Pokeweed berries.  Used for dye in the past. Birds have eaten most of the fruit.  They use it as a dye, too.  The young greens, picked before showing any pink on the stems, are cooked as   "poke salad."
Front yard.

A bolete? mushroom growing out of the dry pinestraw in the daylily bed.
Back yard.

Young magnolia grandiflora seed cone. 
Front yard.  Another view.

Praying mantis hunting on cedar deck rail.  He fearlessly lunged at the camera when I got too close.
Back yard

Rhododendron leaves by the back steps.
Back yard