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86- MOTHERS' DAYS AROUND THE WORLD (42)
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![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 645 W: 156 N: 853]](http://i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (2630) | HAPPY MOTHERS' DAY TO ALL THE MUMS OF THE WORLD!
After trying to find out about this tradition internationally, from memory or different TE members, I thought of going to look on Wikipedia.
So, today,the last Sunday in May, it is celebrated in FRANCE, SWEDEN, ALGERIA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, HAITI, MAURITIUS, MOROCCO and TUNISIA.
The 1st Sunday in May, it is celebrated in SPAIN, PORTUGAL, HUNGARY, LITHUANIA.
However, the 2nd Sunday in May is common in most countries: US, AUSTRALIA, BELGIUM, BRAZIL, CANADA....
In BRITAIN and IRELAND, They celebrate it on the 4th Sunday of lent, which is always 3 weeks before Easter.
But there are really a lot of dates all through the year for different countries. The article on WIKIPEDIA is quite exhaustive.
This morning, I posted a photo of mother cats, with a long note about Mothers'days, and how mother cats are so good with their young that they could even be an example to human mums. Unfortunately, it was deleted the very minute it was posted. I think it's a real pity: OK, they were my pets, but the note really made it worth it: "Learning about the world through photography!" I received an e-mail telling me to plead my cause if I wanted it reactivated, but I didn't bother, as last time it happened to me, they just ignored my plea!
Still, I supposse with TE, we have to take the bad with the good, especially as there is a lot more good than bad.
Anyway, I have chosen another picture for Mothers'day!
I wasn't sure if sirens had children, 0:)), so I went on the net and read "Den lille Havfrue" from Hans Christian Andersen, and learnt that of course they have children, to perpetuate the race! This poor little one didn't because she couldn't marry her beautiful prince; so all the more reason to pay her a tribute on this day. And she does represent the delicateness of femminity.
When ANDERSEN wrote his tale in the 1850's, in which he related his own aspiration for freedom, little did he know that it would make him famous all over the world, both thanks to the tale and to the statue.
This statue was made by EDVARD ERIKSEN, and in 1913 offered to the city of Copenhagen by CARL JACOBSEN, the heir of the beer makers "Carlsberg". By having it sculpted and installed in such a beautiful spot, he thought of Andersen's tale and he wanted the sculpture to symbolise the attachment of the Danish people to the sea.
Now of course, it has become the symbol of Copenhagen.
I hope you'll enjoy it. It's a scan from the year 2000.
In WS, you'll find more about Mothers day! |
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On the first WS, the mums were Opale on the left, and Iseult on the right.
Then unfortunately, one day, Opale never came back home. She was out hunting regularly, and we think she must have been eaten by the fox.
Iseult was unconsolable to have lost her "sister" (same age but not from the same litter). So we thought of letting her keep one of her kittens: That 's Albion, the white mother on the left.
Once, Iseult had to be taken for 3 days to "hospital" (at the vet's): one of her kittens had stayed in her womb, so she had to be operated. No trouble, Albion took care of her kitten during that time!
But apart from that occasion, that's when we realised that a kitten should never stay with its mum after the age of 4 months.
She is not affectionaate with us, because she has still got her own mother, and she isn't a good hunter because she has never had to fend for herself.
She hasn't developed a very strong health either.
However, they are now aged 12 and 14, and have passed the age of producing babies; so they are living a happy retirement with us. |
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As this photo was deleted this morning, I thought of posting it as WS.
We have always had two female cats.They usually had kittens together, and as you can witness on the photo, it was wonderful watching them being so affectionate with each other and with each other's kittens.
When one left the "nest", for various reasons, the other one automatically took over the responsibility , even of feeding the other kitten.
Next step: no money for expensive toys! The kittens'first toy is their mother's tail. She moves it around, and they try to catch it! We call it : play and learn! But when the mum has had enough, a small growl stops the game straight away.
Then, they start playing with each other, and the mum just sits there without ever interfering, pretending not to notice, even when they get rather excited.
Next: 1st mouse lesson. The mother brings ina dead mouse: the smartest kitten gets it, and the others had better stay away from its first prey.
Next: The mother brings in a half-dead mouse, which the kitten must catch.
Next: The mother brings in a live mouse, and the catch is more difficult.
Next: The kittens have to go and catch their own preys. By then, it's really time for them to be taken away from their mums; If not, the tired mother gets ratty with its young, and the kitten never grows to be a good adult.
We experienced it several times with our cats, and it was a real pleasure watching them. |
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