Knapweed ...

.... also known in some places as Star Thistle, one of my favourite wild flowers. Still quite a bit growing in the meadow leading down to Cockleshell Bay where we walked today in sunshine!

Sorry in advance if I don't get round to commenting as much in the next few days. My sister-and-brother-in-law have come to keep me company for a while. Affectionately known as TandeM from their initials and their love of riding a tandem when they first got together. [No, that is not a euphemism ... ] [as far as I know ...]