When the flush of a new-born sun fell first on Eden's green and gold,
Our father Adam sat under the Tree and scratched with a stick in the mould;
And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart,
Till the Devil whispered behind the leaves, "It's pretty, but is it Art?"
--From THE CONUNDRUM OF THE WORKSHOPS
by Rudyard Kipling
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Monday, September 29, 2008
Flowers Ancient and Modern
These Gerbera daisies bloomed all summer long in my garden and continue to bloom through the autumn.
Daisies are the friendliest flower, or so says Meg Ryan in You've Got Mail.
They're also an ancient flower, judging from the fact that Chaucer wrote of them back in the 14th century:
Of all the floures in the mede,
Than love I most these floures white and rede,
Soch that men callen daisies in our toun.
Here's a gorgeous yellow Gerbera, equally prolific this past summer: