This Year's Teasels

Teasels always look photogenic to me, with their spky stems and unique flower head design, and these have sprung up this year, about 6 feet tall in an area of the garden that has been allowed to be "natural" for the year, thus attracting all sorts of wild flowers and insects etc.
I was fortunate to get this shot against a very dark shaded area in the background, which helps to add to the drama, I think
It is my self-imposed challenge to produce a monochrome Blip every day for a year, this is today's