Aug 19 2024
In the summer of 1917, two girls walked down to a stream behind a house in the Yorkshire village of Cottingley carrying a camera. When they returned, they had something extraordinary. The photograph showed nine-year-old Frances Griffiths sitting beside a bank of foliage while four delicate winged fairies appeared to dance in front of her. …
Oct 27 2022
How did pumpkins become a symbol for Halloween and when did we start to carve pumpkins? The carving of pumpkins has certainly evolved from a jack o’ lantern face of two triangle eyes, triangle nose, and carved teeth, to anything from elaborate animals to the Millennium Falcon in Star Wars. Pumpkins are a symbol of …
