I´m a Little Star

 

 



Santa You´re Much Too Fat

 

Santa Claus You Are Much Too Fat

I heard a reindeer hoof,
then Santa dressed in red,
Came crashing through the roof
and landed on my bed.
I thought it was a dream,
but quickly did I wake,
As soon as I heard Santa scream,
"I want a piece of cake!"

 

[Chorus]
 Oh, Santa Claus, Santa Claus,
you are much too fat;
I was sleeping peacefully
but not my bed is flat. Oh!
Santa Claus, Santa Claus,
how much do you weigh?
I'm glad I'm not a reindeer

that has to pull your sleigh!

 



 He got up off the floor
and said, "How do you do?"
I said, "My back is sore,
my head is black and blue."
"So sorry!" he replied,
and then he asked my name.
He offered me a ride, I said,
"No, thank you just the same!" 

 

[Chorus]
 Oh, Santa Claus, Santa Claus,
you are much too fat;
I was sleeping peacefully
but not my bed is flat. Oh!
Santa Claus, Santa Claus,
how much do you weigh?
I'm glad I'm not a reindeer

that has to pull your sleigh!
 

 I heard a "ho, ho, ho,"
the sleigh was in the sky.
But it was moving slow
 and wasn't very high.
It wobbled in the air,
 I hoped it wouldn't fall;
Said Santa, chewing cookies,
"Merry Christmas, one and all!"

 

 

[Chorus]
Oh, Santa Claus, Santa Claus,
you are much too fat;
I was sleeping peacefully
but not my bed is flat. Oh!
Santa Claus, Santa Claus,
how much do you weigh?

I'm glad I'm not a reindeer
that has to pull your sleigh!

  

Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho

Santa you´re too fat



Hercules in Dorset (England)? The Cerne Abbas Geoglyph

The Cerne Abbas giant is a chalk hillside figure or geoglyph of uncertain origins known as "The Giant" or "The Cerne Giant".

One of the principal ideas concerning the age of the giant and who he could represent, is that he is from the time of the Roman occupation of Britain, because  he looks like the Roman god Hercules.

A 1996 study discovered that originally the figure had a cloak or cape in his left arm, which was corroborated in 2008.

The cloak or robe could be an animal skin, giving credibility to the theory that he was hunter, or alternatively Hercules with the skin of the Nemean lion over his arm.

The Cerne Abbas Giant is located just outside the small village of Cerne Abbas in Dorset, about 48 kilometres west of Bournemouth and 26 kilometres north of Weymouth. The figure is about 55 metres (180 ft) high and 51 metres (167 ft) wide. It is carved into the white chalk rock.

A Demi or Semi God: Hercules (Herakles)

The Labours of Hercules
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Herakles in a Greek vase painting, ca. 460–450 BC

Hercules is the divine protector of humankind the god of athletes and the guardian of the gates of Olympia,

Athena his sister helped him when he had to work on  the 12 labours.

He was 7 feet tall or 2,13 meters tall, carried a club of olive tree,  was an expert in the bow and arrow and dressed with the skin of the Nemea´s lion which was impenetrable!

There is a constellation, the fifth largest, that honors him:

 

During July, look for the pattern of stars representing the famous strongman of mythology practically directly overhead by around 10 or 11 P.M. 

"Hercules and the Corona Borealis" London, 1825 by Jehoshaphat Aspin 

 

 And what is a constellation?

 







The Gift of Athena to Greece

Discover the Greek Gods

At the top of the Acropolis in Athens  (Greece), is an olive tree that is a symbol of reverence and gratitude to the goddess Athena, founder of the city

The legend says, that Zeus proposed a contest between Athena and Poseidon for the possession of Athens. Poseidon raised up his  trident, smashed it upon the hard rock of the Acropolis and out a salt spring sprang.

 

Athena  produced an olive tree, with its branches full of fruits. This event between the two powerful  gods was immortalized in stone, on the West pediment sculptures of the Parthenon.

Athenians chose Athena’s gift: the leaves were used  to crown the heads of victorious athletes, generals and kings, the wood used to construct houses and boats, as fuel to lamps and it was applied to the skin of Olympic athletes.

  

A Temple to Athena Polias (‘of the city’) was built c.525BC housing a cult statue inside made from olive wood and a reserved area created for Athena’s sacred olive tree.

Nowadays in Athens, Greece...



Villajoyosa (Alicante, Spain): Historical Summary

The city of Villajoyosa had its first settlers in the bronze age. The hill where the old town is was an ancient Iberian settlement.
 

