Tales from childhood: Festive poster.

 The school asked to make a poster for an important holiday. Sophie had her own idea, but she didn't tell anyone.

At home, she took a large sheet of paper, pens, and pencils. Little Sophie drew beautiful landscape with sky and plants. She loved creative subjects. Sophie was very keen on the process that she forgot about everything.

Then she put her work in her school pack. Little Sophie was very proud of herself! This poster was important for her.

"Well done!" the teacher said.

She was glad that the teacher appreciate her work.

Tyndareus.

Tyndareus (Τυνδάρεος,) was a king of Sparta. His parents were Oebalus and Gorgophone. 

Spartan king married Leda, the Aetolian princess. Tyndareus was the father of Castror, Philinoe, Phoebe, Clytemnestra, and Timandra.

He met with other characters, gods, and goddesses, such as: Heracles, Aphrodite, Agamemnon, Menelaus, Helen of Troy, Odysseus, and etc.

Chocolate cake with dried apricots.

 

Tales from childhood: A walk with granny.

 Sophie and her grandmother decided to walk on the beach. It was a sunny day. Little Sophie wore pink dress and hat.

When they went in the bridge, the wind was blowing. It was a pleasant warm breeze. Sophie's hat flew off her head. The hat flew several meters and ended up on the fence.

"Be careful!" granny said.

"Ha-ha-ha!" Sophie laughed.

Sophie put on her hat and they went on for a walk.

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https://www.shutterstock.com/es/image-photo/ladies-hat-on-wooden-bridge-that-351854345

Orestes.

 Orestes (Ὀρέστης) was the character in Greek myths and legends. His father was Agamemnon, his mother was Clytemnestra.

Orestes killed his mother Clytemnestra, because she killed his father Agamemnon. Apollo ordered this to him. After this Orestes became a king of Mycenae.

He met many gods and goddesses.

He had several siblings.

Orestes married Hermione. They had children.

There are paintings and statues about this character.

Great Wall of China.

 The Great Wall of China is a famous building. This wall was built for protection from enemies. It was built in Ancient China. These series of walls is situated in Northern China. The Great Wall of China is one of China's symbols, about 13, 000 miles (20921.42) in length.

Emperor Qin Shi Huang conceived this building in III century B. C. The Great Wall was built by many different people. This wall was created for many years during this time the dynasties were changing.

The Great wall of China survived different periods in history.

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https://www.shutterstock.com/es/image-vector/great-wall-china-chinese-flag-sky-789919066

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https://www.shutterstock.com/es/image-photo/famous-great-wall-chinajinshanling-natural-landscape-794942254

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https://www.istockphoto.com/es/foto/figuras-de-soldier-y-caballos-de-arcilla-gm177407983-2149228

Spring tree.

 

Famous people and their quotes. Part sixty four.

                                                               Albrecht Dürer.

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https://www.shutterstock.com/es/image-illustration/portrait-albrecht-durer-by-wenceslaus-hollar-397841725

“Simplicity is the greatest adornment of art.”

“Geometry is the foundation of all painting.”

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https://www.azquotes.com/author/4241-Albrecht_Durer

Great people: Salvador Dalí.

 Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, 1st Marquess of Dalí of Púbol was born on May 11, 1904, in Spain. His parents were Salvador Dalí i Cusí and Felipa Domenech Ferrés. 

Dalí was known as a Spanish artist. He painted in the style surrealism. He had education in Madrid. Salvador Dalí's famous works: The Persistence of Memory (1931), Galatea of the Spheres (1952), Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening (1944), Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War) (1936).

He visited different places. Also, Dalí has worked on some on some movies. He was a sculptor and writer, too. Salvador Dalí had two awards.

Dalí had a wife.

He died on January 23, 1989, in Spain.

Recipe of homemade flaky cake with cream.

Ingredients for dough:

Flour-500-600 g

Sugar-400 g

Eggs-3

Sweet cream butter-50 g

Salt-1/3 tea spoon

Baking powder-1 tea spoon

Ingredients for cream:

Condensed milk-1 or less can

Sweet cream butter-200 g

Sour cream-500 g

Sugar-300 g

Mix sugar, eggs, and salt in one bowl. Add sweet cream butter, and mix on water bath. Mix the flour knead the dough. Divide into several pieces. After that, roll out each ball on pancake. Poke a fork. Bake each pancake in oven 356 °F (180 °C).

Cream. Mix sweet cream butter, condensed milk, sour cream, and sugar. Leave it in refrigerator about 2-3 hours. Spread each pancake with cream. Leave the cake on night in refrigerator. Also, you can add nuts and/or fruits, fry fruits.

Literature. Part seventy nine.

                                     “Rumpelstiltskin” by the Brothers Grimm.

Once upon a time there was a miller. He was a poor man. Miller had a daughter. She was beautiful girl.

Miller said to the king that his daughter can spin straw into gold.

The next night, the miller’s daughter was to turn the straw into gold in the castle. She couldn’t do it.

Suddenly the girl saw a creature who looked like an imp in the room. He took the necklace from her and spun gold out of straw.

The king asked miller’s daughter once more to make gold out of straw during the night. This time the creature took the ring from her.

For the third time, the king asked the girl to spin gold from straw and decided to marry her.

The creature did all and asked for her future child.

When the queen gave birth to a child, she didn’t want to give it up. Then the creature offered to guess his name within three days.

The Queen sent messengers to find out his name. One of them said his name was Rumpelstiltskin.

The creature was so evil when the queen called his name that he tore himself up in anger.

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