Core G Week 11 "B" May 18-24, 2015

Ancients~Core G 

Week 11 "B" 

May 18-24, 2015
38th week on Core G
(although this week we mixed in a little WWII, Holocaust, Auschwitz, Eva Kor study) 

While mowing the yard, under the Colorado Blue Spruce, I found this nest and these eggs were blown out all around.  I wonder if the white egg is a Cow Bird's egg? mixed in with those pretty Robin's eggs (I think).  It was pretty obvious the eggs hadn't been attended in a long time but I put them in the nest and put the nest up on my porch, on the warm cement so they could be claimed.  So far, they are still there.

Another crazy week!  We went to our home in Indiana to visit our friends, the "L" family and go with them to the CANDLES museum to hear Eva Kor give her presentation (see blog post after this one).  We went with the "L" family to hike at the Eagle Creek Park.  We filled up a UHAUL truck with our boxes and brought them up to Michigan.  I found my Core H box, and now can see which books I will need to buy and which ones I already own.

Our lessons this week:

Bible and Believer's Bible Commentary:
Ezra 1

The Greenleaf Guide to Old Testament History:
Lesson 163: Ch. 1:in process
Cyrus' Decree to Rebuild the Temple

Veritas Press Card: 86: in process
Jews Return Under Zerubbabel: Temple Restoration Begins
Ezra 1-6; Zechariah 4
c.  520 BC

Story of the World Vol. 1 2nd Edition: Ancient Times (Hardcover)

Story of the World: Ancients: COMPLETED
We listened to Ch. 36-42
(First Roman Prince, Christianity, End of Jewish Nation, Rome and Christians, Rome Begins to Weaken, The Attacking Barbarians, and The End of Rome)

Mystery of History Vol. 2 Early Church-Middle Age

Mystery of History: Vol. II The Early Church and the Middle Ages
Quarter I, Lesson 1 - 4
(Pentecost, Saul, Who Is Called Paul, Paul's Missionary Journey's, & Nero.)

Readers:

Anne of the Island

Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery
Tues & Wed

Hostage Lands

Hostage Lands by Douglas Bonds
Thur

Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)

Jun 4, 2013

by Suzanne Collins

Hunger Games Catching Fire
Thur & Fri

Chicken Soup for the Girl's Soul: Real Stories by Real Girls About Real Stuff

Aug 28, 2012

by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen

Chicken Soup for the Girls Soul by Jack Canfield
Thur & Fri


Piano:
Sat

Hiking:
Thurs

Basketball:
Sat

Dd rec'd this shirt for Christmas, but the print has been coming off- so Dd has been working on it this week and besides adding the black ink she added glow-in-the-dark around the Pegasus. 

Our week:
Monday we got ready for our trip this week.
Tuesday we drove to Indiana, and I mowed the yard.
Wednesday we went to the CANDLES museum, and listened to the lecture Eva Kor gave for 2 hours.
Thursday we met the "L" family at 9am for a hike at Eagle Creek Park, then Dd and I went shopping.  We went to Joanne Fabrics and picked out the fabric for her "spring" cloak that she is wanting Giz to make her.  I took Dd out for a special lunch.
Friday Dd was invited to spend the whole day playing at the "L" family's house!  I was invited over for dinner--which was fantastic!
Saturday morning Giz and Grampy drove up from southern Indiana to help us fill up a 26' UHAUL truck.  What a day! Oh my! I mowed the yard again---to use up the gasoline in the mower so we could pack it (we have two mowers and didn't need to keep both there).  By the end of the night we were able to fill up the whole truck!
Sunday morning Giz got super, super sick and our plans for her and Grampy coming with us to unload our boxes in Michigan, in a storage place, was not an option any longer.  Poor Giz was so nauseous and sick that they stayed at our house and we hit the road.  They were able to drive back to their home and get her to bed.  Meanwhile our "5 hour drive" took over 7 hours!



 Driving one of those huge UHAUL trucks wasn't easy at all--and we passed TWO cars in all those hours!  We left at 9:30 AM, and arrived at the storage place at 4:30 PM, and finished unpacking at 9:30 PM!  What a super long day!!! 

At Eagle Creek Park...doesn't it look perfect! So green!

The kids always hang up their cloaks on sticks and then surprise ambush us.

Mowing & Our Yard:

I ordered these four evergreen trees as tiny stick 'babies' and have brought them up here from southern Indiana, and now they are too big to dig up and bring with me to my next home...but, don't they look so nice?!  Such pretty trees!

The purple Iris are blooming and looking so nice.  We brought them up from the farm in southern Indiana---along with some of the Hosta's in this picture.

Up against the brown fence are our lovely FERNS that I brought up from the farm in southern Indiana...I only had a few, but they have really grown and spread.

This picture shows the blooming Lilac's under the left window, there are two matching Lilac's under the right window, but they are younger and now blooming this year.

All three of the purple Salvia made it through the winter, one bush is blooming right now, and the other two are coming in a little later..but look like they will try to catch up soon.

Here are my failure Peonies...These are my Dh's favorite flowers, and after 8 years, this is how big they have gotten....so 'sorry' and pitiful!  All around Indiana there are huge bushes with hundreds of blooms...and for some reason our luck with peonies has not been any good.  We will keep trying.

Dd and Dh had a great time playing basketball together---we don't have a place to play ball at our apartment.  

Here is Eva Kor!  It seemed rude to take pictures during her presentation, so I waited until she dismissed us and quickly took this photo...I *hoped* it was going to be a good photo, but it is blurry.

The room was packed during her lecture!

Pictures from the exhibit:

Here are a few "L" family members looking at the exhibit.

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CANDLES Museum Eva Kor

CANDLES Museum 

Eva Kor

May 20, 2015

IN PROCESS

http://www.candlesholocaustmuseum.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Mozes_Kor

The Lecture:

Surviving the Angel of Death: The True Story of a Mengele Twin in Auschwitz

Mar 13, 2012

by Eva Mozes Kor and Lisa Rojany Buccieri

Amazon says: Eva Mozes Kor was just ten years old when she arrived in Auschwitz. While her parents and two older sisters were taken to the gas chambers, she and her twin, Miriam, were herded into the care of the man known as the Angel of Death, Dr. Josef Mengele. Subjected to sadistic medical experiments, she was forced to fight daily for her and her twin's survival. In this incredible true story written for young adults, readers learn of a child's endurance and survival in the face of truly extraordinary evil.

The book also includes an epilogue on Eva's recovery from this experience and her remarkable decision to publicly forgive the Nazis. Through her museum and her lectures, she has dedicated her life to giving testimony on the Holocaust, providing a message of hope for people who have suffered, and working for causes of human rights and peace.

Echoes from Auschwitz: Dr. Mengele's Twins: The story of Eva and Miriam Mozes

2000

by Eva Moses Kor and Mary Wright

The Exhibit:

Eva is the little girl in the front with her bangs covering her right eye, in the very front of the line...her sister Miriam is beside her--they are holding hands.

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