Found an old diary – days when I painted myself white, prayed to angels, believed God cared about personal forever after – painted myself pathetic. Took me back – days when I painted myself pink, altruistic heart committed to indifference, yearned for the unrequited, sacrificed – painted myself foolish. Read between the lines – days […]
Laughter, like sunshine, cleared the air, painted our hearts verdant love renewed. (A haiku borrow from Twitter. Visit me @Vjknutson. Image from personal collection.)
I know what infinity means: it’s one hundred plus one. Voice of innocence serene her sense of self of life’s complexities. Should borrow from her, embrace that confidence, but worry intervenes. How do we preserve the wonder of youth, save her from cynicism? That it is! I reply, my smile a warm hug – vow to […]
I loved these flowers as a kid – playing with the “mouths” of course. How nice that you have them in your garden!
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Actually a neighbour’s garden. We just moved in this summer – haven’t had time to plant yet. I sneak around and capture snapshots from everyone else, lol.
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haha! that’s great 🙂
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Beautiful colour! 🙂 Mine are just coming out now (Spring here) but they are much shorter than yours.
Have you seen any with little ‘antlers’ poking out of the mouth? 🙂
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I don’t think so. We are at the end of our seasons – surprised these are still hanging on.
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These are special to me because they are the first flowers I had success planting in some front planters – our first home was owned formerly by s master Gardener, Ruth, and I wish she had left garden details about what was where – but it was a surprise to see and well – her love for roses was not shared by me and half the bushes died before I figured out what to do – (annoying because I was also a new mom etc) and so the pots on the porch were the truly fun part – and snapdragons were the special flower that was easy and made me feel
Some success (and my toddler loved the name)
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Funny how flowers can mean so much to us. My father always grew them. He was a master gardener too and typically we were not allowed near his gardens, but I always loved snapdragons. Bet you discovered a whole array of things.
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I sure did discover (2007) and then for about eight years I had garden fun but now only keep some container veggies and herbs – and basic floral perennials and annuals
I will maybe tinker more in gardening way later – or not – but my interests are totally elsewhere – what about you ? Did you have a gardening season or tinker even now ?
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I suffered severe allergies since childhood – flowers being amongst the culprits. So, I’ve never been much of a gardener. Love them though. I joined this challenge to I can start to learn about them.
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Oh sorry about the allergies – and the challenge does sound like a nice way to get to know flowers more – 🌸🌸🌸💜
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Lovely photo. I love snappy’s. Ours come back every year. They’re not supposed to in this area. Mine must have magic in them 😊
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They must! I am pretty sure they are where the fairies hang out.
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