Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Tales from childhood: Positive people and moments around us.
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Tales from childhood: Lady in red and her secrets.
Timothy was still seeing this woman. Perhaps no one knew her name. She got her nickname because she often wore red clothes.
Sophie called this woman by her nickname, too.
"Granny, maybe the lady in red has some secrets?" Sophie asked.
"Anything is possible." grandmother said.
Her name was unknown. Woman in red had a lot of different work. Some of her friends knew lady's name. Bur for other people it was a secret.
Sunday, April 21, 2024
Ceto.
Ceto (Κητώ) (Kētṓ) means 'sea monster'. She was a sea goddess in Greek myths and legends. Ceto's parents were Pontus (Πόντος) (Póntos) and Gaia (Γαῖα) (Gaîa).
Phorcys (Φόρκυς) (Phórkos) was her consort. They had children: the Gorgons (Γοργώνες) (Gorgones), the Graeae (Γραῖαι) (graîa), Echidna (Ἔχιδνα) (Ékhidna), and Ladon (Λάδωνος) (Ladonos). The Nemean lion (Νεμέος λέων) (Leo Nemeaeus) and the Sphinx (σφίγξ) (phíx) were Ceto's children, too.
Also, Ceto had several siblings.
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Tales from childhood: Garden in the village.
"Today we will write an essay about your favorite place." the teacher said.
Sophie remembered how they visited garden with different trees, flowers, and bushes. It was in the village. She, Natalie, and Angela were there because a woman invited the girls.
"Here you can look at plants and animals," the woman said.
Sophie described her emotions. But the teacher didn't attach much importance to this. Then Sophie returned to this place and again enjoyed the garden in the village.
Source of image:
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/gardening-vector-illustration-house-backyard-trees-1941228913
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
A herd of goats.
Friday, April 12, 2024
Archaeology.
Archaeology (ἀρχαιολογία) (archaiologia) is the study about material culture. ἀρχαῖος, arkhaios, means "ancient" and -λογία, -logia, means "-logy".
Various things that archaeologists find can tell us about the past. Also, it's important to history.
Archaeology related with other science paleontology.
Source of image:
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/set-isolated-archeology-ancient-artifacts-icons-2124715301
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Sunday, April 7, 2024
Melpomene.
Melpomene (Μελπομένη) (Melpoménē) was the Muse (Moûsai) of tragedy in Greek mythology. Zeus (Zeús) was her father and Mnemosyne was her mother.
Tragic mask was Melpomene's symbol.
Other Muses (Múses) and children of Zeus were her siblings.
Achelous (Ἀχελώϊος) (Akhelôios) was Melpomene's consort. They had children called sirens (Σειρήν) (Seirḗn) (Σειρῆνες) (Seirênes).
Thursday, April 4, 2024
Literature. Part hundred nine.
A Kalle Blomkvist Mystery: Master Detective by Astrid Lindgren.
Several children fought for a magical stone, Stormumriken.
They met with other people. Also, different adventures happened with the characters.
At the end they were fine.
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/sweden-circa-1996-stamp-printed-by-279057338
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Recipe of homemade almond dough.
Ingredients:
Almond flour-170 g
Flour-50 g
Powdered sugar-100 g
Sugar-50 g
Butter-20 g
Salt-1/3 tea spoon
Egg whites-2
Egg-1
Mix in one bowl egg whites, egg, sugar, powdered sugar, salt, and melted butter. After add almond flour and flour.
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Famous people and their quotes. Part ninety four.
Monday, April 1, 2024
Great people: Charles Dickens.
Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English writer. He was born on February 7, 1812, in Hampshire, England.
Dickens wrote his famous books during the Victorian era. Oliver Twist, or, The Parish Boy’s Progress (1838), David Copperfield (1849), and Great Expectations (1861) were Charles Dickens’ famous novels.
He was married and had children.
Charles Dickens died on June 9, 1870, in Kent, England.