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Showing posts with label poinsettias. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poinsettias. Show all posts
Sunday, December 3, 2023

Dec 3 2023 - Poinsettias then vs now

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  Poinsettias?  Then vs Now.  How did Poinsettias get into Christmas?  It happened in Mexico where Franciscan monks began using the red-flow...
Sunday, December 5, 2021

Dec v5 2021 - StoryPeople vs FlyingEdna

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  Something got my attention about StoryPeople and I knew there must be a complicated story here.  There definitely is. It started out as  S...
Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Wherefrom that Surname of Lightfoot

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I wondered what the origin of Gordon Lightfoot's surname is.  We watched the documentary about him last night. The surname is deriv...
Monday, November 28, 2016

Poinsettias in Niagara

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Today's pictures traverse the landscape of the Poinsettia.  I went to Sunshine Express yesterday, and the sky was perfect with fil...
Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Cross Town

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I was looking for information on how Christmas has so many colours associated with it.  There's the red and green, blue, and white f...
Monday, December 7, 2015

Poinsettia Madness

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A visit to Sunshine Nurseries last week was a feast of poinsettias.  As far as you can see are stripes of red, white, pink - all the col...
Thursday, December 25, 2014

What About Our Christmas Traditions!

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Our Christmas Traditions Today we celebrate Christmas traditions - not our own, but those we might not know about. In Japan, the vast majo...
Saturday, December 6, 2014

Poinsettia Trials - Pick your favourite!

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December 5th was a great day for both the gardener and photographer in me.  Grimsby is very close to the Vineland Research Station and it h...
Monday, December 16, 2013

Christmas Displays So Wonderful

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This is the lovely display at Centennial Gardens in the west end of Toronto.  Every year there's a living plant display.  This year it ...
Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Poinsettias Are Here

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This is their only month here in the Norther Hemisphere.  Known for their Christmas status, they lose favour quickly after the holiday passe...
Saturday, November 30, 2013

Niagara Poinsettias - A Commercial Crop

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Now that I live in the Niagara region, I can visit the commercial greenhouses.  Both Sunshine on Carlton Street and Seaway on the Lakeshore ...
Monday, December 12, 2011

Christmas Season

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It's time for beautiful poinsettias and wintery images.  Here are a few for the holiday season.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Loving those Christmas Poinsettias at Centennial Park Conservatory

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Centennial Park Conservatory in the west end of Toronto (Renforth and Rathburn area) seems to always have the best display of the most unusu...
Tuesday, December 29, 2009

A Little More Christmas

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Allan Gardens is no ordinary garden. It is situated in the heart of Toronto and is more than 150 years old. The garden and the main part o...
Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Christmas Countdown - Stroll through a Christmas Garden

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Here's the Christmas display in Allan Garden's Conservatories, with its Poinsettias and tropical plants and flowers.