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Post by Kimby on Nov 13, 2013 12:56:52 GMT
Red poppie boutinieres are something I well remember from childhood in Wisconsin (not part of the Commonwealth that I know of!). Not so much lately. But I bet I could find one or 2 poppies in my mom's "junk drawer" if I looked. (Like flags, they're hard to throw away.)
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2013 14:08:19 GMT
In commemorative events regarding the wars, French officials use the cornflower the same as the poppy. But the general population never does so. The bluet represents the colour of the French military uniforms starting in 1915.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2013 15:32:56 GMT
Oh, those are gorgeous Kerouac. I never thought that anything other than the red poppy was used in commemoration. I was disappointed in that I could not find a red poppy to observe the day. I have a fond recollection of seeing them as a child being distributed outside public buildings in my home town. (They were made of crepe paper). I'm sure if I had ventured downtown to the WWII museum or Veterans Hospital I would have seen and procured one. I remember a few years ago Canada observing the red poppy on a coin and I received one. I thought it most fitting a commemoration and did save one. It sits prominently on my little altar.
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Post by tod2 on Nov 13, 2013 17:43:05 GMT
Me too Kerouac...I only see red poppies on SKY NEWS television presenters .... We will have a small ceremony in the town square as usual. I love the blue cornflower. I would like to wish you the very best on turning 60. I turned 69 on Sunday and am dreading joining the Class of 70!
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 13, 2013 20:55:04 GMT
The cornflower is pretty. One of the English names for it is "bachelor's button", which refers to its use as a boutonnière. Interestingly, the poppy can also be considered a "cornflower", in the sense that it grows wild in fields of grain like the true blue cornflower. Happy birthday dear Tod. Be happy and dread nothing. Remember, we've already survived quite a few milestones we once dreaded. Your lively, inquiring mind and quick wit keep this forum young & lively.
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Post by tod2 on Nov 14, 2013 5:08:41 GMT
How very kind of you Bixa! I will definitely take your very good advice!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2013 23:09:54 GMT
I very much like never being the suspect when I fart in the nursing home.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 18, 2014 16:57:10 GMT
How did I miss seeing the Little Thing That Means a Lot in #186?! Of all the touching, often very sweet things listed here, that one seems so deeply grateful.
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Post by rikita on Jan 18, 2014 22:06:02 GMT
well, same goes for whenever you have a baby with you.
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Post by htmb on Feb 1, 2014 18:19:11 GMT
After a week of keeping my granddaughters, while also working to make major deadlines at my job, I came home to a silent house, watched a movie and fell into bed. I did not sleep very well, woke up early with a sore throat and went downstairs to make some hot tea. For some reason I opened the refrigerator. I must have been putting something away, but was still half asleep. I shut the door and then opened it again, realizing something was not right. There on the top shelf of my frig was a beautiful card, bottle of wine, container of chicken salad, a bar of good chocolate and a box of some nice tea bags all left yesterday afternoon by my daughter as a "thank you."
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2014 19:45:51 GMT
That's nice, since she didn't know yet how you had sabotaged the house rules for the granddaughters when you were in charge.
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Post by htmb on Feb 1, 2014 19:49:54 GMT
If anything, my house rules are more structured than hers.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 1, 2014 20:15:16 GMT
That was really sweet and thoughtful of your daughter, Htmb, particularly since she's probably barely up to shopping for stuff yet. She must have had a good mother to have turned out that way!
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Post by htmb on Feb 1, 2014 20:19:24 GMT
It WAS very thoughtful, for sure, Bixa. Especially since it was her first venture out of the house in a week, and it meant she had to travel out of her way to my house before picking up her girls.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 4, 2014 16:46:52 GMT
Last night I slept in >>my own bed<< which was nicely set up in my new bedroom in >>my new house<< ~~ Tons of stuff left to do, but the moving guys reassembled the bed for me, a task I hate, so all I had to do was make it up with nice fresh sheets and luxuriate in it after a lovely shower in >>my new shower stall<<. Happy.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 4, 2014 16:47:52 GMT
Pee ess ~~ hope the post above is explanation for any ignored threads or posts. I'm in the middle of moving & shouldn't even be on the computer right now. So, goodbye.
