by isparkle | Aug 7, 2016 | Carol's Corner, history, Travel
The Aoraki Mount Cook National Park will blow you away. The national park includes New Zealand’s longest glacier the Tasman Glacier as well as over 60 other glaciers including hanging glaciers which can be seen on Mount Sefton from The Hermitage Hotel. Tasman Glacier...
by isparkle | Aug 6, 2016 | Carol's Corner, history
Did you know… August is the eighth month of the Gregorian calendar, and the sixth month of the Roman calendar. In 8 BCE, the month was named in honor of Augustus Caesar, the first Roman emperor. When we describe something as august, we are saying it is majestic...
by isparkle | Jul 19, 2016 | Carol's Corner, history, Travel
Driftwood Beach, Jekyll Island, Georgia, USA ? Definitely road trip worthy! The full moon highlights the ancient pines and live oaks preserved by salt air and bleached by the sun. The relentless tide has eroded the beach and exposed the massive root systems of the...
by isparkle | Jul 5, 2016 | Blogs, Carol's Corner, history, Travel
“Life is the dancer and you are the dance.” ~ Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose
by isparkle | Jun 30, 2016 | Carol's Corner, history
There’s just something about a garden path with roses. Roses have a long and colorful history. They have been symbols of love, beauty, war, and politics. Did you know that the rose is, according to fossil evidence, 35 million years old? ?
by isparkle | Jun 27, 2016 | Carol's Corner, history, Travel
The Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence is the largest Franciscan church in the world. Its most notable features are its sixteen chapels, many of them decorated with frescoes by Giotto and his pupils, and its tombs and cenotaphs. Here you will find the burial tombs of...
