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<\/a>The traditional view<\/p><\/div>\n
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The other day, I took an entirely different look at a crocus.\u00a0 I stepped up to one I had planted in the border of our front yard and looked directly down at it.\u00a0 I couldn’t believe my eyes.\u00a0 It wasn’t at all what I thought a crocus was.\u00a0 Its three perfect petals leaned gracefully out from the center, forming a miniature, three-lobed crown.\u00a0 Three smaller lobes, centered perfectly between the larger ones, added contrast, interest, balance.\u00a0 Set in the center of the crown, was a brilliant, gold-orange jewel, a perfect bud of pollen.<\/p>\n
<\/a>The jeweled crown in my yard<\/p><\/div>\n
I couldn’t believe what I was looking at.\u00a0 My absent-minded viewpoint, a long accepted understanding of what a crocus plant is, or at least looks like, changed in that instant.\u00a0 I no longer see this flower simply to be enjoyed by the bushel.\u00a0 I now recognize each crocus as a perfect little treasure, a gift waiting for me and anybody else who takes a minute to look a little closer, a jewel that appears at the end of the bleak winter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A crocus is a triangle, a tripartite creation.\u00a0 Until now, I had no idea.\u00a0 I normally look at crocuses from the side and see pretty purple, yellow or white flowers only a few inches from the ground, with petals expanding … Continue reading