Pretty spectacular

Oops, that's not good - not sure how blurry this photo is or if it's mainly the spikiness with the fuzzy little things in between, that makes this shot hurt my eyes this morning, lol! Hopefully, you are looking at it on a smaller screen than mine, ha. Have to take my car for a service and then go to a dental appointment, so I don't have time to do anything about it, so, just don't look too long at this image : )

Taken yesterday evening, 6 August 2014, when I was on a nice, slow botany walk with friends in North Glenmore Park. A lot of the plants we were looking at were escapees from the gardens right next to the path in this part of the park. Years ago, someone created two flower beds in the park, not far from the end of their garden, and this Globe Thistle was growing in one of them. Didn't get home till around 9:45 p.m., which is why I normally don't go on evening walks.