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Flowers

3/24/2015

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I love flowers and have many favorites. In fact, the only flower I can think of that I don’t care much for is the waxy begonia (but I’m not sure why).  About this time of year I long to see flowers in my garden. During the spring, most of the grocery stores start selling cut tulips, and I always buy them. Right now I have a vase of pink tulips on my kitchen table. On this gray and chilly day, their delicate white-tipped petals remind me that spring will soon be here. Yesterday I noticed the green of daffodil and tulip shoots just beginning to break through the softening ground, so I am hopeful.

Tulips are pretty to look at, but they don’t have a strong fragrance. For that you have to turn to other spring flowers like lilacs, or one of my other favorites, peonies. When I was growing up our small backyard was lined with peony bushes that would produce fragrant white, pink, and deep rose blossoms in late May. My mother always complained about the ants that usually accompany them, but she would nevertheless fill bowls with peonies for the table in the spring. I remember taking bunches into school for the May altar. Even now, the sweet scent of a peony transports me to my grade school years and I can see my younger self walking in the May procession in church with my offering of peonies. I have a row of peony bushes – three white, three pink in one of my gardens and anxiously await their arrival each year.

One of my favorite quotes about flowers comes from Ralph Waldo Emerson who said, “The earth laughs in flowers.” I hope to hear lots of laughter this spring and summer!


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Fran link
3/24/2015 05:12:04 am

Rose,
I love to see the first daffodils and tulips in stores as I automatically think of spring. My two favorite flowers are peonies - grandma had a row of them in varying colors from white to deep red and irises - my sister used those for her wedding years ago!

I love your Emerson quote, "The earth laughs in flowers.” I will remember that as I browse for flowers for my outdoor planters next month when the cold is truly gone!

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Chris (readsomuch)
3/24/2015 05:35:16 am

I love flowers, too. I wonder why tulips are so pretty but don't carry a scent. I can't wait for the lilacs to bloom - they trigger so many happy memories from my grandma's house.

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elsie
3/24/2015 06:43:07 am

I miss the flowers in winter, so they are such a relief to see that bit of color in the spring. Beautiful flowers in your pictures. I want to remember that quote. I love the image it brings to my mind.

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Adrienne link
3/24/2015 07:35:23 am

Oh, I love the lushness of peonies, too, even though they are SO buggy. I have one peony - you're inspiring me to invest in more!

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arjeha link
3/24/2015 08:45:01 am

Flowers do brighten up a gray day. Our pussy willows just opened. Soon the lilacs and Lilly of the valley.

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Julie Johnson link
3/24/2015 12:11:11 pm

I am anxiously waiting for tiny glimpses of green to peep out of the ground at my house. Living in a new place, I'm not sure what will appear this spring. I did plant some tulips and daffodils in the fall and I can't wait for them to sprout.

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Ramona link
3/24/2015 02:52:10 pm

I love peonies too! My husband's grandmother used to cut them and put them in the freezer, and then take them to the cemetery for decoration day at the end of May. We used them to decorate our house for my son's open house. They are gorgeous flowers.

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Tricia Ebarvia link
3/24/2015 05:13:10 pm

I never heard that Emerson quote - I love that one. And though I have never had a green thumb, I wish I did. Your descriptions of the daffodil and tulip shoots through the softening ground were just wonderful - made me long for spring even more than I already do.

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