[32/366] not just ornamental
Feb. 1st, 2020 09:39 pmFeb 1 What is your birthstone and flower?
These seem like such American things. Or maybe just white Midwestern things. I certainly had a lot of turquoise stuff as a kid because my birthstone ia turquoise, including a birthstone ring my parents got me for my thirteenth birthday but which even at the time I thought was for a much girlier girl than the one they had: the setting is so dainty it always felt out of place on my inelegant hand.
I've never heard of a "birth flower," that sounds like it was made up by florists to sell more flowers. But apparently "Flowers and their meanings are associated with specific months. The language of flowers was introduced to England in the early 18th century by Mary Wortley, Lady Montague, whose husband was Ambassador to Turkey. In a cultural sense, flower characteristics such as appearance, color, and scent, have relevance as gifts. It is believed that the Romans started celebrating birth and birthdays using flowers. Seasonal flowers were used not just as decoration, but also as gifts and, therefore, can probably be credited with the tradition of birth flowers," according to Wikipedia.
Mine seems to be the narcissus -- which according to the internet signifies "good wishes, faithfulness and respect," "or, inevitably, "sweetness, self-esteem, vanity" -- or holly, which is just too obvious for words.
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Good day today, helping a friend of mine who's![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
diffrentcolours and mother_bones's new lodger start to move in and get settled. But the first text I got from her, saying she and her partner were on their way with a carload of stuff, was 6:30am. I figured I'd need a nap this afternoon but I crashed at about 8 instead, which was inconveniently right before dinner was ready. I ate it very sleepily and had to pack up all the stuff I'd accumulated (including Gary!) immediately after and get home before I fell asleep. But it's been a nice chilled day and I'm glad I could be useful.
These seem like such American things. Or maybe just white Midwestern things. I certainly had a lot of turquoise stuff as a kid because my birthstone ia turquoise, including a birthstone ring my parents got me for my thirteenth birthday but which even at the time I thought was for a much girlier girl than the one they had: the setting is so dainty it always felt out of place on my inelegant hand.
I've never heard of a "birth flower," that sounds like it was made up by florists to sell more flowers. But apparently "Flowers and their meanings are associated with specific months. The language of flowers was introduced to England in the early 18th century by Mary Wortley, Lady Montague, whose husband was Ambassador to Turkey. In a cultural sense, flower characteristics such as appearance, color, and scent, have relevance as gifts. It is believed that the Romans started celebrating birth and birthdays using flowers. Seasonal flowers were used not just as decoration, but also as gifts and, therefore, can probably be credited with the tradition of birth flowers," according to Wikipedia.
Mine seems to be the narcissus -- which according to the internet signifies "good wishes, faithfulness and respect," "or, inevitably, "sweetness, self-esteem, vanity" -- or holly, which is just too obvious for words.
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Good day today, helping a friend of mine who's
diffrentcolours and mother_bones's new lodger start to move in and get settled. But the first text I got from her, saying she and her partner were on their way with a carload of stuff, was 6:30am. I figured I'd need a nap this afternoon but I crashed at about 8 instead, which was inconveniently right before dinner was ready. I ate it very sleepily and had to pack up all the stuff I'd accumulated (including Gary!) immediately after and get home before I fell asleep. But it's been a nice chilled day and I'm glad I could be useful.