Sunday, 19 February 2012

Macro Monday - Figure of 8 Knot

A weekend of that most suburban of tasks, gardening, reminded me of these pictures I took a few years ago.

While trimming the excess growth from a wisteria I found this knot. It had probably been formed by the plants responding to stimulus of light and gravity.

This process had formed a figure of eight knot – beloved of climbers. I think it was the first new knot I learned when I started to climb.

So, here we have an example of apparent design without either purpose or intelligence. It was a good thing to find. This weekend of snipping and clipping yielded no such interest! But the mid afternoon tea and cake tasted mighty fine!

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19 comments:

  1. Anonymous19 February 2012 at 23:31

    Love the green knot you found.

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  2. Imaginography20 February 2012 at 02:01

    That's amazing, I thought it must have been tied by someone! The knot is also beloved of sailors who also need stopper knots i rigging :)

    Thanks for the visit to my blog :)

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  3. TexWisGirl20 February 2012 at 02:27

    oh wow! how cool is that?!

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  4. Leslie20 February 2012 at 12:11

    I think tea and cake sounds like a fitting reward after gardening! And I agree, vines can make endlessly fascinating subjects. Sometimes they even spell out words (well, almost ;)

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  5. Kateri20 February 2012 at 12:27

    It is always so neat to find something so perfect and so unexpected in nature like this.

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  6. From The Heart20 February 2012 at 12:42

    Unusual...but a nice knot.
    great post!

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  7. Maude Lynn20 February 2012 at 12:56

    Cool find!

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  8. carol l mckenna20 February 2012 at 13:02

    Love what nature creates sometimes ~ awesome shot ~namaste, carol (A Creative Harbor)

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  9. Anonymous20 February 2012 at 13:50

    What an amazing find. I've never seen anything like that.

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  10. Bee Girl20 February 2012 at 14:22

    Very cool! I'm not very familiar with wisteria, but am wondering...might this dry beautifully?

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  11. Lea20 February 2012 at 14:38

    Great shot - very interesting!
    Happy Macro Monday!
    Lea
    Lea's Menagerie

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  12. Nita20 February 2012 at 21:34

    Great find. Happy Macro Monday!

    Nita

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  13. SeaThreePeeO20 February 2012 at 22:46

    What an amazing find!

    Herding Cats

    http://seathreepeeo.blogspot.com

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  14. Trish ~ ♥ ~21 February 2012 at 03:38

    awesome find ~8)

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  15. Tatjana Parkacheva21 February 2012 at 03:57

    Very interesting and unusual.

    Regards and best wishes

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  16. Karen21 February 2012 at 04:07

    That's cool Stewart!

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  17. Costin Comba21 February 2012 at 07:24

    Beautiful picture, looks like a pretzel. Have a nice week. Greetings from Romania.

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  18. Anonymous21 February 2012 at 15:24

    Great find!

    Happy MM

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  19. Ida21 February 2012 at 15:35

    How interesting that the plant formed this knot naturally. Thanks for sharing.

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