#amaryllis is celery

[ded-inside-anonymous]

I'm mad at Amaryllis 'flowers'

LOOK AT THIS--

THIS IS CLEARLY CELERY DISGUISING ITSELF AS A FLOWER!

So naturally I Google to see if the stalk is edible because look at the crunchy, water filled stalk THAT IS 100% JUST CELERY COSPLAYING AS A LILY

THE WHOLE THING IS POISONOUS

I SWEAR THIS WAS WRITTEN BY THE AMARYLLIS 'FLOWER' AS A COVER FOR IT BEING FREAKING CELERY!

Unfortunately I have no proof this is not written by scientists so I now have to debate risking death to find out what the forbidden celery tastes like

I'm very conflicted, my friends

Very conflicted

[warriorcatsverdun]

Prefix Ideas: Plants

Photo by Maria Orlova

Prefix Masterlist

This list only contains French animals as that is where this roleplay takes place. This also says prefix, but, depending on your character they might work better at a suffix. There are also prefixes I don't personally like. Don't take them all as endorsements, just options.

This list is also special since it contains a lot of options that would work well as entire warrior names and a lot that would be good best as loner names. Use your best judgement.

You also don't have to be a member of this roleplay to use them. These are just simple lists to give some ideas.

WARNING: This list is LONG! Use the read more to get the list.

Alkanet

Allium

Alyssum

Amaryllis

Ambrosina

Anlaga

Apricot

Arum

Ash

Aster

Aven

Barley

Bean

Bellflower

Bent

Birdsfoot

Bitterwort

Blackberry

Borage

Brome

Broom

Bugloss

Bulrush

Buttercup

Calamint

Calliflower

Candytuft

Carnation

Carob

Carrot

Caspia

Cattail

Celery

Chamomile

Cherry

Cinquefoil

Clandestine

Clover

Columbine

Cotton

Cowslip

Crambe

Crocus

Daffodil

Daisy

Elder

Elm

Fennel

Fescue

Fir

Foxtail

Fritillary

Furze

Gaillet

Geranium

Germander

Gorse

Grass

Gromwell

Hawkweed

Heather

Hemlock

Honeysuckle

Iris

Ironwort

Jasmine

Kale

Kelp

Knapweed

Larch

Laurel

Lavender

Lentil

Lily

Lime

Linden

Loosestrife

Lotus

Lyme

Mallow

Manyseed

Mayflower

Milkvetch

Milkwort

Moss

Mustard

Narcissus

Neogaya

Oak

Oarweed

Odontarrhena

Olive

Orchid

Osier

Parsley

Pea

Pear

Pine

Pipevine

Plum

Primrose

Rattle

Reed

Rose

Rush

Rye

Saffron

Sandwort

Saxfrage

Sedge

Snapdragon

Snowflake

Sowthistle

Speedwell

Starflower

Starfruit

Stock

Stonecrop

Storksbill

Sunflower

Tamarisk

Thistle

Thyme

Toadflax

Viola

Wallflower

Waternymph

Wayfarer

Willow

Woodruff

Wormwood

Wort

Xartardia

[wingsoffirenames]

