Changing colours - to amuse your family, friends, hosts and guests: lipstick, mood ring, mug, wine bottle label

 What can you find which changes colour unexpectedly? 1 Lipstick 2 Wine bottle labels 3 Water bottles

1 Changing colour lipstick. From a green lipstick to a pale pink. This amused my grand-daughter. Only for two minutes. But it amused her. I bought it on ebay. I came across it when looking for pink lipsticks. Under ten pounds. I had to have it.

2 Wine bottle labels which change colour when the wine is the right temperature.

Coors in the USA did this some time back.

https://vinepair.com/articles/coors-light-color-changing-label-beer/

3 Colour changing water bottles and a mug with lid and straw

Children's party favour. Can be reused but might be for one or two events, not necessarily very long lasting.

https://www.etsy.com/market/color_changing_water_bottles

5 Colour changing Mood rings

From Amazon and many others, from cheap ones for girls to fancier ones. Single colour changing band, or silver colour band supporting a shape such as a heart which changes colour. For a novelty, buy two or three for holiday and not worry about losing them.

Useful Websites on Colour Changing

https://vinepair.com/articles/coors-light-color-changing-label-beer/

https://www.thoughtco.com/mood-rings-thermochromic-liquid-crystals-608013

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Pour A Poor Port Cocktail Or A Rich Port Shot

The Portuguese national flag is green and red with a shield in the middle.
 

I have been invited to a fine wine lunch where all the food is matched to alcohol.  That is good for me. I don't like drinking wine on an empty stomach. 

I asked what the drinks would be. The meal ends with dessert and a glass of port. 

As most wine lovers and visitors to Portugal know, and others might guess, Port comes from the port city of Oporto in Portugal.

Strong Port

But Port is a strong wine. too strong for me. Most strong alcohol is made into cocktails, or just mixed with water, like whisky or tonic water, like gin and tonic. That lowers the alcohol content, making a mixed drink which it safer and more digestible, also cheaper and larger, a long drink, instead of a tiny shot.

I searched online for cocktail recipes with port.  Port can be drunk as part of several cocktails. Ignoring those described as dry, sour or needing too many ingredients, I chose from a list on the website below

 1 Port Coffee Martini

 Port + espresso + Baileys

 2 Sangria

Port + sparkling water + chopped fruit

 

3 Port And Tonic

Port, tonic, rosemary (take from home) and an orange slice

The Portuguese for health is saude, (accent on the U for emphasis).

I am sticking to viva, because that is easier to type and say.

More Portuguese  speakers live in Brazil than in Portugal.

From Wikipedia.

My husband claimed that his bottle of precious port was too expensive and delicious to be diluted. Cocktails should only use poorer quality port. 

However, he discovered a bottle of tonic water lurking in our fridge at home and gave it to me to mix with my helping of port.

Useful Website On Port Cocktails

www.insanelygoodrecipes.com/port-cocktails 

Portuguese Words for saying cheers

https://portugueselearn.com/archives/3145

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More Spanish Words Which Are Easy

 

Spanish - English

contento - happy

correcta - correct

divorcio - divorce

fantasia - fantasy

festival - festival

momento - moment

parque - park

popular - popular

romance - romance

serio - serious

texto - text

tomate - tomato

uniformes - uniforms

Useful Websites for translating and learning Spanish

duolingo.com

in my home - en mi casa

translate google

wikivoyage Spanish phrasebook

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Spanish Words Which Are The Same As Or Similar To English

 Spanish - English

creativo - creative

crisis - crisis

dificil - difficult

exacto - exact

foro - forum

horrible - horrible

ilegal - illegal

ingredientes - ingredients

manera - manner

minutos - minutes

monumento - monument

perfectas - perfect (feminine)

raton - rat / mouse

serio - serious

social - social

simbolo - symbol

Useful Websites for translating and learning Spanish

duolingo.com

in my home - en mi casa

translate google

wikivoyage Spanish phrasebook

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Post Box Topper Summer Flowers in Stanmore

 Post box topper in Pangbourne Drive, Stanmore, Middx, North West  London.

Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

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The true story behind Titanic and the statue of playful Pocahontas in Virginia

 Titanic Films

When I was on holiday in France my family went skiing but I had a cold so I stayed behind and went to hire a film, looking for a documentary or, failing that, a  film about a true story, I was offered the Titanic. Yes. Which version? The shop had three. Since I was home all day with nothing else to do, I watched all three, none of which contained the well known facts.

What about other famous characters, and incidents which never happened, love stories introduced to make films more appealing?

Pocahontas - Native American Who Married, Converted and  Died in England

That statue of the native girl nicknamed Pocahontas, meaning playful, apparently never married the man whose life she apparently saved. She married somebody else. But she was a real person. She did marry and go to England. You can find the full stories of the characters behind the popular films of The Titanic, The Sound of Music and Pocahontas in Wikipedia, which cites various sources, and in the BBC bitesize summary, or the BBC full length version. 

Statues and Sites To Visit

1 Statue of Pocahontas in Jamestown, Virginia, USA

2 Statue of Pocahontas in St George's Church, Gravesend, Kent, England

2 Titanic Museum in Belfast Northern Ireland 

Ireland has two museums connected with the Titanic. England has a few. More in France Sweden and Australia. Plus exhibitions which pop up. The owners of the shipping line are featured in the UK. You might also find stories about people on the Titanic in other museums, such as Jewish Museums in the USA. Famous people on the Titanic included famous families, whose survivors, or those who inherited from them, had their lives affected. And every time you go on a ship or ferry and look at the lifeboats you are affected by legislation brought in after the loss of the Titanic which did not have enough lifeboat seats for all passengers. 

Titanic Museum, USA

Two storey museum in the shape of the ship, the illusion made memorable, complete with a piece of white iceberg.

Useful Websites About Famous Films, Events and Characters

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z9g2khv#zjkhqyc

Titanic Museums Worldwide

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Titanic_museums

Wiki articles on Pocahontas

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocahontas

Other articles on films about her.

statues

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocahontas#/media/File:Pocahontas_gravesend.jpg

Spanish words to learn from signs

 

I am learning Spanish using Duolingo to prepare for a holiday in the Spanish speaking Canary islands.  I have already filled one A5 lined notebook with Spanish words, mainly from Duolingo. I then tried adding words to an A5 diary, but the diary page filled up too fast and I want to keep my Spanish words separate. So I have now started a new A5 notebook. This will be too big, bulky and heavy, to carry in my carry on luggage on the plane, and on outings, hiking, but I shall make a second smaller notebook for my pocket when out and about. I shall note down words from bilingual signs.

From the bilingual sign above I have noted these words:

I have included the common words I already know. In fact, I find it easier to start with words I already know. It gives me confidence, motivation, enthusiasm, gets me started on the task.

Spanish - English

A-D

agua - water

contra - against

corriente - current

de - of

E-K

escaper - to escape

L-R

la - the

muy - very (starting with m like the English words most, and multi)

nader - to swim

nunca - never

no - don't

para - for

peligrosa - dangerous (feminine adjective ending in a to match a feminine noun ending with a, like Maria or Mama, or e like the French madame)

resaca - rip tide / rip current

S-Z

seguridad - safety

si - if

solo - alone

su - your

una - a / one

y - and

English - Spanish

A-D

a / one - una

against - contra

alone - solo

and - y

current - corriente

dangerous - peligrosa (adjective ending in a to match a noun ending in a)

don't - no

E-K

(to) escape - escaper

for - para

if - si

L-R

never - nunca

of - de

rip current / rip tide - resaca

S-Z

safety - seguridad

(to) swim - nader

the - la (feminine) el (masculine)

very - muy

water - agua

your - su

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