There is a mysterious and rare flower called the Queen of the Night. It is a species of cactus that requires year round care and attention in order to be brought to it's magnificent bloom.
If properly cared for, the Queen of the Night will live up to its name. One single night out of the year, it will slowly open, layer after layer, until fully bloomed. The flower emits a strange and glorious fragrance unlike any other. And in just a few hours, it will wilt, not to be seen again for another 364 nights.
This Queen of the Night bloomed at Thomas Edison's Greenhouse 2 nights ago. The photos were taken by my husband, Eddie, one of only two people to witness this rarity.
"A rare experience of a moment at daybreak, when something in nature seems to reveal all consciousness, cannot be explained at noon. Yet it is part of the day's unity."
-Charles Ives
"It isn't given for us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world."
-F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Greetings from Holland by Helma
Your husband took beautiful photos!
And my lips remain firmly sealed against making any comparison with a certain female body part.
Or maybe not sealed. Maybe pressed against.
Or something.
Oh dear. This has potential for becoming naughty. If one's mind to bend in that direction.
God forbid.
Anyway -- darn good post. Thought-poking.
I mean, thought-provoking. ;)
And a profound quote from F. Scott Fitzgerald.
very nice done.
Greetings from Holland, Joop