tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39185182654117626222024-02-19T06:46:09.535-05:00~ It's All About The Chickens ...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16755404592087197195noreply@blogger.comBlogger208125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918518265411762622.post-54589087619999992572013-04-08T11:52:00.000-04:002013-04-08T15:11:15.347-04:00Yes, I am really going to try this again. I'll be starting off very slowly as I can see [now that it's too late since I've already begun] Google has changed everything about blogging I thought I knew.<br />
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So here we go ... a bright button newly created and two beautiful ArtFire Collections from ChristieCottage and then a lovely Spring Collection from VanillaExtinction.<br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And no, I'm not that athletically inclined. If I were invited to attend and participate in the Olympics it would be The 10 Foot (Couch to Television) Frantic Cheering and Hollering. And I'd stand tall and proud ... okay, maybe not so tall, but definitely proudly ... on that top podium and receive what I imagine will be a gorgeous Gold Medal very proudly.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And, yes, I'm very patriotic ~ I *<i>love*</i> when U.S. athletes do us all proud. But, in all honesty? It is the enthusiasm, the youth, the pride, the effort, the background stories, the triumph of spirit, and accomplishments both little and large of each and every one of the athletes.</span><br />
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My heritage is a bit of a mixed bag ... Irish, Macedonian, French. Quite a concoction, isn't it? But it is the Irish I see when looking in the mirror: for me there is no denying the Ould Sod.<br />
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And it was mother who gave me a love of all things Irish ~ from laces to Irish tenors (she'd stop whatever she was doing to see/hear <i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdJEhTB43tw">John Gary</a> </i>♥) to her More Than 10,000 Ways To Cook A Potato ... and a love of Irish Belleek.<br />
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And so, this morning she would have been thrilled to see the note sent to me via my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/three_french_hens/"><i>Flickr</i></a> account that one of my photographs, Belleek makers mark, was used by <a href="http://irishfireside.com/2011/07/12/the-story-of-irish-belleek-pottery/"><i>Irish Fireside</i></a> on their site in a story of Irish Belleek Pottery.<br />
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For you, Mama ♥ I love you<br />
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I discover a new (for me) artist or illustrator and it’s like a whole new world
has opened for me.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There are dozens of blogs sitting quietly there now, waiting for me ... it's ridiculous how back-logged my online to-read list is. Wonderful, beautifully illustrated blogs; all well-written and quite interesting. It is no exaggeration that my Google Reader “Unread” tab now
numbers well into the 100’s. I’m still looking for a way to deny a need for sleep.
Caffeine and chocolate can work for only so long before I collapse at the
keyboard, only to wake in the wee small hours of the morning with “QWERTY”
imprinted on my forehead.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And then there is
that other sort of discovery: re-discovery, actually. Art and stories from my
childhood (mid-1950’s). My mother was a private artist, never published, with
exquisite taste and an unbounding affection for Edwardian, Victorian, and
Georgian art and sensibilities (mostly Georgian). And the books that graced our
home (she cherished her books) reflected her deep affection.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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when a customer’s request sent me searching through my shop’s inventory stacks
of images and books and then, still searching, to my own personal volumes in hopes
of locating her request … I ended up not finding that particular image but,
instead, rediscovering my childhood. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Miska Petersham<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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gorgeous? Each and every one. Gorgeous. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAQD6LOtrA_I9wLoQzRyA1T6hBmZnIYyJeKcNuqxhntMckH6zfsmm6ul_h851UGAiXNgBJ81gBhmQwqeNi-vHyA005mAnu6ps6k8aEL18O_fUZNwnjIKagFT5gkJb56lpoj_7RpxT7Vr0/s1600/181a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAQD6LOtrA_I9wLoQzRyA1T6hBmZnIYyJeKcNuqxhntMckH6zfsmm6ul_h851UGAiXNgBJ81gBhmQwqeNi-vHyA005mAnu6ps6k8aEL18O_fUZNwnjIKagFT5gkJb56lpoj_7RpxT7Vr0/s320/181a.jpg" width="258" /></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Miska Petersham was
born in Hungary in September 1888 and immigrated to London in search of
employment (unsuccessfully) and then to the US in 1912. He went to work for the
International Art Service where he met his future wife, Maud Fuller, a New York
writer and illustrator.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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winning both Caldecott Honors award in 1941 (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">An
American ABC</i>) and the Caldecott Medal in 1946 (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Rooster Crows</i>).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">For me, the joy of
Miska’s art is the charming world he create and the colors he uses. Yeah, for me it was most
definitely his palette. I fell in love with Miska’s "Old-World" style when I was 4 years
old, long before I understood what “Art” was (not that I understand it even now).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Looking back, Miska’s creations awoke in 4-year-old me a desire
for a more beautiful world. I wanted to live in there, to know the people I saw there, visit the places. And, although that 4-year-old me did not understand that this
