Peony for Picking

Posted by Ellie
Peony for PIcking

Peony for Picking

If you remember yesterday’s bristly bellflower featured post you will now see why that compliments these peonies that I pick for displaying in a vase. If you don’t recall the look of the bellflower, a quick glance at the bottom of this blog post will remind you. The gentle mauve/pink and white coloured petals, as well as the lovely rounded heads of the peony are set off perfectly by the blue/purple of the bell shaped heads of that campanula. There is a lovely warm deeper pink at the heart of this flower, perhaps to beckon pollinators in to find some treasure? Or is it perhaps just to draw our eye past those raindrop jewelled outer edges, to explore the depths? In writing this, I suddenly was seized by a deep yearning to see those beginning to bud and flower again. It’s far too soon to give in to such wishing, but now, in the aftermath of the first of the winter storms, the temptation to sit and dream of such times is very powerful. A look out of the window at the sparkling snow and white rimmed branches has shaken me out of my reverie, so I will take my own advice of the other day and live each day for the beauty it brings. The Flower a Day #486 View all posts on the Home page.  

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