CROCHET PATTERNS

The Beauties of Earth

As the Sun shines

throughout the day

clouds gleaming and moving slowly

amidst the blue skies in the horizon

watching birds freely flying everywhere

the moon gives the Sun's light at night

and countless stars shining so brightly

amidst the dark skies filled with hope

but silently waiting for the Truth be told

then

in our awe to look up in admiration

is down on Earth so much Life to feel

all the trees, plants, flowers, gardens

and animals as the beauty of creations

as the wonders of Nature that abounds

streams, rivers, lakes, seas

and oceans and shores,

hills, mountains, meadows

everything lives in a beautiful relationship

but more that what our eyes could see

is the people our home is blessed with

that to appreciate all creation is Love

and everflowing to protect Life there is

the same way Earth cares for us people

that with a grateful Heart we also honor

and this gives glory to God

Our Creator

as a creation who is thankful and caring

what makes people greater in meaning

is even if we are different in many ways

in Unity to become one

as a Holy Family

on Earth as Heaven is home

in our Heart!

Romanticism !!!

She walks in beauty, like the night

Of cloudless climes and starry skies;

And all that's best of dark and bright

Meet in her aspect and her eyes:

Thus mellow'd to that tender light

Which heaven to gaudy day denies.

One shade the more, one ray the less,

Had half impair'd the nameless grace

Which waves in every raven tress,

Or softly lightens o'er her face;

Where thoughts serenely sweet express

How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.

And on that cheek, and o'er that brow,

So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,

The smiles that win.

the tints that glow,

But tell of days in goodness spent,

A mind at peace with all below,

A heart whose love is innocent...

Lord Byron

I'M FREE

♫ ♪ I´M FREE ♫ ♪
I'm free,
And freedom tastes of reality,
I'm free- I'm free,
AN' I'm waiting for you to follow me.
If I told you what it takes to reach the highest high,
You'd laugh and say 'nothing's that simple'
But you've been told many times before
Messiahs pointed to the door
And no one had the guts to leave the temple!
I'm free - I'm free
And freedom tastes of reality
I'm free - I'm free
And I'm waiting for you to follow me.
Chorus:
How can we follow?
How can we follow?

♥ CROCHET IS MY FAVORITE...

**FINISHED PROJECTS**

L O V E

(=_=) MY HOBBIES (=_=)

THIS FILET WHITE BLOUSE IS MY FAVORITE,

AND STARTED TO CROCHET

BLUE ONE USING COTTON YARNS.

CROCHETED A CARDIGAN

AND AT LAST IT IS FINISHED...

I knit and crochet and I have to say that

I prefer crocheting over knitting and

I was thrilled to see mention of it.

To me yarnwork is yarnwork.

think they should be mentioned together.

I like seeing the crochet stuff. I'd like to find more...

NOW I LIKED THIS ONE...

Waiting for your comments (*_^)

Are the Leonids Coming?

♥ GOOD MORNING BLOGGERS...

From Newborns to Adults!

My Angel Face

GRAND-STAR Care Picture

will give you

Gift Kisses.

It's full of items guaranteed to please.

I'd also like to say a "special thanks" to the Mail Groups

for their splendid work.

There's a lot of voluntary work going on all over our friends,

and without the teachers help we would not be able to afford

to do so much in terms of opening up our district to surfers.

I hope you like it!

This beginning will give you Luck,

so you'll have all Happy for Today!
Take care :)

Are the Leonids Coming?
Meteor showers often vary in intensity from year to year, presumably reflecting details of encountering the orbit of the parent comet.

One shower that normally is rather weak, but can at times be strong is the Leonids. As the preceding table indicates, on the average it only gives 10 meteors per hour---not even twice the sporadic rate. However, there is a prediction that the Leonids will grow stronger for the next two years and in 1998 (or perhaps 1999) will produce 10,000 or more per hour at the peak

(when the parent comet is near perihelion).

According to some estimates the rate will be as high as 40 meteors per second (!)

for a short period; a veritable meteor storm...
For more Information, check out :

Astronomy Picture of the Day(May)!

The Specola Tower - observatory.

Took some photos for you!!!

The specola tower, which in more recent times was used as an observatory.

The Astronomical Observatory of Padova , Italy.

**From Medieval Castle to astronomical observatory!**

A thousand years of history at the specola.

A lookout tower in the 10th-century; a castle and also a horrid prison

used by the tyrant Ezzelino da Romano from 1242 to 1256;

defensive castle of the Carraresi princes of Padova

from 1375 to 1405; ammunition depot of the Republic of Venice

until 1767, when the observatory was built.

