If you’ve never been thrilled to the very edges of your soul by a flower in spring bloom, maybe your soul has never been in bloom. ~Audra Foveo
A few weeks ago, Spirea Cantoniensis (Bridal Wreath) was in full bloom. My soul, spirit, and every other part of me, was glad to receive this wonderful gift from Mother Nature. This shrub blooms for a short time in Spring and then fades to green foliage. As you can see from this collage, cascades of white blossoms hang on the branches and distill a feeling of purity, simplicity, and sheer beauty.
Since they bloom for only a short time, I enjoyed watching them in my neighbour’s garden every day. There were many other gardens with these blooms but none as spectacular as this one. The house is on a hill and the garden is terraced allowing the Bridal Wreath to really hang well.
One afternoon when I was out on my porch admiring and taking in their beauty once more, I had a sudden impulse to find my camera. It’s a good thing that I did as I can now share this image with you.
We use flowers to mark different events in our lives – Birthdays, Weddings, Funerals, and other occasions we deem important. Personally, I like to pick flowers from my own garden and decorate with them. Flowers make me happy and bring out whatever is the best in me. I want them inside and outside. I need them. “Beauty, like color, does not lie only in the eye of the beholder: flowers, for example, are indeed beautiful and brightly colored. Nevertheless, beauty—and color, for that matter—can exist only where there is a beholder to perceive it.” (Journal, 6/15/52 & 1/21/38).
We’re lucky that Mother Nature has provided us with such an array of flowers in different colours, sizes, and shapes – not to mention fragrances. However, whether we admire flowers in bloom or we just pass them by, they all radiate a special and unique beauty anyways.
We too bloom for a short time here – three score and ten, is what the “Good Book” says. While we bloom, it would be good to have the simplicity, purity, and beauty, that I was able to see in Spirea Cantoniensis. May I keep trying whether I am noticed or not! Hope you enjoy this “Bridal Wreath” collage and I hope your eyes behold the butterflies too.
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