everlasting torch of summer

a close-up of one of yesterday’s musk thistles. i see a torch, the torch on the statue of liberty to be specific. the olympic torches are too sleek. the thorny bracts on this musk thistle look like the filigreed observation platform on the original statue of liberty torch. musk thistle–an everlasting torch of summer.

musk thistle flower (Carduus nutans)