Friday, June 8, 2007

Wild Columbine


"Other common names include: American Columbine, Canada Columbine, Eastern Columbine, Meetinghouses, Rock Bells, Honeysuckle, Rock Lily, Cluckies, Jack-in-Trousers, Wild Honeysuckle, Granny's Bonnets, Dancing Fairies, Ancolie du Canada..."
Flora, Fauna, Earth and Sky

This is one of the natural hummingbird feeders.

I think this flower is far lovelier than any of the altered varieties that we see in gardens.

Normally, I prefer to take pictures in the natural light, but sometimes the light levels are so low, the automatic flash on the camera fires. And I often get some great effects, accidentally. This time the flash bounced off my hat (upper right corner) - not sure where the red glow comes from...could it be from the flower?