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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Pokeweed
From: cartersxrd at gmail.com (CartersXRd)
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2018 18:42:09 -0400
References: <bfe004d6-385d-bc35-f5f1-00d09c94d1db@lighttube.net>

great job getting the early berries with pink stems

ric


> On Aug 10, 2018, at 5:07 PM, 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.
> 
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20180810-DSCF9218.JPG.html
> 
> X-T2 and 55mm Takumar, with CU lens and monopod.
> 
> -- 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
> 
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