I decided to go to the top of the hill today and saw a bunch of pretty things to photograph, but this was the most interesting of the bunch: the remnants of wild lilac seeds where they are attached to the plant. Some don't fall off, and I have always loved the way they look! (Below is a picture of a wild lilac in bloom for comparison)

Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC)was a Greek philosopher and polymath, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, linguistics, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology. Together with Plato and Socrates (Plato's teacher), Aristotle is one of the most important founding figures in Western philosophy. Aristotle's writings were the first to create a comprehensive system of Western philosophy, encompassing morality, aesthetics, logic, science, politics, and metaphysics. Wikipedia: Aristotle