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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS

Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking


The language of flowers developed in the 1600's, in Constantinople and in the poetry of Persia.   

Charles II introduced the Persian poetry to Europe.  Lady Mary Wortley Montagu brought the flower language from Turkey to England in 1716.  

It spread to France and became a handbook of 800 floral messages known as the Book Le Language des Fleurs.
  
 Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood

  Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood

Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood


Lovers exchanged messages as they gave each other selected flowers or bouquets.

A full red rose meant beauty.

Red and white roses meant unity.

Crocus said "abuse not."

White rosebud warns one is too young for love.

Yellow roses were for jealousy. 

Yellow iris was for passion.

Filbert was for reconciliation

and

ivy for marriage.

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When my daughter, Faith,  along with some of her teammates on the Kansas City Blazers, had the opportunity to train with Coach Pablo Morales at the University of Nebraska:  I  explored Lincoln.  

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Daughter Faith at UNL:  Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood
 Faith and Coach Pablo Morales.  Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood
Read more about Pablo Morales, Olympian, and one of the greatest male swimmers in USA history:  http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=3250


I discovered an amazing sunken garden in Lincoln, located at 27th and Capital Parkway.  


This 1.5 acre lot was first developed in 1930, and recently renovated in 2004.  It's the only Nebraska garden listed in the “300 Best Gardens to Visit 
in the United States and Canada” 
by National Geographic Guide to Public Gardens.


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Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood

Sunken Gardens,  Lincoln Nebraska.  Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood

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 Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood

Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood

 Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood

Sunken Gardens,  Lincoln Nebraska.  Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood

 Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood

Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood

Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood


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  Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood

 Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood


"Let us be grateful to people 
who make us happy;
they are the charming gardeners 
who make our souls blossom."

Marcel Proust
French novelist, critic, and essayist



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