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This video is from the Miss Cellania blog:  Miss Cellania      I don't know who the original creator is.  Enjoy.

This would make a great desk ornament; not an original which costs way too much, but a good replica.  No one is sure what it was used for.  That makes it even more interesting. Here's what i learned about it from Wikipedia:  Roman dodecahedron From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search A  Roman dodecahedron  or  Gallo-Roman Dodecahedron [1] [2]  is a small hollow object made of copper alloy which has been  cast  into a  dodecahedral  shape: twelve flat pentagonal faces, each face having a circular hole of varying diameter in the middle, the holes connecting to the hollow center. [1]   Roman  dodecahedra date from the 2nd to 4th centuries AD. [1] Since the first dodecahedron was found in 1739, at least 116 similar objects have been found [1]  from  Wales  to  Hungary  and  Spain  and to the east of  Italy , with most found in  Germ...

Here is how I fixed the problem I had a few days ago with uploading pictures and videos. I found this entry from a man who had the same problem. This help entry was from 3/20/19. I kept looking until I found this simple fix: 1. Click the "Design" button in the upper right hand side of your blog's home page: 2. In the lower left hand bottom of the page click "Revert to classic themes". This worked for me right away, and my blog design did not change. I hope you never have this problem but if you do I hope this will solve it.

My daughter bought me a Storm Glass last Christmas and w hile I was browsing the internet I came across a very strange weather predictor from the same time period called the Tempest Prognosticator. Both are from about the 1860's. First let me show you the Storm Glass (Fitzroy Storm Glass) my daughter gave me. It's more decorative than practical but it looks great on my desktop.  Mine always stays in the same formation as the Warming image above. See m y earlier post:    REFLECTIONS: Search results for storm glass I have a theory that it may not work very well because the liquid is in a sealed glass vessel.  It can react to the temperature of the room; maybe even some sort of magnetic or static force if that is possible. But it can't react to atmospheric pressure like a barometer. Now I've seen some old photos of storm glasses sealed on top with a cork instead of being completely sealed in glass. The cork is soft and should allow some changes in ...

I posted these before. They're great for Spring. It's time to start mowing again!