Pink Lupine and Bachelor’s Buttons
Anyone remember reading the book Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney?
It is a children’s book written in the early 1980s, and it was popular when my children were young. It was my older daughter’s favorite book for many a month.
As the story goes, Miss Rumphius is a woman who wants to do three things in her life – travel the world, live by the sea when she is older, and make the world a better place. She accomplishes her first two goals with no problem, but she is stumped when she wonders how to improve the world. Finally she thinks of a plan. She decides to scatter lupine seeds wherever she goes. And so she does!
Think how much we would all benefit if each of us had a plan to better the world, and we put our plan in action. Just like Miss Rumphius.
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Bo Mackison is a photographer and the owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. She will be at the Leeper Park Art Fair this weekend, June 18 and 19, in South Bend, Indiana. Booth #107.
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I haven’t actually read the book, Bo, but your outline of the story is just lovely! And look at those Pink Lupine flowers. Stunning. 🙂
It’s a sweet book. I love that she spreads the lovely lupine throughout her world.
I don’t remember the book..but I do love the plan. Lupines would surely make the world a happier place!!!
There are a lot of small acts that, totaled, make this world a better place.
Yes, I remember the book well. We read it many times when my son was young. Lovely idea and image.
Oh, I am glad someone else is familiar with Miss Rumphius. She was a joy.
I haven’t read the book, I don’t recall. Lupine definitely is a way to make the world a better place (and so do bluebonnets as I am thinking of them for some reason while looking at the lupine). Beautiful capture… vibrant.
I suspect bluebonnets would have the same pleasing effect, don’t you? 🙂