Friday, May 6, 2011

Peony Pollen

For some, pollen pollutes the splendor of spring.

For me, as did my favorite childhood breakfast -- confectioner's sugar piled on pancakes --, pollen promises powdery delight.


If only I could zoom in even further . . . .

4 comments:

Goat Girls Rule! said...

Time to get a dissecting microscope?

Robley H said...

Oh, what a good idea!

Joni said...

Wonderful color!

Robley H said...

Thanks, Joni. This is a peony with a story. My neighbor, who has the peony, told me the plant was nurtured from a cutting from the ancestral peony in Virginia. :-)