Leafwing Names - Letter A #2

Alyssum (A genus of over a hundred species of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae. Plants in the genus have oblong, oval leaves. Alyssum flowers are small, grouped in clusters, and often yellow or white colored but can be pink or purple.) Amanita (A genus of mushrooms including some of the most toxic known mushrooms found worldwide, as well as some well-regarded edible species. Could be good for a MudWing hybrid.) Amaranth (Any plant of the genus Amaranthus, typically having small green, red, or purple tinted flowers. Certain varieties are grown for food. Also a shade of purple.) Amaryllis (A bulbous plant with white, pink, or red flowers and strap-shaped leaves, of the type genus of the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae.) Angel Wing (As in the Angel Wing Begonia, South American fibrous-rooted begonias having prominent basal leaf lobes resembling angels' wings.) Angel's Trumpet (South American shrub or small tree of the nightshade family, with distinctive trumpet-shaped flowers, cultivated as an ornamental and in some regions consumed for its narcotic properties.) Angelica (As in the Wild celery.) Annes Lace (As in Queen Anne's Lace, a wildflower that's also known as wild carrot.) Annona (The sugar apple.) Apple (A round, edible fruit with firm, white flesh and a red, green, or yellow skin, typically grown on a small tree of the rose family.) Appleseed (The seed of the apple.) Apricot (A stone fruit, resembling a small peach, known for their sweet and slightly tart flavor) Aquilegia (A genus of plants commonly known as columbines. Their seeds and roots are highly poisonous.) Arbor (A structure of trees, shrubs or vines forming a shaded space.) Arborvitae (Also known as thurja or cedars, a genus of conifer tree or shrub in the cypress family.) Aregelia (A genus in the plant family Bromeliaceae.) Arnica (As in the Arnica montana, also known as the wolf's bane, leopard's bane, mountain tobacco, or mountain arnica. A moderately toxic plant in the daisy family.) Arrowhead (A genus of aquatic plants with edible roots. Good for a SeaWing hybrid.) Arum Lily (A genus of plants in the aroid family., though they are not true lilies.) Ash (A genus of plants in the olive and lilac family, containing mainly deciduous tree species.) Aspen (A tree with long, rounded leaves.) Athyrium (A genus of ferns also known as lady-fern.) Atropa (A genus of plants in the nightshade family. Their berries are highly toxic, and the genus contains the belladonna/deadly nightshade.) Autumn (The season. Leaves often turn red and brown during it.) Avocado (A pear shaped fruit that grows from the avocado tree.) Ayacahuite (A species of conifer.) Azalea (Flowering shrubs in the genus Rhododendron.)

[strandnreyes]

Red camellia or amaryllis?

Amaryllis - how far I'd go to prove I love you

Lou Two may be nearly twice the size as his predecessor which isn’t exactly fine, but Carlos at least thought the trade off would be that he’s twice as easy to spot. But Carlos is older and wiser now than he was when he got the reptile and even in his sleep deprived state, he understands what a gravely false assumption that was. 

It’s been a full day and their new pet is still on the lamb. They’ve searched everywhere and Carlos thinks he brought home a con artist instead of a lizard because the bowls of celery and carrot greens they’ve placed around the loft—Carlos refused to let bowls of live crickets sit around their home—have suspiciously gone down when they’re not around to catch him. 

As Carlos lays in bed, only slightly jealous of TK sound asleep beside him, he mentally designs some kind of harmless trap for the next time Lou gets hungry because as much as he was joking when he said he’d never sleep again, he’s starting to worry that might be true. 

Except TK isn’t as asleep as Carlos thought. He turns around, resting on his right side to face Carlos, but Carlos remains staring at the ceiling. 

“Is he going to the Greenbelt when we find him?” TK quietly breaks the silence, not even having to question why Carlos is awake. 

“He’s domesticated. He wouldn’t last a week out there.”

TK huffs a quiet laugh. “He’s not a labradoodle,” he points out, but his questioning continues. “Then the pet store. Or wherever it is you got him from.”

“They don’t take refunds.” Carlos didn’t have to ask, the store clerk just told him. Probably something to do with Carlos’ wariness the entire time he was there. 

“I’m sure Mateo would take him, then,” TK suggests weekly, seemingly convinced that the repeat offense of a lost lizard in the loft means Lou Two will get the same fate. Yet he’s still determined to give him a good home and Carlos’ heart grows impossibly fonder of the man he’s so close to marrying. 

Carlos rolls his head on the pillow, getting a look at TK’s wide, concerned eyes that are so full of love and care for everyone. Even those with scales. “We’re not getting rid of him,” he promises gently, placating TK’s fears. 

TK relaxes for all of one second before his worry gets transferred onto the next problem. “Maybe he’s already gone. He could’ve run out when we opened the door, or… or—”

“Babe, we'll find him,” Carlos soothes. 

TK’s responding nod isn't immediate, but it comes eventually and Carlos vows to spend his entire day off tomorrow looking for him if that’s what it takes.  

“Thank you,” TK says softly, shifting closer. Carlos winds his arm around TK’s shoulder, pulling him into his side. “I know you don’t like him that much, but… thank you.”

“I don’t know, he’s kind of—” Carlos pauses, face contorting as he forces out, “cute.”

TK’s laugh gets buried in the cotton of Carlos’ shirt. “Baby, you need to be more convincing than that if you’re going to bond with him.”

