Low temperatures and wind gusts conspired to keep the snow around longer than expected yesterday, which made for a few more photo opportunities. Here you see the snow-capped hydrangea flower heads, their dead and dried form taking on new life thanks to the coating of fresh snow. Encased by the crystalline cape, they are almost in re-bloom, a lovely if dimmer echo of their summer glory.
Now that the growing season has passed and the season of slumber is upon us, it’s up to architectural flourishes like the mop-heads that remain on the hydrangea stalks. Along with the branches and more stalwart grass stalks, this will comprise the bare bones of the garden in the months to come, augmented and accented by ice and snow, which forms its own beautiful landscape when the light is just right and the day doesn’t call for traveling.
While we may make-do with these faux-blooms for the moment, they will soon grow tiresome. That’s some time off, however, as winter has not even begun, but it’s less than a month away. And after that, the spring… when these hydrangeas will rise in shades of green and chartreuse, followed by new flowers and a new season of glory.
