Green/Pink Flower of the Day - Hellebore

Flower of the Day - Hellebore

Message - happiness of the heart

Green, being in the middle of the visible light spectrum, is the colour that is most visible to the human eye. We can distinguish more shades of green than of any other colour.

The colours pink and green are traditionally associated with the heart chakra, and have a calming and restorative energy. 

Green Flower of the Day - Hellebore bud

Flower of the Day - Hellebore

Message - overcoming sadness and grief, healing the heart

This Hellebore bud is tinged with green. Hellebores (Helleborus orientalis) are also known as the Winter rose or Lenten rose. 

Green, together with pink are the colours traditionally associated with the Heart Chakra (or energy centre). 

Yellow Flower of the Day - Dandelion

Flower of the Day - Dandelion

Message - Enjoy the simple things in life

"Yellow is one of the strongest colours, brilliant and resolute; psychologists recommend it as the colour of confidence, one that helps overcome shyness. A symbol for the desert, the sun, gold, abundance, hazard and risk, cheerful and aggressive yellow is stimulating no matter what form it takes."

from "colour a journey" 2012 by Victoria Alexander, Murdoch Books Australia

Yellow Flower of the Day - Tulip

Flower of the Day -  Yellow Tulip

Message - Grace, sunshine, imagination

Yellow: a colour associated with sunny days, cheerfulness, energy, intellect, optimism, happiness, idealism, imagination, summer, philosophy and hope.

Yellow is the colour of flowers being reborn in Spring, crops ripening and the colour of newly hatched chicks.  It also is one of the Autumn colours of changing leaves.  In Asia yellow has imperial and sacred significance, being the colour of Buddhism.

These yellow tulips were bought from the local supermarket. They are photographed against a painted backdrop - one of my oil painted canvases with frangipani flowers.

Orange Flower of the Day - Clivea

Flower of the Day - Clivea

Message - Inspiration bears fruit

Orange is associated with festivity, happiness, fun, joyousness, optimism, balance, ambition, being energetic, flamboyance, warmth, enthusiasm, generosity, vibrance and expansion.

Red Flower of the Day - Camellia

Flower of the day - Red Camellia

Energetic properties - increasing optimism, energy and warmth during Winter

Associations with the colour Red include passion, festivity, vibrancy, energy, love, courage, exciting, intense, dangerous, stimulating, aggressive, powerful, & warmth , according to Victoria Alexander in her book "colour a journey" (Murdoch Books Australia 2012). 

Types of Red - blood red, ruby red, lipstick red, letterbox red, London bus red, cardinal red, coral red, scarlet, carmine, Canadian Mountie red, Santa Claus clothes red, fire engine red and tomato red.

Red Flower of the Day - Rose

Flower of the Day - Red rose

Energetic properties -Red roses are traditionally associated with love and romance and enhancing passion and motivation.

"The Russian word for red, krasniy, originally meant 'beautiful'. In the Slavic family of languages, red denotes living and beauty, and who could not like the idea of red sharing a common root with the words for joy, hilarity and love, as it does in the Indian language?" 

from "colour a journey" by Victoria Alexander (Murdoch Books 2012)

Flower of the day - Rosemary

Flower of the day - Rosemary

Message - Remembrance

Introduction and Welcome

"Flower of the Day" is my newest blog, and was conceived as an antidote to  a dreary work day inbox.  Too often I would go to my emails only to find things like "Special Offer", "Notice of Meeting" or "This is not a joke".

An idea hovered in the ether - "Wouldn't it be nice to have something beautiful to look forward to in my inbox? So I decided to make available some of my images of flowers and foliage that can be viewed here or, for subscribers, delivered straight to your inbox. 

"Flower of the Day" is dedicated to the memory of my mother Toni and my grandmothers Noreen and Margery, all wonderful ladies from whom I gained a love of flowers and an appreciation of all things beautiful.

My thoughts are with you  always

Frances 

Flower of the Day: Seaside Daisies

Message: Happy Surprises