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The Doodle Project

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A weed is but an unloved flower
― Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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Macro photograph of the seeds of a thistle plant still attached to their light brown flower head, taken from just under the spiky bud, facing the white sky. All the seeds are close together, forming a little ball, ready to take flight in the wind. Each white seed has a little "wing" called pappus, looking like a white feather skirt.

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