In honor of Elizabeth Joy's Stitching Up Wildflowers week, I thought I would share this little post. I hope she will forgive me for deviating so far from her literal meaning, but the following idea has had me in stitches more than once (this week's theme), and certainly has to do with wild flowers in the home (last week's theme), so here it goes!
One morning last spring as I walked along, I passed a glorious pink dogwood, in full bloom. For some reason it occurred to me that no matter how beautiful a flower, there might never be a little girl named after it. Girls have names like Rose or Daisy, but never Dogwood. Imagine with me, if you will, a family of daughters with wildflower names:
Cornflower
Stinkweed
Thistle
Poppy
Yarrow
St. John's Wort
Friar's Cap
Flax (the girl with the flaxen hair notwithstanding)
Spring Pheasant's Eye
Foxglove
Bachelor's Button
Fleabane
Have I missed any that make you giggle? Post your comment, and let me know!
You may visit Elizabeth Joy's blog at http://www.joyinthemorninglight.blogspot.com.
Your deviation does have me laughing. You could re-title your post, "What not to name your daughter". You'd better add Fleabane to your list.
ReplyDeleteOh, so funny! All those poor daughters with names like that. I've never heard of any little girl with those names. . .except maybe on. As a child I used to read "Lois Lenske" books and I faintly recall a child names "Cornflower". Or was it "Cornsilk". Anyway, I think I'd stick with Rose or Violet or Daisy!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you joined in!
LaTeaDah
LOL! And how about, Wallflower!
ReplyDeleteLove your deviation!
ReplyDeleteHow about:
Rush Skeleton plant
Locoweed
Pricklypear
but I do like:
Bouncing Bet
Thimbleberry
Pussytoes
Buttercup
(for sweet nicknames, of course)
Jody (aka: Gumbo Lily)
Oh you are a crack-up. I love this post. I only know some names to add because I just picked up an old wildflowers book at the friends of the library.
ReplyDeleteBloodroot, or skunk cabbage, or Yucca! Enjoy...
How about Fiddleneck and Seep-Spring Monkey Flower? And dare I even mention Naked Broomrape? (It's a parasitic Broomrape with no leave or chlorophyll, hence the naked part.) But it was a pretty flower too! Calypso (Orchid) could actually be a fun name. :)
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