Tuesday it rained. Which made the berries look all the more juicy…
Berries of the Bittersweet: 1st October 2019
Bittersweet is a member of the nightshade family. Inadvisable to eat. Indeed, everything about this delightful delicate plant is toxic to humans and animals.
crispina kemp 
But they look so yummy…
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Yea, don’t they.
I’ve left it late to get the photos this year. Catch them right and they’re a riot of colour, from green through yellow and orange to this deep cherry red.
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Beautiful Crispina! To me it sends the message of how toxic it can be to only have the outer beauty! 😀 ❤
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Yea, indeed. And they lurk, hidden amongst the more innocent hedgerow plants
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And it looks so inviting.
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I would say the red shouts of danger. Yet rose hips are equally bright in their red.
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It should have a warning engraved of the tree, fruit or leaves!
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Yea, like that idea!
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👍
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Good thing this plant doesn’t grow here.
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Does it not? It has delicate flowers, pretty in purple and yellow, like tiny versions of the tomato and potato flowers, to which its akin
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Funny how the brightest things, from plants to animals, have been painted in loud warning colours! Mother Nature’s way of saying “Look, but don’t touch”.
Lovely image.
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I would say that it spells danger. But then look at the hawthorn’s haws, and the rose hips, both of which are equally red. But then, perhaps that’s a deceit? But who are they trying to deceive? Most berries rely on birds or small mammals eating them to ensure their distribution and a good start into growth
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There is that. I think she is a trickster, our Mama!
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I think tricks evolved to protect one plant, and were retained when that plant further evolved to present as something other.
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Most probably!
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Seems the most probable explanation.
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It’s strange how apparently beautiful objects can be toxic. But really amazing picture ☺️❤️
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It’s also strange two members of the same family can be so different. The tomato, and the potato, are lose kin to this plant.
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Oh. I didn’t know that. It’s really strange, some members are important for our diet and some are toxic. It pertains to human beings too then
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Yea, there is a likeness. Maybe it’s a constant throughout the species?
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Yes maybe. Anything can be possible, now I really know that! 😅
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🙂
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Nice closeup Crispina!
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Thank you. I was dead chuffed the way it came out
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I bet! Those water droplets were perfect! ⭐⭐⭐
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There were three shots came out magic. It happens. Just not very often. Actually, Tuesday yielded some great photos.
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Nice. I’m glad it was worth your efforts. Right place at the right time, 🙂
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And then the heavens opened and we were drenched down to the skin. Nice.
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😂 oopsy sorry 😂
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It happens. And rather when we’ve had a good shoot and we’re heading for the bus home. 🙂
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Singing in the Rain 🎶
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Absolutely. The sound of the rain drowns out my off-key b-flat voice 🙂
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Good! Everyone has to sing sometimes. Be -Flat if you have to. 😉
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Night shade. I have heard that word in reference to an ingredient in tea before. I wonder what it was… Hmmmm.
Gorgeous shot. the drips are perfect!
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There are several nightshades. Deadly Nightshade. Woody Nightshade. And Bittersweet Nightshade. All beloved by witches … according to folklore.
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I don’t know what kind it was, but I saw it in the ingredients of an herbal tea, and an old man told me it was cat poop! I didn’t believe him but……
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I don’t know what that might be. I only know the British wild forms. But since most of the edible forms are found in the Americas, I’m betting there are others with herbal uses your side of the Atlantic. It’s not cat poop, that I do know
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Everything about it is toxic . . . except photos of it! Thank you.
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Thanks, Brian. I was pleased, and everything was against the shot. Like those berries were deep into a hedge, so not the easiest of shots
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Great photo – I think the berries always look quite shiny and moist – I only know one place where it grows, just a small plant among many others so I was quite pleased when I spotted it.
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Those berries like to hide. I often see bittersweet hidden in the hedges. Never much, just the one plant. Although I do know a place where the vines clamber around a pipe and thus traverse a stream. Alas, my zoom lacks the power to capture it, and both ends of that pipe are thich with nettles.
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The fruit look beautiful and the water droplets make it seem more amazing. But it does describe “Every beautiful thing has a hidden secret. So don’t judge by just appearance.” Beautiful picture.
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Thank you. Watch out for more berries on Sunday 🙂
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Sure, I would!
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🙂
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