Category Archives: Monday’s Flower Quote
FLOWER QUOTE: IF I HAD A FLOWER
May 08, 2017
MY TWO CENTS If I had a flower for every time I thought of you… The perfect quote to share with friends to bring a smile to their faces, just as my cousin did when she sent this quote to me last week. Thanks Barb for making my day! ABOUT THE AUTHOR Alfred Tennyson (August 6, 1806-October 6, 1892) was a much-loved Victorian poet. He was the fourth of twelve children. His father was a reveren...
Read MoreFlower Quote: For Happiness One Needs
May 01, 2017
MY TWO CENTS For happiness one needs security, but joy… There is so much truth in that we need security in order to have happiness. I can see where this quote could easily have come from the loss of her first child, Charles Augustus Lindbergh. I do appreciate the truth and optimism of this quote that joy can spring even in the most trying of times, as was no doubt her experience. ABOUT THE A...
Read MoreFLOWER QUOTE: THE FAIREST THING IN NATURE
April 24, 2017
MY TWO CENTS The fairest thing in nature, a flower... Yes, I couldn’t agree more that the fairest thing is a flower! What is wonderful about this quote is how it continues to expound, because it describes to me the other reasons flowers are the most honorable: they are rooted in the earth and manure, which is all a part of life. ABOUT THE AUTHOR D. H. Lawrence (September 11, 1885-March 2, 1...
Read MoreFLOWER QUOTE: THERE ARE ALWAYS FLOWERS
April 17, 2017
MY TWO CENTS There are always flowers for those who want to see them... A very true statement that if you are willing to seek flowers you will find them. Just ask my husband how often I stop to look at a new flower along the way. This quote has a much grander meaning, though: that there are many wonders, many surprises, and many things to be thankful for, for those who want to seek and appreciate...
Read MoreFLOWER QUOTE: A GARDEN TO WALK IN
March 27, 2017
MY TWO CENTS A garden to walk in...Truly what more could one want than a few flowers at our feet and the stars above us. After learning more about Victor Hugo, I can picture him walking in his own gardens and coming up with this simple, yet profound quote. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Victor Hugo (1802-1885) was a novelist, poet and dramatist of the Romantic movement. A few of his most famous works inclu...
Read MoreFLOWER QUOTE: THE FLOWER DOESN’T DREAM
March 20, 2017
MY TWO CENTS The flower doesn't dream... No it doesn't, it does the hard work of blooming and growing into its full and amazing potential and receives the bee as its reward to continue on. How lovely the relationship is between the flower and the bee. For me this quote reminds me that I must do the hard work to attract the "bee", and I can only hope I have, when it comes to Floating Petals. ...
Read MoreFlower Quote: Courage Doesn’t Always Roar
March 13, 2017
MY TWO CENTS Courage doesn't always roar... and often it is hard to find within, at least it can be for me sometimes. I'm thankful for that little voice that keeps me plugging along and trying again tomorrow. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Mary Anne Radmacher per her website description is an "author, artist, apronary, trainer, shares original writings, Monthly Bundles, inspiring content and thoughtful m...
Read MoreFLOWER QUOTE: IF YOU HAVE A GARDEN
March 06, 2017
MY TWO CENTS If you have a garden and a library... what more could one want, but food and love. This quote reminds me to appreciate what I have and not want for more than flowers and reading, as they can fill my days gladly. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Marcus Tullius Cicero was a lawyer, scholar, writer and statesmen of Rome. He was born in 106 bc and was beheaded in 43 bc. He wrote numerous letters to ...
Read MoreFlower Quote: Flowers are the Music
February 27, 2017
MY TWO CENTS Flowers are the music... is part of a poem Edwin Curran wrote, and I couldn't agree more with him as flowers keep me humming every day, and what beautiful music they make. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Edwin Curran was an American Poet who wrote, produced and published his own poems. On the cover of his first poetry publication, I found it very endearing that he shared that he was "unmarried,...
Read MoreFLOWER QUOTE: THE HAPPINESS OF THE BEE
February 20, 2017
MY TWO CENTS The happiness of the bee ... should we not also be happy to exist? I think we should be more than happy to exist as we have so many opportunities to have such joy, wonder, laughter and love in out lives, if we only search it out. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jacques Yves Cousteau was a French Naval Officer. His career in office was cut short due to an automobile accident that he was very for...
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