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| 8 August 2026 |
1.Top left - Hosta 'First Frost'
2.Top right - Hosta 'El Niño'
3. Bottom left - Hydrangea macrophylla 'Ayesha'
4. Middle(one bloom) Gentiana asclepiadea
5. Little flower right Aquilegia caerulea 'Deep Blue & White'
6. Bottom right Eryngium planum 'Blue Glitter'
The Arabs
that settled in Spain around 711 AD left a lovely etimological imprint in the
Spanish language. Such is the case of – azúl (blue)
Su origen
etimológico proviene del árabe clásico lāzawárd, y este a su vez del persa lažvard o laǧvard,
vinculado con el nombre de la piedra lapislázuli. RAE
The
excellent dictionary of the Spanish language RAE has this on blue, my
translation:
Azúl comes
from, the classic Arab word lāzawárd and that word originates from the Persian and from
there to lažvard o laǧvard whichis close to the Arabic word
for lapis lazuli.
The Ukranian/Brazilian author (now dead) Clarice Lispector has this lovely opinion on what blue is:
Para ver el azul miramos el cielo. La tierra es azul
para quien la mira desde el cielo. ¿Azul será un color en sí, o una cuestión de
distancia? ¿O una cuestión de gran nostalgia? Lo inalcanzable es siempre azul.
To see blue we look at the sky. Our earth is blue for those who see it from the skey. Blue must be what it is or is it a question of distance? Or is it a question of a great nostalgia? That which cannot be reaches is blue. My translation.
My Rosemary’s
favourite colour was blue. I associate blue with cool and that she was. She was
elegant in how she dressed but quite warm in our relationship.
That meant
we had lots of plants with blue flowers. She tolerated my large collection of
hostas and did like my blue ones.
In these two
recent scans you can see the blue in my garden yesterday and today.
The more I
scan (a relaxing endeavour) the more I don’t understand why more of the people
I know in Vancouver don’t do the same.
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