Clancy Tucker's Blog: July 2016

1 August 2016 - VERY MOVING PICTURES

VERY MOVING PICTURES

G'day folks,

Check out these cracker photographs.

Clancy's comment: Absolutely love them. Hope you do too.

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31 July 2016 - INTERESTING QUOTES

INTERESTING

QUOTES

G'day folks,

Yep, it's time to do some serious thinking. Time for some quotes.

Clancy's comment: There ya go, folks. There are some goodies here. Just have to remember them.

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30 July 2016 - KIDS FROM MEXICO

KIDS FROM MEXICO

G'day folks,

Here is Mexico as part of my series on kids around the world.

Continent: North America
Climate: tropical on the coasts; temperate mountain areas and deserts inland

School:

Large schools hold two shifts—one group of children attends in the morning, and one attends in the afternoon. Uniforms are usually required.
The school year typically runs from the beginning of September through the end of June.

Play:

Lotería, a game similar to bingo, is played with picture cards and song. Jump rope and other outdoor games are very popular.
Soccer is the top sport in Mexico. Other favorites include baseball and jai alai, a handball game that originated in Spain.

Family:

Many homes in Mexico include not just parents and children but grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins or other family members.
Children have two last names. Their father's last name is the first part, and their mother's last name is the second part.

Signature foods:

Mole, a sauce that is made with up to two dozen ingredients; it typically includes peppers, spices such as cinnamon and chocolate
Tamal (plural tamales), corn dough stuffed with meat, cheese or a sweet filling, then wrapped in a corn husk and steamed

Interesting animals:

The San Quintin kangaroo rat, whose powerful back legs can send it more than 7 feet in a single hop
The slow-moving vaquita, the world's smallest cetacean (animal in the porpoise family), weighing only about 100 pounds

Unique holiday: Guelaguetza, in the state of Oaxaca, a fiesta that dates to pre-Columbian times; the summer celebration includes parades, dancing and monigotes (giant puppets).

Did you know? In Mexico today, Spanish is the official language, but more than 60 native languages are spoken. The top native languages are Náhuatl (about 2.5 million speakers) and Maya (about 1.5 million speakers).

Clancy's comment: Great place, wonderful people, gorgeous kids, and a sensational destination for a photographer.

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29 July 2016 - MAHATMA GANDHI WISDOM

MAHATMA GANDHI WISDOM

G'day folks,

Welcome to some wisdom from another famous man. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was the pre-eminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India.