tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post4206928078658453885..comments2024-03-22T23:27:47.349+00:00Comments on EAGLETON NOTES: Thistles: Well I Do Feel SillyGraham Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-19641868900341959592009-08-07T07:35:38.703+01:002009-08-07T07:35:38.703+01:00You see I should keep out of areas about which I k...You see I should keep out of areas about which I know less than half of nothing. I didn't even see the difference I just thought some where 'older' than others. <br /><br />Come to think of it, though, if I do keep out of those areas I'd never blog!!Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-82375963765239012662009-08-07T07:19:33.212+01:002009-08-07T07:19:33.212+01:00It doesn't help, GB, that there are a number o...It doesn't help, GB, that there are a number of species of Thistle. The top ones at Eagleton, for example, are Creeping Thistles whilst the Loch Lomond one (also found by the beach by you) is a Spear Thistle. There is a lot of debate as to which is the 'real' Scottish Thistle. It is usually shown as being a Spear Thistle but some people use a Woolly Thistle.Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-7660499922098351662009-08-06T21:30:07.360+01:002009-08-06T21:30:07.360+01:00Wow! I gift from my mother to you and then you bac...Wow! I gift from my mother to you and then you back to my mother...all the way overseas...thistle bouquets for everyone! Thank you for your comment on my new "drifter" journey: )<br />Your photos and insight are going to prove to be some lovely scenery along the way...TheLandofLyndshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02696240529558988331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-39435077887502605602009-08-06T16:56:46.747+01:002009-08-06T16:56:46.747+01:00Beautiful!
No need to feel silly...we did not know...Beautiful!<br />No need to feel silly...we did not know and now we do!<br />;^)<br />Your photos turned out to be very professional in appearance!<br />Mine are a bit fuzzy because I had to wade through ditches two feet high in weeds to take the photos...I could never get as close as I wanted to. <br />We had fields and fields and fields of thistles in our area for about six weeks. I am sure that the ranchers consider them very invasive, as they seem to have taken over some entire pastures. But they were beautiful. They are dried up now.<br />Loch Lomond! I can't believe that I'm looking at a photo of a thistle taken by a friends in Scotland. Amazing.<br />;^) Thank you, GB.Cynthia L. H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13626090956828108370noreply@blogger.com