| 单词 | flowerpot |
| 例句 | I consider knocking over some flowerpots, but that wouldn’t be fair to the innocent plants, who are only trying to lead a peaceful existence of photosynthesis and respiration. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though the day was overcast, I had one of Mother’s old parasols shading both me and the Plant, which was snugly ensconced in a small clay flowerpot. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Inside, there is a big round container that looks like a three-foot-tall clay flowerpot, which Kim and the other cousins fill with water every evening. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Otto ran from the basement into the backyard and sat with his back against Missus Thunkle’s biggest flowerpot, cupping his face in his hands and crying out his fear. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Whenever they transferred seedlings from table beds into small flowerpots, they always ran into a slew of black widows nesting in the little stacked flowerpots that were kept in a dark shed beside the greenhouse. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z After almost an hour of driving through towns with names like Black Earth, they turned down a narrow driveway, past several enormous, snow-dusted flowerpots entwined with lizard-like dragons. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Across the road from the cell house is a fancy mansion with flowerpots on the steps and curtains in the windows. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She wanted to put it in a flowerpot to stand beside his bed. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “You must speak clearly, dear,” Mrs. Weasley told Harry as George dipped his hand into the flowerpot. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z But at last they were on the way, Marly carrying her little flowerpot and Mother holding a huge cake on which she had put the words, Welcome Home, Mr. Chris! Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The authorities then filled each half with rich, moist soil, creating in effect thirty-two giant flowerpots. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Under a flowerpot, I scooped up the hidden key for the side door and let myself in. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Mom likes shopping at thrift stores—she calls it treasure hunting, though I have never figured out what exactly makes somebody’s discarded fondue set or chipped flowerpot a treasure. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Malcolm delicately stepped over the flowerpots and put his hands on the planks of the wall. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I came home from school one day and no one answered the door, so I went and found the secret key that we keep under a flowerpot behind the kitchen door. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He took a pinch of glittering powder out of the flowerpot, stepped up to the fire, and threw the powder into the flames. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z He couldn’t have said why; it was very similar to a dozen others, with its first-floor balcony laden with flowerpots and its tables and chairs on the pavement outside, but it welcomed him. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Soojin leans over and starts to pick leaves out of one of the flowerpots with dead flowers in it. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Of course Sheed wasn’t beneath a flowerpot, or in the storm gutters. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The very small living room incredibly contained—aside from things to sit on—an organ, a piano, a garden of flowering flowerpots, and usually a darting little dog and a large, drowsy cat. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z One, large for his age, made smithereens out of the flowerpots and china because his hands seemed to have the property of breaking everything they touched. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Her head was as empty as a flowerpot. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “Yes,” said Justice Strauss, gesturing to her flowerpot. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z “Yes, sir,” and Jo nearly crushed the small flowerpot with the sudden squeeze she gave it. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z She steps over to a flowerpot to pick off dead geraniums. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The houses were modest but well cared for—flowerpots were filled with geraniums or black-eyed Susans, and floral wreaths hung from each wooden door. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z A police officer was shot dead after stumbling upon ETA members who were masquerading as gardeners while hiding explosive devices in flowerpots in front of the museum. As Culture Capital, San Sebastián Weighs the Theme of Peace 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z The Flatiron flagship will occupy a 5,000-square-foot space on Broadway and will offer everything from tableware and flowerpots to reading glasses and DIY supplies such as origami and paper airplane kits. Quirky Danish Design Brand Flying Tiger Coming to America 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z But what good are a kite, a power bar, a flashlight, matches and a flowerpot if you’re 7½ months pregnant and trapped on a derelict fishing boat sinking into the sea? Video Gaming Turns Murderous, Even if You Play by the Rules 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z He is the un-Anne Geddes; the babies are not transformed into butterflies and mermaids, not plopped into flowerpots or wrapped with cabbage leaves. The Other Mapplethorpe 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z That effect was achieved by enlarging colors typically seen on a much smaller scale — in a flowerpot or field — and by putting two or three colors together in a dress. Fashion Review: Paris Couture Shows Stress Lots of Colors 2010-07-07T20:36:00Z Just over the city walls, I spotted schoolyards, laundry hanging on the line and balconies with flowerpots, and I heard the sounds of dogs barking and people chatting in the shade. Kayaking through the past in Dubrovnik, Croatia 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z The second thing is that there are bombshells everywhere — repurposed as flowerpots, as planters, as coffee shop décor. Making Art Out of Bombshells and Memories in Vietnam 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z She danced in a flowerpot hat and awoke in lilac pajamas to melodic news of the Wicked Witch of the East’s demise. Margaret Pellegrini, ‘Wizard of Oz’ Munchkin, Dies at 89 2013-08-08T23:47:50Z Or have fun creating whimsical flowerpots or a tiny indoor greenhouse. Earth Day’s Gone Digital. Here’s Where to Find It. 