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Another Lurgy
Another dreadful lurgy has appeared in the Quimper Hitty Cupboard, and Constance has succumbed.
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Mortgage Problems in Valhalla
Opera Costumes?
The story of the Ring of the Nibelungen, written by Wagner, was loosely based on German and Scandinavian myths and sagas. The entire cycle of four operas was first performed for the public in 1876, with costumes and set designs by Carl Emil Doepler. At that performance, during the second Opera Die Walküre, the character Hunding, wore a horned helmet to signify his evil nature. A mystifying transposition from Opera to Reality then occurred. From that moment on, the horned helmet became synonymous with the depiction of Norse and Viking Gods and heroes!!
We find it interesting that an operatic version of reality has embedded itself so thoroughly in our culture. In fact there is no evidence whatsoever that any Vikings wore horned helmets, ever!
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Tansy Travels on the Lijiang River
Li River Cruise Boat
Tansy went to China with a travelling companion who attended a conference in Hong Kong…but the trip included a few delightful side trips, and one of the most memorable was the cruise along the Lijiang River from Guilin to Yangshuo, Guangxi, China.
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Tansy Travels to Stanley
On the bus to Stanley
Tansy’s recent trip to China included a jaunt to the town of Stanley at the south end of Hong Kong Island. The bus drove from the metropolis right though the mountain, and then along a winding coastal road.
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Butternut Butter
Squashes
The Quimper Hitty’s friends over at the Farthing Crowd have been making pumpkin butter (Click here to see their blog)…It looked and sounded so delicious, Opal and Agathe were keen to make some. A lack of pumpkins in our vegetable storage was no deterrent, little Tatty was carved from Butternut wood, so naturally she suggested using her namesake squash…
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