Funny Fridays~ Lord of the Rings

This week's Funny Fridays theme is Lord of the Rings!!!

                                                    ~Katie ;) ~

Random Wednesdays- The Unreadable Manuscript

In 1912, a Polish book seller, Wilfrid Voynich bought an old manuscript, having no idea the questions it would raise. The Voynich Manuscript is written in an unreadable codex. Over the years, many people have studied and studied this manuscript, trying to find some way to learn the language or crack the code. World War 1 and 2 code breakers even puzzled over this ancient book, searching for any way of translation. The book has been carbon-dated to the 15th century, and may have been written in Italy during the renaissance. The words, or code, are written from left to right, and pictures accompany every page. Some of the pictures are less than appropriate, but some seem to be pictures of strange forms of flowers, and other things, which I will post below.

Above is a floral picture from the manuscript. As you can see, the colors are still bright and vibrant after all these years.

These appear to be plants. The first looks roughly like carrots, or turnips.

And these seem to be some form of astronomical charting.

Some people claim the manuscript was done by a child, making up their own language, or a lunatic babbling away on Vellum. But for it's time, this 240 page+ book would have been incredibly expensive to produce, and would have been done very carefully, by someone who had the money to spend. The foldout pages would have been the most rare and expensive to purchase. Some have claimed that this book could hold medicine's, as some of the paintings look a bit like some healing plants we have now. Extremists believe the Voynich is a manuscript left behind for us by aliens. The pictures in this manuscript are very simple, and very complex all at the same time, making it very difficult for anyone to know whether it was a very serious work that was put in code so as to be of the utmost secrecy, or whether it was simply the play of a young, and very rich child. Maybe we will never know, or maybe someday, we will finally be able to reveal the secrets of the Voynich Manuscript.

                                               ~Katie~

Most information gathered from Wikipedia, some from other sources and documentaries. 

Sing it Loud

'Ello friends!
I hope you're all having a lovely day! Here are a few songs for you all to enjoy. :)

                                                              ~Katie~

Top of the Week

Today is Monday, which means I'm posting a few of my favorite books for this week!

1. The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis- This book is chronologically the third in the Chronicles of Narnia series. When Shasta, a poor fisherman's son finds a talking horse from Narnia, they escape together to find where they belong, meeting along the way a young tarkheena and her Narnian horse Hwin, also on the escape.

2. Swindle by Gordon Korman- Griffin Bing is the man with the plan, and his best friend Ben id ready to follow along. When the two friends find a baseball card worth millions, they are swindled by a greedy memorabilia collector and seller. Griffin comes up with a plan involving Ben, and several other kids from his school to get the card back, and reveal S. Wendell.

3. Swipe by Evan Angler- Ever since his sister died when she was pledging, Logan has been sure someone is following him, lurking in the shadows. Now, with his own pledging so near, and questions rising in his head, will he and the new girl, Erin be able to find out who is following him, and why?

And there are my top three books of the week! Check them out of your local library and enjoy!

                                                   ~Katie~

Sunday Devotional- Standing For Truth

Friends,

Every day, if we take a look around, or talk to any person on the street, we will hear so many "truths". It seems that everyone has their own version of truth, Jesus, God, and "god". Have you ever noticed that a lot of Christians like to hide in a corner, and never face being challenged? The reason is usually that we are afraid. Our beliefs are becoming less and less popular. More people these days are going one of two ways 1. There is no God, or 2. We are all gods and goddesses. In America, we have become so accustomed to the idea of "freedom" that we don’t like the idea that someone actually has power over us. People want things their own way, and they don’t want to be challenged, so they despise Christians. When you know you will probably be spat on, it’s easy to go hide. However, when we gave our lives to Jesus, we didn’t choose the easy route. He didn’t say, "Follow me and you’ll get sunshine and rainbows! Nobody will ever give you a hard time, and everyone you talk to will believe in me!" Nuh uh, nope. This is the hard route. This is where the children of darkness spit upon you. This is where Satan tempts you. This is where you will suffer. This is where you will be ridiculed, and hated. Here on earth it will be hard, but it will truly be worth it. Now, why are we hiding? We have been given the chance to go into the world and spread the truth! I know that even if I ever only lead one person to Christ, it will be worth it. Oh to see the beauty of a saved soul! They are wounded and afflicted, yet they do not know it! Oh to be the person to help spread that blessed healing salve upon their wounds! Oh to see them finally taste the sweetness of mercy, forgiveness, and true love! I would rather be tormented, and go speak the truth, even if I never saw someone come to Christ by my efforts. Than to hide, and forever wonder, "If I had gone out there, could I have made a difference?" So, what will you choose to do?

                                                          ~Katie~

Saturday- Writing

Here is a portion of writing from my novel "Medieval Current"

I’m not sure exactly what happened in that room, only that there was a lot of talking, and by the end of it the judge was banging a hammer shaped tool on her table. "These three traitors must pay a fine of one-hundred coins each, and fifteen years in prison within three days, or face execution. First came the numbing shock, and then the cold, seeping feeling, then came the panicked fear. I began to hyperventilate. I looked at the faces around me. A few of the people seemed sorry for me, but mostly I was met with looks of scorn, and pleasure at my desperation. Adrien touched my shoulder, just barely concealing the terror in his own racing heart. The only one among us who had the money to be set free was Jerome, who would not meet our eyes. The man from before came with the two guards, and took each of us back to our cells. Before leaving, he turned and looked at me, and dismissed the guards. True sympathy showed in his eyes which, once again, looked again, "I’m so sorry. I really was on your side. No child should be executed for searching for true things. It’s very wrong." "Then why aren’t you doing something about it?" I spat. The man looked away, "I suppose I’m just not as brave as you young ones." "Maybe, you just need to do the right thing, and not worry about the bravery. Maybe bravery isn’t an actual thing, and it’s just what’s used to describe when someone decides to do the right thing even if it means danger for them." The man smiled sadly, and walked away, leaving a trail of sorrow and self-contempt in his wake.

                                          ~Katie~

Funny Fridays- Disney Style

This funny Friday's theme is *drumroll* DISNEY! Funny pictures will pertain to Disney, or have Disney characters portrayed on them.

That's all folks! ;-)

                                                       ~Katie~