Friday, August 7, 2009
Does Anyone Read My Blog?
Does Anyone read my blog. That's something I would like to know not that it matters I write it for myself but I would like to know.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
The language of the hand fan
To hold the fan with the right hand in front of the face. Follow me.
To hold it in the left ear. I want you to leave me alone.
To let slide it on the forehead.You have changed.
To move it with the left hand. They are watching us.
To change it to the right hand.You are imprudent.
To throw the fan. I hate you.
To move it with the right hand. I love another.
To let slide it on the cheek. I want you.
To hold it closed.Do you love me?
To let slide it on the eyes. Go away, please.
To touch the edge of the hand fan with the fingers.I want to talk to you.
To hold it on the right cheek.Yes.
To hold it on the left cheek. No.
To open and close it. You are cruel.
To leave it hanging. We will continue being friends.
To fan slowly. I am married.
To fan quickly. I am engaged.
To hold the fan in the lips.Kiss me.
To open it slowly. Wait for me.
To open the hand fan with the left hand. Come and talk to me.
To strike it, closed, on the left hand. Write me.
To semiclose it in the right and on the left. I cant.
To hold it opened, covering the mouth. I am single.
The Language of Flowers
http://www.thegardener.btinternet.co.uk/flowerlanguage.html#T
Ever wondered what the flowers mean when you give it to your Sweet Heart or what to present at a wedding or funeral. Here are some meanings behind what flowers mean.
A
• Acacia - Secret love; chaste love; beauty in retirement; elegance; friendship; hope• Acanthus - Art or artistic; the fine arts; artifice• Achillea millefolia - War • Aconite (Wolf's Bane) - Misanthropy • Acorn - Nordic symbol of life and immortality • Agapanthus - Love letters • Agnus castus - Coldness; indifference • Allspice - Compassion• Almond Blossom - Hope; lover's charm• Aloe - Grief • Alstroemeria - Devotion; friendship• Alyssum - Worth beyond beauty • Ambrosia - Love returned• Amaranth - Fidelity• Amaranth, Globe - Unchangeable; immortality; unchanging love• Amaryllis - Pride; Timidity; splendid beauty • Anemone - Unfading love; truth; sincerity; anticipation; forsaken; fading hope • Angelica - Inspiration• Aniseed - Restoration of youth • Apple blossom - Preference; good fortune • Arbor Vitae - True friendship• Arbutus - Thee only do I love • Artemisia - Dignity• Asphodel - My regrets follow you to the grave • Aster - Love; daintiness• Azalea - Take care of yourself for me; fragile passion; temperance; Chinese symbol of womanhood
B
• Bachelor's Buttons - Celibacy; single blessedness; hope in love • Baby's Breath - Everlasting love; happiness; pure in heart • Basil - Best Wishes; love; hatred• Bay Leaf - Strength; I change but in death• Bear's Breeches - Art or artistic; the fine arts; artifice• Begonia - Beware• Betony - Surprise • Bells Of Ireland - Good luck• Bilberry - Treachery • Bird Of Paradise - Magnificence• Bittersweet - Truth • Bluebell - Humility; constancy• Borage - Courage; bluntness• Bouquet of withered flowers - Rejected love• Broom - Humility; neatness • Bulrush - Indiscretion; docility • Burnet - A merry heart• Buttercup - Cheerfulness; ingratitude; childishness; desire for riches
C
• Cactus - Endurance; warmth; grandeur • Calendula - Joy• Calla - Magnificent beauty • Camellia - Admiration; perfection; good luck gift to a man; loveliness• Camellia (Pink) - Longing for you• Camellia (Red) - You're a flame in my heart• Camellia (White) - You're adorable• Camomile - Energy in adversity • Candytuft - Indifference• Carnation (in general) Bonds of affection; health and energy; fascination; alas for my poor heart• Carnation (pink) - I'll never forget you• Carnation (purple) - Capriciousness; whimsical; changeable• Carnation (red) - My heart aches for you; admiration• Carnation (solid colour) -Yes• Carnation (striped)- No; refusal; sorry I can't be with you; wish I could be with you• Carnation (white) -Sweet and lovely; innocence; pure love; woman's good luck gift• Carnation (yellow) - You have disappointed me; Rejection; disdain• Cattail - Peace; prosperity• Cedar - I live for thee; think of me• Celandine - Joys to come • Chamomile - Patience ; attracts wealth• Chysanthemum (in general) - Cheerfulness; You're a wonderful friend• Chysanthemum (red) - I love• Chysanthemum (white) - Truth• Chysanthemum (yellow) -Slighted love• Cinnamon - My fortune is yours• Clover (four-leaf) - Good luck; be mine• Columbine - Folly• Coreopsis - Always cheerful• Corn - Riches • Cornflower - Delicacy; refinement • Coriander - Lust• Cowslip - Pensiveness; winning grace• Coxcomb - Foppery• Crocus - Cheerfulness; abuse not; joy • Crown Imperial - Majesty; power • Cyclamen - Resignation and goodbye; diffidence
