HANS ANDERSEN BRENDEKILDE (1857 – 1942) - paintings

Hans Andersen Brendekilde is a Danish painter who creates beautiful paintings in the style of realism. Intense, bright colors give paintings a "live" look and transfer to the scene.

A PRAYER - by Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.

A  PRAYER by  Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr. - 1895-1919 As I lie in bed,Flat on my back;There passes across my ceilingAn endless panorama of things - Quick steps of gay-voiced children,Adolescence in its wondering silences,Maid and man on moonlit summer’s eve,Women in the holy glow of Motherhood,Old men gazing silently thru the twilightInto the beyond. O God, give me words to make my dream-children live.

FALL PARTIES - by Becca Klaver

 

FALL  PARTIES by  Becca Klaver I cannot wait for fall parties.The invitations have begun to roll in. I used to think I loved summer partiesuntil they got this year so sweaty and sad, the whole world away at the shore,sunk in sweet and salt. Goodbye, summer: you were supposed to save us from spring but everyone just slumpedinto you, sad sacks  pulling the shade down on an afternoon of a few too many rounds.  Well, I won’t have another.I’ll have fall. The fall of parties for no reason, of shivering rooftops,scuffed boots, scarves with cigarette holes. I’ll warm your house.I’ll snort your mulling spices. I’ll stay too late, I’ll go on a beer run,I’ll do anything  to stay in your dimly lit rooms scrubbed clean of all their pity.

A CALENDAR OF SONNETS: AUGUST - by Helen Hunt Jackson

 

A  CALENDAR  OF  SONNETS: AUGUST by  Helen Hunt Jackson Silence again. The glorious symphonyHath need of pause and interval of peace.Some subtle signal bids all sweet sounds cease,Save hum of insects' aimless industry.Pathetic summer seeks by blazonryOf color to conceal her swift decrease.Weak subterfuge! Each mocking day doth fleeceA blossom, and lay bare her poverty.Poor middle-aged summer! Vain this show!Whole fields of Golden-Rod cannot offsetOne meadow with a single violet;And well the singing thrush and lily know,Spite of all artifice which her regretCan deck in splendid guise, their time to go!

COLORING PAGES FOR KIDS

 

THE ONLY KING IN MY LIFE - by Ria De Torres

 

THE  ONLY  KING  IN  MY  LIFE by Ria De Torres He is the only King who touched my soul.In his arms, I found my self as whole.He pulls me up when I was down.He saves my soul in flaming lawn. Through His Father, the Sovereign God.He was sent to Earth with all His love.By the womb of a woman with faith and trust,A child was born ,brought a message from God. He is the light that shines my way.The inspiration to face every battle.He is the strength when I am weak.He is the closest friend I used to speak. Whenever rain pour down from the sky.I always thank God for sending a cry.I used to remember the love that's divine.For giving us His only begotten son, Jesus.

