I'm not a fan of figs. I'm married to man who is and I love him nonetheless.
I love fig trees and fig leaves for their form. Truth is I love the wonderfully complex geography of the fruit. How can so much be going on in something that is eaten and grows on a tree?
What I really was trying to share in this image is the red ball which has sunflower seeds in it.
Can't you imagine a bird sitting on the rim, balancing and rebalancing, focused on dipping its beak into the open center, as it picked out its nibble. Swaying a bit, to and fro, before it flies off to the next nibble.
Pretty bird-feeder, and looks squirrel-proof. I'm with you, figs are beautiful trees but what's up with that fruit?
ReplyDeleteIt's a little known fact that Newton was actually hit on the head by a Fig, thus ...
ReplyDeleteOh never mind.