fine umbellifer flowers in a vase seen from above

Umbellifers are my favourite flowers. Budding, full flowering or gone to seed and withered after a long winter, I like all stages of these most fairy-tale of flowers.

During a walk with my little girl, we saw many pretty things: rosehips, golden leaves and pink flowering wild marjoram. Large parasol mushrooms that we picked and had for lunch with butter and garlic on toast. But the most beautiful of all finds during our little walk was this beautiful umbellifer… The autumn cold has changed its colour to magnificent purple combined with fresh acid green; wow! I carefully picked some, it was a big plant, and put it in a vase…

Friday Finds is a place to gather and share your finds with fellow creatives… for more info and to join in see Friday Finds by Kim Klassen.