Aristotle said that to sneeze from noon to midnight was fortunate but to sneeze from midnight to noon was unlucky. Helenium is known as 'sneezeweed'. In olden times the dried leaves were used to make snuff which induced sneezing thus ridding the body from evil spirits. #folklore
"When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else." - Georgia O'Keeffe, American #artist (1887-1986). #MondayMotivation #flower #photography
Wildflowers for the #wildflowerhour #laybychallenge photographed in a lay-by on the old A421 near Brogborough,
#Bedfordshire; creeping thistle, teasel, bristly oxtongue, tall melilot, cuckoo-pint, fleabane, mugwort, great willowherb, ragwort, wild carrot and common knapweed.
Link: enetiaJane's Garden @VenetiaJane
"Give me the joys of summer, Of Summer Queen so fair, With wealth of lovely flowers And fruits and sun-kissed air!" From 'Midsummer Joys' by Winifred Sackville Stoner, Jr. American poet (1902-1983)
#poetry #summer #flowers #FridayFeeling
In #Scotland harebells grow in meadows beloved of hares, hence their name. The hares were said to be witches in hiding, having shapeshifted after drinking the juice of the harebell. Witches also used this juice in their ‘flying’ ointment. (Image: Cicely Barker) #FolkloreThursday
"It is not how busy you are but why you are busy - the bee is praised, the mosquito is swatted" - Mary Flannery O'Connor, American writer (1925-1964) #WednedayWisdom #bee #nature
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