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By: Kimberly Pauley,
on 5/3/2012
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The largest habitat on earth, filled with all kinds of creatures, many yet to be discovered. Discover the oceans with your child in this enchanting book exploring the its beauty and diversity. Click here to read my full review.
By: Beth Kephart ,
on 3/1/2009
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By: Kimberly Pauley,
on 5/3/2012
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By: Beth Kephart ,
on 3/1/2009
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Ours is a small house built mostly of glass and light, of bright tones and books, and, when it is possible, with flowers. Flowers dragged in from the garden outside—blue heads of hydrangea, blooming stalks of peach iris, dozens of glads in two dozen colors, a stem from the red bud, a bright plume of lilac. Flowers bought and arranged in the Ikebana patterns I have learned—in half-moons, in swish plates, in rising wooden circles. Flowers tucked in with the groceries.
But this past winter of cold and dark I somehow neglected the flowers. I was being...economical, perhaps. Rational and wise thinking. I was testing out the small unsentimental fraction of me and seeing if I liked her.
I didn't. I missed those blooms and their unpredictability. I missed the way they turned toward the sun to remind me it was there.
Friday it was warm enough to walk to the Farmer's Market, and I had friends due in the next day. I shucked the unsentimental me and went off buying and didn't stop until I'd reached the flower stand, where anemones of historic proportions held their heads high on straw-like stems.
"I can't help it," I told the lady. "I'm taking some of them home."
"Of course you are," she said.
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Oh!
Frost once said:
"A flower unplucked is but left to the falling/and nothing is gained by not gathering roses"
It's one of my favorite quotes, and your post reminded me of it :) Thanks, Beth!
Flowers are wonderful. I would love to go to this year's Flower Show (sadly, I've never been, and my schedule doesn't make it possible for this year). In this long winter, flowers seem more needed than ever.
Flowers always brighten my day. they add a touch of beauty to our lives. I find flowers even provide a good point of inspiration for my poetry. A spring full of flowers will be great for the soul :)
Wonderful post. And I love the flower picture at the top. :)
Thank you for sharing your anemones~
Your post reminded me of favorite quote of mine, too.
"Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem or saying a prayer." Anne Morrow Lindbergh
I want a house like yours.
Oh, Beth, you are your own atmosphere, your very own weather system, your plate tectonics creating art of all kinds that we are so fortunate to be able to experience.
XO
Anna
Oh, I love your house and your taste in flowers. One of my daughter's friends surprised me with a bouquet of scarlet tulips and it was such a bright splash of color on a dismal day.
Oh, I love thinking of your house full of flowers!