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z The flowerpots and similar items are in sunny or earthy Mediterranean hues — McInturff is based in Barcelona — and made of stackable pieces. In the galleries: The fleeting beauty of birds, making their final flights 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z The third uses the teacups along with flowerpots, wood blocks, bells and a guiro. David Lang, Michael Gordon and So Percussion toy with minds 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z That commentary, though, has always been cut with a absurdist twist, whether they’re clad in electric-yellow jumpsuits, matching silver blazers or, of course, those iconic flowerpot hats. Dressed for Success: 7 Bands in Uniform 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Glowing in the morning sunshine, the buildings were lovingly bedecked with hanging flowerpots. Romanian rhapsody — exploring an unsung destination in Eastern Europe 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z We did once go to a fancy dress party as Bill and Ben the uncannily similar flowerpot men. A letter to … Identical twins, who truly know what it’s like to be one of a pair 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z Robert Israel’s sets and Florence von Gerkan’s costumes looked sharp and fresh here, though there were an unusual number of little glitches: singers knocking over flowerpots, or dropping things. Review: Spruce and Taut, the Met Opera’s ‘Fidelio’ Looks Good at 17 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z How modern old Hebe Uhart suddenly seems, watering the flowerpots on her patio and crossing out words in her stories. Andrés Neuman crosses boundaries across the Americas in 'How to Travel Without Seeing' 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Patrons of this cafe and design showroom, opened in 2012, gather around courtyard tables resembling flowerpots to sip cocktails like the Ouzografos, which improbably mixes ouzo, lemonade and basil with cubes of local halloumi cheese. Surfacing: In Cyprus, a New Spirit Animates the Capital 2013-11-28T16:22:30Z After finishing it, I started asking how ordinary features of my city, from streetlights to flowerpots, might affect the greater well-being of residents. The Key to Happiness Might Be as Simple as a Library or a Park 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z “Fabre set them up in such a way that they were following each other around the rim of a flowerpot — with their favorite food only inches away,” Ms. Robbins says. A Former Geek Offers Hope 2011-05-25T18:02:31Z Line a flowerpot with one for effective drainage. Perspective | Hints From Heloise: Fiscal responsibility 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z It has challenged 14 designers to make new objects from stools, towels, dog baskets, flowerpots and other bargains salvaged from liquidation sales. Design: Furniture Designers Are Shifting Focus 2010-04-11T14:52:00Z A strategically placed flowerpot or sofa obscures the nude home shoppers in “Buying Naked.” Take off your clothes to make it in TV 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z But when it seems she might tie up all the loose ends as neatly and intricately as a macrame flowerpot holder, she leaves a few threads dangerously trailing. The Lost Man Booker prize 2010-04-01T07:00:00Z Cannes' promenade was pretty enough before authorities installed a row of 400 giant flowerpots. Cannes deploys flower power to boost film festival security 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z A flowerpot held turf from Michigan Stadium and dirt from the field at the Rose Bowl. The Time Capsule 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z The hats worn by the ladies, which resembled, variously, overturned buckets, flowerpots, lampshades, fezzes, salad plates, tea cozies, flying saucers, abstract artworks or, in one case, a pile of feathers. A Traditional Royal Wedding, but for the 3 Billion Witnesses 2011-05-01T04:18:15Z New Delhi has been decked up for the gathering with a brand new summit venue, fountains, flowerpots and illumination along major thoroughfares, alongside thousands of armed security personnel standing guard. G20 members struggle for consensus on Ukraine as India gears up for summit 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z To protect yourself from mosquitoes, experts recommend emptying any standing water around your home, including in flowerpots and pet bowls, to reduce breeding grounds for the insects. West Nile virus is a growing threat this summer in California. Here’s why 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z There are only a few hours to change sheets, sanitize surfaces, clean the fridge, water flowerpots and plump up pillows. Want to turn your Seattle-area home into an Airbnb? Read this first 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z The houseboat neighbors had to have their summer flowerpots replaced temporarily by evergreens and Christmas lights, and were puzzled by New Year’s Eve fireworks going off over Lake Union on a Friday night in August. As ‘Sleepless in Seattle’ turns 30, we revisit its famous Seattle locations 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z The statues stand on platforms that once held flowerpots and, he said, he hired an engineering firm to secure the statues in place and pays two security services to monitor them around-the-clock. Perspective | More than meets the eye: Georgetown vs. giant