Comments on: Doll’s Eyes

By: Ratty

Ratty — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:05:58 +0000

The real deal! A lot more sinister looking than the gray dogwood I mistook for this.

Ratty,
I remember- the red stems send you off track. The wild clematis flowers you photographed then should have set seed pods that turn into the fuzzy ‘old man’s beard’

By: peppylady

peppylady — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:09:56 +0000

Interesting it sort of looks like what we call snake berries.
But they don’t have the eyes on them.

Coffee is on.

peppylady,
Well with a fresh pot of coffee I was ready to see what a snake berry was. I wandered around the web poking around and I think ‘yours’ might be common snowberry. (Symphoricarpos albus)

It was an interesting trip. While snowberry is the more ‘common’ name for that shrub I did find it using snake berry. But snake berry is also used for a ‘false’ strawberry with yellow flowers. …and I haven’t finished the first cup of coffee yet.

By: Mr. McGregor's Daughter

Mr. McGregor's Daughter — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:41:25 +0000

The spider emphasizes the sinister quality of those berries. They are very showy against the bright stem.

Mr. McGregor’s Daughter,
You got that right. The berries are deadly although you’d never know it buy looking at them. They’re not beautiful enough to make your heart skip a beat but eating them will stop it cold.