I am so very pleased to have this chance to say,
I am so glad a few years ago they produced a Father’s day,
It gives me the opportunity to tell you in a card,
What a wonderful dad you are – you work at it really hard!
Whenever I need a helping hand, you are never far away,
I am proud to be your son/daughter – have a great Father’s Day!
Thanks so much to Marina. for sending in this poem
I just want to let you know,
You mean the world to me.
Only a heart as dear as yours,
Would give so unselfishly.
The many things You have done,
All the times that you were there.
Help me know deep down inside,
How much you really care.
Even though I might not say,
I appreciate all you do.
Richly blessed is how I feel,
Having a father just like you.
Thanks so much to Marina. for sending in this poem
My dad and I have special powers,
And, when we are together,
Our superpowers grow.
I have the gift of flight,
To soar, leaps and bounds.
I can hover in the sky,
And never touch the ground.
I am growing stronger too,
With each passing hour.
I can even save the day,
With my superpower.
Dad’s arms help me reach,
The things I cannot touch.
His love and guidance carry me,
I look up to him so much!
Even when I am grown up,
I know I will be glad.
That I have my own superhero,
My best friend, my Dad!
Thanks so much to Marina. for sending in this poem
Happy Father’s Day, Daddy,
I have a present for you.
No, it’s not in my diaper,
But that needs changing, too!
I have a poem to let you know,
How lucky Mommy and I are.
Because when it comes to daddies,
You really are a star!
Thanks for taking care of me,
With cuddles and silly songs.
Thanks for settling me back to sleep,
The nights can be very long.
One day I’ll be big like you,
And strong and smart and brave.
But while I’m little I want to say,
Happy First Father’s Day!
Thanks so much to Marina. for sending in this poem
These are my two drops of rain
Waiting on the window-pane.
I am waiting here to see
Which the winning one will be.
Both of them have different names.
One is John and one is James.
All the best and all the worst
Comes from which of them is first.
James has just begun to ooze.
He's the one I want to lose.
John is waiting to begin.
He's the one I want to win.
James is going slowly on.
Something sort of sticks to John.
John is moving off at last.
James is going pretty fast.
John is rushing down the pane.
James is going slow again.
James has met a sort of smear.
John is getting very near.
Is he going fast enough?
(James has found a piece of fluff.)
John has quickly hurried by.
(James was talking to a fly.)
John is there, and John has won!
Look! I told you! Here's the sun!
Christopher Robin
Had wheezles
And sneezles,
They bundled him
Into
His bed.
They gave him what goes
With a cold in the nose,
And some more for a cold
In the head.
They wondered
If wheezles
Could turn
Into measles,
If sneezles
Would turn
Into mumps;
They examined his chest
For a rash,
And the rest
Of his body for swellings and lumps.
They sent for some doctors
In sneezles
And wheezles
To tell them what ought
To be done.
All sorts and conditions
Of famous physicians
Came hurrying round
At a run.
They all made a note
Of the state of his throat,
They asked if he suffered from thirst;
They asked if the sneezles
Came after the wheezles,
Or if the first sneezle
Came first.
They said, "If you teazle
A sneezle
Or wheezle,
A measle
May easily grow.
But humour or pleazle
The wheezle
Or sneezle,
The measle
Will certainly go."
They expounded the reazles
For sneezles
And wheezles,
The manner of measles
When new.
They said "If he freezles
In draughts and in breezles,
Then PHTHEEZLES
May even ensue."
Christopher Robin
Got up in the morning,
The sneezles had vanished away.
And the look in his eye
Seemed to say to the sky,
"Now, how to amuse them to-day?"
Halfway down the stairs
Is a stair
Where I sit.
There isn't any
Other stair
Quite like
It.
I'm not at the bottom,
I'm not at the top;
So this is the stair
Where
I always
Stop.
Halfway up the stairs
Isn't up
And it isn't down.
It isn't in the nursery,
It isn't in town.
And all sorts of funny thoughts
Run round my head.
It isn't really
Anywhere!
It's somewhere else
Instead!
No one can tell me,
Nobody knows,
Where the wind comes from,
Where the wind goes.
