Onopordum acanthium (common names: Scotch thistle)

Oh dear. Glad you managed to salvage them.

Excellent shot.

cool, looks good

I like it, too, Tricky, fantastic detail! I'd let you off for being so naughty, hehe!

Thanks David, I am also a bit cheeky, made friends with a lot of scots but you can see the full image here and my 'comment' !

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tricksterboy69/2677665805/

:-)

beautiful close up

Oooh, Tricky! That's a bit below the sporran, ha, ha!

:-) @ David

Thanks Irish..

Tricky, I looked at all your amazing pics on flickr. Gr8 stuff there!

Thank David

I do try...

Got some good flowers coming in my front garden soon...

Fantastic photograph, do you have a specialist camera?

hello debrah

thanks, not a specialist camera, Nikon D70

Tricky

Great shot! I love the black background, it really makes the colors pop!