cohan<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ArtAdventCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtAdventCalendar</span></a> day 4 Creeping <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Thistle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thistle</span></a> Cirsium arvense is an unwelcome <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/invasive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invasive</span></a> plant here, causing real problems in some cultivated fields and rendering areas in pastures unpalatable to livestock and wild browsers. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Pollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollinators</span></a> and other insects, however have no hesitation in using flowers and foliage; + they can be beautiful with lots of fragrant colourful flowers +- as you see here- seed heads hanging on well into <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/winter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>winter</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alberta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SolaceInNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolaceInNature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> 📷 ❄️ <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BeautyInSmallThings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeautyInSmallThings</span></a></p>