuss-ey type blooms!
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I found some! Mail order from Queensland but I found some! The ones in your photos are Cockscomb, yes?
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Yes, they are also known as cockscomb. That is the name Thomas Jefferson used in his gardens in Monticello for an heirloom variety, now that you mention it. Great! I’m happy you found them and await a garden post from you in the future!!
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The photo-bombing Westie was the best bit. Oh, but I do love your garden too. 🙂
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Max thanks you and so do I!
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Hello Barbara, Your photos amply show the theme of texture, as well as suggest what fun it can be searching for interesting plants for the garden. In wild plants, which I love, unusual textures are also everywhere, from the sandiness of equisetum, to the shagginess of hickory, to the scaly-smoothness of sycamore.
–Jim
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Hi Jim, I’ve been reading up on equisetum which is quite the fascinating plant, isn’t it? I think I’ve seen it growing in barrels at a now defunct little private nursery specializing in unusual plants (probably the reason it is now shuttered….) We have sycamores – some absolutely mammoth – growing deep in our woods but no hickory which I, too, love for its shagginess. Thank you, Barbara
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As always, you hit it out of the park, Barbara!
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Well, thank you, Alison! Just in from the garden….digging in things over at the potting shed….soon to be revealed. “Soon” being relative of course.
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I want to reach out and touch that fuzzy-wuzzy texture, so inviting.
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I let these come up wherever they want, Annette. Some feel they’re too invasive but I like their random appearances. And such great color at this time of year!! Thank you.
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I love your colorful diversity. They all combine to make a very lovely garden. Great examples of texture, Barbara.
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Thank you, Judy. I’m finding shade gardens are so much more than hostas!
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You have such a beautiful flower garden! I am green… and pink and yellow with envy!
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And I am tickled pink by your comment!!
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Hi Barbara, Your garden looks lovely. I love the textures and the color combinations. A fitting backdrop for Max 😉
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Exactly, Val! Everything around this old barn is basically done to keep Max happy.
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Lovely garden pix (and Westie!), love the fuzzy-wuzzy celosia! Do you dry it for winter arrangements?
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Thank you, Eliza. No, I don’t dry the fuzzy-wuzzy celosia only because I didn’t know I could! Should I just google for the procedure? I love the idea….although a billion little poppy seeds falling out all over the place doesn’t exactly appeal!! I’ll get over it though.
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It may be too late this year, as you pick it just as the tiny flowers are just opening, which takes them out of the garden (hang to dry upside down in dark attic or warm shed – I use elastic bands around stem attached to coat hangers). If you have planted a lot, you can choose a few to dry and enjoy the rest in the garden. If they have set seed already, try drying a few and once dry, shake seeds out – that might work.
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Thank you, Eliza. I am going to try it anyway. I have just the spot. Will let you know how it works. And yes, I can shake those seeds out…..sort of excited about this!
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Save the seeds to sow next year!
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Lovely pictures. . Flowers and plants have so many different, interesting textures.
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They sure do. Made for an easy photo challenge this week for me.
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I love the fuzzy-wuzzy celosia texture, Barbara. It looks like it would make the perfect back-scratcher!
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And would be very nice in a certain New York garden too.
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I have noted your suggestion, my friend.
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What magnificent photos Barbara, I love your site and thank you for following mine too!
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Oh, thank you, Barbara. You know, it takes some nerve for me to post my amateur phone photos in these Weekly Challenges along with so many superb photographers….but it is my blog, right? I would love to learn a bit more about photo-taking in the future.
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