Friday, August 5, 2011

Prickly?.......just try walking through a patch!!!


Burdock......gotta love it if you live in the country.
It's found a very creative method of propagating and geographically spreading itself...it STICKS to everything and anything.
My dog and ALL his friends come home with them embedded deep within their coats.....makes for some relaxing evenings by the fire....removing them!
Just like mother nature to have a laugh on us by making it so attractive......you think she has a sense of humour?
Apparently this was the inspiration for the invention of Velcro by Swiss engineer George de Mestral.
What a great idea.

2 comments:

  1. They are such a pain to our fur friends, but wow are they beautiful!

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  2. Love the image and the commentary

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