Comments on: nothing but flowers

By: Tere

Tere — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:23:14 +0000

Beautiful. I loved reading this.

By: crazymumma

crazymumma — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:39:41 +0000

It seems so long. The little time.

enjoy it if you can. I ache for it.

By: janis

janis — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:04:02 +0000

I love this; I love how you articulate that ephemeral moment.

By: magpie

magpie — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:39:24 +0000

mine does the same – picks ours, picks the neighbors, picks them from the side of the road when we go for a walk.

and she picks “real” flowers with abandon too – entire swaths of stuff.

btw – i saw your comment at mayberry’s about goutweed…we too bought a house overrun with it – i pull it out muttering “stinking bishop” because its other name is bishop’s weed. and i have just learned that it is edible, though i’ve not had the guts to try it.

By: Beck

Beck — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:28:27 +0000

That sweet little head!
My kids pick me HUGE bouquets of dandelions, so my kitchen is full of juice glass vases right now.

By: bon

bon — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:05:48 +0000

for me, the wistfulness is in the fear that the child is fragile like the flowers, only here for a season, then…puff…

and the less neurotic recognition that even if he is healthy as a horse and lives to be 100, there is truth in that anyway. the now will always disappear. often i’m grateful for that. sometimes…i would like to stay still, happy enough with what i have.

By: niobe

niobe — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:53:13 +0000

I’ve wanted to post about something like this, but, given my self-imposed content restrictions, I don’t think I can. Wistfulness at the ephemerality (ephemeralness?) of childhood seems to be one of the leitmotifs of bloggers everywhere. But it’s also just another one of those emotions that I just don’t get.

It’s a good thing that I have a couple of pieces of paper hanging on my wall that lend credence to the idea that I’m reasonably bright. ‘Cause otherwise, much of the time, I’d probably feel kinda dim.

By: woman in a window

woman in a window — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:31:15 +0000

I commented in the wrong place for this one, being used to something different. I was wondering why everyone else’s comment seemed so out of context…not quite awake yet, I think…

By: Lady M

Lady M — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:20:26 +0000

Cutest landscaping company ever.

By: Antigone

Antigone — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:38:47 +0000

In your honor, I will leave my yard unweeded.