Foliage Follow-up: 1.16.2011

While we were debating between the colorful leaves of our Rex Begonia indoors or the snow-dusted evergreens outdoors as possible subjects for our January foliage follow-up post, we decided this leek — revealed during the course of making dinner — deserved the honor.

HE SAID:

I thought it would be appropriate today for Foliage Follow-up to mention a book that my sister found in the public library and shared with me. "Extraordinary Leaves," with photographs by Stephen Green-Armytage and text by dennis Schrader, is a georgeous large-format tribute to the leaves of plants of all sorts including vegetables. Although the subjects are all identified by their scientific nomenclature, the book is not about the science of plants, but rather a celebration of the beauty of leaves: their texture, color, edges, shape, size and pattern.

I recommend it, especially to anyone whose garden is currently covered in snow. It brightened my day with the reminder of what we can look forward to in not too many weeks. 

Thanks as always to Pam at Digging for hosting Foliage Follow-Up. It really keeps us alert and noticing foliage year-round in preparation for this monthly event. 

Comments

[Pam/Digging]

Your leeks make for nearly abstract photos, don't they? Thanks for joining in with a different take on foliage.

[Altoon]

You were lucky in finding particularly expressive leeks. The images are luscious.

[RBell]

Interesting looking book - thanks for sharing.

[Janet/Plantaliscious]

Gorgeous photos, love the kinky leeks. The book looks intriguing.

[Lisa at Greenbow]

Obviously this book was great inspiration. The leek photos are beautiful. Creamy leek soup sounds good to me. Happy Foliage Followup.

[Julie Siegel]

Thanks for fab photos and for seeing outside the box!

[Saturejka]

That reminds me of Karl Blossfeldt
http://saturejka.blogspot.com/2011/01/innowacyjne-fotografie-karla.html