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Chinese New Year 2012
2012 Year of the Dragon
The Year of the Dragon begins on January 23, 2012
Fun Facts and Information on Chinese New Years
The Chinese calendar is based on solar and lunar cycles and thus the new year falls on a different day of the Western solar calendar each year.
New Years Greetings;
Cantonese : Kung Hei Fat Choi! - wishing you prosperity
Sun nien fai lok (Happy New Years)
Mandarin: Xin nian yu kuai (Happy New Year)
Decorating of the home and businesses is important and can consist of Chun lian, red Red paper scrolls which are hung outside the front door of houses and businesses. The sayings are meant to bring luck and fortune for the coming year, There are 15 days of celebration included in the Chinese New Year. The first day consists of a family meal that usually does not include any meat. The final day ends on the 15th day which when The Lantern Festival, or Yuanxiao Festival, is celebrated. Again it is a time for families to get together. Eating of the Yuanxiao cake, which is made of sticky rice with a sweet fillilng symbolizes that the family will stick together. Chinese people decorate the house with fresh, bright flowers for Chinese New Year. The homes are blooming with lots of different flowers that symbolize growth and prosperity for the coming year. To order flowers to send for Chinese New Years visit Flowers Canada Online . Another important decoration are fruits, especially oranges, tangerines and mandarins. They are a symbol of long friendships and happiness. The ‘Tray of Togetherness’ is a popular candy tray which consists of an wonderful variety of some of the most delicious candies. Great gifts for sending for Chinese New Years are fruit baskets.
Traditionally, the days before Chinese New Year’s are spent thoroughly cleaning the home, preparing special foods, getting a haircut and mending old clothes. Everything is meant to look fresh and new to set the tone of the coming year.
Hongbao - Red Packets are filled with money and are given to children on Chinese New Year’s by parents, grandparents, friends and other relatives to symbolize luck and wealth.
Firecrackers are a fun part of Chinese New Year and are set off as soon as the New Year has arrived (where allowed). Traditionally fireworks are the sign of getting rid of the old and welcoming the new.
Dragon and Lion Dancing are preformed at New Years and bring strength, luck and happiness. The Lion Dance consists of 2 people wearing the Lion costume and performing the dance while the Dragon Dance is a much larger costume and consists of 10 people. The dancing is to chase away negative energy, scare away evil spirits and brings in auspiciousness.
Chinese Animal Signs
The Chinese calendar is based on solar and lunar cycles and thus the new year falls on a different day of the Western solar calendar each year. This Chinese year begins on January 23rd. Each year is designated by one of 12 animals in the Chinese calendar.
Find the year you were born to find out what animal sign you were born under, your element and whether you were born in a Yang or Yin year.
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Thomas Kinkade, the most collected, living artist today - Thomas Kinkade Christmas Collectibles
Thomas Kinkade is the most collected, living artist in the world. He has sold more canvases than any other painter in history, including Picasso, Rembrandt, Monet, Manet, Renoir, Gaughin and Van Gogh combined?
Kinkade is inspired by the simple act of painting straight from the heart, putting on canvas the natural wonders and images that moved him toward his ultimate goal of Sharing the Light™. Thomas’s luminescent, inspirational paintings and the branded products created from that art, reflect simple pleasures and values; family, community, and a celebration of beauty and goodness. Thomas’s artwork is displayed on posters, textiles, collectibles (such as the Teleflora Christmas Bouquet Collection ), gifts and in books.
Thomas gives credit to a higher power for both the ability and the inspiration to create his paintings. His goal as an artist is to touch people of all faiths and to bring peace and joy into their lives through the images he creates. Through his artwork Thomas conveys a message to slow down, appreciate the little details in life, and to look for beauty in the world around us.
Thomas Kinkade
While Thomas was still living in his hometown of Placerville, California, he spent one summer on a tour doing sketches with a friend, which turned into a best-selling instructional book, landing both men jobs creating background art for the animated feature film Fire and Ice. It was during this time that Kinkade began to experiment with light and explore the imaginative worlds that would play such an important part in his future work.
