Hydrangeas

I worked on the garden today.
In my backyard, there were these brilliant blue flowers, and I thought they were simply amazing, and I couldn't help but pick a cluster.
I immediately felt guilty, though, because they were going to die.

As soon as I got home, I placed them in water in a nice china bowl.
Doing penance.
Tis truly the nicest flower I've seen... Even the stems are baby-blue!
The whole thing kind of looks like skystuff from an Electric Light Orchestra fantasia.

The sun is shining in the sky;
There ain't a cloud in sight...

I would like to give them to my mother, but I doubt they'll last four days...