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Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking
Link: http://tellmeastory-marcia.blogspot.com/2016/07/language-of-flowers.html
I found a love letter written in pink chalk on cement stairs at the Sunken Gardens in Lincoln, Nebraska.
The sunken gardens in Lincoln are take-your-breath-away beautiful.
What a wonderful place for lovers.
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.
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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 |
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| 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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| Sunken Gardens, Lincoln Nebraska. Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood |
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| Sunken Gardens, Lincoln Nebraska. Copyright 2012 Marcia Norwood |
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"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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Come back often, and bring a friend!
Mary Marcia
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking
Come back often, and bring a friend!
Mary Marcia
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking
