No, it's not the crab nebula

There was so much good stuff out there today with brilliant sunshine bringing out the spring colours, that I was having problems deciding which to choose.

But then this one caught my fancy.

It's the seed head from a Japanese anemone, lurking in the shadows and waiting for the wind to carry it to places in the border where I have no desire to grow more Japanese anemones...but that's nature for you.

Contrary.