June 29 2023 - If Music Be

 

I wonder if that is in the Guinness Book of Records - watch students from the 2012 Shakespeare School work their way through 37 famous Shakespeare quotes in two minutes.  Here it is - https://youtu.be/aVKwmCVhpqQ - lots of fun. And what are some unusual ice cream flavours?  We're almost at summer, so it is time to get acquainted with what's new.  Here's one: Vanilla:  In Bristol, England The flavor of this ice cream isn’t what makes it weird—an English ice cream maker added the proteins that make jellyfish glow to his vanilla recipe. When you lick the ice cream the proteins activate, causing your scoops to light up. Pizza: In Philadelphia You’ll definitely want to eat this pizza cold. A shop in Philly whips up pizza-flavored ice cream using tomato, basil, oregano, salt, and garlic. Tiger Tail:  Edmonton No big cats were harmed in the making of this confection! Orange flavored and swirled with black licorice sauce, the ice cream is named for its tigerlike coloring.  Pet Bird:  Tokyo A Tokyo ice cream shop has flavors such as sparrow and parakeet. But you won’t find feathers in the scoops—the flavors just contain the things these birds eat, like fruit, nuts, and seeds. That's a contrast to seemingly tame flavours like lavender peach, grand mariner, peanut butter and jelly, pink perppercorn and sake, rosemary citrus, rhubarb crumble and more HERE at Taste of Home. And returning to our Shakespearean quotes.  What would music be compared to in the picture below?  This is from the Watering Can. Read more daily posts here: marilyncornwellblogspot.com Purchase works here: Fine Art America- marilyncornwell.com Redbubble - marilyncornwellart.ca

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Nov 29 2022 - A Christmas Volcano

 

Hawaii's Mauna Loa has erupted for the first time in 40 years.  It is the world's largest active volcano.  Can you imagine a volcano advisory?  We have a high winds advisory today.  Not exactly the same sense of urgency, is there? I should no longer be surprised when that's not the top story on google.  The top story is Christmas.  So the headlines (that I assume are paid) are this:   How'd you like to spend Christmas on a South Pacific Island ... If you ever do spend Christmas on that South Pacific Island named Christmas Island.  Make sure Santa knows where to land his canoe of presents for you, as there are two Christmas Islands.  We know the famous one  James Cook's arrival on Christmas Eve in 1777 likely clinched the name.  It makes me think of how Emerald Lake got its name - it was emerald green.  Poor Christmas Island has been troubled with invades/colonists ever since then.  What was the reason Britain carried out nuclear tests on Christmas Island in the 1950s?  In between it seems to have been annexed, invaded, and then transferred to Australia.  Then it was inundated by asylum seekers in the late 1980s and early 1990s.  Not a place to visit for Christmas, to my mind, ever.  Forget the millions of crabs in the national park.   These events are in the mix of the Christmas-related towns and cities in the U.S. There are lots of towns in the U.S. with Christmas names.  Outside the U.S. there are a few - Natal, Brazil, Int-Niklaas, Belgium, Bethlehem, Wales.  But really the naming of Christmas-themed places seems to be the U.S. North Pole, New York  Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Santa Claus, Indiana North Pole, Alaska Donner Lake, California Christmas Cove, Maine Christmas Valley, Oregon Christmas, Florida I asked this question.  What does Europe have in relation to Christmas with no Christmas-named towns? Europe has the magical and adorable towns that look like Christmas villages and they go all out for Christmas.  They have Christmas Markets in heritage town squares.  These places are "enchanting".   Looking at the pictures is enough proof.   We have great horticulture in the Golden Horseshoe.  Here's a mosaic culture gingerbread house in a Christmas display.  Read more daily posts here: marilyncornwellblog.com Purchase works here: Fine Art America- marilyncornwellart.com Redbubble - marilyncornwellart.ca