Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

Have you ever been to Wales? It is a small but beautiful country. ...

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch ( listen)) is a large village and community on the island of Anglesey in Wales, situated on the Menai Strait next to the Britannia Bridge and across the strait from Bangor. This village has the longest place name in Europe and one of the longest place names in the world. The short form of the village's name is Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, also spelled Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll. It is commonly known as Llanfair PG or Llanfairpwll.According to the 2001 census, the population of the community is 3,040, 76% of whom speak Welsh fluently; the highest percentage of speakers is in the 10–14 age group, where 97.1% are able to speak Welsh. It is the fifth largest settlement on the island by population.

Visitors stop at the railway station to be photographed next to the station sign, visit the nearby Visitors' Centre, or have 'passports' stamped at a local shop. Another tourist attraction is the nearby Marquess of Anglesey's Column, which at a height of 27 metres (89 ft) offers views over Anglesey and the Menai Strait. Designed by Thomas Harrison, the monument celebrates the heroism of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey at the Battle of Waterloo.

The long form of the name is the longest officially recognised place name in the United Kingdom and one of the longest in the world, being 58 letters in length (51 letters in the Welsh alphabet, where "ch", "ng" and "ll" count as single letters).

The name means: [St.] Mary's Church (Llanfair) [in] the hollow (pwll) of the white hazel (gwyngyll) near (goger) the rapid whirlpool (y chwyrndrobwll) [and] the church of [St.] Tysilio (llantysilio) with a red cave ([a]g ogo goch).

This village was originally known as Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll (and is sometimes still referred to as Llanfairpwllgwyngyll) and was given its long name in the 19th century in an attempt to develop the village as a commercial and tourist centre (see Significance of the name below). Today the village is still signposted as Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, marked on Ordnance Survey maps as Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll and is known to locals as Llanfairpwll or simply Llanfair.The name is also seen shortened to Llanfair PG, which is sufficient to distinguish it from the many other Welsh villages with Llanfair in their names. Other variant forms use the full name but with tysilio mutated to dysilio, and/or with a hyphen between drobwll and llan. In Welsh, the initial Ll may be mutated to a single L in some contexts.

The village's long name cannot be considered an authentic Welsh-language toponym. It was artificially contrived in the 1860s to bestow upon the station the honour of having the longest name of any railway station in Britain; an early example of a publicity stunt. The village's own web site credits the name to a cobbler from the local village of Menai Bridge. According to Sir John Morris-Jones the name was created by a local tailor, whose name he did not confide, letting the secret die with him.

The eponymous St. Mary's Church.The village was originally known as 'Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll' "St Mary's church in the hollow of the white hazel." 'Pwllgwyngyll' was the name of the original medieval township where the village stands today.

The village is split into two smaller villages, Llanfairpwllgwyngyll-uchaf (Upper Llanfairpwllgwyngyll) the original part of the village and Llanfairpwllgwyngyll-isaf (Lower Llanfairpwllgwyngyll) the newer area nearer the railway station. These are occasionally referred to as Pentre Uchaf and Pentre Isaf (Upper Village and Lower Village) respectively.

Christmas came today . . . . .

Ok, so it's a LITTLE late!!

The story is . . . . my sister and I were both in Montana for Daddy's 96th birthday in November. She left to get home to Denver to finish up her Christmas gifts and get ready. My hubby and I stayed until the end of the week and then came back to Iowa.

A week later, Daddy was admitted to the hospital and by the time everything was said and done, he spent a month in the hospital and rehab.

Well, Susie and Roy took off back to Montana to take care of his dog while he was laid up and get everything else taken care of which delayed their Christmas until now.

So, today, I get a wonderful package from my sister, bless her heart!! Full of goodies!!

Now, I get to go open them all but will wait for the grandkids to get home, first. She always tucks in something for them!

Today is a wonderful surprise!! You've heard of Christmas in July? Well, today it's Christmas in February!!

Tell someone you love them today!!

Thank you!

Smile . . . . .

Bring someone a smile today.

“There are hundreds of languages in the world, but a smile speaks them all.” ~ Anonymous

"The earth laughs in flowers." ~ E E. Cummings

"A good laugh is sunshine in a house." ~ William Makepeace Thackeray

"Let a series of happy thoughts run through your mind. They will show on your face." ~ Unknown

Share a smile with someone today. ChateyCathey had a post on smiling and I couldn't resist passing it on!!

Thank you.

FRIKADELLEN (FRIKADELLER)

I LOVE FOOD. - ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES FROM GERMANY OR OTHER EUROPEAN PARTS. ... For recipes please use this link. (Dr. Oetker is one of the leading German companies. The offered link is in English language.)

Frikadeller are flat, pan-fried dumplings of minced meat, often likened to the Danish version of meatballs. They are a popular dish in Germany, where they are known as Frikadellen or Buletten, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Norway, Poland , Russia, Ukraine and the Netherlands. In Sweden, poached quenelles are called frikadeller and are usually served in soup.

Many variations of frikadeller exist but traditionally they are made of minced pork, veal, or beef; chopped onions; eggs; milk (or water); bread crumbs (or oatmeal or flour); salt; and pepper; then formed into balls and flattened somewhat. They are then pan-fried in pork fat, or more commonly in modern times in butter, margarine or even vegetable oil. Another popular variation is fiskefrikadeller replacing the meat with fish as the main ingredient and often served with remoulade.

