Poppy Posies: A Week of Flower Wisdom, Day 3

Welcome to Day 3!

A little quote to start:

I sing the Poppy! The frail snowy weed! The flower of Mercy! that within its heart Doth keep "a drop serene" for human need, A drowsy balm for every bitter smart. For happy hours the Rose will idly blow-- The Poppy hath a charm for pain and woe. ~ Mary A. Barr, White Poppies

And on to our regularly scheduled wisdom:

Poppy field, taken by my lovely friend Julie of Hopscotch Photography

My take on the poppy field, iPhone

No one has the same lens on the world you do. Your unique view is needed. It's the whole of all the different flowers blooming that makes the whole more beautiful.

We sometimes forget in the ending of something (which can sometimes be messy and ugly and painful) that we are making way for new seeds of possibility to take root. Trust in the cycle of life. Know that after every bloom has ended, the seeds of new blooms can emerge.

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Tell me, what are the flowers saying to you?

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What is all this poppycock about? you ask.

Poppy Posies is a spontaneously planned week of sharing the wisdom of flowers. First post here.

More coming tomorrow.

P.S. I am traveling to Ohio today to pick up our daughter from her 10-day big fun extravaganza with her grammy and auntie. So looking forward to seeing her. I've so enjoyed this freedom, but am ready to have her back home. I have posts lined up for next two days, though, so the flowering will go on. Have a wonderful 4th everyone! Much love, Shannon

Comments

[Amy Crook]

I love the contrast in the first 2 photos! First we have Julie's professional shot, focused tightly on that one little patch in the middle of what seems like infinity. And then there's yours, with its surreal blue shadows and almost misty sense of reality dissolving at the edges, like a poppy-dream already in progress. A great reminder that perspective is everywhere, and there's no such thing as the "right" way to view things.

[Julie]

I love this last photo. I see a little heart stamped in the middle of the seed pod. Sometimes we wear our hearts on our sleeves for all to bear witness to. A lovely reminder to be vulnerable and show others your authentic self.

[Shannon Jackson Arnold]

Amy
Love what you see in our two photos — I loved being able to share two perspectives — and be reminded that our view is utterly unique.

& Julie, YES!! I saw that heat, too — Love what you see in the heart!! Beautiful!!

Love and liight to you both!
Shannon