Showing posts with label gardenia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gardenia. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 10, 2019

A Gardenia Grows In Dixie ...


“Can words describe the fragrance of the very breathe of spring?”
              ~ Neltje Blanchan
                     ~ 1865-1918
     ~ Neltje Blanchan De Graff Doubleday was a United States scientific historian and nature writer who published several books on wildflowers and birds under the pen name Neltje Blanchan. Her work is known for its synthesis of scientific interest with poetic phrasing.

The sunlight of a southern morning in spring wraps itself around a fragrant gardenia bloom, illuminating its beauty on a late May morning in the Lowcountry of Beaufort County, South Carolina.