Wild Teasels..Dipsacus Fullonum.
By Floribunda
- 12 Oct, 2012
- 13 likes
Photographic shot of Teasels in a field. There is an architectural beauty to this common wild plant. My local town was built on the industry of cloth making, and Teasel heads were dried, carded and used to raise the nap on wool in a bygone era.
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Hello my dear friend..Recently come back to Goy 'cos I missed you all so much..Great to hear from you Hywel..Hope you are keeping well..Lovely to see you here..\0/x
12 Oct, 2012
Nice to see you again. I've been on and off over the summer.
I'm fine thanks. Hope you are too ... x
12 Oct, 2012
I love Teasels,Flori....so lovely just now,aren't they? ..
13 Oct, 2012
I have a real photographic eye and teasels are great to capture through a lens Bloomer..The history of the use of these in combing out the nap on cloth is part of our local towns past. We still have Drying mills here where the teasels used to be stored in holes in the outer walls to dry out before they were used on cloth. On Wikipedia it also says that they are known to have healing medicinal qualities. Gold Finches love them as well of course. Nature truly does provide.. \0/x
13 Oct, 2012
I suppose they might have been used here too,Flori..with our textile Heritage..but not really sure...I don't recall them,even though I worked in the Mill for a long time..just 'slightly' brfore my time..in case you asked ! Lol.
13 Oct, 2012
As if I dared Bloomer!!!! LOL..I've heard about you Yorkshire folk and you can be scary...hahahahahaha..\0/xxx
13 Oct, 2012
eee bah gum lass,nowt so scary as Yorkshire folk..Tha's reight there :o))
13 Oct, 2012
Bet that sent spell check into a spin Bloomer! LOL! Yes, I am blessed to know some Yorkshire folk, Salt of the earth, born and bred, strong in the arms and... as bright as buttons..tee hee hee..\0/x
13 Oct, 2012
Ha ha Flori..it's ok..I know all about soft in the 'ead ! Lol....
13 Oct, 2012
i like these to Flori, interesting plant :o))
13 Oct, 2012
You are anything but Bloomer me old mucker..lol \0/x
Thanks San, yes I love the artistic look of these teasels, I suppose it is the great texture and form..\0/x
13 Oct, 2012
Flori,you old smoothie you ! :o)x
13 Oct, 2012
Ah shucks Bloomer..takes one to know one lol..Nite nite pal..\0/x
13 Oct, 2012
Nite nite,matey.:o) \o/x
13 Oct, 2012
Brill pic Flori, such wonderful plants to photograph.
14 Oct, 2012
They have such great texture don't they Dotty? I am really pleased with the success of this shot..\0/x
14 Oct, 2012
Bev I've sent you a photo of the teasels in my garden, oh and cow parsley......they are a bit chilly......
18 Oct, 2012
I grew teasels in my woodland garden once and they grew like trees with stems just as thick!Everything else was swamped by them! Needless to say ( although the gold finches love them) I didn't grow them again!
18 Oct, 2012
Thank you Pam, your photos were really lovely covered in frost like that! I have never grown these Rose, and saw these in a local field where I walk my dog, but they certainly photograph well..\0/x
20 Oct, 2012
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Hi Floribunda :o)) x
12 Oct, 2012