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Life close up - a photo blog

Beautiful Wallpaper, Flowers, Landscape, Gardening, all excite my interest and cause me to snap photographs. I love to look up close at the little things in all that are around me. Join my blog as I post pictures of all the things I see around me.

2010-12-28

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January 07, 2011

Did you know the graceful orchid represents love, luxury, beauty and strength. In ancient Greece, orchids were associated with virility.

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November 17, 2010

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November 30, 2010

Christmas In SWEDEN A thousand years ago in Sweden, King Canute declared that Christmas would last a month, from December 13, the feast of St. Lucia until January 13, or Tjugondag Knut (St. Canute's Day). No one is quite sure why Lucia, a 4th century Sicilian saint, came to be so revered in Sweden. Some say she once visited the country, and others believe missionaries brought stories of her life which entranced the Swedish people. Her story is that in the days of early Christian persecution, Lucia carried food to Christians hiding in dark underground tunnels. To light the way she wore a wreath of candles on her head. Eventually Lucia was arrested and martyred. On her feast day the eldest daughter in each family dresses in a white dress with a red sash, and wears an evergreen wreath with seven lighted candles on her head. She (very carefully) carries coffee and buns to each family member in his or her room. Many schools, offices, and communities sponsor Lucia processions in which ca...