This demure little pin is made of sterling silver and shaped to look like a dogwood flower. I got it as part of my catalog mania (see previous posts). I bought this soon after I moved to Long Island from Tucson. The most amazing thing -- truly -- about the change was the number and variety and type of plants that grow in a moist, temperate climate in contrast to those that survive the ninth ring of Hell. In our front yard were a walnut tree, various conifers, and a delicate little tree with perfect little four-petaled flowers in mid-spring. A dogwood. Ours had pink flowers. I loved to go outside and look up through the branches so that the sunlight would shine through the petals, making them the most translucent and ethereal color.
Probably because I lived at least in the neighborhood of New England, I began to receive a catalog called The Vermont Country Store. Well, you don't know that I was born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont -- how could I resist? The offerings were all stuff you'd need for your sugarwoods and your dairy barn, photographed in black and white, or only described in print. But once, they offered for sale this little pin. At a very reasonable price, of course. Vermonters, and all.
Here is the pin on the lapel of a 40's-style house dress, just like my grandmere Maria Perron used to wear.
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