Amaryllis

Full of promise

Such elegant lines

Ethereal

Daintiness against the light

Pure petal poetry

Beauty in every detail

and from all angles.

Amaryllis

in Greek 'amarysso'

means sparkling.

A flower name poetically used to mean

'a simple shepherdess or country girl'

A name often given to country girls in classic literary works

of Virgil and Ovid.

Every year before Christmas,

I choose one, sometimes two, beautiful Amaryllis bulbs

to flower in my home.

So far, this particular colouring, which flowered

for over a month on two stems, is my favourite.