By Any Other Name
There will be many people seeing this portrait of a Flower who know exactly what it's name is; common names, latin name, everything. As you may rightly guess, I am not one such.
I did ask this Flower how it would prefer me to address it, but the answer returned was couched in a language completely outside of my comprehension. Something along the lines of:
“—~~_~__~__^••••_~_ ”
I’m sure you’ve heard something similar a few times too, in your travels.
It would be fair to say that I am horticulturally challenged, and that, at this late stage, I am likely to forever remain so. However, I accept this state of affairs and keep my chin up, after all, our names for them are not the same as their names for themselves.
Don't forget though, to say hello when you encounter a Flower, just as you do for a Bee, or a Butterfly, or a Hoverfly, or a Tree, and so on...
... you don't need to use names for that, as you know.
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Usual caveats etc.
Shot in the wild at West Dean Gardens, West Sussex
By Any Other Name
There will be many people seeing this portrait of a Flower who know exactly what it's name is; common names, latin name, everything. As you may rightly guess, I am not one such.
I did ask this Flower how it would prefer me to address it, but the answer returned was couched in a language completely outside of my comprehension. Something along the lines of:
“—~~_~__~__^••••_~_ ”
I’m sure you’ve heard something similar a few times too, in your travels.
It would be fair to say that I am horticulturally challenged, and that, at this late stage, I am likely to forever remain so. However, I accept this state of affairs and keep my chin up, after all, our names for them are not the same as their names for themselves.
Don't forget though, to say hello when you encounter a Flower, just as you do for a Bee, or a Butterfly, or a Hoverfly, or a Tree, and so on...
... you don't need to use names for that, as you know.
––
Usual caveats etc.
Shot in the wild at West Dean Gardens, West Sussex