Transformers statues 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z Even the job title insinuates that we are not people, but literal background—like a painting or flowerpot that is placed on a table to make the walls look less bare. A comedian explains why life as a lowly background actor is still worth the struggle 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Less enthralled Chinese called him a “flowerpot,” likening him to a frivolous ornament, and mocking his quirky vanities. Jiang Zemin, Leader Who Guided China Into Global Market, Dies at 96 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z He was dubbed “flowerpot,” a criticism for looking nice but not doing much. Jiang Zemin, former president who guided China's rise, dies at 96 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z He was teaching his children how to repurpose them into flowerpots, he said. What Does Sustainable Living Look Like? Maybe Like Uruguay 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z A disabling illness comes with enough stress and heartbreak on its own without the added worries of pitching oneself into a flowerpot on what is supposed to be a life-affirming evening with friends. Advice | Carolyn Hax: Should they install a railing to accommodate disabled friend? 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z A flowerpot, a gift for her recent 34th birthday from the Estonian psychologists she works with, sits on the windowsill. When Home Is a Ferry Ship: An Influx From Ukraine Strains Europe 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Preparing a terrarium is not like filling a traditional flowerpot. How to build a terrarium, from plant selection to scene building 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z Lindsay-Hogg had secretly slipped a recording device in a nearby flowerpot, but when he played the tape back later, “All I could hear was the crackle of cutlery.” 'Let It Be' was never the Beatles' breakup movie. 'Get Back' shows why 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z During the closure, they met up outside the library in Derby Line, where the frontier is marked by a line of stone flowerpots and yellow police tape. ‘The wait is over!’ As the border into the U.S. reopens, families reconnect and border towns celebrate 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Last week the paper published pictures of Ma wearing a white protective gown and holding flowerpots. Jack Ma, Trump and Xi: How Chinese billionaire flew close to the sun 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Public health officials recommend using insect repellant or lemon eucalyptus oil, wearing long pants and long-sleeved shirts when outdoors, and clearing out standing water from places that might attract mosquitoes like flowerpots or buckets. L.A. County confirms its first West Nile virus-related death of 2021 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z "The ward could be brightened when curtains and flowerpots were no longer in danger of being used as weapons," Freeman observed. Tales of scientists gone rogue (or worse) 2021-08-01T04:00:00Z There will also be workshops and a flowerpot decorating activity for kids; free admission. What’s Happening April 30-May 13: Seattle Chinese Culture & Arts Festival, Seattle Transgender Film Festival and more 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z “Plant” the flowers in small flowerpots, vases or repurposed bottles or jars. Make Like Matisse and Find the Flowers in Your Newspaper 2021-04-03T04:00:00Z Vehicles don’t use the alley, and neighbors often line it with flowerpots and benches. A treehouse that divided a Capitol Hill neighborhood must come down — in 2024 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z When she left college for spring break, Arabella Van Patten planned to spend the week on her side hustle: making ceramic mugs and flowerpots to sell around her rural Virginia hometown. The Learning Bulletin Board 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z The breeze sent flowerpots and chairs flying, but it didn’t matter. Spain’s Villages Wage a Lonely Fight Against the Coronavirus 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z Grow them in tubs, flowerpots or other containers. Starting a vegetable garden: the basics 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z He passed the audition with Blakey using a horn that a friend had been using as a flowerpot. Wallace Roney, Grammy-winning jazz trumpeter, dies of coronavirus at 59 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z “All reporters ever want to talk about is drugs,” said Sue Burke, a sixth-generation Portsmouth resident and gardener who volunteers planting and tending the flowerpots downtown. Guinness Records and Pompoms: An Ohio Town Battles Opioid Image 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z The protesters damaged windows and flowerpots before – without any audible warning or justification -- responding officers started using pepper spray and bean bag rounds to get them to disperse, the suit added. St. Louis undercover cop claims officers beat him during anti-police protests 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z I would rush home from Widney junior school every Thursday, let myself in with the flowerpot latchkey and make toast, my mum still at work, ready for the highlight of the week. Stewart Lee book extract: ‘My work became increasingly angry, bitter and incoherent’ 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z A Texas woman was arrested after her newborn child was found buried in a flowerpot in a cemetery, officials said. Texas woman arrested, charged with capital murder after baby found dead in flower pot: report 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z A caretaker at a Texas cemetery made a grim discovery earlier this month, finding the body of a baby buried in a flowerpot, police said Wednesday. Texas infant’s body found in flower pot at cemetery, police says 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z They brim with flowerpots, lampposts, benches and landscaping. Opinion | I lived abroad for 18 years. I hardly recognize the Northern Virginia I knew. 