{"id":22023,"date":"2020-04-11T11:29:01","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T15:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quiltr.com\/?p=22023"},"modified":"2020-04-11T11:29:01","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T15:29:01","slug":"napowrimo-day-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/?p=22023","title":{"rendered":"NaPoWriMo – Day 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

The mail brought a postcard and the NaPoWriMo prompt brought a link to a lovely archived version of Kate Greenaway’s Language of Flowers<\/a>. Lovely indeed and a welcome diversion on this cold April morning.<\/p>\n

I looked up the meaning of forsythia
\nhoping to write a poem for you.
\nThe only things in bloom here
\nright now are maple, forsythia and
\nof course daffodils.
\nBut, according to my book,
\nthe bright and bobbing flowers
\nin the front garden mean \u201cregard\u201d
\nand the hills of maple now a-blush
\nstands in for \u201creserve\u201d
\nwhich seem like such a
\nBront\u00eb-ish bouquet –
\nmuch room for misunderstanding
\nand resulting hilarity or tears.
\nForsythia though, didn\u2019t make the list.
\nLooking up other names
\nbrought me to flowering olive
\nalso not in the translations, and
\nEaster tree, while fitting in the
\ncalendar, didn\u2019t earn a second look.
\nSo I gave up the old resource and
\ndid what I had to do and googled it
\nand was told by several sources that
\nforsythia, being an early flower,
\nmeans \u201canticipation\u201d
\nSince we are all guilty of looking
\nevery time we pass, hoping for
\nthat tell-tale yellow budding
\nI\u2019ll accept this. And hope you
\nwill accept my child\u2019s fistful of
\nsunshiny anticipation and regard
\non this chilly April morning.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\"Daffodils<\/a><\/p>\n

From the quote box:<\/p>\n

He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy. \u2014 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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