D
• Daffodil - Respect; regard; unrequited love; deceit • Dahlia - Good taste; instability• Daisy - Innocence; loyal love; purity; faith; cheer; simplicity • Dandelion - Wishes come true; faithfulness; happiness; rustic oracle• Daphne odora - Painting the lily • Delphinium - Airy• Dogwood - Durability
E
• Edelweiss - Daring; noble courage• Eglantine - Poetry; I wound to heal • Elder - Zealousness • Elm - Dignity • Eucalyptus - Protection• Eupatorium - Delay
F
• Fennel - Worthy of all praise; strength• Fern - Sincerity • Fern (Magic) - Fascination; confidence and shelter• Fern (Maidenhair) - Secret bond of love • Feverfew - Protection• Fig - Argument • Fir - Time• Flax - Domestic symbol; fate; I feel your kindness• Forget-me-not - True love; memories; forget me not• Forsythia - Anticipation• Foxglove - Insincerity • Fuchsia - Good taste • Fuller's Teasel - Misanthropy
G
• Gardenia - You're lovely; secret love; refinement; joy• Garland of roses - Reward of virtue• Garlic - Courage; strength • Geranium (Oak leafed) - Friendship• Geranium (Rose) - Preference• Geranium (Scented) - Preference, melancholy; stupidity; folly• Gillyflower - Bonds of affection• Gladiolus - Love at first sight; ready-armed; strength of character; generosity• Gloxinia - Love at first sight• Golden Rod - Precaution • Grass - Submission; utility • Guelder Rose - Winter; age
H
• Harebell - Submission; grief • Hawthorn - Hope • Hazel - Reconciliation • Heather (lavender) - Admiration; solitude • Heather (pink) - Good luck• Heather (white) - Protection; wishes will come true; good luck• Helenium - Tears • Heliotrope - Devotion; eternal love; faithfulness• Hemlock - You will be my death • Hibiscus - Delicate beauty • Holly - Good will; defence; domestic happiness; foresight• Hollyhock - Female ambition; fecundity • Honesty - Honesty; fascination • Honeysuckle - Generous and devoted affection; sweetness of disposition• Hop - Injustice • Hyacinth (general) - Rashness, sorrow, flower dedicated to Apollo• Hyacinth (blue) - Constancy• Hyacinth ( purple) - I'm sorry; please forgive me; sorrow• Hyacinth (red or pink) - Play • Hyacinth (white) - Loveliness; I'll pray for you • Hyacinth (yellow) - Jealousy• Hydrangea - Thank you for understanding; frigidity; heartlessness; vanity• Hyssop - Wards away evil spirits; cleanliness
I
• Ice plant - Your looks freeze me • Iris - Faith; hope; wisdom and valour; my compliments; eloquence; message• Ivy - Fidelity; friendship; affection; marriage
J
• Jasmine - Amiability; wealth; grace and elegance • Jonquil - Love me; affection returned; desire; sympathy• Judas Tree - Unbelief; betrayal • Juniper - Protection; succour
K
• Kingcup - Desire for riches
L
• Laburnum - Forsaken; pensive beauty• Larkspur (pink) - Fickleness; levity • Laurel (mountain) - Ambition; glory• Lavender - Devotion, distrust • Lemon - Zest• Lemon Balm - Brings love• Lemon verbena - Attracts opposite sex• Lilac - First love• Lily (general) - Purity • Lily (calla) - Beauty• Lily (day) - Coquetry • Lily (eucharis) - Maidenly charms• Lily (orange) - Hatred• Lily (tiger) - Wealth; pride• Lily (white) - Virginity; purity; majesty; it's heavenly to be with you• Lily (yellow) - I'm walking on air; false and gay• Lily of the valley - sweetness; return to happiness; humility; perferct purity• Lobelia - Malevolence• Love-in-a-mist - Perplexity• Love-lies-bleeding - Hopeless; not heartless• Lupin - Voraciousness; admiration
M
