St. Jordi

  Words and roses for you:

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose  
By any other word would smell as sweet. "   
William Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet (1564 – 23 April 1616)
 

"Roses are Red
 Violets are Blue 
Sugar is Sweet 
And so are You" 
English Nursery Rhyme   (traditional  short poems for children)

And the sunlight clasps the earth,

And the moonbeams kiss the sea;

-What are all these kissings worth,

If thou kiss not me?

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 -1822)

• And...  WATCH a BBC news piece on St. Jordi's day in Barcelona 1998

Happy St. Jordi's day!  
Enjoy your books and roses,  
Enjoy yourselves,
Have fun! 

Underwater

There are people who would like to live in Mars, whereas others would like to live underwater.



In the 1960s Jacques Cousteau’s team built the first underwater habitat called Conshelf I, and two men spent a week inside. Conshelf II, built in 1963, was installed off the coast of Sudan and scientists spent 30 days in the star-fish shaped structure.

• READ the story (BBC)

If you  are interested in marine biology, how about living in the AQUARIUS underwater laboratory  for a few days?


Mmmh.... not for me. I'd feel like a fish out of water.