Inspiration for my pictures comes from a variety of sources. Sometimes all it takes is to press a different plant material. This cottage picture started its life after pressing some Clematis Tangutica seed heads. I needed to prune this clematis a couple of weeks ago, and really didn't want to waste any of the beautiful seed heads. The wild clematis is also known as Old Man's Beard, for good reason. It really does look extremely hairy. After taking it out of the press though, my first thought...

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