May 11, 2011

Springing Forward

In the early 1900'
Lady Mary Wortley Montague
developed a language of flowers
in which significant sentimental
meanings and thoughts
were assigned to many flowers.
May's traditional flower is the
lily of the valley
and its sentimental meaning is:
return of happiness.
photos found online
verse found in 
 'inspirations from the good earth'

6 comments:

Remington said...

They are so pretty....

~mel said...

I love lily of the valley ~ they are so fragrant and the little bells look like they are punched out of white leather.

Dar said...

I have a mess of these sweet scented darlings that need to be moved before Bill dumps a load of gravel on them. The Lily of the Valley always remind me of Mom.
BlessYourHeart

Paula said...

So pretty!

The Retired One said...

Love that!!...the return of happiness! How wonderful. I love the scent of them too!!

Darla said...

I too enjoyed ... the return of happiness!