Can Flowers Bring Spring Or Good Mood?

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It's the middle of February and the time when I am usually feeling the effects of a long, dark winter. Most days are without sun and in the absence of snow, there's not much to be photographed. However I don't get depressed as that's unacceptable. Instead I'm always trying to find new ways to bring joy and color to my days. There's always something that can cheer you up, and make your day, you just have to keep your eyes open.

The other day I've been to the home improvement and gardening retailer to look around and buy some seeds. Usually this time of the year these stores are full of wonderful things, among which a bunch of flowers. They are getting ready for 1 March which is Mărțișor Day in y country, an old tradition celebrated every year and then 8 March, which is the International Women's Day. Shops are full of flowers and could not leave without taking some photos.

What Can Orchids Teach You?

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Orchids, once non-existent in my country, now they are basically everywhere. You can't escape seeing one or two daily. It's very common and well liked as it seems. For me these exotic beauties are like a double edge sword. While I don't like things that a re everywhere all the time, I look past it and see only the beauty of the flower.

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When I started learning drawing, my first inspiration and teaching source was the most obvious, YouTube of course, what else? It's a great platform full of free tutorials that can help you learn and get better. It helped me a lot and is still helping me but after a while I started to look around me and observe nature and its beauty.

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If you take a close look at these flowers, you can see the print on the petals, the texture and the shades.

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What better tutorial do you need to learn drawing?

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I'm always saying nature is the best artist and continuing to gather as much evidence that I can. These flowers are again evidence supporting what I've said earlier.

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If you want to do a painting or a drawing, just take an orchid and it will guide you for sure.

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This is similar to what I have at home, my extremely sensitive pink princess.

My question was what can orchids teach you, so I'm answering my own question saying quite a lot! The obvious is what I've stated above, you can be a better artist by having as model a real orchid. It makes you pay attention to details and that's something that will come in handy in many situations.

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The other thing orchids can teach you is to respect and pay attention to them. I've seen so many people basically killing them because the conditions are not favorable for orchids or because they have no clue how to care for them. My sister in law is killing two every year. Poor flowers.

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The pink orchid I've mentioned above is my first orchid ever, it's mine since February 2016, basically for four years. When I got it, it had two stems full of lowers, it was a real beauty. Then the next year I only got one stem with flower and never two stems again. Why? I have no idea, could not figure this one out yet. Maybe it's a trick of gardeners, I don't know.

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However I can't complain as look at her on the photo above, it's gorgeous and I'm not saying that because it's mine but because it's really beautiful.

At the beginning of 2018, at the end of January, the orchid started to grow buds and I couldn't be more happier. I'm always waiting for her to flower and am enjoying the flowers for approximately two months. Unfortunately I got sick, had a nasty flu that tied me to bed for a week.

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In those conditions I needed some colors to cheer me up and brought the orchid in my bedroom to be able to see it every hour of the day. I thought it would help me heal. Unfortunately this wasn't working but I had to find out the hard way, paying a huge emotional prize. The buds did not open but began to wither one by one and fall. I was worried to say the least, I thought it would die.

This was the point when I realized watering a flower is not enough to keep it safe and healthy and started to read as much as possible to be able to give it the best care. After some research I found out that moving the flower while flowering is a mistake. Now I know and am paying attention to every detail.

She's very grateful, flowering every year. Look at her!

My Advice To Flower Owners

Try to learn as much as you can about your flowers as every flower is different. Just because they look amazing at the shop, that doesn't mean they will look just as gorgeous in your home. These flowers are grown in perfect conditions by professionals, that's why they are so beautiful.

Give them what they need and not what you want. These are two different things and many people fail to realize it. Just because you want to water then every day thinking they would appreciate your gesture, it doesn't mean they need it.

If you don't have optimal conditions to grow a certain type of flower, don't torture them, find them a place that is good for them. Killing one plant, buying another one and killing that too is not the solution. Find the most suitable for your home and you both will be happy.

Can Flowers Bring Spring Or Good Mood?

Certain flowers are known to bring spring as they are growing when spring starts. Can flowers bring good mood? Definitely! It's a joy to grow and care for flowers. Try it!

This is my contribution to #MarketFriday hosted by @dswigle.



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Beautiful orchid flowers, a home decorated with orchids will feel cool and comfortable and naturally original

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Thank you, I fully agree with you.

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According to the Bible, Charity Means Love (3 of 5)

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