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A Pysanka for my Easter Basket, by Nadia Starovoytova (via Yevshan)
A Ukrainian girl in folk costume admires a pysanka, as she prepares a basket for blessing. The fine details of the flowers framing the work, as well as birds, butterfly, chicks, and a church in the background glorify the joy and traditions of Ukrainian Easter! Over the centuries, and around the world, eggs have been a part of spring and Easter celebrations because of their association with rebirth and renewal. They are the oldest universal symbol associated with celebratory spring rituals. Coloring them is a spring tradition that also dates back to prehistory. In Ukraine, eggs were decorated and given as gifts, as good-luck talismans for the home. The tradition is continued in the art of pysanky.
My Ukrainian Easter print’s finally arrived! (<- A birthday gift from Italics.) Now that I’ve got my Alpha (Easter) and Omega (Harvest) it’s time to mat’n’frame the pair!
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i have never seen lion’s ear before. i love how the stem pierces the flower heads. to me, they appear to be about the same size as echinacea flower heads. is this correct?
Actually, I think it’s about twice as big an Echinacea flower, but I’m not totally sure since I’ve not seen Echinacea very often.
The mystery yellow flower is fireweed or Senecia madagascariensis and is a noxious weed dangerous to stock if eaten by them.
Thanks Helen, for commenting to this very old post (I didn’t even know people still read this far back, heh), but I believe it is actually Amauria dissecta (Bahia dissecta until very recently).