Für Euch alle

Wünsche zum neuen Jahr

Ein bisschen mehr Friede und weniger Streit

Ein bisschen mehr Güte und weniger Neid

Ein bisschen mehr Liebe und weniger Hass

Ein bisschen mehr Wahrheit - das wäre was

Statt so viel Unrast ein bisschen mehr Ruh

Statt immer nur Ich ein bisschen mehr Du

Statt Angst und Hemmung ein bisschen mehr Mut

Und Kraft zum Handeln - das wäre gut

In Trübsal und Dunkel ein bisschen mehr Licht

Kein quälend Verlangen, ein bisschen Verzicht

Und viel mehr Blumen, solange es geht

Nicht erst an Gräbern - da blühn sie zu spät

Ziel sei der Friede des Herzens

Besseres weiß ich nicht

(Gedicht zum neuen Jahr aus "Mein Lied" von Peter Rosegger)

Mit diesem Gedicht wünsche ich Euch allen ein guten Rutsch ins

Neue Jahr 2009.

Mögen all Eure Wünsche und Hoffnungen in Erfüllung gehen!

möchte ich sagen:

für die vielen Besuche, all Eure lieben und netten Kommentare und würde mich sehr freuen, wenn wir im Neuen Jahr weiterhin so viel Spaß und Freude zusammen teilen können.

Eure

Most Disturbing Animals on Earth

Gumprecht's Green Pit Viper


This striking bright green snake, commonly known as Gumprecht's green pit viper, is found in the Southeast Asian region of Greater Mekong.

The serpent, which has the formal name Trimeresurus gumprechti, was first described by scientists in 2002, although he doesn't look like he appreciates having been discovered.

Snakefish



In 2002, the snakefish (or Channidae) was described as “something from a bad horror movie” by US Interior Secretary Gale Norton. Some describe snakefish as having ”a voracious appetite, often consuming all other fish in a lake or pond and even eating its young. It can slither across land, staying out of water for up to three days, to find new sources of food.” Norton also warns that once on land ”snakeheads can eat almost any small animal in its path…. They have even attacked people in China who got too close to snakeheads’ egg nesting areas.” According to Wikipedia, snakefish can be up to over a metre in length and over 6 kilograms in weight. Most snakefish are 2-3 feet long. They’re also fast reproducers with no natural enemies outside of their native environments. Within their native environments, small snakefish are preyed upon by bigger fish, while full-grown snakefish are consumed by crocodiles and alligators. Because of their ability to move into new habitats and wipe out local ecosystems (and to then hop out of the water and mosey on over to another body of water and repeat the process) snakefish have been prohibited in 13 American states and other countries (e.g., Australia).

Giant Isopod



This Terminator look-alike is a Giant Isopod (Bathynomus giganteus), a carnivorous crustacean that spends its time scavenging the deep ocean floor, up to 6,000ft down on the seabed where there is no light. In the pitch black and cold, they survive by feasting on dead and decaying fish and other marine animals.

Aye-aye



Considered by locals as a harbinger of misfortune, the Aye-aye is one of the world’s most rare and bizarre looking primates. To the Malagasy people, the aye-aye is magical, and believed to bring death to the village it appears in; therefore they’re often killed on sight. The aye-aye is the world’s largest nocturnal primate with an average head and body length of 16 inches (40 centimeters), a long bushy tail of 2 feet (61 centimeters) long, and weighs about 4 pounds (2 kilos). The Aye-aye has large beady eyes, black hair, and large spoon-shaped ears. It has 5-fingered hands with flat nails, with a middle finger up to 3 times the length of the others.

Star-nosed Mole



One of the most intriguing stars in the universe is right here on Earth: the eleven pairs of pink fleshy appendages ringing the snout of the star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata). From its appearance and location, one would think this star might be a supersensitive olfactory organ, helping the nearly blind mole negotiate its subterranean environment, or an extra hand for grasping prey or manipulating objects. Some researchers have hypothesized that the star detects electric fields, thus acting as a kind of antenna. But in reality, the star is an extraordinary touch organ with more than 25,000 minute sensory receptors, called Eimer’s organs, with which this hamster-sized mole feels its way around.

Frilled Lizard



The frilled lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingi) is a yellowish-brown australian lizard has got a large frill of skin to the sides of the neck and throat. It is about 90 cm/35 in long, and when is angry or alarmed, it erects its frill, which may be as much as 25cm/10 in in diameter, thus giving itself the appearance of being larger than it really is. Frilled lizards are generally tree-living but may spend some time on the ground, where they run with their forelimbs in the air.

Giant leaf-tailed Gecko



The Giant leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus fimbriatus) is endemic to Madagascar and the islands Nosy Bohara and Nosy Mangabe. These geckos live in tropical rain forests and reach a total length of 330 mm. A large nocturnal gecko, by day it plasters it self to a small tree trunk and rests head down. If disturbed it will raise it tail and head, open its mouth and scream... and call his mom.

Kerivoula Kachinensis



Another of the species found in one of the world's last scientifically unexplored regions, Asia's Greater Mekong, the Kerivoula Kachinensis is one of the most disturbing bats ever found.

