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Eagle Scout Court of Honor |
Stained glass representing the Eagle Scout: made by Pamela Stephens
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When a local San Antonio family celebrated the outstanding achievement of their son, 18, who was joining the Court of Honor as an Eagle Scout, the celebration was adorned by several arrangements pictured here.
From the age of seven the boy had earned his way from Boy Scout to Eagle Scout, and the florals chosen by his father and his mother attested to their son's character and personal qualities through the language of the flowers. Incorporating his transition to adulthood at a time of personal transience, reds, oranges, and yellows herald the fall. Red gladioli point to natural grace as they tower above the floral arrangements, while celosia with its bundled cranial-like composition memorializes planning for fulfillment of future goals. Inclusion of numerous proteas hark back to the challenge of desire to achieve - - a motivation that he exhibited during his more than decade-long quest. Even as magnolias remind family and friends of the dignity of incredible perseverance, the appearance of daffodils underscores chivalric aspirations. Further enhancing the décor, red asters encircling yellow centers cue everyone that from tiny beginnings all great things proceed. Other adornments of spicy exotic rosemary point to a clear and evident path for success intensified by the white flowers of the spathiphyllum plants suggesting continued avenues of zest and awareness for the future as do the violets at the base of the florals serving as ready predictions for advancement in life. Throughout the floral tableaux, hints of woodland exposure like oak leaves, pods, mushrooms, butterflies, branches, and lilies, round out the vignettes, underscoring experientially the forceful bond of nature and nurture supported by family.
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