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Windflower (novel)
Windflower may refer to: Plants *'' Anemone'', a genus of plants in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae **'' Anemonoides nemorosa'', a species of flowering plant **The flower Adonis turns into after having been torn to pieces by a boar in Ovid's "Venus and Adonis" *'' Pulsatilla'', a genus of plants in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae Music *''Windflower'', a piano composition by American pianist John Burke from the 2016 album '' Orogen'' *''Windflower'', a record by Herb Ellis & Remo Palmier (1978) *"Wind Flower", the lead single from K-pop girl group Mamamoo's EP '' Blue;s'' *"Windflowers", a song by Seals and Crofts from the 1974 album ''Unborn Child'' Other uses * ''Windflower'' (novel) (''La Rivière sans repos''), a 1970 novel by Canadian author Gabrielle Roy * HMCS ''Windflower'', a 1940 Royal Canadian Navy Flower-class corvette * HMS ''Windflower'', British Royal Navy ships *''Windflower'', a 2006 novel written by Nick Bantock *''Windflowers'', a 1902 painting of Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anemone
''Anemone'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae. Plants of the genus are commonly called windflowers. They are native to the temperate and subtropical regions of all continents except Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica. The genus is closely related to several other genera including ''Anemonoides'', ''Anemonastrum'', ''Hepatica'', and ''Pulsatilla''. Some botanists include these genera within ''Anemone''. Description ''Anemone'' are perennials that have basal leaves with long leaf-stems that can be upright or prostrate. Leaves are simple or compound with lobed, parted, or undivided leaf blades. The leaf margins are toothed or entire. Flowers with 4–27 sepals are produced singly, in cymes of 2–9 flowers, or in umbels, above a cluster of leaf- or sepal-like bracts. Sepals may be any color. The pistils have one ovule. The flowers have nectaries, but petals are missing in the majority of species. The fruits are ovoid to obovoid shaped ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anemonoides Nemorosa
''Anemonoides nemorosa'' (syn. ''Anemone nemorosa''), the wood anemone, is an early-spring flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, native to Europe. Other common names include windflower, European thimbleweed, and smell fox, an allusion to the musky smell of the leaves. It is a perennial herbaceous plant growing tall. Description ''Anemonoides nemorosa'' is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant less than in height. The compound basal leaves are palmate or ternate (divided into three lobes). They grow from underground root-like stems called rhizomes and die back down by mid summer (summer dormant). The plants start blooming in spring, March to May in the British Isles soon after the foliage emerges from the ground. The flowers are solitary, held above the foliage on short stems, with a whorl of three palmate or palmately-lobed leaflike bracts beneath. The flowers are diameter, with six or seven (and on rare occasions eight to ten) tepals (petal-like segments) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adonis
In Greek mythology, Adonis, ; derived from the Canaanite word ''ʼadōn'', meaning "lord". R. S. P. Beekes, ''Etymological Dictionary of Greek'', Brill, 2009, p. 23. was the mortal lover of the goddess Aphrodite. One day, Adonis was gored by a wild boar during a hunting trip and died in Aphrodite's arms as she wept. His blood mingled with her tears and became the anemone flower. Aphrodite declared the Adonia festival commemorating his tragic death, which was celebrated by women every year in midsummer. During this festival, Greek women would plant "gardens of Adonis", small pots containing fast-growing plants, which they would set on top of their houses in the hot sun. The plants would sprout, but soon wither and die. Then the women would mourn the death of Adonis, tearing their clothes and beating their breasts in a public display of grief. The Greeks considered Adonis's cult to be of Near Eastern origin. Adonis's name comes from a Canaanite word meaning "lord" and most mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulsatilla
The genus ''Pulsatilla'' contains about 40 species of herbaceous perennial plants native to meadows and prairies of North America, Europe, and Asia. Derived from the Hebrew word for Passover, "pasakh", the common name pasque flower refers to the Easter (Passover) flowering period, in the spring. Common names include pasque flower (or pasqueflower), wind flower, prairie crocus, Easter flower, and meadow anemone. Several species are valued ornamentals because of their finely-dissected leaves, solitary bell-shaped flowers, and plumed seed heads. The showy part of the flower consists of sepals, not petals. Taxonomy The genus ''Pulsatilla'' was first formally named in 1754 by the English botanist Philip Miller. The type species is ''Pulsatilla vulgaris'', the European pasque flower. It is sometimes considered a subgenus under the genus ''Anemone'' or as an informally named "group" within ''Anemone'' subg. ''Anemone'' sect. ''Pulsatilloides''. Species , Kew's Plants of the World On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orogen (album)
''Orogen'' is a solo piano album by American pianist John Burke. The album was inspired by the tectonic creation of mountains and utilizes melodic development to illustrate this creation. A self-released title, ''Orogen'' earned Burke a Grammy Award nomination for Best New Age Album The Grammy Award for Best New Age Album is presented to recording artists for quality albums in the new-age music genre at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. Honors in several c .... Track listing References 2016 albums New-age albums by American artists {{newage-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herb Ellis
Mitchell Herbert Ellis (August 4, 1921 – March 28, 2010), known professionally as Herb Ellis, was an American jazz guitarist. During the 1950s, he was in a trio with pianist Oscar Peterson. Biography Born in Farmersville, Texas, and raised in the suburbs of Dallas, Ellis first heard the electric guitar performed by George Barnes on a radio program. This experience is said to have inspired him to take up the guitar. He became proficient on the instrument by the time he entered North Texas State University. Ellis majored in music, but because they did not yet have a guitar program at that time, he studied the string bass. Unfortunately, due to lack of funds, his college days were short-lived. In 1941, Ellis dropped out of college and toured for six months with a band from the University of Kansas. In 1943, he joined Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra, and it was with Gray's band that he got his first recognition in the jazz magazines. After Gray's band, Ellis joined the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remo Palmier
