Posts Tagged ‘Samson and Delilah’
November 26, 2019 Herbal-Infused Broth, Leave the Leaves, Jean-Jacques d’Ortous de Mairan, Henry Winthrop Sargent, Oak by William Bryant Logan, a Thanksgiving Time Capsule and an Olive Tree on a Movie Set in 1949
Today we celebrate the man who discovered that plants have circadian rhythms. We’ll learn about the 20-acre estate that had the very first lawn mowed by a lawnmower in the United States. We’ll hear some truly lovely and a little melancholy poetry about November. We Grow That Garden Library with a book about the official national tree…
Read MoreCecil B. DeMille on the Set of Samson and Delilah and the Story of the Olive Branch
“As the nurseryman attached a leafy branch to the tree, Cecil shouted, ‘That’s NOT an olive branch!’ The nurseryman cautiously replied, ‘I’m sure it is, sir.'” November 26, 1948 On this day, The Ponca City News out of Ponca, Oklahoma, shared a story about the famous director Cecil B. DeMille. I’ll paraphrase it here: While filming…
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