For a time, Kinkade earned his living as a painter, selling his originals in galleries throughout California. In 1982, he married his childhood sweetheart, Nanette, and two years later they began to publish his art.
A devoted husband and doting father to their four daughters, Kinkade strives to lead a balanced life, committed to family values. He creatively fills his works with "love notes" by hiding the letter "N" in his paintings as tribute to his wife, Nanette. His daughters also find their own messages of love from their father as their names and images often appear in many of his paintings.
Thomas Kinkade has received many awards for his works, including multiple National Association of Limited Edition Dealers (NALED) awards for Artist of the Year and Graphic Artist of the Year, and his art has been named Lithograph of the Year nine times. In 2004, he received a special award from NALED recognizing him as the Most Award Winning Artist in the Past 25 Years.
As millions of collectors around the world sit back and enjoy his artwork in their homes, there is no doubt that Thomas Kinkade has indeed achieved his goal of Sharing the Light™.
Quote by Thomas Kinkade:
"I try to create paintings that are a window for the imagination. If people look at my work and are reminded of the way things once were or perhaps the way they could be, then I've done my job."
-Thomas Kinkade
Teleflora's 2011 Christmas Bouquet
Kinkade Christmas Collectible
Kinkade Christmas Carolers
Through the years, Kinkade's artwork has inspired a number of highly successful Teleflora bouquets. Each year Teleflora features a new Thomas Kinkade Christmas Bouquet Collection, this is a wonderful gift to send to someone each year, so they can collect pieces for the own Kinkade Christmas Village.
This year's bouquet features the Thomas Kinkade Carolers.See it, hear it, love it! This spectacular Thomas Kinkade gift features a
gorgeous hand-painted tableau inspired by the legendary artist. It also lights
up and plays Deck the Halls, sung by carolers. Our greatest Kinkade cottage
ever—it’s an heirloom Christmas keepsake in the making.
The radiant Thomas Kinkade flower arrangement includes red spray roses, white
button spray chrysanthemums and red hypericum accented with noble fir and
variegated holly.
dimensions: 5 1/4" h x 6" w x 71⁄2" length
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How to Make a Gingerbread House
Gingerbread House Recipe and Pattern
Gingerbread Houses, what fun!!
It is best to plan for 2 - 3 days to make a gingerbread house.Day 1: Make the gingerbread and refrigerate it – this will make the dough easier to work with. Recipe below. Also make any other gingerbread pieces you will need, such as gingerbread men.
Day 2: Cut and bake the house pieces (Pattern for gingerbread house ). When cutting out the shapes for the house, cut out the windows and then cut them in half to make shutters.
Once the gingerbread pieces are baked and cooled, assemble your house, using the recipe below or alternatively you can use melted sugar, which works very well for the cement. However do not use if children are doing the assembling. (Melt sugar over med-low heat in heavy pan until sugar has melted. Take extra caution with the sugar and it if very hot and burns easily.) Let it harden overnight.
Note: Cut sheets of cardboard and cover them in tinfoil (one for each house being decorated). We set the assembled house on the covered cardboard and use the rest of the space for the yard. You can also use plywood pieces, trays or cookie sheets, covered in tin foil.
Day 3: Decoration Day - The fun day we have been working toward! Decorate the house and yard, make it spectacular and unique.
Ideas for creating and decorating the Gingerbread House and Yard:
• Ice-cream cones turned upside down and iced with green icing make great trees in your gingerbread yard
• When cutting and cooking the gingerbread house, use cookie cutters to cut out people and trees, then decorate and place in the yard
• Use lots of white icing for snow
• Decorate with a variety of candy, dried fruit (think apples, pineapple, apricots, papaya, melon, orange slices, pomegranate seeds, etc) and nuts and seeds (cashews, pecans, almonds, peanuts, pine nuts, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, etc) for a healthier version
• With a pastry bag pipe borders around the doors and window
• Drip icing from the roof edges to create icicles
• Make fences from round pretzels, licorice, cookies, or candy canes
Gingerbread Recipe:
2 cups molasses or honey
1 cup vegetable oil
1¼ cup brown sugar
3 large eggs
8 cups flour
1 Tbsp baking powder
1 ½ Tbsp ground allspice
1 ½ Tbsp ground ginger
1 Tbsp cinnamon
Mix ingredients together. Then chill dough overnight. Roll out dough on lightly floured surface to about 1/8” thickness, making sure it is large enough to cut out the gingerbread house pieces, removing any extra dough, place on a cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Remove carefully to cooling rack.
