Fw: Blue Hydrangeas

Flowers are so fresh and pretty.   They can change your mood instantly!!!   One of my favourite flowers right now are Hydrangeas - especially the blue and purple ones:       Here is a poem 'Blue Hydrangrea' that has been translated into English from German.  THe original author of the poem is Rainer Maria Rilke and was translated by Jack Lohrmann:   Just as the remnant green in tinted pot So are these leaves, now rough and wrecked Behind the flower umbels, that reflect Only a hue of blue, more do they not. Reflected are they, tear-stained, imperfect, As if this they were prone to cease, And as in blue and aged paper leaves There´s yellow within, grey and violet. Faded like a washed-out pinafore No longer worn and of so little use: How do we our too-short life endure. But suddenly a blue renewed is seen Among one of the umbels, and I sense A blue delighted, smiling at the green.   I especially love when Hydrangeas are used for weddings.  I think they look so classy and elegant:           This summer, I hope to surround myself with the beauty of blue hydrangeas!!!