Gentle passage of time.
Giving sweet notes to lead the way.
Perfumed bells that cannot be denied.
May 1st. Lily of the Valley, other names include May lily, May bells, lily constancy, ladder-to-heaven, and muguet (French).
In France on May 1st, vendors line the street and back roads selling Muguet. It is customary to give a sprig of muguet to the members of your family and closest friends.
Yesterday morning, as tradition would have it, French Husband brought me muguet. The wonder of a small flower with a big punch of fragrance. Since muguet is such a delicate flower I wanted to find an appropriate vase. One were it show cased the single strands.
An old bottle, perfect with its narrow neck.
The old label reads: Teniture de condurango (tincture) which is used to aid digestion.
Lily of the valley, or muguet, symbolizes the return of happiness, since it is one of the first flowers to bloom in spring..
Return of happiness…spring.
Spring: Morning light, the flowering almond and cherry trees, awakening color, the roses growing over my bedroom window, birds song- especially the evening owls singing their mating song that I love so much…
Spring leaving the window open at night, listening to the thundershowers.
Spring stepping out.
Chelsea is home, spring break.
In a few weeks she will start an internship in Paris that will last six months. The last leg before having her masters… stepping out into her new life.
Oh happiness, oh grown up, oh.
Muguet under lace,
Emotion close to surface,
Pulling back winter's blanket,
Awakening.
What would be your teinture-tincture for Spring?
A drop of sunshine,
a sprig of thyme,
a blush of pink by pinching a baby's cheek…
a note of Pomp and Circumstance as the graduates march.
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