Monday, June 27, 2022

Tales from childhood: Useful work.

Now, Sophie studied in the middle school, so she had different interests.

"Today we go to clean the school yard." the teacher said.

This fall there were a lot of leaves, and after the winter they need to be removed.

Several years ago, Sophie made various crafts from bright fall leaves.

The teenagers did a good job.

"You are all great!" the teacher said.

Sophie was very proud of herself and her classmates.

Source of image:

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/school-beautiful-nature-landscape-mountain-trees-1583943856



Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Hecuba.

Hecuba (Ἑκάβη) was a queen of Troy. Her husband was Priam, the king of Troy. Hecuba's father was Dymas (Δύμας) of Phrygia and mother was Enoё (Εὐνοη).

She had nineteen children. Hecuba's children were: Hector, Paris, Cassandra, Polyxena, Helenus, and etc.

Also, she met with other gods and goddesses.

There are myths and legends about this character.



Sunday, June 19, 2022

Homo erectus.

Homo erectus ("upright man") was a species of human that lived in the Pleistocene epoch. They had relations with other species.

These types appeared in Eastern Africa about two million years ago. From there Homo erectus went to the Middle East, to Europe, and Asia.

They had their own culture. Also, Homo erectus had a society. These people made art.

Upright man hunted animals.

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https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/human-evolution-skull-text-dating-australopithecus-1255622146



Source of image:

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/early-human-homo-erectus-skull-editable-2020068983



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https://www.shutterstock.com/image-illustration/realistic-3d-render-homo-erectus-172630088


Source of image:

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-illustration/human-evolution-digital-illustration-homo-erectus-243774916



Source of image:

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-illustration/3d-rendering-male-homo-erectus-isolated-1056366518



Sunday, June 12, 2022

Tale from childhood: Visit to the space museum.

Sophie and her grandmother decided to go to the space museum in the big city. So, they took a bus from their home suburb to this city. Then Sophie and grandma took the subway a few stations. They liked this long journey because it was interesting.

This place was big and cozy. There were many different telescopes that people looked through.

When Sophie looked through the telescope she saw stars, planets, and galaxies.

"Wow! That's lovely" Sophie said.

Then the visitors of the space museum were told interesting facts about galaxies. Sophie and granny listened very carefully.

Sophie remembered this trip well. She was tired, but very happy. When she went to bed she asked herself:

"Is there intelligent life in other galaxies?"

Source of image:

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/background-space-sky-natural-colorful-1933317545





Sunday, June 5, 2022

Hector.

Hector (Ἕκτωρ) was a Trojan prince and warrior for Troy during the Trojan War. His parents were king of Troy Priam (Πρίαμος) and his wife queen Hecuba (Ἑκάβη). Hector had several siblings: Cassandra, Paris, Helenus, Creusa, Polyxena, Troilus, and etc.

He killed Protesilaus (Πρωτεσίλᾱος) in a fight. Also, the hero had a duel with Ajax (Αἴας). After the fight Ajax killed himself. 

Hector had a wife named Andromache (Ἀνδρομάχη). They had a son Astyanax (Ἀστυάναξ).

He met with other gods and goddesses.

Achilles killed Hector during the war.






Saturday, June 4, 2022

Literature. Part eighty seven.

                                              "The Loveliest Rose in the World" by Hans Christian Andersen.

Once upon a time there was a queen. She had a garden with many different roses.

When the queen became very ill, she needed the loveliest rose in the world. Then everyone who could went to the queen with different roses, but there was no such rose.

The flower continued to be search for, but still to no avail. People have already to speculate where this rose might be. There were some versions.

Suddenly, the queen's son entered the room. He read a book to his mother, and then a rose grew there. It was the loveliest rose in the world.

Friday, June 3, 2022

Great people: Immanuel Kant.

Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher. He was born on April 22, 1724, in Prussia. Kant’s parents were Johann Georg Kant and Anna Regina Reuter.

His interests were: ethics, metaphysics, cosmogony, and epistemology.



Immanuel Kant studied in university.




He influenced many different philosophers.

Kant died on February 12, 1804, in Prussia.



Thursday, June 2, 2022

Famous people and their quotes. Part seventy two.

                                                                Charles Perrault.

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“A dream is a wish your heart makes.”

“For you know that I myself am a labyrinth, where one easily gets lost.”

“The less there is of eloquence, the more there is of love.”

Source of information:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/35760.Charles_Perrault

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

Recipe of homemade stuffing for baking.

Ingredients:

Flour-3 table spoons

Mascarpone-300 g

Sugar-1 cup (200 g)

Sour cream-2 table spoons

Salt-pinch

Egg whites-2

Starch-1 table spoon




Mix in one bowl: mascarpone, sugar, sour cream, egg whites, salt, starch, and flour.


 





Lay mascarpone mix in your dessert.  

Bake your pastry.