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Friday's Flowers ~ Lupines
June 18, 2010
This is the last Friday's Flowers for the month of June. We will resume the first friday in July. At which time I will also be drawing a winner for my soap giveaway from the May and June participants of Friday's Flowers.
I'll be totally honest with you, the photo of my picked lupine, the one in the bouquet is just a lame excuse to share the photos of the lupines growing wild and in our yard. I know Friday's Flowers is all about bringing the beauty indoors but sometimes the natural beauty that is only found uncut and untamed is so much more stunning.
So that's how I feel about these photos. Lupines in a bouquet - blah. Lupines out of doors - spectacular.
I put this little bouquet together to brighten our guest/sewing room. This week a childhood friend of mine and maid of honor at our wedding, whom I have kept in touch with over the years despite thousands of miles of distance between us, came to visit with her family. They were here for a couple nights on an east coast vacation. Catching up with her, getting to know her husband a bit, meeting her children - all of it so delightful.
There was a lupine for guest room (a little touch of Maine) but I personally think this view out the guest room window is much more beautiful.
This is Brienne's lupine plant in her little garden. She is very proud of its beautiful flowers. I am so happy for her that this plant did not fall prey to the aphids that destroyed the lupines in front garden. It was disgusting.
This is what lupines look like growing wild in Maine. They have been blooming since early June and should last a couple more weeks along the roadsides if I remember correctly.
While we're talking about lupines I'd like to recommend a good book, Miss Rumphius by author and illustrator Barbara Cooney.
The children and I loved the story's message to go to faraway places, live beside the sea and do something to make the world more beautiful. For Miss Rumphius that means planting lupines all over the country side in her later years.
Adventure, nature, finding home and creating beauty. What's not to love in a story like that? I've always said and I will repeat it again, one of the joys of raising children is the opportunity I get to read good children's books.
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nicola@which name? on June 18, 2010, 1:18 p.m.
Beautiful. I do love lupine. We see it most when hiking in the Sierra Nevadas. Lovely about your long time friend and family coming to visit! Happy weekend, Renee! Nicola
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Francesca on June 18, 2010, 1:45 p.m.
I discovered lupin flowers through Friday's Flowers. In this country we grown them for the beans, which we put in brine (like olives), and I'd never seen the flowers before: they're gorgeous, even in a bouquet, though I can see how they would look more striking towering over their foliage. I'll try growing them next year!
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Jen on June 18, 2010, 2:01 p.m.
Beautiful lupines! I just linked up although it's not a bouquet I could bring into my home because it was from our trip!
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5orangepotatoes on June 18, 2010, 2:04 p.m.
They are gorgeous Renee! I haven't tried growing lupines yet for some reason; they are now on the list for fall planting. Have a nice weekend.
lisa
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renee on June 18, 2010, 5:06 p.m.
Lisa, Lupines grow very easily from seed. Want me to mail you some of ours?
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Sense of Home on June 18, 2010, 6:53 p.m.
Beautiful lupines! Lupines always remind me of the children's book "Miss Rumphius" by Barbara Cooney.
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child in harmony on June 19, 2010, 2:06 a.m.
I love Lupines. Ours have just about gone by now but they were so delightful. The children made lupine art.
happy day!
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Lise on June 19, 2010, 2:16 a.m.
Oh, Renee, I was reading quickly today, and hadn't clicked the link back to my blog! Thanks for that! :-) And I agree--the lupines are much more spectacular en masse outdoors, but I just had to pick a few to bring in.
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Annie @ Sister Wisdom on June 19, 2010, 3:15 a.m.
I don't have any friday flowers this week but enjoyed looking at these - how beautiful. here in missouri, I've been enjoying the roadside color: orange daylilies, purple vetch (? i think that's what it is called) and white...something. I'm a real naturalist, can you tell? Well. Still beautiful. Lupines. I wonder if they would grow well here? Too warm? Will have to check into that.
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Tricia on June 19, 2010, 3:21 p.m.
The lupins are absolutely gorgeous! Wild Lupins would be lovely to see.
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Yvonne on June 21, 2010, 12:14 a.m.
Great pics of lupines
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daffodil lane on June 18, 2010, 1:10 p.m.
Beautiful! I love lupines, and as I was reading, was wondering how you brought them indoors - mine always gather aphids. With the next sentence though, you answered my question. Darn bugs! Brienne must have the touch. Send her over!