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Filed under: Follow the Flock, Photography, Eye Candy Friday — Kristi at 7:59 am on Friday, July 13, 2007

Yes indeedy, you read the title of the post correctly - bet you don’t often think compost is beautiful huh? Well, back in early June when I visited Cathy before EPWM she sent me home with a lovely bunch of peonies. They lasted a good ten days or so and then they looked “done.” Chris was about to arrive so I was doing a last minute cleaning/straightening and took the vase and flowers out to the compost pile. I gave the vase a fling. There was just something about how all the peonies landed on the compost and the contrast of the pink of the still alive, but on their way out flowers against the brown of the compost. I *had* to run into the house to get the camera and take some shots. I took 56, believe it or not! And, I didn’t touch a flower/petal/blade of grass! These are some of my favorites…

The original flowers from Cathy were gorgeous and I’m sorry I didn’t get photos of them before they started their afterlife in the compost heap. But I guess this just proves SIL3’s theory that I’m definitely “goth on the inside.” :-)

Stop to see some beauty in the unusual subject this weekend and have a great one!

11 Comments »

Comment by Chris

July 13, 2007 @ 9:16 am

Flashback! :) I’m so goth right now - I THOUGHT the nailpolish I took to my pedicure was deep, deep metallic red. How could it look like that in the bottle and be flat black on my toenails?! UGH.

Comment by Cindy

July 13, 2007 @ 9:59 am

Goth? The art world calls it “juxtaposition”. Either way, the pics are really intriguing. Like ‘em.

Comment by Hillary

July 13, 2007 @ 10:02 am

There certainly is beauty to be found in places you’d never expect. Great pictures.

Comment by Kirsten

July 13, 2007 @ 1:34 pm

Beautiful, creative photos! You’ll never hear me argue that compost (even without the peonies)isn’t eye candy. There is no more beautiful sight to a gardener than a well decayed batch of leaves, flowers and grass clippings!

Comment by Jamisyn

July 13, 2007 @ 7:16 pm

Those are some neat pictures!

Comment by Marie

July 13, 2007 @ 10:00 pm

Gorgeous! Those are my favorite color of peonies!

Comment by Cathy

July 14, 2007 @ 11:17 am

Next year, I’ll send you home with even more. And maybe a peony of your very own if I separate them this fall the way I should.

Comment by Jessica

July 15, 2007 @ 8:29 pm

Ahh .. my favorite summer things: dark compost and pink peonies. I mulch my peonies with horse manure and the are GIGANTIC. Hope my compost looks like yours someday!

Comment by JessaLu

July 15, 2007 @ 9:07 pm

Pretty cool!

Comment by Lynne S of Oz

July 16, 2007 @ 8:51 am

I bought a bunch of peonies for me last year and yep, the only photos I took of them was when I threw them on the vegie patch…. so pretty!
Your compost heap looks good!

Comment by Jess

July 18, 2007 @ 8:29 am

Goth on the inside, that’s great. I think it’s more about being able to appreciate the beauty in death and decay rather than being “goth”.

Those are lovely pictures, for sure!

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