Gossamer
by Connie Handscomb
Title
Gossamer
Artist
Connie Handscomb
Medium
Photograph - Photography - Fine Art
Description
I was born by the sea... my first idea of movement of the dance, certainly came from the rhythm of the waves .. now I would like to no longer dance to anything but the rhythm of my soul.
~ Isadora Duncan
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Hydrangea arborescens
Genus: Hydrangeaceae
It has an unusual characteristic: its stem peels off in seven successive layers of thin, differently coloured bark. 'Seven Barks' is an old Cherokee diuretic and detoxifier, and used to ease muscle sprains and burns. It is also used as a tonic for bladder and kidney ailments.
It has history: fossils date back 65 million years! It likes shady places in the woods. If you find it blooming Blue, itis
in acidic soil; if it blooms Pink, it is in alkaline soil.
Sources:
Four Chefs, One Garden : Seasons Of West Coast Living [Roy]
The Herbalist [Meyer]
Jackie Lynn's Flower Blog
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Another love affair has begun. These feathery, fragile textures have always entranced me. These strands of fibre - these threads of final existence - twirl and swirl in a delicate rhythm, playing with the soft breeze in the warm sunshine.
The hydrangea petals, once robust, velvety, and full of colour -- which I have also always loved -- have now faded to frames of delicate gossamer which are slowly dissolving to a powdery dust. In its earlier days, it held stubbornly to its foundation; its beauty was rich, solid, stable and unyielding. Now, in its final days, as its existence has become extremely frail, it releases itself.
Unencumbered, it is free to dance with the wind; unencumbered, there are no shadows even if it turns and folds onto itself, for in its transparency, the Light shines through all its layers of existence, and its beauty is truly ethereal, at one with the angels.
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Captured in sunlight: uncropped; unaltered : Nature in all its natural splendour.
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♥ Heartfelt Gratitude to FAA groups for featuring this image ;
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March 5th, 2015
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