gue tergolong orang yang moody. Dari nama Wind... gue jadi narsis mungkin ya?? makanya paling seneng kalo orang nyapa dengan kata itu. Rasanya beda ajja serasa di luar negri
dah gitu, dari kata itu juga gue menamai apa yang gue senang dengan permulaan kata Wind. Seperti id-id atau alamat-alamat di blog. Winsufmaulana, Winpic, Winsong, Windscell Windcute kali ya... heheh termasuk nama blog gue di blogspot Windflower http://winsufmaulana.blogspot.com Spesial yang terakhir karena gue emang suka dengan windflower = bunga angin. Rencananya kalo suatu hari buku gue terbit... gue kasi nama pena nya windflower.Sebenarnya gue dulu hanya menghubungkan kedua kata WIND dan FLOWER tapi ternyata wow.. alangkah menyenangkan, mungkin campur ketinggalan jaman kali ya? pas gue browsing, Windflower itu ada novelnya loch! karya Nick Bantock kayanya bagus deh tuh cerita. Nti gue kasi link nya. Dah gitu... karena gue suka dengan windflower... dia bunga yang indah dan beda menurut gue... bunga yang cantik, tegar, beraneka ragam meski dia juga tumbuh di dataran-dataran tinggi............!!!!!! heehhe... terus.... ada lagunya loch ternyata... waks malam ini semakin bahagia... karena semakin senang aja dipanggil WIND
Mak... Pak... makasih ya..... tapi kata Bonyok sih, kenapa mereka kasi nama itu, karena atasan almarhum bokap gua ada yang namanya Windi Hastuti, orangnya cantik, rajin dan pintar. Jadi deh nama gue disamain ma cewe itu, alhamdulillah kalo ada sedikit dari sifatnya yang nular mah. Hihihi.... yang jelas gue seneng karena.... Allah memberikan banyak Rahmat dan karunia-Nya. LOVE U ALL.
Publishers synopsis:
With the same romance and drama that put his Griffin and Sabine saga on the NY Times best seller list for over 100 weeks, Nick Bantock presents an unforgettable story of one young woman’s journey to self-discovery. Ana, a striking young dancer, is promised in marriage to a man she doesn’t love. No one understands her reluctance to wed. After all, isn’t Marco a fine man? Won’t the union of their two families benefit her people? And yet…Guided by her heart, and forces she does not yet recognize, she flees to the exotic port of Serona in search of Felix Bulerias, a man reputed to have the answers she seeks. But along the way, the attentions of four unusual men threaten to lure Ana in directions that she could never have fathomed—and lead her down a path of sensuality and understanding beyond any she could ever have imagined. Bantock’s compelling narrative is accompanied by over 200 masterful collages that form a frieze throughout. Brimming with myth and intrigue.
From Nick
Windflower is a different kind of book for me—partly because it’s a 216 page novel and partly because the images play a different role to books like Griffin and Sabine. Running along the bottom quarter of every page of Windflower is ‘a stream of unconsciousness’. Not an illustration of the events on the given page but a flow of memories and foresights that function much the way that our dreams and subconscious fantasies do. Windflower is laced with a classical mythology that casts a bitter- sweet romantic vision of heaven and earth. I had the original idea for Windflower, maybe five or six years ago, but only really started to bring it to life when I re-met an old friend Edoardo Ponti. He and I worked for a while on the story as a film script but soon it became clear that it was going to be much easier if I wrote the book before Edoardo tackled the movie. I’m done! Now it’s his turn!
