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A Holiday Story

So this is a Chistmas story my mom told me while I was home recently and i thought y’all might enjoy.

So, one Christmas back in the 60′s, my great-grandmother was reminiscing about Christmas in England, and how they used to have pheasant for Christmas, but Ohio sucks and they’d never get to do something like that.

Well Shit!  goes my grandfather,  them woods are full of pheasants, I’ll get you one.  So grandpa and a dubiously related man named “uncle popeye” went out with shotguns to get great-grandma a pheasant for Christmas dinner.

They’re gone for a LONG time.  according to mom, they were basically expecting grandpa and Popeye to be gone for a few hours and come back with a store-bought chicken and apologies.

Instead, they come back eight hours later, covered in mud and freezing cold from the Cleveland winter, but Surprise!  they have a Pheasant.  Great-grandma gives them a lecture about staying out so long and worrying her, but agrees to dress the bird so they can all have a traditional English Roast Pheasant.   Grandpa and Popeye retire to the living room to drink beer and talk about what great woodsmen they are when Great-grandma screams from the kitchen. “TOM!!”  She bellows and literally every male in the house jumps because literally every man has been named “Tom” for three generations at that point.  “THERE’S NO BULLET HOLE IN THIS BIRD.”

They both look massively sheepish and eventually admit that they hadn’t had much luck finding pheasants in the woods and were about to go to the store to get her a chicken when they… backed over the pheasant.

“Then what were you idiots doing in the woods for eight hours?” “We weren’t out there for THAT long-” Popeye starts before grandpa decks him.    Grandma and Great-grandma have to menace them with wooden spoons to get the truth out, but eventually they take thier oversize hiking boots off to reveal bandages. Turns out they had only been in the woods for Two hours looking for pheasants before LITERALLY tripping over one, and they both reflexively aim at the ground and… Shoot each other in the foot.  They hadn’t backed over the Pheasant in the woods.  They’d backed over it in the Hospital parking lot.

And that’s the story of how my great-grandmother made a Roast Pheasant and the ladies of the house got to eat the whole thing while Grandpa and Popey had to watch.

Listen, if Steve Rogers on earth 3490 is not as gone on Natasha Antonia Stark as John Mulaney is on his wife, then what is the point?

Happy International Women’s Day!

“The women we honor today teach us three very important lessons. One, that as women, we must stand up for ourselves. The second, as women, we must stand up for each other. And finally, as women, we must stand up for justice for all.” ― Michelle Obama

“I wanted to tell the book thief many things, about beauty and brutality. But what could I tell her about those things that she didn’t already know? I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race-that rarely do I ever simply estimate it. I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so glorious, and its words and stories so damning and brilliant.”

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Please, don’t worry so much. Because in the end, none of us have very long on this Earth. Life is fleeting. And if you’re ever distressed, cast your eyes to the summer sky when the stars are strung across the velvety night. And when a shooting star streaks through the blackness, turning night into day… make a wish and think of me. Make your life spectacular. I know I did.”

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Behold! The grand chart for flower language compiled by @hasty-touch & @halonic. After being introduced to it, a number of folks have taken to using bouquets, delivered within Ishgard (and perhaps without) to convey messages. Can confirm that House Pepin delivers discretely and provides excellent service.

Flower Masterpost: If you ever have the specific emotion ...

(Updated whenever a new flower is used) - just use the “search” button or search through my tags by changing the url; I always tag my flowers / if it’s a flower of a specific color, eg: rose (pink), then search “pink rose” (or you can just look up the “rose” and see all the suggestions tagged with “rose”)

