"Orange Buttons"...? Hmmmm... it must be a fungi of some kind but, searching for orange fungi, in North Carolina or anywhere, for that matter, all I can find is orange slime fungi and orange jelly fungi. I do like orange marmalade on my toast but I draw the line at fungi. The orange jelly fungi does look disturbingly tasty, though, and this stuff you've presented to us, Jeff, looks a bit like candy, but, again, I will not bite.
I do like your shot, though. The texture of the old wood and the bright green sprig of leaves counters nicely with the buttons.
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