People who know me understand that having flowers around is almost a passion. I remember then I was a kid, I would go to my Grandfather's house in Walla Walla, Washington. He had a rose garden the whole length of his house and about 10 feet across. He had roses that were even almost as tall as I was when I was 10 years old. I loved to walk in that garden and smell each rose. Believe it or not they all smelled a little different. As an adult I have always adored receiving flowers and the last few years I have bought my own flowers when my psyche needed them.
In my apartment I have surrounded myself with green and flowering plants. The green gives me a sense of the outdoors, and I love the beauty of the outdoors but have to stay out of the sun and never did like all the bugs that are around, especially while living in Alaska where the mosquitos are so large. The flowers are a sign of new and ever emerging life. Our lives are much like a flower where we come as a budding life and blossom, giving our most beautiful perfume and wither and are gone to make room for another new life. I have taken some pictures of my flowers and plants to share with you.
I hope you have a beautiful day.
Janie
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| From left to right: Club Moss, Golden Moss Fern, String of Pearls |
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| From left to right: Chrysanthemums and Daisies |
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| From left to right: Some kind of Fern,Arabian Tea Jasmine (smells sooooo good!!), and I don't know what the other one is. It's just beautiful, no? |
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| Bamboo |
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| From left back: Dracaena, the red flowering plant is beautiful but no plant stick with it so I don't know what it is; The one on the front right is a Dracaena, and the front left by the polka dot ribbon is an Ivy. |
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| Left is an African Violet and right is a Golden Moss Fern. |
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| Left is a Baby's Angels Tears and right is another African Violet. I also have another African Violet (different color) in my Studio as well as a Club Moss. In the bedroom I have a very small Christmas Cactus. |
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| Of course, you recognize these as my favorite #2 flower, the rose. My very favorite in the whole world? The Gardenia. |
