thistle

Addicted to bokeh on summer evenings

Backlit thistle in the evening sun, St Albans, May 2020 Now over to all of you. Do come and join us in our Saturday six-word musings. I’ll admit that many […]

-Hertfordshire

Spiky thistles in the hedgerow

Spring kicked off spectacularly with carpets of bluebells, and we have progressed through dandelions, forget-me-knots and cow parsley. Now it is the turn of the thistles to make their show. […]

-Scotland

Cheers, Scottish style

Raven Black by Ann Cleeves Accompanied by a Scottish gin (coffee still on the brew)I had intended this to be a gin from Shetland, but that bottle had been consumed.So, […]

Colour Challenges

Thistle

A thistle depicted florally, in Crayola fern colour! Hex ref: 71bc78 A colourful note: Crayola went for this shade of green as one of their crayons […]

Macro Monday

Up Close and Silent

One photo, no words for Silent Sunday. . . Linked to Macro Monday.

Plant & Flower Challenges

Ivory Thistles

Here are some more beautiful thistles, from the same garden in Wiltshire as my previous thistle post. These are Eryngium, also known as Ivory Thistles or Sea Holly. Both are […]

Photos

A Thistle Epistle

Dear Eeyore I know how fond you are of thistles, so I thought of you when I came across these beauties in a garden in Wiltshire recently. My taste in […]

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