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CHRYSANTHEMUMS – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 11/15/2018 • ( 22 )

FOTD – November 15, 2018 – Mums

It is normally the time of year for mums, except they are predicting 4 inches of snow today. So let us think fondly of mums … but find your warm boots, a hat, and maybe a pair of gloves.

Try to remain cheerful even though it’s still a week until Thanksgiving. I don’t like when winter starts this early.

Chrysanthemum

Blue chrysanthemum

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Categories: #Photography, Cee's Photo Challenge, Flower of the day

Tags: #Photography, Cee's Flower of the Day, chrysanthemum, Marilyn Armstrong

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swo8
11/15/2018 • 15:49

Mums come in such lovely colours today. It’s snowing here right now.
Leslie 😦

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- Marilyn Armstrong
  11/15/2018 • 17:06
  
  Here too.
  
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  - swo8
    11/15/2018 • 18:51
    
    🙂
    
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Cee Neuner
11/15/2018 • 13:34

Oh I like the blue one the best. 😀 😀

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- Marilyn Armstrong
  11/15/2018 • 17:08
  
  Me too. It’s a beautiful gentle color.
  
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theresaly520
11/15/2018 • 13:32

Beautiful flowers! I didn’t realize that mum was short for chrysanthemum. My mother is named after chrysanthemum in Vietnamese. Learning something new everyday…

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- Marilyn Armstrong
  11/15/2018 • 13:43
  
  I know chrysanthemums are very popular in the east. What is the word for it in Vietnamese?
  
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  - theresaly520
    11/15/2018 • 13:46
    
    Cuc. There’s also an accent on the letter u that affects the intonation of the word. My grandfather named most of my aunts after flowers.
    
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    - Marilyn Armstrong
      11/15/2018 • 17:07
      
      Both hard Cs? as in kuk?
      
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      - theresaly520
        11/15/2018 • 17:48
        
        Yes and the letter u is a long vowel. Hm.. I think if you type chrysanthemum into Google translate, you might be able to listen to a sound bite! ☺
        
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        Marilyn Armstrong
        11/15/2018 • 18:39
        
        Thanks! I will do that!
        
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Sadje
11/15/2018 • 08:03

Lovely pictures of amazing flowers.

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- Marilyn Armstrong
  11/15/2018 • 11:14
  
  They are florist flowers, but they are lovely 🙂 They do great stuff with colors these days, too.
  
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  - Sadje
    11/15/2018 • 11:19
    
    I know, putting dye in the water and the flowers suck it up and take the color!
    
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    - Marilyn Armstrong
      11/15/2018 • 12:45
      
      I know some people don’t like, but some people also don’t believe in editing photographs. I think it’s kind of cool. Depending on color.
      
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      - Sadje
        11/15/2018 • 12:53
        
        Yes, I do too as long as the stems don’t take on a very pronounced color. Then they start looking fake!
        
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DailyMusings
11/15/2018 • 05:51

beautiful.

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- Marilyn Armstrong
  11/15/2018 • 11:17
  
  Back when Garry was buying bouquets for me. We have gotten poorer.
  
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Lwbut
11/15/2018 • 03:52

Lovely shots! I can’t remember ever seeing a blue (and white) one before??

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- Marilyn Armstrong
  11/15/2018 • 11:16
  
  The tint them by watering them with vegetable-dye water. Some of the colors are amazing. These were probably originally white.
  
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angloswiss
11/15/2018 • 01:26

Very good photos. I always have a problem with identification with the dahlias

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- Marilyn Armstrong
  11/15/2018 • 11:15
  
  I love the way they look, but they don’t really do well here. Too cold — and they are annuals, so you have to have the energy to keep replacing them. I admire them, but I don’t grow them. I didn’t grow these either. They are straight from the flower shop 🙂
  
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