May 17, 2015 Sunday #restintheyardwithflowers

Get Fit
A day of rest, but I am working in the yard today and that's a work out!


Get Faith
Going out to Christ Lutheran  today.  It is Confirmation day there and Nicole has been playing music for the catechism classes so it is nice to see them confirming their baptism.  There was a story by the study writer today about a young (9) boy that was abducted from his driveway.  He repeatedly sang a song of praise to God, even though the kidnapper was shouting obscenities at him.  The bad guy finally pulled over and let the kid out.  Just sayin'


On this day
1990 - Nicole was five, we were down in Stuart Florida with Grandma Luvy.  We had a beautiful day at the beach, shopping on Hutchinson Island and then stopped on the causeway coming back to explore the beach there for shells.  Grandma went right into the water wading and searching followed by Nicole until she saw a crab.  Make memories today with your children or grandchildren. video available.


1990 - Kelsey Grammer was sentenced to 30 days in jail for DWI. he should have come to the beach with us.


Parenting
Went on a tour of the Edsel Ford Estate yesterday.  Jackie our docent, related the info about the house from a family point of view.  She told us how their life at home was separate from work, the house was built with the children and family in mind.  I loved the play house that was an exact miniature of a full scale house, with running water, bathroom, heat etc.  I could live there if the roof wasn't so low.


Come Get These Memories - of the Sixties (excerpt)

I remember the big enclosed front porch, all painted white inside with windows all around so you could see out across the entire lake.  There were table and chairs at one end and couches with pillows and chairs all around the porch.  I had always been an avid reader and thought it would be a great place to curl up with a book, but Maddie and I were always too busy.   When you went into the house to the left was a big living room with more cushy comfy couches and end tables and lamps and a big stone fireplace in the middle of the inside wall, central to all seating areas.  Bookcases, lots of them filled with books lined the walls.  There were area rugs in the seating areas over a rich reddish wood floor.  I believe they closed it up for winter due to the difficult conditions of getting there.

Las Tunas Cuba Religion
Cuba's prevailing religion is Roman Catholicism, although in some instances it is profoundly modified and influenced through syncretism. A common syncretic religion is Santería, which combined the Yoruba religion of the African slaves with Catholicism and some Native American strands; it shows similarities to Brazilian Umbanda and has been receiving a degree of official support. The Roman Catholic Church estimates that 65 percent of the population is Catholic,^[2] but only 5% of that 60% attends mass regularly,^[3] while independent sources estimate that as few 1.5% of the population does so.^[4]
Membership in Protestant churches is estimated to be 5 percent and includes Baptists, Pentecostals, Seventh-day Adventists, Presbyterians, Anglicans, Episcopalians, Methodists, Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), and Lutherans. Other groups include the Greek Orthodox Church, the Russian Orthodox Church, Jehovah's Witnesses, Muslims, Buddhists, Jews, Baha'is, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons).

Entrance to the Catedral de San Cristóbal de la Habana (Cathedral of Saint Christopher of Havana)

Cuba is home to a variety of syncretic religions of largely African cultural origin. According to a US State Department report,^[2] some sources estimate that as much as 80 percent of the population consults with practitioners of religions with West African roots, such as Santeria or Yoruba. Santería developed out of the traditions of the Yoruba, one of the African peoples who were imported to Cuba during the 16th through 19th centuries to work on the sugar plantations. Santería blends elements of Christianity and West African beliefs and as such made it possible for the slaves to retain their traditional beliefs while appearing to practice Catholicism. La Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre (Our Lady Of Charity) is the Catholic patroness of Cuba, and is greatly revered by the Cuban people and seen as a symbol of Cuba. In Santería, she has been syncretized with the goddess Ochún. The important religious festival "La Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre" is celebrated by Cubans annually on 8 September. Other religions practised are Palo Monte, and Abakuá, which have large parts of their liturgy in African languages.


Enjoy the day!  Make it Memorable!  Happy Birthday Sue