Bluer than blue or another reason I love living in the South

I've been looking around for some blue items and scenes to photograph in celebration of Project Spectrum's June theme, but alas, we just don't have much around our place. However, I did spy our newly blooming hydrangea at the side of the house. These big beautiful flowers are part of a Southern gardening tradition around these parts and I was so pleased to find a well-established and productive bed of them at this house. They are gorgeous and I was so very excited to see them being so hardy this year. )Unfortunately, I was bitten by another Southern tradition repeatedly when I shot these photos. Darned mosquitos.)

A jar full of these on the table. Some sweet tea and maybe a bowl of strawberries and summers don't get any better.