Bells
104 A Bell from Costa Rica – Day 104 – Daily Content Challenge
Costa Rica A Bell from Costa Rica – Day 104 – Daily Content Challenge Costa Rica is a small country in Central America with coastlines on the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. The capital is San Jose. Costa Rica is known for its beaches, volcanoes and biodiversity. About one quarter of its area is…
Read More103 Island of Paros, Greece – Day 103 – Daily Content Challenge
Paros, a Greek Island Paros, a Greek Island – Day 103 – Daily Content Challenge Paros is the name written on the back of this bell. My sister Ruth and I had the opportunity to enjoy a week-long holiday on the island of Paros. Paros is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. It is…
Read More102 Lapland – Day 102 – Daily Content Challenge
Lapland A Bell from Lapland – Day 102 – Daily Content Challenge Lapland stretches across Norway, Sweden, Finland and into the Kola Peninsula of Russia. Lapland makes up about one third of Finland’s total area and it is a region, not a country. Lapland is very sparsely-populated. About 184,000 people call the region home. It…
Read More101 Erin Go Bragh – Day 101 – Daily Content Challenge
Erin Go Bragh! – Ireland Forever! Erin go Bragh! – Day 101 – Daily Content Challenge Today’s bell is from Ireland. This bell shows two symbols of Ireland. At the top is an Irish harp. This type of harp is called a Celtic harp. A Celtic harp has a triangular frame and is known as…
Read More100 Belize – Day 100 – Daily Content Challenge
Belize Bell from Belize – Day 100 – Daily Content Challenge Belize is a country on the eastern coast of Central America. It was colonized by Great Britain and called British Honduras before being granted independence from Britain in 1964. The name was changed to Belize in 1973 but because of border disputes between the…
Read More099 Fortress of Louisbourg – Day 99 – Daily Content Challenge
Fortress of Louisbourg A Bell From the Fortress of Louisbourg – Day 99 – Daily Content Challenge Today’s bell is one I purchased to remind me of a visit to the Fortress of Louisbourg. French settlers from Placentia, Newfoundland founded a settlement in 1713 on the rocky shoreline of Cape Breton Island. They named the…
Read More098 Bethlehem – Day 98 – Daily Content Challenge
Bethlehem Day 98 – Daily Content Challenge – Today’s bell is from Bethlehem. Bethlehem is a Palestinian town south of Jerusalem located in the West Bank. It is the birthplace of Jesus. The Church of the Nativity shares Manger Square with the Church of St. Catherine and the Mosque of Omar. Bethlehem has been under…
Read More097 Windmills and Tulips – Day 97 – Daily Content Challenge
Windmills and Tulips Windmills and Tulips – Day 97 – Daily Content Challenge Today’s bell is a reminder of the Netherlands. Windmills and tulips are the two things that come to mind when I think of Holland. Oops, I guess I should say the Netherlands. The official name of the country is the Kingdom of…
Read More096 Ring Out Those Bells! – Day 96 – Daily Content Challenge
Ring Out Those Bells! Ring Out Those Bells! – Day 96 – Daily Content Challenge Here is another bell I have in my collection. This Angel is holding a bell. Not a tuned handbell but a bell nonetheless. We think of Angels announcing good news! Bells are rung to announce good news too. Bells are…
Read More095 Christmas Music – Day 95 – Daily Content Challenge
Christmas Music in July Christmas Music in July – Day 95 – Daily Content Challenge I love playing Christmas Music on the handbells and most of our rehearsals in the fall focus on pieces our choirs will play during Advent and the Christmas season. Sometimes we don’t have the opportunity to play all the Christmas…
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