A mood for pretty flowers

Flowers. So pretty. I admit I am not really a flower person. I lack the patience and I seriously lack the will to take care of them. But a garden full of flowers is far more beautiful than a yard full of weeds. Right?

Not so long ago the husband bought two beautiful flower plants. The blue Plumbago (mannentrouw in Dutch) and the Crossandra infundibuliformis, the firecracker flower. Very beautiful. And that’s where this new mood for flowers has awaken inside of me. I won’t say it’s love, cuz I don’t know how long this mood will last.

Crossandra infundibuliformis, firecracker flower

Blue Plumbago (mannentrouw)

Someone told me plants and flowers are the best listeners. When your sad, or angry, frustrated, or happy or you just want to get things off your chest…plants and flowers don’t talk back. They don’t fight you. They don’t argue with you. They don’t curse you. They are just there. (Maybe they do think you’re a little crazy. Guess we’ll never know.)

Yellow fayalobi

Although I am not a flower person I have to admit some are really beautiful. Seriously breathtaking. Their beauty. Their appearance. Their fragrance. It’s all amazing. Somehow they manage to calm you down.

While I am still in this new mood for flowers I’ve decided to grow other beautiful plants as well. Now my mind is set on bougainvillea trees and jasmine! Wow! I can’t wait to have a garden full of pretty flowers and plants and butterflies and dragonflies. And I know at least one person who would love to play in a beautiful garden with lots of pretty breathtaking flowers .