Saturday: leafing out
[OT from cottage renovations]
the onset of a a couple of warm days in a row was what it took to get the hydrangeas to start leafing out, which of course they endavoured to do all at once.
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Bittersweet Cottage garden
the leaves first emerge from the bud as a tightly crinkled texturefest.
hydrangea
the unfurling is gradual, and was caught below while working its way across from one side to the other.
hydrangea