the light passes through

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[OT from cottage renovations]

the Grove's hostas often have variegated leaves, some of them quite spectacular.  give them enough time and the hydrangeas can often do nearly as well though only at end of life. 

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Bittersweet Cottage garden

Monday's watery sunlight passing through the same leaf as seen against different backgrounds. 

hydrangea

this is in its own way an historic event: the first time that stupid T-111 siding on the newer parts of the place has been useful for anything.