walking to work on Aug 14

I think this is a pumpkin flower. Pumpkins have excellent leaves, as well as spectacular flowers.






Hibiscus. Love the little spikes curving around the buds.






Linden leaf skeleton on the sidewalk.






I never get tired of admiring the pattern of sunflower seeds. Those radiating, intersecting curves.......






Newly-painted house, with matching leaves.






Sedum "Autumn Joy."






Zinnias.






Of course everything is not sweetness and light (or even interesting textures and shapes) in Ann Arbor.

A flourishing bed of ragweed. It can be rather an attractive plant, but its pollen is one of the worst wind-borne allergens on the continent........






Hmmm. Strolling along. Wondering about leaves on the trunk of this maple tree -- maples don't have leaves coming out of their trunks.






Let's have a closer look, shall we?






Ah. Say no more. These would not be maple leaves.

This is poison ivy. Birds love the berries, and can eat them with no apparent ill effects. Then they drop the seeds ... everywhere. It's good to keep an eye on your back yard, and pull a poison ivy vine before it really takes hold...........