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Poppy



:bulletred: :bulletred: :bulletred: Description :bulletred: :bulletred: :bulletred:
A poppy is any of a number of colorful flowers, typically with one per stem, belonging to the poppy family. They include a number of attractive wildflower species with colorful flowers found growing singularly or in large groups; many species are also grown in gardens.
The flower color of poppy species include: white, pink, yellow, orange, red, and blue; some have dark center markings. The species that have been cultivated for many years also include many other colors ranging from dark solid colors to soft pastel shades. The center of the flower has a whorl of stamens surrounded by a cup- or bowl-shaped collection of four to six petals. Prior to blooming, the petals are crumpled in bud, and as blooming finishes, the petals often lie flat before falling away.

:bulletred: :bulletred: :bulletred: Symbolism :bulletred: :bulletred: :bulletred:
Poppies have long been used as a symbol of both sleep and death: sleep because of the opium extracted from them, and death because of their (commonly) blood-red color. In Greco-Roman myths, poppies were used as offerings to the dead. Poppies are used as emblems on tombstones to symbolize eternal sleep.
A second meaning for the depiction and use of poppies in Greco-Roman myths is the symbolism of the bright scarlet colour as signifying the promise of resurrection after death.

:bulletred: :bulletred: :bulletred: Culinary uses :bulletred: :bulletred: :bulletred:
The white poppy seeds form part of the Indian spices. They are added for thickness, texture and also give added flavour to the recipe.
The seeds of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) are widely consumed in many parts of Central and Eastern Europe. The sugared, milled mature seeds are eaten with pasta, or they are boiled with milk and used as filling or topping on various kinds of sweet pastry.

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:boing: News article here: [link]

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Fact by ~nicolehg
Photos by =allym007, !AmiraMora, ~Anonymous-Caribou, ~BelaBoosMim, ~Bumblewales, =beyond-frames, ~Catrinel-Cotae, ~cwebster, ~emilianna12, ~JaceOne,~joyandsoul, `karemelancholia, ~lizakot, ~O-Gosh, ~Para-Chut, ~PlanetOfLight, *Searogim, *theshinyrock



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Journal Entry: Thu Nov 19, 2009, 8:27 PM


Helpers needed!!!

We are in urgent need of helpers to administrate our club. If you are interested (and have the time to help us for more than a week), please send us a note entitled: "I want to help"
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Flower-facts

Check out our new blog! Every flower now has its own page, and some facts even are translated!
Have a look! -> [link]
You would like to help us translating the facts in your mother tongue? Send us a note!!!

Next flower theme for the news article is sunflower. Send us a note with a thumb of your deviation by the end of September!

Identify flowers

On our blog we also have a page to help you guys identify your flowers. Have a look, share a link and help identifying your friends' flowers!
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Financing project

Are you not sick of always reading journals of us saying that our subscription is ending again and act like beggers asking you to buy us subscriptions? We are too! That's why we decided that we'd find a project to make us self-sufficent! Here is what we thought of.

The project is to make a calender. We will make it like a contest. Every member who wants to help us can send us a deviation they would be willing to "give" us (PLEASE read the whole thing before you send us your deviations!). With the chosen deviations, we would make a calendar and sell it in the club's account, as the club's only deviation. All profits will go to the club, as deviant dollars, and will be used to renew our subscription. Now, if you still want to participate, read the rules down here:


*rules*
- You have to be a member to participate
- The main theme of your entry must be a flower! (Oh, really?)
- You must choose a season for your entry (For example, if there is snow on your flower, submit it in the winter category. You can also add a specific month if you want, for example if there are hearts beside your flower you can submit it for February)
- You can send up to 1 deviations per category (This means up to 4 seasons, or up to 12 months)
- If you submit deviations for the months, there must be a reason why, there must be a direct link with the month. Otherwise, submit it to the season, and submit a max of 4 entries.
- You must send the thumb of your entry in a note entitled "Calender: season you chose"
- If your deviation is chosen, you must be able to send us a high resolution, without any form of text, of your deviation.

By participating to this project, you agree that if your deviation is chosen, *flower-lovers will use and sell it. You also agree that you will not have any profits on the sales. However, *flower-lovers states that, if you win, your deviantart url adress will be written on the calendar, and your username will be written on your deviation on the calendar. The calendar is to be sold on deviantart, threw *flower-lovers's accound only, and is never to be used/sold on any other website. The profits are to be used to pay subscriptions to the club only.

Entries can be seen here.

There is no deadline yet, just send us your entries :)
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Thank you very much for adding my "Elephant's tongue" [link] :bow: I really appreciate it :)
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