POET AND ILLUSTRATOR Constance Miller once wrote: “Full many a flower is born to blush unseen. And waste its sweetness on the desert air.” Miller was inspired to catalogue the plant life she saw in Australia in the early 1900s … and she did so with hand-painted elegance. Nowadays a camera commonly unveils fleeting florals. When I spied a purplish blush on the blue hydrangea, I was not too shy to capture it with a quick click. Friday, August 13, 2010
I Spy A Purple Blush
POET AND ILLUSTRATOR Constance Miller once wrote: “Full many a flower is born to blush unseen. And waste its sweetness on the desert air.” Miller was inspired to catalogue the plant life she saw in Australia in the early 1900s … and she did so with hand-painted elegance. Nowadays a camera commonly unveils fleeting florals. When I spied a purplish blush on the blue hydrangea, I was not too shy to capture it with a quick click.
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Very nice flower, in our garden are many of them, blue , white and pink colors.
ReplyDeletegreetings, Joop
your blog is very nice !