illuminated floating orbs

the other night i was driving home from book group at 10:30 PM, and my headlights kept illuminating these goatsbeard orbs. now, i am 59 years old, and my eye sight is starting go, so night time driving is already a little tricky. and then to have these floating softball sized orbs accompanying me all the way home was a bit surreal. i knew it was roadside goatsbeard. but it still felt magical, nonetheless. it did nothing to diminish my love of goatsbeard.

goatsbeard seed-head (salsify/Tragopogon)