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by Kathy White
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The poinsettia is a staple in the Christmas season. It is particularly well known for its red and green foliage and is widely used in Christmas... more
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The poinsettia is a staple in the Christmas season. It is particularly well known for its red and green foliage and is widely used in Christmas floral displays. The colored bracts—which are most often flaming red but can be orange, pale green, cream, pink, white or marbled—are often mistaken for flower petals because of their groupings and colors, but are actually leaves.
The plant's association with Christmas began in 16th century Mexico, where legend tells of a young girl who was too poor to provide a gift for the celebration of Jesus' birthday. The tale goes that the child was inspired by an angel to gather weeds from the roadside and place them in front of the church altar. Crimson "blossoms" sprouted from the weeds and became beautiful poinsettias. From the 17th century, Franciscan friars in Mexico included the plants in their Christmas celebrations. The star-shaped leaf pattern is said to symbolize the Star of Bethlehem, and the red color represents the blood sacrifice th...
I have always loved to take pictures. My first job, at age 16, was receptionist for our local newspaper, but the owners soon included me in taking photos, darkroom and writing articles. Years later, a terrible event in my personal life brought back a love of taking photos that I had not been pursuing to any great extent. My only child passed away at the age of 22. He was such a wonderful guy and I feel blessed that God chose me to be his mom. Reeling from his death, I sought some sort of diversion, needing to get my mind focused on anything besides my great loss. After a bad fall that resulted in surgery, I was recuperating at home and stir crazy. My husband took me out for drives in the country. We bought a new digital camera...
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Kathy White
Thank you David Dehner for your feature of my Lighted Poinsettia in our group ABC Group. I enjoy this group and it's new and changing themes.
Kathy White
Thanks so much for the vote, Sue!!
Sue Jenkins
Kathy this is a great image and would make a lovely card. That is a lot of lights. Voted
Kathy White
Thank you Cheryl! :)
Cheryl Hardt
Really nice! Most of that info in the description was new to me--very interesting. I did realize that the red part was really leaves -- if you knew my mother this would be self-explanatory. :-) V/f.
Kathy White
Thanks Nina! I am fairly new to this site and I have been trying to build a gallery of photos that would make great Christmas greeting cards. I am so glad you liked this one!
Nina Ficur Feenan
nice shot.. makes very nice christmas card:)