HAPPY BIRTHDAY GG
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| tessintrnc |
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lovely pictures everyone - thanks for sharing!!!
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| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 2:56 pm |
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| GorillaGal |
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this was my best cat ever, Aunt Sue, who died 2 years ago.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 3:15 pm |
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[quote="GorillaGal"]why do they call them everlasting flowers? always in bloom?[/quote]
Yes, you are right. You can pick en up fresh and put them in a vase they last for years. They might fade a bit, but they do grow in the wild in Cypriot mountains.
They are called 'Statice'/Statis, (latifolia, )
Limonium minutum |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 3:19 pm |
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| denizaksulu wrote: |
| GorillaGal wrote: |
| why do they call them everlasting flowers? always in bloom? |
Yes, you are right. You can pick en up fresh and put them in a vase they last for years. They might fade a bit, but they do grow in the wild in Cypriot mountains. |
 Naughty boy! You are not supposed to 'pick the flora'! |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 3:19 pm |
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| GorillaGal |
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| denizaksulu wrote: |
| GorillaGal wrote: |
| why do they call them everlasting flowers? always in bloom? |
Yes, you are right. You can pick en up fresh and put them in a vase they last for years. They might fade a bit, but they do grow in the wild in Cypriot mountains.
They are called 'Statice'/Statis, (latifolia, )
Limonium minutum |
pretty cool. having changes in seasons as we do, i have never heard of such a thing. Mother Nature is an amazing thing! |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 3:20 pm |
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| SSBubbles wrote: |
| denizaksulu wrote: |
| GorillaGal wrote: |
| why do they call them everlasting flowers? always in bloom? |
Yes, you are right. You can pick en up fresh and put them in a vase they last for years. They might fade a bit, but they do grow in the wild in Cypriot mountains. |
Naughty boy! You are not supposed to 'pick the flora'! |
BUT HE PICKED THEM FOR ME! and it's my birthday. so it's ok! |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 3:25 pm |
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| GorillaGal wrote: |
| SSBubbles wrote: |
| denizaksulu wrote: |
| GorillaGal wrote: |
| why do they call them everlasting flowers? always in bloom? |
Yes, you are right. You can pick en up fresh and put them in a vase they last for years. They might fade a bit, but they do grow in the wild in Cypriot mountains. |
Naughty boy! You are not supposed to 'pick the flora'! |
BUT HE PICKED THEM FOR ME! and it's my birthday. so it's ok! |
Sorry, rules are rules - unless he 'picked' them from a florist that is!  |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 3:30 pm |
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| SSBubbles wrote: |
| denizaksulu wrote: |
| GorillaGal wrote: |
| why do they call them everlasting flowers? always in bloom? |
Yes, you are right. You can pick em up fresh and put them in a vase they last for years. They might fade a bit, but they do grow in the wild in Cypriot mountains. |
Naughty boy! You are not supposed to 'pick the flora'! |
Last time I picked them up was in 194/55, when we would go up the mountains with the school party on 9 March to celebtrate Ergenekon. Thats another storiy. Those in the pic are home grown. I am more envoronment friendly. I was trying to explain their longevity. They are not endangered in Cyprus, I think. They are not feathery nor edible. |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 3:35 pm |
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Here's the pics I promised Deniz. The totoiseshell has only 3 legs, she was shot by the local death squad when she was 2 years old. The ginger one is a little sod, he howled at night for weeks when we moved house last year.
The brown labrador (Barney) had cancer and was put to sleep just a year ago. The black one was his best friend. Don't know the horses name but that's our granddaughter, Elia, feeding it.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 3:35 pm |
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| SSBubbles wrote: |
| GorillaGal wrote: |
| SSBubbles wrote: |
| denizaksulu wrote: |
| GorillaGal wrote: |
| why do they call them everlasting flowers? always in bloom? |
Yes, you are right. You can pick en up fresh and put them in a vase they last for years. They might fade a bit, but they do grow in the wild in Cypriot mountains. |
Naughty boy! You are not supposed to 'pick the flora'! |
BUT HE PICKED THEM FOR ME! and it's my birthday. so it's ok! |
Sorry, rules are rules - unless he 'picked' them from a florist that is! |
Honest guv, never laid a finger on'em.  gospel truth.  |
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