I love flowers. If I was able to, and wasn't so scared of bees, I'd have a garden right now. Even with my fear of bees I think I'd like to have a garden full of flowers. Also a vegetable garden. But vegetables aren't flowers.
I have a few favorites. By far my
absolute favorite though is the hydrangea. I love the look of the
flowers clustered all together. They can be light blue to light
purple. If I'd had a bouquet for my wedding it would have been one
hydrangea cluster. If we ever renew our vows with a formal ceremony
(we've talked about so many options), I'm going to have a hydrangea
cluster for my bouquet.
I also love lavender. I love the look
of the purple flowers. I love the scent. The scent is a natural
calming agent for me. The smell relaxes me and takes me out of the
moment to another place. I think it's awesome how many things can be
made with lavender from soaps to lotions, from tea to biscuits.
Lavender can be both scent and food.
In some ancient societies, flowers were used to send messages. When a woman wore flowers she did so with great care for they gave status and meaning to what she was saying/doing. Flowers could be sent as messages even when words could not, for not everyone was literate but a flower was as good as the written word.
In Fury, one of my current projects - a sci fi novella - flowers are used by the primary antagonist in the story to pass a message along to Fury, who is then pushed down different paths because of them.
What are your favorite flowers? Do you
grow them or are they something you'd have to purchase at a floral
shop? What messages do you think your flowers would say if you sent them to someone?
Flowers could use more appreciation, I think ... unless they're the means of our doom ... I'm glad I stopped by your blog. Happy A to Z-ing! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks David. I don't see why flowers aren't used more as a form of communication, especially in fantasy or even sci fi.
DeleteI love the colorful daisies, but really most pink flowers will do it for me! I think the way you've used them in the sci fi story is very creative. An easy, natural way to get a message across.
ReplyDeleteI love using flowers. I hope to use them more in my stories. I think messages without words are fascinating. Thanks for coming by, Heather.
DeleteI needed something that reflected the antagonist's wealth as well as his sense of superiority and that, for the story setting, worked perfectly since they're real flowers and not the synthetic ones that my main character's friends are used to seeing.
DeleteThere are some hydrangeas outside my house, pretty blue ones. I'd send you some if wouldn't arrive all dried out and dead.
ReplyDeleteI think it's a cool idea to use flowers to send messages. You should be able to have fun with that in your book.
I read a book once where there was an entire language devoted to the shade, type, and number of flowers. Where they were worn, who they were given to, things like that. It fascinated me. Now I wish I could remember the name of the book.
DeleteI just bought 2 hydrangeas. We are doing a science experiment turning one pink and the other purple. I've tried to plant lavender on my hillside. The only variety that stuck was sea lavender.
ReplyDeleteSo far, from what I've seen, lavender will grow here but I've never seen a single hydrangea bush. I don't know if it just doesn't grow here or no one I've seen is growing it. The lavender fields around Sequim and Port Angeles, WA are amazing. They even have a festival for it, which one of these days I'm going to again.
Deletethat's a pretty image, Annikka, the hydrangea bouquet. although for me, flowers equal outside which equals pain. They also equal Shaman in extreme discomfort. Beyond the metaphorical meaning that evening primrose have for Vala, I don't have good associations with flowers
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