Hollyhocks?
ARE THESE HOLLYHOCKS?
Working on my
Postcard Traveler blog I came across this postcard. SWOOSH back came the
memories of walking up the alley behind our rowhouse in the row of Baltimore
rowhouses heading to Bob's Store for a neighbor or us!!! One neighbor gave me a
penny or two pennies and another neighbor gave me a nickel to go to the store
for them. So while walking to the store it was always fun to look at and smell
the colorful flowers in our "green thumb" neighbors' gardens.
These I think were called hollyhocks. Love that
Wikipedia! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcea which has all kinds of interesting info on them. But
since then two of my Facebook friends have shown their higher level of
hollyhocks info and sent pics showing these are digitalis commonly called
foxgloves! And I sure agree. They are used in creating heart
medicines.
What I loved about them were
their vivid colors! and details within each bloom. They made me think about God
who made them and how they knew what to do when they were "born" and how
detailed everything was in life even down to each little bloom on a
hollyhock!
So little children when your
books tell you everything just happens by chance check out your neighbor's
foxgloves (and hollyhocks if they have them too)!
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