Daniel is speaking to Nebuchadnezzar: ‘ You, Oh King are a king of kings for the God of heaven has given you a kingdom, power and strength, and glory. And wherever people live, the wild animals and all animals and birds are placed in your hands as you have been made the ruler ( the one who makes the final decisions) You are the head of Gold!’ Daniel 2:36, 37 I leave you to continue reading a fascinating interpretation of a dream.
But what is the colour of gold and when would one use it to describe a plant’s flowers. It is the heavy saturation of amber undertones that allow for this colour to be gold.
I am going to break up some quotes with some photographs of golden rudbeckia and lemon yellow yarrow. Yellow or gold they both make us think or smile.
The gold of rudbeckia petals take their own positions swept back or curled just a little.
‘ Give fools their gold, and knaves their power, let fortune’s bubbles rise and fall; who sows a field, or trains a flower, or plants a tree, is more than all.’
John Greenleaf Whittier
Tragedy is like strong acid – it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
D.H Lawrence
All the gold which is under the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.
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The battles that count aren’t the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself – the invisible inevitable battles inside all of us – that is where it is at.
Jesse Owens
Take care,
Sandy 🙂