The flowers of Blossoming include dainty ones with spiky petals which grow in the grass and fluffy and lanky ones which reach for the skies. The rolling blossom-covered hills bloom. The sweet air attracts butterflies and bees.
"We share our sweetness," says the Guide. "We welcome all. Visitors have only to give up their skin to the petals, unfold, and become."
"Everything's sweet in Blossoming," says Miss Doe Friend.
"Your fur shone as never before," says Miss Emeline Traveler. "And Amma-Pom also has in fine shiny, shaginess."
The Queen of Fairies, Ami-ha-ha, makes frequent visits to Blossoming. She loves to spend time as a flower surrounded by all of her fairy court in floral form. Gentle rain falls.
Photographers from other lands love to come to Blossoming to document its beauty in all its stages.
“It is the most beauteous land,” says the Guide. “Poets write of it. Artists capture it.”
In the center Blossoming, the transparent domed city Open offers vibrant displays. The porous dome admits the Blossoming scents and the sound of the breeze.
The Open dome admits direct sun and rainfall. Flowers and vines grow over Open in patterns which ebb and flow with the seasons.
Gardeners work in Open. They study floriculture.
Anyone may come to Open and stay as long as they like. It is a great repository of art with a vast library.
Aliens from lands yet to be discovered by outsiders come to Open’s libraries. Openers are kind but easily distracted and often walk away mid-conversation. They do not argue, but often find themselves taking another tack entirely.
"I never had so many new ideas!" exclaims Miss Emeline Traveler.
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