Desert Mole Rat


Puss Caterpillar



The puss caterpillar is the most poisonous caterpillar in the United States. Its poison is hidden in hollow spines among its hairs. This hairy caterpillar is found in the southern states, ranging west through most of Texas and north to Maryland and Missouri. It feeds on shade trees such as elm, oak, and sycamore. Puss caterpillars vary in size from 1.2 in.(32 mm) to 1.4 in.(36 mm). Its video below it's a must-see.

Dickies

sind noch ganz schnell bis Heiligabend entstanden. Und zwar hat mein Neffe ein so kühles Zimmer, so dass ich Mitleid mit ihm hatte und ihm ganz schnell ein paar ganz dicke Socken habe. Und da sie ihm so gut gefallen haben und sein Füße fortan wärmen, hat er sich auch gleich noch ein Paar in Grün gewünscht. Und sein Wunsch ist mir Befehl. Also bekommt er die auch - bald.

Sockendaten

Größe: 44/45
Ndl.stärke: 4

Wollverbrauch: 123 g
Wolle: Flotte Socke, colori-Sonderaktion von Rellana und ein Uni-Nonamegarn
Bund: 1M re, 1M li
Muster: glatt re
Für: Dustin

Hoch oben

im Thüringer Wald haben wir ihn doch noch gefunden - den Schnee. Wir mussten schon sehr lange fahren. Hatten wir doch den Schlitten extra mit zu Oma und Opa genommen, und dann war dort gar kein Schnee.

Also hieß es am 1. Weihnachtsfeiertag, wir suchen ihn. Und wir haben ihn gefunden.

Bis nach Friedrichroda, ganz oben auf den Berg, mussten wir fahren. Dort endlich lag er dann.

Seht Ihr?

Hurra - endlich Schnee!

Hans und Celine beim Schlittenfahren

So schön kann es doch sein!

***

Am Abend ließ es sich unsere Charly auf dem Fensterbrett richtig gut gehen. Die Heizung darunter war so heiß, aber ihr machte es überhaupt nichts aus. Ab uns an mußte sie sich schon drehen, damit sie rund herum gar wurde .

***

Und diese Schäfchen habe ich vom Weihnachtsmann bekommen.
Sind sie nicht süß ???

Das ist von meinem Mann.

(ein großes Schaf zum Kuscheln)

Diese Beiden sind von meiner liebsten Freundin Susi.

Und hier noch einmal die komplette Herde

Meinen Sommerferienswap und Pay-it-Forward

von Elisa habe ich Euch ja noch gar nicht gezeigt. Dann will ich das mal ganz schnell nachholen, bevor das Jahr zu Ende geht.
Nach vielen, vielen Umwegen hatte das Paket dann doch noch zu mir gefunden. Elisa hat ganz tolle Sachen aus Frankreich eingepackt. Was?

Schaut her, hier sind sie:

• Stricknadelspiel
• Wolle
• ein tolles Buch
• Pinienbonbons in der Dose
• Bollostangen
• Seidenstoff
• Seife
• diverse Flyer
• ein tolles, selbstgemachtes Scrapbook

***

Das ist das Pay-it-Forward-Geschenk von Ihr. Ein gestrickter Gürtel.

(Liebe Elisa, bitte berichtige mich, wenn es doch etwas Anderes sein sollte.)

liebe Elisa!

Singer-actress Eartha Kitt dies at 81

Eartha Kitt, a sultry singer, dancer and actress who rose from South Carolina cotton fields to become an international symbol of elegance and sensuality, has died, a family spokesman said. She was 81.

Andrew Freedman said Kitt, who was recently treated at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, died Thursday in Connecticut of colon cancer.

Kitt, a self-proclaimed "sex kitten" famous for her catlike purr, was one of America's most versatile performers, winning two Emmys and nabbing a third nomination. She also was nominated for several Tonys and two Grammys.

Thailand's Phuket Vegetarian Festival

Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar (September / October), Thais celebrate the Vegetarian Festival. It is believed that the festival and its accompanying sacred rituals bestow good fortune upon those who religiously observe this rite.

During this time, local residents of Chinese ancestry strictly observe a 10-day vegetarian or vegan diet for the purposes of spiritual cleansing and merit-making. Sacred rituals are performed at various Chinese shrines and temples and aesthetic displays, such as walking barefooted over hot coals and ascending ladders with bladed rungs are performed by entranced devotees known as "Ma Song".

The festival started in 1825 and its paricipants are not allowed to eat meat or have sex at the time of the festival. For obvious reasons participants are asked to use only sterile blades, spears and guns.

Meet Thailand's Phuket Vegetarian Festival.

Santa Is Real

Santa is real! And I'm going to prove it!


And here is the rest of it.

shattered heart

one more time...

it's not that i don't love u anymore
but everytime i think about you,
i think about her being with you too

it's not that i don't trust you anymore
but everytime i heard you speaking
i always knew when you were lying
and everytime i realize u were lying
there's nothing left to me but hurting

it's not that i don't want you anymore
but everytime you approaches me,
i trembles
i'm affraid of being hurt again by you

it's not that i don't want to be with you anymore
i'm just affraid...
i would fall for you

one more time...

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