Who are they?

I got this in my e-mail the other day and these are amazing and sooo very interesting too.  There's some real old ones here.  ENJOY!

 
 

 Yul Brynner

Buddy Ebsen

Don Rickles

Lucy

Mae West

Dolly Parton

Tom Hanks

Patrick Stewart

William Shatner

Fred Gwynne

Sean Connery

Dwight Eisenhower

Marlon Brando

WWII Lucy and Desi

Glenn Ford

Dan Blocker

Young Jack 

Charles Durning

Gene Hackman

Steve McQueen

Johnny Cash

Jack Benny

Leonard Nimoy

Brothers James Arness
and Peter Graves

Clark Gable

Clint Eastwood

Frank Sinatra

Ed McMahon

Lee Marvin

Pau Newman
Edward G Robinson  WW I

Farrah Fawcett

Jack Nicholson

Barbara Streisand

Jay Leno

Bruce Willis

 

 Richard Gere

 

An e-mail sent to me from my friend in Arkansas! Mar-gate Shell Grotto...Amazing

My old boss who retired and moved to Arkansas sent me this.  He always sends me the most interesting stuff!!!  Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!!!  Thanks Fred!!!  

Buried deep underground in small English town of Margate, Kent; is a grotto shrouded in complete mystery. Adorned with 4.6 million shells and 70ft of winding underground passages leading to a rectangular chamber, this shell grotto is undoubtedly a remarkable site to behold. Story has it that in 1835, a laborer was going about his usual field work, but when he struck the soil with his spade, it sank into the earth. The farmer realized that he was standing on something hollow, but was unable to see anything from the surface. Word spread around town, and a local school teacher volunteered his young son, Joshua, to be lowered into the hole with a candle. Upon emerging from the mysterious cavern, Joshua described rooms filled with hundreds of thousands of carefully arranged shells. The Shell Grotto is adorned with symbols mosaiced in millions of shells, symbols that celebrate life as well as reminders of death. The shell grotto hosts a passage, a rotunda and an altar chamber. The shells in the grotto, include scallops, whelks, mussels, cockles, limpets and oysters, all of which can be found locally. However, the flat wrinkle shells must have been brought in from elsewhere. With so much intricate detail, on a rather large scale, one question still remains, who built this underground cavern? Shrouded in mystery, some believe that the grotto once had religious significance - primarily due to the vaulted ceilings and altar spaces. Nobody knows how old the grotto is, but some theories about its origin date its constructions as far back as 3000 years ago. Another theory holds that the grotto was created as an aristocrat's folly sometime in the 1700s. This proposed explanation is validated by the fact that shell grottoes were actually quite popular in Europe in the 1700s, especially among the wealthy. The only catch to this theory, though, is that the grotto's location was on farmland - a land that had never been part of a large estate where follies would have been satisfied. Others believe that it may have been used as an astrological calendar in the past. There are those also, who say that the grotto must somehow be connected with the Freemasons or the Knights Templar. Others believe that the grotto may date as far back as 12,000 years ago, maintaining that it is connected to a mysterious Mexican culture. Its mystery has left people completely stumped, so much so that in the 1930s, some had held séances, in the hopes of contacting the spirits of whoever built the grotto. Right now, it seems, we will not discover the truth behind this mysterious shell grotto. The age of the shells could be determined through carbon dating according to the Shell's Grotto website, but it's a pricey process and other conservation issues are currently being prioritized.  One thing is clear though, the arrangement of the shells must have taken countless hours of painstaking work.    (HOURS??- YEARS more like?) Unfortunately, many of the shells in the grotto have faded over time, losing their luster through water damage. In its early days, it would have been full of dazzling color. This recreation shows what they might have looked like at the time, and with over 4.6 million shells, it surely must have looked astonishing! Since its discovery, the Margate Shell Grotto has been opened to the public, first by Joshua's father, the school teacher. In 1835 he quickly bought up the land and began renovating the grotto to make it suitable for visitors. Two years later, in 1837, the grotto had been opened to the public for the first time, and still enjoys visitors today.

Happy Valentines Day!

"Dance Without Music" by Marie Moody

I wrote this poem back in the early 90's I hope you enjoy it!

DANCE WITHOUT MUSIC!

