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𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 #carnationtattoo #octoberflowers #birthflowertattoo #armtattoo #torontotattoo #finelinetattoo (Downtown Toronto에서) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoKzfwPpuvt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Scenes From My Walk - Pot Marigold - Growing Wild - Collage Art. #ScenesFromMyWalk #PotMarigold #Marigold #GrowingWild #Flowers #OctoberFlowers #Naturalist #PhotoByJeriRae (at Santa Fe, New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ckb0rokvSbr/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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My favourite autumn flowers have started to bloom. They give me such witchy Halloween vibes! . . . #halloween #aster #asterflower #purpleaster #autumnvibes #thefall #winteriscoming #octoberflowers #cottagegarden #countrysidelife (at Harrowby, Lincolnshire) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjkZP9VIG2F/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
#halloween#aster#asterflower#purpleaster#autumnvibes#thefall#winteriscoming#octoberflowers#cottagegarden#countrysidelife
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What species is this? Seen at the intersection of Hamilton Avenue and King Street in Weehawken, NJ. #weehawken weehawkennj #strangeplants #weirdplants #octoberflowers #penisplants https://www.instagram.com/p/CGEVFIOHVMZ/?igshid=17rd7exb1vazz
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#bleedingheart in bloom! #flowers #flowersofinstagram #flowersofig #flowerstagram #Florida #SpaceCoast #BrevardCounty #Titusville #CentralFlorida #octoberflowers (at Villager Apartments) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3_9ExsB6Bd/?igshid=da5kewz6tv1r
#bleedingheart#flowers#flowersofinstagram#flowersofig#flowerstagram#florida#spacecoast#brevardcounty#titusville#centralflorida#octoberflowers
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The dahlias are really loving this fall weather so we’re running a sale at market this weekend. Bunches will be 2 for $20 at both Granville and Clintonville markets! Get while you can. No frost in the 15 day, but the end is near. Great photo @emilyhammon! #truckloadofflowers #dahlias #farmersmarketflowers #octoberflowers . . . #Farmerflorist #cbusfarmers #sustainablygrown #urbanfarming #flowerfarming #flowersofinstagram #614 #asseenincolumbus #livelocalcbus #blooms #flowerfarmer #locallygrown #growbabygrow #columbusflowers #ohioflowers #supportlocal #cbusflorist #columbusflorist #ohioflorist #smffblooms #thecolumbusflowercompany (at Sunny Meadows Flower Farm) https://www.instagram.com/p/BokUkQOl29j/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ebkeeybepimi
#truckloadofflowers#dahlias#farmersmarketflowers#octoberflowers#farmerflorist#cbusfarmers#sustainablygrown#urbanfarming#flowerfarming#flowersofinstagram#614#asseenincolumbus#livelocalcbus#blooms#flowerfarmer#locallygrown#growbabygrow#columbusflowers#ohioflowers#supportlocal#cbusflorist#columbusflorist#ohioflorist#smffblooms#thecolumbusflowercompany
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Some seriously bold blooms, drenched in colour on this stunning autumnal day /ceratostigma: derived from Greek meaning ‘horned stigma’ / #floralodyssey #ceratostigmaplumbaginoides #ceratostigma #blueflowers #octoberflowers #octobergarden #rhs #exmoorgarden #grapes #teaclipperrose #octoberroses #gardensillustrated #hareandhounds #plumbago #leadwort #ceratostigmawillmottianum https://www.instagram.com/p/BowMUAAAnvk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1iiy3u1d1wlpw
#floralodyssey#ceratostigmaplumbaginoides#ceratostigma#blueflowers#octoberflowers#octobergarden#rhs#exmoorgarden#grapes#teaclipperrose#octoberroses#gardensillustrated#hareandhounds#plumbago#leadwort#ceratostigmawillmottianum
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#увядание #осень2021 #восень #octoberflowers #oktoberblumen https://www.instagram.com/p/CVIUkIkIeZkHFDJ-P-iu4S94ZhcW6bhQX1PBPw0/?utm_medium=tumblr
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New dahlias! . . #Flowers #Bouquet #Garden #Homegrown #Dahlias #OctoberFlowers ##OzarkGarden #SpringfieldMissouri #Rountree https://www.instagram.com/p/CGhm5sTjd5q/?igshid=124ende3d59d3
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Here it is mid October and the dahlias are really feeling themselves. #whitedahlia #dahlia #octoberflowers #octobergarden #whiteblooms #ottawaphotographer #stilllife (at Ottawa, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGTIzqBF8Hq/?igshid=ya36riubevv7
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Violas in my October garden. #urbanorganicgardener #gardensoftheworld #gardensofinstagram #gardensofatlanta #octoberflowers https://www.instagram.com/p/B4AB2iOlS6i/?igshid=2bgg3v8tsk4q
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October Birthstones and Flowers
Opal and tourmaline are the October birthstones. Both are connected to legends about rainbows.
