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This card was made for Paper Smooches SPARKS October Designer Drafts challenge.
Used Botanical 2 to create the mistletoe.
The mistletoe is constructed entirely of paper and is three dimensional. The berries are made from a light weight clay. The whole thing is tied with ribbon. Don't you just want to stick it above your doorway?
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but it sure is purty. this is not the train we took to oakland when northern california was flooded. unfortunately.
Plentiful mistletoe growing in oak trees along the summit of Dyerville Loop Road. The road seen here was the best of the whole trip.
the beautiful Painswick Rococo Gardens were a joy to wonder through, with wonderful flamboyant features and amazing english garden design. described in its literature as almost theatrical. a hidden gem of the Cotswold valley worth searching out.
It was a dark and gloomy day, but my flash didn't want to work, so I've got darker than normal pics.
Mistletoe figured prominently in Norse mythology (which some believe is the origin of the modern Western custom of kissing under bunches of it hung as holiday decorations). The god Baldur was killed with a weapon made of mistletoe. In previous times the tradition was that the couple took away a fruit each time until they were all used up and at this point the mistletoe lost its vitality. The appearance and nature of the fruit's content (viscin) is very similar or suggestive of human semen and this has strengthened its pagan connections. Mistletoe also bears fruit at the time of the Winter Solstice (the birth of the new year) and may have been used in a fertility rite in Ancient Britain. The fertility rite may be a more likely source of the 'kissing under the mistletoe' tradition which originated from Britain rather than Scandinavia. The tradition has spread throughout the English speaking world but is largely unknown in the rest of Europe.
In Celtic mythology and in Druid rituals, it was considered an antidote to poison, but it is now known that the fruits of many mistletoes are poisonous if ingested as they contain viscotoxins.
In Romanian traditions, mistletoe (vâsc in romanian) is considered as a source of good fortune. The medical and the supposed magical properties of the plant are still used, especially in rural areas. This custom is inherited from Dacians.
Mistletoe has sometimes been nick-named the "vampire plant" because it can probe beneath the tree bark to drain water and minerals, enabling it to survive during a drought (see vampirism). William Shakespeare gives it an unflattering reference in Titus Andronicus, Act II, Scene I: "Overcome with moss and baleful mistletoe"
Nowadays, mistletoe is commonly used as a Christmas decoration. Viscum album is used in Europe whereas Phoradendron serotinum is used in North America. According to a custom of Christmas cheer, any two people who meet under a hanging of mistletoe are obliged to kiss.
Mistletoe was the official flower for the State of Oklahoma until 2004 when it was replaced by the Oklahoma Rose. Mistletoe however still serves as the state's official floral emblem.
In a popular myth, confusing Mistletoe and the Holly 'holy' Tree, the most sacred tree of the Druids, it is alleged Mistletoe was cut with a gold sickle and it lost its power if it fell and touched the ground. The confusion arises from both plants being being green all year and both having colorful fruits as well as sharing similar history concerning the winter months.
The upright is the hawthorn branch, you can clearly see how the mistletoe has sort of morphed it into part of itself.
Hanging from the wall above the door to the dining room. Kids avoid it, but I think Bill hovers here.
Now is a good time to spot the mistletoe, because it is not hidden by the leaves of the host. It grows high up in trees, usually in swampy or moist areas. This cluster is just off of Route 540 near Palatine Lake.
Camera Nikon D300
Lens Nikkor 28-300 VR
Exposure 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture f/7.1
Focal Length 300 mm
ISO Speed 200
Mistletoe Handcrafted be me from raw copper, Czech glass, mother of pearl, black salt, and water.
How cute that the sun made little hearts on the (real) leaves! :)
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Mistletoe on one of the bluestones in Stonehenge.
Winter Solstice at Stonehenge 2007
Thanks to xrichx and to Flickr for the loot. Many more images of both Summer and Winter Solstices can be seen in the Stonehenge at the Solstice flickr group.
Mistletoe growing on an apple tree.
This Photo was supplied by Debbie Bryce from East of England Apple and Orchards Project. www.applesandorchards.org.uk