Final showing

This tulip is one of a bunch that I bought a couple of weeks ago and while most of them have been consigned to the recycle bin, I saved a couple to photograph in their final desiccated stages.
When I took the pictures, the sky was clear blue and the sun bright but by the time I've come to post, we've had a complete change as the snow arrived late afternoon.  It hasn't really settled but no doubt the temperatures will mean that the roads will be icy tomorrow morning.

I'm tagging this for TT191 as it is a close up shot but I didn't see the suggested theme (memento)until it was far too late for me to choose and photograph something else.