Opulent Opal
A hydrated amorphous form of silica, opal is a classed as a mineraloid (like pearl, obsidian, or amber) rather than a mineral because it lacks a crystalline structure.
The internal structure of precious opal causes it to diffract light. It can take on many colors, depending on the conditions in which it was formed. White and shades of green are the most common opal colors. Black is the rarest. Opals are found in Australia, Ethiopia, the United States, and Mexico.
The name opal is probably adapted from the Sanskrit word úpala, first referenced by the Romans around 250 BCE, when opals were the most valuable gemstones. Romans obtained opals from traders from the Bosphrous, who said the gems were from India.
According to legends of the Australian aborigines, opals were formed when the Creator rode a rainbow down to Earth to bring a message of peace to all of humanity. Stones sparkled with rainbow colors where his feet touched the ground. To the Ancient Greeks, opals were formed by Zeus’s tears of joy at the victory over the Titans.
There are many literary references to opals. Shakespeare alludes to the changing optical properties of the opal in Act 2, Scene 4 of Twelfth Night, when the Clown Feste says to Duke Orsino
“Now, the melancholy god protect thee, and the tailor make thy doublet of changeable taffeta, for thy mind is a very opal.”
Treasured Tourmaline
The semi-precious stone tourmaline is found in a wide array of colors. It is a crystalline boron silicate mineral compounded with other elements which determine the color. Lithium-rich tourmalines can be blue, green, red, yellow, pink, or almost any other hue. Magnesium-rich varieties are brown to yellow. Iron-rich tourmalines are black to dark blue or brown.
The name tourmaline comes from the Tamil and Sinhalese word "Turmali" (තුරමලි) or "Thoramalli" (තෝරමල්ලි) meaning ”mixed colors.”
Ancient Egyptian legend said tourmalines passed through a rainbow on their long journey from the center of the earth to the surface, absorbing all its colors.
The Dutch East India Company brought these bright and beautiful stones to Europe from Sri Lanka in the 17th and 18th centuries. Today tourmalines are still mined in Sri Lanka, and in Brazil, Tanzania, Nigeria, Madagascar, Namibia, Pakistan, Malawi, and the United States.
Native Americans used pink and green tourmaline as funeral gifts. Pink, green, and black tourmalines are found in here in San Diego County, California. The Chinese Empress Dowager Cixi, Regent (and effective ruler) of the Qing Dynasty from 1861 until her death in 1908, loved pink tourmalines. She bought many pink tourmaline gemstones and carvings from the Himalaya Mine, located at Lake Henshaw in the Mesa Grande, near Santa Ysabel in San Diego County. The mine is still in operation, and open to visitors, with opportunities to dig for tourmalines and other minerals.
http://www.highdesertgemsandminerals.com/html/himalaya_mine_dig.html
Marigold and Cosmos, the October Flowers
The October birth month flowers are the marigold and the cosmos. Both are members of the plant family Asteraceae.
Marigolds are easy to grow with a long bloom time, bringing bursts of white, yellow, and orange to the summer and autumn garden. Bright orange is the most popular shade. Marigolds stand for warmth, contentment, and fierce love.
The common name marigold can refer to two genuses: Tagetes and Calendula. The flower heads are similar to carnations or daisies and can bloom singly or in clusters.
Marigolds of the genus Calendula are edible, and are used as effective herbal treatment for skin conditions. (In contrast, most tagetes marigolds are toxic.) In South Asia garlands of yellow and orange marigolds are used to decorate religious statues and temples.