He wishes he could say TK is joking about the whole ‘bonding with their pet lizard’ thing, but Carlos is entirely certain he’s not. 

Carlos thinks of the creature's small legs and the way he immediately crawled up TK’s shoulder. The thought of it doing the same to him sends an unpleasant shiver down his spine, but then he thinks of TK’s smile as he opened the box, the look he gave Carlos when he realized what was happening and how he cradled Lou gently like he’s something precious. 

TK’s been through so much that sometimes it's a miracle he’s still standing, let alone finding joy in even the simplest of things, and Carlos would do anything to keep that smile on his face. Scaly reptiles in their home included.  

“He’s not so bad,” Carlos whispers, pressing a lingering kiss to TK’s forehead before letting his eyes slip shut. 

[tencrowns]

Witch’s Herbal Entry: Alliums

Allium spp.

(Above: an ornamental allium, probably A. cernuum, nodding onion, native to North America.)

Common Names: (A. cepa) Onion, Scallion, Shallots, (A. sativum) Garlic , (A. schoenoprasum) Chives, (A. ampeloprasum) Leek 

Type: mostly bienniel; those for vegetable consumption are grown as annuals, and some varieties (mostly ornamentals) are perennial 

Element: Fire

Astrological: Mars

Magical Uses: protection, exorcism, health & healing, lust

Botanical Family: Amaryllidaceae

Region of Origin: unclear due to extremely wide and early distribution, but probably Central Asia; chives are native throughout the northern hemisphere

Allium is simply the Latin name referring to garlic or onions. 

Growth and Care

By and large, Allium are very easy to grow. They are part of the Amaryllis family and the largest genus within it--there are a slew of species both ornamental and culinary that simply can’t be covered in a single entry. The sulfur content that gives every Allium its distinct taste and fragrance is a deterrent to many garden pests, including deer, rabbits, squirrels and chipmunks. They tend to be toxic to animals (dogs and cats especially), but all varieties, including the ornamental category, are edible by humans. They are one of the earliest plants cultivated by man.

Sizes range anywhere from 2 inches to up to 4 feet in height depending on species and cultivar. Almost all types considered for garden use require full sun and well drained soil--if you’re growing onions, garlic, or anything that you’re going to harvest the bulb of, be sure that the soil is well-worked and loose. Dense, compacted soil can affect bulb development. They are generally pretty drought tolerant and even more so if mulched. If planting as a vegetable crop, mixing in some composted manure at planting time is a good step to take, as is crop rotation if you grow yearly, as they can be very demanding of nitrogen. The seeds tend to have a short shelf life, so many people, myself included, plant using bulbs or sets. Since most vegetable-type Allium are biennials, if left to their second year, they will bloom, which is really only recommended if you want to harvest seed for the next season. Just as with many herbs and vegetables, once the plant blooms, the chemical changes that occur change its flavor, often adversely.

Not all varieties bloom, but when they do, it is generally in a clustered globe of purplish flowers, sometimes shifting to true pink or blue, with the odd yellow flowering variety in for good measure. Most of the Allium selected for ornamental use are perennial bulbs that will last years in the garden, with large, whimsical pompoms. The flowerheads dry very nicely for decorative use. If you’re interested in bringing Allium into your garden for strictly ornamental use, as always, I recommend looking for species native to your region first, and there are certainly some great choices native to North America.

Not without their pests and problems, Allium of all kinds can fall prey to thrips, onion maggots, slugs, and the newly invasive allium leafminer. In persistent damp weather, leaf rot and mildew problems may arise. Good air circulation in the planting area can help combat this.

General Use

Food! Onions form a foundation often paired with two other vegetables to form the aromatic base of many forms of cooking. Coupled with celery and bell pepper, they form the “Holy Trinity” that is at the root of Cajun and Creole food. In French cuisine, mirepoix made up of onions, carrot and celery cooked in butter creates a similar flavor base, with its sister duxelles, which is mushrooms and herbs paired with shallots or onions, reduced to a paste. We see this pattern again and again in Italian and Spanish soffrittos, Portugese refogado, in Indian and Chinese cooking, and variations in German and Polish food that prefer leeks used in the same manner. Alliums are probably in the background of almost every soup, stew or curry that you’ve ever eaten.

