Flowers can really make wonderful gifts, and are suitable for many occasions. If you’ve been invited over to someone’s house for a meal or celebration, flowers are the perfect thing to bring along for the hostess. They also make good gifts for different holidays such as Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, or birthdays. Flowers are often a good idea for those who don’t know what to give, as they can be quite versatile and please many people. They are pleasing both to the eye and to the nose, and can be a special treat for a loved one or a backup gift for someone you don’t know too well.
Selecting the right flowers for a gift can be difficult. Sometimes, they all look beautiful. Other times, nothing is quite right. For family and friends, you can base your decision on their personal tastes. Some may love roses, while others are keener on wildflowers. Often, a bouquet from your garden may be lovelier than what is available for sale. Choosing flowers by a person’s favorite colors might work as well. Tulips and lilies are often popular choices.
Some people choose to give potted plants as gifts rather than cut flowers. These have the advantage of being longer-lasting and contributing more permanently to a household. Houseplants can be wonderful for brightening up a room and pump fresh oxygen into it as well. For many occasions, it’s hard to go wrong with a standard bouquet from a florist. They can even advise you on the meaning of different flowers, so you don’t end up accidentally sending the wrong message.
среда, 22 апреля 2009 г.
вторник, 3 марта 2009 г.
Flowers And Gifts
There are many ways to pay homage to those who have passed before us, and there seem to be the basic option between flowers and small stones for the grave stones. Many people are often curious about why people of the Jewish faith leave small stones on the grave stones rather than the customary flowers that Christians and even non-believers leave behind. It seems to many goy individuals that this is a very curious custom considering the fragrance of flowers and their beauty, while short lived, is grander than that of a small stone.
Flowers are of a different tradition. Stones are left on Jewish grave sites for a great many reasons, including the permanency of the stone. The flowers will eventually die but a stone will last forever. The stones also symbolize that someone has been to the grave site to visit. This tradition was most likely developed from the early Jewish tradition when each mourner left a stone to create a mound over the body after burial. Flowers appealed to the Christians because of their color while stones remained the Jewish custom based on Talmud stories and tradition. Flowers will eventually die, but there is something beautiful about the flowers that line a grave yard. Stones are the permanent reminder for the Jewish people that their loved one was visited. For those without faith, does it really matter whether a loved one’s grave site is visited with flowers or stones? Doesn’t it matter more that someone came to visit the dead with love?
Flowers are of a different tradition. Stones are left on Jewish grave sites for a great many reasons, including the permanency of the stone. The flowers will eventually die but a stone will last forever. The stones also symbolize that someone has been to the grave site to visit. This tradition was most likely developed from the early Jewish tradition when each mourner left a stone to create a mound over the body after burial. Flowers appealed to the Christians because of their color while stones remained the Jewish custom based on Talmud stories and tradition. Flowers will eventually die, but there is something beautiful about the flowers that line a grave yard. Stones are the permanent reminder for the Jewish people that their loved one was visited. For those without faith, does it really matter whether a loved one’s grave site is visited with flowers or stones? Doesn’t it matter more that someone came to visit the dead with love?
четверг, 19 февраля 2009 г.
Flowers
It is difficult to imagine our life without flowers. People decorate their homes with flowers, give them as a gift or buy flowers for themselves for pleasure. Flowers are presented for some occasion or without any as they make our life more bright and enjoyable.
In ancient times people could easily communicate with the language of flowers as they have always been the symbols of people’s feelings and thoughts. But the language of flowers is not as easy as it may seem. The meanings of the same flowers could be different or even contradictious in different countries. For example, the Englishmen present forget-me-nots to show their devotion and love affection when in France the same flower of white colour is not used as a present at all as it is a symbol of death. The Frenchmen adore lilies. There are three lilies on the French insignia symbolizing solace, justice and compassion. Lily as a present is considered to show the deepest respect in this country. There is a legend in Germany that this flower has a tendency to grow under the influence of some unknown power on the tombs of those people who died of violence or commited suicide.
There is no doubt that the queen of all flowers has always been the rose. It is a symbol of love and passion. The birthplace of the rose is believed to be in Percia where innumerable sorts of this flower still grow nowadays.
In ancient times people could easily communicate with the language of flowers as they have always been the symbols of people’s feelings and thoughts. But the language of flowers is not as easy as it may seem. The meanings of the same flowers could be different or even contradictious in different countries. For example, the Englishmen present forget-me-nots to show their devotion and love affection when in France the same flower of white colour is not used as a present at all as it is a symbol of death. The Frenchmen adore lilies. There are three lilies on the French insignia symbolizing solace, justice and compassion. Lily as a present is considered to show the deepest respect in this country. There is a legend in Germany that this flower has a tendency to grow under the influence of some unknown power on the tombs of those people who died of violence or commited suicide.
There is no doubt that the queen of all flowers has always been the rose. It is a symbol of love and passion. The birthplace of the rose is believed to be in Percia where innumerable sorts of this flower still grow nowadays.
пятница, 30 января 2009 г.
Etiquette of Giving Flowers
People always give each other flowers, perhaps even in the most ancient ... From time immemorial, we came to the custom of flowers to decorate churches, their homes and themselves ... in a cave in France, La your plate on the bone - the head of bison in a four pine boughs.
Bouquet, written with style - this is truly a whole symphony of lines, colors and aromas. Love for flowers, we absorb, along with mother's milk, with lullabies and a jet of warm spring wind, broke into the house.
It is our life without flowers. Flowers are a number of us happy and sad at the holidays. Do not do without flowers or wedding or birthday, or birth, or birthday or reunion. There is special flower etiquette. Most of its simple rules well known to every one of us.
- Flowers are encouraged to donate without wrappers and packaging, but modern packaging is beautiful, as a rule, do not remove.
- Bouquet should be held holds in his left hand with the buds looking up.
Funny to look at him, pace in anticipation of his beloved and waving with a bouquet as a broom ... Poor man! Poor bouquet! Maybe girls do not lose more than 10-15 minutes?
- At a meeting at the station and leave flowers at the airport in cellophane to protect them from dust, wind, crowds.
- If you want a man of being said to be polite, then traveling to visit, do not forget to buy a present owner homes, even if it for 80 years and you are going to name her nephew.
Bouquet, written with style - this is truly a whole symphony of lines, colors and aromas. Love for flowers, we absorb, along with mother's milk, with lullabies and a jet of warm spring wind, broke into the house.
It is our life without flowers. Flowers are a number of us happy and sad at the holidays. Do not do without flowers or wedding or birthday, or birth, or birthday or reunion. There is special flower etiquette. Most of its simple rules well known to every one of us.
- Flowers are encouraged to donate without wrappers and packaging, but modern packaging is beautiful, as a rule, do not remove.
- Bouquet should be held holds in his left hand with the buds looking up.
Funny to look at him, pace in anticipation of his beloved and waving with a bouquet as a broom ... Poor man! Poor bouquet! Maybe girls do not lose more than 10-15 minutes?
- At a meeting at the station and leave flowers at the airport in cellophane to protect them from dust, wind, crowds.
- If you want a man of being said to be polite, then traveling to visit, do not forget to buy a present owner homes, even if it for 80 years and you are going to name her nephew.
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