The name "Specola" derives from the Latin specula word,

meaning observatory.

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Objectives:

1. To study the history of the meteorological observations performed in Padova in the context of the scientific knowledge of the past three centuries.

2. To copy from the original registers, determine all the errors, correct, validate, seek for the lost data and analyse the long meteorological series of Padova (1725-today) which is still unexploited.
3. To analyse the accuracy of the instrumental measurements and evaluate the typical systematic errors.
4. To evidence the apparent climate changes due to changes in measuring methodologies originated by the adoption of new conventions / standards / international recommendations.

La specola,

costruita da Ezzelino III da Romano,

nel 1242, come torre di difesa, fu adibita a osservatorio astronomico nel 1767.

Oggi, insieme al castello, è sede della facoltà di Astronomia dell'Università di Padova,

ed stata adibita a museo.

In essa sono conservati gli antichi strumenti utilizzati,

nel 1700 e nel 1800, per le osservazioni astronomiche.

Flying to ITALY...

Next week I'll be in Padova ...

I'll visit Padua and take somephotos there.

I want to see

"La Specola" e la riviera San Benedetto and if possible

The Orto Botanico di Padova,

which is the world's oldest academic botanical garden that is still in its original location. (Officially, the oldest university botanical garden is the Orto botanico di Pisa,

which was founded in 1544; however, that garden was relocated twice

and has only occupied its current,

and now-permanent, location since 1591.)

It is located in Padua, Italy and was founded in 1545.

The garden, affiliated with the University of Padua,

currently covers roughly 22,000 square meters,

and is known for its special collections and historical design.

And hope to visit Venice :) for you all...

Some photos from my daughter's visit...

Being in Venice ?

(Venezia) is one of the world's greatest pedestrian cities. Whether it's sparkling in late spring sunshine or shrouded in winter mist, this city will enchant you in every way. No automotive vehicles are permitted within the city of Venice, which lies offshore on a series of islands.

Everything in the city is transported by boat from the mainland and through the cities many canals to its destination.

The fact that there are no cars, buses, or motorcycles on Venice's narrow streets make it a perfect place to walk around and will enjoy the old city sights.

See you soon ;) ...

Ladies and Gentlemen ...

Gentleman
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The term gentleman (from Latin gentilis, belonging to a race or

"gens", and "man",

cognate with the French word gentilhomme and

the Italian gentil uomo or gentiluomo),

in its original and strict signification, denoted a man of good family,

analogous to the Latin generosus

(its invariable translation in English-Latin documents).

In this sense the word equates with the French gentilhomme (nobleman),

which latter term was in Great Britain long confined to the peerage.

The term "gentry" (from the Old French genterise for gentelise)

has much of the social class significance of the French noblesse or

of the German Adel, but without the strict technical requirements

of those traditions (such as quarters of nobility).

This was what the rebels under John Ball in the 14th century meant

when they repeated:
When Adam delft and Eve span,

Who was then the Gentleman?
John Selden in Titles of Honour (1614),

discussing the title "gentleman", speaks of "our English use of it"

as "convertible with nobilis"

(an ambiguous word, like 'noble' meaning elevated either by rank

or by personal qualities)

and describes in connection with it the forms of ennobling in various

European countries.
To a degree, "gentleman" signified a man with an income

derived from property, a legacy or some other source,

and was thus independently wealthy and did not need to work.

The term was particularly used of those who could not claim nobility

or even the rank of esquire. Widening further,

it became a politeness for all men, as in the phrase

"Ladies and Gentlemen, ..."

and this was then used (often with the abbreviation Gents)

to indicate where men could find a lavatory,

without the need to indicate precisely what was being described.
In modern speech,

the term is usually democratised so as to include any man of good,

courteous conduct, or even to all men

(as in indications of gender-separated facilities).

See them around you ... forever !

HAPPY WOMEN'S YEARS

Crochet Mama, crochet !

I have a new pattern for my daughters

and for you my friends :)

Check out this pattern I got yarns at a Shop-mixed colored each!

Looks pertty eh?

I know myself way too well to know that

I will be making a life size cardigans anytime...

The softie patterns I thought were neat because…

well cardigans… they’re softies,

it is mostly worked in the round

and now I'm posting

My Crochet Work In Progress

Are you all ready for some Spring projects and trying this one?

I however, love it !

I am absolutely thrilled with the results of this colorful project!

Time to give way to the warmth and color of next spring !!!

Stop the Canadian Horse Slaughter!

Stop the Canadian Horse Slaughter!

New hidden camera footage from the

Canadian Horse Defense Coalition

shows shockingly inhumane and cruel treatment of horses

being slaughtered for human consumption.