One of my newest favorite ingredients is green garlic--I started growing garlic for myself in the past couple of years and in a moment of need, cut the garlic greens to use in place of scallion in a dish. I didn’t know it at the time, but garlic greens and scapes (the non-flowering stem that mature garlic puts up) are absolutely delicious and a vegetable delicacy that you should give a try. For chives, both greens and blossoms are used culinarily, but vinegar infused with chive blossoms is a delicate and flavorful ingredient. The process of making it is exceptionally pretty (and potentially magical), yielding a blushy pink end product with a light onion flavor.

As a group, Allium are good source of fiber, phosphorus, manganese, folate, copper, sulfur and B vitamins. They are low in calories, contain antioxidants and compounds that help adjust healthy cholesterol levels, so can be an inexpensive and very healthful way to add flavor to food.

Allium are found in a wealth of home remedies, having a reputation for generally boosting the immune system, as well as treating coughs and chest colds. Garlic is widely publicized in this regard, having documented anti-fungal, antiviral and antibacterial properties, making it an important component in that old standby, four thieves vinegar. Onions follow up next in texts on using Allium for health. The raw juice of an onion is mixed with honey and used much like cough syrup, as recorded by Nicholas Culpepper--fresh onion juice is also coupled with peppermint tea in some places to help quiet severe vomiting. Raw onions or garlic can also be used as a poultice for small cuts and infected areas, either a fresh slice pressed against the affected area or mashed into a poultice, and anecdotally removes splinters and beestings. A practice of putting onions in one’s socks (sliced, so that the sliced side is flush against the bottom of one’s foot) while you sleep is said to draw toxins out of the body and help in recovery from illness, which seems to come from either Ayurvedic or Traditional Chinese medicine. There is no documented scientific reason why this should work, though it may absorb and combat bacteria that are specifically on your feet. Others place sliced onions near the bedside to absorb bacteria and viruses in the air.

(Below: garlic, freshly harvested from my garden in June. Smaller than hoped, but better than the previous year.)

Magical and Symbolic Use

Onions, having become such a foundational food in human cuisine the world over, unsurprisingly have a place in many other cultural niches. In ancient Egypt, onions were used as a charm to protect children from ghosts and spirits as well in burial rites. Traces of onion have been found in the mummified eyesockets of Ramesses IV. It’s believed that the concentric rings of flesh in the bulb was a reference to eternal life for these people, and associated with the goddess Isis. As noted earlier, allium flowers tend to dry very well, and perhaps could make a lovely offering or decoration for the altar if you revere Isis or have a need to call on her.

Onions and garlic were also lauded by the Greeks and the Arabs as granting endurance and stamina, and to stimulate sexual desire due to their “hot” nature. Halving or quartering an onion and placing it in the corners of the kitchen or the house are a standard cleansing and protection technique, usually replaced and renewed every week or two. 

You may also consider growing onions in your garden or even potted in your kitchen to bring protection in the home, or add the dried flowers into sachets. If you use scallions or “green onions” (any one of several A. cepa varieties that have a mild flavor and are either harvested prior to or don’t develop the rounded bulb we think of as an onion may be used as scallions) in your cooking, taking the white root ends from a standard grocery store purchase and let them sit in a half inch of water on a sunny windowsill. In short order, they’ll send up new greens to be harvested over and over again. If planted in soil, the size and vigor to which they grow to may surprise you--if you want to keep things petite and in the kitchen, opt for chives.

[scriptflorist]

Is it cool if I ask for two sets of flowers?

One means “I have overcome being turned into a (literal) monster, and will continue to survive and thrive, no thanks to you”. The more bitter and spiteful this message is, the better.

The second is “I still love you and want to marry you the same way I loved you before”.

Heyo LegendaryDEER,

Been a while since the last ask that wasn’t anon! Sure you can, I’ll see what the spreadsheet has to offer for you. But beware this might be a particularly long answer. The exact meaning of the first sentence isn’t quite what the Victorian flower language was made for, however I hope your story can build something that comes close to it from what I’ve dug up.