world was *not* real, Miska's art *made* this world real ~ his paints
and his imagination made it real for me.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">… and, for that 4-year-old little me, what I saw was real *enough* and I
wanted more. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And isn't that what Art is supposed to do for us ... and to us ... regardless of our age?</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I’ll be listing the books in my <a href="http://www.artfire.com/users/PetitPoulailler">Art Fire shop</a> over the next few weeks ... there are hundreds of titles and yes, I'll be saving more than a few for myself!!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Come check out my shop's <a href="http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=Shop&op=new&seller_id=12249&display=60&sc_id=61758&sort_cats=0&sterm=">Toys and Books Section</a> now to see what I’ve already listed.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And! If you are looking for a particular title, let me know ~ I very well may have it in this absolutely fantastic Treasure Trove. I'll list it especially priced and reserved for you!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16755404592087197195noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918518265411762622.post-26676729015150677642011-05-01T08:00:00.012-04:002011-07-08T11:49:59.157-04:00In Honor of the Kentucky Derby ...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Okay. This is definitely *not*, I repeat: *NOT!* for little kids' ears. You've been warned.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">I cannot watch the Derby or the Preakness without this coming to mind, and it cracks me up, each and every time.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Enjoy! And please, do remember my warning!</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Some very silly silliness for this St. Paddy's Day ... And why not? Nothing says St Patrick's Day to me as much as the Muppets singing Danny Boy.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So, for my Irish celebration on this Musical Tuesday ... I present the absolute three best singers ever to grace the stage on the Muppets show.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">((I </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">♥</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Animal))</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And it is a little difficult to say "relax", as you are about to hear ... so, how about this? ... have a beer and kick back.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Yeah, that is almost as good. And, considering the day, it may even be a bit better, actually!</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Happy St. Pat's!</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Love, </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">xo Karen</span></span><br />
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I hope you have been wondering where I have been. To have been gone as long as I've been gone ... and not be missed? Ah, you cut me to the quick.<br />
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I've been cheating on my Blogger blog with a new love. Someone handsome and witty, quick, quirky, and someone who is always there for me. And easy. Did I mention my new someone is easy? That's important for me in an ongoing online relationship. And my new love is certainly easy.<br />
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I don't even promote my shops ... and I have a ridiculous 6 now ... as much with my new love. Mostly, it's about things my new love finds for me, sends to me, presents to me. Oh, I continue to share my listings with my new love ~ freely and easily and it is clear that my efforts are appreciated: over 200 people tune in daily to watch the blossoming love affair we have going. It's quite the talk of the internet.<br />
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And I won't close this down completely. I still love this blog and will from time to time update it~ quite simply: I don't want to close off any avenue available to reach the people I love and for them to reach me.<br />
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But, for now, you will find me there, dallying with my new love. Daily. Daily dallying. Publicly, too. It's a joy.<br />
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<a href="http://petitpoulailler.tumblr.com/">Tumblr.com</a><br />
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Click on that, please. Oh, do please stop by! You can just scroll through my blog and the things I've 'liked'. You can ask me questions, send me notes. You can join yourself (you're going to want to!)<br />
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Tumblr fun, fresh, and completely addictive. If you have something you'd like me to share on my blog, just let me know ~ I'll be so happy to.<br />
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So. It's not like I'm leaving Blogger. I'm just busy with dear Tumblr right now. I do miss you and love you.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">I am part of the $5 and under sale going on today only. Just swing on by </span><a href="http://www.zibbet.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">http://www.zibbet.com</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"> type in 5monday in the keywords and see what great items are features by some amazing crafters and artist!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">I plan to keep my tags up, but will only promote on months with 5 mondays. What a fun sale! Today is also the end of the back to school, bts sales going on, too.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">And so again today I'm showing another collection created while procrastinating in one of </span><a href="http://petitpoulailler.artfire.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">my ArtFire shops</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"> ... These are pretty, aren't they?