Colleen Houck

When I first think of Unicorns I remember the movie titled “The Last Unicorn” released in 1982.  I can still hear the song in my mind.  If you haven’t seen the film I would suggest you take the time and watch the graceful kind unicorn run through the forest with her companion like the less than skilled magician, a brave knight, and a evil old unicorn hunter. Unicorns have not lost their magical pull on the young and old.  We find them in modern movies like Harry Potter when Voldemort used the unicorns blood to stay alive.  They are even …

  Lions once lived in Africa, Asia, and southern Europe.  Now they are mainly in the game reserves of Africa.  Some can still be found in the Gir Forest of India but they are highly endangered.  An adult male lion can weigh as much as 550 lbs and grow as long as 11 ft including the tail.  Females are about 15-20% smaller and don’t have the beautiful mane the males have.  They live in families called prides just like you see in the movie “The Lion King.”  Only two mature male will be in one pride and they spend about …

    I am creeping out as I study and look at pictures and videos of spiders for this blog!  Just so you feel some my pain here is a video of the largest spider in the world…just to set the mood.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gths8z60j_w   Not convinced yet how creepy they are?  Lets see how Frodo, Sam, Harry, and Ron handle large spiders that are intent on having them for dinner. Frodo vs. Shelob Sam vs. Shelob Rob and Harry against Aragog and his family Fun fact: Rupert Grint aka Ron Weasley has a severe case of arachnophobia. So much …

Snakes have been in religion, mythology, and history since time began.     Adam and Eve is the first story we know of where a snake is present in the Garden of Eden. In Genesis 3 we read about how Eve was tempted by the serpent who felt that the forbidden tree wouldn’t kill Eve but would open her eyes and be as a god knowing good and evil.  After partaking of the succulent fruit her eyes did indeed open and she then encouraged Adam to also partake of the fruit.  Soon thereafter they discovered they were naked and got …

Love story?  Aren’t the Lion and the Unicorn only unified on the English coat of arms in 1603? Well Colleen’s imagination created a devoted couple out of the below unification. In 1603 when Scotland’s King James VI became James I of England unifying the Scottish and English kingdom. The unified countries required a new royal coat of arms combining England’s lion and Scotland’s unicorns.  Note the poem of this union. The lion and the unicorn Were fighting for the crown The lion beat the unicorn All around the town. Some gave them white bread, And some gave them brown; Some …