August 17, 2011
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New Theme
I thought it was time for a change on here as well as in our apartment, so I finally changed the look of my blog!
I currently really love gerbera daisies. Once I had decided on colors for my wedding (blue and green, to match the aquarium that we would be taking so many pictures in front of) I spent a lot of time googling images of blue and green bridal bouquets to see if something struck my fancy. I liked calla lillies and these gerbera daisies the best and was able to get a bouquet made with them. I like them because they are super cheerful and they come in pretty much every color imaginable, which I appreciate. The other day was our three month anniversary and Andrew got me a bouquet of orange gerbera daisies (amongst other flowers) as a surprise. I’m not sure he intended to get gerbera daisies, or whether he just picked ones he thought I’d like, but it was still pretty cool. So now they are sitting on one side of the room on our table, and the bouquet from our wedding is on the other side of our room on our bookshelf, and it only seemed appropriate to have it on my blog as well.
I just recently finished reading a book called The Language of Flowers and in the midst of a beatifully written novel, it emphasizes back in the Victorian time when people gave and picked flowers based on what they MEANT. Each flower, and in some cases the color of the flower, conveys a different meaning. I think the exact meanings have been argued about and have certainly evolved over time (it seems like everything now has some very positive meaning, where as back in the day it could mean something as harsh as infidelity, mistrust, misanthropy, etc), but this book was about going back to the origins of such a language of flowers. It really made me think about what gerbera daisies mean. I probably filled my wedding with the essence of jealousy, or am filling my home with images of deceit. So I looked it up.
As far as I can tell, daisies all by themselves mean Loyal Love, Purity, Beauty, and Innocence.
Gerberas specifically seem to mean Innocence.
I’m okay with that being in my home!(Calla Lily, by the way, means Magnificent Beauty. I’m okay with having had that in my wedding too!)
You’ll also notice the marriage ticker that I’ve added towards the top of the page that tracks how long we’ve been married. I’ve seen them often on other people’s blogs and thought they were very cute, so I finally figured out how to add one to mine – no easy task I might add! Now maybe I’ll be as good at remembering the little anniversaries as Andrew seems to be!
Comments (2)
I’m glad you inadvertently or not pick flowers with wonderful meanings. AND glad you are posting more often.
That book sounds like a great one to read! I’ll have to look for it around here! I LOVE your new look! And I love that you are blogging more often too!