Decline of Hydrangea
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As I acquire my own patina, I seem to have more appreciation for the beauty of natural decline.
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This year our Lacecap Hydrangea THRIVED after having had its blossoms molested by deer every year for the past twenty-five years. My neighbor, Greg, swears he did not spray the bush for deer, but Liza, his wife, assures me that he did.
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At any rate, the large bush was covered this season with blossoms ranging from deep blue, to purple, to pink, to ecru, to white. It's been a brilliant season, and the deer have been mysteriously absent.
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And now, the blossoms begin to wither into their winter form. Just gorgeous in their slow decline to dust.
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A "Daddy Long-Legs" creeps over the ridge, hiding from my lens, he thinks.
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Uploaded on August 23, 2013