• Magnolia - Sweetness; beauty; love of nature; nobility; dignity; splendid beauty• Marigold - Comforts the heart; grief; cruelty; jealousy; sacred affection• Marjoram (sweet) - Joy and happiness; blushes• Meadowsweet - Uselessness• Michaelmas Daisy - Afterthought; farewell• Mignionette - Your qualities surpass your charms• Mimosa - Sensitivity• Mint - Protection from illness; warmth of feeling; virtue• Mistletoe - Kiss me; affection; I surmount difficulties; sacred plant of India, magic plant of the Druids• Monkshood - Beware, a deadly foe is near; chivalry • Morning Glory - Affectation• Moss - Maternal love; charity • Myrrh - Gladness• Myrtle - Love; love in absence; remembrance; Hebrew emblem of marriage• Myrtle (wax) - Discipline; instruction
N
• Narcissus - Egotism; formality; stay as sweet as you are; you love yourself too well; self-esteem• Nasturtium - Conquest; victory in battle; maternal love; charity; patriotism• Nightshade - Truth
O
• Oak leaves - Bravery• Oleander - Caution; beware• Orange - Generosity• Orange Blossom - Wisdom; purity; eternal love; your purity equals your loveliness• Orange (mock) - Deceit • Orchid - Love; beauty; refinement; you flatter me• Orchid (Cattleya) - Mature charm
P
• Palm leaves - Victory and success• Pansy - Thoughts; love• Parsley - Festivities• Pasque Flower - You have no claims• Peach blossom - Longevity; I am your captive• Peony - Shame; bashfulness; anger; indignation• Peppermint - Warmth of feelings• Periwinkle (blue) - Early friendship• Periwinkle (white) - Pleasures of memory• Persicaria - Restoration• Petunia - Resentment; anger; your presence soothes me; never despairing• Phlox - Agreement; unanimity; sweet dreams• Pine - Hope; pity• Pink - Boldness• Poinsettia - Be of good cheer• Polyanthus - Pride of riches• Poppy (general) - Eternal sleep; oblivion; imagination; extravagance• Poppy (red) -Pleasure; fantastic extravagance• Poppy (white) - Consolation; sleep• Poppy( yellow) - Wealth; success• Prickly Pear - Satire• Primrose - I can't live without you; early youth; young love • Primrose (evening) - Inconstancy
Q
• Quaking Grass - Agitation• Queen Anne's Lace - Fantasy• Quince - Temptation
R
• Ranunculus - You are radiant with charms• Rocket - Rivalry• Rose (red) - Love ; I love you• Rose (white) - Eternal Love; innocence; heavenly; secrecy and silence• Rose (pink) - Perfect happiness; please believe me• Rose (yellow) - Friendship; jealousy; try to care• Rose (black) - Death• Rose (red and white) - Together; unity• Rose (thornless) - Love at first sight• Rose (single, full bloom) - I love you; I still love you• Rose bud - Beauty and youth; a heart innocent of love• Rose bud (red) - Pure and lovely• Rose bud (white) - Girlhood• Rosebud (moss) - Confessions of love• Roses (bouquet of full bloom) - Gratitude• Roses (garland or crown of) - Beware of virtue; reward of merit; crown ; symbol of superior merit• Roses (musk cluster) - Charming • Rose (tea) - I'll always remember• Rose (cabbage) - Ambassador of love• Rose (Christmas) - Tranquilize my anxiety; anxiety• Rose (damask) - Brilliant complexion• Rose (dark crimson) - Mourning• Rose (hibiscus) - Delicate beauty• Rose leaf - You may hope • Rosemary - Remembrance; commitment; fidelity• Rudbeckia - Justice• Rue - Disdain
S
• Saffron - Beware of excess• Sage - Wisdom; long life; domestic virtue• Salvia (blue) - I think of you• Scabious - Unfortunate love• Shamrock - Lightheartedness• Smilax - Loveliness• Snapdragon - No; deception; gracious lady; presumption • Snowdrop - Hope• Spearmint - Warmth of sentiment• Spiderflower - Elope with me• Spindle Tree - Your charms are engraved on my heart• Statice - Lasting beauty• Star of Bethlehem - Atonement; purity• Stephanotis - Happiness in marriage; desire to travel; come to me• Stock - Lasting beauty; promptness• Strawberry - Perfect goodness• Sunflower - Loyalty; haughtiness; you are splendid• Sweet Basil - Good luck• Sweet pea - Goodbye; departure; blissful pleasure; Thank you for a lovely time• Sweet William - Grant me one smile; perfection; gallantry• Syringa - Memory
T
• Tamarisk - Crime• Thrift - Sympathy• Thyme - Strength and courage; activity• Tuberose - Dangerous pleasure• Tulip(general) - Fame; charity; declaration of love;• Tulip(red) - Believe me; declaration of love• Tulip(variegated) - Beautiful eyes• Tulip(yellow) - Hopeless love
U
V
• Valerian - An accommodating disposition• Vernal Grass - Poor but happy• Veronica - Fidelity• Violet - Modesty; faithfulness• Violet (blue) - Watchfulness; faithfulness; I'll always be true• Violet (white) - Let's take a chance on happiness• Viscaria - Will you dance with me?
W
• Wallflower - Fidelity in adversity• Water Lily - Purity of heart• Wistaria - I cling to you • Woodruff - Sweet humility• Wormwood - Absence
X
• Xeranthemum - Cheerfulness under adversity
Y
• Yarrow - Health; healing• Yew - Sorrow
Z
• Zinnia - Thoughts of friends• Zinnia (magenta) - Lasting affection• Zinnia (mixed) - Thinking of an absent friend• Zinnia (scarlet) - Constancy• Zinnia (white) - Goodness• Zinnia (yellow) - Daily remembrance
Ever wondered what the flowers mean when you give it to your Sweet Heart or what to present at a wedding or funeral. Here are some meanings behind what flowers mean.
A
• Acacia - Secret love; chaste love; beauty in retirement; elegance; friendship; hope• Acanthus - Art or artistic; the fine arts; artifice• Achillea millefolia - War • Aconite (Wolf's Bane) - Misanthropy • Acorn - Nordic symbol of life and immortality • Agapanthus - Love letters • Agnus castus - Coldness; indifference • Allspice - Compassion• Almond Blossom - Hope; lover's charm• Aloe - Grief • Alstroemeria - Devotion; friendship• Alyssum - Worth beyond beauty • Ambrosia - Love returned• Amaranth - Fidelity• Amaranth, Globe - Unchangeable; immortality; unchanging love• Amaryllis - Pride; Timidity; splendid beauty • Anemone - Unfading love; truth; sincerity; anticipation; forsaken; fading hope • Angelica - Inspiration• Aniseed - Restoration of youth • Apple blossom - Preference; good fortune • Arbor Vitae - True friendship• Arbutus - Thee only do I love • Artemisia - Dignity• Asphodel - My regrets follow you to the grave • Aster - Love; daintiness• Azalea - Take care of yourself for me; fragile passion; temperance; Chinese symbol of womanhood
B
• Bachelor's Buttons - Celibacy; single blessedness; hope in love • Baby's Breath - Everlasting love; happiness; pure in heart • Basil - Best Wishes; love; hatred• Bay Leaf - Strength; I change but in death• Bear's Breeches - Art or artistic; the fine arts; artifice• Begonia - Beware• Betony - Surprise • Bells Of Ireland - Good luck• Bilberry - Treachery • Bird Of Paradise - Magnificence• Bittersweet - Truth • Bluebell - Humility; constancy• Borage - Courage; bluntness• Bouquet of withered flowers - Rejected love• Broom - Humility; neatness • Bulrush - Indiscretion; docility • Burnet - A merry heart• Buttercup - Cheerfulness; ingratitude; childishness; desire for riches
C
• Cactus - Endurance; warmth; grandeur • Calendula - Joy• Calla - Magnificent beauty • Camellia - Admiration; perfection; good luck gift to a man; loveliness• Camellia (Pink) - Longing for you• Camellia (Red) - You're a flame in my heart• Camellia (White) - You're adorable• Camomile - Energy in adversity • Candytuft - Indifference• Carnation (in general) Bonds of affection; health and energy; fascination; alas for my poor heart• Carnation (pink) - I'll never forget you• Carnation (purple) - Capriciousness; whimsical; changeable• Carnation (red) - My heart aches for you; admiration• Carnation (solid colour) -Yes• Carnation (striped)- No; refusal; sorry I can't be with you; wish I could be with you• Carnation (white) -Sweet and lovely; innocence; pure love; woman's good luck gift• Carnation (yellow) - You have disappointed me; Rejection; disdain• Cattail - Peace; prosperity• Cedar - I live for thee; think of me• Celandine - Joys to come • Chamomile - Patience ; attracts wealth• Chysanthemum (in general) - Cheerfulness; You're a wonderful friend• Chysanthemum (red) - I love• Chysanthemum (white) - Truth• Chysanthemum (yellow) -Slighted love• Cinnamon - My fortune is yours• Clover (four-leaf) - Good luck; be mine• Columbine - Folly• Coreopsis - Always cheerful• Corn - Riches • Cornflower - Delicacy; refinement • Coriander - Lust• Cowslip - Pensiveness; winning grace• Coxcomb - Foppery• Crocus - Cheerfulness; abuse not; joy • Crown Imperial - Majesty; power • Cyclamen - Resignation and goodbye; diffidence