Remo Paul Palmier (March 29, 1923 – February 2, 2002) was an American jazz guitarist. Career Palmier began his career as a musician during the 1940s, and collaborated with Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Teddy Wilson. In 1945, he was awarded a "new star" award from ''Esquire'' magazine. He also played with Pearl Bailey, Billie Holiday, and Sarah Vaughan. He also became part of Nat Jaffe's trio. In 1945, he began performing with Arthur Godfrey on CBS Radio and taught Godfrey to play the ukulele. He was with the Godfrey show for twenty-seven years. He changed his name legally in 1952 to Palmier, omitting the "i" at the end, to avoid being confused with Eddie Palmieri. When the Godfrey show was canceled in 1972, Palmier returned to playing clubs in New York. In 1977, his friend Herb Ellis convinced Carl Jefferson to invite Palmier to the Concord Jazz Festival in Concord, California. At the festival, Palmier and Ellis performed as a duo. Later that year, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue;s
''Blue;s'' (stylized as ''BLUE;S'') is the eighth extended play by South Korean girl group Mamamoo. It was released by RBW on November 29, 2018 and distributed by LOEN Entertainment. The EP consists of six songs, including the lead single "Wind Flower" and member Solar's solo track "Hello." ''Blue;s'' is the third album under the ''4 Seasons, 4 Colors'' project. Promotion Single "Wind Flower" was released as the EP's lead single in conjunction with the EP itself on November 29, 2018. A "comforting" breakup song, "Wind Flower" peaked at number nine on the Gaon Digital Chart and 10 on the ''Billboard'' Korea K-Pop Hot 100. It also peaked at number 16 on the ''Billboard'' World Digital Songs Sales chart in the United States. Mamamoo first performed the song on MBC's ''Show! Music Core'' on December 1, 2018. The music video for the single, released in conjunction with the song, was posted simultaneously to Mamamoo's official YouTube channel and the 1theK distribution channel an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unborn Child
''Unborn Child'' is the sixth studio album by American pop/folk duo Seals and Crofts. It included two low-charting singles, the title track (which reached ) and "The King of Nothing", which reached . The single "Unborn Child" reached No. 63 in Canada. Album conception The project originated when Lana Bogan, wife of recording engineer Joseph Bogan, watched a TV documentary on abortion and she was inspired to write a poem from the perspective of the terminated fetus. According to Dash Crofts, Warner Bros. tried to warn them not to release the album, because the subject of abortion was highly controversial. Neither Seals nor Crofts cared about the money and stated they were making the record to save lives, while Warner was primarily concerned with making money. The duo also insisted that the song's message was more universal; that one should not take life too lightly, and should consider its value before carrying out the procedure of abortion. Album reception Despite Warners' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windflower (novel)
Windflower may refer to: Plants *'' Anemone'', a genus of plants in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae **'' Anemonoides nemorosa'', a species of flowering plant **The flower Adonis turns into after having been torn to pieces by a boar in Ovid's "Venus and Adonis" *'' Pulsatilla'', a genus of plants in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae Music *''Windflower'', a piano composition by American pianist John Burke from the 2016 album '' Orogen'' *''Windflower'', a record by Herb Ellis & Remo Palmier (1978) *"Wind Flower", the lead single from K-pop girl group Mamamoo's EP '' Blue;s'' *"Windflowers", a song by Seals and Crofts from the 1974 album ''Unborn Child'' Other uses * ''Windflower'' (novel) (''La Rivière sans repos''), a 1970 novel by Canadian author Gabrielle Roy * HMCS ''Windflower'', a 1940 Royal Canadian Navy Flower-class corvette * HMS ''Windflower'', British Royal Navy ships *''Windflower'', a 2006 novel written by Nick Bantock *''Windflowers'', a 1902 painting of Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabrielle Roy
Gabrielle Roy (March 22, 1909July 13, 1983) was a Canadian author from St. Boniface, Manitoba and one of the major figures in French Canadian literature. Early life Roy was born in 1909 in Saint-Boniface (now part of Winnipeg), Manitoba, and was educated at the Académie Saint-Joseph. She lived on rue Deschambault, a house and neighbourhood in Saint-Boniface that would later inspire one of her most famous works. The house is now a National Historic Site and museum in Winnipeg. Career After training as a teacher at The Winnipeg Normal School, she taught in rural schools in Marchand and Cardinal and was then appointed to the Institut Collégial Provencher in Saint Boniface. With her savings she was able to spend some time in Europe, but was forced to return to Canada in 1939 at the outbreak of World War II. She returned with some of her works near completion, but settled in Quebec to earn a living as a sketch artist while continuing to write. Her first novel, ''Bonheur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMCS Windflower
HMCS ''Windflower'' was a Royal Canadian Navy which took part in convoy escort duties in the Battle of the Atlantic during the Second World War. Background Flower-class corvettes like ''Windflower'' serving with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War were different from earlier and more traditional sail-driven corvettes. The "corvette" designation was created by the French as a class of small warships; the Royal Navy borrowed the term for a period but discontinued its use in 1877. During the hurried preparations for war in the late 1930s, Winston Churchill reactivated the corvette class, needing a name for smaller ships used in an escort capacity, in this case based on a whaling ship design. The generic name "flower" was used to designate the class of these ships, which – in the Royal Navy – were named after flowering plants. Construction ''Windflower'' was ordered on 22 January 1940 as part of the 1939-1940 Flower-class building program and laid down at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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