Lotophages.

Lotophages (λωτοφάγοι) (lōtophágoi) mean 'lotus-eaters' in Greek mythology.

In Homer's Odyssey, the Lotophagi were people who eat lotuses.

Odysseus and his men arrived on the island of the lotus-eaters. They began eating lotus plants and forgot about all their affairs.

Then Odysseus brought his men back to the ship.

In a figurative sense, 'lotus-eaters' also refers to people who spend their time in a state of carefree ease.

Pink and gray clouds.

Recipe of homemade fried rice.

Ingredients:

Rice-200 g

Water-450 g

Vegetable oil-two table spoons

Salt-one tea spoon

Fry rice with vegetable oil during 5 minutes. After boil your rice with salt during several minutes.

Literature. Part hundred forty.

                                                     "Hans in Luck" by the Brothers Grimm.

Once upon a time there was a young man named Hans. He worked diligently for seven years, and his master gave him some gold.

Hans decided to visit his mother. Along the way, he traded gold for horse. Then the horse for a cow, the cow for a pig, and the pig for a goose. He traded the goose for stones. Hans dropped the stones into a well, and then reached his home.

With all these things, he was happy!

Great people: Herodotus.

Herodotus (Ἡρόδοτος Ἁλικαρνᾱσσεύς) (Hēródotos) was known as a Greek historian and geographer. He was born 484 B C, in Halicarnassus, Caria, Asia Minor.

Herodotus traveled extensively through various countries. This helped in learning a great deal about the history and geography of ancient places.

The Histories of Herodotus is his notable work.

Herodotus died 425 B C, in Thurii, Calabria.

Famous people and their quotes. Part hundred twenty five.

                                              Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

Source of image:

https://www.shutterstock.com/ru/image-illustration/selfportrait-c-1875-by-pierre-auguste-2737769997?trackingId=af9432ed-b4bf-444e-a0bf-a027faa53838&listId=searchResults

“Why shouldn’t art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world.”

“The pain passes, but the beauty remains.”

“You come to nature with all your theories, and she knocks them all flat.”

“-last words about painting, age 78...

I think I'm beginning to learn something about it.”

“There’s nothing more absurd than a “connoisseur.”

“We are in a period of searchers rather than of creators.”    

“It's with my brush that I make love.”

Source of information:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6875735.Pierre_Auguste_Renoir 

Tales from childhood: My friends.

"She has already received treatment, but she didn't say anything," our teacher was talking on her mobile.

It was yet another difficult conversation in which an adult talked about their problems.

It's me-a friend of Timothy and Maria. I'm glad we're friends.

Then, that woman went on sick leave again, taking her son with her.

That's when I realized we'd be left to our own once more.

At the time, we were busy with our own affairs, and later we went to an abandoned cottage (house). It was scary there, but fun. The only thing was, I fell off the roof. Afterward, Maria and Timothy took me to a doctor. It was a lesson for me.

Source of information:

https://www.shutterstock.com/ru/image-vector/vector-illustration-old-abandoned-house-on-2543846183?trackingId=c84cc30a-24bb-41ab-bd32-d890b3d05ae5&listId=searchResults