How does such a delicate flower as the Queen Anne’s Lace manage to continue looking so fresh so late in the season? Though it’s a favorite of many, few have looked deeply enough into the heart of the flower to see its deep red center. Could the secret of its youthful bloom be found here at its heart?
What makes one flower stay fresh well past summer while others close their hearts to the cold winds and rains that are so much a part of the autumn of life? Why do some choose to retreat into themselves while others practice a hospitality of the heart that judges not visitors and welcomes all?
These are just a few of the questions worth asking on a quiet and sunny Sunday in October. Canadian Thanksgiving Day is just around the corner. May you all find lots of things to be thankful for and questions worth asking.
The questions worth asking, in other words, come not from other people but from nature, and are for the most part delicate things easily drowned out by the noise of everyday life.
~ Robert B. Laughlin
Text and photographs copyright Amy-Lynn Bell 2012
Flandrum Hill 
Happy Thanksgiving, Amy-Lynn! I love Queen Anne’s Lace…
Thanks Barbara. I do too. Its umbelliform shape is pretty unique.
Umbelliform – you sent me to my dictionary!
Ha! Looking back on my earlier comment, perhaps the word is more uncommon than the shape.
Happy Thanksgiving, Amy-Lynn. Thank you for the Queen Anne’s Lace. For some reason I’ve seen very little this year.
Gerry, there was no shortage of it here in Nova Scotia this year. I have so many in my yard that I’ve started to (gasp!) mow them down.
and after it dries I think the flower heads look like sparklers !
I’ve got to look for that red centre.
Happy Thanksgiving. I am thankful that you are my friend.
Yes they do look like sparklers Sybil. I’m thankful to have you as a friend too 🙂
Happy Thanksgiving – have a lovely holiday.
Thanks Dawn. It was quite a wonderful long weekend.
I love Queen Anne’s Lace and found some along the road which I dug up and planted in my back garden this year. I hope it does come back this summer. I know it doesn’t transplant well, but I really wanted it for the garden. Love your photos.