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It's simple; it's elegant. It takes about 5-6 heads of hydrangeas. This came out really nice! =)
flowers: blue hydrangea
photo courtesy of the wedding photographer.
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Seen in the beautiful garden on Isola Bella, Borromean Islands.
Many hydrangeas were blooming, when we were there, mostly in blue and purple.
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One of three images of a "True Blue" Hydrangea plant (Hydrangea macrophylla). It was given to me, on December 19, 2013, in appreciation for a service I perform for my former school district. Although it is a lovely plant, I have a personal opinion that no one should give living things--plant or animal--as gifts. With the gift comes the implied responsibility to keep said thing alive--something I don't do well, particularly with the plant varieties! When I researched how to care for this beauty, I learned that holiday "foil-wrapped" plants are grown in such a way as to force multiple blooms & that they don't, usually live long, nor can they, often, transition successfully to outdoor life. I learned that Hydrangeas like to be kept cold & fairly dry. So, for now, it's enjoying life in my sunroom & I can enjoy it, once a day, when I'm on my treadmill, without undue guilt! Side note--guess what? Those lovely "blossoms" are modified leaves, aka bracts, just like poinsettias & dogwood! The flower is that tiny bit in the center of the four bracts! Thanks, Martin!
I was impressed how well and tall the Hydrangea grow in the gardens around the Village of Volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii.Though not native to Hawai’i, these colorful plants with 8 inch wide "pom-pom" blooms have earned the Hawaiian name “pōpōhau", which means snow-ball. The Hydrangea on the Big Island are mostly of Hydrangea macrophylla. This very popular variety came to Hawai'i from China and can be a wide range of colors, This plant was growing in the yard of the house where we stayed,
Hydrangea is a popular ornamental shrub admired for its large, rounded flower clusters that shift in color from pink to blue or purple depending on soil acidity.
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Early morning photos of sights along the "Tooky", from thick mist to a revealing sunny start to the day.
At 2am on the F train a girl
in a white dress with blue hydrangeas
sleeps fitfully.
She is not a New Yorker,
self-contained and dreaming,
like the women on either side.
She is a sailor who has lost her sea legs -
listing first to one side and then the other.
The Brit next to me leans forward, hands on knees,
and watches the girl closely.
He memorizes her garden party dress,
her dark tangled hair,
the bruise on her thin white arm that
looks like a horseshoe crab.
At Jay Street, the girl rises and walks
to another bank of seats
where an older man sits alone.
She asks him something and he smiles politely.
She sits next to him, and then
leans her head on his shoulder.
A tired, treasured prom date.
The Brit, I imagine, is crestfallen
when he gets off at the next stop.
And I can't take my eyes off the new couple -
the older man who now sits properly upright,
the girl who now sleeps with a smile.
I take a photograph of them,
perhaps because I like the composition,
or because I want to tell the story later,
or because I want to protect her.
At 4th Avenue, the girl wakes and says goodbye.
When it is my turn to wait for the doors to open,
the older man look deeply into my eyes.
His gaze says:
You,
you who took the photograph,
I am innocent.
I am as innocent as you.
My mom has the most gorgeous hydrangea bushes. They do NOTHING to them - no water, no weeding, no pruning - and every year they are more beautiful than the last. Dammit I forgot to pick a bouquet to bring home. I have a puny little pink bush whose blooms would look lovely with the blue...
Seen in the garden of Villa Carlotta in Tremezzo, Italy.
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was mostly 'indoor play' with this today (rainy day!) but I stood the easel up in the kitchen so I could keep looking out onto the garden. It's coming along nicely, had to stop now though as my eyes have gotten a bit 'boggled' !!!
Oil on Canvas and currently drying on my easel... very pleased with this one and can't wait to hang it in my dining room