Staying Soft in a Harsh World
Although Anemones are generally considered to be hardy flowers, they have the softest, most feminine details. Look at those curves and the way their blooms open to expose their “nips”, lol.
The green thing in the center is called the mound. It’s the nipple-ish looking part that is surround by the stamen (the yellow stuff).
I imagine the mound makes it easier for the bees to identify the stamen. The other day when our Anemones finally went into full bloom and opened up, the bees came in full force and with empty tummies, ready to eat. I was scarcely able to cut the flowers I needed for my piece due to all the competition I had from those hungry little buzzing beauties.
lol.
Food for thought
“There are actually about 60,000 honey bees working unbelievably hard inside of the hive, in various roles all designed to keep the colony (their family) thriving. Of the 60,000 bees in a hive, almost 99% of them are female! Female honey bees, or worker bees, make all of the decisions in the hive and do all of the work. There are a couple hundred male bees in a hive, but they don't do much but sit around and eat food. They don't even clean up after themselves! Bees have the unique ability to determine the gender of their offspring, which is why they make so many more females than males.”
Hubby’s response when I read this to him:
“They keep just enough men around to reproduce.
That’s it.”
(HE DOES HAVE A POINT,
JUST SAYING)
I’m no expert, but this makes me think that it must be a much less hostile environment with all the females.
Maybe they see it simply as “there is enough for us all to share”.
Anemone have such a gentle way even in harsh environments.
Their blooms kind of remind me of bobble heads when the breeze comes through.
They bop and sway in the breeze.
We could learn a thing or two from these delicate but hardy beauties.
I often stare at these flowers in amazement, and wonder to myself
“How can these Windflowers be so delicate and yet so resilient in harsh conditions?”
Have you all noticed how extreme the weather has gotten the last few years? And these beauties just keep swaying along as the wind moves them from side to side. They don’t tense up or become stiff to prepare for wind impact, they just move with it.
They use their gentle behavior as a strength.
There have been many times after violent storms when I just knew my anemone garden must have been destroyed, only to find them perfectly alive, and joyously facing the morning sun.
I had to ask myself
what am I missing here?
The wind can hit them hard, but when you watch their bodies (stems) they embrace the harsh wind coming toward them and move with the wind, not against it.
We are witnessing so much pain and violence in the world right now, that we may feel it’s best to harden ourselves in order to minimize impact.
But that will have you picking up the bits and pieces of a shattered heart,
I would advise you to stay soft, and remain gentle.
“A common misconception is that gentleness is weakness or passivity. True gentleness, however, is just the opposite. It requires great strength and self-control. Gentleness comes from a state of humility.”
