January Flowers
January Flowers
The other day, Adrian and I were down at the pub and we started talking about, well you guessed it! BEER! We were competing against each other on beer trivia and IQs. Then all of a sudden, he said, "Did you know that carnations were used to flavor beer?"
Say what?! The dude's got to be kidding me. Flowers and beer just don't match! PERIOD. But apparently in the dark ages people used to drink carnations with wine to control the raging fevers of the plague. They were also used for treating poisons. I would never have imagined that in a million years! As it happens, carnations are the birth flower for January.
Now of course, we all know that carnations are what you give to mothers on Mother's Day. Red for someone who's mom is still there and white if their mother has died. What? Don't tell me you didn't know that! Ok, my mom makes it painfully clear -- that's how I know. I'm not a flower freak. I just happen to know, alright?

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