D
• Daffodil - Respect; regard; unrequited love; deceit • Dahlia - Good taste; instability• Daisy - Innocence; loyal love; purity; faith; cheer; simplicity • Dandelion - Wishes come true; faithfulness; happiness; rustic oracle• Daphne odora - Painting the lily • Delphinium - Airy• Dogwood - Durability
E
• Edelweiss - Daring; noble courage• Eglantine - Poetry; I wound to heal • Elder - Zealousness • Elm - Dignity • Eucalyptus - Protection• Eupatorium - Delay
F
• Fennel - Worthy of all praise; strength• Fern - Sincerity • Fern (Magic) - Fascination; confidence and shelter• Fern (Maidenhair) - Secret bond of love • Feverfew - Protection• Fig - Argument • Fir - Time• Flax - Domestic symbol; fate; I feel your kindness• Forget-me-not - True love; memories; forget me not• Forsythia - Anticipation• Foxglove - Insincerity • Fuchsia - Good taste • Fuller's Teasel - Misanthropy
G
• Gardenia - You're lovely; secret love; refinement; joy• Garland of roses - Reward of virtue• Garlic - Courage; strength • Geranium (Oak leafed) - Friendship• Geranium (Rose) - Preference• Geranium (Scented) - Preference, melancholy; stupidity; folly• Gillyflower - Bonds of affection• Gladiolus - Love at first sight; ready-armed; strength of character; generosity• Gloxinia - Love at first sight• Golden Rod - Precaution • Grass - Submission; utility • Guelder Rose - Winter; age
H
• Harebell - Submission; grief • Hawthorn - Hope • Hazel - Reconciliation • Heather (lavender) - Admiration; solitude • Heather (pink) - Good luck• Heather (white) - Protection; wishes will come true; good luck• Helenium - Tears • Heliotrope - Devotion; eternal love; faithfulness• Hemlock - You will be my death • Hibiscus - Delicate beauty • Holly - Good will; defence; domestic happiness; foresight• Hollyhock - Female ambition; fecundity • Honesty - Honesty; fascination • Honeysuckle - Generous and devoted affection; sweetness of disposition• Hop - Injustice • Hyacinth (general) - Rashness, sorrow, flower dedicated to Apollo• Hyacinth (blue) - Constancy• Hyacinth ( purple) - I'm sorry; please forgive me; sorrow• Hyacinth (red or pink) - Play • Hyacinth (white) - Loveliness; I'll pray for you • Hyacinth (yellow) - Jealousy• Hydrangea - Thank you for understanding; frigidity; heartlessness; vanity• Hyssop - Wards away evil spirits; cleanliness
I
• Ice plant - Your looks freeze me • Iris - Faith; hope; wisdom and valour; my compliments; eloquence; message• Ivy - Fidelity; friendship; affection; marriage
J
• Jasmine - Amiability; wealth; grace and elegance • Jonquil - Love me; affection returned; desire; sympathy• Judas Tree - Unbelief; betrayal • Juniper - Protection; succour
K
• Kingcup - Desire for riches
L
• Laburnum - Forsaken; pensive beauty• Larkspur (pink) - Fickleness; levity • Laurel (mountain) - Ambition; glory• Lavender - Devotion, distrust • Lemon - Zest• Lemon Balm - Brings love• Lemon verbena - Attracts opposite sex• Lilac - First love• Lily (general) - Purity • Lily (calla) - Beauty• Lily (day) - Coquetry • Lily (eucharis) - Maidenly charms• Lily (orange) - Hatred• Lily (tiger) - Wealth; pride• Lily (white) - Virginity; purity; majesty; it's heavenly to be with you• Lily (yellow) - I'm walking on air; false and gay• Lily of the valley - sweetness; return to happiness; humility; perferct purity• Lobelia - Malevolence• Love-in-a-mist - Perplexity• Love-lies-bleeding - Hopeless; not heartless• Lupin - Voraciousness; admiration
M