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, the famous Pre-Raphaelite artist, used marigolds as a motif in more than one of his paintings. They figure prominently in a 1873 work described in a January 31, 1874 letter to Frederick Leyland. Rossetti wrote “I shall call the picture either Spring Marybuds or The Bower Maiden. It represents a young girl (fair) in a tapestried chamber, with a jar containing marybuds (or marsh marigolds, the earliest spring flowers here), which she is arranging on a shelf. Near her is a cat playing with a ball of worsted. The picture abounds in realistic materials & is much like the Veronica in execution & not inferior to that picture in colour.” (Fredeman, Correspondence, 74.21)
The play The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, by playwright and science teacher Paul Zindel, received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1971. The title refers to marigolds grown for a science fair experiment by the main character Tillie. Damaged yet resilient and beautiful, the flowers are a metaphor for her and her ability to succeed in a hostile, dysfunctional environment.
Cosmos are semi-tall annual daisy-like flowers that attract butterflies and bees. Their colors include pink, yellow, orange, red, maroon, and white. Cosmos symbolize serenity, order, and peace. The genus of this flower is also called Cosmos.
Japanese army surgeon, novelist and poet Lieutenant-General Mori Ōgai (1862 - 1922) wrote:
your heart
still remains unsettled
like the wavering
of a cosmos flower
after the bee is gone
1908 E. Nash postcard for October, from the Birthday Gems series.
My 1908 E. Nash postcard for October features an opal set in gold with sprays of yellow and orange goldenrod. Like the marigold and the cosmos, the goldenrod is a member of the family Asteraceae. It is a late summer to early fall flower, and is considered a good luck symbol. The signature “guiding star” is in the upper left corner, with the word “October” from the center to the right, and the greeting “Wishing you a Happy Birthday” along the base of the card. The verse, framed beside the word “October” reads:
The Golden Rod a guide to wealth,
Thy thoughts are fancy-free
The iridescent Opal bids Hope
May the world be kind to thee,
And that thy star may guide you
Through Life’s path where’ere you may be.
Happy birthday to all who are October born, including the love of my life, my husband Neal. Like many October babies, he claims the entire month and the celebration of Halloween as his own. He refers to the month as “Big October” since our wedding anniversary, his birthday, then Halloween, his favorite holiday, take place this month. (We see it as the start of the holiday season.)
#OctoberBirthstone#OctoberFlowers#Opal#TwelfthNight#Tourmaline#HimalayaMine#Marigold#DanteGabrielRossetti#TheEffectOfGammaRaysOnManInTheMoonMarigolds#PaulZindel#CosmosFlower#MoriOgai#ENashBirthdayPostcards#antiquepostcard#big october
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Scenes From My Walk - Pot Marigold - Growing Wild! #ScenesFromMyWalk #PotMarigold #Marigold #GrowingWild #Flowers #OctoberFlowers #Naturalist #PhotoByJeriRae (at Santa Fe, New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkPVkc2LeJh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Woke up to this red beauty 🌺 today. #dahlia #reddahlia #octoberflowers #instabeauty #igboston #igflowers #portrait #portraitmode #iphone7plus #happymonday #jamaicaplain #red #bloodred #darkred (at Boston, Massachusetts)
#igboston#jamaicaplain#darkred#portrait#portraitmode#instabeauty#bloodred#igflowers#dahlia#reddahlia#happymonday#octoberflowers#red#iphone7plus
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Common Nightshade #october🍁 #macro #macrophotography #nightsade #commonnightshade #flowers #flawers🌸 #october #octoberflower #halloween #enebro #wiccamale #witchboy #newyork #cernunnos #landscape_hunter #druid #landscapephotography #field #fieldscape #naturephotography #earthfocus #samhain #wiccafest #pagan #paganfolk #autimnaesthetic #autumnvibes #fallvibes #fallseason (presso Catskill Mountains) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVqJCv5snfv/?utm_medium=tumblr
#october🍁#macro#macrophotography#nightsade#commonnightshade#flowers#flawers🌸#october#octoberflower#halloween#enebro#wiccamale#witchboy#newyork#cernunnos#landscape_hunter#druid#landscapephotography#field#fieldscape#naturephotography#earthfocus#samhain#wiccafest#pagan#paganfolk#autimnaesthetic#autumnvibes#fallvibes#fallseason
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#nofilter #bee #savethebees #iactuallysavedthisbee #asburypark #asburyparkboardwalk #beachlife #beachtown #fallflowers #octoberflower https://www.instagram.com/p/CVe2K-wrCCj/?utm_medium=tumblr
#nofilter#bee#savethebees#iactuallysavedthisbee#asburypark#asburyparkboardwalk#beachlife#beachtown#fallflowers#octoberflower
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