As a child I was actually scared of these large brown spikes... It was tempting to touch them but I never dared. Yesterday, at the lake, there were bits of those spikes lying around and I was finally brave enough to pick them up and mess around with them:
It looks amazing when they pop open and the seeds unfold by themselves... I didn't manage to turn those into a star, but still they definitely need to be documented:
Good for you to ovecome your fear!
ReplyDeleteand they look beautiful when they are open ;-)