Crazy about Daisies!

Down at the studio---among the daisies. They are

here in profusion just now.

                                                                                      

Can't you see that I'm just crazy about daisies, they

seem to crop up spontaneously in so many of my paintings?

When they appear on the terrace or down at
the studio I feel a surge of joy, an immediate uplifting of spirits however low I may be feeling.

Place a huge bunch of them in a jug on the sitting
 room coffee table and no-one notices the dust in the corners; they bring such a sense of freshness and Spring.
                                                               

I love their uncomplicated simplicity.I love their

cheerful joyful attitude.They never try to compete

with their more exotic neighbours, they seem happy to be 

 just as they are.

Do people still make daisy chains? I remember

happy hours gathering them from nearby

fields, carefully stringing them together,

-making a necklace and bracelet, then  ofcourse

the sadness when they lost their freshness.

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As I have said before, I'm happy that I'm 'Aries' and

daisies are my flower,----but incase this is all too simple,

diamond is my stone and fire my symbol.

 What contrast!

"IfI had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in

the Spring and stay that way later in the Fall.

I would go to more dances, ride more merry-go-rounds.

I would pick more daisies."-----Nadine Stair.

-----and me too!

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