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Subject: [Leica] [OM] IMG: Pokeweed
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2018 09:52:20 -0500
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Thanks, Nathan.? Your birds are smart.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 8/12/2018 12:29 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> Lovely photo of a nuisance! We also have some berries growing in the 
> garden of the new house, but the birds unfortunately seem to prefer the 
> fresh figs.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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>> On 10 Aug 2018, at 23:07, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
>>
>> If one reads the stories  of the American pioneers heading west, one will 
>> find frequent mentions of Pokeweed.  The berries are poisonous, but the 
>> leaves were eaten for their vitamin content.
>>
>> In my yard it is a nuisance, cropping up in many border areas. But, if 
>> caught in the sunlight, it sort of glows.  As the berries ripen, they 
>> turn a purplish black, and are quickly snatched by the birds.
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20180810-DSCF9218.JPG.html
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>> X-T2 and 55mm Takumar, with CU lens and monopod.
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>> -- 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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In reply to: Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] IMG: Pokeweed)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] [OM] IMG: Pokeweed)