Daisy

 

D - Delightfully 

A - Awesome 

 I - Incrediable 

S - Spectacular 

Y - You

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June Rose

The rose was designated the official flower and floral emblem of the United States of America in 1986. The rose has been around for about 35 million years and grows naturally throughout North America. The petals and rose hips are edible and have been used in medicines since ancient times.

Language of Roses – the different rose colors

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Discover the best way to express your love, affection, friendship, thankfulness, joy and all the other important emotions that make life so rich and rewarding by sending the appropriate rose color bouquet...and let that someone special in your life know exactly how you feel about them, be they wife or husband, friend or lover, mom or dad, grandma or grandpa or perhaps your favorite hero of the day...there are no limitations when sending roses...
Learn The Meaning of Rose Colors

RED roses show love, passion and respect. Red roses of any color say "I love you"; deep red roses imply unconscious beauty.

PINK roses communicate happiness, appreciation, admiration, friendship, sympathy.

LIGHT PINK roses denote grace, joy, gentility and admiration.
DARK PINK roses are to signify thankfulness.

LAVENDER symbolizes love at first sight and enchantment.
WHITE roses signify spiritual love and purity; but of the soul; bridal white means happy love. White roses can also signify secrecy reverence humility, innocence, or charm.
YELLOW shows "I care"; friendship, joy, gladness or freedom.

CORAL roses imply desire.
PEACH roses indicate modesty.

ORANGE display a feeling of enthusiasm, desire and fascination.

WHITE and RED roses mixed together signify unity.

RED and YELLOW rose together say "Congratulations!"

YELLOW and ORANGE in combination imply passionate thoughts.

Other Messages from Roses
Delicate and Beautiful, the rose is the principal messenger of love.

A single rose denotes "I still Love you"
Two Roses of any color taped or wired together signify a commitment or forthcoming marriage.
In general, pale-colored roses signify friendship.
12 Roses - Gratitude
25 Roses - Congratulations
50 Roses - Unconditional Love

With roses and flowers, there are no limitations as to what can be expressed. The colors and aromas of the different types of roses all have their unique place the history of human expression. Knowing the specific meaning of a rose only enhances the experience of sending and receiving rose and flower bouquets.
Now that you have found the best rose color to express your feelings head on back to our Rose Bouquet Selection and pick out one of our beautiful Rose Bouquets that we will deliver to that someone special in your life.
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Rosy Iced Tea
Carole Braden
From Every Day with Rachael Ray August 2007
MAKES ONE QUART
Prep Time: 15 min Cook Time: 20 min
2 cups sugar
2 tablespoons rose water
1/4 cup Ceylon or Earl Grey black tea leaves
4 to 5 green cardamom pods
Ice
1. In a small saucepan, bring 2 cups water and the sugar to a boil, stirring occasionally. Lower the heat and simmer until clear, about 5 minutes. Let cool to room temperature, then stir in the rose water and set aside.
2. Meanwhile, in another small saucepan, bring 2 cups water to a boil, remove from the heat and stir in the tea leaves and cardamom pods. Cover and let steep for 5 minutes. Stir again, then strain through a fine sieve.
3. In a large pitcher, combine the strained tea with 2 cups cold water. Serve over ice and sweeten with 1 to 2 tablespoons rose water syrup.

Celebrating Wildflowers

If you visit Botanical Gardens, Wildflowers Center or Roadsides. Wildflowers are easy to spot. You can learn, walk thru and smell the wonder of wildflowers.

Please, DON’T don’t pick the flowers!

May Day May Basket

Please join me in raising your tea cup to
Celebrate the First Day of May

A May Basket
Up the steps,
One, two, three, four.
I will ring the bell on your front door.
I'll leave a May basket just for fun,
I'll turn around and I'll run, run, run!
......unknown

Celebrating May Day!

In the Roman Catholic tradition, May is observed as Mary's month, and in these circles May Day is usually a celebration of the Blessed Virgin Mary.


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Amaryllis 2014

Daisy

Daisy is April's Flower Month. I love Daisies.

I read the magazine. I love the acronym of DAISY.

D - Delightfully
A - Awesome
I - Incredibly
S - Spectacular
Y - You

Shamrock

The shamrock is a symbol of the Trinity and the Cross for most Irish-Catholics. This is due to the most famous shamrock legend, starring St. Patrick. The story basically says that he used the shamrock to help the pagan Druid High Priests and their followers comprehend the Holy Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - All in One Almighty God.

Plant a Flower Day

 

Plant a Flower Day is always celebrated on March 12.

Today is the day to get down and get a little dirty! It’s time to get your green thumb on!

How to Celebrate Plant a Flower Day

• Check out this listing of favorite annuals and perennial flowers from Better Homes and Gardens.
• Seed Starting 101 provides a slew of helpful tips to get your seeds started.
• Southern Living will help you learn How to Plant Flowers.
• Learn how to Create a Herb Container Garden. 
• Learn how to Plant a Wildflower Garden
• Add some color to your boring computer desktop by downloading and installing these free flower-themed wallpapers.
• Send a free Plant a Flower Day greeting card.  

Bluebonnet Tea Time

Bluebonnet became Texas State Flower on 7 March 1901.

The World of Daffodils

March's flower is Daffodil. I love Daffodil. Daffodil cheer me up each time I look at the flower. Did you know Daffodil have more than 200 kind of daffodils. 13 Divisions of Daffodils such as Large cup, small cup, Jonquilla and more. Narcissus (plant) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Did you enjoyed your early Easter Sunday. March 23rd of 2008 was the only time early for Easter. For this year, we will have Easter on April 12th.

Floral Design Day

Floral Design Day

When : Always February 28th

Floral Design Day is the perfect day to appreciate and create floral arrangements. Flowers are loved by all, especially the ladies. It seems only fitting that we have a day set aside to appreciate the creativity and artistic quality of flower arrangements.  
The perfect activities for today include:

• Create a floral design with real, live, or dried flowers
• Take pictures of floral designs.
• View floral designs.
• Draw pictures of floral designs.
• Have the kids get in on the fun. Get out the crayons and let them draw floral designs for an aunt or a grandmother.

Guys: Get in touch with your feminine side and make some floral designs today. If you just can't bring yourself to do this, you will be happy to know that today is also Public Sleeping Day.

National Hot Tea month

Last month of National Hot Tea month! 

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Carnation Day

January the Birth Flower is a Carnation.

Today is Carnation Day. 

For those who thinks it's the "cheap" flower.  

Look how beautiful is.

National Tulip Day

 National Tulip Day celebrate every third Saturday in January in Holland.

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TOMATO TULIPS

Ingredients:
(13 Tulips)
13 large cherry tomatoes
14 stalks of chives
200g cottage cheese
1 cucumber
½ teaspoon dried basil
salt
pepper

Directions:
Slice cucumber very finely or grate.

Stir in cheese and basil, season with salt and pepper.

Cut tomatoes on the one hand in the shape of a cross. On the other hand, bore a hole in the stem of chives.

Fill tomatoes stuffed with cottage cheese.

Szczypiorkowe stick on the stem, place on plate and tie a bouquet last chives.