June 1, 2025
June – Roses and Pearls
By Eloise Graham
Editor-in-Chief
The flower for June is the rose. The rose and the shrub are of the Rosa genus. Their colors range from deep red to the palest of pink, orange hues to yellows to white. A lavender rose has even been cultivated.
Early civilizations of temperate zones were believed to be growing roses as far back as 5,000 years ago. Roses were believed to have been grown in ancient Babylon. Paintings discovered in Egyptian pyramids from the 14th century B.C. had paintings with roses depicted in the artwork.
The legend of the thorn – Cupid, the son of Venus, shot arrows accidentally into a rose garden when he was stung by a bee. The resulting ‘sting’ from the arrows is what gave the flower its thorns.
The birthstones for June, there are three: the pearl, the moonstone and Alexandrite. A pearl is a hard object produced within the soft tissue of a living shelled mollusk, usually an oyster. Moonstones are a little softer in composition than the pearl, but they have a sheen to them similar to that of the pearl. They were named “moonstone” because of the visual effect caused by light diffraction giving it the appearance of moonbeams shining through. Alexandrite is a gemstone that has the ability to change color depending on whether it is viewed in natural sunlight or artificial light. It ranges from deep emerald green, blue and dark purple tones to red-violet, magenta and red tones.
Weird and wacky observances:
Monthly –
Adopt a Shelter Cat Month
Turkey Lovers Month
Black Music Appreciation Month
Fight the Filthy Fly Month
Weekly –
International Clothesline Week
National Flag Football Week
National Gardening Week
Watermelon Seed Spitting Week
Daily –
Say Something Nice Day
National Pen Pal Day
World Doll Day
National Game Day
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