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z One woman, Deborah Eddy, 63, dropped off a bright yellow lily in a flowerpot. Utah Mayor Killed in Afghanistan Wanted to Serve ‘However I Can’ 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z In the right wing, a clear flowerpot flipped upside down held another octopus. This is what happens to a shy octopus on ecstasy 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Examining the loss, Givens noted that some of her mother’s garden gnomes had survived, as well as a small garden fountain and a colorful flowerpot. Gone in a flash: Goleta family's home of 25 years is lost to fire 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z Both will get a chance to prove it thanks to a project that provided small flowerpots, seeds and gardening basics to young people involved with Teen Reach. EXCHANGE: Teens taught to plant, tend their own flowerpots 2018-04-21T04:00:00Z But once the waters settle, there will be countless low spots, old tires, flowerpots and the like where mosquitoes can begin rebuilding their populations. Short Answers to Hard Questions about Health Threats from Hurricane Harvey 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z In many ways, Snowflake — with its one stoplight and cheery flowerpots lining Main Street — embodies the Republican healthcare debate writ small: It largely comes down to a clash between economic interests and ideology. In his small hometown, Arizona's Jeff Flake faces perils and pressure of Senate healthcare debate 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z The flowerpot container had holes so the octopuses could communicate by sight, touch and chemically, but the asocial animals could not hurt each other. This is what happens to a shy octopus on ecstasy 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Sethi said people in the crowd jumped over the balcony of her ground-floor apartment and shattered a plate-glass door with a flowerpot. A maid’s feud in India flares into class war 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z BELLEVILLE, Ill. — Signs of a deeply disturbed family life kept surfacing from the well-kept house with the pale sun awning and the pretty flowerpots off a gravel road here. Before the Gunfire in Virginia, a Volatile Home Life in Illinois 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z The police placed a voice-activated tape recorder inside a flowerpot at Wilson’s grave site, to track suspicious mourners, and asked the owner of an adult bookstore in Beatrice for a list of known homosexuals. Remembering the Murder You Didn’t Commit 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z In one project in downtown Cincinnati, she turned abandoned parking meters into flowerpots — bringing color to drab streets and making a subtle push for public gardens. Woman found fatally stabbed in home near Capitol Hill 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z “He didn’t even knock over the flowerpot on the ledge next to where he blew himself up,” said Sidney Jones, director of the Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict. Not ‘Lone Wolves’ After All: How ISIS Guides Plots by Remote Control 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z This earthy home and accessories shop specializing in Slovene and Scandinavian labels is a trove of everything eco-friendly and artisanal, from flowerpots to brooches made from textile scraps. Slovenia’s (Burgeoning) Fairy Tale of a City 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Paint mason jars with earth tones and use them for simple flowerpots and pen holders. 5 Inexpensive Ways to Decorate Your Home for Autumn 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z It might not take over, but I can imagine a day when Home Depot sells flowerpots made out of merdacotta, or a similar material. Cow Dung Goes High Design 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Any possible confusion over their second album’s title − De La Soul Is Dead − was ended with its cover art, a simple, sombre illustration of wilted daisies spilling from a cracked, overturned flowerpot. De La Soul – 10 of the best 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z The Aedes aegypti mosquito that transmits Zika lays its eggs near standing water, in places such as flowerpots, buckets or old tires. Brazil says there is ‘almost zero’ risk of Zika during Olympics. Really? 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z A row of flowerpots denotes the border traversing the street that leads to the front door, which is in the United States. Along the U.S.-Canada border, an invisible but hardening wall rises 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z The gentle ursine face, flowerpot hat and milk-bottle spectacles belied his brutal effectiveness when holding a cricket bat. Guyana's gifts to the world - BBC News 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z He chased the cat to the end of the garden, leaping over some planks and a flowerpot. The Man Who Became a Goat 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z This white rabbit was in a cage, nestled between broken flowerpots and rusted hubcaps. Our love affair is based on animal magnetism 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z But police stumbled upon the plot as the two men, dressed as gardeners, were attempting to hide the weapons in flowerpots outside the museum five days before its scheduled opening on 18 October. Eta member jailed for 92 years for plot to kill Spanish king 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z Ana grew up in Strata 1, in a house painted bright green with a row of flowerpots outside. The agonizing wait of an expectant mother with Zika: ‘Is my baby okay?’ 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Pyongyang, the showcase capital, is bleak and lined with pastel-painted tower blocks with red flowerpots in the windows. Yet another American has been detained in North Korea. So why do they go? | Monisha Rajesh 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z Bicycles lean near front doors, and flowerpots sit empty on windowsills. How is Fukushima’s cleanup going five years after its meltdown? Not so well. 