JOKES - about / with children

NO  SALE   "Is your mother home?" the salesman asked  the small boy. "Yeah, she's home," the boy said, scooting  over to let him past. The salesman rang the doorbell, got no response, knocked once, then again.  Still no one came to the door. Turning  to the boy, the fellow said,  "I thought you said your mother was home!?" The kid replied, "She is;  but this isn't where I live."  *** Little Brother: "If you broke your arm  in two places, what would you do ?" Boy: "I wouldn't go back to those two  places, that's for sure." *** Big Brother: "That planet over there is Mars." Little Brother: "Then that other one must be Pa's." *** Father: "I hear you skipped school to play  football." Son: "No I didn't, and I have the fish to prove it !" *** IN  BAKER'S  SHOP An irate woman burst into the baker's shop  and said, " I sent my son in for two pounds  of cookies this morning, but when I weighed them there was only one pound.  I suggest that you check your scales." The baker looked at her calmly for a moment  or two and then replied,  " Ma'am, I suggest you weigh your son." *** NAME  CHANGE "Mum, can I please change my name right now?" asked Ben. "But why would you want to do that, dear ?"  said his mum. "Because Dad said he's going to spank me as  sure as my name's Benjamin !" ***  IN  THE  FIRE  STATION  Little Jimmy's preschool class went on a field trip  to the fire station. The firefighter  giving the presentation held up a smoke  detector and asked the class:  "Does anyone know what this is ?" Little Jimmy's hand shot up and the firefighter  called on him. Little Jimmy replied: "That's how Mommy  knows supper is ready!"  ***  ON  THE  PHONE Raj had been talking on the phone for about  half an hour before he hung up.  His father said, "Wow! That was short.  You usually talk for an hour.  What happened?" Raj replied, "It was a wrong number." *** TEASING There was a little boy named Johnny who  used to hang out at the local corner market.  The owner didn't know what Johnny's  problem was, but the boys would constantly  tease him. They would always comment  that he was two bricks shy of a load,  or two pickles short of a barrel. To prove it,  sometimes they would offer Johnny  his choice between a nickel (5 cents) and  a dime (10 cents) and John would  always take the nickel - they said, because it was bigger. One day after John grabbed the nickel, the store owner took him aside and said,  "Johnny, those boys are making fun of you.  They think you don't know the dime is worth  more than the nickel. Are you grabbing  the nickel because it's bigger, or what?" Slowly, Johnny turned toward the store  owner and a big grin appeared on his face  and Johnny said, "Well, if I took the dime,  they'd stop doing it, and so far  I have saved $20!" ***  THE  FIANCE  After Leslie brought home her fiance to meet her parents, her father invited the young  man into his study to find out more about him. "What are your plans?" he asked Joseph. "I'm a scholar of the Torah," Joseph replied. "Well, that's admirable," Leslie's father replied.  "But what will you do to provide a nice house  for my daughter?" "I will study, and God will surely provide  for us," Joseph explained. "And how will you buy her a nice  engagement ring?" "I will study hard, and God will provide for us." "And children?" asked the father. "How  will you support children?" "Don't worry, sir, God will provide," replied  the fiance. The conversation continued in much the same  fashion. After Joseph and Leslie had left,  her mother asked her father what he found out. The father answered, "Well, he has no job  and no plans, but the good news is that he  thinks I'm God."  *** TALKING  CLOCK A young man moved away from his parents  to become a student. Proudly  showing off his new apartment to a couple  of his friends late one night, he led the way  to his bedroom where there was a big  brass gong. "What's that big brass gong?" one of  the guests asked. "It's not a gong. It's a talking clock,"  the man replied. "A talking clock? Seriously? Asked his  astonished friend. "Yup," replied the student. "How's it work?" the 2nd guest asked,  squinting at it. "Watch," the student replied. He picked  up a hammer, gave it an ear-shattering  pound and stepped back. The three stood looking at one another for  a moment. Suddenly, someone on the  other side of the wall screamed: "You idiot, it's ten past three in the morning!"

 

RECIPE FOR A DELICIOUS POTATO AND CABBAGE CAKE (step by step + pictures) - culinary recipe

 

Today I bring to your attention an interesting and simple way of making cabbage cutlets, which will help to bring variety to your daily menu and simplify the preparation of your favorite dish.

I cook such vegetable cutlets in the form of one large tortilla, which I then cut into portioned pieces: I mixed everything you need in a frying pan, the cooking recipe is almost the same, only easier and, in my opinion, faster, because you don't have to stand at the stove for a long time.

The result is a very tasty, aromatic flatbread, with a crispy appetizing crust and without any problems, to taste, not inferior to cabbage cutlets. 

Try it and see yourself !

INGREDIENTS:

Cabbage - 350-400 gr.

Potatoes -1-2 pcs.

Egg - 2 pcs.

Sour cream - 2-3 tablespoons

Flour - 2-3 tablespoons

Salt, pepper 

Herbs, sesame seeds - optional

Vegetable oil - for frying

PREPARATION :

Rub the potatoes on a coarse grater, finely chop the cabbage, in this case, I I use young, if I take hard cabbage, then pour boiling water over it for a few minutes. I send the chopped cabbage to a bowl with potatoes, add eggs, herbs to taste (I have green onions and parsley), sour cream or kefir, salt and pepper to taste.

I mix everything well.

I add flour last, stir and can be sent to a frying pan.

I heat up the pan and generously grease it with vegetable oil, send all the cabbage mass into it, distribute it over the pan and cover it with a lid.

I cook cabbage cake on both sides over low heat: about 15-20 minutes on one side. Then I turn the cake over to the other side with a plate and cook for another 10 minutes.

Put the finished dish on a plate, cut it into portions and serve.

AMERICAN ARTIST MARY HELMREICH - paintings