Not so neat the front door entry, but the dog is always is waiting.
Even on a bad day, he's always glad to see me. Thank you 'bubby'.
What it should look like - LOL.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Friday, November 26, 2010
Have you ever............
had one of those days where you just think...................... I coulda woulda shoulda?
This week as been one of those, well no that's not true the last few weeks actually. Ever wish you 'coulda' taken that day off? Wished you 'woulda' called that friend for coffee? Or have you ever just thought you 'shoulda'....................stayed in bed?
This week as been one of those, well no that's not true the last few weeks actually. Ever wish you 'coulda' taken that day off? Wished you 'woulda' called that friend for coffee? Or have you ever just thought you 'shoulda'....................stayed in bed?
Here's to hoping that your week is going better than mine.
Wish I 'coulda' head to my ocean to hear the rolling of the waves and the calming of the sea, they soothe me. But no time I am afraid. But may, just maybe I 'shoulda'.
Thursday, November 25, 2010
To my readers from the United States
The event that Americans commonly call the first Thanksgiving was celebrated to give thanks to God for helping the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony survive their first brutal winter in New England.[2] The first Thanksgiving feast lasted three days providing enough food for 53 pilgrims and 90 Native Americans.[3] The feast consisted of fowl, venison, fish, lobster, clams, berries, fruit, pumpkin, squash, beetroot and turkey.[4]
Friday, November 19, 2010
WOW!!!
Black Rose likes Lamas - and it just happens that Sunday we were on the wrong road and found this fella.
The GPS goes by the 'crow flies' and the crow said 8 miles through those trees. He was 'sitting' like this when we stopped for directions. By the time I was heading back to the truck, he was blocking the steps. So, I walked across and promptly sat down on floor at the side of the people's deck and scooted my bum off and then walked to the truck. The people weren't home, and the Lama nor horses were very helpful. But then.........................we turned back and went the other way.
The truck looks like a Tonka Toy.
One in the distance.
AWESOME - my jaw is still on the ground.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Friday, November 12, 2010
Black Rose has found a University that offers both of her 'loves'.
Anthropology is devoted to the study of human beings in all of their social and cultural complexity. Anthropologists seek to describe the inner workings of human social groups and to understand how and why societies change over time. Anthropologists seek to foster an approach that is at once critical and engaged.
Archaeology approaches past human cultures through what they have left behind: material culture or artifacts; ecofacts, including animal bones and plant remains; architectural features and even cultural landscapes, like settlement systems or coastal zones. Bioarchaeologists specialize in the study of human remains.
A few current research projects include excavations of:
* the early 17th-century English colony of Ferryland, south of St. John's
* prehistoric and historic sites in Nova Scotia
* regional sites containing 4500 years of First Nations, Paleoeskimo and Inuit settlement in southern Labrador
She could Major in one and Minor in the other she says! Maybe she'll join the rank of "A" as in become 'A'nthropologist or "A"rchaeologist. Of course with us she already does! Way to go on your AWESOME report! An over-all grade average of 92.6% - is that possible in your grade level???! I know it is luv, because you did it! YOU ROCK GIRL. We are SO PROUD of you. No matter what you choose in life, we will always be proud of the lady that you have become.
Archaeology approaches past human cultures through what they have left behind: material culture or artifacts; ecofacts, including animal bones and plant remains; architectural features and even cultural landscapes, like settlement systems or coastal zones. Bioarchaeologists specialize in the study of human remains.
A few current research projects include excavations of:
* the early 17th-century English colony of Ferryland, south of St. John's
* prehistoric and historic sites in Nova Scotia
* regional sites containing 4500 years of First Nations, Paleoeskimo and Inuit settlement in southern Labrador
She could Major in one and Minor in the other she says! Maybe she'll join the rank of "A" as in become 'A'nthropologist or "A"rchaeologist. Of course with us she already does! Way to go on your AWESOME report! An over-all grade average of 92.6% - is that possible in your grade level???! I know it is luv, because you did it! YOU ROCK GIRL. We are SO PROUD of you. No matter what you choose in life, we will always be proud of the lady that you have become.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Zahi Hawass, Archaeologist
"World-renowned archaeologist Zahi Hawass serves as secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities and director of excavations at Giza, Saqqara, and the Bahariya Oasis.
He is responsible for many recent discoveries, including the tombs of the pyramid builders at Giza and the Valley of the Golden Mummies at Bahariya. At Giza, he also uncovered the satellite pyramid of Khufu. In 2005, as part of the National Geographic Society-sponsored Egyptian Mummy Project to learn more about patterns of disease, health, and mortality in ancient Egypt, he led a team that CT scanned the mummy of King Tutankhamun. His team is continuing to CT scan mummies, both royal and private, and hopes to solve some of the mysteries surrounding the lives and deaths of such important figures as Hatshepsut and Nefertiti.
