Make A Wish
by Jeanette French
Title
Make A Wish
Artist
Jeanette French
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Make a Wish
Children and those who have a bit of whimsy love to blow the seeds of the fuzzy white dandelion while making a wish, knowing this will greatly increase the chance of the wish coming true. Dandelions are full of happy, summer energy. The flower essence is helpful during the dark days of winter. Dandelion is associated with all four elements in cosmic harmony. The yellow blossom is connected to the sun and the element fire and the earth element. The white puff stage is associated with the moon and water and the element air.
The commonplace name for this flower is dandelion, which is French for lion’s tooth. The flower head is made up of hundreds of small individual flowers called florets. These flower heads arise singly on a hollow stem filled with milky latex type of liquid. At maturity, the flower heads dry out for several days. The petals and stamens then drop off and the bracts curve backwards, allowing the parachute ball to open into a full, round seed head known as blow ball. The single seed fruits are known as achenes and have fine hairs that support their ability to fly in the wind over long distances.
Spring, a time of growth, renewal, rejuvenation and new life, is the climatic season that follows the typically three coldest months of the year, winter, and precedes summer, typically the three warmest months of the year. Meteorologists usually define three month season of spring as March, April and May in the northern hemisphere and September, October and November in the southern hemisphere. In either case, spring is the result of increasing warmth from the change in the orientation of the Earth’s axis in relationship to the Sun. The astronomical March Equinox is frequently used as the marker for the first day of spring in the north. Erratic, unstable and severe weather patterns are most common in the spring due to the collision of warm and cool air masses. In the U.S., Tornado Alley is most active at this time of year.
In some regions in the Northern Hemisphere, the astronomical March equinox (varying between 19 and 21 March) is taken to mark the first day of spring, and the Northern solstice (around 21 June) is taken as the first day of summer. Human beings have celebrated the return of the lengthening days of light and the increasing warmth with festivals from the beginning of time. Some of these celebrations include Carnival – South America, Easter - Christian, Passover - Jewish, Holi – Nepal, India, Mayday, Beltane - Europe, Sinhalese New Year – Sri Lanka and Nevruz -Turkey.
Jeanette French, paintings, photographs, canvas prints framed prints, metallic prints, acrylic prints, greeting cards, gift cards, fine art.
Creating portals of light, love, joy, beauty, compassion, hope and gratitude is my lifelong passion and gift for the earth, hence the name of my art business, For the Earth. My mother painted in oils when I was young and encouraged my own drawing, painting and handcrafting in all forms. My father, the photographer, gave me my first camera at age 8. As a result of these loving influences, I am a lifelong student of both mediums. I am grateful to my wonderful Pacific NW painter teachers, Stan Capon and Edi Olson, for training my eye and technique. I hope you will enjoy this image as much as I enjoyed its creation. More gifts for the earth can be found at these websites: jeanette-french.artistwebsites.com and jeanette-french.pixels.com.
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January 12th, 2015
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