I’m just sneaking these in at the last minute to celebration of the launch of a new weekly photo challenge, hosted by Denzil. He’ll be announcing the next topic tomorrow.
Nature Photo Challenge: Patterns
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Susan Rushton 
Beautiful.
It was too tempting a topic to resist.
Speechless at that first one, Susan. I love it!
That one’s a mathematician… or an engineer.
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Beautiful selection, Susan!
It’s a great topic as pattern is one of the most fascinating things about nature.
I recently bumped into the British word ‘skip’ — a container for refuse that we usually call a dumpster. I wondered where the word came from, and found this:
“A skep was originally the name for a straw beehive – The meaning of the word ‘skep’ meant ‘basket’ and comes from the Late Old English word ‘sceppe’, or from Old Norse ‘skeppa’, which also meant ‘basket’.
The term skep was adopted in cotton mills and coal mines for the large containers used in both industries: over the years, ‘skep’ morphed into ‘skip’ in the coal mines.
In the 1920s, skip-like lorries appeared on UK streets to collect household and business waste – Developments in the US in the 1930s and 1940s saw the invention of similar vehicles with the same type of hydraulic lifting arms we recognise today. The 1960s saw the widespread introduction of the business and domestic skip hire indrustry we’re all familiar with.”
How about that?
I’m familiar with both words, but did not know the link.
I like those intricate designs by mother nature.
The master sculptress.
Beautiful patterns, Susan.
Thanks, Pat. I’m off to check your submission, guessing this one might have e tempted you too!
That succulent is remarkable!
It’s a little disconcerting if you let your eye linger on it – a very quirky plant.
Wow that Telopea is stunning, it looks like it’s been knitted. Thanks for joining this challenge Susan!
It’s hard to see that flower without a lot of why?-type questions floating into your mind.
Susan, could I save and share that photo on my summary of the first challenge please? I will credit you of course.
Yes, that’s fine.
Thank you.
Just to warn you that Akismet sent your last message to spam. I’ve unspammed it, but keep an eye on that. You’ll no doubt be leaving more comments than usual.
Thanks!
So beautiful Susan 🙂
Some of these might be more familiar to you, I imagine.
Nothing last minute about these: they’re lovely, each one
Denzil has given us plenty of scope.
Great eye seeing and capturing these patterns.
I suppose patterns are designed to be fascinating… or our mind is designed to find them so.
A good range
Thanks, Derrick. It’s a wide open topic.