Sentences with phrase «rather than the flowers»

# 10 Geranium Another powerful flower essential oil, though geranium essential oil is actually extracted from the stems and leaves rather than the flower petals like in rose oil.

It is usually better to paint the greens rather than the flowers themselves.

Later he recites, «She loves me, she loves me not,» using the leather shoes he's shining rather than flower petals.

Lopez shines as the determined Marshal who would rather get a gun for her birthday rather than flowers.

This year, rather than flowers and brunch, consider something a little different for mom with these fun ideas:

Not exact matches

But since Mother's Day is a busy time, you should order your flowers sooner rather than later to ensure you get the bouquet you want.

Science can discern, in the hundreds of thousands (probably millions) of years (Since Mankind's behavior on the «tree of Life» is rather that of a flowering than of an ordinary shoot, it is possible that the estimate of several million years, based on the average longevity of animal forms, should be materially reduced to allow for the acceleration due to the totalization of the Noosphere.)

Dan knows, for example, that I would rather get tickets to the next Alabama vs. Tennessee game for Valentine's Day than, say, jewelry or flowers.

Rather than waving signs at grandparents attempting to get onto campus, we will be planting flowers, painting and picking up trash elsewhere in the city.

Mainstream Christians tend to look to the past rather than to the future, and to search for ways to restore Christianity to its former glory, as manifested in the flowering of Christendom.

The doctrine (widely held until recently) that «matter» itself is fully real (rather than an abstraction, derived from intellectual analysis of concrete really - existing things, as Aristotle held), and that such self - subsistent «matter» is intrinsically inert (as opposed to self - organizing), arguably reached its full flower in the late Renaissance.18 Part of contemporary divergence between theistic and naturalistic approaches may be understood to arise from overly complete internalization (by both naturalists and theists) of the cosmology that emerged from the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century — the cosmology in which «matter» was full real, but intrinsically inert.

doth it... depend on your will, that in looking on this flower, you perceive white rather than any other color?

Though it is difficult to raise children in what might be called a «gender - neutral environment», part of the antidote to the current gender - laden environments in which children tend now to be raised is this view of the work of the Spirit in giving gifts as the Spirit chooses, which encourages those who are the teachers and guides of the young to observe the emerging qualities of spirit in each child and to bring those qualities to full flower rather than trying to redirect any «alpha» qualities in women or «beta» qualities in men towards any «norm.»

Call me a flower child, because yes - most things in life come down to the pollination of flowers rather than «the economy».

It grows pretty tall, has leaves longer than broad, white and rather small flowers, and usually long seedpods.

For the best flavor, start with dried hibiscus flowers rather than tea bags.

I just told him I'd rather have a Stitch Fix gift card than flowers or candy so he was happy to oblige.

«Flowers are a great tool for wafting suggestive aromatics rather than bashing your palate with flavoring,» offers Augie Carton, of New Jersey's Carton Brewing Company.

Nature's Sunshine Product's Capsaicin Gel has twice as much capsaicin as usual (0.05 rather than 0.025 percent) plus yucca, horsetail, chamomile, elder flower, peppermint oil, spearmint oil, aloe vera, and allantoin, a component of comfrey herb.

No matter how corny it sounded, I was going to visualize a flower opening and think about letting go, rather than clinching in pain.

For that to happen you'll want the flower to be a smaller flower rather than a larger one that needs more space to grow.

The flowers are allowed to shine, the colors of the wrap adding to the pattern rather than being the dominant feature.

(Pollen from flowering plants is spread by insects — rather than becoming airborne — so it doesn't tend to cause allergies.)

He takes an original and effective approach of developing his autobiography through themes rather than a traditional time line — first part entitled «learning who you are» has «defeat», «loyalty», «family», «vulnerability», «friendships» and «flowers».

Actually it may have been better to use a pic of the official state tree, flower, dog or cat rather than some random shot that someone decided to take out of their personal collection and see it spashed all over at the cost of the state.

That's because most flowers come directly out of the trunk, rather than sprouting from branches as in many other trees.

«Our results suggest, however, that climate change may constrain reproduction of early - flowering plants mostly through the direct impacts of extreme environmental conditions rather than disrupted plant - pollinator interactions.»

Over this base they paint motifs such as flowers and vines using conductive paint, which uses copper particles rather than iron.

(Like flowers that emerge in the summer rather than the spring, these folks are sometimes referred to as «late bloomers.»)

To avoid scrutiny in the early 2000s, they were coding their product as «dried foliage» rather than «dried flowers.»

To avoid losing hives, beekeepers will have to watch the flowers and harvest the honey on nature's schedule rather than theirs.

A study by Shohei Tsujimoto and Hiroshi Ishii of the University of Toyama in Japan now suggests that bees actually forage more efficiently when flower sizes are large rather than small.

In addition to converting a sterile structure to a seed - bearing one, the research also showed that localized disruption of BR synthesis can lead to production of two flowers per spikelet rather than the single one that typically forms.

In the absence of spiders, grasshoppers selected a diet composed almost entirely of grass rather than forbs (flowering plants that are not grasses).

Rather than hiding among other flowers, this floral faker poses on green vegetation, luring

The low intensity amber light was shown to inhibit, rather than induce, flowering in greater bird's foot trefoil, a wild relative of peas and beans that is a key source of food for the pea aphid in grasslands and road verges.

But to be sure, he wants to repeat the study with pollen from hummingbird - adapted, rather than bat - adapted, flowers.

The «primitive» nature of the human hand suggests that any changes that led to a widespread flowering of stone tool culture was likely neurological rather than structural — in other words, the adaptation occurred in our brains, not in our hands, he says.

Rather than purchasing out - of - season flowers imported from across the globe, buy your seasonal blooms from a local flower farmer.

I just told him I'd rather have a Stitch Fix gift card than flowers or candy so he was happy to oblige.

Lavender oil — an essential oil (rather than a fat - based oil) derived from the petals of the lavender flower.

I've heard of the saying «April Showers bring May flowers», but this rain feels more like the plant killing rather than the plant generating kind.

There are so many types of plants at the lunar flower markets, and many of them have one thing in common — rather than being cut they grow and flower, whether it be in water or planted.

I just told him I'd rather have a Stitch Fix gift card than flowers or candy so he was happy to oblige.

I added a touch of burgundy to bring out the colors of the flowers and for more of a fall vibe, rather than a lighter colored, woven bag that I would normally carry in spring and summer.

i am the girl who would rather have flowers than jewelry from a guy.

We spent our time walking around the property and enjoying the flowers rather than joining the crowds for a tasting.

And if you're creating a space that's semi-temporary or will be changed frequently, details like a standing mirror rather than one on a wall, framed art propped against the wall, picture frames of loved ones, and fresh flowers can give it that personal touch without getting too permanent.

We did all our own decorations (tables decorations, flowers, seating plan, bunting etc) and I opted for an outlet dress rather than designer.

Rather than Guerlain «s signature violet scent, it smells like tiare flower: very summery!