Gonna dance to the tune with no music

The rhythm is between Limbo & Hell

Don't know where I've been

The rhythm is between my head & my cell

Fantasy Within my soul,

End of Time.  End of my goal.

Gonna dance without music!

Can you see the sound that hasn't been heard?

Hear this picture without any words?

How does one love that has no heart?

Get a role in life that has no parts?

Floating on a sea without water

Building a song without a tune down

Telling the virgin and her daughter

That time doesn't tick, there is no sound!

Noise with silence, the silence that thunders

War isn't violence, peace that wonders.

Gonna dance to the tune with no music

Rhythm is between Limbo and Hell

Gonna sing the song without words

The beat is in my head and in this song I can't sell

So I'll dance to this tune with no music

And I listen to the song with no words

Put me down if you must, the song is not about lust

Life has no meaning until we have no bounds....

Dancing... Dancing... Dancing... without sound!!!

Marie Moody

THE ONE.. THE ONLY.... CHOPPED SALAD ... Portillio's style YUMMMMMMMMMMMMM

Sweet Italian House Dressing

This dressing recipe is based on one I originally found online by Dennis Cottini of Glenview in the Chicago Sun Times (whose link is no longer available). As I’ve made this salad over the years, this is what the dressing has become when I make it for my family.

Ingredients

3/4 cup balsamic vinegar
6 spoonfuls of minced garlic (or about 6 cloves minced)
3 teaspoons of sugar
1-1/2 teaspoons oregano
3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon ground pepper
3/4 cup olive oil

Directions

Combine dressing ingredients in a high power blender and blend until creamy.

Copycat Portillo’s Chopped Salad

Ingredients

4 cups cooked Ditalini pasta
3 cups chopped romaine lettuce
3 cups chopped iceberg lettuce
2-1/2 cups chopped red cabbage
2 fresh tomatoes (diced)
1 cup diced green onions
1 cup chopped bacon (I used Turkey Bacon)
4 oz. gorgonzola cheese (you could add up to 8 oz. if you REALLY like gorgonzola)
Sweet Italian Dressing to taste (recipe above)

Directions

1.  Cook Ditalini pasta according to package instructions.  Cool and set aside.
2.  Put romaine lettuce, iceberg lettuce and red cabbage in a salad spinner to remove excess water.
3.  Combine romaine, iceberg, red cabbage, tomatoes and green onions in large salad bowl.
4.  Cook bacon according to package instructions.
5.  Add cooled pasta, bacon and gorgonzola cheese to salad.
6.  Add dressing (to taste) before serving.  Toss & enjoy!

LOW CARB CLEAN EATING RECIPE Shrimp & Sauteed Spinach

*First and foremost I have the Flu so I found this on facebook just browsing around and I saw this and wanted to share with you because it looks soooooooooooooo delicious. I also put it's notes at the bottom that it had. Anyway without wasting anymore time here ya go, and when I get better I know I'm going to try it thanks to my cousin Sandy Janeteas.... love you girl!!!!

LOW CARB CLEAN EATING RECIPE
Shrimp and Sauteed Spinach

This dish is super easy and super quick to make! It's absolutely delicious and the juices at the bottom of the skillet are good enough to make you wanna lick 'em up!!!!

(serves 2)
Ingredients:
1 pound of cleaned, deveined and shelled large shrimp
2 1/2 tablespoons of olive oil
1 1/2 tablespoons of Simply Asia Sweet Ginger Garlic Seasoning
1/4 cup dry white wine
3 cups of fresh spinach

Directions:
In a medium skillet, add 1 tablespoon of olive oil and heat until a slight shimmer occurs on the surface.

In a separate bowl combine the shrimp, 1 tablespoon of olive oil and the sweet ginger garlic seasoning, tossing lightly until shrimp are thoroughly coated.

Add the shrimp to the hot skillet, quickly sautééing until they are cooked and turn opaque. Pour in wine to quickly bubble and deglaze the skillet, scraping up the delicious brown "bits" on the bottom.

Remove shrimp to a small bowl and cover to keep warm.

In the same skillet, add in the final 1/2 tablespoon of olive oil and toss in the spinach, quickly stirring until the leaves are just wilted. Throw the shrimp back in for a final "toss", then plate up on a small serving dish.

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