Peonies

I can't believe how fragile and short-lived peonies are. They're so pretty, but mine died an epic death today. After I bought them as bulbs, yet to bloom, on Saturday. Luckily, I was able to grab a few pictures on Sunday in between green bulb and 5 billion little petals on my counter.

(As an aside - is there anything worse than cleaning up flower petals littered everywhere? Those suckers spread around like crazy).

So, I was able to grab a few snaps of the peonies before I hosted Mother's Day dinner. Here are the first few pictures that I've edited.

One day I'll take a picture of the high-tech set up that I have for composing these shots. You'll be amazed at the quality of my "studio."

And in black and white. It's black and white, therefore it's arty!