Footage shot by hidden camera at Natural Valley Farms

in Sasketchewan Canada shows

the slaughter house worker is not always able to stun the horses properly

to render them fully unconscious before they are slaughtered

by slitting their throat.

The footage also showed horses slipping on the kill pen floor,

which appeared extremely slippery.

"Its legs are spinning around; it's like it's on ice.

The legs are just spinning around in circles, it's trying to go backwards,

it's trying to go forwards — it's just sheer terror, sheer panic," said

a veterinarian who watched the footage on videotape.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency allows for about 5% of animals

to wake up during the slaughter process.

"There are parts of the animal that are still moving that

let you know that for at while at least, it's conscious," he said.

Other violations in the video of Canada's food inspection act including:

the transportation of animals on double-decker trailers;

horses transported with their horseshoes on and not separated

(they hurt each other otherwise);

the transportation of horses across the U.S./Canadian border (illegal)

and horses unloaded at night without supervision.

The footage also showed evidence of the transportation of lame,

blind and starved horses (including a horse with a visible tumor

and another with eye cancer)

as well as the transportation of a very pregnant mare,

and the discovery of a full-term foal in a rendering pit

that had been eviscerated by animals.

Finally the video alleges that the horses are not being provided food or water

as they wait overnight in pens, are too densely packed.

We are collecting signatures to raise awareness and

solidarity around this horrendous issue-- not enough people know about this!

Sign and pass on to friends!

For more information, please see:
Here ! or Read article !
For more Information, check out :
Here !

White coat-S n o w !

It was lucky

I was out last weekend with my camera,

as the snow has all but disappeared after a few dazzling days.

Even high on the mountains, on the lake and

the pine trees carefully catch some snowflakes.
We woke that morning, meet with our Photo Lovers' Group

to find a healthy snow had fallen in the night.

It takes us 1,5 hours to reach this area under snow...

We left the meeting place in hopeful haste with the silky back road to the little lochans…

The necessary group members' route was

fully white with narrow forest roads.

Reaching the Camkoru Frost Lake,

the coach squeaked to a peaceful halt and

the lake was COMPLETELY smothered in the white stuff...

It looked so beautiful...

my only wish is that the sun would come out

so everything would sparkle nice... perhaps later on !!!

Today we opened the door to a brand new carpeted world…

It was thick white snow on the tables and braches …

Regards, the lone rays of the early winter sun …

and so quiet!

Ssssh...

Listen to the nice smooth breeze and songs of the birds!

Winter has NEVER been my favourite season ...

But here

Enjoy your snowy day and watch the sunset over mountains !!!

JUST FINISHED + ...

TOO EASY TO CROCHET...

I SAY - TRY ONE !

AND HERE IS OLD ONE.....
I finished this last month.

Crocheting is very easy if you're using soft and thin yarn.

First I finished the flowers then continued the other parts.

A white blouse ... from archives !

Want to crochet one?

Thank you for all your comments...

HAPPY NEW YEAR

*Merry Christmas

*Feliz Navidad

*Buon Natale

*Froehliche Weihnachten

*Joyeux Noel

*Boas Festas

*Wesołych Świąt

*Shinnen omedeto

*Happy Hanukkah

*Happy Ramadan

رمضان

*Happy Kwanzaa

*(Nguzu Saba)

*Happy New Year

2009 for all
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♥ SMILE FOREVER ...

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HERE IS MY BEAUTY

SHE IS NOW 17...

POOR BABY - OLD BABY

We adopted MIMO in 1991 and just wanted to say

"thank her".

I am afraid I wouldn't be able to get as attached to a new one.

But she's the most wonderful, loving cat!

She settled right in and stole our hearts.

Thanks for saving her for us.

***AND SHE'S ALWAYS HUNGRY***

We all love her very much...

We shot three different Crazy Poses of her...

♥ BAGS- BE CAREFUL !

Finished your embroidered bags?

Meanwhile let me show you all with the aroma of freshly baked(???)

Black colored Lady's bags...

They can be used

for practical as well as decorative purposes.

Colored Floral designs and

two different embroideries on silk from my gallery.

♥ LOVEBIRDS OR ANGELS?...

* IT'S POSSIBLE *

TRY TO DECORATE YOUR
HOUSES AND WALLS WITH

LOVEBIRDS OR ANGELS...

These are painted by me :))

Lovebirds are for my dear friends' new house.

AND
Hazelnuts are liked and eaten in my house,
this year I did't throw their shells away and
used them on one of my picture.

Did you like my way?

IF YOU SAY "YES"

LOVE YOU ALL!