Robin's pincushion

I went up to the butterfly reserve on Morn Hill later on this afternoon, hoping for a last butterfly shot from there before autumn sets in too hard.  I walked the full length of the ridge/reserve and in all that space I only saw a couple of browns.  All the others have gone.  For about a month now we've only had whites round here.  What has happened?

So instead you have a robin's pincushion looking fabulous in the sunlight.  Isn't it something to do with the larvae of gall wasps?  It always grows/develops on wild roses.  Anyway, apart from the sky, it was the only good colour up there, the rest is looking a little drab.

Happy Thursday evening  xx