Happy March to all my friends and readers
New Calendar picture with this
beautiful watercolour painting by Hanka Koebsch
"Wellenreiter"
"Riding the Waves "
March is usually greeted with happy feelings. Finally spring. At least for most of us.
The meteorological beginning of spring takes place on the 1st of March, on the 20th, the March equinox is the astronomical beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere.
The Saxons used to call it Lentmonat, Monat being the German word for month.
The first flowers bloom in our garden: snowdrops, spring snowflakes and crocus. Always lovely. Soon, the first daffodils will follow.
Which brings us to the flower of the month. It stands for rebirth, domestic happiness but also vanity. In Victorian England, daffodils represented chivalry, in the language of love regard and egotism. Quite contrary meanings, don't you think?
The daffodil is the national flower of Wales and is used as the symbol for cancer charities.
In German, we call the daffodil either "Narzisse" (after the Latin word narcissus) or "Osterblume" or "Osterglocke" (which means Easter flower or Easter bell). In the UK, they are also known as Lenten lilies.
Enjoy this month with this beautiful watercolour painting by Hanka Koebsch.
New Calendar picture with this
beautiful watercolour painting by Hanka Koebsch
"Wellenreiter"
"Riding the Waves "
March is usually greeted with happy feelings. Finally spring. At least for most of us.
The meteorological beginning of spring takes place on the 1st of March, on the 20th, the March equinox is the astronomical beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere.
The Saxons used to call it Lentmonat, Monat being the German word for month.
The first flowers bloom in our garden: snowdrops, spring snowflakes and crocus. Always lovely. Soon, the first daffodils will follow.
Which brings us to the flower of the month. It stands for rebirth, domestic happiness but also vanity. In Victorian England, daffodils represented chivalry, in the language of love regard and egotism. Quite contrary meanings, don't you think?
The daffodil is the national flower of Wales and is used as the symbol for cancer charities.
In German, we call the daffodil either "Narzisse" (after the Latin word narcissus) or "Osterblume" or "Osterglocke" (which means Easter flower or Easter bell). In the UK, they are also known as Lenten lilies.
Enjoy this month with this beautiful watercolour painting by Hanka Koebsch.
You can find many more wonderful pictures on their website here.
Happy March to you Marianne! It is still winter here with more rain, clouds and low temps ahead but some things are blooming anyway. Perhaps I will buy some daffodils this weekend from flower section at my grocery store. I could use some sunshine.
ReplyDeleteThat is always a good idea. We have our first flowers in the garden, snowdrops, spring snowflakes, and crocusses, all of them lovely messengers of spring.
DeleteHappy March!