Summer Solstice

Are you ready for the summer?

Summer Solstice, sometimes known as Midsummer, occurs in the middle of June. It is a celebration of the longest day of the year and the beginning of Summer.

Notice: teacups and saucers. Too hot to drink!

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Treat Sunburn Like a Dermatoligist?

by Virginia Sole-Smile

1. Make a cooling compress: Steep two chamomile tea bags in 8 ounces of hot water for 15 minutes and refrigerate until cool. Saturate a washcloth and apply it to your burn for 10 to 15 minutes.

2. Moisten your skin with aloe vera gel or a moisturizer containing soy or oatmeal-both of which are cooling. If yur burn is really painful to the touch, try an OTC cortisone cream.

3. Take cool, short showers and moisturize regularly until the burn fades (about a week). And remember to use sunblock! If you've burned once, it means you're prone to burning-not to building a base tan.

Hallmark Magazine Summer 2008

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Classic Lemonade
From Real Simple
August 2005


1 ½ cups freshly squeezed lemon juice (from about 12 lemons)
½ cup sugar
6 cups water Lemon slices (to garnish)
Ice

Place the lemon juice, the sugar, and 1 cup water in a large pitcher. Stir until the sugar dissolves, then add 5 more cups water, a few slices of lemon to garnish, and plenty of ice.

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

Discover the best

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.

Betty Crocker's Fruited Tea

Much less formal, but still traditional, is she intimate tea for a few friends. At such a get-together just tea is served to a group of five or six, who are usually gathered around the living-room coffee table. The food consists of a few delicate sandwiches or cookies; the hostess pours. This is also the perfect time for the true tea-lover to offer her guests the more exotic brands of tea.
Betty Crocker Hostess Cookbook, 1967



Hot Fruited Tea

5 cups boiling water
5 tea bags or 5 teaspoon tea
10 whole cloves
¼ teaspoon cinnamon
½ cup lemon juice
1/3 cup orange juice
3 unpeeled orange slices, cut in half

Pour boiling water over tea, cloves, and cinnamon.
Cover and let steep 5 minutes.
Strain tea; stir in sugar and fruit juices.
Heat to just below boiling.
Serve hot with an orange slice in each cup. 6 servings.

Betty Crocker’s Hostess Cookbook, 1967