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| "Foxy Gloves" 7" x 3" Pastel on sanded paper |
Foxgloves grow in the English Walled Garden at the Botanic Gardens near where I live. They've always looked to me like a bunch of grapes gone floral. They also tend to flourish in the shade, so I had to imagine sunlight on this sprig.
Carol
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Ah, yes. Foxgloves. The flower is pleasing aesthetically and the leaves are used medicinally to treat such things as heart disease and irregularities in blood circulation.
ReplyDeleteThis gorgeous painting also brings to mind a quote from the American author Alice Walker: "I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it."
Ah, yes. Digitalis. These little beauties also attract hummingbirds.
ReplyDelete"Across the downs a hummingbird
ReplyDeleteCame dipping through the bowers
He pivoted on emptiness
To scrutinize the flowers."
-- Nathalia Crane
What a beautiful poem. The words dip and dart just like a hummingbird moves.
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't for nothing that Nathalia Crane was dubbed The Brooklyn Bard.
ReplyDeleteI'll seek more of her work. I liked it. A lot.
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