Saturday, February 7, 2026
Hello, all. I’m here with this month’s floriography trivia. As I noticed in January nowadays, the list of “animals associated with February” apparently includes half the animal kingdom — along with some that I begin to wonder if I’ll find them for every month. For instance, the owl represents February’s birth spirit for wisdom, the otter or wolf for adaptability and loyalty, and the chickadee representing the bird of the month. Other associations include dolphins for Aquarius/Pisces birthdays and penguins for the season of love. Thus sayeth the Internet. So, for my lovely Night Cafe model I chose a penguin. She brought along some dolphin friends.
I apologize for how the latest WordPress “improvement” has squashed all the above text together…
Flowers of the Month: Violet and Primrose
If one is born in February their birthstone is the amethyst. My clockwork spider character (named Amethyst) approves. There are also flowers assigned to each month as our birth-flowers. For February, the flower is the violet. Along the way a secondary flower was assigned to each month, and for February that is the primrose. The two flower photos below are from Wikipedia.
Symbolism
Violet
In the language of flowers – also known as floriography, violets represent modesty, humility, faithfulness, and virtue. They often symbolize deep, earnest love and innocence. Violets were historically used as tokens of devotion, indicating that the giver’s thoughts were occupied with the recipient.
Primrose
Don’t let the old term “the primrose path” confuse you. Contrary to that expression, in floriography primrose blossoms represented young love, innocence, and new beginnings. They were usually seen as a declaration of love such as “I can’t live without you.” These flowers symbolize deep affection, youth, and femininity, making them a popular token for spring, grace, and heartfelt, or young love.
Quotes
“The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.” ― Tennessee Williams, Camino Real
“Maybe violets don’t have thorns like roses, or heavy fragrances like lilies or magnolias, but they are just as strong.” ― Victoria Benton Frank, My Magnolia Summer
“The moon blows kisses to the evening primrose” ― Richard L. Ratliff
“Her modest looks the cottage might adorn, Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn” ― Oliver Goldsmith
“BEHOLD, my love, how green the groves, The primrose banks how fair;
The balmy gales awake the flowers, And wave thy flowing hair” ― Robert Burns
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Recently, blogger and poet, Nicole Sara surprised me with her review of The Delta Pearl, A Steampunk Riverboat (book-1). I’m thrilled to say that Nicole posted her review of the conclusion of the duology, The Geostropic Pearl. Nicole’s blog and poems are as beautiful as anything you can imagine, so I hope you’ll click over and explore her blog and…
Nicole’s Review of The Geostropic Pearl
In Nicole’s archives she has a post that includes some lovely violets. Click here.
Also, don’t miss her splendid poetry book, The Blues and the Beautiful. I’m enjoying it tremendously.
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Wishing each of you a splendiferous new week. Friendly comments are welcome. Hugs!
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