I might be just as prickly as this dried up wild cucumber pod as I watch the snow falling outside. Spring is supposed to be here and winter over but winter won’t go away so the critters and birds are probably feeling as prickly as me too.
Prickly Wild Cucumber
It is getting harder to find much color on these fall days after all the cold nights. The marigolds have turned brown in the flower beds after freezing and a walk through the brown fields displays other remnants of the summer’s passing. The once vibrant green foliage of the wild cucumber has vanished leaving a few brown vines with seed pods exposed. The wild cucumber is also called prickly cucumber, and this seed pod does look rather prickly!
Prickly Pod!
