I know it’s a little out of season, but these hydrangeas deserve to be honored, and I'm not gonna wait for next June to do it. Look at these beautiful variegated pastels!

Also, because multicolored, can I complain about something that happened at pub trivia the other night? They asked what metal is named for the Greek word for color, and I instantly and with the utmost confidence responded "Iridium," and my poor teammates trusted me and wrote it down, but it turns out that I misled them! Because 色 iro in Japanese meaning color, and arco iris in Spanish meaning rainbow, and iridescent in English—it's like every language I know is conspiring to trick me about colors!

It's actually chromium that comes from the Greek chrōma, meaning color. Iridium comes from the *Latin* for color, iris or irid, which is also the etymology of arco iris and iridescent. Sigh.