You don’t need to be a plant lover — just a fan of interesting photography — to enjoy a visit to the Botany Photo of the Day, sponsored by the University of British Columbia’s Botanical Garden. If you visit the site, make sure to click on the thumbnails to see the full pictures.

Here are some recent photographs I enjoyed:

I have to thank Tim Bray for introducing me to the POTD website. Incidentally, Tim has been encouraging me to blog for at least two years, so in some sense he’s at least partially to blame for what you read here.