Titles

"Titles" is a recurring blog post in which we play with a single word and turn it into, what else, titles! Afterwards the object is to pick one of them and write a little something.


For no particular reason today's word is: ORCHID


Well, actually, there is a reason, orchids were my mother's favorite flower and, in remembering her, I think of orchids.


Did you know the word orchid comes from the Greek orkhis which means testicle? I wonder who came up with THAT name to describe such a beautiful flower. 


I mean, really, do they LOOK like testicles?


I think not!

Here are some titles:

Orchid of Love

Light of the Orchid

The Orchid Child

Orchids for Cordelia

The Orchid Tree

The Fairy Orchid

The Magic of Orchids

On the day my sister Erva and I put our mother's ashes out to sea my husband, Stan, wrote this series of three haiku in honor of her.

Her long life of love

Nourishes the sea water
While orchids stand watch


Let the waves rush in
Swallow this basket of love

Bring peace to our world

Alone two women
Reflect into the moonlight
Mom's life long season

Now it's your turn. Make up a title or write a little something using the orchid as inspiration and leave it in the comments. Consider these pictures, my orchid bouquet to you.