Posts tagged with "Holidays"
Saturday, February 2, 2013 6:00:00 PM
Winter, Holidays
This Coffee ~ Cinnamon Pastry ~ Chocolate Bon Bons ~ Winter Holiday Pringles setting might seem almost nauseating~
The White Chocolate Peppermint Chips are a bit much I concede
http://my.opera.com/culturin-mezza/albums/showpic.dml?album=540808&picture=176800712
Monday, December 24, 2012 8:15:14 PM
Winter, Holidays, Peace
Camels and Donkeys and Goatlings~ Aw
Long~legged Hump-back Creatures are not all the same~
Some are more rambunctious than others and need help restraining behavior in unfamiliar environmentsRead more...
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 6:00:00 PM
Interesting Current Event, Autumn, Holidays, Parades & Festivals
Day Numba One
Five nights ago ~Traditional holiday parades local school bands
That’s Education! ~ sol fa re do sol
Gargantuan Inflated Icons Read more...
Thursday, November 22, 2012 6:00:00 AM
Inspirational, Birds, Peace, Autumn
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Thanksgiving Hymn~
We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing ~
He chastens and hastens His will to make known ~
The wicked oppressing now cease from distressing ~
Sing praises to His name ~
He forgets not His own
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Sunday, July 8, 2012 3:44:30 PM
Patriotic, Music, Holidays
July 4~ 2012 Wednesday
Uncle Sam Has Freckles ~ He's getting a facial ~ Red Velvet Complexion & Blue EyesRead more...
Saturday, March 17, 2012 6:33:38 PM
Inspirational, Poem, Holidays, Culturin's Best
Culturin~Mezza Clover ~ Four Leaves plus One Five~liner at the Center Sun reflects through rain droplets drooling
Deposits golden medallions
Displaying emblems symbolizing centers of rule
Into mythological conjured cauldrons
Somehow always materializing at exact right location
In region where Stonehenge happened
And even Spuds McKenzie holds no effective stance
Bark or Sway
Pestilent characters in green suits
Buckled boots and bucket shaped hats
Shoemakers ~ Cobblers by legendary vocation
Public nuisances harangue neighborhoods
Through mischievous deeds done undercover darkness
No debate Saint found niche carved out
Banish slithering hoarding serpents
Eradicate by exact unrelenting
Strike ~ smack ~ wallop from rustic walking stick
Let Fairies of whichever persuasion and modus
Flutter amongst elements ~ rock ~ river ~ ether
Blending into obscurity
Lest Adversity reap dent and fraySaint Patty's 2011201020092008
Monday, April 25, 2011 2:13:11 AM
Spring, Holidays, Culturin's Best, Interesting Current Event
Under cloudy sky heavy enough for bringing my cloud motif umbrella I walked downtown for the annual Easter celebration in the courthouse gardens
The yard~ filled to capacity seating like most years~ this year had a quite different atmosphere
Gone, the colorful banners that lined the streets in previous years~ and no flowers on the altar stage
Only crosses erected here and there around the yard with black & red banners~
This year’s theme~
“RELENTLESS~ God’s Love Pursues You”.
Potted non~flowering plants and succulents on the stage~
Hardly enough coffee to last a quarter hour after the service ~ no pastries
chocolate eggs or fruit
except for some apples on one table
Cheap homemade sugar cookies with sprinkles and mini-chocolate chip or orange frosted cup cakes
This event always impresses me for its reach exceeding that of the membership of that congregation
Easter is important whether or not the congregation hosting the celebration is pure or genuine in characterRead more...
