A wooded garden in the heart of Florence overflows with these evergreen plants, ablaze in pink or white bell shaped blossoms. I moved in on a single pink blossom from directly overhead. Using my lense’s macro setting, I could get close enough to its petals to pick up detail not generally seen with the casual eye. I made this photograph at what must be the peak of the flower’s reproductive process – the blossom is laden with stamens – tiny filaments with pollen sacs on the ends of them. This detail helps us to see the flower as a mass of living detail – a work of both beauty and function.