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FRIDAY’S FLOWER FACT: HOP MARJORAM

July 27, 2018

Friday's Flower Fact Hop Marjoram

Hop Marjoram is a culinary herb with healing properties. This oregano symbolizes love and is said to be an aphrodisiac. 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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FLOWER QUOTE: THE TRUE BEAUTY OF MUSIC

July 23, 2018

The True Beauty of Music

MY TWO CENTS The true beauty of music is that it connects people… Music has many wonderful attributes and can affect my mood in the most happy and delightful ways. It has created moments of connecting with my husband when I get hooked on a song. I’ll play it loud, and we’ll dance to it in my office or the living room. It also connects me to others, and there is one fun and surprising connec...

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FRIDAY’S FLOWER FACT: CHIVE

July 20, 2018

Friday's Flower Fact: Chive

Chives are the only allium that is native to both the new and old worlds and is useful to control garden pests because of their insect-repelling properties. 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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FLOWER QUOTE: THE LESSON I HAVE LEARNT

July 16, 2018

The Lesson I Have Learnt

MY TWO CENTS The lesson I have learnt, and wish to pass on to others, is to know the enduring happiness that the love of a garden gives… The happiness that gardens do bring. They share their beauty and many lessons of life with us on a daily basis. There isn’t a day that I don’t love looking out at my garden and experiencing all of the happiness it brings to me. Working in my garden brings ...

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HEALING HERBS AND FLOWERS

July 15, 2018

Amazing Healing Powers of Herbs and Flowers

Herbs and flowers have many wondrous healing powers; so many more than I could ever imagine. I have learned about some of these healing herbs and flowers from Ellen at Second Nature Herb Farm at the Dorset Market. It’s always a joy and experience visiting her stand on Sundays. With each of these herbs she picks the flowers in bloom, soaks them in olive oil and then steeps the blossoms and olive...

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FRIDAY’S FLOWER FACT: MAIDEN PINK

July 13, 2018

Friday's Flower Fact Maiden Pink

Maiden Pink is a “species pinks”, one that is used as a parent to produce many of the pinks cultivars seen in nurseries. 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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FLOWER QUOTE: BE KIND, FOR EVERYONE YOU MEET

July 09, 2018

Be Kind For Everyone You Meet

MY TWO CENTS Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle… I have heard this quote or something very close to it a handful of times, and it really strikes a cord. It’s so easy to be in my own space, and to not take the time to be aware that everyone I intersect with has their own battle they are dealing with. Life is a challenge for each of us, and I will have to work on taking mo...

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FRIDAY’S FLOWER FACT: SPREADING SUNSET LANTANA

July 06, 2018

Spreading Sunset Lantana

Many bird species delight in the small purple-blue lantana berries, however the rest of the plant is poisonous to animals. 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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FLOWER QUOTE: WHAT I LOVE MOST

July 02, 2018

Pink Powderpuff

MY TWO CENTS Fireworks are flowers in the garden sky… What a lovely quote and true visual. Here is one example of this Pink Powderpuff bloom that looks as if it’s fireworks exploding here on earth. So many flowers have that explosive beauty, and more can be seen on my blooming blog. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jarod Kintz (b. March 5, 1982) was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. As a young child he moved...

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THE FOURTH OF JULY: FLOWERS OR FIREWORKS?

July 01, 2018

Globe Thistle

Are flowers fireworks or are fireworks flowers..? I have two favorite holidays and the Fourth of July is one of them! I get so excited to see fireworks every year. I’m always ooh’ing and ahh’ing throughout the entire display. The funny thing is, I’m also always ooh’ing and ahh’ing over flowers and their unique displays. "Fireworks are flowers in the garden sky.” Here are some flowe...

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