"God could not be everywhere,
and therefore he made mothers."
~ Rudyard Kipling
ANNE
MOTHER'S FAVORITE FLOWER
Lily of the Valley (muguet de bois)
Saturday, May 08, 2010
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
skip to main |
skip to sidebar
Thank you for the honor, dear BLOTANICAL friends
( musings of a 'HO-HUM HOUSEWIFE' )
About Me
Blog Archive
-
▼
2010
(117)
-
▼
May
(13)
- 'HONORING MEMORIAL DAY' ~ SALUTE TO THE GARDEN .....
- 'JUST ANOTHER PRETTY FACE' ~ ORIENTAL POPPY (Papav...
- WORDLESS WEDNESDAY ~ PAEONIA 'SCARLET O'HARA'
- MONDAY MUSING ~ MAY MINI- GARDEN TOUR
- 'MAY YOUR LIFE BE LIKE A WILDFLOWER ... ' ~ CHEVRE...
- MONDAY MUSING ~ 'THE LILAC'
- 'BEHOLD THE GARDEN FAIR' ~ MID-MAY MARVELS
- 'A SOUL IN BLOOM' ~ EXBURY AZALEA
- 'SHIVER WITH DELIGHT' (Centaurea montana 'Amethyst...
- MOTHER'S DAY ~ LILY OF THE VALLEY (muguet de bois)
- WORDLESS WEDNESDAY ~ 'THE HEART OF A GARDENER'
- 'SHOW ME YOUR GARDEN ... ' ~ EARLY MAY COMPANIONS
- SWEET WOODRUFF WELCOMES 'THE LUSTY MONTH OF MAY' ~...
-
▼
May
(13)
Bloomfield Village, MI
2009 BEST MICHIGAN BLOG
Thank you for the honor, dear BLOTANICAL friends
Followers
Posts
Facebook Badge
FOOD HAUNTS
- 101 Coobooks
- Barefoot Contessa
- Beyond Salmon
- CHOW (Food.Drink.Fun.)
- Cook's Thesaurus
- Cooking with Amy
- Dinner Tonight
- Dog Hill Kitchen
- Food & Wine
- Food and Paper
- Foodista
- Kalyn's Kitchen
- Key Ingredient
- La Tartine Gourmande
- Luna Pier Cook
- Memories in the Baking
- Michigan Lady Food Bloggers
- Morning Coffee & Afternoon Tea
- Mother's Kitchen
- My French Kitchen
- Nigella.com
- Once Upon a Chef
- Once Upon a Plate
- One Perfect Bite
- Simply Recipes
- Smitten Kitchen
- StarChefs (magazine for cuinary insiders)
- Suite 101
- Sunset (Food-Wine)
- The Wooden Spoon
- Wine Blog Watch
- redacted recipes
GARDENING HAUNTS
- A Chef in the Garden
- A Gardener in Progress
- A Photographer's Garden
- A Study in Contrasts
- A Way to Garden
- American Peony Society
- An Artist's Garden
- BG Garden
- bloomingwriter
- Blotanical
- Clay and Limestone
- Colors of the Garden
- Curbstone Valley Farm
- Dave's Garden
- Defining Your Home Garden
- Dirt Simple
- Dirt Therapy
- Does Everything Grow Better in My Neighbor's Yard?
- Doug's Garden Blog
- Dragonflycorner
- Dung Hoe Gardening
- Edith Hope's Garden Journal
- Fairegarden (Frances)
- Ferns of the Northwoods
- Fine Gardening
- Flower Hill Farm
- Flowergardengirl
- Flowers & Weeds
- Fresh Dirt (Sunset)
- Garden Bloggers
- Garden Designers Roundtable
- Garden Endeavors
- Garden Faerie's Musings
- Garden Girl
- Garden Humor
- Garden Rant
- Garden Voices
- Garden Walk Garden Talk
- Garden Wise Living (Arlena)
- Gardening and Yardening (Michigan)
- Gardening with Confidence
- GardenJoy4Me (Joy)
- Gardenology
- Gatsby Gardens
- Gingerbread
- Gotta Garden
- Greenish Thumb (Wendy)
- Heirloom Gardener
- HGTV Gardening
- High Altitude Gardening
- Hoe & Shovel
- Home & Garden Showplace
- Hydrangeas! Hydrangeas!
