pasque flowers
Posts from the ‘flowers’ category
woodland path
Spring drew on…and a greenness grew over those brown beds, which, freshening daily,
suggested the thought that Hope traversed them at night,
and left each morning brighter traces of her steps.”
~ Charlotte Bronte, in “Jane Eyre”
blossom
Beauty is all that is glory and God is Beauty embodied, glory manifested.
This is what I crave: I hunger for Beauty…..
God revealing the weight of Himself, all His glory, through the looking glass of nature …
I pay tribute to God by paying attention.
~ Ann Voskamp
crocus
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Lenten Rose
Lent comes providentially to reawaken us,
to shake us from our lethargy.
~ Pope Francis
remembrance
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
~ John McCrae
Thinking on freedom today, and its unspeakable price.
calla lily
We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts;
which exactly answers its end; which stands related to all things; which is the mean of many extremes.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
romancing Lily
Across the crowded ballroom Cal saw her. She was an elegant vision in white silk that took his breath away.
At last he caught her eye. He flashed his debonair smile. She fluttered her eyelashes and blushed sweetly.
Cal smoothly made his way towards her, his eyes never leaving her face. Lily glided over to him, her gown rippling in her wake.
They met.
He took her white gloved hand and kissed it,
breathing, “My dear Lily, I’m utterly enchanted by your beauty.
Shall we dance?”
curves
“I find him in the curves of certain lines,
in the loveliness and subtleties of certain colours.”
~ Oscar Wilde
weed whimsy
An Inspired Lens 