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Bad Emotions (pain, grief, apology…)

star of Bethlehem :   atonement for crime, reconciliation,  guilt and fear

lobelia : malevolent thoughts

snapdragon : deceit and concealment of identity , elegance

geranium : stupidity and folly

bluebell : humility

lily (orange) : hatred, intense abhorrence

columbine (red) : anxiety

hyacinth (purple) :forgiveness, repent

marigold : pain and grief

peony : shame and bashfulness

TULIP

tulip (white) : one-sided love

tulip (yellow) : hopeless love

CARNATION

carnation (yellow) : disdain, disappointment, rejection

carnation (striped) : Refusal, rejection ; sorry I can’t be with you, wish I could be with you

rue : regret and sorrow, lamentation

mallow : consumed by love and life, frazzled

ROSE

rose (dark red) : mourning

rose (yellow) : apologies, a broken heart, intense emotion, jealousy

rose (black) : death, mourning, rebirth

anemone : forsaken, fading hope

primrose (evening) : inconsistency

morning glory : love in vain

mint : suspicion, lack of trust

chrysanthemum (yellow) : slighted love 

petunia : resentment, anger

begonia : future misfortunes, dark distracting thoughts, fear

rhododendron : beware

acacia : concealed love

monkshood : the enemy is near, danger

fungus : stupidity, solitude, loneliness, resilience, disgust

weeping willow : love forsaken, lost of love

tuberose : risky pleasures, unsafe love

dead leaves : sadness, sorrow, hopelessness in life

coriander : lust

cactus flower : lust; maternal love

daffodil : uncertainty, unrequited love, new beginnings; love me back 

zephyr : illness, sickness, sincerity

Good Emotions (love, happiness, remembrance..)

iris : your friendship is precious, thank you for being a friend   

cosmos : peaceful bliss

gardenia : purity, sweetness, secret love

snowdrop : hope, consolation

poppy (yellow) : victory

zinnia (mixed) : in memory of an absent friend

columbine (purple) : driven to win

baby’s breath : innocence, pure at heart

azalea : take care of yourself for me, temperance, gentle passion

lily (white) : it’s heavenly to be with you; purity and majesty

lilac (purple) : the first emotion of love

rosemary : recollection of once-forgotten memories; remembrance

dandelion : coquetry and gentle flirtation, young love

sunflower : pure, lofty thoughts. confidence

hollyhock : ambition and drive

ROSE

rose (coral/orange) : desire, yearning, passion

rose (blue) : improbable odds, mystery, love at first sight

rose (light pink) : passion, youth, energy, desire

rose (lavender) : love at first sight 

rose (red) : ardent passion, relentless desire, true love

violet (white) : let’s take a chance 

camellia (pink) : longing for you in the future 

CARNATION

carnation (mauve) : dreaming of fantasy 

carnation (red) : my heart aches for you

pansy : thoughtfulness and caring

hydrangea : heartfelt gratitude and thankfulness

fern : magic, confidence, fascination

apple blossom : promise

daisy (white) : new beginnings, true love, purity, innocence, trust and secrecy

lily-of-the-valley : sweetness, return to happiness, you make my life complete

aster : patience, love of variety, elegance and daintiness

sweet pea : goodbye, departure, blissful pleasure, thank you for a good time

ivy : fidelity and loyalty, faith

forget me not : true love, undying certainty

bachelor’s button : celibacy, purity, single blessedness,hope in love, delicacy

statice : sympathy, success, remembrance

calla lily (white) : purity, innocence, magnificence and beauty

honeysuckle : bonds of love and friendship

birds of paradise : joy through challenges, faithfulness in relationships, gratitude, freedom, yearning to travel

lavender : healing, purity, devotion, royalty, feminine beauty

stephanotis : good luck in life and love

euphorbia : purification and protection

salvia : i am thinking of you, togetherness, hope

cactus flower : lust; maternal love

stargazer lily : i miss you, i wish you were here, i really do love you

ORCHID

orchid (green) : nature, longevity, health, healing

orchid (white) : humility, grace, beauty, innocence

narcissus : self-love, self-admiration

chrysanthemum (white) : loyal and devoted love, truth

fuchsia : intoxicating beauty, overflowing abundance, lovely, spread your wings in glorious freedom

You’re not a burden, not to anyone.