My meditation room smells so sweetly of the flowers I picked up at the flower stand yesterday! It immediately set me in such a good mood today to see the little bouquet I arranged —
chrysanthemum for protection;
daisy for luck and joy;
carnation for fortitude, and healing;
statice for clarity;
baby's breath for cleansing and purification;
rose for luck, protection, and love;
and stock or gilly-flower for blessings, longevity, and happiness.
I've another small bouquet in my room and in the kitchen.
I also picked up another miniature rose bush yesterday, which I'll be planting today. It's high time my other mini had a friend (though it's been going strong with the hostas and azaleas keeping it company for 8 years now).
She was just sitting in her office when suddenly the memories began hitting her in an onslaught. It was like when her memories had come back after the memory wipe, only her entire life.
She was being picked up by her mother.
Her father was showing her the leaves on a maple tree.
She was playing at recess with Ashleigha.
Michelle was making fun of her freckles.
Zavier was showing her his new pet frogs.
Ash, her and Zavier promised to be friends forever.
Ash was telling her that she was moving out of the city.
She was smoking her first joint.
She was in the bathroom of the pizza shop texting her dad to pick her up from the awful date with Bernard.
She was at her father's funeral.
She was watching her mother choose between paying rent and buying drugs.
She was watching her mother choose her addiction over her daughter.
She was rigging up a lamp to provide light for the plants she was growing in her bedroom, wishing that she has to hide it from her mother, and knowing she wouldn't notice.
She was walking across the stage to recieve her diploma.
She was on the floor of the dark apartment, trying to fet her mother to awaken, knowing that she never would.
She was moving into the apartment with Ash, excited to start college.
She was smoking on the roof with Zavier.
She was sneaking out of the apartment to sell weed without Ash noticing.
She was lying to Ash about where the scent came from.
She was watching the actors bow at the curtain call from her position back stage.
She was drunk and about to kiss someone who should have just stayed as her friend.
She was wearing the Belladonna hood for the first time.
She was watching the news of the Joker attack.
She was crying on Ash's shoulder at Zavier's funeral.
She and Ashleigha were screaming at each other in the living room.
She was treating Candy's injuries and asking her if she wanted to join a gang.
She was one blow away from killing Obsession, and turning away because she couldn't bring herself to do it.
She was falling from the roof of the collapsing warehouse.
She was making a business deal with the Riddler.
She was robbing a zoo with Smiley.
She was helping Crocus rob the gala.
She was meeting Bast.
She was visiting other universes she hadn't known existed.
She was watching her safe houses get attacked.
She was seeing Nasturtium brought back to life.
She was losing the fight with Seagull.
She was saying "I love you" to Bast for the first time.
She was trying to keep kid Liam out of trouble.
And she was back in the present, shaken and exhausted.
it is very funny to me that the narcissistic flower (daffodils) can’t be placed in an arrangement with other flowers because they’ll kill them w their poison sap. they’re the star of every bouquet- fuckin narcissistic cunts
It's fall now. My garden and neighbourhood are full of beautiful red spider lilies. Persephone is returning to the Underworld and winter is approaching.
Since this is happening, I wanted to share a personal view of mine regarding Persephone and Red Spider Lilies. To me, these lilies are a goodbye gift from Persephone.
These gorgeous flowers have a lot of meanings and symbolism behind it. While researching, I found they have a strong connection to death, life, and reincarnation. They are also known to help guide spirits and souls into the afterlife.
Persephone is a Goddess of Spring and the Queen of the Underworld. She represents both life and death, just like the red spider lily. Even though I don't worship Persephone, I can't help but feel she is saying "Goodbye for now, I will see you all next spring" whenever I look outside or drive down the road.
Red spider lilies are one of my favourite flowers and I feel honored to live in an area that has them basically everywhere. I feel the most connected to them compared to other flowers and plants. I wish they could bloom year-round, but they are a sign of Persephone's absence and the approach of winter.
ok but how is the daisy still alive? How'd it survive the destruction of a universe? What kind of crazy ass preservatives did Miguel use??
Gabriella giving her Miguel the daisy was the same day he died, and then 928 Miguel came, took the daisy and kept it safe as a way to preserve his alternate's promise to Gabi (because he's been keeping an eye on them from his monitors so he knows about everything) So him keeping it stored in the scrapbook was within the same time period that he took over his dead version's self. THEREFORE kjajdkwjsissj the daisy still hasn't withered. Hope that answers that! >:3 (but it probably does disappear when the universe collapses...)
I hope polyships are allowed because behold, these three morons
"Alice, I really love the Cornflowers you grew! They're as awesome as I am!"
"Si! I also loved the purple lilies too!"
Alice, not being very used to compliments even though she had been dating these two morons for 8 years and she grew flowers every year for them, but then again, what was 8 years in comparison to millennia.
Maybe it was her choice of flowers, she had specifically searched up the national flower of Prussia, but alas couldn't find anything, so she had to do cornflowers instead because they were the national flower of Germany. The lily was the national flower of Italy, and she knew that the personification of the country loved them too, she also added just a touch of flower symbolism by growing purple ones, purple symbolizing pride, passion, accomplishment and royalty. Well, considering the histories between the three of them, it seemed like a good combination.
Maybe it was because they just wanted to be nice
Maybe it was just Alice overthinking things again, who knows.
But what she did know was that the flowers were indeed very pretty, the cornflower was a vibrant blue violet, while the lily was a much softer, pale purple. She later thought that it was rather symbolic of the personalities of the nations she was dedicating them to. Julchen, a loud, full of energy chaos gremlin and a much calmer, yet just as, if not more passionate, art gremlin.
"Alice? (Rosa always pronounced her name wrong, always pronouncing it Ali-che, but none of them would have it any other way.) you've been staring into space for a while, you ok."
"Yes, yes I'm fine, I was just wondering when we should start our paintings,"
Rosa brightened up immediately, though that should not have been physically possible on the account of the fact that she was already positively glowing with excitement.
It had become a sort of tradition for them to try to paint the flowers that Alice grew.
Ok
Keyword for Alice and Julchen, try.
Rosa's always came out amazing, looking professionally done, while the other two who were much less artistically gifted in this realm of art often ended up just making a mess.
And none of them would have it any other way.
Take some PrUkIta I suppose? I cant write why am I doing this.
Lmao what am I doing.
Flower lore time wooo. Ok so lilies represent devotion or purity while cornflowers represent wealth and good fortune. This is according to the language of flowers which was a popular way for courting to happen in the old times. Purple is usually for royalty and pride as the colour is hard to find in nature and was painful to make synthetically until rather recently.
