Feathered thistles…
Like the soft stars of late summer
Take flight when autumn comes.
I find a feather next to the thistles,
A keepsake from the geese
Honking in the distance.
Ready to say farewell and welcome in a new season.
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Lady Fi 
Isn’t it all wonderful, Fiona. great captures here. Have a week to remember!!
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We live close to a golf course that has a large pond that the geese love so we hear lots of honking as well. Such pretty soft photos you have today. The wispiness of them takes me back to childhood and remembering how much I love these.
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Wonderful!
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What lovely photos and lovely words. I am ready to welcome in a new season as well 🙂
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Beautiful images Fiona, especially the first one. Looks like a galaxy. Hard to believe that you are once again moving in to Autumn. Time flies. I can almost hear the honking of the geese – beautiful.
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You make everything beautiful with your photos and your words! ave a wonderful week!
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Beautiful photos!!!
Greetings, RW & SK
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Your photos are like poetry!
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i looked at the first photo and said, ‘tiny little stars!’ then i read your narrative. 🙂
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Beautiful, beautiful captures!
Thank you.
Happy autumn to you and yours 🙂
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Wow these captures are really amazing and also loved the Lines you wrote.. 🙂
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come on autumn….nice signs of its passing as well…guess some of those birds will be traveling very soon….the thistle is so beautiful
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Lovely shots! I really like the feather 🙂
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Great captures!
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Angels have been here!
Aloha
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Oh how pretty!
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Wow! Amazing details in the shots.
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Beautiful seeds taking flight..running away from winter:)
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Looking like Fall!!!
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Wonderful Close ups! Mycket snyggt!
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Oh Lady Fi!
Your pictures are great.
Beautiful, beautiful !!!!!
Sincerely yours 🙂
Lucia
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Goose feathers and thistle fluff–ahh! I love fall! 🙂
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such lovely macros!
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Those photos are wonderful!
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The beauty of nature perfectly captured …. lovely.
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So beautiful photos! Great!
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Love the beautiful minutae you have gifted us with today.
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How beautiful these are!
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Beautiful captures of nature’s softer side!
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Fabulous goodbye to the end of a season! Love the light’s soft quality.
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Pretty stars! And lovely images! Have a happy week!
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So pretty! And I adore the delicacy of the first picture.
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Delicate lacy end-of-season pictures ….with the perfect words as always!!
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Your photos have such a magical, ethereal quality. Sorry if I’ve said that before, but it’s what I always think when I visit your blog. 🙂
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Nature knocking at the screen 🙂
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I can almost feel the softness of the feathers! Great visual expression.
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In quality detailed shots as these… I marvel at the structure and strength of these air worthy travellers.
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Lovely photos !
Greetings from Asia !
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Beautiful details and very nice macro series
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You reminded me of my childhood. We used to chase it.
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Lovely pictures as ever. It’s all about seeds at this time of year 🙂
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Nice pictures. I was going to photograph a dandelion clock on our lawn this weekend – but my daughter picked and brought it in to show me!!
Cheers – Stewart M – Melbourne
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Beautiful images and lovely verse
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Beautiful photos, and your words just sweep me in Fi, a really lovely post. Autumn is coming for sure…
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It’s always wonderful to visit and find examples of the beauty of small things – thank you!
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How time flies from snow to spring to fall again!
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Soft and gentle – beautifully caught too.
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Beautiful!
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Excellent compositions! I love those soft textures! precious seeds!
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you can feel the wind just looking at these great movement photos.
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The lighting in these photos are absolutely divine!
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Lovely shots. I think the wispy seeds heads are as beautiful as flowers..
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Wonderfully captured! The top image is my favourite.
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I like the comparison to stars
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Magnificent macro nature photography ~ nature is a delight as are your photos ~ carol ^_^
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Such amazing beauty in the small and simple things… and you have captured the details so stunningly!!
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They just look magical. Many thanks.
Greetings from London.
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Lovely indeed – and a new season has certainly begun.
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What a very pretty way to express the change of seasons.
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I don’t know why some say that thistles are weeds—I find them lovely as do I find your photos of them! I love the action shot of the seeds flying off in the wind! I made a wish 😉
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Beautiful gossamer details!
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Marvelous photos of the changing time. Beautiful !
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Beautiful and delicate!
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Gorgeous!
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Beauty is here in a few photos. I like those thistles when thew wind blows.
· hugs
· CR · & · LMA ·
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thanks so much for your comments on my blog, I really appreciated them. Yes we have the geese here also, we hear them
in the pond nearby….I like how you find the simple things like a thistle and a feather to express the end of summer and the change of seasons! lovely
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So pretty!
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Beautiful images.you tell a marvelous story with your photos
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Beautiful photos! The level of detail, especially in the first photo is AMAZING!
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Dreamy and downy!
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very nice photos stunning series
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Fragile, lovely, delicate, full of breath.
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oh, you render them so beautifully… 🙂
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