Epiphyllum of the Night
"You raise flowers for a
year; you see them for but ten days."
----Chinese proverb
The phone call was an excited one from a
neighbor at 10:00 p.m.!! The message: "Come see our blooming
flower!" We did, and below is the photograph which shows
the object of their excitement and awe.
Epiphyllum of the night.
S. California, summer 2002
"Flowers are the beautiful
hieroglyphics of nature by which she indicates how much she loves
us."
----Johann
Von Goerthe
"Many eyes go through the
meadow, but few see the flowers in it."
----Ralph Waldo Emerson
June, 2003
S. California
"Flowers are nature's jewels,
with whose wealth she decks her summer beauty."
-----George
Croly
"If you truly love nature,
you will find beauty everywhere."
----Vincent Van Gogh
