January 16, 2013 -- dandelion against black tray

I picked this dandelion on a walk when it was in bud and it opened in the house. The seed structure was so perfect I wanted to use it in a windowsill arrangement, but how to make it show up? This was the best I could do: I put a black tray behind it.

It's the underside of the tray you're seeing. At first I worried about the label showing up (the little mark in the middle of the tray), then I decided to pretend it was a Japanese chop mark! I do love the simplicity of this. The dandelion and dandelion leaf are in a black pin holder.