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Sometimes We Just Need Yellow Flowers

July 14, 2009 By: Patricia

I can’t think of too many things that cheer me up in the same way yellow flowers do. I think it has something to do with the rambling, yellow roses on our farm that used to bloom around my birthday each year when I was a kid. It always seemed as though they bloomed just for me.


A friend gave me three daylilies last year. I’m not good with daylilies, but this one proved hardy enough to tolerate its lack of attention.

Hedge roses are also tough enough to survive in their corner of my neglected garden. These keep blooming, in spite of me.

What does this have to do with writing? Blogging authors ask that a lot, don’t they. Well, frankly, this post doesn’t have much to do with anything except yellow flowers. I hope you like them.

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Comments

  1. Helen Ginger says

    July 14, 2009 at 2:39 pm

    I like it, no thinking, no pondering what comment to leave. Just enjoy something beautiful. Thanks.

    Helen
    Straight From Hel

  2. K. A. Laity says

    July 14, 2009 at 1:04 pm

    LOL — do what you like! Dance with the daffodils, or roses or lilies.

  3. Patricia Stoltey says

    July 14, 2009 at 11:07 am

    Nice quote, Galen. I saw a field of daffodils once, but don’t think I took a picture. Must look back in my old albums to make sure.

    I love doing the occasional photo post. I’m pleased y’all like the posies. Now must go tweet my tweeps and let them know.

  4. N A Sharpe says

    July 14, 2009 at 10:48 am

    I love this post! I like yellow flowers too. Wish I had a green thumb to grow flowers. Beautiful pics.

    Nancy, from Realms of Thought…

  5. Galen Kindley--Author says

    July 14, 2009 at 10:19 am

    Well, Wordsworth wrote about daffodils in the same way. True, different flower, but, they’re yellow–and the idea is the same. So, there’s linkage to writing.

    His last stanza reads…

    For oft, when on my couch I lie
    In vacant or in pensive mood,
    They flash upon that inward eye
    Which is the bliss of solitude;
    And then my heart with pleasure fills,
    And dances with the daffodils.

    Best regards, Galen

    Imagineering Fiction Blog

  6. Karen Walker says

    July 14, 2009 at 9:33 am

    What lovely flowers. I, too,love yellow flowers. Can’t help but smile. The last line of your post made me smile as well. Thanks, Patricia. Needed this today.
    Karen

  7. Stephen Tremp says

    July 14, 2009 at 8:58 am

    I love flowers, trees, shrubs, bushes, and all. If I had to do it all over again, I might open a nursery. I can almost smell them. Sometimes I walk around Home Depot’s garden section and look at the plants for inspiration. Thanks for the pictures.

    Steve Tremp
    http://www.stephentremp.blogspot.com

  8. Jane Kennedy Sutton says

    July 14, 2009 at 8:42 am

    I love flowering plants. It’s one reason I enjoy living in Florida where something is always in bloom regardless of the season.

  9. Elizabeth Spann Craig says

    July 14, 2009 at 5:44 am

    I love them! Yellow has become my favorite color as an adult. So cheery!

    Elizabeth
    Mystery Writing is Murder

Meet Patricia

I read, I write, I blog, and sometimes I do the laundry and cook. My 2014 novel, Dead Wrong, was a finalist in the thriller category of the 2015 Colorado Book Awards. Wishing Caswell Dead (Five Star/Cengage, December 20, 2017) is a historical mystery set in 1830s Illinois in the fictitious Village of Sangamon. The novel was a finalist for the 2018 Colorado Book Awards for General Fiction. Read More…

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