Well worth a standing ovation!!!
For those of you who do not know, the theme song from the Lone Ranger comes from the William Tell Overture.This has been around before, but if you haven't seen it, you're in for quite a treat. Play it all! Harmonica in Carnegie Hall!
Didn't know sounds like this could come from a harmonica. He's obviously not a smoker.... I'll bet you've never heard a harmonica played like this before! Wow!
This gentleman is awesome! A standing ovation at Carnegie Hall! It took the Lone Ranger theme song to bring them to their feet.
Click below - Sound on..
http://www.wimp.com/harmonicacarnegie/
Source: Internet
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Montgomery Ward 1934 Catalog
Thought you'd enjoy this one, love the prices and notice at the very bottom line, if you are married and order $100. worth, you have to have your HUSBAND sign also.
Source: Internet
Source: Internet
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Freedmen's Town
A freedman's town, in the United States, refers to communities built by freedmen, former slaves who were emancipated during and after the American Civil War.
The Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment brought 4 million people out of slavery in the defunct Confederate States of America. Many freedmen migrated from white areas to build their own towns away from white supervision. They also created their own churches and civic organizations. They started schools, which both adults and children attended to learn to read and write.
To provide help in education and managing the transition of the people to freedom, including negotiation of labor contracts and establishing the Freedmen's Bank, President Abraham Lincoln created the Freedmen's Bureau.
After taking office, President Andrew Johnson vetoed the re-authorization and funding of the bureau in 1866 during Reconstruction.
The Fourth Ward of Houston, Texas is the location of the Freedmen's Town Historical District.
Source: Internet
The Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment brought 4 million people out of slavery in the defunct Confederate States of America. Many freedmen migrated from white areas to build their own towns away from white supervision. They also created their own churches and civic organizations. They started schools, which both adults and children attended to learn to read and write.
To provide help in education and managing the transition of the people to freedom, including negotiation of labor contracts and establishing the Freedmen's Bank, President Abraham Lincoln created the Freedmen's Bureau.
After taking office, President Andrew Johnson vetoed the re-authorization and funding of the bureau in 1866 during Reconstruction.
The Fourth Ward of Houston, Texas is the location of the Freedmen's Town Historical District.
Source: Internet
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Bees And Honey
How do bees actually make honey?
Bees do not create honey; they are actually improving upon a plant product, nectar. The honey we eat is nectar that bees have repeatedly regurgitated and dehydrated.
A bee colony or hive consists of one queen bee, hundreds of drones, and thousands of busy worker bees -- sterile females who gather pollen, produce beeswax, build honeycombs, and make the honey that feeds the other bees. The honeybee uses her tubular tongue to suck nectar from the flower into her abdominal honey sack (the bee's second stomach or "honey stomach"). In the sack, complex plant sugars in the nectar begin to break down into simpler, more digestible sugars. When the sack is full, the bee returns to the hive to offload droplets of nectar to another food- processing worker bee. That bee will distribute it to the young or place it into the honeycomb for long-term storage.
At the hive, "fanning" bees dehydrate and preserve the stored substance by flapping their wings to reduce its moisture content. Later, the individual cells of the comb will be sealed with beeswax, also secreted from the worker's abdomen, and synthesized with the help of honey, to safely preserve the bee's food supply.
It takes about 2 million flowers and over 55,000 miles in flight to make a single pound of honey. A typical hive can produce 60 to 100 pounds per year. As bees forage for honey, they transfer pollen (which sticks to their feet) from male to female plant parts -- this pollination of crops is essential to human agriculture and to our food supply.
Subtle flavor and color differences in honey depend on floral varieties and local weather. In the U.S., there are over 300 sources of honey, including popular varieties like clover, alfalfa, buckwheat, and orange blossom, and regional specialties like fireweed, tupelo, and macadamia nut honey.
Healers, herbalists, and medical practitioners through the ages have recognized the healthful properties of honey as a local dressing for wounds. New research suggests it's also a potential dietary antioxidant, especially if it's dark in color. Keep in mind that honey is not safe for infants under one year old -- they are at risk from botulism spores that do not pose a threat to older children and adults.
Source: Internet
Bees do not create honey; they are actually improving upon a plant product, nectar. The honey we eat is nectar that bees have repeatedly regurgitated and dehydrated.
A bee colony or hive consists of one queen bee, hundreds of drones, and thousands of busy worker bees -- sterile females who gather pollen, produce beeswax, build honeycombs, and make the honey that feeds the other bees. The honeybee uses her tubular tongue to suck nectar from the flower into her abdominal honey sack (the bee's second stomach or "honey stomach"). In the sack, complex plant sugars in the nectar begin to break down into simpler, more digestible sugars. When the sack is full, the bee returns to the hive to offload droplets of nectar to another food- processing worker bee. That bee will distribute it to the young or place it into the honeycomb for long-term storage.
At the hive, "fanning" bees dehydrate and preserve the stored substance by flapping their wings to reduce its moisture content. Later, the individual cells of the comb will be sealed with beeswax, also secreted from the worker's abdomen, and synthesized with the help of honey, to safely preserve the bee's food supply.
It takes about 2 million flowers and over 55,000 miles in flight to make a single pound of honey. A typical hive can produce 60 to 100 pounds per year. As bees forage for honey, they transfer pollen (which sticks to their feet) from male to female plant parts -- this pollination of crops is essential to human agriculture and to our food supply.
Subtle flavor and color differences in honey depend on floral varieties and local weather. In the U.S., there are over 300 sources of honey, including popular varieties like clover, alfalfa, buckwheat, and orange blossom, and regional specialties like fireweed, tupelo, and macadamia nut honey.
Healers, herbalists, and medical practitioners through the ages have recognized the healthful properties of honey as a local dressing for wounds. New research suggests it's also a potential dietary antioxidant, especially if it's dark in color. Keep in mind that honey is not safe for infants under one year old -- they are at risk from botulism spores that do not pose a threat to older children and adults.
Source: Internet
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Inspiring Thoughts..,
1. Prayer is not a "spare wheel" that you pull out when in trouble, but rather
a "steering wheel" that directs the right path throughout life's journey.
2. Why is a car's windshield so large, and the rearview mirror so small?
Because our past is not as important as our future. So look ahead and move on.
3. Friendship is like a book. It takes but few seconds to burn, but it takes years to write.
4. All things in life are temporary. If going well, enjoy them, they will not
last forever. If going wrong, don't worry, they cannot last long either.
5. Old friends are gold! New friends are diamonds! If you get a diamond,
don't forget the gold! Because to hold a diamond, you always need a base of gold!
6. Often when we lose hope and think this is the end, God smiles from above
and says, "Relax! It's just a bend, not the end!"
7. When God solves your problems, you have faith in His abilities; when God
doesn't solve your problems, He has faith in your abilities.
8. A blind person asked St. Anthony, "Can there be anything worse than losing
my eyesight?" He replied, "Yes, losing your vision!"
9. When you pray for others, God listens to you and blesses them. Sometimes
when you are safe and happy, remember that someone has prayed for you.
10. Worrying does not take away tomorrow's troubles; it takes away today's peace.
Author Unknown
Source: Internet
a "steering wheel" that directs the right path throughout life's journey.
2. Why is a car's windshield so large, and the rearview mirror so small?
Because our past is not as important as our future. So look ahead and move on.
3. Friendship is like a book. It takes but few seconds to burn, but it takes years to write.
4. All things in life are temporary. If going well, enjoy them, they will not
last forever. If going wrong, don't worry, they cannot last long either.
5. Old friends are gold! New friends are diamonds! If you get a diamond,
don't forget the gold! Because to hold a diamond, you always need a base of gold!
6. Often when we lose hope and think this is the end, God smiles from above
and says, "Relax! It's just a bend, not the end!"
7. When God solves your problems, you have faith in His abilities; when God
doesn't solve your problems, He has faith in your abilities.
8. A blind person asked St. Anthony, "Can there be anything worse than losing
my eyesight?" He replied, "Yes, losing your vision!"
9. When you pray for others, God listens to you and blesses them. Sometimes
when you are safe and happy, remember that someone has prayed for you.
10. Worrying does not take away tomorrow's troubles; it takes away today's peace.
Author Unknown
Source: Internet
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