I Must Have Flowers

Earth laughs in flowers.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The spring's first dandelion shows its trustful face.
~ Walt Whitman





Where fall the tears of love the rose appears, And where the ground is bright with friendship's tears, Forget-me-not, and violets, heavenly blue, Spring glittering with the cheerful drops like dew.
~ William Cullen Bryant





She turned to the sunlight
And shook her yellow head,
And whispered to her neighbor:
"Winter is dead."
~ A.A. Milne




You cannot forget if you would those golden kisses all over the cheeks of the meadow, queerly called dandelions.
~ Henry Ward Beecher
 




Each flower is a soul opening out to nature.
~ Gerard De Nerval






Oh, tiptoe from the garden
By the garden of the willow tree
And tiptoe through the tulips with me
~ Al Dubin





Blue thou art, intensely blue; Flower, whence came thy dazzling hue?
~ James Montgomery

I must have flowers, always, and always.

~ Claude Monet

At Jill's request, I have linked this post with her Weekend Garden Party page. You might want to give her and her other posters a visit for some fine spring greenery. 'Tis the season, after all. Jill's beautiful photography can be seen regularly at She Who Carries Camera.

At Laura's request, I have also linked this post to her I Heart Macro page. Laura's blog is a lovely, peaceful oasis. You'll enjoy her photography immensely and marvel how she so often find heart shapes in nature. This post is about macro photography though. Head on over to Shine the Divine.