Really????
I put this in the same category with dyed chicks at Easter.
Somebody ‘splain this to me.
FLOWER
Painted Plants
Killing Them Softly with Q-tips
Feel free to sing this song as you murder mealy bugs.
I have taken the liberty to augment the lyrics of Roberta Flack’s hit from the 1970’s.
Enjoy!
Inspecting my plant with a hand lens.
Looking for patches of fluff.
Killing them softly with Q-tips.
Killing the mama and her babes.
Smashing the eggs sacs with my tweezers.
Washing off Honeydew with Blue Dawn.
FLOWER sings while she kills pests.
Plants on Plates
I will take flowers in any form during the winter.
I found these Royal Vale flower plates today in a “Treasure” shop.
I usually buy little plates as drainage trays for my indoor pots.
These are too pretty for that. Oh no, where will they go?
FLOWER (Plate fetish and plant fetish)
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Amaryllis Exotica?
Hearing Voices
Are you talking too loudly to hear the voices of others?
Are you yelling so that others quit talking to you and around you?
Are your own opinions monopolizing your airwaves and brainwaves?
Be still. Be silent. Listen.
You will hear millions of voices.
Their words may be a different language , a different dialect or with a different accent.
Some are whispering, some are pleading and some are crying.
They may be different from yours. You may not understand them.
Still listen.
They are your brothers and sisters.
They matter, too.
It’s not all about you.
FLOWER
I Want to be a Beatrix
I love this woman for so many reasons.
She loved her pet rabbits, mice, lizards, dogs and hedgehog like they were her friends.
As a young woman, she became an ignored expert in mycology. Her mushroom drawings are still used today.
When no publisher would print her first little books, so she self-published them with her own money.
She stayed loyal to her dead fiance’s family publishing business (Warne) despite a scandal, out of her love for him, his sister and his mother.
She bought a farm (Hill Top) and worked it, despite her city upbringing.
She donated thousands of acres of land to a national land trust to preserve its beauty.
She raised prize-winning Herdwick sheep and became an expert on raising, breeding and showing them.
She loved nature with her whole heart. She shared this love and her land with Girl Guide groups in the summers.
Oh yes, I almost forgot. She also could write, draw and paint really well.
FLOWER is a Beatrix fan. (and a bunny fan)
Following the Sun
Sunflowers follow the sun with their faces.
Keeping their flowers tilted up makes their faces brighter and warmer.
A bright, cozy flower attracts more bees and encourages them to stay longer.
More lingering means more pollination.
More pollen makes more seeds,
Which is the whole point of a flower.
The energy from the sun so far away,
in the form of light and heat,
helps both the bees and the flowers
in getting and giving pollen.
The sun gives life.
FLOWER
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