Orchid Moods

I grow orchids in a small addition to our house, suitably called the "Orchid Room." When the blooms are at their peak, I can spend hours taking pictures of them. Sometimes I think I like my pictures as much as the orchids themselves. Some have a dramatic, moody quality, others a light transcendence. I search through my poetry books, looking for lines that express what I feel. Whether I find the right ones or not, all the orchids are in themselves, stunning and lovely.

Monday, April 30, 2012

Paphiopedilum Suzie Dell x (world Exile & Jacandelol)

"THE WORLD IS CHARGED

WITH THE

GRANDEUR OF GOD"

Gerard Manley Hopkins "God's Grandeur"

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Bletia "Golden Glory"

"Light steals in among us like an enemy,

fingering its narrow way

through the lattices..."

Geraldine Brooks People of the Book

Monday, April 2, 2012

Oncidium Mendenhall "Hildos"

"Eternal Aphrodite,

rainbow-crowned,

you cunning, wily, child of
Zeus

I beg you

do not break me, Lady,

with the pain of
misled
love."

Sappho, 625-570 B. C.