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August: Inspiring Reverence or Admiration

August 1, 2014 by Barb 9 Comments

It’s August! Did you know it’s the only month this year to start on a Friday? Cool interesting fact!

Did you know that the Gladiolus is the birth flower for August?

I wasn’t really aware of that as I picked up a bunch of these stately flowers. I felt a bit guilty paying money for them but, hey … they cost $5.00 and I won’t be seeing them at this price for another year.

Gladiolus, August, Keeping with the Times

noun

AUgust

1.the eighth month of the year, containing 31 days.

adjective

auGUST
1. inspiring reverence or admiration; of supreme dignity or grandeur; majestic: an august performance of a religious drama.
2. venerable; eminent: an august personage.

Gladiolus, August, Keeping with the Times

So that’s what I found this week. I’m going to treat this month with the respect and dignity it deserves.

Have a wonderful weekend!!

Filed Under: PHOTOGRAPHY Tagged With: flower arranging, flowers, friday finds, gladiolus, photoshop, still life

Comments

  1. TexWisGirl says

    August 1, 2014 at 9:31 am

    my father’s name was august. he hated that his friends used to tease him ‘it’s almost the end of august!’ :)

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  2. Mascha says

    August 1, 2014 at 12:27 pm

    This August has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays – a really great month!

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    • Barb says

      August 1, 2014 at 12:49 pm

      Way cool!!

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  3. Beverly says

    August 1, 2014 at 1:30 pm

    You’ve made a very stately image of these white glads on the brown chair! Love the small view from the window. This year August seems to be a month to look forward to as far as possibly being ‘real summer weather’…but we’ll see. Our August is filled with birthdays, and our anniversary, so it is kind of a big celebratory month in the year. Love the brown and white!

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  4. pam (Pamela Greer Photography) says

    August 1, 2014 at 1:55 pm

    I love gladiolas. I planted them at our old house and apparently I didn’t understand what I was doing and they all came up at odd angles, shooting out of the ground like fireworks!

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  5. Cathy H. says

    August 1, 2014 at 6:00 pm

    Beautiful gladiolas and so beautifully photographed! They remind me of my grandmother. When her gladiolas were in bloom, she’d pick a big bunch of them, put them in one of her many vases, and place them on the communion table at church.

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  6. Rosanna says

    August 2, 2014 at 4:12 am

    What a lovely flower for a lovely month. Thank you for sharing with us the meaning and reverence of this month.

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  7. bettyl - NZ says

    August 2, 2014 at 11:01 pm

    Those are gorgeous flowers and your photos are just as awesome!

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  8. Lisa says

    August 4, 2014 at 9:05 pm

    I do try to get these also and its only money.. Right ! Just so gorgeous. That light is amazing.

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