“I have overcome being turned into a (literal) monster, and will continue to survive and thrive, no thanks to you”

acanthus – artifice, (the) arts

achillea millefolia – war

aconite (christmas) – wit

agnus castus – coldness, indifference

almond (laurel) – perfidy

aloe – bitterness and pain, bitterness, grief, religious superstition

amaryllis – haughtiness, pride, splendid beauty, timidity

apocynum – deceit

arum (fly-catching) – snare

ash tree – grandeur

austurtium – splendour

balm of gilead – healing, relief, cure, I am cured

balsam (red) – touch me not, impatient resolve(s)

basil – hate, hatred

bay leaf – I change but in death, I change but in dying

bay tree – glory

bee ophrys – error

bee orchis – error, industry

begonia – beware, a fanciful nature, deformity

belvedere – I declare against you

berberry – sharpness/sourness of temper, sharpness, sourness, petulance

bilberry – treachery

bird cherry – perfidy, hope

borage – bluntness, rudeness

burdock – touch me not, importunity

canary grass – perseverance

cardinal flower – distinction

carnation (yellow) – disdain, disappointment, rejection

catchfly (white) – I fall into the trap laid for me, betrayed

celery-leaved crowfoot – ingratitude

chamomile – energy in adversity, energy in action

chastetree – coldness

chestnut – justice, do me justice

chrysanthemum (yellow) – a heart left to desolation, slighted love

clotbur – pertinacity, rudeness

columbine (purple) – resolved to win

copihue – there is no unalloyed good

crowsfoot (marsh) – ingratitude

crowsfoot (meadow) – perfidy

daffodil – deceitful hopes, self-love, regard, new beginnings, chivalry

dodder – baseness, meanness

dragonwort – horror

fleur-de-lis – flame, I burn

frog ophrys – disgust

geranium (lemon) – tranquillity of mind, unexpected meeting

ginger – strength

greek valerian – rupture

hellebore – scandal, calumny

hortensia – carelessness, you are cold

hydrangea – you are cold, heartlessness, a boaster

lantana – rigour, sharpness

larkspur (purple) – haughtiness

laurel (ground) – perseverance

lettuce – cold-hearted, cold-heartedness, coldness

liquorice (wild) – I declare against you

liverwort -- confidence

love-lies-bleeding – hopeless not heartless, deserted love, desertion

madder – calumny

magnolia (laurel-leaved) – dignity, high-souled

magnolia (swamp) – perseverance

mandevilla crassinoda – you are too bold

mandrake – horror

meadow anemone – sickness

meadow lychnis – wit

milfoil – war

mistletoe – I surmount difficulties, I climb to greatness

narcissus (false) – delusive hope

narcissus (yellow) – disdain

nightshade – dark thoughts, truth, scepticism, falsehood

oak, live – liberty

oak (white) -- independence

oleander – beware(!), caution

palm – victory

poor robin – compensation or an equivalent

pride of china – dissention

primrose (red) – unpatronised merit

quaking grass – agitation

ragged robin – wit, dandy

ranunculus (wild) – ingratitude

rest harrow – obstacle

rhododendron – danger, beware, I am dangerous

sainfoin – agitation

serpentine cactus – horror

sloe – difficulty, austerity

snakesfoot – horror

straw (a single, broken) – rupture of a contract, broken agreement, dissension

sultan (yellow) – contempt

sumach – splendid misery

sunflower (tall) – haughtiness, false riches, pride, lofty and pure thoughts, smile on me still

teasel – misanthropy, benefit

tiger flower – for once may pride befriend me

walnut – intellect, stratagem

willow – forsaken

winter cherry – deception

wood anemone – sickness, forlornness

“I still love you and want to marry you the same way I loved you before”

almond (flowering) – hope

ambrosia – love returned

amethyst – admiration

asphodel – my regrets follow you to the grave

bittersweet nightshade – truth

bittersweet – truth

camellia – my destiny is in your hands, modest merit, admiration, perfection, good luck gift for a man, gratitude7

carnation (red) – my heart aches for you, my heart breaks, admiration

cedar leaf – I live for thee

celandine – joys to come, future joy

chrysanthemum (red) – I love.

