November Challenge

[Dreamin]

Love your leaves on the water, Rich, Didn't spot it when I was here earlier.

Abutilon theophrasti. Thought I recognised your velvet leaf seed pods, Natalie.
We have a number of Abutilons native to Australia. None terribly harmful or weedy unless of course like all weeds, if they are moved to a new environment where there are no natural predaors that had evolved with the plant. Thus they can flourish and become annoying weeds.

Similar with animals out of place. Cats rabbits foxes pigs goats deer camels.. the list goes on. 'They all ran wild'. Which is actually the title of a book by a bloke called Eric Rolls. Who spent his life in roughly the same place I have.

Here's a bit of colour.

Very pretty, BUT the challenge was "Dead flowers, plants, leaves, etc."

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To ID this, dead caterpillars and dried soybeans....so similar in this image, yet so different.