• Magnolia - Sweetness; beauty; love of nature; nobility; dignity; splendid beauty• Marigold - Comforts the heart; grief; cruelty; jealousy; sacred affection• Marjoram (sweet) - Joy and happiness; blushes• Meadowsweet - Uselessness• Michaelmas Daisy - Afterthought; farewell• Mignionette - Your qualities surpass your charms• Mimosa - Sensitivity• Mint - Protection from illness; warmth of feeling; virtue• Mistletoe - Kiss me; affection; I surmount difficulties; sacred plant of India, magic plant of the Druids• Monkshood - Beware, a deadly foe is near; chivalry • Morning Glory - Affectation• Moss - Maternal love; charity • Myrrh - Gladness• Myrtle - Love; love in absence; remembrance; Hebrew emblem of marriage• Myrtle (wax) - Discipline; instruction
N
• Narcissus - Egotism; formality; stay as sweet as you are; you love yourself too well; self-esteem• Nasturtium - Conquest; victory in battle; maternal love; charity; patriotism• Nightshade - Truth
O
• Oak leaves - Bravery• Oleander - Caution; beware• Orange - Generosity• Orange Blossom - Wisdom; purity; eternal love; your purity equals your loveliness• Orange (mock) - Deceit • Orchid - Love; beauty; refinement; you flatter me• Orchid (Cattleya) - Mature charm
P
• Palm leaves - Victory and success• Pansy - Thoughts; love• Parsley - Festivities• Pasque Flower - You have no claims• Peach blossom - Longevity; I am your captive• Peony - Shame; bashfulness; anger; indignation• Peppermint - Warmth of feelings• Periwinkle (blue) - Early friendship• Periwinkle (white) - Pleasures of memory• Persicaria - Restoration• Petunia - Resentment; anger; your presence soothes me; never despairing• Phlox - Agreement; unanimity; sweet dreams• Pine - Hope; pity• Pink - Boldness• Poinsettia - Be of good cheer• Polyanthus - Pride of riches• Poppy (general) - Eternal sleep; oblivion; imagination; extravagance• Poppy (red) -Pleasure; fantastic extravagance• Poppy (white) - Consolation; sleep• Poppy( yellow) - Wealth; success• Prickly Pear - Satire• Primrose - I can't live without you; early youth; young love • Primrose (evening) - Inconstancy
Q
• Quaking Grass - Agitation• Queen Anne's Lace - Fantasy• Quince - Temptation
R
• Ranunculus - You are radiant with charms• Rocket - Rivalry• Rose (red) - Love ; I love you• Rose (white) - Eternal Love; innocence; heavenly; secrecy and silence• Rose (pink) - Perfect happiness; please believe me• Rose (yellow) - Friendship; jealousy; try to care• Rose (black) - Death• Rose (red and white) - Together; unity• Rose (thornless) - Love at first sight• Rose (single, full bloom) - I love you; I still love you• Rose bud - Beauty and youth; a heart innocent of love• Rose bud (red) - Pure and lovely• Rose bud (white) - Girlhood• Rosebud (moss) - Confessions of love• Roses (bouquet of full bloom) - Gratitude• Roses (garland or crown of) - Beware of virtue; reward of merit; crown ; symbol of superior merit• Roses (musk cluster) - Charming • Rose (tea) - I'll always remember• Rose (cabbage) - Ambassador of love• Rose (Christmas) - Tranquilize my anxiety; anxiety• Rose (damask) - Brilliant complexion• Rose (dark crimson) - Mourning• Rose (hibiscus) - Delicate beauty• Rose leaf - You may hope • Rosemary - Remembrance; commitment; fidelity• Rudbeckia - Justice• Rue - Disdain
S
• Saffron - Beware of excess• Sage - Wisdom; long life; domestic virtue• Salvia (blue) - I think of you• Scabious - Unfortunate love• Shamrock - Lightheartedness• Smilax - Loveliness• Snapdragon - No; deception; gracious lady; presumption • Snowdrop - Hope• Spearmint - Warmth of sentiment• Spiderflower - Elope with me• Spindle Tree - Your charms are engraved on my heart• Statice - Lasting beauty• Star of Bethlehem - Atonement; purity• Stephanotis - Happiness in marriage; desire to travel; come to me• Stock - Lasting beauty; promptness• Strawberry - Perfect goodness• Sunflower - Loyalty; haughtiness; you are splendid• Sweet Basil - Good luck• Sweet pea - Goodbye; departure; blissful pleasure; Thank you for a lovely time• Sweet William - Grant me one smile; perfection; gallantry• Syringa - Memory