chrysanthemum (white) – truth

clove – I have loved you and you have not known it, dignity

clover (four-leaf) – be mine

cosmos – joy in love and life

currant – thy frown will kill me, thankfulness

daisy (double) – I reciprocate your affection, affection

daisy (garden) – I partake/share your sentiments

dew plant – (a) serenade

forget-me-not – forget me not, true love, memories

foxglove – I am not ambitious for myself but for you, a wish, stateliness, insincerity, youth

furze – love for all seasons/occasion

gillyflower – bonds of affection, enduring beauty, lasting beauty

hawthorn – hope

hazel – peace, reconciliation

heart’s ease – you occupy my thoughts, think of me, thoughts, forget me not

heart’s ease (purple) – you occupy my thoughts

heliotrope – devotion, devoted attachment, I love you, intoxicated with pleasure, I turn to thee, devoted affection, faithfulness

honeysuckle (coral) – the colour of my fate

ivy – matrimony, marriage, fidelity, friendship, I have found one true heart, wedded love, affection

ivy (tendril or a bouquet) – “may I” or “I desire”

jasmine (indian) – I attach myself to you, separation, attachment

lint – I feel my obligations

locust tree (green) – affection beyond the grave

lotus flower – estranged love

lungwort – you are my life

mignonette -- your qualities surpass your charms, "without pretension to beauty, possesses qualities which command profound respect and affection"

milk vetch – your presence softens my pain

myrtle – love, love positive, love in absence, joy

peach – your qualities like your charms are unequalled

peppermint – warmth of feeling

petunia – your presence soothes me, thou art less proud than they deem thee

phlox – our souls are united, unanimity

pine (spruce) – hope in adversity, farewell!

ranunculus – I am dazzled by your charms, you are radiant with charms

rose (austrian) – thou are all that is lovely

rose daily/quotidians – thy smile I aspire to

rose (maiden blush) – if you love me you will find it/me out

rosebud (stripped of thorns) – I fear no longer, I hope

rosemary – healing balm, your presence revives me, remembrance

shepherd’s purse – I offer you my all

spindle tree – your charms are engraven on my heart

stephanotis – happiness in marriage, martial happiness, desire to travel, will you accompany to the east?

tulip – (a) declaration of love, beautiful eyes, fame, perfect lover

tulip (red) – declaration of love, believe me

tulip (yellow) – hopeless love

– Mod Jana

Disclaimer

This blog is intended as writing advice only. This blog and its mods are not responsible for accidents, injuries or other consequences of using this advice for real world situations or in any way that said advice was not intended.

[halvardoslo]

Garden of earthly delights. Covid version. Celery, parsley, amaryllis, lemony and something green. Love it! #windowgarden (ved Motzstraße) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKbX8k7JvHK/?igshid=k8jnjfsvivj3

[sassysaluki]

10 Q&As

Got tagged by @maythestarsguidemyway for this wee questionnaire. x~3

1. relationship status: single

2. favorite color: chartreuse

3. lipstick or chapstick: depends whether I want color or moisture ;)

4. last song: Fear Not--Michael Prins & Carice van Houten (SHE SINGS LIKE THE PERFECT HEAVENLY ANGEL SHE IS, OH MAI GAHD)

5. last movie: first time--Disaster Artist. XD rewatch--Love & Mercy. 8D

6. top three TV shows: Ever? I Love Lucy, Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, Are You Afraid of the Dark? (Followed closely by Laverne & Shirley, The Golden Girls, The Honeymooners, Star Trek, Cheers, The Wonder Years, a lotta cartoons...etc.) Current? Game of Thrones and My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

7. top three ships: Hayffie (Haymitch/Effie--THG), and...I'm not sure, not many compare. Not that I don't support any other pairings/couples... http://hayffiesdaughter.tumblr.com/post/145441211988/5-otps-youd-go-down-with (And I'm weird, like, I ship toys and OCs and people from Beyond Belief stories and images on clothing/pajamas/objects/whatever that I've turned into characters...;P)

8. top three bands: Spice Girls, Beatles, ABBA (nearly said some 30 others; #impossible)

9. three favorite foods: Gonna totally cheat and say top 3 food groups...which happen to be the largest of ye olde pyramid, so yay? Grain (incl. pasta, pancakes, waffles, cereal, bread, etc.) Fruit (incl. dragonfruit, grapefruit, lemon, lime, orange/clementine/tangerine/kumquat, coconut, pineapple, apricot, cherry, pomegranate, blueberry, strawberry, kiwi, peach, nectarine, plum, pear, grape, honeydew, cantaloupe, watermelon, apple, banana, plantain, papaya, mango, date, guava, star fruit, passion fruit, other berries, etc.) Und vegetable (incl. mushroom, carrot, spinach, beet, eggplant, asparagus, broccoli, cucumber, bell pepper, celery, cauliflower, radish, rhubarb, water chestnut, zucchini, okra winfrey, etc.) ;P

10. currently reading: Smithsonian Handbook of Horses

*~*~*~*

Also need a spot to save a list/name bank I just had fun concocting...

