"Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful: they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul." ~ Luther Burbank

I don't know about always, but surely flowers almost always uplift, encourage, soothe, inspire, and nurture our souls. They make us "better" in many ways. 

For good health and happiness, we need beauty in our lives.

I'm delighted to share in today's photo the beauty of an orchid blooming in our garden now. I hope that seeing it will convey love and stir the beauty in you.

Please consider the quote above as well as the one below. With these thoughts in mind, along with awareness of stress in the lives of many among us and all around the world, let's feed our souls today and offer nourishment to the souls of others.

With love and kindness,
Charlene

“The human soul is hungry for beauty;
we seek it everywhere - in landscape, music, art, clothes, furniture, gardening, companionship, love, religion,
and in ourselves. No one would desire not to be beautiful. When we experience the beautiful,
there is a sense of homecoming." (John O'Donohue)