It's flying from somewhere
As fast as it can,
I couldn't keep up with it,
Not if I ran.
But if I stopped holding
The string of my kite,
It would blow with the wind
For a day and a night.
And then when I found it,
Wherever it blew,
I should know that the wind
Had been going there too.
So then I could tell them
Where the wind goes…
But where the wind comes from
Nobody knows.
What colour is it? - ¿De qué color es?
What colour are they? - ¿De qué color son?
Her hair is fair
His eyes are blue
Her lips are red
His teeth are white
Normalmente la palabra colour no aparece cuando se responde sobre el color de los ojos, el pelo, etc.
What colour are her eyes - ¿De qué color son sus ojos?
They are blue - son azules
From the coast up to its mountaintops, Tenerife is a universe of marked contrasts where you can find the perfect place to fill your holidays with unforgettable moments: secret bays with exotic black volcanic sand, long golden beaches, deep ravines, giant cliffs, exotic woodlands, volcanic landscapes of impossible shapes as well as valleys covered in banana plantations, and much, much more.
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On this island, the largest of the Canaries, you will come across incredible landscapes that make you aware of an astonishing natural world, with all the amenities of a tourist destination capable of providing you with everything you have ever dreamt of in order to enjoy your leisure time to the utmost: climbing, paragliding, caving, horse-riding, walking or cycling, big-game fishing, skin diving, surfing, windsurfing and many more. You can go on excursions and unique activities such as night-time tours through stately cities or observe the stars with expert guides in one of the most beautiful places on earth: Mount Teide National Park, which is crowned by the majestic volcano to which it owes its name and which is, at an altitude of 3,718 metres, Spain's highest mountain.
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Tenerife, the island of eternal spring, full of magnificent golf courses and modern marinas, is also the ideal place to be pampered in health and beauty centres where you can abandon yourself to the pleasure of the most relaxing and health-promoting treatments. Stay at the exceptional hotels and apartment buildings, or rural houses with a family atmosphere, where you will feel entirely at home.
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The island can also be discoveredthrough its cuisine and culture, with a magical combination of tradition and modernity ; walk through historical districts such as that of La Laguna, declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO, close in proximity to such spectacular modern buildings as the Tenerife Auditorio, work of the architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava, which is home to a superb programme of music and dance of all styles and origins. Cosmopolitan cities and top quality tourist complexes complete the range of options that are unbeatable for variety and quality, whose aim is to enable you to take the break you deserve.
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Canary Islands banana
The cultivation of bananas, with approximately 9,000 hectares, is the most important agricultural production of the Canary Islands. Bananas are essential for Canarian recipes, even nearly changing some of them like, for example, the 'arroz a la cubana' (rice with fried eggs and bananas). They are even used as a condiment for clearly aboriginal products like 'gofio'. They come from the Southeast Asia and arrived to the islands with the conquest. They were brought by Portuguese sailors coming from Guinea. However, bananas were not regularly exported until 1880. Peter S. Reid was the first to export bananas from Tenerife, around the year 1878. The first exporting company, Fyffes Ltd., was established in 1882 and began its activities in Gran Canaria. Some years after that, Henry Wolfson went into partnership with Fyffes Ltd. and they extended regular fruit exportation to Tenerife. Bananas have a great nutritional value and are the most consumed fruit in the world. 84 million tons are produced worldwide every year, from which the Canary Islands share a tiny part, less than half a million tons per year, but top-quality.
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Cheeses of Tenerife
The cheese of Tenerife has an enzyme coagulation and pressed paste, not cooked. It is usually consumed as fresh cheese, has a smooth white rind, very thin and the paste is also white with little holes spread all around it. It has a slightly acid and soft flavour and a very damp consistence. But an island with so many different landscapes as Tenerife cannot have only one representative cheese, although fresh goat cheeses are the most famous. It is the largest island of the Archipelago and has a natural variety going from woods and pasturelands to half-arid areas and malpaís areas. This way, at the northern part of the island there are smoked cheeses made with aromatic plants, specially incense, which has a special nature. Mixed cheeses have an excellent quality and a soft and greasy texture. There are also sheep milk cheeses, with a very limited production, but a special nature
