First Love's Soft Glow
by Connie Handscomb
Title
First Love's Soft Glow
Artist
Connie Handscomb
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
In your light I learn how to love.
In your beauty, how to make poems.
~Rumi
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♥ Heartfelt Gratitude to :
The Light Painters for featuring this image
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2nd Place Contest Winner : "Lilac"
{thank you, Vadim! thank you All!}
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3rd Place Contest Winner : "Mauve Flowers"
(thank you, Vicki! thank you All!}
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Lilac
Botanical Name =Syringa ["syrinx" from the Greek, for 'pipe'; the pithy stems were used by Turks to make pipes]
Family = Oleaceae
Lilac fr. Arabic "laylac"
(Persian "nylac" means "blue)
The lilac tree is related to the Olive tree. In Greece, Cyprus and Lebanon, lilacs are popular Easter blooms.
A tea can be made from the leaves, flowers, and finer branches (when I find out how this is done, I will add in the information).
Lilacs are so powerfully fragrant, that even when they die, they keep their perfume: if you burn the wood, the fragrance will be in the smoke. Thus, lilacs became symbolic ... to mean 'forever'.
Source : The Romantic Language Of Flowers [Davies & Saunders]
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February 8th, 2014
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Comments (17)
Jenny Rainbow
Wonderful sensitivity of the purple lilac flowers, so tender and beautiful presentation, Connie!
Kym Backland
Nice, I love LILACS.. beautiful.. LF
Connie Handscomb replied:
I do, too, Kym! I wish we had more of them .. they seem to have gone out of favor; sorry for my late thank you! but I just found your comment now {sheesh} :))
Claudia Mottram
So perfect! L+F :)
Connie Handscomb replied:
I missed this altogether a long time ago, Claudia... that must have been my dreaming period .. ! thank you so much! :))
Olga Hamilton
Marvelous capture!
Connie Handscomb replied:
I missed you here a long time back, Olga ; sorry about that but my thanks is very sincere all the same! :))
Mary Lou Chmura
Oh my so soft and very beautiful, Love the colors and clarity; very nicely done! v/f and tweet!
Connie Handscomb replied:
Thanks so much, Mary Lou & a Happy Day to you; wish we had these beautiful scents all year round :)))
Katerina Vodrazkova
Georgeous. Congrats on the mauwe flowers contest.
Connie Handscomb replied:
Thank you, Katerina! ... I did not know I'd won the contest - been away a few days & forgot I'd entered; thank you for letting me know, lol! :)))
Dominique Amendola
Beautiful!
Connie Handscomb replied:
Thank you so much, Dominique! nice to see you visiting here .. you're welcome any time :)))
Collin Clarke
Lovely soft purple!
Connie Handscomb replied:
thank you, Collin .... not much can beat the heady fragrance of a lilac :)))
Connie Handscomb
Heidi, your kindness has perked me up this Monday! thank you for featuring this image of soft lilacs in The Light Painters ; Happy Day to you :)))
Variance Collections
so pretty and fresh!! love the soft colors! .... strangely, we don't even have buds in trees yet (Quebec, Canada). So your beautiful image makes me feel very good Connie :))
Connie Handscomb replied:
oh .. sorry to hear that; what a very late spring you're having! on the West Coast here, we had warm temps in January ... then they dipped .. but came back up again; I hope your spring comes soon ; thank you for the huge compliment! Do come any time you like for a 'warmer upper' :)))
Deyanira Harris
So wonderful Connie!!! lfv
Connie Handscomb replied:
Deyanira, thank you! ... they are an "old fashioned" floral tree .. that I love ; the fragrance in the springtime is heavenly ;)))
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