FEMININE NAMES: Some favorites, positive associations, interesting, potentially useful ones, etc...(plus the color/gem/plant lists ofc.)

Ariel, Anya, Adeline, Adelaide, Amaryllis, Ariadne, Arania, Anais, Astrid, Amber, Alana, Arista (Adella/Aquata/Andrina/Attina ;), Allegra, Allison, Ambrosia, Annushka, Annika, Annette, Arabella, Annabelle, Anastasia, Arlene, Aurora, Ayla, Audrey/Audrina, Alani, Alma, Amelia, Amalia, Alexa/is, April, Antoinette, Adrienne/ana, Arachne, Aria, Annelle, Agatha (Bertha, Edwina, etc. xD) [Autumn? Winter? Summer? Snow?]

Beatrix, Bianca, Bernadette, Bernadine, Bernice, Beryl, Benedicta, Bonnie, Brenda, Bess, Bebe, Britta, Blythe, Bridget, Brandlyn, Bella, Brooke

Cassidy, Cleo, Claudia, Claudine, Claudette, Clementine, Cordelia, Calypso, Calliope, Cecily, Cecile, Cecilia, Caroline, Charlotte, Caprice, Clarice, Clarita, C(h)arissa(e), Carice, Carrie, Carly, Carlita, Clarabelle, Carmen, Cynthia, Candice, Catriona, Christabelle, Cheryl, Cheri, Cherry, Cerise, Cressida, Crescenza, Crystal, Camille, Circe, Cora, Cosette, Collette, Colleen, Celeste, Calista, Claire, Carla/y, Courtney, Charmaine, Coral, Clover, Cheyenne, Connie, Chiffon, Coco (”oh-oh” names), etc.

Delilah, Donna, Delphina, Dolores, Doris, Desiree, Dierdre, Danica, Dinah, Dominique, Demeter, Demetria, Dagmar, Darlene, Dulcie/Dulcinea, Daphne, Denise, Drusilla, Didi, Dixie

Elle, Electra, Enid, Estella, Estelle, Evangeline, Eudora, Eunice, Esmeralda, Esperanza, Eurydice, Effie, Euphemia, Essie, Esther, Ethel, Enola, Eulalia, Elisa, Elise, Eris, Elaine, Evelyn, Elke, Eranthe, Eglantine, Eloise, Elodie, Etienne, Emanuele/a

Felice, Felicia, Felicity, Fern, Francesca, Francine, Freja, Florence, Florinda, Fleur, Farrah, Faye

Genevieve, Georgia, Georgann, Georgina, Georgette, Germaine, Ginger, Greta, Gerta, Gloria, Gwendolyn, Giselle, Guinevere, Griselda, Gertrude, Gabrielle, Gabriella, Gladys, Ginevra, Geneva, Golda, Gianna

Holly, Hazel, Heidi, Harriet, Henrietta, Hester, Hunter, Hesper

Inga, Ilsa, Ivy, Inez, Imogene, Iris, Isis, Ingrid, Irma, Isolde, Ignatia, Ida, Ino, Io, Isadora, Isla, Ivory, Isabelle/a

Jemima, Jezebel, Jolene, Juliet, Johanna, Janice, Janine, Janet/Jeanette, Joyce, Joy, Jocelyn, Jade, Judith, Justine/a, Josie, Jewel, Joelle, Janelle, Jordana, Juniper

Katrina, (e)Katerina, Karina, Kathleen, Kelly, Kimberly, Kiki, Katia

Lola/Lolita, Lucretia, Laverne, Lavinia, Layla, Lucinda, Lulu, Lurline, Lorelei, Lucia/na, Louise/a, Lenore, Liljana/Lilja, Lilith, Liesel, Ludmilla, Lydia, Libby, Lorraine, Lucille, Lavender, Lana, Lacy, Lyanna, Lunette/Lynette, Lyra, Leona, Laurel, Lisa (etc.)

