Queen Anne’s Lace-The Legend of this Delicate Flower

Queen Anne’s Lace always makes me think of the scene in Anne of Green Gables when Diana Barry tucks a sprig of the summer flower into her best friend Anne’s hair. She tells Anne, “This is the very last of the Queen Anne’s Lace of the summer.” She then says, ” Don’t worry about your hair. No one even notices it anymore.” Her tender gesture and reassurance speaks to the sweet and inseparable bond of friendship between the girls.

From Anne of Green Gables, Diana Barry tucking a spring of Queen Anne's Lace into Anne's hair.

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