digitaldave

By DigitalDave

Origins - MM262

An interesting theme for this week's MM challenge.
Many blippers have homed in on the origins of their blip ID. Well, there's nothing remarkable about mine, it's just derived from Dave with his digital camera.
Instead, here we have the origins of what will soon be fragrant blue hyacinths. I expect that by this time tomorrow they will have burst into 
bloom. 
I can, however, go into the origins of the Hyancinth name:

Legend has it the origin of hyacinth, the highly fragrant, bell-shaped flower, can be traced back to a young Greek boy named Hyakinthos. As the story goes, two gods – Apollo the sun god, and Zephyr the god of the west wind – adored Hyakinthos and competed for his attention. One day, while Apollo was teaching Hyakinthos the art of throwing a discus, Zephyr, in a jealous rage, blew the discus back, killing Hyakinthos with a strike to the head. Apollo named the flower that grew from Hyakinthos's blood hyacinth.

So there you have it!
As usual, I spent far too long faffing around with the photo and couldn't decide between two versions, so the other is in the extra. I opted for this one as I like the appearance of a very old photograph.

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