Frosting:
2 egg whites
4 cups sifted icing sugar
1 tsp lemon juice
Add the egg whites to a deep mixing bowl and beat at high speed until they begin to foam Gradually beat in the icing sugar, beating until it reached spreading consistency. It should be soft enough to flow through a fine pastry tube to make the decorations, while stiff enough to hold its shape. If needed add more lemon juice or more sugar to create the proper consistency. Keep the icing covered in the refrigerator until needed.
GINGERBREAD HOUSE PATTERN
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Home Made Gifts for Christmas - Food Gifts
Home-made Gifts are always the best to receive! There are so many cookies, candies and treats that are great for gift-giving. The way they are presented is what makes them extra special. It is well worth the time and effort to find the right container for your gifts and add in a candle or Christmas decoration for a nice touch. Let you imagination run wild and have fun!
I’m Nuts For You
These nuts are fantabulous! I received a batch a few years ago, packed into a luminary with the recipe attached. The nuts went quickly and the recipe has served me well since. This recipe is easily doubled.
2 Tbsp butter or non-hydrogenated margarine, melted
2 Cups assorted nuts (almonds, pecans, macadamia, cashews)
2 tsp tamari soy sauce
½ tsp sea salt
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
Toss nuts in melted butter or margarine then place in a single layer on a baking sheet. Toast at 325 until lightly browned (15-20 mins), stirring at least twice. Remove from oven, sprinkle with tamari, sea salt and cayenne, stir well and cool completely before storing in an airtight container.
Hug Soup
This is a fabulous soup mix to give to friends and family to let them know you’re thinking of them. Use a 1-quart glass jar to layer the ingredients in and be sure to attach the Cooking Directions to the jar. For a finished look, place a square of fabric atop the lid before screwing the ring on.
Layer in the following order:
½ Cup barley
½ Cup dried split peas
½ Cup uncooked brown rice
½ Cup dried lentils
2 Tbsp dehydrated minced onion
2 Tbsp dried parsley
2 tsp sea salt
½ tsp lemon pepper
4 Tbsp vegetable boullion
½ Cup uncooked alphabet or shell pasta
1 Cup uncooked tri-colour pasta spirals
Cooking Directions: (To be attached to jar)
Bring contents of jar and 12 Cups of Water to a boil.
Add:
12 Cups Water
1 ½ Cups Assorted veggies (carrots, cabbage, celery, onions)
1 19 oz Can Diced Tomatoes (or 2 Cups fresh)
Simmer for 75 minutes.
Enjoy!
Cookies
Cookies are always are great gift to give. There are lots of festive containers to pack them in, such as Christmas gift boxes lined with festive tissue paper, holiday cookie tins, or snowmen jars, etc. Add a big red bow and you have a terrific hostess gift, office gift or gift for a neighbor or friend.
Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
10-3/4 oz. (1-1/3 cups) unsalted butter, cold
1-1/2 cups packed light brown-sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs, cold
1 Tbs. pure vanilla extract
17 oz. (3-3/4 cups) unbleached all-purpose flour
1-1/4 tsp. table salt
1 tsp. baking soda
12 oz. semisweet chocolate chips
Arrange oven racks in the upper and middle positions of the oven. Heat the oven to 375°F.
Using a mixer fitted with a paddle, beat together the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar, starting on low speed and gradually working your way up to high speed until the mixture is light and fluffy, about 3 min. once you reach high speed. Scrape the bowl and beater. Add the eggs and vanilla and beat on low until blended. Beat on high until light and fluffy, about 1 min. Scrape the bowl and beater.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, and baking soda. Add this to the butter mixture and stir with a wooden spoon until just blended; the dough will be stiff. Stir in the chocolate chips.
