Friday, July 29, 2011

From Gold to Gold

The wildflower named Goatsbeard dabbles in its own unique brand of alchemy. 

It starts out with a blossom full of bright yellow gold.

May 27 (21)

And, eventually---after steeping in a potion of sunshine and time---transforms its visage to a shiny metallic form of gold!

July 25 (17) cropped, contrast

3 comments:

Caution/Lisa said...

What an interesting picture that second one is!

Been thinking about you recently :) Hope you are well.

Jeannelle said...

Hi, Caution! Thanks for your thoughts....I'm doing fine.

DesertHen said...

Simply beautiful! That second photo is fascinating. It looks like it has been dipped in gold leaf!