Good morning! It’s Tuesday. Ring by ring, row by row, the starflowers are slowly opening their petals to the world. Only they aren’t petals at all, they’re bracts.
Taking a moment for a very needed break here at the office and a bit of Respite! Your flowers, your words, and that quote ...!!!... just what my weary head and heart needed. Thank you, thank you!
Hi Clara--I was about to say this was a new to me flower and thank you but I now see it is a STRAWflower!! I know them, just don't have in my yard! A friend of mine told me that the poet Andrea Gibson died and I was not familiar with her work; so she sent me a video of her reading 'Dying is the opposite of leaving'. It is so emotional and eloquent. I am tearing up just thinking about it. She makes death feel like a shawl we can hold close and treasure the one who is not easily seen.
Argh! Autocorrect! STRAWflowers.
If I've learned anything from The Daily Respite, there are definitely starflowers out there waiting for us.
Note to self: Plant starflowers next.
Auto correct is my nemesis, also. It’s an oxymoron.
they are gobsmackingly beautiful!!
Taking a moment for a very needed break here at the office and a bit of Respite! Your flowers, your words, and that quote ...!!!... just what my weary head and heart needed. Thank you, thank you!
Hi Clara--I was about to say this was a new to me flower and thank you but I now see it is a STRAWflower!! I know them, just don't have in my yard! A friend of mine told me that the poet Andrea Gibson died and I was not familiar with her work; so she sent me a video of her reading 'Dying is the opposite of leaving'. It is so emotional and eloquent. I am tearing up just thinking about it. She makes death feel like a shawl we can hold close and treasure the one who is not easily seen.
I watched that too. It felt good to cry.
Wow, those are so beautiful! I'll have to look at our garden center to try to find some. They'll be perfect in our 'rock' garden.
Thanks for the introduction, Clara!
Beautiful flowers. Love the quote. Thanks.
Wonders! We are so so fortunate that nature shares her wonders with us.
Really a treat meandering through spring with you❣️
A lovely reminder of nature’s role and our role in nature!!! And a great reminder to plant strawflowers.
Clara, you have such a lovely way with words to magically describe the world around us.
What A marvelous quote! Beautiful just beautiful flowers! I want those!
My mother used to love strawflowers, and always had them on the mantle where our cat Willie would destroy them. Every time. And yet she persisted.
I can imagine - they'd be the perfect cat toys, all crunchy.
Amazing nature wow did not know!great quote
Well, they are kinda both: they might be strawflowers but they sure are stars! One of my summer favourites.
Whether they are star or straw they are still beautiful.
Leonado was right
So pretty, whatever they are called. LOL