Not a Twinkie or a Ding Dong, Hostess gifts
@GardenGerty (157563)
United States
October 22, 2018 7:47pm CST
Hostess gifts are not necessarily made by the baker. They are rememberances given by someone who has a party or an event, for all who attend.
I mentioned that I was going to a ladies' event last Saturday, in Oklahoma.
The kind lady who planned it all bought a flat of pansies. She chose fizzle sizzle orange as the color, for fall and Halloween. She put little pumpkin/jacko'lantern faces in every pot as well.
I planted mine in a dark green large pot I had at home.
Pansies tolerate very early spring and late fall cool temperatures very well.
I shall enjoy them as long as they last. I may even put them in a sheltered area when it gets really cold.
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@GardenGerty (157563)
• United States
24 Oct 18
Lovely. Is that an Easter or Christmas cactus. You have done well with that.
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@GardenGerty (157563)
• United States
25 Oct 18
@shaggin
That is what I thought. When I had one it always bloomed for Mother's Day.
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@shaggin (71666)
• United States
24 Oct 18
@GardenGerty yep the Zygot cactus is referred to as a Christmas Cactus or Easter Cactus.
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@Plethos (13560)
• United States
23 Oct 18
now i feel like an OG gentleman, last month the gf and i went to a party at one of her friends house, i took a bouquet of flowers, the friend put them in a vase at the center of her kitchen table and kept saying how awesome it was that i brought flowers.
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@GardenGerty (157563)
• United States
24 Oct 18
I am a little dense, as right now I do not know what an OG gentleman is. I think it is awesome you brought flowers. As @bagarad says, that is what is generally meant as a hostess gift, a gift for the hostess.
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@Plethos (13560)
• United States
24 Oct 18
@GardenGerty - its street slang. it means Original Gangster.
@GardenGerty (157563)
• United States
25 Oct 18
@Plethos Thanks for clearing that up.
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@GardenGerty (157563)
• United States
24 Oct 18
Yes, that is generally how it is meant, but what else would you call a gift that the hostess gives to all attendees? Yes, it is pansy time. I love them too.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
25 Oct 18
@GardenGerty I've never thought about it. Favors is the closest I can come to it.
@GardenGerty (157563)
• United States
25 Oct 18
It is, and it means I can still have some outdoor color.
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