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200mm Macro lens

Oak leaf hydrangea

Hydrangia quercifolia (Hydrangeaceae) in the TWU Botanical Gardens, Denton, Texas

Oakleaf hydrangea

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Oakleaf hydrangeas boast white pyramidal bloom clusters with color-changing capabilities. They emerge creamy white and age to dusky pink and green as summer progresses. By late fall, petals become light tan and papery, persisting on the stem into winter or yielding dark brown seeds for added interest.

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My Oakleaf Hydrangea leaves are among the first to show signs of the new autumn season.

"Softly, the green gives way to gold

The summer warmth gives way to cold

And autumn winds begin to blow

Across the changing earth.

~ Laura Jaworski

in my garden

Native to Southeast USA, Asia & South America.

Oakleaf hydrangea plant, with flower buds opening up, Boulevard Baptist Church grounds, Anderson, South Carolina, May, 2023. Hydrangeas are so beautiful -- see my album.

Thank you for looking! Isn't God a great artist?

I shot this some time ago (see EXIF!), but it is one that stayed in my mind. While I was pursuing birds with my 400L lens this Oak leaf brushed against my head. My goodness!! The leaf was held up by the thinnest strand of spider web.

Many of my Flickr friends will be celebrating May 1st in its various forms. Enjoy your day, my friends.

Thanks for looking, etc.:)

Cherrapunjee, Meghalaya (India)

The woodland was muddy and waterlogged after weeks of heavy rain and under the mighty oak trees I saw this fallen leaf floating in a puddle

Oakleaf Hydrangea, Hydrangea quercifolia, shot outside of the historic Philipsburg Manor Historic Site in Sleepy Hollow, New York.

Autumn still life. Love all the beautiful colors of autumn.

Oakleaf Fleabane along Biolab Road in MINWR

Herbstlaub - Eichenblatt und Ahorn

Autumn Foliage - Oak Leaf and maple

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Let the colors begin!!

Most galls are caused by cynipid wasps and gall midge flies. The adult gall wasp is a small, stout, shiny insect with very few wing veins and a purple or black body. Adult gall midges are tiny, delicate flies, often with long, slender antennae. Galls are distorted, sometimes colorful swellings in plant tissue caused by the secretions of certain plant-feeding insects and mites. These unusual growths may be found on leaves, flowers, twigs, or branches. Most galls are not known to harm trees.

Orange Oakleaf ；Kallima inachus / 枯葉蝶

This is a close-up photo of an autumn oak leaf fragment on a moss covered rock.

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Oakleaf Hydrangea

Creative Hibernation

If watercolor photographs

Dissolve in grays

I welcome winter

To hibernate in poetry

Engraving these words

Deeply

Completely

Without confusion or unrest

That my existence is amiss

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©Christine A. Evans 12.2.17

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