Flowers

So here are some gratuitus, gaudy flower photos. I'm not sure why. As I've shared so many times before, I don't really even like flower photos. And I'm not even a huge fan of hydrangeas. They are strange, almost prehistoric looking plants with big mop-like flowers. In the winter, they are brown, shriveled skeletons, as bleak as the gutter in a Dicken's novel. But come spring, they seem to bust out in poisonous green folaige and hundreds of buds. Apparently some varieties contain cyanide, making them slightly toxic if eaten. So naturally, they are smoked as an intoxicant in some cultures. I havent' tried smoking them or eating them as a fresh salad, but since I now have a yard with several varieties, I've subjected them to the Nikon. Enjoy.