As a main dish they are most often served with boiled white potatoes and gravy (brun sovs) accompanied by pickled beetroot or cooked red cabbage. Alternatively they can be served with creamed, white cabbage.

Frikadeller are also a popular choice on the Danish lunch buffet, eaten on rugbrød with red cabbage or pickle slices. They can also be served cold, sliced thinly as a base for open face sandwiches on rye bread.

The combination of frikadeller and a cold potato salad is very popular at picnics or potlucks, due to the ease of transporting either component after cooking.

Lacto-ovo vegetarians can also make vegetarfrikadeller with grated parsnip, beetroot and carrots as fake meat. Feta cheese can be added to the frikadeller to make them 'greek' frikadeller.

Frikadeller is also known in Indonesian cuisine through Dutch cuisine influence and called perkedel, however the ingredients is not meat, but mostly fried mashed potato patties, sometimes added with only small amount of mashed meat or corned beef. Other than mashed potato, peeled corn or mashed tofu fritters are also common as perkedel ingredients.

Lets Share A Smile

I love these little tidbits I see on face book and save the ones that really make me chuckle. Hope you see some that make you smile or even laugh.
I really like this one.

And this has the positive thing going on


I laffed so hard at this one. Kids will be kids...but so young to start LOL
If you can't read what it says here it is "DUDE, I'm JOKING you are NOT adopted"




This is funny also lol. I do not know where they get these but they make me laugh.


And this one is just plain truth, thanks to Glodi for this one 



Another think positive one LOL


I'd love to have this button



Who doesn't love the baby ones, they are so sweet
It says "Love is more demomstrated than defined" Anon



Another beautiful baby one



And now for the finale
My favorite one



I hope you enjoyed some of these especially the babies who are just awesome and so sweet. I would say there is no special message here except for the last one. Lets all lighten up a bit and just act silly.

Laughter is the best medicine. Silliness helps also.

Legend of St. Valentine

The legend says St. Valentine
Was in a prison cell …

Thinking of his little flock
He had always loved so well.

And wanting to assure them 
Of his friendship and his love …

He picked a bunch of violets
And sent them by a dove.

And on the violets’ leaves
He pierced these lines divine …

That simply said, “I Love You,”
And “I’m your Valentine!”

So through the years that followed

From that day unto this …

Folks still send messages of love
And seal them with a kiss.

Because a Saint in prison
Reached through prison bars one day,

And picked a bunch of violets
And sent them out to say …

That faith and love can triumph
No matter where you are

For faith and love are greater
Than the strongest prison bar.


Helen Steiner Rice



May you all have a wonderful Valentine's Day!

LEDERHOSEN

Lederhosen (German for leather breeches; singular: Lederhose) are breeches made of leather; they may be either short or knee-length. The longer ones are generally called Bundhosen. There is a widespread misconception that lederhosen are a traditional national costume (Tracht) in German-speaking countries. They should rather be considered to be workwear or leisurewear for working-class men. The word lederhosen is frequently mispronounced leiderhosen (literally, "sadly-breeches") or liederhosen ("songs-breeches").

Formerly, lederhosen were worn for hard physical work; they were more durable than a textile garment and easier to clean. Today, they are mostly worn as leisure wear.Lederhosen were once widespread among Germanic men of the Alpine and surrounding regions, including Bavaria, Austria, and the German-speaking part of Italy's province of South Tyrol (formerly part of Austria until after World War I). But they were not usually worn in southwestern Germany or Switzerland. Tyrol is an area in western Austria and northern Italy. Lederhosen are a characteristic of this region.

La Couturière Parisienne, however, claims that lederhosen were originally not exclusively a Bavarian garment but were worn all over Europe, especially by riders, hunters, and other people involved in outdoor activities. The flap (drop front) may have been a unique Bavarian invention. The drop-front style became so popular in the 18th century that it was known in France as à la bavaroise, "in the Bavarian style." One attempt at modernizing lederhosen — “double zipper” lederhosen were once sold as workout wear in Europe during the 1970s.The popularity of lederhosen in Bavaria dropped sharply in the 19th century. They began to be considered as uncultured peasants' clothing that was not fitting for modern city-dwellers. However, in the 1880s a resurgence set in, and several clubs were founded in Munich and other large cities devoted to preserving traditional rural clothing styles. The conception of lederhosen as a quintessentially Bavarian garment that is worn at festive occasions rather than at work, dates largely from this time.Lederhosen have remained regionally popular and are commonly associated with virility and brawn. Some men wear them when gardening, hiking, working outdoors, or attending folk festivals or beer gardens. They are rarely seen elsewhere and have acquired some camp connotations in the rest of Central Europe. Nevertheless, they are a symbol of regional pride in Bavaria and the other areas where they are still commonly seen. The role of lederhosen in Bavaria is thus comparable to that of the kilt in Scotland and the cowboy hat in the United States.

German boys used to wear lederhosen up to the age of about sixteen years. These lederhosen were not decorated with embroidery but had the typical attributes of suspenders/braces and drop-front flap. Even today, some German and French Boy Scouts wear various forms of lederhosen, although in most cases they are not part of their official uniform.Lederhosen were also worn by Austrian boys from the 1930s to the 1970s. Today they are worn on special occasions, such as a Biergarten or Zeltfest. Girls wear the Dirndl, which is part of Austrian Tracht.

Turkish oil wrestlers wear a kind of lederhosen called a kisbet, which is embroidered but does not have suspenders (braces).