Windflower (Anemone) - A noble family of tuberous alpine meadow and herbaceous plants, of the Buttercup family, to which is due much of the beauty of spring and early summer of northern and temperate countries. In early spring, or what is winter to us in Northern Europe, when the valleys of Southern Europe and sunny sheltered spots all round the great rocky basin of the Mediterranean are beginning to glow with color, we see the earliest Windflowers in all their loveliness. Those arid mountains that look so barren have on their sunny sides carpets of Anemones in countless variety. Later on the Star Anemone begins, and troops in thousands over the terraces, meadows, and fields of the same regions. Climbing the mountains in April, the Hepatica nestles in nooks all over the bushy parts of the hills. Farther east, while the common Anemones are aflame along the Riviera valleys and terraces, the blue Greek Anemone is open on the hills of Greece; a little later the blue Apennine Anemone blossoms. Meanwhile our wood animone adorns the woods throughout the northern world, and here and there through the brown grass on the chalk hills comes the purple of the Pasque-flower. The grass has grown tall before the graceful alpine Windflower flowers in all the natural meadows of the Alps; later on bloom the high alpine Windflowers, which soon flower and fruit, and are ready to sleep for nine months in the snow. These are but few examples of what is done for the northern and temperate world by these Windflowers, so precious for our gardens also.
Alpine Windflower
Alpine Windflower (Anemone Alpina) - On nearly every great mountain range in northern climes, this is one of the handsomest plants, growing 15 inches to 2 feet high. Seed is the best way to increase it. Sow this in November in a rather moist, peaty bed out of doors, and allow the seedlings to remain for two years. When growth begins in spring transplant to where they are to flower. Full exposure, good drainage, and moisture in summer are essential.
Apennine Windflower
Apennine Windflower (Anemone Apennina) - A blue, hardy, tuberous kind. This makes pictures with Daffodils, and adds a new charm to our spring. It is readily increased by division, and grows about 4 inches to 9 inches in height. Besides a white form there are others, not so important, however, as the wild one. Italy.
The Scarlet Windflower
The Scarlet Windflower (Anemone Fulgens) - A brilliant flower of the south of France. In good well-drained soils it will thrive, but is best in a rich manured loam in a northern aspect and in a shaded situation. Division is the surest way of increasing it, as it is liable to sport if raised from seeds. Roots may be transplanted almost all the year round, though the resting time extends only from June to August, and to ensure early and good flowers plant the roots as early as possible in the autumn. With me it thrives in meadow tuft, and dies out in garden borders.
Rock Windflower
Rock Windflower (Anemone Rupicola) - For sheer beauty this species ranks with the choicest of its race, the flowers comparable only perhaps to the Alpine Windflower (A. alpina) in their shell-like form, substance, and velvety texture. They are of a snowy whiteness, in pleasing contrast with the clusters of yellow stamens. The outer petals are tinged with pale blue, the color early attracting the cultivator. Less than a foot high, the glistening cups rising well above the foliage are protected from harm by a spreading tuft of pale green much-divided leaves, which also constitute a perfect setting for the flowers. Happily the plant is easily cultivated in light loam, leaf soil, and grit. A first-rate plant in every way, it is at home in the rock garden in a sunny position and a good depth of soil. Perfectly hardy, it is readily increased by seeds or division of the roots. Native of China, where it was discovered by Mr George Forrest.
Star Windflower
Star Windflower (Anemone Stellata) - The star-like flowers of this, ruby, rosy, purple-rosy, or whitish, vary in a charming way, and usually have a large white eye at the base, contrasting with the delicate coloring of the rest of the petals. It is not so vigorous as the Poppy A., and requires a sheltered warm position, a light, sandy, well-drained soil. Division and seeds. Syn. A. hortensis. S. Europe.
Snowdrop Windflower
Snowdrop Windflower (Anemone Sylvestris) - A handsome plant, about 15 inches high, with large white flowers in spring and beautiful buds. Hardy and free on all soils, but fails to bloom on some cool soils. The aspect of the drooping, unopened buds suggested its English name—the Snowdrop Anemone. Division and seeds. A. sylvestris major is the best form.
Akhirnya gue sanggup berbagi kebahagiaan ini bersama kalian dengan kata-kataku yang selama ini aku coba rangkai menjadi sebuah kumpulan paragraf. Trims...... (terharu sekali)
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