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Oh, it absolutely works so well because your wife's in it. A really strong photo!
 

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Really?! What are they?

They're rose hips. There are roughly speaking to kinds that are common in our part of the world. The ones you found are the more fleshy, elongated kind and I think that's rosa canina; the dog rose. The others are the rounder or even flatter kind, rosa rugosa (Japanese rose). The former is more like most of the hybrid garden varieties that are grown for ornamental purposes; the thorns are 'classic' rose thorns: rather big and spaced at a few cm from each other. The latter is often seen along roadsides etc. and has many more and smaller, spiky thorns (they're a veritable nightmare to handle!) The dog rose tends to fruit prolifically, but the fruit turns soggy rather quickly. The flavor is kind of sweet, whereas the one you found are a little more tangy, and the fruits tend to survive much longer as they are much firmer. Either can be used to make jams (confiture), syrups and whatnot. They're easy to collect, but since they're so full of seeds (both varieties), you need to gather quite a lot of them to get a decent harvest after removing the seeds.

Oh, it absolutely works so well because your wife's in it. A really strong photo!
Much obliged! I printed it this morning and my wife walked in as it was just finished; she approved.
 

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Oh, it absolutely works so well because your wife's in it. A really strong photo!

And at the risk of a "different photograph" analysis - -, the photograph's strength is very much related to the direction your wife is walking - outwards toward the edge of the frame, rather than inwards toward the top of the stairs.
 

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My anker in the mud at low water this morning.

 
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Thank you for sharing! I'll keep this in mind.
 

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rose hips, also used in carvan cevitam, a fine khaki-like fruit and taste. very healthy with lots of vitamin -C
ho... kodaks already explained..
 

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today's hike

 

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Actually from the day before yesterday.
At our friends' place on one of the Gulf Islands just a short ferry ride from home.
These are very regular visitors. The inquisitive raccoon whose head popped up from under the deck? I wasn't quick enough for him!
 

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Ah, cute!

I see things like this so often when I only have a cell phone... need to start carrying a telephoto at all times.
 

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That’s an elephant ear, Daniela. I grow them every year next to my reading chair for the big leaves, which are about 40cm long and flop around lazy in the breeze.

Just looked it up. Beautiful! Thank you!
 

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A nice piece of pasture, owned by the University, there's a mowed path I ride my bike on. Adjacent to the grounds of the old state sanitarium (TB Hospital)
 
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