a dusty bloom

i’ve always been attracted to bloom–the delicate powdery surface deposit on certain fresh fruits, leaves, or stems. bloom consists of minute scales of wax in the epidermal cells. the wax coating helps preserve the fruit, or stem, and reduce evaporation. i love it for the soft dusty color palette it creates.  i was trimming back some raspberry canes today and saw this collection of colors. one, two, and three year old canes, i suspect. an unusual, and pretty, palette.

raspberry canes