
Patricia Youngquist is the author of a book series, "Words In Our Beak," in which the stories are told by Cam, the bird pictured above. Click on the 1st image of sidebar (R) for info. Moreover, some of her photo-based art work is available via Fine Art America. Click on the 2nd image sidebar (R) to visit. On another note, in light of the coronavirus pandemic, she has created face-masks. Click on the 3rd image in sidebar (R). Visit her website via the 2nd image in left sidebar.
Friday, October 12, 2018
Silver Lined Clouds and Pink Lined Leaves (These are a few of my favorite things!)
Earlier in the year (during the month of June) when I saw the pink "lining" on the leaves of my Continus Coggygria (AKA Smoke Bush), a shrub which provides shade to my Mouse Ears (as seen in the picture atop this entry taken in my rooftop garden), I have been wondering about the origin of the idiom “every cloud has a silver lining,” so I finally looked it up and here's what I found: "The idiom is most likely traceable to the year 1634, when John Milton Penned his masque Comus. In it, the quote appears as 'Was I deceived or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night?'”
Now that I know the origin of clouds having a silver lining, I'll try and find out why the leaves of a smoke bush have pink lining during certain times of the year and I'll let you know if I find the reason.
Meanwhile, I do have a number of entries within this blog that discuss this awesome shrub and I'll leave you with this link to refer to them as well as with a few more pictures of the Smoke Bush's pink-lined leaves.
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