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z The lawn is immaculately manicured, the yellow-stucco front entrance nearly hidden by flowerpots. Kamasi Washington’s Giant Step 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z And then I spotted the flowerpots, three tiny plants left on the steps of the cathedral. Cologne attacks: Germans left feeling vulnerable - BBC News 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z The pink begonias in the flowerpots on her steps are one of the few bright spots on the block. Detroit tries unconventional approach to restoring its housing market 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z A uniformed caretaker has started watering the flowerpots in front of us. Anger drives hunt for 'criminal' water guzzler during California drought 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z Cornelia recalls that while driving between between their homes in Middleburg, Virginia, and New York, she and her mother would stop at swap meets in search of flowerpots and cachepots for their growing collection. Family Heirlooms, From High Society’s Finest 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Klope says all that was left in the wake of the bear's visit was a broken flowerpot and blind. Unexpected visitor: Woman finds bear eating inside apartment; entered through unlocked door 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z The rats were allowed to rest in shallow flowerpots between sessions. ‘Speedometer’ neurons discovered in rat brains 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z But despite the bonanza of gilded pier glasses and silver sconces and bronze flowerpots, it was a harpsichord that held the home together. William F. Buckley would have loathed Fox News: Inside the right-wing media’s intellectual downfall 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z “Besides the three ornate gables in the front facing facade, he added a ledge for flowerpots just under the second level window.” In Westchester, a Wisp of a Home Built in the Depression Seeks a Long Future 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z One is what we call “the financial flowerpot system.” Financial Flowerpots To Reach Your Money Goals 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z It is believed a flowerpot containing flowers was broken and the plaque was spat at, the force said. Arrests for Lawrence plaque damage 2014-03-24T11:07:36Z The second-best post for hunting Tiger, I find, is a wooden bench beneath a hanging flowerpot on the front veranda of the clubhouse. Tailing Tiger at Augusta 2014-03-05T05:00:00Z When the hunger pains got really bad, I started eating cockroaches and worms that I picked out of the flowerpots on my windowsill. 'I played basketball for Gaddafi' 2014-02-06T00:01:09Z Reports said they broke flowerpots, doors and windowpanes. Delhi ruling party office vandalised 2014-01-08T12:50:08Z Imagine a row of flowerpots on your windowsill. Financial Flowerpots To Reach Your Money Goals 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z He sang and made music wherever he went, tapping on overturned flowerpots like miniature drums. Widening Ripples of Grief in Adoptee’s Death 2013-08-31T15:56:13Z Pelligrini, who played the flowerpot Munchkin and one of the sleepy head kids in the 1939 fantasy, died at her Phoenix, Arizona home on 7 August after suffering a stroke earlier in the week. Munchkin Pelligrini dies aged 93 2013-08-08T07:13:41Z The cart held overturned metal bowls, unopened bottles of soda and several terracotta flowerpots. Classical music refashioned 2013-06-04T12:59:01Z Lest anyone accuse you of stripping the shelves, propose things that live deep in the recesses of the home: vacation videos, excess flowerpots, sporting goods or long-ignored books. The New Old Age Blog: A Mother’s Day Gift 2013-05-08T15:59:03Z It’s important to match the type of investment you’ll use to fill each flowerpot with the timing of your goal. Financial Flowerpots To Reach Your Money Goals 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z We have combined the two for a Mother’s Day craft project — chalkboard flowerpots. Mother’s Day idea: Make Mom a chalkboard flowerpot 2013-05-07T21:36:28Z The Garden Centre Association says sales of plants, flowerpots, compost and propagators are all well down compared with the same period last year. Wintry Easter weather leaves garden centres and DIY stores shivering 2013-03-31T17:54:25Z Paint phony windows, complete with cheery flowerpots, on brick facades. Ed Koch, iconic NYC mayor, dies at 88 2013-02-01T11:27:00Z The filter, which looks like a flowerpot, sits over a plastic bucket. 7 Additional Compelling Breakthroughs 2012-11-14T18:15:01.643Z And speaking of punching, it’s not very superheroic to beat up a flowerpot, but it incredibly satisfying. Review: LEGO Batman 2 2012-08-22T17:26:19Z Less than an hour after the disturbance, residents swept away the dirt and debris from the overturned flowerpots. Bonn Journal: Hostility Between Muslims and Nationalists Rattles Bonn, Germany 2012-06-05T02:59:33Z Less than an hour after the riot, residents righted the crushed pansies and took up brooms to sweep away the dirt and debris from the overturned flowerpots. A Tense Cultural Rift Racks Germany’s Former ‘City of Diplomats’ 2012-06-04T15:39:12Z These can be planted in flowerpots and the young caterpillars kept from wandering either by a cage of wire netting or, by what I have found very satisfactory, glass lamp chimneys. Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects 2012-03-28T02:00:31.483Z “His folks are rich, so Marcoo said; I suppose he’s been brought up in a city flowerpot—and isn’t much of a fellow anyhow!” with a disgruntled grin. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z She does admit that there is not the least probability that flowerpots and vases left in place might of their own accord fall and break during the night. A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis 2011-12-06T03:00:21.763Z The shape of the oat-meal kettle, like a flowerpot, allowed the ice to turn out easily, and it could then be set on a plate and trimmed around the bottom with the holly leaves. Cookery for Little Girls 2011-09-17T02:00:25.833Z They have restrictions: They never use dirt in flowerpots, which might contain non-native Brooklyn soil, and they try to keep an eye out for the overall effect. City Room: Selling Pieces of Brooklyn (but Not the Bridge) 2011-09-01T18:04:23Z After this delay, a partition opened, leading to a flowerpot full of scented sand. 'Time Cells' Weave Events Into Memories 2011-08-24T17:52:38Z His gray eye was rather more than usually alert and bright, his general appearance certainly not suggestive of a flowerpot plant; his step, quick and springy, embodied the saline breeze that skipped over the salt-marshes. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z "Do not be too sure," she said, patting the flowerpot round the edges and squinting down at it as if it were a work of art symmetrically finished. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z Michelle Chavez, 41, and her mother evacuated from Eagar to the town of St. Johns 30 miles away, taking with them bags of clothes, pets and their outdoor flowerpots. Arizonans tell of harrowing brush with wildfire 2011-06-14T13:09:46Z It is now the only terracotta flowerpot maker in the UK, and a thriving business. A pint of shatterproof glass, please: what the Design Council does for us 2011-03-31T10:54:55Z But now science is pushing back Two days after my mother moved a concrete flowerpot from our living room to our patio, her feet went numb. Chronic Pain: Science Searches for Cures 2011-03-14T15:30:00Z Nix stooped to fondle the tan ears of the terrier which had taken to him from the first, having never harbored the ghost of a suspicion of his being a “flowerpot fellow.” A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z But I was n't going to dispute with him, Molly; so I swept out of the room, and threw down a little china flowerpot just to stop him. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z When it's reclaimed, plastic from milk bottles is usually turned into toothbrushes, flowerpots and children's toys, among other things. Milk jugs - glass, plastic and paperboard - have different environmental impacts 2011-02-28T22:30:01Z Bits of brick broken from large flowerpots lining the streets were everywhere, having been hurled by protesters. Tension in Tunis: Tunisian President Ben Ali Leaves Country 2011-01-19T14:00:00Z He shook his head so violently that suddenly his balance was disturbed; clap went his feet, the flowerpot broke beneath him, and our talk was lost in the consequent solicitudes. Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times 2011-01-16T03:00:20.530Z They brought their stuffed owls and friendship bracelets and flowerpots as offerings for the growing memorial to Christina that lined the fence at the school. At Victim?s School, Shock, Sorrow and Nightmares 2011-01-11T03:24:47Z The end came in a rush, and with a peculiar sadness for the sofa-bound viewer, as Sky's cameras lingered on a single pale, fat shirtless man in a flowerpot hat gleefully waving a flag. The Ashes 2010: Stay awake, Warne said ? and the audience were rewarded 2010-12-08T00:05:00Z Experts recommend getting rid any water receptacles, from flowerpots to unused tires — anything that can serve as potential mosquito breeding grounds. Across Asia, Dengue Fever Cases Reach Record Highs 2010-09-26T14:15:00Z Plants at a residence were damaged, and a flowerpot was broken. Fairfax County crime report 2010-09-02T04:00:00Z Dodd sat on his flowerpot, shaking his head and saying “Pooh!” to the cinerarias; and I listened, never doubting that Boon felt the truth he told so well. Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times 2011-01-16T03:00:20.530Z A large flowerpot was broken and another was turned over. Fairfax County crime report 2010-07-15T04:00:00Z Soccer’s popularity is, of course, also a testimony to its simplicity, and in other places the filmmakers visit, the goals are formed by flip-flops, flowerpots or even inverted bicycles. In the Arena: Joining the Global Game Wherever Its Played 2010-04-20T03:20:00Z I ought to paint a cottage interior with a little window and a flowerpot on the sill. The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life It threw livid hues over a row of flowerpots in the window-seat. Last Words So uniformly ugly these apartment houses, with their dirty curtains, their unspeakable flowerpots in the parlour windows. A Bed of Roses The horses of the noddy, feeling no restraint from the reins, and terrified by the uproar, kicked up their heels at once, and bolted away, shooting the driver out of his den into a flowerpot. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience On the window seat stood two curious flowerpots, which a sailor named Christian had brought from the East or West Indies. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series Two long rows of flowerpots had been placed, with due intervals between them, and in and out among these the competitors must guide their machines in a tortuous twist. The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life Most people are obliged to content themselves with a few flowers in flowerpots. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series It looked clean and neat, with curtains round the bed and over the small windows, where two strange-looking flowerpots stood on the sill. A Christmas Greeting The sudden tempest in a flowerpot surprised her. The Paliser case "Perhaps I shall be put into a flowerpot, for that is by far the most honorable position." Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series The stewards were collecting and rearranging the flowerpots, and a team of juniors came forward for the tortoise race. The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life In one of these large towns lived two poor children who had a garden somewhat larger and better than a few flowerpots. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series In China, that land of curiosities, may be seen oaks, chestnuts, pines, and cedars growing in flowerpots, and fifty years old, but not twelve inches high! Little Folks (July 1884) A Magazine for the Young Delighted with its delicate beauty, he dug it carefully out with the roots, carried it into his hut, planted it in a flowerpot, watered it and cared for it tenderly. Stories to Read or Tell from Fairy Tales and Folklore It thought of this so long that it ended by saying to itself with the firm conviction of truth, "I shall be planted in a flowerpot!" Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series The tassel of his tarboosh, a little red inverted flowerpot capping the summit, gyrated violently in moments of excitement. The Tale of a Trooper Immediately all the flowers in the flowerpots became large trees with long branches reaching to the ceiling and stretching along the walls, so that the whole room was like a greenhouse. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series Arrange your flowerpots in it and fill between them with sawdust. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources He peeped through a kink at the side of the kitchen blind, where its descent was arrested by a flowerpot in the corner of the window-sill. The House with the Green Shutters But none of them got into a flowerpot, and still less into a gentleman's buttonhole. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series He has periodical parties, at which there are a great many flowerpots and a few ices—no other refreshments. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 3, 1836-1870 "But why," one may ask, "all this elaborate detail, this burying of lines, and, most absurd of all, the covering up of the baited hook with a flowerpot?" The Colonial Mortuary Bard; "'Reo," The Fisherman; and The Black Bream Of Australia 1901 She thrust out a hand—surprisingly finely and economically molded, barely missing a piledup heap of dishes crowned by a flowerpot trailing droopy tendrils. Greener Than You Think Out of the flowerpot rose gauntly a three-sticked frame, up which two lonely stalks of a climbing plant tried to scramble, but failed miserably to reach the top. The House with the Green Shutters "In a flowerpot or in a frame?" asked the thistle. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series Eliza said that I ought to put a flowerpot over the mushroom, because, being visible from the road, some one might be tempted to come in and steal it. Eliza He was wretchedly clad, and appeared to be selling some rudely-made, but curious contrivances of notched sticks, intended to contain flowerpots. The Gypsies Miss Francis immediately abandoned the flowerpot to stare childishly at the feat. Greener Than You Think Wilson pushed the flowerpot to one side, and "You'll take a dram?" he said blithely. The House with the Green Shutters I take it that any man who has a flowerpot in his window, whereas his neighbour has none, is no Socialist. From a Terrace in Prague A flowerpot is a necessary article of furniture without which no room is complete. A College Girl The term now includes small, tablelike structures for holding flowerpots, vases, etc. Handwork in Wood Miss Francis squatted ungracefully on her heels and looked up from the flowerpot she had been engaged with. Greener Than You Think Listen, Mahatma; we have a big forest of flowerpot trees up on a plateau above us. Four-Day Planet Now they had come to the "flowerpots" of the Playground, beautiful grass plots interwoven with delicate blooms and ringed about with water lilies. The Plunderer Father O'Connor went on ahead and Gilbert following in the dark stumbled over a flowerpot and broke his arm. Gilbert Keith Chesterton Fruitlessly she hunted through boxes, bowls, flowerpot holders, and the music davenport. A Mummer's Tale Continuing, Madame van den Steen said that all the filthiness that could be thought of was committed—the furniture, cupboards, flowerpots, and even bridge-tables, being sullied by these brutes. My War Experiences in Two Continents A flowerpot stood on the window-sill; perhaps ten years ago it had had a flower in it, but now it held the apothecary's empty phials. A Dozen Ways Of Love These were of a fine quality, and as the flowerpots and bombs burst into stars in the sky both children and grown-ups joined in loud applause. Marjorie at Seacote The long valley in between the mountains had been covered with mould taken from one of her mother's flowerpots. Jerusalem An alternative method is to melt up scrap lead and cast weights in tins or flowerpots sunk in sand, using an accurately centred stick as the core. Things To Make These hats look like large flowerpots turned upside down. Big People and Little People of Other Lands I saw an earthenware vase with a hole in the bottom like a flowerpot and found that it was used, with a rope attached to the rim, for catching octopus. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People His imagination had been stirred in boyhood by watching a common country potter turn off bowls and flowerpots that sprang from the wheel in exquisite, concentric forms or like opening lilies of red earth. The Street Called Straight He brought from the adjoining room a porcelain flowerpot containing a narcissus in bloom. The Nameless Castle But," he went on, "it was the flowerpot! The Port of Missing Men On every window sill there are flowerpots, for the Swiss are very fond of flowers. Big People and Little People of Other Lands He also collects moss, which is sold for the purpose of placing in flowerpots to hide the earth. The Amateur Poacher In ordinary times, after an Englishman is provided with a roof and four meals a day, the next thing he must have is a garden, even if it is but a flowerpot. Walking-Stick Papers He makes the like to flourish out of mere flowerpots, and embower his balconies and windows, and why shouldn't this flourish with me? The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) He now saw nothing but common, earthen flowerpots, quantities of geraniums, myrtles, and the like. