Globe Artichoke with glorious bokeh Richness in every way Nodding Thistle To eat or not to eat Drummond's Thistle / Cirsium drummondii Nodding/Musk Thistle Richness in every way Small Tortoiseshell Drummond's Thistle Green + light Ambush Bug / Phymata americana americana Milk Thistle / Silybum marianum Macro Thistle and Hover Bee In all its purple glory Milk Thistle / Silybum marianum Globe Thistle Tingis cardui (Spear Thistle Lacebug) Thistledown My favourite Thistle Pretty spectacular The fancy web work of a spider The elegance of a Thistle Nodding (Musk) Thistle / Carduus nutans Nodding (Musk) Thistle / Carduus nutans Nodding (Musk) Thistle / Carduus nutans Fancy 'Cat's Cradle' Thistle Somerset, Thistle Nodding/Musk Thistle / Carduus nutans Milk Thistle, I believe Downstream HFF Millau Viaduct Bee on Globe Thistle Milbert's Tortoiseshell Deceptive beauty Happy flower burst - Happy New Year! Wavy-leaved Thistle bud / Cirsium undulatum Skipper on Creeping Thistle Bull Thistle / Cirsium vulgare Bumble Bee on Bull Thistle Flower Creeping Thistle / Cirsium arvense Nodding Thistle / Carduus nutans Nodding Thistle/Musk Thistle / Carduus nutans One of my favourite flowers Drummond's Thistle Memories of summer Canada/Creeping Thistle Cardoon with tiny visitor Globe Thistle Hooker's Thistle Beauty and beast B7zero1 Cleared for Landing Gold Life is not always a smooth ride The beauty of old age Nodding Thistle Hidden treasure Last of the Thistles Thistle Time A second chance Nodding Thistle Nodding Thistle Scottish Thistle Musk Thistle