Were you familiar that there were birth flowers? Birth flowers are much like birthstones that many people are familiar with today. Birth flowers are respectively connected to your classic zodiac sign or your birth month. Your classic zodiac sign is distinguished by the birth month – therefore someone that is born in December will be ...
The Greeks had many myths about nature in general and some that dealt with how plants, trees, and animals came to be in particular. Most involved humans that were being punished by the gods for some form of disobedience or personal slight. Hera turned many of Zeus’s human lovers into animals and both she and ...
Forcing paperwhite narcissus blubs in the midst of winter to produce snow-white blooms for the holidays is a favored activity for children and adults alike. Typically available in kits during the winter holidays, paperwhite blubs bloom in 4 to 6 weeks after forcing. What you may not know is that you can purchase paperwhite narcissus ...
“Narcissus and Echo” exercises a unique style of rime that echoes back to each line of the poem. This echoing helps establish and justify the theme of the poem. Chappell exercises the sound element with this unique rime style. The poem is about the Greek mythology story about a beautiful man named Narcissus who fell ...
