Day 181 – ASTILBE

This is an Astilbe blossom, also known as false spirea or false goat’s beard. It looks very fuzzy in person, almost like a giant bottle brush but in a beautiful shade of light pink. Some years I have had the stalks grow and the buds emerge but never open. I got lucky this time.

Also, a note to my very few followers…. I am headed up North tomorrow and will not be bringing my computer. I will still be drawing each day, fishing lures, bobbers, life vests, paddles, kayaks and all other fun “lake stuff”. I will post the drawings when I return in a week. Happy July!