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Saturday 23 August 2008

Saturday PhotoHunt - Wrinkled.


The Saturday PhotoHunt is hosted by TNChick.
Visit her for a load of great photos.

This week's theme is wrinkled.

I thought of a self-portrait.
Then I thought of a photo of my long-suffering husband.
Neither seemed right.

Then Youngest Son did some weeding, and ended up with a load of these.

Fresh Nasturtium seeds.

They look fairly wrinkled.

They'll look even more wrinkled after they dry out - but that's the case with all of us!

One day I must try pickling these. Capers (pickled nasturtium seeds) are used in such things as Tartare Sauce.

Happy Hunting everyone.

36 comments:

sally in norfolk said...

I did not know that capers were pickled nasturtium seeds... learn something new everyday :-)

Pretty Life Online said...

Great choice for today's theme... Mine's up too , hope you can hop at corner too... Happy weekend!

Carver said...

That's a great idea for the wrinkled theme. Hope you have a great weekend.

Maddy said...

You can pickle them just like capers too!
Cheers

Fishman said...

Interesting. I must check out what "nasturtium" means from the dictionary. Don't think I have ever seen them before in this part of the world.

Randi said...

Nice catch for the wrinkled theme.
Have a wonderful weekend!

YTSL said...

Love capers with my smoked salmon... :b

jmb said...

It was not that long ago that I discovered capers came from nasturtiums. Happy weekend Dragonstar.

Jientje said...

That is so clever!!! You have them growing in your garden, do you?

jams o donnell said...

Great take dragonstar.. Nasturtiums are great.. and damned tasty too!

Anonymous said...

An inspired choice and you spared my blushes...

amazingmusings.com said...

Didn't know capers look like that when freshly-picked!

Thanks for sharing...

Mine is up too here!

Anonymous said...

great take on this weeks theme...

hope you can visit
My Wrinkled Photo

Anonymous said...

Wow, we learned something new today :)

Anonymous said...

isn't that the truth that the wrinkles just seem to happen the older one gets -- I'm glad I have PhotoShop that's for sure.

CherryPie said...

A very interesting post, I didn't know that either.

Hootin Anni said...

wow....what an excellent photo. Love the clarity. Whoa...just love it.

Mine is posted: HERE

Anonymous said...

What a beautiful photo! Great take on the theme.

Katney said...

No kidding? Capers are pickled nasturitium seeds?

Kyanite said...

That is a good choice.
Are you going to pickle them???

And, what's a miss with Aileni's blog... Blogger says blog not found - address available...

Are you to holding up after loosing Badger???
I know how sad this time is.

Love
Blue

Anonymous said...

Enjoy the weekend dragonstar!

Anonymous said...

great wrinkled idea, i've not seen those before!
View mine if you wish here Thanks..

RJ Flamingo said...

Great shot! Very creative...

Hope you can drop by:

http://flamingofotos.blogspot.com

and while you're there, would you please click on my baby dragons?

http://dragcave.net/user/RJ%20Flamingo%20

Tokenhippygirl said...

Nice one! What a great picture for the theme this week!

mrsnesbitt said...

I'll be harvesting mine shortly ready for next year!

Brine Queen said...

Cool photo! Some seeds and fruits are so very wrinkly, and I only thought of that after I saw your post! Great idea.

Anonymous said...

I have not heard of capers but they sure fit the theme for this week! Have a great weekend.

Anonymous said...

Have a good weekend - and i have never seen nasturtium seeds before. Nasturtiums were quite common here when I was a child, but they don't seem to be around much anymore, which is sad.

Barbara said...

Learnt something new today, I didn't know capers were nasturtium seeds. Mine didn't grow very well this year, maybe not enough sunshine.

sammawow said...

Wonderful take on the wrinkled theme! I love capers but didn't know that they were nasturtium seeds. I hope that you have a great weekend!

Carin said...

The capers I used to pick in Gozo were much smaller and greener. Anyway yours do look very wrinkled. Nice picture.

Anonymous said...

oooo u make ur own?? cool!!! nice shot. :)

Colin Campbell said...

I love nasturtiums. They are so robust and beautiful. Low maintenance and good value. Tasty in salads.

Jane Hards Photography said...

I would not have known what those were at all. They look like radioactive walnuts.

Liz Hinds said...

I didn't know that! I learn so much from you!

Very wrinkled seeds. I do know that if left to themselves nasturtiums will spread everywhere!

Nydia said...

They look so much with a fruit we have here, called Pitanga, only they're red, these would be them before ripping.

Kisses!