The Hydrangeas in our front yard are still going strong. Some of the older flowers are losing color, but new blossoms are coming on too, like this one.

Photo was made with a 'NEW' Nikon D1x (believe it or not!). It had been a store demo and remained in store inventory long after that. It is in brand new condition. The battery charged up just fine and it works like a charm. As far as I can tell it has about 1500 shutter actuations, yet has been cared for over time. As a result, the camera functions as new, not suffering for being in store inventory for some time. I got it for a song. This is exactly like the first Nikon DSLR I owned.