We had a short visit to the Botanic Garden with some visiting friends: there was lovely sunshine, but outdoors was pretty nippy. This encouraged lingering for some handheld photostacking of spiny succulents in the desert environment glasshouses, while the local mallards developed miraculous capabilities on the surface of the lake…
Miraculous mallard.
Soikes I
Spikes II
Red spikes.
Birch bark.