This past week I put out a post (here) from northern Ireland which featured, in part, the wildflowers known as sea thrift (Armeria maritima). Today’s is a sort of sequel, in that the same variety of flowers are here again, but this time from a place called Pointe du Raz, 
on the northwest coast of Bretagne in France, west of Quimper. I have been to visit this unforgettable spot several times and cannot imagine any trip to the area without including a hike along this magical promontory. (Click on the photo for an enlarged view.)
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These are gorgeous wherever you find them! Great to see another photo from a new location :)
I think so too, and they simply sing of spring!
So true .. they DO!
I was surprised to learn that this species has a distribution from North America to Europe and is considered native in Alaska and Canada.
That surprises me too–thanks for sharing that flash of good news! I’ve often wondered about the name, and I found this on the website http://www.plantlife.org.uk: “In Gaelic thrift is known as tonna chladaich, meaning ‘beach wave’. … It is also known as Sea Pink, Rock Rose and Our Ladies Cushion. Thrift was used as an emblem on the threepenny-bit between 1937 and 1953 – the Mint no doubt aware of the double meaning in its name.” How cool is that?!
I couldn’t find an explanation of why the plant is called thrift. Our normal word thrift comes from the verb thrive. Might this plant be particularly good at thriving?
Lovely. I can imagine a walk along the coast would be very enjoyable with the sight of these flowers along the way.
It sure is, until you try to get into an ideal position to make the photograph that you can see in your head.
What a fascinating photo of the wildflowers at such a rugged location!
They do seem to thrive in rugged locations, especially seashores–and mountains!
Beautiful work, Gary!
Thanks, Pete. What a special corner of the world this is!
Always love a sea cliff walk… Add Thrift to that ever present sound of the sea and its a perfect day. 😊🌊
Amen to that!
After reading your note about the Gaelic, the association I made is even more appropriate. I was thinking about the relationship between spindrift and sea thrift, and now I have it: the spindrift that blows up on the shore magically turns into sea thrift, which drifts down the rocks back to the sea.
That is a wonderful image, Linda, and I can see it happening that way.
Very beautiful scene, my friend! :)
In this part of the world, you can point your camera back over your shoulder, close your eyes, and shoot–and you get another beautiful scene!
Lovely. That looks like a spot to just sit and smell the sea thrift and sea salt. :-)
It was a pretty steep slope but I was able to (sort of) sit for a minute or so and just enjoy it after making the photos I intended. One couldn’t comfortably stay there for very long, though, without a lot of heel-digging-in or slip-sliding away.
It’s so cool to see this flower…it’s blooming here, in similar situations. Happiness!!
Most definitely a happiness flower, always worth a few smiles!