Mercedes, Myra, Marcella/Marcie, Mariah, Mar(t)ina, Macy, Margarita, Margo, Melba, Marsha, Melinda, Melina, Minerva, Maxine, Megara, Mavis, Millicent, Mildred, Marigold, Mimi, Moira, Mabel, Marilyn, Marlene/Marlena, Myrna, Musette/Minuette, Maggie/Margaret/Mags, Melanie/Melody, Maeve, Muriel, Morgan(a), Maude, Maris, Meryl...Marietta, Mirabelle/a, Mariel/le/a, Maribel, Mari(a)nel(a/la?)... Melisandre ;)

Noel, Nadine, Nadia, Naomi, Nicola, Nina, Nellie, Nevada, Nanette, Nixie, Nora, Nymeria ;)

Ophelia, Opal, Odette, Olivia, Oceana, Oksana, Oriana, Odelia

Petra, Petronella, Priscilla, Peg, Penelope, Persephone, Paige, Prudence, Phyllis, Philomena, Phoebe, Phaedra, Perdita, Poppy, Pearl/Perla, Pamela, Patrice/Patricia, Posy, Portia

Quintana, Queenie

Rita, Roxanne, Roxanna, Regina, Ruby, Rosanna, Rosetta, Rosalyn, Rosemarie, Rowena, Ramona, Roberta, Rebecca, Rory, Ruta, Ruth, Raine

Sasha, Sheila, Soleil/Soleia, Suzette, Sybil, Scarlet, Saffron, Shirley, Sharlene, Sonia, Sondra/Sandra, Solange, Selene/Selena, Serena, Sharon, Sophie, Sylvie/Sylvia, Seraphina, Shannon, Shoshanna, Saskia, Savannah, Sally, Sunny, Sheena, Sage, Stella, Sabine, Samara, Sloan, Sadie, Starr/la, Skye, Sorrel, Shania, Sydney (uni)

Tallulah, Tess, Therese/Theresa, Trixie, Tara, Tabitha, Tatiana, Tanya, Talia, Tasha, Theodora, Tracy, Tilly, Tammy, Thalassa, Tuesday, Trinity, Tamara

Ulla, Uma, Una

Veda, Valentina, Violet/Violette/Violetta/Viola, Vivian/Viviana/Vivienne/Viveca, Velvet, Victoria, Vera, Vanessa, Veronica, Valerie, Vesta, Valencia

Whitney, Wednesday, Winona, Wanda, Wren, Willow, Wilhelmina/Winnie, Wilma

Xanthe, Xena, Xenia

Yvonne, Yvette, Yolanda

Zinnia, Zoe, Zelda/Zerelda

*~*~*~*~*~*~* Below list resulted from trying to come up with neoship offspring names. (Once again...girls are just so much more fun. xD) Based around "sundance," the sun/stars in general, music. +monosyllabic middle names.

Sunny (D) Sonora Aurora (Aurore, Zora, Aurelia) Soleil (Soleina, Soleia, Soleila) Cherise, Cherie, Cherry, Cheryl, Cher, Charissa, Charisse Estelle, Estella, Stella, Estee, Esther, Hester "Mercedes, Rosaline, Betty, Sue, Dorothy, Janice, Mary Lou, Audrey, Bebe, Anistelle" (Rosalie, Janet) "Ann, Mary, Helen, Cynthia, Alice, Theodore" (lol) Cadence, Calliope, Carmen, Musette, Minuette, Octavia; Aria, Viola, Melody, Lyra, Carol, Harmony --(Added later from searching the site: Hesper/Vesper[ia], Starla/Starr, Danica, Luci(n)a, Astraea, Aster(ia), Astra, Chantal; Rona, Riya, Rani, Rina, Roni, Shirli, Shir(i), Shira, Eilonwy, Melpomene, Daina/Doina lol; Shine?, Svet :b) (do like: rhoda, mona, rhea, raine, rita, shirley, zira, svetlana) --some monosyllabic ones in case u wanted two middle names w/o being too much/long: {elle, fern, fleur, faye, tess, sage, paige, peg, pearl, rue, ruth, raine, rose, kaye, jade, joyce, jewel, faith, hope, june (jean, joan, jane, jill), brooke, blanche, blythe, bess, bette, belle, starr, snow, shea, skye, lark, wren, maude, maeve, claire, eve, nell, gwen, fran} --F&W: Rosemarie