- All the flowers are beautiful - said the Bronze Boy.
- But there are flowers that aren't quite flowers - said the gladiolus.
- All the flowers are flowers - answered the Bronze Boy very angry.
(free translation from Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, O Rapaz de Bronze, The Bronze Boy)

From the left to the right: top, Ceiba (syn Chorisia) speciosa and Berberis x spaethii; bottom, Narcissus sp and Viburnum tinus.

[originally posted on Jan 30th, 2008]

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