Author: David

Once opened, the wild flowers look like dandelions on a taller, thinner but tougher-seeming stem. IIRC, they are indeed related.

Previously unposted images from one of the series posted earlier. Unlike the earlier sets, these have been cropped.

Another common hedgerow plant and garden weed.

The field maple flowers are inconspicuous like many trees. The flowers come out at the same time as the leaves.

The leaves of this tree were already showing galls (the raised reddish spots) from the mites which infest them.

The “eye” markings on the wings, supposedly reminiscent of the markings in a peacock’s tail, showed clearly in the bright sunshine.