Hawass is extremely concerned about the conservation and protection of Egypt's monuments. He has supervised a major conservation project on the Great Sphinx and developed site management plans for a number of important sites, including the unfinished obelisk quarry in Aswan and the temples of Kom Ombo, Edfu, and Dendera. He currently is completing site management plans for the West Bank of Luxor, Giza, and Saqqara.
Hawass, who received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, has brought the world of the pharaohs into the homes and hearts of people around the world through numerous television appearances and books. His TV and film credits include programs with National Geographic, Discovery, NOVA, The History Channel, FOX, Good Morning America, and the Today Show. He is the spokesman for CNN on archaeological news in Egypt.
In 2006, Hawass received an Emmy for a special on ancient Egypt. He has been featured on many TV shows in Europe and Japan and has been profiled in numerous newspapers.
Among Hawass's many books on ancient Egypt are Silent Images: Women in Pharaonic Egypt, Hidden Treasures of Ancient Egypt, Secrets From the Sand, and Mountains of Stones: History of the Pyramid Builders. His book about his excavations in Bahariya, The Valley of the Golden Mummies, is a best seller. Many of his books have been translated into multiple languages. He also has written books for children, contributes regularly to several magazines and journals, and has published countless scholarly articles". National Geographic.com
Black Rose would LOVE to work with him just once!!!
He is responsible for many recent discoveries, including the tombs of the pyramid builders at Giza and the Valley of the Golden Mummies at Bahariya. At Giza, he also uncovered the satellite pyramid of Khufu. In 2005, as part of the National Geographic Society-sponsored Egyptian Mummy Project to learn more about patterns of disease, health, and mortality in ancient Egypt, he led a team that CT scanned the mummy of King Tutankhamun. His team is continuing to CT scan mummies, both royal and private, and hopes to solve some of the mysteries surrounding the lives and deaths of such important figures as Hatshepsut and Nefertiti.
Hawass is extremely concerned about the conservation and protection of Egypt's monuments. He has supervised a major conservation project on the Great Sphinx and developed site management plans for a number of important sites, including the unfinished obelisk quarry in Aswan and the temples of Kom Ombo, Edfu, and Dendera. He currently is completing site management plans for the West Bank of Luxor, Giza, and Saqqara.
Hawass, who received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, has brought the world of the pharaohs into the homes and hearts of people around the world through numerous television appearances and books. His TV and film credits include programs with National Geographic, Discovery, NOVA, The History Channel, FOX, Good Morning America, and the Today Show. He is the spokesman for CNN on archaeological news in Egypt.
In 2006, Hawass received an Emmy for a special on ancient Egypt. He has been featured on many TV shows in Europe and Japan and has been profiled in numerous newspapers.
Among Hawass's many books on ancient Egypt are Silent Images: Women in Pharaonic Egypt, Hidden Treasures of Ancient Egypt, Secrets From the Sand, and Mountains of Stones: History of the Pyramid Builders. His book about his excavations in Bahariya, The Valley of the Golden Mummies, is a best seller. Many of his books have been translated into multiple languages. He also has written books for children, contributes regularly to several magazines and journals, and has published countless scholarly articles". National Geographic.com
Black Rose would LOVE to work with him just once!!!
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Black Rose Creations (2)
Hi everyone, just a quick note tonight. Black Rose has been getting inquiries from School about her pendents! Wahoo. I have also been asked to bring some to work to share. I have been wearing her creations all week (sorry Gwen) and others have asked.
She got her report card today too! She is soooooooooooooooo pumped (and so are we as parents)! She has done awesome! We can't tell you how well right now as Grams may read it before Black Rose gets to tell her. They are attending the Red Hatter's Tea Saturday, so she will share then.
She was also to information day re: Universities and has found one that she can major and minor in her preferred fields. (More on that later).
What a week! Take care everyone.
She got her report card today too! She is soooooooooooooooo pumped (and so are we as parents)! She has done awesome! We can't tell you how well right now as Grams may read it before Black Rose gets to tell her. They are attending the Red Hatter's Tea Saturday, so she will share then.
She was also to information day re: Universities and has found one that she can major and minor in her preferred fields. (More on that later).
What a week! Take care everyone.
Friday, November 5, 2010
Black Rose Creations
Black Rose Creations
Authentic Sea Glass & Poreclain
Handmade Jewellery
Pendants & Earrings
Black Rose is beginning a new endeavour to help her raise money for her upcoming trip to Ireland, England and Wales. She walks the beach looking for glass and porcelain. She has dug into her jars (shown to you in an earlier post) and has begun making Pendants and Earrings. Each is unique and no two are the same.
