PHOTO PROMPT © The Reclining Gentleman
BEAUTY BLOSSOMING
In Great-Grampapa Bollini’s village in Italy, everyone grew much of their own food. In the mountain passes north of Milan, every available square metre was treasured and planted with vegetables and fruit.
When he came to America, he declared, “Food is for the belly, but the soul needs feeding too.” He manages to grow grapes, as well as zucchini and beans, but beside the driveway out front, his daffodils trumpet the coming of spring, and urge the tulips to rise from the warming ground and spread their beauty for his eyes and ours.
Our souls rejoice when we visit him.
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Got to Rochelle’s Addicted to Purple site and use her Wednesday photo as a prompt to write a complete 100 word story.
Archon's Den 
yes, we need beauty too!
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More beauty – less war! See what happens where there’s nothing but sand. Al Quaeda, ISIS, Boko Haram, Taliban. 😯
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In Korea, dudes will farm the median stripe on major roads.
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Must be a bitch getting the tractor and plow up and down the ramps.
In some areas of North and South Carolina, the works crews sow wildflower seeds along miles of center median. They don’t have to come back and mow, because the grass doesn’t grow, and it looks puurrty. 😆
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A man who understands that people need more than to just exist.
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I’ve read histories of European peasants during the Dark Ages. Just MIND NUMBING! The domesticated animals had more free time and entertainment – and respect from the nobles. A good horse was more valued than a serf. 😦
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I couldn’t agree with Great-Grampapa more!
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He was almost as smart and insightful as you. 😉 🙂
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Aren’t you the sweetest!
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😎
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Not sure how I’d get through the horrible month of February without daffodils! A lovely story.
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That sounds like a greenhouse nursery, or just a flower shop. We won’t get daffodils here until at least early April. They do brighten a flower bed or a room. 😀
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The soul needs feeding too. It is as important as food for the body for sure.
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It does indeed. We have to keep flowers outside because of the wife’s allergies/sensitivities to many. For Valentine’s day – or VD – I only have to get her a picture of a dozen roses. 😯 😀
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Well there are other ways to feed our souls and it can be very individual to the person. 🙂
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My soul rejoices too at the image you paint here. 🙂
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It’s a little easier to get to than the nice one you word-painted. One young local man applied for that one-way mission to Mars. The wife volunteered me, but I was turned down for possession of too much grump 😉 😀 🙄
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😀 Good for you to be turned down. I pity that young man, that’s a suicide mission if it ever comes into being. Now, ‘my’ mission is more conventional, with means to return and all that… 😉
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I like Grampapa’s philosophy. What a picture you’ve painted.
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I’ve always taken the time to stop and smell the roses – even when they’re daffodils. 😛 🙄
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I feel a little rejoice in reading this 🙂
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In the middle of a cold, snowy February, we’ll take even pictures of pretty flowers.
You’re 500 miles south of me, but got two feet more snow than I did last week. 😳
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And my world is iced over this morning! Ugh 😦
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Beautiful and inspiring! Loved this!
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Too often we get imprisoned in the daily grind. We all need something pretty once in a while. Glad you liked it.
Meet Lingering visions by Dawn, from above, another Virginia lady. Perhaps you’d like to do a live meet-and-greet as I recently did with a lady blogger from Buffalo, and a gent from Ohio. 😕
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My pleasure, Archon 🙂 and thank you for the introduction *waves at Dawn* I am not much for going out and about, but you never know… it could happen 🙂
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Sweet, heartwarming story, Archon. Yes, that’s much better than the sand of fanatics. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Thanx. Do you get to enjoy daffodils and tulips in your new home? Perhaps bougainvillea….or lotus during the floods? 😉
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Lovely story, so important to remember to feed the soul
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Within this group, we feed so many souls. Thanx for stopping by again. 🙂
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Dear Archon,
Great Grampapa had the right idea. Well done and enjoyable.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you, troupe leader. 🙂
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Thank you for stopping by and reading my post. I like your Great-Grampapa Bollini’s words of wisdom ‘Food for the belly but the soul needs feeding too.’ Our souls and spirit do need to feel inspired and uplifted and nature with breathtaking sunrises, sunsets, flowers, trees and fauna go along way in nourishing them. 🙂
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I am not a ‘success’, but I don’t feel like a failure when I have those things by me. 🙂
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