The flower is such a thing that adds to the beauty of anything and everything.
Not exact matches
The doctrine (widely held until recently) that «matter» itself
is fully real (rather than an abstraction, derived from intellectual analysis of concrete really - existing
things, as Aristotle held), and that
such self - subsistent «matter»
is intrinsically inert (as opposed to self - organizing), arguably reached its full
flower in the late Renaissance.18 Part of contemporary divergence between theistic and naturalistic approaches may
be understood to arise from overly complete internalization (by both naturalists and theists) of the cosmology that emerged from the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century — the cosmology in which «matter»
was full real, but intrinsically inert.
Here and there it may
be, we can catch a glimpse of the wonderful order in nature, the regularity of the stars, scattered over the wide spaces of the universe yet obedient to one law; the order to
be found even in the microscopic world, as also within visible
things concerning which science has given
such amazing information in recent years; the order in the construction of a
flower or of an animal, from the flea to the whale, a noteworthy obedience to law even in the life of man.
Yet, the «instinct,» if we want to use that word,
is of a higher order than mere cravings, which Gopnik glosses over when he compares the impetus to read to our need for clothing and shelter: «there really
are no whys to
such things, anymore than there
are to why we wear clothes or paint good pictures or live in more than hovels and huts or send
flowers to our beloved on their birthday.»
Carnations, chrysanthemums, and gerberas
are also blue - impaired, and other
flowers have their own genetically limited palettes: There
's no
such thing as a red iris, for instance, or a white marigold.
Nearly all edible plant foods however, with the exception of
such things as pine nuts and fiddlehead ferns,
are derived from members of the vast diversity of
flowering plants, the angiosperms.
I love having
flowers in the house, and this
is such a fresh and fun way to mix
things up a bit!
But if Mary and the Witch's
Flower tells us anything, it
is that
such things are possible: When Mary can no longer depend on the
flower's magic, she has to dig deeper into her own reserve of character to complete her mission.
described NPS as a district where children «
are subjected to substandard facilities and poorly equipped classrooms and libraries» while» the board of education of Newark» enjoys «the finer
things in life,
such as travel to Honolulu, St. Thomas and San Francisco, dinners at fine restaurants, new cars and
flowers.»
She said the
flowers made her feel inadequate, on account of them
being too beautiful — as if there
was such a
thing — and the frosty's, well, she said I gave them to her to make her fat.
You also have to go out into nature and experience
things such as watching the bees pollinate the
flowers, listen to the wind rustling through the leaves on the trees, hear what the plants
are saying through the seasons, experience the weather, pay attention to the scat and animal tracks in nature, and try to understand the story of each animal you encounter.
The title goes all - in to show just how beautiful its version of India
is and reimagines trademark franchise elements, like the wagons of hay, turning them into heaps of
flowers and other
such things.
Showcasing people, places, and
things who
are appreciably non-European
such as Yellowstone park, Hollywood stereotypes and the indigenous
flower and fauna of the United States, Wide Open Spaces deliberately exoticises America and provides an alternative discourse about «difference» and «otherness» by treating the center, or the United States, as if it
were «other.»
Representing mundane objects
such as bowls,
flowers, foodstuffs, and other
things found in a common household,
was and still
is the main preoccupation of still life artists.
As far as gifts
are concerned, sometimes it
's the simple
things that mean the most,
such as beautiful heartfelt words in a card or
flowers from the garden.
There
are a million
things to do before the wedding
such as invitations, attire,
flowers, counseling, photographers, music, food... Wait,...
I love the story of his never giving
flowers until its to the girl he marries... oh my true love
is such a beautiful
thing...
It
's such a little
thing, but when I have
flowers on the table I find myself shutting out the distractions and just lingering on their beauty many times a day.
One of my favorite
things about the month of May
is just the
flowers, It
's always always
such a welcome sight after a long winter of not having them.
The main
thing is to bring nature into your home — and
flowers are such a simple way to do this.
There
's such a stuffiness surrounding faux
flowers, but they
're a blessing if you can't afford to dress your home in an abundance of the real
thing.
Some of my favorite ways to bring spring inside
are through
things like adding fresh, natural materials, switching out heavier winter throws and pillows for lighter and brighter ones, adding something fresh or colorful wherever you can,
such as a new table runner, a simple seagrass rug, or pretty colored dishes, and finally adding fresh
flowers or branches.