Hi everyone Janice wrote: >> Black, my child, is the colour of grief
> it looked odd, > My poppy had a big green plastic center like a berry instead of the flat > black centers I was used to seeing. This is interesting - ages ago it seems, the poppies we wore for Remembrance Day had a piece of black felt int he centre, then for some reason changed to a green bit. at some point the red poppies changed from being flocked paper to flocked plastic. For this year's poppy campaign I noticed the centres are black again, of felt, and the poppy is plain red plastic. I bought mine from a wee Sparkie (what used to be a Brownie? a Girl Guide?), my DH bought one from a naval cadet. The cadet explained to us that their group can keep a percentage of the donations; the rest goes to the Legion's charities. In school we memorized "In Flanders Fields" on equal footing with the national anthem. At the national cenotaph, the Mother chosen to place a wreath had lost her son in Afghanistan two years ago (in friendly fire, ironically). It busts me up thinking about it. War is a bust, for that matter... bye for now Bev in Sooke, BC (west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
