cotton candy

ever since i learned about queen-of-the-prairie last summer, i have been excitedly awaiting another opportunity to photograph it even though it is tricky to capture. those florets are tiny!  it reminds me of smoke bush, another favorite of mine. clearly, there is something about cloud-like clusters that i am clearly drawn to; a whole more evocative than the sum of its parts.

queen-of-the-prairie flowers (Filipendula rubra)