NOT A SAFE PLACE!

NOT A SAFE PLACE!, originally uploaded by .Luca - Italy.

This flower dropped down from its vase, it will colour this grey grid untill the next wind...

Questo fiore è caduto dal suo vaso, colorerà questa grigia grata fino al prossimo vento...

Just hanging around

Just hanging around, originally uploaded by Immagina.

Ok, I stole the fish, but don't you think you went too far with the punishment?

Ladybug Blaze

Ladybug Blaze, originally uploaded by Dan Zen.

Foggy Night

Foggy Night, originally uploaded by BamaWester.

This was one of those moments when it really paid to have my camera with me. The fog descended quickly and I happened to drive by this spot. The rest, as they say, is history.

White Flower in the Cascade Mountains

White Flower in the Cascade Mountains, originally uploaded by Pixel Packing Mama.

Unusual White Flower growing wild in the Cascade Mountains. I don't know the name of it. As far as the My Story part, I had parked my car on the shoulder of the highway and decided that I would walk up the hillside to see more about these flowers. I had been watching them each year for about 15 or 20 years, thinking that some day I would photograph them. I never did. One day I just decided I had waited long enough. I was a fair distance from the highway when a State Trooper drove up to my truck. I thought I was going to get a ticket for parking on the shoulder. I walked back to my truck, and he said, "Are you OK?" I explained that yes I was, and about waiting so long to photograph the flowers. I had my camera with me, and I think I am a fairly believable person. Anyway, he wasn't mean at all. In fact he told me where I could go and turn off the highway just about a half mile from there, and that there were zillions of the same type of flower. I followed his advice and he was correct. He was very nice. I got this picture that day, and I used my ArcSoft2 photo program, and added a bit of oil paint1 technique. I took some close up like this one, and some from a distance showing the surrounding area. That I get into these type of situations addresses "My Life As" a photographer and nature lover. Sightseeing is one of the most fun things I do.

Can someone tell me the name of this flower, or seed pod, or whatever it is? I don't want to put it on the FLOWERS group if it is not a flower, or if it is unidentified. I put it on ID Please group as well.(278unusualwhitewildfloweraaoil1)
This is the ID I got: This is the inflorescence of a plant in the lily family (Liliaceae), I believe it is a Turk's Cap lily, Xerophyllum tenax.
This additional comment and information came in later, but I am just now getting around to adding it here. It is also in the comment below from Dreyer Family.
I believe urtica is correct that this is Xerophyllum tenax -but I the common name is Bear Grass or Indiana Basket Grass. Turk's cap lilly is a real flower - it's very different. Beatutiful image!


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Torii de l'ile de Miyajima (Japon) / Miyajima Torii gate (Japan)

Torii de l'ile de Miyajima (Japon) / Miyajima Torii gate (Japan), originally uploaded by Pi production.

Günbatımına el hareketi :)

Günbatımına el hareketi :), originally uploaded by paşanın yeri.