Thank you Fiona and Kaspa from Writing Our Way Home for another inspirational
online project: a blogsplash on my most
beautiful thing.
It is never constant. The day can reveal it, then retrieve
it. I might not own it: a sunset, words spoken by a child, a smile. Beauty can
fade, become functional, decay. Sometimes, it reminds me it is there. Or makes
me rethink what beauty really is.
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| a timeless teazle |
The common teazle: dipsacus
sylvestris. A thorny plant found on waste ground. Old English: tǣsel; related to Old High
German: zeisala, teasel, Norwegian: tīsl, undergrowth, tīsla, to tear to bits.
A piece of my hometown preserved in resin; all thorns and
raggedness capturing the light on a wooden windowsill. Today, it is my most beautiful thing.
Hi Lynne
ReplyDeleteI have this also another 5 beautiful ones
sorry I cannot be with you Thursday Teaching would have loved to be there Good luck
Love
Gail xx
what a lovely item..and so unusual
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen or heard of a teazle. Thanks for sharing a piece of your hometown!
ReplyDeleteoh, beautiful... I WANT :)
ReplyDeletegorgeous writing too...
That's very lovely!
ReplyDeleteHi Gail - not to worry, I'm sure I'll catch up with in the next couple of weeks. x
ReplyDeleteIt is so lovely, isn't it? They make one with a full dandelion clock (bought that for my husband) and one with goat's beard which looks like a sparse dandelion clock but golden. They also do flowers but there's something about the 'weeds', the making precious of something overlooked or dismissed that feels special. Thank you for commenting - Message in a Bottle, Claudine G, Fiona and Deborah. x