Rose, the June birth flower, is perhaps the most famous flower in all of botany. But why is it regarded as the go-to symbol for love, how is it rooted in folklore around the globe, and what’s the difference in meaning between pink roses and the other color varieties? Discover what ...
Birth Month Flower of June - The Rose The rose has symbolic root in many legends and poems throughout time. In one Roman legend, an angered goddess transforms a beautiful woman into a rose. Rodanthe, the beautiful woman, was chased by many men who wanted to win her love and hand in ma...
June Birth Flower Each month of the year is associated with a specific flower called the flower of the month or the birthday flower. Each month also has an alternate birth flower. Both the rose and the honeysuckle are
Pick seven different types of flower. If you're a woman, Midsummer is said to be a time when future husbands are revealed if you place flowers under your pillow. Read some magical literature to celebrate pagan history. Our favourites: Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Great Gat...
I send my dad the link to the page of pictures of people with horns. I tell him, “If I didn’t take you to get your horn removed, it might have ended up like one of these.” He correctly points out, “We’ll never know how my horn would have turned out because we cut it ...
5. Is this celebrated in the USA with processions etc? Are there the sounds of bombs bursting and fireworks?? Today’s regional newspapers were full of pictures and stories of the processions in towns all over Compania. Come on folks – fill in the blanks for me and everyone else that ...
“Her long thick hair fell in tapering ringlets on her lovely neck and was crowned with an intricate chaplet in which was woven every kind of flower. Just above her brow shone a round disk, like a mirror or like the bright face of the moon, which told me who she was. Vipers rising...
CLICK ON THE PICTURES TO ENLARGE THEM. There were few rewards for behavior that toed the line at New Britain General Hospital (HOCC). Mostly it was punishment. If I was found with even a stub of a forbidden pencil, I was carried off to the Supermax seclusion cell, stripped naked and le...
“And when I was having a pee, a person popped up and took pictures of me and shot away.”‘ (The Telegraph via Boing Boing). Update:‘ET Today reports this is a man dressed up to promote online game Guild Wars 2. Apparently, he was mistaken for being an actual monster, whether ...
Mary Ann Holmes Booth Pictures References: Junius Brutus Booth: Theatrical Prometheus by Stephen M. Archer “Mary Ann Doolittle? The “Flower Girl” Myth of the Booths’ Mother” by Deirdre Barber Kincaid, Surratt Courier, March 2004 Categories:Uncategorized ...