Have you ever wondered why children find the dandelion so beautiful they will give it to one of the people they love the most – their mother. All children do this. Yet, as we get older we see the dandelion as a pesky weed – not beautiful but annoying.
We teach children to destroy them. It can be a perfect example of how we change perception. It also teaches us that beauty is really in the eyes of the beholder.

As a child I enjoyed blowing those pieces of fluff into the winds as much as blowing bubbles.
Now, I see flowers as a wonderful creation for our pleasure. Most women enjoy receiving and giving flowers as a symbol of love. Different colors – in the roses – portray different things. White – purity; Yellow – friendship; Red – love; As an author of romance I have learned the various meanings of flowers and find it helpful in writing.

Flowers my son gave me for Mother’s Day. Tiger lilies – Saskatchewan’s (my birth place) flower. Did he know?
One of my favorite lines in a song is from George Strait’s ‘I saw God Today’ – a flower growing out of a crack in the concrete. I can relate so well to that line.

Wild flowers in the sunshine. A walk in the mountains.

Flowers blooming on my mock-cherry tree. The promises spring gives you.