Granny & GrandShaw Grand Adventure 2022 - 9/22

We parked at the library and took the Riverwalk toward the Town Green.

Once we arrived at the Town Green it wasn't long before the kids were in the water!

But there was always time for a snack break.

And everyone had to have sunscreen.

Clemmie and Ruthie played Queen of the Hill 

Then we noticed Ellen Axson Wilson standing there at her easel by the John Ross Bridge. We decided she needed some encouragement to finish her painting. We couldn't tell that she'd made any progress at all! So Clem went too have a talk with her.

And Ruthie followed.

They encouraged nicely, they cajoled, they scolded. To no avail. 

Over and over they ran to the bridge to talk with Ellen but she just wouldn't listen.

As far as we know that lazy woman is still standing there looking at her canvas, but making no more strokes with her brush.

Finally the girls gave up on her and had a seat on a swing with Granny.

A nice passerby agreed to let Grandshaw have a seat and took a picture of all five of us. (Brannon had left on an errand.)

By the time we got back to Avenue A we were ready to rest, but Suzie was still going strong.

 

Gleaning Facebook: Thistles at the Town Green

Facebook message from Carla Byram:

What's the name of this plant?

Comments

Richard T. Ware

Carduus nutans Linnaeus, Musk Thistle, Nodding Thistle

Terrell Shaw

Thanks, Richard.

Howard Smith

.....or, weed

Carla Byram

Thanks... All I could muster was "other worldly"

Terrell Shaw

A weed is just a plant that's out of place. These guys qualify, I guess. They were part of the famous Columbian Exchange: natives of Africa and Europe, but now happily settled in almost all of North America along with Chinese privet and Japanese honeysuckle. (Thanks, Wikipedia.) It is a pretty flower.

Carla Byram

Saw them today Downtown... Knew you and your friends could help with an id. and further info ... Many thanks!

Terrell Shaw

Sheila & I noticed them between the parking deck and the river at the town green a day or two ago. The same ones I s'pect.

Nina K Pettis

My mother always said, "A weed is just a flower without a good publicist."

Amber Lanier Nagle

Thistle

Tony Pope

Bull thistle???

Carla Byram

Yes, Terrell - same ones

Bill Cox

Looks like some type of thistle to me.

Terrell Shaw

Richard Ware IDed it above: Carduus nutans Linnaeus, Musk Thistle, Nodding Thistle

Bill Cox

People like you and Richard Ware amaze me. Having all that information stored in your head. I do good to remember my SSN, pins, and passwords....Okay at my age I admit I have them written down somewhere if I can only remember where I put my scratch paper...lol...

Terrell Shaw

Richard, yes. Me? I wish I knew all Bill Cox knows about horticultural plants and their care! Of course, it pays to have smart facebook friends: people tend to assume one is as smart as their friends, whether it's true or not.