Enchanted Thistle

by Terry Rowe

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Enchanted Thistle

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Terry Rowe

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Photograph - Digital Photography

Description

Walking through a fall field I was enchanted by the thistle heads, dried, ready to spring seeds their shapes and subtle colors begged to be captured. I'm not exactly sure what kind of thistle this was, possibly a weedy invasive plant - but still beautiful to me.

In the language of flowers, the thistle (like the burr) is an ancient Celtic symbol of nobility of character as well as of birth, for the wounding or provocation of a thistle yields punishment.

The thistle has been the national emblem of Scotland since the reign of Alexander III (1249-1286) and was used on silver coins issued by James III in 1470. It is the symbol of the Order of the Thistle, a high chivalric order of Scotland. It is found in many Scottish symbols and as the name of several Scottish football clubs. The thistle, crowned with the Scottish crown, was the symbol of seven of the eight former Scottish Police Services (from which a new national Police Service was formed in 2013), the sole exception being the former Northern Constabulary. The thistle is also the emblem of Encyclopidia Britannica, which originated in Edinburgh, Scotland.

It is also used to symbolize connection with Scotland overseas. For example in Canada, it is one of the four floral emblems on the flag of Montreal; in the US, Carnegie Mellon University features the thistle in its crest in honor of the Scottish heritage of its founder, Andrew Carnegie.

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February 9th, 2014

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