Bouquet - Romantic Friday Writing Challenge No. 19 for 16th September 2011
Linnaea borealis (Source: Wikipedia) Welcome to the Romantic Friday Writing Challenge, where participants share their own 300-400-word text on a given theme. This week's theme for Friday, 16th September, Challenge No.19, is ' Bouquet '. ------ This week I thought I'd give my two romantic characters, Sanna and Tomas a rest. We should let them have some time to sort out their feelings. In the meantime, here's a historical, romantic, short story with some previously unknown facts for ' Bouque t ' : Linnaea borealis (Source: Wikipedia) Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) finds an unusual bouquet: Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) Source Wikipedia Linnaeus in the traditional dress of the Sami people of Lapland , holding the Twinflower that became his personal emblem. It was 1732 and young Carl was finally off on his first exploratory journey to Lapland. He was not yet 25 years old and rode on horseback alone. He discovered a very small pink flower deep in the moss-cover...