Tales from childhood: Happy birthday dear daughter!

It was an important day for Timothy. Today his baby daughter celebrates her birthday. But this party will be without father.

Timothy decided to give a present for his daughter. It was child's toy. This toy was given by his ex-wife. She didn't invite Timothy to the children's party.

The young man decided to celebrate this holiday himself. He went to a cafe with lady in red. There they spent the whole evening.

"I miss my baby!" Timothy said.

"You know that she's doing well." the woman in red said.

Then in the morning Raymond noticed that Timothy was somehow cheerful.

"Why are you like again?" Raymond ask.

"I celebrated the holiday in a cafe with a woman in red. I think that this woman is very kind and positive." Timothy said.

"Be careful with having fun. Your daughter won't like it very much." Raymond said.

"Yes." Timothy said.

Angela told Sophie about Timothy's situation.

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Tales from childhood: The first meet.

It was an early morning. Timothy walked with neighborhood dog. Suddenly he saw a young woman in red clothes. She had a dog, too.

"Good morning, lady in red!" Timothy said with a smile.

"Hi, young man!" woman in red said.

That's how they met.

That morning, the lady in red was returning from work after a night shift. And she decided to walk a puppy.

Then Timothy began to often call this woman on the phone, also, they went to visit. She was able to understand him. The young man even told the lady in red about his life, about how his wife left him alone.

"It's good to have such a woman next to Timothy." Sophie's granny said.

Raymond was overjoyed for his friend, too.

Tales from childhood: Lady in red.

Sometimes on the street people noticed a young woman in red clothes. She was very polite with others.

This woman was the one with whom Timothy talked on the phone, then she herself came to him.

They often walked together, Timothy was comfort and confident next to the lady in red. Also, he was cheerful near to her.

Sophie and Angela noticed that this young woman is beautiful.

"They are together again! What did he find in her?!" Mrs. Anne's friend said.

"In any case, it’s their own deal." Mrs. Anne said. 

Perhaps the young man saw in this woman something more than others.

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Tales from childhood: Mrs. Anne and her garden.

Mrs. Anne had her own house on the outskirts of the city. She herself built this house many years ago when Mrs. Anne was young. Also, there were many different threes and flowers.

The old woman attached special importance to flowers. She loved all flowers in her garden. Mrs. Anne valued beauty of these plants.

In the yard where Sophie lived, there was a garden with flowers, too. But there sometimes little children plucked flowers that weren't yet blooming, and some of Mrs. Anne's elderly friends didn't like it.

"Don't drop those sprouts! Then it would grow beautifully." so often said old men and women.

"These people know that flowers take a long time to grow and that it takes patience." Sophie's mother said.

Amphion and Zethus.

Amphion (Ἀμφίων) and Zethus (Ζήθος) were twin brothers, in Greek mythology. Their parents were Zeus and Antiope (Ἀντιόπη). The twin brothers were raised by shepherd.

Amphion was a king of Thebes. Also, he played the lyre. Amphion met with other gods and goddesses, such as: Hermes, Apollo, Artemis, and etc. He married Niobe (Νιόβη) and they had children.

Zethus, Amphion's twin brother, was a hunter. He married Aёdon (Ἀηδών) and had children.

There are myths and legends about Amphion and Zethus.

White bird.

Constellations.

Constellations are situated in the sky. These are group of stars. Constellations have different sizes. Also, the stars are arranged differently.

Some constellations were named after the characters of ancient myths and legends.

You can see many stars and constellations in the sky.

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Tales from childhood: Pretty talk.

There were many grey clouds in the sky on this day. But Mrs. Anne, her daughter, and her grandson went to the yard.

Sophie and Angela walked there, too. 

Mrs. Anne smiled in this moment.

Suddenly Timothy came into the yard and sat down on a bench. He was wearing an iron mask.

The elderly woman knew how to support other people in different situations.

Mrs. Anne rejoiced at the happiness of person. Also, she sympathized with the trouble.

Mrs. Anne sat down next to the young man. They started talking about everything in the world. Then Timothy took off his iron mask.

"I see the beauty of your personality." the wise old woman said.

"One boy can't sleep at night after looking at me!" Timothy said.

"He's very impressionable. He can't sleep on other occasions either." Mrs. Anne said.

Sophie and Angela understood that this old woman is kind to everyone and at all times.

Selene.

Selene (Σελήνη) or Mene (Μήνη) was a goddess of the Moon in Greek myths and legends. Her symbols were: crescent, Moon, and chariot.

Hypherion (Ὑπερίων) and Theia (Θεία), or Pallas were Selene's parents. Helios and Eos were her siblings.

Selene was a Titaness.

She identified with other goddesses.

Endymion (Ἐνδυμίωνος) was Selene's consort. They have fifty daughters. Also, Selene was the mother of four Horae, Pandia, Ersa, and Musaeus.

Great people: Titian.

Tiziano Vecelli or Vecellio was born in 1488/90, in Italy. He was a painter of Renaissance.

Titian had his own style of art.

His famous works: Perseus and Andromeda (1554-1556), Venus and Adonis, Danaё (1544-1560s), Diana and Acteon (1556-1559), Diana and Callisto (1556-1559), and etc.

Titian died on August 27, 1576, in Venice.

Famous people and their quotes. Part eighty two.

                                             Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

“What we have is given by God and to teach it to others is to return it to him.”

Source of information:

https://www.azquotes.com/author/66163-Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini

Literature. Part ninety seven.

Once upon a time there was a young man. He was a Fisherman. The Fisherman fell in love in beautiful Mermaid.

But his Soul prevented him from being with his love. As a result, the Fisherman gave up his Soul.

Apart from the Fisherman, the Soul visited different places and met many creatures there.

The Soul told the Fisherman everything.

The Soul and the Fisherman reunited. Also, the Soul made the Fisherman do bad things.

At the end the Fisherman and the Mermaid died in the sea. 

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Recipe of homemade dough for pies.

 Recipe of homemade dough for pies.

Ingredients:

Flour-350 g

Sugar-250 g

Eggs-2

Sweet cream butter-110 g

Sour cream-150 g

Milk-50 g

Salt-1/3 tea spoon

Baking powder-1 tea spoon

Mayonnese-50 g

Mix sugar, eggs, sweet cream butter, sour cream, milk, salt, baking powder, and mayonnaise.

After add the flour and mix. Dough must be like mayonnaise.