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Vincent Van Gogh 1853 -1890

Campo di tulipani, 1883 (Tulip Fields)

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Author: Helene Cincebeaux

"Moravian Slovak wedding apron; satin stitch embroidery on batik chintz, made about 1920 possibly in Milotice near Kyjov. My great aunt said it took a whole winter to make such an apron; she said they made a sketch on paper and then just started embroidering. Each one is a masterpiece made by village women who were true artists - bringing the flowers of their garden to bloom on their aprons all year long. The white band is intricately embroidered and I love that nothing has to match - they just tossed in what felt right!"

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Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis) ~ Muguet

"No flower amid the garden fairer grows

Thou the sweet lily of the lowly vale,

The queen of flowers"

~ John Keats

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"Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night."

~ Rainer Maria Rilke

Photography by Isabelle Menin

Sinking not sinking - delicate dramas... inland photography and disordered landscapes.

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Poppies by Georgia O'Keeffe

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Bluebell Wood, Guernsey, Channel Islands.

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Hare, Pasque flowers,Violets, Primroses - April 1905. From ‘The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady’ by Edith Holden.

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Love...

There is a lovely idea in the Celtic tradition that if you send out goodness from yourself, or if you share that which is happy or good within you, it will all come back to you multiplied ten thousand times. In the kingdom of love there is no competition, there is no possessiveness or control. The more love you give away, the more love you will have.

~ John O'Donohue.

Excerpt from the book, Anam Cara,

25th Anniversary Edition.

Ordering Info: https://johnodonohue.com/anam-cara

Dromoland Castle Garden Roses, County Clare, Ireland. Photo: © Ann Cahill