Drop rounded measuring teaspoons of dough about 2 inches apart onto two ungreased baking sheets. Refrigerate any unused dough. Bake until the bottoms are golden brown, 8 to 10 min., rotating the sheets halfway through for even results. Remove the sheets from the oven, let sit for 3 to 5 min., and then transfer the cookies with a spatula to a wire rack to cool completely. Let the baking sheets cool completely before baking the remaining dough.
nutrition information (per serving):
Size: per cookie; Calories (kcal): 70; Fat (g): 3.5; Fat Calories (kcal): 30; Saturated Fat (g): 2; Protein (g): 1; Monounsaturated Fat (g): 1; Carbohydrates (g): 10; Polyunsaturated Fat (g): 0; Sodium (mg): 40; Cholesterol (mg): 10; Fiber (g): 0;
From Fine Cooking 56, pp. 55
February 1, 2003
Chewy Chocolate-Gingerbread Cookies
Makes 2 dozen cookies
7 ounces best-quality semisweet chocolate
1 1/2 cups plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 1/4 teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 tablespoon unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder
8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter
1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
1/2 cup dark-brown sugar, packed
1/4 cup unsulfured molasses
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup granulated sugar
- Line two baking sheets with parchment. Chop chocolate into 1/4-inch chunks; set aside. In a medium bowl, sift together flour, ground ginger, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and cocoa.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter and grated ginger until whitened, about 4 minutes. Add brown sugar; beat until combined. Add molasses; beat until combined.
- In a small bowl, dissolve baking soda in 1 1/2 teaspoons boiling water. Beat half of flour mixture into butter mixture. Beat in baking-soda mixture, then remaining half of flour mixture. Mix in chocolate; turn out onto a piece of plastic wrap. Pat dough out to about 1 inch thick; seal with wrap; refrigerate until firm, 2 hours or more.
- Heat oven to 325 degrees. Roll dough into 1 1/2- inch balls; place 2 inches apart on baking sheets. Refrigerate 20 minutes. Roll in granulated sugar. Bake until the surfaces crack slightly, 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes; transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
From Martha Stewart Living, December/January 1997/1998
Five Minute Fudge Wreaths
This Recipe is from Rachel Ray when she was on the Oprah Show in 2005. That Christmas I think I made about 10 of these wreaths to give away. They were a great gift for friends and make a wonderful hostess gift and very quick and easy to make.
12 ounces package of semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup butterscotch chips
14 ounce can of sweetened condensed milk (save the can)
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
8 ounces of whole walnuts (I used pecans), plus a bit more for decorating the top of the wreath
½ cup raisins or dried currants
Candied red and green cherries for decorating the top like holly
Butter to great an 8 inch round cake pan
Grease an 8 inch round cake pan with butter. Add the chocolate and butterscotch chips, condensed milk and vanilla to a medium saucepan and turn the heat to low.
Cover the empty condensed milk can with plastic wrap and put it in the center of the round cake pan.
Stir the chips and milk together until they are melted (about 3 mins). Stir in nuts and raisins. Scoop the fudge into the cake pan all around the plastic-covered can in the centre to form a ring shape (wreath). Let it stay bumpy on the top. Keep pushing the can back to the center if the fudge movies it away. Cut the red cherries in half to make holly berries and the green cherries into quarters to make leaves. Decorate the fudge with several groups of holly berry springs made from the cherries and garnish with walnuts between the sprigs.
Place the fudge into the fridge and chill until firm. Remove the can from the center, then loosen the sides and bottom of the fudge with a spatula.
Wrap up with plastic wrap, place a bow or Christmas ornament on the top and you have a great gift that will impress.
