Fowl weather report - The Christian Science Monitor
27 May 2012, 1:31 pm
Chickens are an odd mix of adventurer and comedian. Even their physiques are amusing – plump, friendly bodies that look like miniature Spanish galleons, bracketed by boney talons and wary faces. Happen upon a few in the garden and they’ll ...

Chalupa project brings history to life at the Fountain of Youth - Examiner
26 May 2012, 11:48 pm
The larger caravels and galleons wouldn’t have been able to navigate the shallow shoals of the inlet,” Cameron said. Cameron said the design is modeled from a well-preserved basque whaling longboat recovered from Red Bay, Labrador. Its use as a pursuit ...

Bounty of kings - The Australian
25 May 2012, 7:00 am
Torres and his crew sailed by. They were the first Europeans to glimpse our northern-most tip - and it is tempting to wonder how history could have gone had he diverted his galleons south and claimed the land before him for the Spanish crown, then at the ...

PUERTO GALERA - Malaya - Online Edition
22 May 2012, 10:46 am
Literally meaning “port of galleons”, it was so called by Spanish navigators because of the safe moorings it provided their ships against storms. Given its natural features, the town is also a haven for sailing, surfing and diving. Puerto Galera was ...

Plan a magical Harry Potter party for your child - Examiner
16 May 2012, 6:59 pm
Before the kids can go to Hogwarts, they will need their Wizard items.  Wands, potion books, cauldrons, etc.  Have a bag of plastic "galleons" to give the kids so they can "buy" their items and set up a table with these items on it.  An easy way to make ...

Winnie the Pooh's home for sale - Stuff
16 May 2012, 5:48 pm
Places made famous in the books like the "500 acre wood, galleons Lap, Poohsticks bridge and Pooh Corner are all based on nearby locations, where Christopher Robin used to visit with his bear Winnie The Pooh". The property has a grade II listed country ...

What Do Winnie The Pooh And The Rolling Stones Have in Common? This $3.2 Million Home. - Forbes
14 May 2012, 5:43 pm
Both were commissioned by for AA Milne by his wife, Dorothy. Real-life locales immortalized in the children’s books — galleons Leap and Hundred Acre Wood (whose real name is Five Hundred Acre Wood)– sit nearby in Ashdown Forest.

Greece holiday: Ionian Island hopping - Daily Telegraph
13 May 2012, 3:28 pm
Travel's easier, too. No more draughty galleons and sleeping with the swine. Just jump on the ferry like the locals do (hunting dogs and all). You've barely time for a slice of almond tart before another ravishing harbour appears, and another god-favoured ...

Why my schoolboy hero Sir Francis Drake still rocks my boat as an English hero - Daily Telegraph
13 May 2012, 1:24 am
Morally, Drake was little better than the Somali pirates of the 21st century, plundering Spanish galleons in the New World without mercy. But he was our pirate, not theirs, and in a simple world, that was all that mattered. There was no shortage of red ...

Sailors are pushed ‘to the limits’ - Miami Herald
11 May 2012, 8:38 pm
“As we rounded Cape Horn, I thought of all the old cutters and galleons,” Ross said. “You’re part of sailing history. It’s still about relying on the power of the wind.” When they arrived in Miami after 16 days of often tedious ...