</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">I do enjoy making </span><a href="http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=Shop&seller_id=12249&body=9"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;">Collections</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"> ...usually at the end of my day. Relaxing. I don't usually have a purpose (The Man's collection yesterday was an exception ... which is probably why it made the ArtFire Front Page): I usually am just browsing and hit upon a thread, something cohesive, and just go from there.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">And, if I am honest, it is never easy for me to decide on a theme. I like too many too different things. Truth be told, picking a theme is, for me, the most difficult part of making a Collection. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">I do have a 'go-to' shop when making a Collection ~ <a href="http://www.artfire.com/users/GingerSnapz">GingerSnapz</a>. Ah, see there? I've let my great secret is out. Ellen has *THE* best eye (hehe) for color and form. I don't have it. But I do know it when I see it. She's got it. So you'll usually find one of her beautiful photographs in my collections and this one is no exception (the <a href="http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=Shop&op=listing&product_id=1974402">Jay</a>!)</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">I hit on this theme, "Blue Skies" and thought ~ perfect! why not song titles?! So, here we go. The first in my Song Title Collections, this one brought to you by Irving Berlin and the wonderful shops of ArtFire.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Blue skies </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Smiling at me</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Nothing but blue skies</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Do I see</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Bluebirds</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Singing a song</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Nothing but bluebirds</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">All day long</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Never saw the sun shining so bright</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Never saw things going so right</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Noticing the days hurrying by</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">When you're in love, my how they fly</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Blue days</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">All of them gone</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Nothing but blue skies</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">From now on</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16755404592087197195noreply@blogger.com0Neptune, NJ, USA40.209818863238681 -74.00321960449218840.193431863238679 -74.032402104492192 40.226205863238683 -73.974037104492183tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918518265411762622.post-17269744520735328302010-10-31T06:40:00.000-04:002010-10-31T06:40:53.890-04:00Too Busy Too Busy ...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">I know, it's not a good excuse. I've been really very busy of late, personally at home as well as with my shops. There are new shops to fill and one sad little lonely shop to empty out.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">But there comes a time when it's all work and no play and man, am I tired. Wait ... I don't think that's how the saying goes. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What in the world will my life be like in another month when I am knee deep in ThanksChrisGivingMas? Okay. I'm going to sit quietly for a few moments now until that thought passes.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">So I'll keep this post brief ...I woke up today to see that one of my Collections over on ArtFire was on the Front Page! yay!! It was literally one I threw together very quickly, finding things that suited The Man.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">And now, of course, he is taking full credit for that Front Page appearance. He's a sexy sweet Muse ... but he can be a pretty shameless Muse at times, too.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Here is the collection and here is where you can <a href="http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=Shop&seller_id=12249&body=9">click</a> to see all my collections over there. Now please, go and peak at a couple and leave a comment telling me that my curating skills are improving. Boy, when I get tire, I get needy :|</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">But I must tell you ~ collection making is fun anyway and a LOT easier than it was on Etsy. ArtFire really has a lot of great stuff goin' on! Enjoy!</span></span><style>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">xo karen</span></span><br />
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Shop <a href="http://petitpoulailler.artfire.com/">Le Petit Poulailler</a> on ArtFire</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16755404592087197195noreply@blogger.com5Neptune, NJ, USA40.210081053307704 -74.00339126586914140.1936940533077 -74.032573765869145 40.226468053307705 -73.974208765869136tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918518265411762622.post-53813419707760735972010-10-14T19:49:00.000-04:002010-10-14T19:49:51.731-04:00Collections, Curating, Having Fun ...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">I'm just having tooooooooo much fun making Collections on ArtFire.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">And the lovely thing about them? They actually have a chance to make it to AF's Front Page! What a concept!</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Here's my... I think 3rd Collection today. Isn't it lovely!</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Enjoy ♥</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Karen</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Oh, gosh, I'm easy.