Have you watched the birds all follow That speedy little swallow? Who has flown here as before, Because it’s spring once more. All winter long, he’s been away, Where it was warm for all the day, But back he comes when it is spring, When all the birds begin to sing. ∼ Porter G., Hilda Offen, Pradera, Esme Eve, Alan Jesset, …
Read More »Sometimes Mom Says
Sometimes Mom Says (Sung to: “Twinkle, Twinkle”) Sometimes Mom says “don’t do this” Sometimes Mom says “don’t do that” Still she loves me that I know. Why? Because she tells me so. Sometimes Mom says let’s do this. Sometimes Mom says “kiss, kiss, kiss!”
Read More »Someone Asked Me What Is Love
Someone Asked Me What Is Love is it good, is it bad is it awesome, is it terrible I honestly didn’t know how to answer them. I finally decided love is the most complicated of all emotions Love is kind Love is harsh Love is wonderful Love is terrible Love is a cure Love is a sickness Love is LOVE …
Read More »Solitary Reaper – William Wordsworth
Behold her, single in the field, Yon solitary Highland Lass! Reaping and singing by herself; Stop here, or gently pass! Alone she cuts and binds the grain, And sings a melancholy strain; O listen! for the Vale profound Is overflowing with the sound. No Nightingale did ever chaunt More welcome notes to weary bands Of travelers in some shady haunt, …
Read More »Tin Hau Festival Images
“Birthday of Tin Hau” also known as the “Tin Hau Festival”. This is not a public holiday and you will only see something special actually very close to a Tin Hau temple – and probably only in the smaller communities particularly in fishing islands. In some places also called Matsu, this was a real lady – who’s name was Lin Muoniang …
Read More »Kanda Festival Images
Kanda Matsuri or the Kanda Festival, is one of the three great Shinto festivals of Tokyo, along with the Fukagawa Matsuri and Sannō Matsuri. The festival started in the early 17th century as a celebration of Tokugawa Ieyasu’s decisive victory at the battle of Sekigahara and was continued as a display of the prosperity of the Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo …
Read More »करेले खाने के फायदे – Health Benefits of Bitter Gourd
क्या आप को करेला खाने का सही तरीका आता है ? हमारे शरीर में छ: रस चाहिए – मीठा, खट्टा, खारा, तीखा, कषाय और कड़वा| पांच रस, खट्टा / खारा / तीखा, तो बहुत खाते हैं लेकिन कड़वा नहीं खाते हैं। कड़वा कुदरत ने करेला बनाया है लेकिन करेले को निचोड़ के उस की कड़वाहट निकाल देते हैं। करेले का …
Read More »Why would you avoid a Portuguese man-of-war, while swimming in the sea?
The Portuguese man-of-war is a floating colony of hundreds of jellyfish-like creatures called polyps. Some of the polyps trail tentacles with stinging cells. If you touch a tentacle, you trigger one of these cells, which will then sting you with a poison.
Read More »Why were rabbits such a menace in Australia?
Rabbits became a menace in Australia because they breed so quickly and eat almost any vegetable. Three pairs of rabbits were introduced into Australia in the 18th Century. They multiplied so rapidly that, with the addition of others which were brought over, they spread over most of the continent and caused a tremendous amount of damage. The female rabbit, or …
Read More »Why was the New Amsterdam Colony established?
New Amsterdam was established by Dutch colonisers in 1624 in what is known today as New York city. The town of New Amsterdam became a city in 1653 when it received municipal rights and was reincorporated as New York city in June 1665. The town was founded on the southern tip of Manhattan island as the most optimal place for …
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