- In the Garden Online
- International Flower Bulb Centre
- iVillage Garden Web Forums
- Kate Smudges
- Let's Go Gardening (uk)
- Life in Robin's Nest
- Lilacs and Roses
- Mama Mia Days
- Mich's West Coast Journal
- Michigan Forest Association
- Michigan Garden Websites
- MONROVIA
- Mouse & Trowel (2010)
- Mr. McGregor's Daughter
- MSU EXTENSION
- Muddy Boot Dreams
- My Garden Guide (Plant Encyclopedia, Gardening Resources, Tutorials, FAQs)
- My Secret Garden
- Nancy's Garden Blog
- National Gardening Association
- Natuure Rambles (Kanak)
- Natuure Rambles (Kanak)
- Northern Michigan's Native Plants
- Notes from a Cottage Garden
- Nutty Gnome
- Orchids
- Our Little Acre
- Our Little Corner of Paradise (Wildlife Gardener)
- Perennial Garden Lover
- Perennial Plant Association
- Philip's Garden Blog
- Plant Whatever Brings You Joy!
- Potager (Linda)
- Prairie Rose's Garden
- Pride of Place Plants
- Proven Winners (Flowering shrubs)
- Proven Winners (plants & grasses)
- Red Dirt Ramblings
- Roses and Stuff
- Royal Horticultural society (RHS Plant Find)
- Shabby~Chic Cat's Gardening Close~Ups
- Soliloquy
- Studio G
- Sustainable Gardening (Garden Blogs by region)
- Sweet Home and Garden Chicago
- Terra Farmer
- Thanks for 2 Day
- The American Hosta Society
- The Gardener Guy (Paul James)
- The Herb Companion
- The Idiot Gardener
- The Inadvertent Farmer
- The Michigan School of Gardening
- The Obsessive Gardener
- The Patient Gardener
- The Vermont Gardener
- The Whimsical Gardener
- Things I Love
- Thyme for Herbs
- Toronto Gardens
- Two Women and a Hoe
- Tyra's Garden
- Vert Pom
- View From The Pines
- Voice in the Garden
- WISNIK WOODS
- Wisteria and Cow Parsley
MICHIGAN HAUNTS
- ABSOLUTE MICHIGAN
- Black Star Farms
- Bowers Harbor Vineyards
- Brys Estate Vineyard and Winery
- BUILDINGS of DETROIT
- Chateau Chantal
- Chateau Grand Traverse
- Detroit Area Blogs (mlive.com)
- DNR (Wildflowers)
- Gill's Pier Vineyard & Winery
- Good Harbor Vineyards
- Good Harbor Vineyards
- HUBBARD LAKE Sportsman & Improvement Assn.
- L. Mawby Vineyards
- Leelanau Wine Cellars
- Left Foot Charley
- m.live.com
- Mich Wine (online consumer guide)
- MICHIGAN AUDUBON SOCIETY
- Michigan Historical Markers
- MICHIGAN LIGHTHOUSE CONSERVANCY
- MICHIGAN LOON PRESERVATION
- Michigan Morel Madness
- MICHIGAN WINE COUNTRY
- mlive. com
- model D (DETROIT)
- MSU Turf Weeds.net.
- MyNorth.com (Northern Michigan)
- NORTHERN MICHIGAN BIRDING
- Peninsula Cellars
- Pure Michigan (Official Travel & Tourism Site)
- Pure Michigan Connect
- The Leelanau News Blog
- THE OJIBWE PAGE
- Time & date. com ~ The World Clock (Sunrise and sunset in Detroit)
- TIMELINE of MICHIGAN HISTORY
- Wickwood Inn Bed & Breakfast (Saugatuck)
- Willow Vineyards
PHOTOGRAPHY HAUNTS
- "Macro Art in Nature" (Michael Brown)
- 365 Photo Project (Rick)
- Antelope reflections (Chad)
- Art Wolfe
- BFK Photography (Bernie Kasper)
- Count Your Chicken! We're Taking Over!
- David Perry Photographer
- Digital Photography School
- Finding Another View (Scott)
- Flower, Nature & Macro Photography: A matter of how you see it (Kala)
- George Lepp Imaging
- iMac's Photos from the Minds Eye
- Kim Klassen Cafe
- Mark Graf (Nature) Photography
- Mike Moats (Tiny Landscapes)
- Monet Nagler (B/W photography)
- Paper Bird
- Picture Imperfect (Krista)
- Red Willow Photography (Lisa)
- Shadowhouse Creations
- The Ansel Adams Gallery
- The Halsted Gallery
- The Ruins of Detroit (Yves Marchand & Romain Meffre)
- Views From My Camara
- What Karen Sees
- World's Best Photography Blog (Scott Law)
READING & WRITING HAUNTS
- "Keys to Great Writing" (Stephen Wilbers)
- "Pen On Fire"
- Birchbark Books (Louise Erdrich)
- Book Wire
- Elmore Leonard
- Kathy's Publications
- Midwest Book Review (Writer Resources)
- NaNoWriMo
- Poets & Writers
- Readerville (The social life of the mind)
- Springfed Arts (Metro Detroit Writers)
- The Blog of Henry David Thoreau
- Thomas Lynch (Poet & Writer)
- Traverse (Northern Michigan's Magazine)
- Wooden Horse Publishing
- WRITER'S DIGEST
HONORABLE MENTION HAUNTS
- A Drop in the Bucket
- Blogger Play
- Boomer Turn-Ons
- Cabs Creative Corner
- Creative Services (Basil Anthony)
- Daily Painters of PA (Susie Morrell)
- fuel digital (jilly randall)
- Our Mush Push
- Susie Morrell (fine art)
- The Cloud Appreciation Society
- VIDEOJUG (life explained on film ~ US edition)
- You've Got To Be Kidding Me
Shadow House Creations
All photos are copyright the photographer, and may not be used without written permission.
