{"id":1087,"date":"2007-04-19T22:35:09","date_gmt":"2007-04-20T02:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=1087"},"modified":"2011-10-11T23:36:14","modified_gmt":"2011-10-12T03:36:14","slug":"pretty_pansies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2007\/04\/pretty_pansies\/","title":{"rendered":"pretty pansies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Pansies\" alt=\"Pansies\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/04\/19\/pansies.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/>I am very impatient when it comes to planting flowers in the spring.&nbsp; I loaded up my flower boxes and urns with pansies on April 1st this year &#8230; and then it snowed for two weeks (not the April Fools joke I was planning on)<\/p>\n<p>I thought my efforts were a wash but to my surprise these resilient ladies toughed it out and are now showing off their sassy colors.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a little pansy trivia for you. The pansy gets its name from the French word <em>pensee<\/em> meaning &quot;thought&quot;. It was so named because the flower resembles a human face and in August it nods forward as if deep in thought. Because of the origin of its name, the Pansy has long been a symbol of free thought.<\/p>\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2007\/04\/pretty_pansies\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2007\/04\/pretty_pansies\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am very impatient when it comes to planting flowers in the spring.&nbsp; I loaded up my flower boxes and urns with pansies on April 1st this year &#8230; and then it snowed for two weeks (not the April Fools joke I was planning on) I thought my efforts were a wash but to my surprise these resilient ladies toughed it out and are now showing off their sassy colors. Here&#8217;s a little pansy trivia for you. The pansy gets its name from the French word pensee meaning &quot;thought&quot;. It was so named because the flower resembles a human face and in August it nods forward as if deep in thought. 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