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Someone really needs to supervise me and the HOURS I spend YouTubing around.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">But then, you'd've never been privileged to see this amazing silliness!</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Yes, there is something very fundamentally humourous about hearing/seeing animals talking. And, when they are talking with British accents, well ... I'm absolutely and pathetically unable to control my laughter.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">And I know that this is not exactly the usual Music Tuesday I present, but the impulse to share this was simply too great.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Next Tuesday, back to music. Promise But for today? Enjoy the video.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">"nighttime ... DAYTIME! ... nighttime ... DAYTIME! ..." cracks me up! (watches video again)</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"If you've never failed, you've never lived."</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">I should watch this every Monday morning. Things pile up, things need doing, virtually scream at me to GET IT DONE!! And then the overwhelming begins ... and I seem to get so easily overwhelmed.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">This helped. Just a quick stop, a quiet listening and pondering. Something to center my heart on instead of being overwhelmed.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">My thoughts shift. The "Can't Do's" become the "Haven't Done Yets". It's all about perspective. And, as corny as it may seem, it's about having a positive attitude.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Take a minute. Breathe. Consider the Opportunities.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">xo Karen</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">I've just watched <i>Avatar</i> for the first time. Okay and for the second and third time, back to back to back, over 3 days.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Yes, I'm a bit behind the social learning curve when it comes to new releases, but I must tell you that our NetFlix queue, although at the Three-At-A-Time option, is under the very watchful eye and control of my film-adoring husband.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">This is not to say that he's dictatorial. He really is not. He's very amenable to me placing films in the queue and I'm free to get whichever movies I want ~ but ... and it's a big but: I like to watch films with him. And he really really *really* doesn't like anything that smacks of sci-fi.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">For me, movies or books, it isn't about 'sci-fi'. Or costume pictures. or mysteries. or coming of age. It's about the story. The story is everything and, when told correctly, I don't care if it's a silly romance about the sinking of the Titantic.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">What? You say there's another film I need to catch? (pffft... just teasing)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Anyway, I think Avatar's story was very good. Granted, it's pretty much <i>Dances with Wolves in Blue Bodies on a Different Planet</i> ... but the story of the struggle between Nature (capital "N") and Technology for Man's Soul is a timeless one; always beautiful, always interesting. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As a side note, if you're up for a very good (and tragic) re-telling of this battle, catch Jeremy Irons and Robert De Niro in 1986's '<i>The Missionary</i>'.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">This music isn't from the film. But it could be. And I was reminded of the song during the movie's credits. But, if I'm to be honest here, any excuse to get Peter Gabriel in the queue is a good excuse as far as I'm concerned. He's always interesting, always good.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Okay. So this isn't one of my blog posts The Man will like. But it's okay: he'll still read it. And I'll probably ask to put Avatar on the NetFlix queue again this week.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Enjoy the video!</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">xo Karen</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Today, me hearties, be official 'Talk Like A Pirate Day'!</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In honor of the most auspicious occasion, I plundered the official Pirate site and be showin' you here my ill gotten booty. Hopefully ye lubbers be findin' this of use durin' the course of this great grand day.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">'tis a Day of grand tradition and great celebration for all and it all began in the mid-1990's, when two Yankees,
John Baur (Ol' Chum Bucket) and Mark Summers (Cap'n Slappy), be talkin' like
pirates all o'a sudden. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Now, Ol' Chum Bucket and Cap'n Slappy be decidin' that, to further the noble causes of the
sweet trade of piracy, each and every year September 19 be the day when all good souls over
the world should be talkin' like pirates. Aarrr!!</span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfCZv8jMm-Hpy9NleW-W-biuvYGnim-o0o0MlzaY3YttQ3BSq0XfddB61QiKkRWwAErg5pO-7GsOG_z_ICDqTCK0-b0RnG8aCJhQtVqKOlf5XCVfY1RTh_dsnww1SA9jHMfXz74KINdjQ/s1600/Pirate+ship.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfCZv8jMm-Hpy9NleW-W-biuvYGnim-o0o0MlzaY3YttQ3BSq0XfddB61QiKkRWwAErg5pO-7GsOG_z_ICDqTCK0-b0RnG8aCJhQtVqKOlf5XCVfY1RTh_dsnww1SA9jHMfXz74KINdjQ/s400/Pirate+ship.jpg" width="400" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Alas, for years, their valiant efforts were gone a-wasted, until they contacted a man by the name of</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dave Barry</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">,
who be writin' a humor column for the great masses o' landlubbers out yonder like ye sorry lot. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Now Master Barry showed his devotion to