T
• Tamarisk - Crime• Thrift - Sympathy• Thyme - Strength and courage; activity• Tuberose - Dangerous pleasure• Tulip(general) - Fame; charity; declaration of love;• Tulip(red) - Believe me; declaration of love• Tulip(variegated) - Beautiful eyes• Tulip(yellow) - Hopeless love
U
V
• Valerian - An accommodating disposition• Vernal Grass - Poor but happy• Veronica - Fidelity• Violet - Modesty; faithfulness• Violet (blue) - Watchfulness; faithfulness; I'll always be true• Violet (white) - Let's take a chance on happiness• Viscaria - Will you dance with me?
W
• Wallflower - Fidelity in adversity• Water Lily - Purity of heart• Wistaria - I cling to you • Woodruff - Sweet humility• Wormwood - Absence
X
• Xeranthemum - Cheerfulness under adversity
Y
• Yarrow - Health; healing• Yew - Sorrow
Z
• Zinnia - Thoughts of friends• Zinnia (magenta) - Lasting affection• Zinnia (mixed) - Thinking of an absent friend• Zinnia (scarlet) - Constancy• Zinnia (white) - Goodness• Zinnia (yellow) - Daily remembrance
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Secret For a Nightingale-Victoria Holt
Secret for a Nightingale
1986
As a child in India, beautiful, high-spirited Susanna Pleydell first becomes aware of her special gifts to soothe the sick. But she puts aside her dream of helping others when she meets the dashing and sophisticated Aubrey St. Clare.
Only after they are married does Susanna learn of Aubrey's brooding, dangerous nature - his obsession with the occult and his weakness for opium. But most fearful of all, she discovers Aubrey's strange association with Dr. Damien Adair, a powerful figure who exerts a sinister influence over her husband. And when Aubrey's frightening behavior leads to tragedy, Susanna flees, vowing revenge on the man she holds responsible - Damien Adair.
Closely guarding her dark secret, Susanna travels to the Middle East and the Crimean War, where she begins a new life as a nurse, working beside the legendary Florence Nightingale. It is there that fate brings the mysterious Dr. Adair back into her life. And it is there that Susanna finds her desire for revenge now tempered by a baffling new emotion. Is it possible that her once unforgiving heart has suddenly crossed the boundary between hate . . . and love?
I think since I have begun reading this book I believe it would have fit perfectly in 21 Century life. I mean the Heroine is so Naive I mean how could she not see her husband was an Opium addict. On there honey moon in venice he went to see his hook up you know and I thought that is so 21st Century drugy life. Her husband goes crazy on the drug but she still loves him until her son dies when left home with his high father. I found out that Opium is from a Poppy flower in asian countries. It is used Mediceinally it makes morphine but illegially it is cultivated and parts are taken to make Heroin and other drugs. It gets annoying at the end of the book when she meets the man she believes was her husbands drug dealer or hook up. It's like I hate you now I love you your so hot I hate you I love you its like oh get over it. Then she hooks up with him and I think (Since i'm still reading I took a peak ahead!HEHEH LOL!!)marries him even though he's like I can't settle down now I'm a doctor but I'll visit you and the kids we have talk about a dead beat. He's like I love you and you know he gonna being hookin up with other woman (So a philander)so what stay home while your husband goes to another country only coming home for a booty call every now and then. I would say no but his herione is like so naive and stupid. I like Victoria Holt Novels but this one has issues.
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