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Post by htmb on Mar 4, 2014 20:55:41 GMT
Hope everything continues to go as planned, Bixa!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2014 14:38:10 GMT
Am so thrilled to read your post Bixa!! All the best in your new abode.
Yesterday, (Mardi Gras), I awoke to a flock of close to 100 Cedar Waxwings in the Elm tree that I see from my bed. Made my day. (I guess they were in town to celebrate too). I didn't see them last year but generally they arrive,hang out a couple of weeks and then head out.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 8, 2014 4:02:48 GMT
Thanks so much, ladies! Just hooked up the computer, even though my internet service was installed yesterday. My idiot phone/internet provider somehow has failed to give me phone service though.
However, my nice new sofa & nice new stove (as yet uninstalled) also arrived yesterday. So, I have a pretty living room, a little thing that mean a lot.
Casimira, what a perfect happy Mardi Gras/hello Spring event for you!
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 15, 2014 21:48:56 GMT
Just now I answered the door to a young woman who told me almost two weeks ago that she wanted to buy my wardrobe. I'd almost given up on her because she hadn't called. Well, my phone had been out, plus her grandmother had copied the number down wrong. At any rate, she gave me a quarter of the price just now & said a truck would come get it off my porch at six o'clock. That's all well & good, but it's not really the "little thing that means a lot". THAT would be info I have to share which will be of interest to certain anyporters: One of the benefits of this piece of furniture is that I had it made to my specs, which means that a long dress won't drape onto the floor of the wardrobe. As I pointed that out again to the buyer, she told me that was the big selling point for her, as she needed it for her husband's trajes. Well, trajes means suits, so I thought maybe he was a businessman, but not at all. No, he needs it for
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Post by htmb on Mar 15, 2014 21:53:47 GMT
I don't see a picture, Bixa, but I've got a pretty guess at to the type of suit.
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Post by rikita on Mar 15, 2014 22:31:50 GMT
want to see the traje! don#t see anything either.
as for things that mean a lot:
when agnes carresses my face and says "ei" (a german child-word that is used to express tenderness).
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 16, 2014 0:29:21 GMT
Aw. sweet Agnes! You all don't see a picture because our new-fangled, eat-it-it's-good-for-you, dontcha-know-it's- intuitive upgraded forum doesn't show a spoiler as a $#@!%&^ spoiler! Click on the words "this kind of suits". And hey ~~ thanks, Proboards for spoiling my carefully crafted spoiler.
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Post by htmb on Mar 16, 2014 0:48:56 GMT
Now I'm gonna have problems getting to sleep.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 16, 2014 2:21:48 GMT
I know! Somehow the image of those suits hanging quietly in the dark wardrobe is almost scarier than you-know-what.
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Post by htmb on Mar 16, 2014 2:24:18 GMT
Good thing you didn't also post a photo of the wardrobe in question.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 16, 2014 2:47:34 GMT
Oh, you are clever! You know it's too late for me to do so now. Yep, they came, paid the rest of the money, & took it away. Thread related: my porch is now totally usable & of course looks much bigger. ::cheesy:: But wait! Htmb, you foolish, foolish lass. Be it on your head that I was goaded into doing this:
{click at your own risk}
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Post by htmb on Mar 16, 2014 2:54:14 GMT
I knew you'd think about that one awhile.
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Post by rikita on Mar 16, 2014 23:00:10 GMT
scary scary scary suit.
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Post by Don Cuevas on Mar 17, 2014 12:02:49 GMT
Last night I slept in >>my own bed<< which was nicely set up in my new bedroom in >>my new house<< ~~ Tons of stuff left to do, but the moving guys reassembled the bed for me, a task I hate, so all I had to do was make it up with nice fresh sheets and luxuriate in it after a lovely shower in >>my new shower stall<<. Happy. Felicidades. Que estés feliz. Fresh sheets are one of life's often overlooked pleasures. I wish we had a wardrobe like the above pictured. All we have is an open clothes pole supported by two uprights.
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