Copyright © 2006-20024 THE VILLAGE VOICE
21 comments:
Joey, that's the sweetest quote - and a very beautiful mother! Happy Mother's day!
Lily of the Valley is just perfect for Mother's Day, as is the Kipling quote. Joey, you always get it just right.
donna
Hiya Joey
What a lovely quote, Lilly of the Valley is like a rite of spring, we just need the weather to match!
Brilliant idea! Love the montage.
Thank you, dear Katarina, and the same to you. Though gone for 35 years, I still love this photo of my mother. She was a true beauty, both inside and out.
I adore Lily of the Valley as did my mother, Donna. I used it as boutonnieres and in my wedding bouquet.
Thanks Rob and agree. We are at the lake this weekend and it's snowing ... sideways! Had hoped to put in boats but not with these winds and cold temps :( but all my chickens/grandchickens are here so life is good :)
You are a dear, Lindalou, and thank you. This was my mother's favorite flower.
That's it !!! Couldn't remember the name those little flowers. We have some in the yard BUT my neighbor has a 2x8 foot bed full of them....wonder if she'll let me have some.
Pretty, pretty photos. Very endearing. Happy Mothers Day.
Wonderful post in honor of your mother. At my party today, we all spoke of our mothers and fathers who are no longer with us.
My mother loved a good party, was a great cook and always said what a great time she had at my home as she aged. Have a great day tomorrow.
Eileen
Lily of the Valley are my birthday flower so I've always loved them. I think Heaven will smell like Lily of the Valley, with a touch of lilac and lavender thrown in.
I have vases around the house now and they perfume the air.
Thanks Patsi ~ besides lilacs, spring would not be spring without vases of Lily of the Valley. Promise me you will cut some and bring them in the house ... I'm sure your neighbor would love to share!
Sounds delightful, Eileen. My mother also loved a good party ... I treasure her stories when she was a buyer at J.L. Hudson during the 'speakeasy' days in Detroit! Happy Mother's Day :)
Aw, Jane Marie, I love that thought and totally agree (hopefully we'll be greeted with the scent of fresh basil too)!
Beautiful monochrome image and the collage is so lovely.
Lovely abstract joey, and just beautiful flowers. Great quote to go with it!
Hi Joey. My Mom loves lily of the valleys too. A couple years ago we got her lily of the valley perfume which she liked a lot.
Marnie
These are gorgeous photos, Joey. Lily of the Valley is such a delicate flower-so tiny and could be overlooked if you didn't know it was there. What a treat it is when you get close and see the perfectly formed little bells.
The photo of your Mother is so pretty. I know you must treasure it. Hope you had a great Mother's Day! :)
Thanks, Kala! You are a dear.
Thank you, Rick. I love this flower, sad to see only a few bouquets left.
Spring would not be spring for me without these memorable plants, Marnie. I'm not surprised your mother liked them :)
Lily of the valley looks so sweet close-up. Looking forward to Thursday, and thanks for phoning! :)
Thanks Monica (do you want some)! Looking forward to seeing you too :)
And you too, dear Beckie. Yes, Mother's Day was wonderful, surrounded by all my chickens & grandchickens. I do love that photo that hangs in my power room next to Mr. Ho-Hum's beautiful mother (which I should someday also post)!
This is lovely. I like how you've superimposed her favorite flower with her beautiful photograph.
Thank you, Wendy. Two great loves just seem to melt together!
How beautiful Joey! I have carpets blooming now and seeing your bouquet it makes me want to pick one. This is a particularly stunning collage. How gracious and lovely your mother Anne is.
Thank you, dear Carol. My lily of the valley are finished here but I did pick a bouquet when at the lake over the weekend. How kind ... my mother was indeed lovely, both inside and out.
Post a Comment