Variation:
White Chocolate Wreath with Pistachio and Cranberry:
Substitute the chocolate chips with white chocolate chips, 1½ ounce bag plus 1 cupSubstitute 1 to 1 ½ cups of shelled natural pistachio nuts for walnuts
Substitute ½ cup dried sweetened cranberries for currants
Truffles
Truffles, such decadent chocolate treats which are rich and elegant!
These will keep well in the fridge for several days and can also be frozen.
You can experiment with these for different flavoring, such as Cognac, Kahlua, Grand Marnier, Amaretto, Frangelico, kirsch, rum, bourbon, coffee, coconut extract, almond extract or flavoring of your choiceTruffle Recipe #1
2/3 cup finely ground toasted hazelnuts or almonds
7 Tablespoons of melted butter (do not use margarine)3 oz. bittersweet chocolate, chopped into pieces (I use Callebaut chocolate)
1 Tablespoon of Amaretto (goes with the almond) or 1 Tbsp Frangelico (for hazelnuts)
4 egg yolks
2/3 cup of sugar½ tsp pure vanilla extract
1 ½ tsp of almond extract
Finely chop toasted nuts, slowly mix 3 Tbsps of melted butter with the nuts.
Heat remaining butter in a small saucepan on low heat. Add chocolate and immediately remove from heat. Stir until all chocolate is melted.
Beat egg yolks until frothy, then beat in sugar gradually, add extracts and liqueur and continue to beat until thick. Slowly beat in nut mixture and melted chocolate (beater setting should be low or med.) Beat until smooth. Cover with plastic wrap and place in refrigerator for several hours – until firm.
Place coatings in bowl (suggested coating: cocoa, icing sugar, finely ground nuts, shaved chocolate, coconut).
Scoop out approximately a teaspoon of truffle mixture and roll into a ball (work quickly so chocolate does not melt on your hands). Drop ball in coating and place on waxed paper of parchment paper. Keep refrigerated.
Truffles Recipe 2
Cookies in a Jar
Coconut Crunch Cookie Mix1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup chopped pecans or hazelnuts
1 1/4 cups flaked coconut
1 cup crushed cornflakes or wheat cereal flakes
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup quick-cooking rolled oats
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
In a quart jar, layer granulated sugar, nuts, coconut, crushed cornflakes, brown sugar, and oats. In a bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Add flour mixture to jar. Fasten lid; attach directions for making cookies to jar (below).
Make-Ahead Directions: Store mix in a cool, dry place for up to 1 month.To Make Cookies: Preheat oven to 350°F. In a mixing bowl, stir together the contents of the jar. Add 1/2 cup softened butter, 1 lightly beaten egg, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Mix until well combined. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place balls 2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are light brown. Cool for 2 minutes on cookie sheet. Transfer cookies to a wire rack and let cool. Makes 36 cookies.
String-Wrapped Jingle Jar for Cookie Mix
A simple colored string provides a no-frills finish for a gift in a jar.
1. Layer the mix in a quart jar following the recipe.
2. Write the directions for mixing and baking the bars on a recipe card.
3. Attach the card to the front of the jar by wrapping colored string or twine around the center of the jar several times; tie the ends.
Toffee Blondies in a Jar
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup miniature semisweet chocolate pieces
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup coarsely chopped pecans or walnuts
1/2 cup toffee pieces or butterscotch-flavored pieces
layer brown sugar, chocolate pieces, flour, baking powder, salt, nuts, and toffee pieces in a quart glass jar, Fasten lid and attach the directions for making bars to jar (below).
Make-Ahead Directions: Store at room temperature for up to 1 month.
To Make Blondies: Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease an 8x8x2-inch baking pan. In a bowl, combine 1/4 cup melted butter, 2 lightly beaten eggs, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Stir in contents of the jar. Spread batter into prepared pan. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until set and golden brown and edges just begin to pull away from pan. Cool in pan on a wire rack. Cut into bars. Makes 16 bars.nutrition facts
Servings Per Recipe 1 jar (enough for 16 bars - Calories202
Total Fat (g)10, - Saturated Fat (g)3 - Cholesterol (mg)36 - Sodium (mg)108 - Carbohydrate (g)27 - Fiber (g)1 - Protein (g)3 - Calcium (DV%)3 - Iron (DV%)6 - Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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Mother's Day Contest
We are giving away a bouquet for Mother's Day. Bouquet can be delivered anywhere in Canada or the USA where we deliver (we can deliver to most towns and cities in the USA and Canada, there are a few rural ones we cannot deliver to).
