Bloom

Natural world
Creative power
Intricate design

Order and harmony underlie the universe.

“Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.” – Jean-Paul Sartre

Prized perennial
Lush dramatic
Prosperity

Peonies grow well but seem to have trouble holding-up their blossoms against gravity.

“They’re known as much for their beauty and fragrance as for their longevity and low maintenance.” – John Tabis

Winter bloom
Fragrant yellow
Multiple plumes

Even on the darkest winter day, mahonia flowers light up their surroundings like banks of fluorescent tubes.

“Love is the flower you’ve got to let grow.” – John Lennon

Unassuming blossom
Soft morning light
Pregnant with the future

The ongoing process of becoming is a reminder that each moment is pregnant with the potential for something new, something beautiful, something uniquely itself.

“In the rhythmic rise and fall of concrescence, the actual world, with its stubborn detail, is always being born anew.” – Alfred North Whitehead

Wrought iron
Fence inflection
Urban influence

Small wonders flourish in a well groomed city street of historic residences.

“The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land.”– Abraham Lincoln

Causal relations
Spread out
In the context

Elements of the system of experience.

“All knowledge takes its place within the horizons opened up by perception.”– Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Mutualism form
Adapted over time
Human benefit

An avenue of lost monuments and of historic houses remains adorned with flowering plants.

“This seemed like a time where a lot of the town is trying to kind of move forward and envision a future that’s not based completely in the past.”– Francesco Benincasa

Lavender
Weed flower
Relatively engaging

Interesting things are often found close by.

“If you change the way you look at things; the things you look at change.” – Dr. Wayne Dyer

Hothouse
Vast array
Specialized cells

Fruiting, rare & tropical plants for sale at Logee’s.

“Once in a golden hour, I cast to earth a seed. Up there came a flower, The people said, a weed.” – Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Branching stems
Composite flower heads
Appearing late summer

The black-eyed Susan is a common flower that exhibits a great deal of variety.

“In the species, the flowers are up to 4 inches in diameter, with yellow ray florets circling conspicuous brown or black, dome-shaped cone of many small disc florets.” – Floridata