May 19, 2008
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Full moon
I bought some new little solar powered lanterns the other day. I kept forgetting to check if they worked. Tonight I remembered to find out. They are on my patio in the back yard. As I was waling there in the dark I noticed that my lawn was decorated with little seeds from the large maple tree in my side yard.
I am amazed by theses whirligig seeds. When they are on the tree they
remind me of bats hanging from the branches, with their wings slightly
spread.
As they come off the tree and float on the breeze they are
like helicopters. As they near the ground, it seems they break apart
and the the seed end gets deposited nearest the ground, leaving the fin
sticking up. These fins are luminescent in the moonlight of the full
moon. BTW, the lights do work. : )
Comments (5)
Those seeds bring back memories…I plainly recall watching with awe as they sailed to the ground spinning their wings as you said “a helicopter”.
Wow – Thanks for sharing the pictures and knowledge. Kinda reminds me off pinecone seeds. They float the same exact way but are way smaller. I saw you were able to hold your friends grandkid also. ((PRICELESS )) My gosh my girls are growing FAST. I have new pictures posted. Thanks again for sharing and have an awesome future – John
What an interesting blog, pictures are fabulous and your description allows one to imagine it in their mind
Never ever knew about those seeds so thanks for sharing xoxo Tynee
I love the photos and the descriptions.
When we lived in western NY we had trees with the whirligigs on them. My kids LOVE to play with them. They would throw them up in the air and pretend they were “hellopopters”