 

The city "Alone", "Allon" or "Alonis" obtained the title of Municipium from the Roman emperor Vespasiano in 74 A.D interestingly there were only 10 roman cities in the Valencian Community.

From the time of Emperor Nero´s rule and between the years 64-68 A.D,  is the "Bou Ferrer" a Roman merchant ship wrecked off the coast of Villajoyosa.  It was a 30 m trade sailboat carrying about 2500 amphorae produced pottery, each containing about forty liters of  liquid fish sauce produced from anchovy, mackerel and horse mackerel guts called "garum". It probably carried olive oil and "mulsum" a spiced wine for the sailors´ daily use.
 

 

The amphoras were placed between olive vine shoots for protection during transport. The ship carried also 12 ingots of lead weighting each 64 kg with the countermark "Imperor Germanic Augustus"
In the centre of the town a bath house was also discovered as well as the remains of a military camp were a Cohort (500 roman soldiers) lived  during the Sertorian Wars (Roman civil wars) in 75 B.C, during which, Iberians and Romans fought together.
 

It is in the II century A.D during the Roman occupation that the "Hercules Tower" was built in what was then the Hispania Tarraconensis. Originally it was crowned by a pyramidium.

 

It is one of the largest and best preserved funerary towers in Hispania.

 

During the Muslim domination, Villajoyosa was in the territory of Sharqu al-Andalus.

Evidence of this occupation are found in the Tossal, Mosque and Necropolis (burial site or cemetery) of l´Almisserà, Foietes d´Alt and Alfarella.

 

In 1.300 Bernardo de Sarria, the Admiral of James II of Aragon founded la "Vila Nova Cristiana" with the  strategic objective of controlling the coast against the Islamic attacks.
In 1443 Villajoyosa got the privilege of a real city.
During the sixteenth century Villajoyosa played an important role in the defense of the coast  against the numerous attacks by Berber pirates and corsairs like "Khayr ad-Din Barbarus" "Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha" known as Barbarroja.

 

 "Dragut" or "Turgut Reis"

 

 Sahah Rais

 

For this reason King Philip II ordered the construction of new walls around the city. The  "Asunción church" dating from the XVI century, is one of the three fortress-churches of the Province of Alicante, built in a Gothic-Levantine style.

As part of the defensive system there were guard towers along the coast and many in the countryside like the "Xarco" tower.



Another still present is the Aguiló Tower, built between 1525-1550 with the Renaissance system of a square floor, one of the best preserved of Spain.

 

In the late seventeenth century, pirates stopped attacking, permitting urban growth outside the fortified walls.
Around this time started growing the 1400 year old Monumental Tree known as "Olivera Grossa"  It´s 7,50 meters high, it has a trunk perimeter of 1,30mts around the base and a tree crown diameter of 11,50. 

 

During the 19th century due to trade relations with Ecuador and Venezuela, cocoa and the chocolate industry became very importance for Villajoyosa.
In 1911 Alfonso XIII gave it the title of city.

The Magic Fish Story

 



FrUit Rock & RoLL

Jake Bake a Cake

P is for Peas, Plant, Pod, Pick and Please

I Eat the Colors of the RainBow Song

What Do YoU Do With The FrUit?

Sandwich Confusion!

ee is for EeL

Shall I Shoot the Fish?

Fred the Fish & Berty the Bird

What gOeS in a Hot Dog Bun?

The Sandwich Dance

The Invention of the sandwich by the Earl of Sandwich!

Water Conservation

Beach Picture Book

StarFish

Carrots: Do´s and Don´t´s

All, most, some, none of the apple

ELeven (11)

 

Fruits, vegetables and healthy teeth

I Have Some, None, All

C is for Cake

The FisherMan and the CLam

Some. None. All. One Fish

Once I caught a fish alive

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Olive Oil Extraction

People have used olive presses since Greeks first began pressing olives over 5,000 years ago with Roman olive presses existing up to the present time.
An olive press works by applying pressure to olive paste to separate the liquid oil and vegetation water from the solid material. The oil and vegetation water are then separated.

An olive mill and an olive press dating from Roman times

First the olives are ground into an olive paste using large millstones at an oil mill. The olive paste generally stays under the stones for 30‑40 minutes.

 



Watch how olive oil is made at Finca Morote, in the traditional way

After grinding, the olive paste is spread on fiber disks, which are stacked on top of each other, then placed into the press.

 

The weight put on the olive paste that is in the basket, extracts both the oil and the water

The oil will float over the surface of the water and then will be decanted or separated

Make your own homemade olive oil!

 







My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean