Monthly Archives: September 2017
FRIDAY’S FLOWER FACT: ICELAND POPPY
September 29, 2017
Poppies are short-lived cutflowers; singeing the cut stem’s milky latex is said to promote vase life. 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: I PERHAPS OWE
September 25, 2017
MY TWO CENTS I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers… said Claude Monet, and I perhaps owe becoming a photographer to flowers. In that regard, I owe a debt to flowers for opening up a creative place in my soul and heart. I truly don't know if I could even put into words what flowers have given me, but a few words that do come to mind are: joy, life, passion, happiness, strength, compas...
Read MorePITH+VIGOR: A CUTTING FLOWER GARDEN PLAN
September 24, 2017
I'm very pleased to share that I've written a guest blog article that has been featured on PITH+VIGOR, called A Cutting Flower Garden Plan. From their website, "PITH+VIGOR is a publishing project that encourages readers...to follow our curiosity, cultivate our creativity, and lead a beautiful life through connections with our community, nature, and the environment." What a fantastic purpose, an...
Read MoreFRIDAY’S FLOWER FACT: MEXICAN SUNFLOWER
September 22, 2017
The Mexican Sunflower is named after Tithonus, a young man loved by the dawn goddess, Aurora. 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: ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
September 18, 2017
MY TWO CENTS One of the most beautiful compensations in life is that no person can help another without helping themselves… How great is it to have quotes like this to encourage and ground us?! How simple and how true is his quote, and I will work to put it more forward in my mind to make sure I’m helping others, not so much to gain from it, but to be inspired by it. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ral...
Read MoreCHANGE A MOMENT IN AN INSTANT
September 17, 2017
This past week’s Monday’s Flower Quote by Georgia O’Keeffe, encompasses all that my website is about, which is how flowers can become your world, your view, and can change a moment in an instant. If you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for a moment. ~ Georgia O’Keeffe Life is active and always changing. We have to seek out and put effort into finding thos...
Read MoreFRIDAY’S FLOWER FACT: SEPTEMBER RUBY NEW ENGLAND ASTER
September 15, 2017
On cloudy days and at night, the September Ruby New England Aster flowers droop and close until the sun shines again. 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: IF YOU TAKE A FLOWER
September 11, 2017
MY TWO CENTS If you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for a moment… Her quote encapsulates the meaning behind Floating Petals as this whole website started with the idea of sharing the beauty and power of flowers and the lessons they have to teach us. This quote alone describes one of the most powerful lessons: letting a flower, if you really look at it, be your ...
Read MoreTEACHER AND MENTOR: FLOWERS AND NATURE
September 10, 2017
I’ve had some really outstanding teachers in my lifetime, such as my second grade teacher who planted the seed that I was good at math. My junior high gym teacher truly helped me to believe in myself; to know that there was an athlete inside of me, and I didn’t have to be the last one picked when playing dodgeball. In high school I had a teacher who taught me the nuts and bolts of grammar, whi...
Read MoreFRIDAY’S FLOWER FACT: GLOBE THISTLE
September 08, 2017
Globe thistle is a wonderful cut flower as it adds a nice variety to any bouquet and can last for weeks. Also, it is a great flower for drying. 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.
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