by Steve Tanham
The come by stealth; just when you think the summer landscape is settling down for its slow decline to autumn…
Aggressive, spiky green – enough to make you walk several paces to one side. The thistle knows how to make an entrance.
But then that beautiful flower emerges; an inonimate shade somewhere between vibrant pink and soothing lilac.
A wonderful paradox, reminding us that life is just a bigger version of it…but what emerges is worth it.
©Stephen Tanham 2023
Stephen Tanham is a Director of the Silent Eye, a journey through the forest of personality to the dawn of Being.
http://www.thesilenteye.co.uk and http://www.suningemini.blog
Sun in Gemini 
Hi Steve, lovely. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a thistle outside of pictures.
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