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Diente de Leon

5/7/2017

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I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief - Gerry Spence
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Pink in Pink

4/23/2017

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In color psychology, pink is a sign of hope. It is a positive color that inspires warm and comforting feelings. The color pink gives the feeling that everything will go well or be okay. Most people have heard of the saying “everything is rosy”. It may also indicate good health and success. (Jacob Olesen - Color-Meanings.com)
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Non Lo Diro Col Labbro

4/9/2017

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Non lo diro col labbro 
Che tanto ardir non ha;
Forse con le faville 
Dell'avide pupille, 
Per dir come tutt'ardo,
Lo sguardo parlera.


I will not say it with my lips
which haven't the courage to speak. 
Perhaps the sparks from my burning eyes
will reveal my passion
and my look

will speak my heart.
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Clematis

2/12/2017

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(...)Farewell, farewell, lost soul!
you have melted in the crystalline distance,
it is enough! I saw you vanish into air.
D.H. Lawrence: Butterfly
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Chrysanthemum leucanthemum

2/5/2017

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If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
Lao Tzu
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Blue Hope

9/29/2014

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The Cape of Good Hope is one of the richest  floral regions in the world. Hundreds of original species  grow there, among them beautiful lobelia with heavenly blue little flowers. If their size hardly impresses anyone,  their number definitely do. When in full bloom, it takes a while to find green leaves hidden under a thick blanket of delicate moth-like flowers whose striking blue shades and tones are just unbelievable, to say the least. Who wants more excitement can easily get it through growing this lovely jewel plant in their garden. Satisfaction guaranteed!

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Santa Barbara Daisy

9/5/2014

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What is the relationship between Santa Barbara and Mexican fleabane ? It is hard to say. Holy persons are to attract attention whereas fleabane has long been reputed to drive away fleas, at least Mexican ones. Both names, however, refer to a small herbaceous plant Santa Barbara  had probably never heard of, before she became its patron saint: Erigeron karvinskianus. The Latinized name karvinskianus  has a less heavenly origin as it was coined to commemorate one of the most outstanding minds of the XIX century: Baron Wilhelm Friedrich von Karwinsky von Karwin, whose vast interests in nature made him visit  Brazil and Mexico. There he noticed and described a lot of new species, one of them was a daisy- like graceful plant, the protagonist of today's post. And fleas? They had been absent at that time driven away to remote places. Who knows whether or not Santa Barbara was involved in that exodus?

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Treacherous  Globeflower

8/14/2014

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'Golden Queen' is its name, which makes  the hazard totally obscure to all  innocent admirers. Truth be told, there is plenty to admire: nice clumps of ornamentally dissected, jagged-toothed, deep green leaves; gracefully slender  but sturdy stems, and finally,  large globular buds bursting open in late spring bringing into every garden an explosion of unsurpassable mango- orange flowers. Well, the resemblance to mango fruit ends here as all parts of Chinese Globeflower are poisonous. The good news is that the  poison does not transmit through looking at the beautiful blossoms. However, there have been observed some symptoms of strange intoxication: those who happened to look at 'Golden Queen' got severely addicted to the plant and developed a desperate compulsion to grow it in their own garden. Beware!

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Rubaiyat of Rumi

7/24/2014

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Flowers every night
Blossom in the sky;
Peace in the Infinite;
At peace am I.

Sighs a hundredfold
From my heart arise;
My heart, dark and cold,
Flames with my sighs.


The Rubaiyat of Jalal Al-Din Rumi
Select translations into English Verse' by A.J. Arberry, 1949.





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Blue Angel

7/8/2014

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Falling in love again
Never wanted to
What am I to do?
I can't help it

Love's always been my game
Play it how I may
I was made that way
I can't help it

Men cluster to me
Like moths around a flame
And if their wings burn
I know I'm not to blame

Falling in love again
Never wanted to
What am I to do?
I just can't help it



Composed by Friedrich Hollaender. English lyrics by Sammy Lerner 
Oryginally performed by Marlene Dietrich in the film Der Blaue Engel
 

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