Ha! These lovely flowers are all over the place here in upstate NY - they are mown down by the side of the road one day...and gaily back (thought smaller) the next. That's the spirit!
Mary Lee, you created a wonderful #imagepoem. the photo is clear and full of verve while the poem holds a strong message. I hope you consider offering an #imagepoem for my summer gallery, Summerscapes.
My grandmother always called these flowers cornflowers, maybe because they bloom around the same time the corn ripens. Whatever you call them, their persistence can't be denied!
Love it, Mary Lee!
ReplyDeleteHa! These lovely flowers are all over the place here in upstate NY - they are mown down by the side of the road one day...and gaily back (thought smaller) the next. That's the spirit!
ReplyDeleteGrinning.
ReplyDeleteOoh, I like that!
ReplyDeleteLove this, Mary! Clever
ReplyDeleteA lesson for us, too? I am often in awe of the evolutionary qualities. Beautful, Mary Lee!
ReplyDeleteKeep blooming, Mary Lee! Love this lesson in persistence.
ReplyDeleteThey are proof summer has arrived. :-)
ReplyDeleteWonderful lesson from small purple flowers (chicory, it is). Thanks for teaching me persistence and flower Identification (all on Poetry Friday).
ReplyDeleteLove these resilient little flowers and your matching poem.
ReplyDeleteTaking note! God bless these determined little buggers.
ReplyDeleteMary Lee, you created a wonderful #imagepoem. the photo is clear and full of verve while the poem holds a strong message. I hope you consider offering an #imagepoem for my summer gallery, Summerscapes.
ReplyDeleteClever poem! Love the photo too.
ReplyDeleteMy grandmother always called these flowers cornflowers, maybe because they bloom around the same time the corn ripens. Whatever you call them, their persistence can't be denied!
ReplyDeleteI love it! They are such a beautiful color.
ReplyDeleteOh you sent me to investigate this one. We don't have these lovelies!
ReplyDeleteChicory! It's the root we use for coffee-like effects, isn't it? "They go low; we go high."
ReplyDeleteReminds me of the lawn dandelions! They get shorter and shorter blooming. Resistant, insistent and persistent!
ReplyDeleteHa! Love it. I think we have a new way to encourage our kids: "Be chicory!"
ReplyDeleteMary Lee, I just had to stop back to add that your comment to Ruth on her Odysseus post was so touching!
ReplyDelete'Persistence' indeed! Must. Be. Chicory. =)
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