To enter contest:
1. Click on link to take you to our Facebook Page
http://www.facebook.com/pages/All-Flowers-and-Gifts/162814458219
2. Click 'Like' Button on the top of our Facebook Page.
3. Let us know in the comments field what your favourite flower is.
Draw will be made on Monday, May 3.
Mother's Day is Sunday, May 8, 2011
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Roses Poems and Famous Rose Quotes
For centuries, roses have inspired love, passion and much has been written about the beautful Rose.
We have collected some short poems and famous quotes regarding the Rose.
If you have a poem or quote you would like us to include in our collection, please send your quote through our comments field.
Famous Rose Quotes
A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world. - Leo Buscaglia
You are responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. You are responsible for your rose.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
And she was fair as is the rose in May.
But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold. - Oliver Wendell Holmes
But he that dares not grasp the thorn should never crave the rose. - Anne Bronte
A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom.
- Chinese Proverb
As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.
- Ben Hogan
Don 't hurry. Don't worry. You're only here for a short visit. So don't forget to stop and smell the roses.
Gather the rose of love whilst yet is time. - Edmund Spenser
Roses red and violets blew, And all the sweetest flowers that in the forest grew.
- Edmund Spenser
Everything's coming up roses - for me. - Ethel Merman
I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck. - Emma Goldman
I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
One may live without bread, not without roses. - Jean Richepin
Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses. - Alphonse Karr
There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted.
- Henri Matisse
What's in a name? That which we call a rose - By any other word would smell as sweet. - William Shakespeare
The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.
- Ovid
Man is harder than iron, stronger than stone and more fragile than a rose.
Turkish Proverb
They are not long, the days of wine and roses.
- Ernest Dowson
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon-instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today. - Dale Carnegie
Their lips were four red roses on a stalk. - William Shakespeare
A rose is a rose is a rose. - Gertrude Stein Oh, my luve’s like a red, red rose, They are not, the days of wine and roses:
Short Poems regarding The Rose
That’s newly sprung in June
Oh, my luve’s like the melodie
That’s sweetly play’d in tune.
- Robert Burns
Gather ye rose-buds while ye may,
Old Time is still aflying,
And this same flower that smiles today,
Tomorrow will be dying.
- Robert Herrick
Don't strew me with roses after I'm dead.
When Death claims the light of my brow
No flowers of life will cheer me: instead
You may give me my roses now!
- Thomas F, Healey
'Tis the last rose of summer
Left blooming alone;
All her lovely companions
Are faded and gone.
- Thomas Moore
And the rose like a nymph to the bath addrest,
Which unveiled the depth of her glowing breast,
Till, fold after fold, to the fainting air,
The soul of her beauty and love lay bare.
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
Out of a misty dream,
Our path emerges for a while, then closes,
Within a dream.
- Ernest Dowson
Rose Colors and Their Meaning
The Meanings of the Colors of Roses
Red Roses: convey true love, and respect, as well as passion and courage.
White Roses : symbolize innocence, purity, reverence, humility and secrecy, and also express affection.
Yellow Roses: mean joy, friendship, happiness, hope and freedom.
Peach Roses : show gratitude, sincerity, appreciation, desire. They also can convey admiration or sympathy.
Pink Roses: this elegant color means grace, gladness, joy and perfect happiness. Express our gratitude and appreciation with pink roses. Or they say a simple "thank you". Pink can also express our sympathy.
Lavender Roses: represent love at first sight and enchantment.
Orange Roses: means fascination or enthusiasm.
Coral Roses : represent desire.
Multi colored Roses: can be used to convey a wide range of emotions, these are a great gift idea if you are not sure of what to say - these roses say it all!
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