Ok, I looked it up and it is Ostrich fern, but also found out people have gotten very sick from eating them due to not cooking them long enough.... good to know. Editing to add the following:"The term fiddlehead is used to refer to plants in 3 ways: (1) the young curled leaf of any fern; (2) the ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris of the Aspidaceae family); and (3) the young curled leaf of the ostrich fern used as a vegetable (often called fiddlehead greens). "

Beautiful photos today! I love your garden gate, Nicole. I'm coming right over to see it in person! LOL! This is a huge wisteria vine at Kew Gardens, London. The vine was trained to grow into a large sphere, forming a "room." Benches have been placed inside where people can sit, and one can be seen on the right-hand side of the photo.

Gazania and Nicole, your bugs are amazing looking! They really don't look real! Great colors too. I was just so happy this afternoon to look at my yard and see so much color.

Thanks. I haven't been posting here as regularly as I had in the past. So now sometimes when I do, I get carried away. It was pretty easy to take fabulous pictures on the island of Madeira. Almost anywhere you looked there would a stunning view. And you could then turn 180 degrees in that spot and have a different wonderful view. Between my 35mm film camera and my wife's small digital camera we came home with nearly 800 photos.