Germany

Back to School Connection

In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Connected.” Starting out in the world as a first-grader can be frightening, but not in Germany. Parents help their children make the transition from kindergarten to primary school more enticing. They give them a “schultuete” or school cone. The large cone is decorated and filled with candyContinue reading “Back to School Connection”

August Treasures

Say hello to August and the birthstone Peridot. Imagine a beach that sparkles with the crystals of Peridot. On the Island of Oahu, it is so very treasured, that the people have illuminated many beaches by adding tiny grains of light green crystals. ~~~~ A Little History Miners have found Peridot in volcanic rocks and evenContinue reading “August Treasures”