Baby Photos
Have everyone bring a baby photo of themselves. Put the photo on a board and number them. Hand out a piece of paper and ask each person to try to guess who it is. This works best when you have family and friends together who may not have seen one another as a baby.
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1 comment November 17th, 2008
Giving Thanks by the Numbers
Have your guests chose a number between 1 and 5 and put it in the Thanksgiving box. When they draw it out they have to talk about the number of things they are most thankful for to them right now (corresponding with the number they draw). E.g. - If you draw a “one” you can share one thing, and so on… Of course, if folks want to share more, and they will… that is great and really adds to the discussion. This is a good thing to do around the table during desert or to kick-off the meal celebration.
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1 comment November 15th, 2008
The Thanksgiving Box
One year I asked everyone to write down what they were grateful for and put it in the Thanksgiving Box (a shoebox which I decorated just for the occassion). During desert each person drew out a piece of paper from the box and read what was on it. They could either guess who wrote it or the person could simply tell us it was her or him.
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1 comment November 14th, 2008
Every year I host Thanksgiving dinner and like to incorporate some sort of “activity” into the meal. Here’s a list of things we have done as well as some sent to us by friends. We would love to hear your ideas too. If you have an activity or tradition in your home, we would be delighted to learn of it and post it to this page. You can send your idea to heidi@edenflorist.com with Thanksgiving Traditions in the subject line.
Every day this week I will be posting a new activity to Tulips Talk. Here’s the first one
RIVER ROCKS
One year my daughters and I painted different words on river rocks and then put them in small (2 inch) bags decorated for fall. We placed them on a tray and at the end of the meal (during desert) we asked everyone to pick a bag from the bowl. We then asked each person what the word they had chosen meant to them. Some of the words we used included: Thanks, Gratitude, Freedom, Love, Sacrifice, Friendship, Family, Joy, Attitude, Health, Fun, and Laughter.
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1 comment November 13th, 2008
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1 comment August 26th, 2008
How to make Dandelion Salad
4 slices bacon, cut in small pieces
approximately 2 c. chopped new dandelion leaves
2 hard boiled eggs, sliced or chopped
2 Tbsp. chopped onion
¼ c. butter
½ c. cream or milk
1 egg, beaten
½ tsp. Salt
dash of pepper
¼ c. cider vinegar
2 Tbsp. sugar
1 Tbsp. flour
Toss together chopped dandelion, chopped onion and fried bacon pieces. Set aside. In skillet warm butter and cream until butter melts. Beat egg and then add salt, pepper, vinegar, sugar and flour. Blend the egg mixture into the slightly warm cream mixture. Increase heat and cook, stirring constantly until the mixture thickens. Pour hot dressing over the greens and toss gently. Add eggs before tossing. Serve at once.
Gather the dandelion leaves early in the spring before the plants flower or they will be bitter.
Thanks to Donna Godfrey for this recipe!
Add comment August 15th, 2008
On Tuesday, I asked: What is the famous aria that Don Jose sings to Carmen in the second act of George Bizet’s “Carmen?” What happened in the first act that set up the scene?
Answer: The aria is “La Fleur que tu m’avais jetee’ (the flower that you threw at me). Don Jose tells Carmen that the only thing that kept him alive in prison was the cassia flower she had thrown at his feet when he was arrested for fighting with his co-worker.
If you one of the first three to post a comment, you will receive a beatiful book of Friendship Quotes in the mail in the next few days.
Add comment August 13th, 2008
Just a kind word or a greeting;
Just a warm grasp or a smile
There are flowers that will lighten
The burdens for many a mile.
After the journey is over
What is the use of them
How can they carry them who must be carried?
Oh give them the flowers now!
- Leigh M. Hodges -
What is the famous aria that Don Jose sings to Carmen in the second act of George Bizet’s “Carmen?” What happened in the first act that set up the scene?
The first three to answer correctly via the comment box will receive a book on friendship for Friendship Week.
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Add comment August 11th, 2008
When I was thinking about what type of flowers a friend might enjoy, I thought of the RAINBOW and how happy it makes people when they see it. It is a sign of good luck and new beginnings.
And then I came across this wonderful story about How the Rainbow Got its Colors:
I shall tell you how Too-loo-lah, the rainbow, got its colors.
The delicate flowers of the Spring Moons bloom, and then they die. Gorgeous blossoms of summer moons live and a little longer and they too die. The riotous shades of autumn flowers flourish and then they are no more. We think they are gone forever– But, no!! When the rainbow (the Too-loo-lah in our tongue) appears after a shower we see them again, these beautiful flowers of many colors, in the sky. The rainbow is the flowers’ Land of the Hereafter.”
“That is a beautiful story about beautiful things,” said Sharp Claws. “Will you tell us another ‘How” story?” “Shall I tell you what the people of my tribe call the tall flower (indigo flower) that grows upon the prairie, and how it got its name?” “Please!” begged Sharp Claws. “It always comes just at the time of the green corn,” said Coming Daylight, “to tell us of the approach of the Warm Season. One time an old man stood at the edge of a small cornfield and looked at this flower which was growing nearby..
Suddenly a voice came from the flower, saying, ‘Why-nee-yah,’ which means in our tongue, ‘Indian, go!’ ‘Why-nee-yah,’ it repeated. ‘This is the beginning of the Warm Season, and you will soon have roasting ears for your feasts. Go and cultivate that you may have much corn!’ The old man almost forgot to do as the flower instructed him, although he finally remembered; and that is why the flower returns every year to remind the people to cultivate their corn and not to stand idle.” As the story ended Circling Eagle, the boys’ mother, called them in to sleep and she sang for them a little song they loved about the stars:
“One by one
The stars are lighted by the Sun
Before he retires to his lodge for rest.
It is his last duty of the day.”
Over and over she sang the song until the Sleep Man had made his noiseless visit to the darkened tipi.
(source: Manataka.org)
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Add comment August 2nd, 2008
How to make Dandelion Salad
4 slices bacon, cut in small pieces
approximately 2 c. chopped new dandelion leaves
2 hard boiled eggs, sliced or chopped
2 Tbsp. chopped onion
¼ c. butter
½ c. cream or milk
1 egg, beaten
½ tsp. Salt
dash of pepper
¼ c. cider vinegar
2 Tbsp. sugar
1 Tbsp. flour
Toss together chopped dandelion, chopped onion and fried bacon pieces. Set aside. In skillet warm butter and cream until butter melts. Beat egg and then add salt, pepper, vinegar, sugar and flour. Blend the egg mixture into the slightly warm cream mixture. Increase heat and cook, stirring constantly until the mixture thickens. Pour hot dressing over the greens and toss gently. Add eggs before tossing. Serve at once.
Gather the dandelion leaves early in the spring before the plants flower or they will be bitter.
Thanks to Donna Godfrey for sharing this!
Add comment August 1st, 2008
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