All Hail the Dark Lord!!
by JakeKurdsjuk

Comment by IreneM:
Great shot! Hope it makes top three.

There Be Dragons
by JakeKurdsjuk

Comment by gintay:
wow, creative

Red-Headed Woodpecker
by JakeKurdsjuk

Comment by markwiley:
Good looking dude.

All Hail the Dark Lord!!
by JakeKurdsjuk

Comment by MaryO:
Well-trained vultures, I must say.

All Hail the Dark Lord!!
by JakeKurdsjuk

Comment by kiwinick:
great entry Ha Ha many a true word spoken in jest 10

Korean Dogwood
by JakeKurdsjuk

Comment by PenelopeK:
As I commented during voting I thought this was a lovely image. I gave it my highest vote.

Jomari's comment "It's interesting that the leaves have the fine red border, just like the flowers" led me to share a botanical "tidbit" ... from a botanical perspective, the lovely, white, pink tinged, petal-like things that dominate the image are not flowers at all. Nor are they leaves. They are bracts. Only the small clusters in the center are flowers.

I'm curious whether you knew this, as you seem pretty knowledgeable about birds and plants etc., and decided to go ahead an submit it anyway. :-)

I planted some Korean dogwoods, which are much more disease resistant than the white dogwood, in the yard of my first home on the Cape. Seeing this reminds me to look into adding one in our yard here, especially since we have a fair amount of shade.

Congratulations on the ribbon.

Korean Dogwood
by JakeKurdsjuk

Comment by JakeKurdsjuk:

Originally posted by Dennisheckman: Congrats Jake! I think you would win any "100 feet from home" challenge.

Actually, Dennis, this was closer to 7 miles from home. ;)

Korean Dogwood
by JakeKurdsjuk

Comment by Dennisheckman:
Congrats Jake! I think you would win any "100 feet from home" challenge.

Korean Dogwood
by JakeKurdsjuk

Comment by gintay:
Congratulations on the Blue Ribbon.
Nice cluster of flowers. Unique.

Korean Dogwood
by JakeKurdsjuk

Comment by jomari:
Beautiful flowers, beautiful photo, Jake. Congrats on the blue. It's interesting that the leaves have the fine red border, just like the flowers.