Flower-arranging is one of my hobbies. It gives me great delight to choose flowers at the florist’s and to pick flowers from the garden to create an arrangement. Some arrangements I’ve made are small and some have been larger. I’ve made arrangements to give as Birthday presents, Christmas presents, and lots of “thank you’s.” Working with flowers gives me a wonderful feeling. The images in this collage are of a smaller arrangement I did to take to a Memorial Service three weeks ago. I took the photos at home. The eyes in this collage are those of a baby boy nine months old and the caption in the collage was photographed from the cover of a journal in my local bookstore. These three elements just seemed to come together – beautiful flowers, beautiful eyes, and the caption “Beauty for your eyes to see.”
It goes without saying that I love flowers. Without much ado, I will share what I wrote over twelve years ago about this love affair. Hope you enjoy the collage and the poem called “Flowers.”
Your beauty
awakens my beauty
Your simplicity
restores my own gentleness
Your fragility
reminds me of my delicacy and strength
Your color
Makes my life more colorful
Your fragrance
Delights my senses.
When I am happy
The sight of you makes me happier still
When I am sad
you speak hope to my heart by your presence
I am so much more because of you
Oh……………beautiful flowers !