There is something somehow more pleasing to my eye about things that are not ‘perfect’. It must be that my brain catalogue image of an object, in the mental encyclopaedia somewhere, is ringing a ‘not matching the pattern’ alert that pleases me.
This teasel has attracted me for it’s leaf that had defiantly gone it’s own way, rather than be obediently symmetrical.
Bear Humphreys Photo 
It is mesmerising to look at that queen of a flower.
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They do look fantastic in all the stages they go through in the year.
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We call these teasels round our way, don’t know if that’s a local thing. And every Christmas there’s a craft fair somewhere selling them dressed up in hand knitted hats and cardigans in the guise of a cute family of hedgehogs.
Anyway, they make fantastic photography subjects!
And your title is an excellent name for a band who want to sound slightly dangerous and rebellious but without offending anyone, least of all their mums…
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Yep, we do ‘teasels’ too… and if we can have Arctic Monkeys then I’m sure we can have Anarchic Thistles.
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Bear, I thought that was a teasel, not a thistle. Or a weasel.
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Yeah, it’s a thistly teasely thing… at least one of them. I don’t know, I just take photos. When writing I started with the ‘t’ and ‘histle’ seemed to automatically come after it. 😉
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Yeah, you’ve got to keep your eye on that damned alphabet. It’ll get away from you if you don’t.
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Good eye.
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Thanks Mike.
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are you on instagram?
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Not now, did do it a while back but never got on with it (and the fact Facebook owns it). Like most things social, it doesn’t suit me.
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Oh, honestly I love this. And am delighted it’s on redbubble – I have many folks who will love this as a holiday greeting card — seriously! All my people are witches, so this is right up their alley.
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Thank you Sun, the email just appeared this morning (reminds me, I must change the title to Teasel on this!)
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