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Wordless Wednesday Winter Woods
11 Wednesday Jan 2012
Posted in Nature, Photos, Seasons, Wordless Wednesday
A Conscious Blessing
03 Tuesday Jan 2012
“…For all practical purposes nature is at a standstill. . . . there is a wonderful joy in leaving behind the noisy city streets and starting out along the white road that leads across the hills. With each breath of the sharp, reviving air one seems to inhale new life. A peace as evident as the sunshine on the fields takes possession of one’s inner being. The trivial cares which fretted like a swarm of mosquitoes are driven away by the first sweep of wind that comes straight from the mountains. . . . The intense silence that broods over the snow-bound land is a conscious blessing. The deep blue of the sky and the purple shadows cast by the trees and plants are a feast to the eye…” – Frances Parsons
Holiday Trivia
20 Tuesday Dec 2011
Posted in Holidays, Photos, Special Days
Christmas Trivia Fun
1. What Christmas plant is “Viscum” used to label:
Mistletoe
Holly
Ivy
Sage
2. The name of Scrooge’s dead business partner:
James Willcot
John Mantis
Jacob Marely
Jimmy Booth
3. Which author made the remark “I gave them for Dinner a Piece of rost Beef and plumb Puddings – and after dinner half a Pint of strong Beer apiece. “:
Philip Larkin
James Woodforde
Samuel Johnson
Evelyn Waugh
4. Who tried to steal Christmas from the “Whos of Whoville” in the 1966 cartoon based on the Dr. Seuss Story?:
The Grinch
The Snowman
Hattie Jacques
Ian Holm
5. What was the film called in which Peter Auty sang Walking in the Air?:
The Grinch
The Snowman
Hattie Jacques
Ian Holm
6. What Christmas food is made from “marsh-whorts”:
Stuffing
Sweet Potatos
Marshmellows
Cranberry sauce
7. Which ocean is Christmas Island in:
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Arctic Ocean
8. Who wrote the poem, “The Cultivation of Christmas Trees”:
Paul Thereaux
Walt Whitman
James Joyce
T S Eliot
9. Which continent is the turkey from:
South America
North America
Europe
Australia
10. In which author’s novel is it “always winter but never Christmas”:
C S Lewis
John Masefield
Jacob Marley
Sherlock Homes
Answers can be found here! You can take the quiz there, too.
