Antiquity Floral Studio

05/30/2025

05/30/2025

All aboard! After more than a decade, the long-awaited Northlander train is returning to Ontario’s rail network in 2026, connecting Toronto to Timmins with expanded service and modern features.

The new bi-directional route will operate between Union Station and Timmins, including stops in Muskoka communities like Gravenhurst, Bracebridge, and Huntsville. Operated by Ontario Northland, the revamped Northlander will use fully accessible Siemens Venture trainsets featuring Wi-Fi, USB charging, food service, and seating pods for groups.

With 16 stops in total and a projected 60,000 annual riders by 2041, the return of the Northlander promises a comfortable and scenic alternative to driving, especially for cottage country commuters and Northern Ontario residents.

05/30/2025

Yo, yo, yo! That's my groovy Granny greeting! I can be both old and groovy. We’ve had this conversation before. My cousin called everything "groovy," not just a type of love. I always thought "groovy" was a weird word; I liked "far out" much better. Did I tell you the story about my mother's PTA friend coming over? I was about 16, and she brought her 16-year-old son with her. They didn't stay long. Later, Norma called my mom and told her that her son thought I was bitchin'! My mother was aghast. What had I done or said for him to think I was a horrible person? I laughed and told her that was a compliment. It took a bit of time to convince her that I had not been insulted. I’m sure Norma realized it was a compliment, too, or she wouldn’t have mentioned it to my mom. Educating our parents is definitely a generational thing. LOL By the way, I was quite flattered; he wasn't so bad himself. Have a great day, everyone! Stay safe, stay cool, be kind, and know that I think you’re all 'far out'!
HUGS! ❤️

02/09/2024

A Valentine heart created for you with most of my vintage cameos placed as a heart and sitting on old toile wallpaper….hope you like!! 💝Valentines Day is coming my loves! Enjoy! 💗❤️
How do you decorate for Valentines Day?

02/09/2024

So very true...

02/09/2024

Oil lamp repurposed as flower vase. 🌹

11/29/2023

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11/29/2023

There was a time when almost every rural British family who kept bees followed a strange tradition.

Whenever there was a death in the family, someone had to go out to the hives and tell the bees of the terrible loss that had befallen the family.

Failing to do so often resulted in further losses such as the bees leaving the hive, or not producing enough honey or even dying.

Traditionally, the bees were kept abreast of not only deaths but all important family matters including births, marriages, and long absence due to journeys. If the bees were not told, all sorts of calamities were thought to happen. This peculiar custom is known as “telling the bees”.

The practice of telling the bees may have its origins in Celtic mythology that held that bees were the link between our world and the spirit world. So if you had any message that you wished to pass to someone who was dead, all you had to do was tell the bees and they would pass along the message.

The typical way to tell the bees was for the head of the household, or “goodwife of the house” to go out to the hives, knock gently to get the attention of the bees, and then softly murmur in a doleful tune the solemn news.

Little rhymes developed over the centuries specific to a particular region. In Nottinghamshire, the wife of the dead was heard singing quietly in front of the hive,

“The master's dead, but don't you go; Your mistress will be a good mistress to you.”

In Germany, a similar couplet was heard,

“Little bee, our lord is dead; Leave me not in my distress”.

But the relationship between bees and humans goes beyond superstition. It’s a fact, that bees help humans survive. 70 of the top 100 crop species that feed 90% of the human population rely on bees for pollination.

Without them, these plants would cease to exist and with it all animals that eat those plants. This can have a cascading effect that would ripple catastrophically up the food chain.

Losing a beehive is much worse than losing a supply of honey. The consequences are life threatening.

The act of telling the bees emphasizes this deep connection humans share with the insect.

Art: The Bee Friend, a painting by Hans Thoma (1839–1924)

11/20/2023

It is divine to walk with riches on your tip toes!

11/20/2023

Blue Beauty

A Blue Beauty beholds a special corner at the marina condo of Sylvia D Carrat. Always fun to decorate in tiffany blue .

11/20/2023

yesteryear

Olde Toys Shadow Box chalk painted.

11/17/2023