Only The Beginning
by Kathi Mirto
Title
Only The Beginning
Artist
Kathi Mirto
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Ode to Milkweed
amazing milkweed,
many a day I overlooked your beauty
such as the golden riches of your inner pods,
the pink and purple petals of your umbels,
or the intricate scarlet veins of your leaves,
yet, when a child, time and again
I had set your seed tufts free
and watched them flutter into the wind
where my dreams were carried away with a puff
The milkweed is an ideal horticulture plant to include in the landscape for the sweet fragrance of its blooms, but more so for attracting butterflies and moths. It also attracts beetles and spiders, even hummingbirds, but none more so than the monarch butterfly. The milkweed is the sole food source for the monarch larvae on which the eggs are laid on the underside of young leaves. With the recent threats of monarch's drop in population, it's especial a good reason to plant the milkweed in your landscape!
The milkweed thrives naturally in native habitats of Michigan spreading from the Midwestern States all the way to the Eastern States.
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January 19th, 2018
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Lois Bryan
Beautiful rich color and light, Kathi .. wonderful detailing!!! The hint of glow in the buds .. the golden light in the background ... every aspect combine to create a magical work!!! l/f and t
HH Photography of Florida
The milkweed blossom is so pretty. Great capture Kathi, of this one bursting forth. l/g+
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