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Harvest's End
Halloween is a contraction of “All Hallows’ Eve,” a Christian descendant of the Celtic feast day Samhain (pronounced, in that mysterious way of Gaelic, “SOW-in”). Samhain marked the end of the harvest… more →
Flowers, Plants n Blooms Blog
Harvest's End
flowers4u wrote 1 month ago: Halloween is a contraction of “All Hallows’ Eve,” a Christian descendant of the Celtic feast day Sam … more →
Dead Flowers
flowers4u wrote 3 months ago: “Take me down little Susie, take me down I know you think you’re the Queen of the Underground … more →
The People Have the (Flower) Power
flowers4u wrote 1 year ago: I am going to guess that it was in the spring or summer of 1970 that my brother and I went into the … more →
Traditional Allusions
flowers4u wrote 1 year ago: The violet and the primrose too Beneath a sheltering thorny bough In bright and lively colours blow … more →
What's in a Name?
flowers4u wrote 1 year ago: Giving flower names to girls at birth has a long history. Boys are less commonly named for plants, a … more →
The Christmas Rose
flowers4u wrote 1 year ago: Helleborus niger, the black hellebore, is native to northeastern Italy, Austria and Croatia. It grow … more →
Grave Occasions
flowers4u wrote 2 years ago: A mysterious person, known as the “Poe Toaster,” has visited the grave of Edgar Allan Poe every Janu … more →
A Rose Is A Rose
flowers4u wrote 2 years ago: Ring around the rosie A pocket full of posies Ashes, Ashes All fall down This old nursery rhyme goes … more →
When You Really Mean It
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flowers4u wrote 2 years ago: When you send flowers, it is customary to include a note. How many times have you sat there with you … more →
Flesh Flowers
flowers4u wrote 2 years ago: A lot of people do not like carnations. They are frilly, somewhat diaphanous flowers that tend to co … more →
Flower in Ulysses: Stuck in the Middle
flowers4u wrote 5 months ago: In honor of Bloomsday, June 16 IV. The morning of December 16, 2004 is cold. Henry Flower sees this … more →
Meditation on Oleander
flowers4u wrote 7 months ago: Born a little soon, raised on too much moon, learned to get by on “Leave me alone.” Be the restless … more →
