Originally posted by levkonoe at Natasha Villone

For your amusement ;)
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Animated:



With lyrics:

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And here's the original clip from The Electric Company, with animation:

To James Whitcomb Riley

Some inspiration for the beginning of the new year...:)
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Oh, the Places You'll Go!
by Dr. Seuss

Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You're off to Great Places!
You're off and away!

You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.
You're on your own. And you know what you know.
And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go.

You'll look up and down streets. Look 'em over with care.
About some you will say, "I don't choose to go there."
With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet,
you're too smart to go down any not-so-good street.

And you may not find any
you'll want to go down.
In that case, of course,
you'll head straight out of town.

It's opener there
in the wide open air.

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Another old favourite, from "Leopold the Cat's Summer":



(Take a look, particularly, between 0:30 and 0:36, in the top video)

"We'll survive this trouble":

Translation of lyrics:

I walk along and sing about everything that's good,
And I give the gift of my smile to the passers-by.
If I don't find an answer in another person's heart,
We'll survive this trouble too,
By the way, we'll survive that.

The sun shines brightly, high up in the sky,
How good it is to live in this world.
If thunder suddenly sounds in the middle of the summer,
We'll survive this trouble too.
By the way, we'll survive it.

A drizzly rain beats against the window, nature frowns,
But it's long been known, there is no such thing as bad weather.
Everything is yellowing all around me, and the summer is leaving,
We'll survive this trouble too,
By the way, we'll survive it.

Now here's a proper-size teddy bear...;)
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And here are some rainbows seen in Boston earlier this summer:



Many more wonderful rainbow photos of the same day can be seen here: http://www.boston.com/ae/radio/blog/2013/06/boston_rainbow.html

A bit of entertainment for your Monday :)

This is a children's story by a Russian writer Nikolai Nosov. I've laughed over his stories when I was in grade school, and recently, this one came to mind, so I translated it for your reading pleasure.

I hope you enjoy:
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One time, when I was living on the dacha with my mom, Mishka came to visit. I was so glad he came, I can't even begin to tell you! I have missed Mishka so much. My mom was also glad he came.

"It's great that that you came now," she said. "It'll be more fun for the two of you here. By the way, I need to go into the town tomorrow. I might stay overnight. Will you be able to manage here for two days without me?"

"Of course, we'll manage," said I. "We're big boys!"

"The only thing is, you'll have to cook your own lunch. Will you be able to do that?"

"'Course we will," said Mishka. "How hard can it be?"

"Well, you can make soup and gruel. Gruel's easy to cook."

"We'll cook gruel. It's real easy to cook!" said Mishka. I said,

"I don't know, Mishka, what if we can't? You'd never cooked it before."

"Don't worry! I saw my mom cook it. You won't die of starvation, you'll be well-fed. I'll make such gruel that it'll be finger-licking good!"
( In the morning... )

I personally know several of the people in charge; their current request is nutritional supplements and vitamins for children with CF. They can be bought and sent directly to the fund's volunteers in the USA or Germany, who will then forward the packages to the Ukraine. (These vitamins and supplements are not available in the Ukraine)

Every little bit helps, and one package of vitamins or supplements only costs $10--$30.

Addresses and details can be found here: http://deti.zp.ua/eng/show_article.php?a_id=506355

Originally posted by levkonoe at Был заказ на очень летнее, и с котятами. Tricia Reilly-Matthews

Originally posted by kavery at Вечерняя сказка

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Happy Mother's Day to all the moms in the UK! :)

Card Houses

My little niece and I--I read
My Plato in my easy-chair;
And she was building on the floor
A pack of cards with wondrous care.

We worked in silence, but alas!
Among the cards a mighty spill,
And then the little ape exclaimed,
"Well! Such is life! Look, Uncle Will!"

I gave a start and dropped my book,--
It was the "Phaedo" I had read,--
A sympathetic current thrilled
Like lightning through my heart and head.


( I eyed with curious awe the child... )

Originally posted by levkonoe at Jim Daly. Good Night