Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Lotusland – coined by Vancouver Sun writer Allan Fotheringham, Lotusland refers to Homer's Odyssey, in which the hero, Odysseus, visits a land whose inhabitants are befuddled by a narcotic lotus (the "Land of the Lotus-Eaters"). It sometimes is used to describe all of British Columbia.
Ganna Walska Lotusland, also known as Lotusland, is a non-profit botanical garden located in Montecito, near Santa Barbara, California, United States. The (15 ha / 37 acres ) [ 1 ] garden is the historic estate of Madame Ganna Walska .
Butomus umbellatus is a Eurasian plant species in the family Butomaceae.It is the only species in the family. Common names include flowering rush [2] or grass rush.Introduced into North America as an ornamental plant it has now become a serious invasive weed [3] in the Great Lakes area and in parts of the Pacific Northwest. [4]
Ganna Walska (born Hanna Puacz on June 26, 1887 – March 2, 1984) was a Polish opera singer and garden enthusiast who created the Lotusland botanical gardens at her mansion in Montecito, California. She was married six times, four times to wealthy husbands.
Roll the Bones is the fourteenth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released September 3, 1991, on Anthem Records. [7] [8] The band began working on the album after a brief creative hiatus following the tour promoting their previous release, Presto (1989).
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Odysseus removing his men from the company of the lotus-eaters. In Greek mythology, lotophages or the lotus-eaters (Ancient Greek: λωτοφάγοι, romanized: lōtophágoi) were a race of people living on an island dominated by the lotus tree off of coastal Libya (Island of Djerba), [1] [2] a plant whose botanical identity is uncertain.
Three employees at a Maryland Cracker Barrel have reportedly been dismissed after staff refused to seat a group of students with special needs on Dec. 3 Superintendent of Charles County Public ...