We’re coming down to the wire now, especially since I already know what I’m going to use for the last entry. This one is kind of a last-minute changeup, since I’d originally slotted a bird in here but found that none of the single-appearance birds that I had in the list were wowing me, so we’re going with a plant instead.
And there’s a chance this has even appeared on the blog more than once, because this was shot in the NC Botanical Garden, of which I was a semi-regular visitor – that’s definitely changing now that I live two hours away from it. I’m going to have to look around and see if there are any botanical gardens within a reasonable distance of Walkabout Estates Plus now. If it did appear here before though, it remained unidentified then, and almost did in the post that originally featured this image. I did finally sit down and do a search on the species, but was never fully confident in what I eventually settled on, which was/is a maple leaf viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium, and I provide that link so you can judge for yourself.) None of the images that I shot that day showed the leaf shape distinctly enough to help, but you can look closely if you like and try to determine if I’m correct.
Still, I like this one better for the more fartistic quality of it – I mean, beyond my usual blog-fodder. It’s not going in any contests, mind you, but it does have a certain element within, you know what I mean?