Field Thistle (野アザミ）

Found this field thistle at a parking lot of a local supermarket.

The leaves are very spiky. I used gloves to arrange it… Well. I guess it is not suitable for Chabana,  but I love this fluffy petals and its calming color.  

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Yamamoto no nara no kokage no yusuzumi Iwamorumizu ni akikaze zo fuku—- By Masataka Fujiwara

(山もとのならの木陰の夕涼み岩漏る水に秋風ぞ吹く-藤原雅孝)

Cooling off in the evening under the shade of oak tree at the foot of  the mountain. Autumn wind brows through spring trickling from a rock