The windows From red to green all the yellow dies When macaws sing in the native forests Pihis grocery stores There's a poem to be made about the bird that has only one wing We will send it as a phone message Giant Trauma It makes your eyes roll back in your head Here is a pretty girl among the young Turinese girls. The poor boy was wiping his nose with his white tie. You will lift the ...
Miscellaneous
On Sundays I have breakfast with oranges and… JAIME TORRES BODET
ORANGES Oranges from China, golden oranges falling, ripe, to the corral of my house from a neighboring house, rolling, by the walls... Golden oranges he brings, in his basket, a girl who comes singing from the dawn: Oranges from China, won't buy me oranges... Oh, how they remind me the lot of my house, with the cheerful color of their sour little leaves! How many things it tells me of my ...
The lemon festival in Menton
Since 1929, the "Fête du Citron" (Lemon Festival ) has been held every year in Menton (France). It is a unique event worldwide where huge sculptures and monuments made of oranges and lemons are exhibited. oranges and lemons. The idea came from a hotelier who organized an exhibition of flowers and citrus fruits. This event was so successful that it became customary and in 1934 the "Fête du Citron" ...
What is an Orangerie?
Since the 16th century European royal houses started to grow citrus fruits in their gardens. The oranges and other citrus fruits were fashionable and also a symbol of power. Importation was complicated and very expensive, so these delicious fruits were reserved for aristocrats. In the gardens it was common to see orange trees and these crops were known as "Orangerie". In the 17th century, large ...
On Sundays I have breakfast with oranges and… JOAN OF IBARBOUROU
THE SELLER OF ORANGES Little boy with sallow arms you go with your basket, brimming with polished oranges of a warm amber color; Muchachuelo you went to the farms and to the wide trees you climbed like I used to climb when I was a wild, free girl: Come here little boy, I long to dump your basket on my lap. Ask for the highest price you want. Ah how good the smell of oranges ! To ...
The orange thief
In the book El Señor del Cero by the author María Isabel Molina, we find the following mathematical problem. Try to solve it and send us your comments! A thief a basket of oranges of the market stole And through the orchards he escaped; by jumping over a fence, half plus half lost; chased by a dog, half but half dropped out; tripped on a rope, half plus half scattered; in his den, two ...