Acadian Day
Acadia, is another name for the Canadian Maritime provinces (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island), as well as Maine in the United States. Among these places, about 86% of the total Acadian population settled in New Brunswick. Acadians are known as the descendants of the 17th century French colonists.
The Acadian Day is celebrated annually on August 15th. It’s a celebration of the Assumption of Mary. The date of celebration was set in 1881 in Memramcook, New Brunswick, at the first National Convention of the Acadians.
In conjunction with this special occasion, there were bouquets of flowers on sale. How were they special? These flowers came in yellow, blue, red, and white; just like the Acadian flag! How nice… The blue roses were especially precious. I’ve been wanting to get some in the past, and my dream came true… when Miles handed me this unique bouquet of flowers as a surprise gift. ^v*
A bouquet of red, white, and blue roses; matching colours of the Acadian flag.
The red rose.
The white rose.
The blue rose.
September 3rd, 2009 at 4:22 am
Hello Adeline,
Haven’t been visiting you lately. Aren’t you a lucky girl, received flowers again huh? I recalled talking about blue roses a while ago with you :o)
September 3rd, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Hey Ai Shiang,
Hope the winter in Sydney has been treating you well. I’ve been visiting your site from time to time, haven’t got a chance to leave comments.
lol… those roses are nice looking ;) Exactly, we talked about blue roses are combination of white roses with blue dye. Sadly, blue roses weren’t as big and didn’t last as long as the red and white ones…
September 9th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Winter felt like only 2 months this year. Not sure if it is good or bad. As it is already getting warmer and warmer, I can’t imagine how summer is like. I probably have to be half naked (being too hot)! Haha!
Ah! Thanks for visiting, I didn’t know that, I did see hits from Fredericton but not sure who that was. Strangely when I am free at night. Your site is taking a while to load. Maybe heavy traffic during day time over at your end huh?