or chicory, cousin of my best friend the dandelion. the back of the building has a large field where some tenants take their dogs. the road sides leading to it and past the path on the bridge above the highway is rife with queen anne's lace and chicory flowers. i like these flowers and they seem to grow year round -- they thrive under all the fallen leaves and snow.
for week 31 of the 52-week challenge. the challenge is to shoot something in the backyard. i saw this little clump by the dumpster when i threw my garbage at the back of the building. so it gets its glory for a few views on 365.
Like @maggiemae I thought of false coffee first. I had no idea it had such beautiful flowers. Also did not know it was related to the dandelion. Fabulous light in this great find and photo.
@maggiemae@grammyn - when i lived in the farmhouse of my ex's mother, the roads around the fields were rife with chicory. i always liked their flowers because they stand out. ex told me that when he was young helping out in his parent's fields, his mother would ask him to gather the chicory and she would clean and bake then ground the roots because the'd have run out of coffee and coffee was expensive to buy then.
