Saturday, June 29, 2024

Tales from childhood: Useful hobby.

"I have a hobby," the lady in red said.

"I want to know about it," Timothy said.

"Ballroom dances are my favorite deal!" she said with a smile.

Lady in red was talented in dances. She liked it.

Timothy admired beautiful moving. 

Sophie and Natalie wanted to try ballroom dancing, too, because it was useful for health.


Sunday, June 23, 2024

Hypsilyle.

Hypsilyle (Ὑψιπύλη) (Hypsipýlē) was a queen of island Lemnos in Greek mythology. Her father was king Thoas (Θόας). Dionysus (Διόνυσος) (Dionysos) and Ariadne (Ἀριάδνη) (Ariadne) were Hypsilyle's grandparents.

She saved her father.

Jason (Ἰάσων) (Iásōn), the leader of the Argonauts (Ἀργοναῦται) (Argonaûta) was Hypsipyle's husband. They had twin sons: Euneus (Εὔνηος) and Thoas (Θόας).

Also, Hypsilyle was a nurse of Opheltes (Ὀφέλτης).



Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Tales from childhood: Antique toys.

"I have a teddy bear that my grandmother gave me!" Natalie said.

Then she proudly showed the old toy. The teddy bear really looked old because it had been played with a lot. Also, the little bear was dressed in a costume of that time.

"First, my granny gave this toy to my Mom, and my mother gave the teddy bear to me." Natalie added.

Sophie and her friends were already big, so they didn't play with toys much anymore. Teenagers gave them to relatives and friends. In those families, small children played with toys.

One day, Sophie and her classmates went on an excursion to the toy museum. There they saw toys from the century before last and antique dolls, too.

Source of image:

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/vintage-toy-racing-cars-on-white-1360156094



Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Subtropics.

Subtropics are climate zones. The weather here is colder than in the tropics.

Also, there are plants and animals.

Frosts in the subtropics are weak.

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-illustration/map-world-climate-zones-2118521531



Sunday, June 9, 2024

Pentheus.

Pentheus (Πενθεύς) (Pentheús) was a king of Thebes in Greek myths and legends. Echion (Ἐχῑ́ων) was his father and Agave (Ἀγαύη) (Agaúē) was his mother. Epirus (Ἤπειρος) (Ḗpeiros) was Pentheus' sister. Also, the character had a son named Menoeceus (Μενοικεύς) (Menoikeús).

He was killed by his mother Agave and her sisters. It was tragedy.




Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Great people: Arthur Conan Doyle.

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born on May 22, 1859, in Edinburgh, Scotland.

He was a writer. Arthur Conan Doyle wrote novels about characters, like Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Also, he wrote The Lost World (1912). 

Arthur Conan Doyle was married and had children.

He died on July 7, 1930, in Crowborough, Sussex, England.




Saturday, June 1, 2024

Famous people and their quotes. Part ninety six.

                                                          Daphne du Maurier.

“Women want love to be a novel. Men, a short story.”

“But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.”

“Writers should be read, but neither seen nor heard.” 

Source of information:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/2001717.Daphne_du_Maurier

Literature. Part hundred eleven.

                                              "The Elephant's Child" by Rudyard Kipling.

Once upon a time, Elephants had a nose instead of a trunk. One little Elephant was very curious and asked questions.

One day he wanted to know what the Crocodile ate and the Crocodile grabbed him by the nose. The little Elephant was saved, but his nose turned into a trunk and Elephants got trunks.



Recipe of homemade mint tea.

Ingredients:

Hot water-1 cup

Bag with mint tea-1

Sugar, honey, or jam-taste


Lay the bag with tea in the cup. 


After add hot water. Wait about 10-15 minutes.


If you want you can add sugar, honey or jam in your mint tea.