Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Happy 2761th Birthday!

On 21 April, 753 BC, so goes the legend, Rome was founded. And this is celebrated every year in Rome. Today at 12 AM sharp, the bells from the city hall tower on the Capitol rang during 10 minutes to celebrate this event.

Of course it is more than likely that the story about the founding fathers, Romulus and Remulus, is only a myth. Still, no remainders older than from the middle of the 8th century BC have been found, so at least the date seems to be rather accurate.



And in case you wondered: 2009 + 753 is 2762, so why did I put 2761? Because the year "0" does not exist, of course.

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Thursday, April 9, 2009

New pictures!

Well, new is not the right word. It took me very long time to publish some new pictures, but meanwhile they're already 3 months old. And because of their subject, they might not fit in this new season. But hey, I've been busy doing a lot of things, although I must confess that most of that was work (and of course also a little bit renovation).

There are two new albums in my photo section, while one has disappeared, or rather, absorbed in one of those albums.

The first album contains pictures of Mie and the kids enjoying the snow in the forest in our little village.





The second album contains the older black and white pictures I already posted before, but also some others which have not been published before. These are taken in the same forest on the same day as the other album.



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