Snow Covered Teasel

Posted on January 18, 2022 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Nature • Tagged art, close up, copyright, light, London, Ontario, photography, prickles, white • 3 Comments

A view in the field at Westminster Ponds.

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Pricklypear

Posted on June 30, 2021 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Gardens • Tagged blooms, close up, copyright, Ontario, petals, photography, pink, prickles, Whistling Gardens • 2 Comments

Close on a pretty member of the Opuntia polyacantha family, a Taylor’s Red plains pricklypear.

© Sheila Creighton 2021

Bright Thistle

Posted on September 11, 2019 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Nature • Tagged art, close up, copyright, fluff, light, photography, prickles, purple, red, summer, thorns, white, wishies • 4 Comments

Leaving work yesterday, I noticed how beautiful this thistle looked as the sun shone right through it.

© Sheila Creighton 2019

Oh So Prickly

Posted on August 14, 2018 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Gardens • Tagged cactus, copyright, green, Norfolk County, Ontario, photography, prickles, summer, Whistling Gardens • Leave a comment

Close on some type of prickly pear cactus. Watch out!

© Sheila Creighton 2018

Don’t Touch II

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Nature • Tagged Barberry, berries, branches, colorful, colourful, copyright, grey, photography, prickles, red, thorns, Westminster Ponds, winter • Leave a comment

Grey, red and prickles out in the winter landscape.

© Sheila Creighton 2018

Teasel Pals

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Nature • Tagged backlit, blue, brown, copyright, field, frost, light, photography, prickles, silver, spikes, teasel • 8 Comments

Buddies hang out in the frosty field.

© Sheila Creighton 2016

Prickly Agave

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Nature • Tagged copyright, Cuba, green, leaves, photography, plant, prickles, stripes, succulent, tropical, yellow • 2 Comments

Prickly Agave

Variegated green and yellow Agave grows everywhere in Cuba.

© Sheila Creighton 2014

Underside

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Nature • Tagged copyright, pattern, photography, prickles, thistle • 8 Comments

Underside

Looking up from under a thistle.

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Don’t Touch

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Nature • Tagged copyright, pattern, photography, prickles, thistle • Leave a comment

Don't Touch

Yikes, put your shoes on! A super prickle bush comes to life.

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Snow Cap

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Landscape • Tagged B/W, field, lines, London, Medway Creek, Ontario, photography, prickles, snow, teasel • 4 Comments

Snow Cap

The teasels in a field at Medway Creek sport small white hats. Most are still standing straight, except for this one.

© Sheila Creighton 2012