Macedonia is also heading towards autumn, and while it was warm hot while I was there (I mean mid-20s in October? Sheesh!), getting out of the city proved that summer was, indeed, coming to an end. Previously, we have already met a spider and two lizards from the local famous mountain. In this chapter, I present to you the golden glory of dried out plants, all sharp edges and pointy ends – except, of course, the ones with fluff. Most photos below the fold, because uncontrollable camera finger.
Dry grasses
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Pointy dry grass
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Dried oat grass with succulents
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Possible dry allium
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Dried up flower-like plant
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Dried thistles
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A thorny kind of dried thistle!
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An alien kind of dried thistle
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Don’t be fooled by its fluffy appearance…
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Seedlings waiting for a good breeze
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Some were making a veritable defensive wall of spikes and fluff along the roadside
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I think the “thorny kind of dried thistle” is a jimsonweed pod (assuming those grow locally). Break it open and look for its little black hearts.
Wow. Entrancing.
These are lovely, rq! This landscape looks very familiar and very late summer-like. It looks like that here right now and it will take a few more weeks of rain for it to change into something… greener.
The “dried up flower-like plant” looks like some kind of carline thistle.
Our meadow plants look much the same right now, except for the succulents. Those were a surprise. They must be hardy enough to withstand the Macedonian winter.