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English On one bright March morning, she came into Asako's room with a small flowerpot in her hands. Kimono There were chairs and table and a couch, a small stand for a pile of magazines, a bookcase containing some medical works, and a sprawling hare’s-foot fern in a large flowerpot by the window. The Moon Rock And one also finds stupid and pretentious flowers like the rose which belongs in the porcelain flowerpots painted by young girls. Against the Grain Having thus put the rabbit, the bird-cage and the flowerpot into the hat in front of you he proceeds in a leisurely manner to take them out again. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 25, 1919 "There are so many beautiful potteries now that it is possible to something harmonious for every flowerpot." Ethel Morton's Enterprise All along the front of the house are many flowerpots, in which roses and other English flowers are growing. Highroads of Geography Introductory Book: Round the World with Father Where a garden is impossible, a flowerpot with a plant in it for each child to take care of would do very well. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 The people here complain sadly of the heat, but as for myself, I luxuriate in it, like the butterflies which hover about the macetas, or flowerpots, in the court. Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Society Then we got into a very mean quarter of the town, and emerged in a dingy garden, strewn with tin cans and broken flowerpots. Mr. Standfast "Yes, sir," and Jo nearly crushed the small flowerpot with the sudden squeeze she gave it. Little Women No, it was not all—on a window ledge, beneath a bundle of rags that filled the opening left by a broken pane, was a small earthen flowerpot holding a single scraggly slip of geranium. Helen of the Old House You must remember to say, 'How calm and peaceful the morning is', or how on earth do you think Miss Robinson is going to know when to upset that flowerpot? The Gem Collector Here were no flowerpots in the windows or pictures on the walls, as at Petra's; but good, thick furs with woven backs hung over the doors, and the children looked healthy and well-fed. Look Back on Happiness I have experienced some very severe winters in my life, but I have never seen the mercury so low that a flowerpot couldn't struggle through and look fresh and robust in the spring. Remarks The robin stopped near a flowerpot and fluttered over it in great agitation. Twilight and Dawn Simple Talks on the Six Days of Creation The thin hair, worn on the shoulders, was dust-colour mixed with grey, and to crown all there was a rusty rimless hat, shaped like an inverted flowerpot. A Traveller in Little Things After dinner Mr. Martin observed from his window the flowerpots standing on the green. The Eskdale Herd-boy A Scottish Tale for the Instruction and Amusement of Young People These being thrown open, we entered a paved court-yard, decorated with shrubs and antique flowerpots, with a ruined stone fountain in the centre. Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey He recognized that Hawthorne was gradually lapsing into a hypochondria that might terminate fatally; that he was Goethe's oak planted in a flowerpot, and that unless the flower-pot could be broken, the oak would die. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne And here is the very flowerpot and counterfeit association for which Bishop Sprat was taken up, and the Duke of Marlborough sent to the Tower. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 2 His brow was furrowed, and he was moodily bunging stones at a flowerpot. Right Ho, Jeeves "Where can these great flowerpots have come from?" asked he. The Eskdale Herd-boy A Scottish Tale for the Instruction and Amusement of Young People There were also garden implements including spraying tools, cutters, flowerpots, seed packets and organic manures. Free from School The table for a dinner à la Russe should be laid with flowers and plants in fancy flowerpots down the middle, together with some of the dessert dishes. The Book of Household Management He entered the garden, with his eyes fixed intently on the balcony, heard the councilor say good-day, turned his head toward the sound, and saw him standing there nodding, his arms full of empty flowerpots. Mogens and Other Stories I caught against the flowerpot frame, and I'll swear I heard my gown go. Love Me Little, Love Me Long In shape they resembled inverted flowerpots, with the upper edges fluted, and from the centers floated what seemed to be bouquets of flowers. The Sea Fairies He did not move as I drew near him; he glanced at me, and then stared hard again at the flowerpots before him. In the Days of the Comet "The flowers need watering," said the mother, feeling the earth in the flowerpots in the windows. Mother The cottage was in darkness and the door locked; but after a moment's hesitation, he took the key from under the flowerpot and went in. Jonah But you cannot plant an oak in a flowerpot; she must have earth for her root, and heaven for her branches. The Commonwealth of Oceana Young particularly requested that the messengers might be ordered to examine the Bishop's flowerpots. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 Then she slipped down among the flowerpots on the other side of the tubs and stood, hanging her head. War and Peace The mother incredulously regarded Sofya, who was searching about for a place into which to drop her cigarette stump, and finally threw it in a flowerpot. Mother This took place before a large open window, with a row of flowerpots on its heavy old granite sill. An Iceland Fisherman Line bottom and sides of flowerpot with lettuce, allowing leafy edges to extend above rim of flowerpot. The Perdue Chicken Cookbook "I never gave any directions about the flowerpots," said Young. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 The next moment the fugitive physician fell over a flowerpot, and came down on all fours, staring like a cow. Manalive The messengers pried into every flowerpot that they could find, but to no purpose. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 Place drumsticks, bone side down, on lettuce in flowerpot to resemble flowers. The Perdue Chicken Cookbook Served in a flowerpot it's whimsical and fun. The Perdue Chicken Cookbook |
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