Every Girl's Dream

Deborah W., “Hello Gorgeous!”

Eric J. “Moose in my brother’s backyard (Boulder, Colorado).”

Devon U., “The lobby of the Plaza Hotel, NYC”

I want to include sections on the Flower of the Month, starting with January. (I’ve been meaning to do this, but, I got carried away with all the wonderful wreaths.)

So, better late than never…the flowers for January are

The Carnation and the Snowdrop.

Carnation

Carnations have a number of meanings, based on their colors.

Pink Carnations love and appreciation

White Carnations luck, love, and affection

Red Carnations love and friendship.

Snowdrops symbolize hope and rebirth.

Source:

The Official Birth Month Flower Calendar:

Courtesy of Getty Images

Today is Robert Burns’ 266th Birthday.

This poem by the Scottish poest was written in 1788.

The Rosebud

by Robert Burns

A rosebud by my early walk,

Adown a corn-enclosed bawk,

Sae gently bent its thorny stalk

All on a dewy morning.

Ere twice the shades o’ dawn are fled,

In a’ its crimson glory spread,

And drooping rich the dewy head,

It scents the early morning.

Within the bush her covert nest

A little linnet fondly prest,

The dew sat chilly on her breast

Sae early in the morning.

She soon shall see her tender brood

The pride, the pleasure o’ the wood,

Amang the fresh green leaves bedew’d,

Awauk the early morning.

So thou, dear bird, young Jeany fair,

On trembling string or vocal air,

Shalt sweetly pay the tender care

That tents thy early morning.

So thou, sweet Rosebud, young and gay,

Shalt beauteous blaze upon the day,

And bless the Parent’s evening ray

That watch’d thy early morning.