Alive, Alive, Oh!

“In search of my mother’s garden, I found my own.”

“Bees sip honey from flowers and hum their thanks when they leave. The gaudy butterfly is sure that the flowers owe thanks to him.”

“Butterflies are self propelled flowers.”

“Since Iris is the Greek goddess for the Messenger of Love, her sacred flower is considered the symbol of communication and messages. Greek men would often plant an iris on the graves of their beloved women as a tribute to the goddess Iris, whose duty it was to take the souls of women to the Elysian fields.”

“Flowers are beautiful hieroglyphics of nature, with which she indicates how much she loves us.”

“In joy or sadness, flowers are our constant friends.”

“I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.”

“When I am alone
the flowers are really seen;
I can pay attention
to them.
They are felt presences.”