Friday, December 24, 2010 7:14:12 PM
Winter, Art~Craft Activity, Holidays, Culturin's Best
If simplifying & satisfying short attention span yunguns' sweettooths is Order of the Day~
Slather some icing & stick a few gum drops in graphic patterns and sprinkle some shredded coconut upon a heart~shaped chocolate cookie turned topsy turvy like a Yuletide tree 
Friday, April 9, 2010 6:55:35 PM
Spring, Holidays
Just why this congregation gets permission for celebrating Easter in the County Courthouse Gardens year~ after-year is a matter I have never heard discussed even though it involves closing three blocks of mid~city street traffic for half the day~ seems no one considers it possible conflict of Church and State
There are other location venues~ stadiums and outdoor theatres~ nearby that would entail much easier preparation and seating accommodating the Easter crowd that always exceeds capacity for the church's regular chapel
The contemporary Christian music bands from out of the region are always good
Best attended Easter event every year
I added pix
Monday, April 5, 2010 4:43:31 AM
Spring, Nature, Holidays, Art~Craft Activity
Few days ago~ hiking into the nearby canyon and foothills~ I encountered new members of the ranching community
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Monday, March 29, 2010 12:09:36 AM
Spring, Holidays
Thrift store pottery finds and St Patrick’s Day mementos from downtown tavern
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010 10:13:24 PM
Winter, Holidays
Yesterday's Mardi Gras in New Orleans and the New Years Rose Parade~
People all over the world love silly exhibitionistic attention-getting displays and disguises Read more...
Friday, January 1, 2010 4:17:05 AM
Winter, Music, Holidays
Snowbeing Cake~
Gingerbread mix
cream cheese icing
shredded coconut
fruit-flavored Rainbow licorice pieces
Polar Bear Cookies~
Grizzly Bear cookies from local Mexican bakery
Iced ~ sprinkled and decorated same above Read more...
Saturday, December 26, 2009 11:00:58 PM
Winter, Politics, Holidays, Culturin's Best
The Opera member page Geeks are freakier than I thought~
The ear on the left shows signs of significant gnawing
that are not in the original pic I uploaded~
Could it be we're experiencing visitations from the spirit
of that brutal champion boxer who bit some guys ear off?
Smilee~ whatever
Update January 26~ Geek or Ghost gone now since minor alterations in sidebar design
Really got my own ear now
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Friday, December 25, 2009 1:06:10 AM
Winter, Holidays, Art~Craft Activity
I made this from three sprigs of decor and a bow bought at drug store today
approx $4.75
Actual size 11X6 inches~; not really corsage size~ unless~, of course one is larger~than~life
Really more of a Swag decoration
Thursday, December 24, 2009 5:23:29 PM
Winter, Music, Holidays, Culturin's Best
I thought I might be par with some of the unreserved sarcasm and cynical
Scrooge or Grinch~ish manifestations I encountered in past years and
since the official start of the Holidays Season at the end of November dance-of-the-sugar-plum-faries.mp3Read more...
Friday, October 30, 2009 8:22:44 PM
Botanical, Autumn, Holidays, Culturin's Best
For a closer look http://my.opera.com/culturin-mezza/albums/show.dml?id=118486
Rampant glucose intolerance?
Next month decorate a mound of stuffing with Raisins~
Buck per pluck~ raises some funds
So~ you are feeling pluckier~than~ever dis~putting rubber duckiness
Perplexed by all the complexities?
Relax~ maybe even hide on Halloween~Read more...
Monday, July 6, 2009 9:24:46 PM
Patriotic, Holidays
The city center and waterfront hosted the usual July Fourth celebrations~
Each event~ particularly the concert~ were very well attended
The largest audience ever seen there
Starting with the parade~ then a concert by the local symphony orchestra
Culminating with the display of fireworks on the beach
Photos of this year's events
Previous July Fourth Opera blog posts
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Saturday, April 25, 2009 12:23:23 AM
Environmentalism, Poem, Holidays, Birds
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Earth Day mellows into its 40th year without losing any momentum or steam of enthusiasm~
I think more publicity and inclusion of more group art activities and games along with the informative booths could contribute greatly in raising awareness of environmental issues and the safe keeping of our planetary home Read more...
Friday, April 10, 2009 7:42:01 PM
Spring, Tree-Hugging, Wind, Holidays
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Once in a while we get a gust of wind
The roar and calamity sets in motion musings about seasonal discharge
by Mother~Father Nature’s giants lining and towering over streets throughout the cityRead more...
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