January 29, 2011

 

 
 
Here's something to see how well your eye-hand coordination is... Try it a couple of times!
 
 Definitely not as easy as it looks. Just touch the number with your arrow to  
play the game. .  . 
 
 
Go to the site, then click on the start button. A group of numerals from 1 to 33  
will appear in red boxes. You don't need to click on the numbers, just move your  
cursor over them in order from 1 to 33 and as you correctly do so that numeral  
will disappear.  See how fast you can get the task completed. This is a good  
practice to keep your brain sharp and your eye hand co-ordination crisp, or it  
could drive you mad.   
 
 
  http://www.chezmaya.com/jeux/game33.htm  

 

HEMA is a Dutch department store. The first store opened on November 4, 1926, in  Amsterdam . Now there are 150 stores all over the  Netherlands .

Take a look at HEMA's product page (catalog) - just wait a couple of seconds and watch what happens.  DON'T click on any of the items in the picture; just wait..

 This company has a sense of humour and a great computer programmer, who has too much time on his hands. Click on the link below:

           http://producten.hema.nl/
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Subject: The Gratitude Sign
 

This is pretty neat.....(30 second  video)... Have you ever seen one of our
military  walking past you and wanted to convey to them your thanks, but weren't sure  how? Recently, a gentleman from Seattle created a gesture which  could be used and has started a movement to get the word  out.

Please everybody take just a moment to watch.... The Gratitude  Campaign;
....and then forward it to your friends!  * THEN START USING THE SIGN. *

http://www.gratitudecampaign.org/shortmovie.php



Subject: From Honda



Honda's gonna make a fortune with this!



(http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=cuIJRsAuCHQ
 

 

 

 

We had a marvelous time in Central America last week.

Quite inexpensive by staying with friends George and Diane.

Thanks so much for your hospitality!

Here are 3 dozen pictures:

 

Diane and Mary at one of our many indoor outdoor meals

George and Diane took us everywhere. Dinners at their friends' homes were great.

The entrance drive to their home.

 

The outdoor reading room outside our bedroom suite.

Where I swam often, though it was cold for them at 70-75 the entire time.

A classical guitar concert

Here is the City of Antigua, Guatemala from a hill top restaurant.

Diane at the market.

Outdoor Catholic mass at Santo Domingo's with integration of old stone work with new, as seen everywhere in the city.

Here's where they made the jaguar jade we purchased.

 

Local historian Joy and Jack gave us a tour.

The old convent.

 

This city of Antigua was founded in 1543, and has been continuously inhabited since. St Herman is celebrated in this church.

Christmas poinsettia.

 

Our driver Rene took us to many places.

A typical inside courtyard. We ate to the left, and the band above played beautiful Spanish music.

 

The market features on premises cooking.

This young lady knows how to sell.  Even Mary, Mary Bookmark??  was impressed!

 

 

This is the volcano Fuego with hot steam puffing out the top.

Its neighboring volcano Aqua at a country club where we brunched.

Fuego from the golf course.

The after school program George and Diane support.  Our church donated 2 dozen baseball caps we carried in our luggage.

Shopping for veggies that helper Sophia prepared for us when we ate at home.  Yes that is the marketer's baby on her back.

Parakeets and coffee beans.

We drove around in these tut tuts. It costs $1.00 per person to drive to the Mayan Ruins here in Honduras.

Mary and my tut tut easily overtakes the horse carrying firewood.

They built some pretty impressive temples.

 

 

Through the mango groves to the Pacific.

Lunch under the thatched roof. I was supposed to catch my lunch fish from the tank, but it was too fast for me, so I had help.

 

 

We enjoyed it while we could, before returning to snowy, snowy Connecticut!

But Spring thaw and melt is right around the corner.  Here it is at Yosemite.

It only happens in March and April.  
 Turn  on your sound and enjoy .........................  

 

Pete

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