Cow Parsnip - Berenklauw

What does a person do when she is sitting on her deck enjoying the nice weather and a camera in front of her waiting to take pictures of the baby skunks?  Get bored!  So I started to take pictures of the cow parsnip (berenklauw) which grows around our deck.  This year they are really big and the flowers are fantastic.

Here a few shots of the flowers and plant from different angles.  These are not all the same plant but we have so many growing here that I had a choice on which ones to use.

One cluster of flowers taken from the top.

A full cluster of flowers.

Close up of the flowers ( this is also my picture for the July 1 theme - half)

Again the cluster of flowers taken from the side this time.

One cluster from the side

At this point I started experimenting with my pictures and started taking the pictures from below shooting towards the sky. As you can see the main flower is made of small flowers which gives it the fractal appearance.

This one is my favourite with the few leaves in it and the way the sky come through.

How one plant can give you so many photos!!!