I'm ready for the pool, Miss Joyce!
She took this self-portrait
Making friends with Gracie
There's nothing like a good grape popsicle!
Enjoying popsicle #3...and her dress stayed white!
Ligia with the flowerpot dessert
Dr. Cristina from Argentina
Lorena is from Mexico and her husband is from Argentina
My beautiful Latina friends
Can anyone tell a difference yet?
Anyone???The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is 112. If you find Yourself out of the coverage area of your mobile network and there is an Emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to Establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly, this number 112 can be dialed even if the keypad is locked. Try it out.
Good reason to own a cell phone: If you lock your keys In the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their cell phone from your cell phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot >From your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object...... You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other 'remote' for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk)..Editor's Note: It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a cell phone!
Imagine your cell battery is very low... To activate, press the keys *3370#. Your cell phone will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your cell phone next time.
To check your Mobile phone's serial number, key in the following Digits on your phone: *#06#. A 15-digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe.If your phone gets stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless. You probably won't get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can't use/sell it either. If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones. And Finally.....
Cell phone companies are charging us $1.00 to $1.75 or more for 411 information calls when they don't have to. Most of us do not carry a telephone directory in our vehicle, which makes this situation even more of a problem. When you need to use the 411 information option, simply dial: (800) GOOG411 without incurring any charge at all and they auto connect you. Program this into your cell phone now.This is the kind of information people don't mind receiving, so pass it on to your family and friends.
Hurry and take the picture before the seams explode!
The arms are so tight, I can't even hold them next to my side!
Okay, okay, ya'll can stop laughing now!!! (And I know who you are!) At this point, I feel a bit like a stuffed sausage...I mean, this jacket is T I G H T !!!!!
So there you have it...I've put myself in a very vulnerable position and I would appreciate your encouragement as I begin my 843rd journey into Diet Land. Maybe this time, with your help, I'll make it!!
This is a novel I'm looking forward to reading. It recalls "Tulip Mania", a part of Dutch history that I hope to find more about.
Jan Brueghel This is the museum description of description of the Jan Brueghel painting that is an allegory of sorts about "Tulip Mania".
"One monkey points to flowering tulips while another brandishes a tulip and a moneybag. This is how artist Jan Brueghel indicates that this painting is about the tulip trade. A sale is concluded by hand-clapping. Bulbs are weighed, money is counted, a lavish business dinner is savoured. The monkey on the left has a list of names of expensive tulips. The sword at his side is a status symbol. Farther back, a monkey sits like a nobleman astride a horse. Another in the mid-foreground is drawing up a bill of sale. The owl on his shoulder symbolises folly. Brueghel is ridiculing tulip mania by depicting the speculators as brainless monkeys. The painting also shows what happened when the tulip trade crashed: a monkey on the right urinates on the - now worthless - tulips. Behind him a speculator who has run up debts is being brought before the magistrate. A monkey sits weeping in the dock and in the centre at the back a disappointed buyer is wielding his fists. At the back to the right a speculator is even being carried to his grave."
This is the painting described above. Notice the use of intense azure blue and citron yellow, the very colors he describes in his letter.
The last thing I made is a rather large study of an avenue of poplars, with yellow autumn leaves, the sun casting, here and there, sparkling spots on the fallen leaves on the ground, alternating with the long shadows of the stems. At the end of the road is a small cottage, and over it all the blue sky through the autumn leaves.This quote was taken from a letter to his brother and describes this painting. A poem by Coppee was his inspiration.
The Van Gogh Museum
This is a side picture of the church. Can you see the buildings in the distance? The church is encircled by these buildings; actually they are homes. Hundreds of years ago (around the 14th century) , these homes were owned by the Beguines. These were women that came from affluent families, but they had a desire to serve the Roman Catholic Church. They were not nuns, but they promised to remain celibate. They cared for the poor and ran an orphanage on this property. Even today, the houses are restricted to unmarried women and no man is ever allowed to spend the night.
This is the inside of the church. The ceiling looks like the hull of a ship. This is because the carpenters were as used to building ships as they were building houses. If you look closely these words are written on the front wall (right under the stained glass window): Create In Me a Clean Heart, O God. These words from the Psalms were the theme for the first sermon preached in this church. During WWII, when Holland was occupied by the Germans, this church was confiscated. They hung the swastika and the colors of the German Navy from the chancel wall. They also changed the verse in the front to one that was better suited to their philosophy: The Kingdom of God is Not in Words but in Power.
You might be able to click on the photos to enlarge them and read about the Begijnhof.
This is a brass lectern embellishment presented to the church by William the III and his wife, Mary Stuart. It is a lion , below which is the monogram of William and Mary: WMRR, anno 1689.
The other church I attended was the Westerkerk (West Church). All the those pictures are on a disposable camera that still needs to be developed, so I'll save those pictures for another day.
The pulpit consists of four panels carved from heavy oak. This panel depicts an angel blessing the Dutch coat-of-arms.
This panel shows the teaching role of the church.
The third and fourth panels illustrate the charitable and the social roles of the church.
This stained glass window depicts the pilgrims in prayer before leaving for the United States. Some of the Pilgrims worshipped at this church. In the 1920's a man from the United States, whose ancestors were Pilgrims, commissioned this picture.Tomorrow, more information about this beautiful church and more pictures from Holland.
