Human Flower Project
Orrington, MAINE USA
Murrieta, CALIFORNIA USA
Princeton, MAINE USA
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Be Myosotis Valentine
Stand out from the rest of the flirts today with a beautiful blue Valentine, and be forgotten-not.
Vintage Valentine’s post card with forget-me-nots
(and no red!)
Photo: Old Postcards
Taking nothing away from long stemmed scarlet roses (as if anybody could!), we admit to some red fatigue come February 14. Does love really pool at this end of the spectrum?
Poking through several collections of old Valentine’s Day cards, we were relieved to find that the holiday hasn’t always been so monochromatic. A hundred years ago, in fact, red doesn’t seem to have been the overbearing choice at all. Just as prevalent – and to our eyes a seductive alternative – was forget-me-not, delicate, frothy, and a fine, tingling blue.
What a different come on! Rather than producing a phallic blossom, Myosotis grows in dainty clusters. It’s not a flower that hits you over the head but one that creeps against your calf.