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State-, national-, international-modeled gardens interest me.

Natural Bridge State Park epitomizes a natural-bridge entry in a Unitedstatesian-national or a world-international garden.

Isn't it incomparably educationally entertaining, entertainingly educational that the Wisconsin natural bridge informs us of interactive northern and southern vegetation?

Considering the first in-text image of the Da Vinci equestrian statue concerns me with animal sentients contained and not contained within the Handel bestiary.

Why does Donna Leon designate no Handel music-derived horse sentient?

Donna Leon acquaints us with the Venetian microcosm within the Veneto macrocosm.

The afore-acknowledged author also addresses the US-Army microcosm within the Veneto macrocosm.

Mightn't it be interesting to match Veneto and Venice gardens with indoor and outdoor non-woody and woody plants on the US Army base?

Wouldn't a Condie-Ramsay sequel or a Condie-Ramsay US-Army base garden-wending with Donna Leon work wonders?

The computer crashed before I continued my cherishing animal-sentient correlations with certain characteristics.

Lions as brave, stags as noble and tigers as altruistic draw me.

Moths as tempting and silver turtledoves as elusive intrigue me.
A silver-illuminating turtledove is elusive even as is a moth indeed tempting?
Might the temptation be in the moving around darkened ambiances?

No. The Eucharist, wafer and wine, is a sacrament, one of the seven most important channels of God's grace, whereas the touching the holy water is a sacramental, a religious act less significant than a sacrament. It is a reminder of baptism, intended to remind the worshipper of their baptismal promises.

Thank you for your comment below, in answer to my previous observation and question.

Mass behavior intrigues me in two instances, one fictional, the other real-life.

The movie The drop makes Tom Hardy's one-time-murderer character mention his making his confession to the Church priest even as he never mentions any atonement, apart never missing any Church Mass where he never moves from his pew for Wafer and Wine.

The real-life instance regards attendees who refrain from the Wafer and Wine line even as they remain seated -- all the while regarding the Altar -- until all others receive their Communion. They then relinquish their pew for the Holy Water station on the right side of the main exit-door. They touch the Holy Water surface before touching, Crosslike, forehead, heart, shoulders.

Would the above work as something of an alternative to Wafer and Wine?

Your comment Jul 19, 2015, that "We usually have no winter problems here, some years we do not ever get past thirty degrees, but summers are a problem when the A/C goes out" intrigues me.

Your text mentions battery-operated fans and battery- and generator-operated refrigeration.

Might windows -- on upper, not basement, ground, lower floors -- open 24/7 make a difference alone or in conjunction with the above-mentioned indoor-temperature props?

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It's so interesting what the different colors of Valentine roses invoke.
For example, blue and green flowers in general intrigue me even as your Valentine countdown from Feb. 1st to Feb. 14 inspires me with all the symbolism, such as blue for success and green for hope.

Might that floral-color symbolism mean the same in, for example, a chocolate confection -- brownies, cake, cookies, fudge, pie, muffins, etc. -- with frosting or icing made with enchanting-lavender or fascinating-orange or loving ruby-red candied flowers?

I can't say about the colors of knots. They are very likely used in similar way as colors ofor ribbons. Gold, in my opinion was used for different reasons. One important was an improvement of printing technique. Postcards used gold (and some book illustrations) to stand out in harsh competition on the market.

Brown is not recognized as a Valentine's symbol at the moment. Teddy bears come in different color, so they are not defining brown at the moment, but who knows what future brings?

No, 14 flowers represent 14 days of February. It's a coundown calendar, similar to Advent calendars popular in December. The fourteenth rose is for St. Valentine's Day, but the order is not important. Colors are irrelevant, the color symbolism is there just to help people who want to give roses as presents. Most people really don't care about that, but for some this may be important. And yes, all 14 may create a truly impressive bouquet!

No records are made or kept, so there is no list of any kind. The bishops keep records of who is allow3d to absolve, but what the penitent says is unrecorded.

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Absolution and dispensation appear to me as such impactful, powerful actions.

Does the absolver have to designate somewhere officially or with someone official about the absolution and the absolvee?

For example, is there such a thing as a central list of absolutions along with their absolvees and their absolvers?

One scene appears to be absent in verisimilitude.

The film begins with Corliss as a poised, prescient, pretty 15-year-old.

But later the aforementioned underager consumes shrimp cocktails with Jimmy, whose military service conveys an age of 18 years or more.

Wouldn't everyone at the Jefferson-and-Fifth shrimp-cocktail place have worked out her age as too young legally to want an alcoholic drink?