She has been making them for friends and herself for awhile now, but has been invited to take part in an upcoming Craft Sale.
I have yet to print her Business Cards -example above. Wouldn’t ya know it, the ink ran out. The photo featured on her cards was taken on the beach in St. Martins were Black Rose collects her treasures. Thank you Gwen for allowing us to use it. It means so much that it's the beach from which her pieces come.
King Tut
King Tut
Photograph by Kenneth Garrett, National Geographic
King Tut, depicted here by a gold funerary mask, was a frail pharaoh, according to a new DNA study. Tutankhamun was beset by malaria and a bone disorder—and possibly compromised by his newly discovered incestuous origins, researchers say. (Read the full story: "King Tut Was Disabled, Malarial, and Inbred, DNA Shows.")
Released Tuesday by the Journal of the American Medical Association, the report is the first DNA study ever conducted with ancient Egyptian royal mummies. It apparently solves several mysteries surrounding the 14th-century B.C. pharaoh, including how he died and who his parents were.
"He was not a very strong pharaoh. He was not riding the chariots," said study team member Carsten Pusch, a geneticist at Germany's University of Tübingen. "Picture instead a frail, weak boy who had a bit of a club foot and who needed a cane to walk."
Published February 16, 2010 - National Geographic.com
Thursday, November 4, 2010
November 4th
November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 57 days remaining until the end of the year
In 1922 one of the most important archaeological discoveries of modern times occurred at Luxor, Egypt. It was the tomb of Egypt’s child-king, Tutankhamen, who became pharaoh at the age of nine and died, probably in the year 1352 bc, when he was 19. Perhaps the only ancient Egyptian royal tomb to have escaped plundering by grave robbers, it was discovered more than 3,000 years after Tutankhamen’s death by English archaeologist Howard Carter, leader of an expedition financed by Lord Carnarvon. The priceless relics yielded by King Tut’s tomb were placed in Egypt’s National Museum at Cairo.
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/places/countries-places/egypt/king-tuts-tomb.html
In 1922 one of the most important archaeological discoveries of modern times occurred at Luxor, Egypt. It was the tomb of Egypt’s child-king, Tutankhamen, who became pharaoh at the age of nine and died, probably in the year 1352 bc, when he was 19. Perhaps the only ancient Egyptian royal tomb to have escaped plundering by grave robbers, it was discovered more than 3,000 years after Tutankhamen’s death by English archaeologist Howard Carter, leader of an expedition financed by Lord Carnarvon. The priceless relics yielded by King Tut’s tomb were placed in Egypt’s National Museum at Cairo.
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/places/countries-places/egypt/king-tuts-tomb.html
Monday, November 1, 2010
GeoCaching
Geocaching (pronounced geo-cashing) is a worldwide game of hiding and seeking treasure. A geocacher can place a geocache in the world, pinpoint its location using GPS technology and then share the geocache's existence and location online. Anyone with a GPS device can then try to locate the geocache.
For those that don't GeoCache pictured on the left is a Travel Bug (Trackable) he's an example of a Hitchiker that is moved from cache to cache. The middle piece of paper tells his story. On the right is our GPS system. He was our first Travel Bug find! :)
This Travel Bug is Mr Lemon. He came from Pennsylvania, United States. His note says he hopes his Travel Bug goes to every country in the world, but if that does not happen then he hopes it gets to Denmark. He's currently on the move in Canada.
We enjoy Geocaching because it uses different tallents (you have to use a Compass/GPS, able to read and figure out clues, and one of the biggest is that it gives us time in the outdoors (and sometimes indoors) to enjoy and appreciate our country and community. It's a great opportunity to spend time together as a family and that's why we enjoy it most. Always bring the camera because you never know what you will find or where you will go. We enjoy it for it's history lessons. We have learned so much about new places and 'old' places. We then return home to log our 'finds'. It's free to join and all you need is a sense of adventure and a GPS.
Maybe we will see you out and about in this 'new sport'.
We are neo-geocachers, we are newbies to the sport. The thing is now that we have begun, we have to return to places we had previously visited because when we were there the first time(s) we weren't geocachers. We sometimes wondered why those folks were wondering about looking at the trees or in the bush, and now we know.
CITO - Cache In Trash Out is an on-going environmental initiative adopted by Geocachers to encourage good outdoor civic responsibilty. While out Geocaching, carry a trash bag to pack whatever trash you find along the trail.
For more informaiton, please visit http://www.geocaching.com/
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