Blushing beauty

I came across this pendulous sweep of pink and its puzzles (What's the plant? Are those bracts or petals? Is it kin to a hydrangea? A poinsettia?) while taking some out-of-towners on a stroll through Truman Annex last weekend. It was one of the few bits of color, life, whimsy or delicacy in that whole Stepford Village environment.

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My friend Lou always comes up with the best lines. This snippet from her note today: "A nice bit of Wendell Berry came to me: No knowledge rightly understood can deny us the mirth of flowers."

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Wouldn't that garland make a great bikini bottom?