Monthly Archives: July 2017
FLOWER QUOTE: FRIENDS ARE FLOWERS
July 31, 2017
MY TWO CENTS Friends are flowers in the garden of life... I have been blessed with many wonderful friends, and they have created the most beautiful gardens for me to wander and spend my time in, along with an amazing community that I am forever grateful for. Also, as each flower teaches and awes me, my friends have also done in turn, and I thank each one of you for that. How thankful am I for my ...
Read MoreTHE RARE HANDWRITTEN NOTE
July 30, 2017
Every time I walk out to our mailbox, I’m hopeful that nestled in between the bills, catalogs and junk mail, I will find that rare and treasured handwritten note. I don’t know about you, but for me it’s the motivation for walking to the mailbox, as there is that anticipation and optimism that I just might be the lucky recipient of a note from a friend who has taken the time to think of me. ...
Read MoreFRIDAY’S FLOWER FACT: PERENNIAL BLUE BACHELOR’S BUTTON
July 28, 2017
Perennial Blue Bachelor's Button, also known as Mountain Bluet, will re-bloom in the fall if cut back after first flowering. To learn more about this flower and download it for your desktop, join me on this journey of the discovery and delight of the 400,000+ flowers that petal our world.
Read MoreFLOWER QUOTE: PEOPLE FROM A PLANET WITHOUT FLOWERS
July 24, 2017
MY TWO CENTS People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us… It would be so true. I feel as if I can hear Iris's excitement in her statement about how could we not all be mad with the love of flowers, as they are so unique, beautiful and awe-inspiring. Flowers should bring continued gratitude of life, and for me they do. That...
Read MoreAS BUTTERFLIES TAKE FLIGHT
July 23, 2017
Flight of Butterflies Iris is the most beautiful, tiny and delicate of Irises that I have ever seen. I came across it a few summers ago at the Dorset Farmers Market. Michelle, who owns Tanner Hill Flower Farm and who grows and sells her own flowers and makes the most beautiful floral arrangements, had these beauties. I was in awe of them, and I couldn’t help but buy the container she had that da...
Read MoreFRIDAY’S FLOWER FACT: SWEET PEA SHRUB
July 21, 2017
Each colorful, pea-like flower of the Sweet Pea Shrub resembles a bird, with a set of broad, petal-wings and a low petal with a fringed apex at the keel. To learn more about this flower and download it for your desktop, join me on this journey of the discovery and delight of the 400,000+ flowers that petal our world.
Read MoreFLOWER QUOTE: JUST WHEN THE CATERPILLAR THOUGHT
July 17, 2017
MY TWO CENTS Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly… I have this quote on a pillow in my office, and it puts a smile on my face every time I read it. It gives me hope that in any phase of my life, I can still turn into a butterfly and maybe someday be able to fly and pollinate flowers. Wouldn’t that be amazing! Yes, those are my child-like thoughts coming ...
Read MoreNEMESIS OR MENTOR?
July 16, 2017
Photographing flowers in my studio has its own challenges, but shooting outside has challenges I have no control over: the sun, the clouds, the rain, and especially the wind, tests my patience. I can make adjustments to my camera to help compensate for each of the elements, but that can affect the quality of my image. To try to get the image I really want, I have learned from the wind that I must ...
Read MoreFRIDAY’S FLOWER FACT: GLORIOSA DAISY
July 14, 2017
Gloriosa Daisy is a variation of Black-Eyed Susan, a traditional symbol for Justice. To learn more about this flower and download it for your desktop, join me on this journey of the discovery and delight of the 400,000+ flowers that petal our world.
Read MoreFLOWER QUOTE: IN JOY OR SADNESS
July 10, 2017
MY TWO CENTS In joy or sadness flowers are our constant friends… His quote reminds me of how amazing it is that flowers and friends comfort us in our sadness and bring joy to so many moments. I know flowers have become constant friends of mine… a very poetic quote. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Okakura Kakuzo (February 14, 1862-September 2, 1913) was born in Yokohama, Japan. His family owned a silk wa...
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