Another shot taken whilst walking the dog-but this time in a fairly creepy wood near my home. Poinsettias are the classic"Brighten up your home at Christmas" potted plant. They don't live wild in the UK. What was it doing frozen in a lake?
@Becky: I unfortunately now think that Catchlight got it right..."The slightly creepy wood" is a wood which is part of the Campus of the Unversity of Reading. Every so often the arts students do art "installations"...I think that is the only explanation...boring, but it got me thinking before the hard reality was made obvious....sigh
@Julie Brown: I think the rest of the plant is under the ice, and I agree, it can't have been there very long. Betty knows that if I've got the black lumpy thing over my shoulder that there are going to be some interruptions to her walk, but then again, when she finds something disgusting to roll in-I have to wait for her! So it kinda works as a pernership!!
@CATCHLIGHT: Yep, thinking about it-I think you've got it in one
@daniela scharnowski: A story of unrequited love......
Canon EOS 7D
1/80 second
F/2.8
ISO 400
110 mm