of Prospect Park have dedicated efforts to clearing the vines and planting flowers in the hopes of restoring the grounds and garden to some of their former beauty. The pergola itself still stands, though it is partially ruined due to vandalism and the elements it has withstood over the years...
On occasion, my dreams took me back to you in our hometown Xiaowan. I saw you hunched over in the small garden on the west side of our old house with your small spade as you dug up weeds, sprouts of horse chestnut, and morni...
The soil knew them all and was planning a parade To show all were accounted for and none had been mislaid The earth grieved that many of her sons were dead She cried floral tears for every man in vibrant red She sends flowers every year, she hasn't missed one yet ...
My husband and I hail from very different political backgrounds but what we have in common is out love for the outdoors, insects, arachnids, flora and fauna, and birds. He grows vegetables. I grow flowers and herbs. He fills the birdfeeders with black oil sunflower seeds. I render pure ...
The poppy was one of the first beautiful flowers to bloom on the battlefields in Belgium and France during the First World War. The red poppy flowers became the symbols of Remembrance Day around the world. Replica poppies, sold by the Royal Canadian Legion, get money for assistance to ...
The Remembrance Day symbolism of the poppy started with a poem written by a World War I brigade surgeon who was struck by the sight of the red flowers growing on a ravaged battlefield.
As I sit down to write this, it's the eleventh of November, 2020 – so far the worst time in the worldwide Corona virus pandemic. If that weren't enough to worry about, for the past month and a half my 75 year-old wife has been in two rehab centers wh
and experience that others sometimes do not. There is a beauty and a satisfaction in seeing the result of our labor grow and come to fruition. There is a peacefulness that can come over us as we care for and nurture the flowers and plants in a garden. In nurturing living things and ...
The flowers of war and the many colours of remembrance on November 11, 2018 The ongoing adventures of my magnetic remembrance poppy on November 1, 2017 Not to give away the ending to this poppy update but it’s a happy one on March 31, 2017 My idea of a remembrance poppy eight months...
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