Chinese Terracotta Warriors.....Post Views....12,252

     FLASHBACK TO JUNE IN INDIANAPOLIS.....

AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE FOR GRANDMA G.....

A THRILL OF A LIFETIME.......

What is happening at the Indianapolis Children's Museum?

      From the first I heard about the Chinese Terracotta Warriors, I have been fascinated by them and would dream and image traveling to China to see them.  
       Some of them came to Indianapolis while I was visiting there ....a dream come true....though I still dream of seeing them in China someday.......

Terracotta Army

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UNESCO World Heritage Site

Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List
Type	Cultural
Criteria	i, iii, iv, vi
Reference	441
UNESCO region	Asia-Pacific
Inscription history
Inscription	1987 (11th Session)
Location of Terracotta Army in China.

Terracotta Army
Traditional Chinese	兵馬俑
Simplified Chinese	兵马俑
Literal meaning	soldier and horse funerary statues
[show]Transcriptions Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin bīngmǎ yǒng Wade–Giles pingma yung Cantonese Jyutping bing1 maa5 jung2 Yale Romanization bing1 ma3 yung2

The Terracotta Army or the "Terracotta Warriors and Horses" is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BCE and whose purpose was to protect the emperor in his afterlife.
The figures, dating from approximately the late third century BCE,^[1] were discovered in 1974 by local farmers in Lintong District, Xi'an, Shaanxi province. The figures vary in height according to their roles, with the tallest being the generals. The figures include warriors, chariots and horses. Current (2007) estimates are that in the three pits containing the Terracotta Army there were more than 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses, and 150 cavalry horses, the majority of which are still buried in the pits nearby Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum.^[2] Other terracotta non-military figures were also found in other pits and they include officials, acrobats, strongmen, and musicians.
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Actual Warriors.....

Playing an ancient drum....

Honorable Warrior Nick


Honorable Warrior Jude


Honorable Warrior Geo

       This has been a good "remembering the Terracotta Warriors" day in the life of Grandma G.

    "Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls."  (Jeremiah 6:16)

Power Washing......Post Views....12,246

     Today it was time to get in some outdoor cleaning Pacific Northwest style.   Power washing......
     Grandson Jake stayed overnight with me so we could get an early start before the 90 degree afternoon temperature set in.   We did get outside by 9:30.  Already the sun was quite hot.   
     A power washer machine connects with a garden hose and then the water is fed into gas powered high pressured smaller hose and spout.  It is designed to loosen the dirt, moss and "green stuff" that clings to everything outside in this temperate rain forest.  
     With having lived here now for a little more that 2 years, my sidewalk, deck and driveway are showing signs of PNW exposure. That plus the management's decree that everyone have their sidewalks power washed by August 1 I figured it was time to do just that.  

 

Trimming the Driveway....

 
                                                             moss in the driveway seams

 

                    Clean driveway and sidewalk 

No job is done until the road is swept clean of rocks.....






      The project was completed in 3 hours.  Then we were off to a local burger shop for lunch and ......a free blackberry sundae......because the service was slow.....
fresh, local blackberries.....yum!



      Jake and I finished our day together with going to the $3 movie.  We cheered when we realized that Godzilla saved the west coast from being destroyed by nuclear power fed giant insects.   Wow.....

  Roses in Grandma G's front yard.....

     

 

     This has been a good power washing day in the life of Grandma G.

      "All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty." 
 (Proverbs 14:23)

Close Encounter of the Hippo Kind.....Post Views....12,226

       

     This encounter with the 2 hippos at the Oregon Zoo deserve additional attention.  It was the highlight of my visit.  We had such a close view of these two playing with a big red ball.  They were having such a good time...

    This has been a good "hippo encounter" day in the life of Grandma G.

    "Look at the behemoth, which I [the Lord] made along with you and which feeds on grass like an ox.  What strength he has in his loins, what power in the muscles of his belly! His tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are close-knit.  His bones are tubes of bronze, his limbs like rods of iron.  He ranks first among the works of God."  (Job 40: 15-19)