the great, grand cause by promotin' Pirate Day in 2002 to millions of lubbers across the world from</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">the hot, humid, tropical climes of </span></span><st1:city w:st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Miami</span></span></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">, to</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">the wild, weary shores
of </span></span><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Thunder Bay</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">. From thar, the media across the seven seas
carried the story, and it reached every corner of the world!</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Here be some wordin' aid for ye sorry sods who need a fine translatin' of proper Pirate Lingo ~</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Ahoy</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: Hey!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Avast</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: Stop!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Aye</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: Yes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Black spot</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: to be 'placin' the black spot' be
markin' someone for death<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Booty</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: treasure<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Buccaneer</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: a pirate who be answerin' to no man or
blasted government<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">By the Powers!</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: an exclamation, uttered by Long
John Silver in </span><st1:place w:st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Treasure Island</span></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Cat o' nine tails</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: whip for floggin' mutineers<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Corsair</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: a pirate who be makin' his berth in the
Med-...Medi-...that sea 'tween </span><st1:country-region w:st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Spain</span></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">
and </span><st1:place w:st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Africa</span></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">, aye!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Davy Jones' Locker</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: the bottom o' the sea, where
the souls of dead men lie<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Doubloons</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: pieces of gold ...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Fiddlers Green</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: the private heaven where pirates
be goin' when they die<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Furner</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: a ship which be yer own, not one ye steal
an' plunder<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Gentlemen o' fortune</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: a slightly more positive
term fer pirates!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Go on the account</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: to embark on a piratical
cruise<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Grog</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: a pirate's favorite drink<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Jack</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: a flag or a sailor<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Jolly Roger</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: the skull and crossbones, the pirate
flag!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Keelhaul</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: a truly vicious punishment where a
scurvy dog be tied to a rope and dragged along the barnacle-encrusted bottom of
a ship. They not be survivin'.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Landlubber</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: "Land-lover," someone not
used to life onboard a ship<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Lass</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: A woman<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Lily-livered</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: faint o' heart<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Loaded to the Gunwales (pron. gunnels)</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: drunk<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Matey</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: A shipmate or a friend<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Me hearty</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: a friend or shipmate<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Me</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: My<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Pieces o' eight</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: pieces o' silver which can be
cut into eights to be givin' small change<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Privateer</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: a pirate officially sanctioned by a
national power<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Scallywag</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: A bad person or scoundrel<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Scurvy dog!</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: This be a fine insult!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Shiver me timbers!</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: an exclamation of surprise,
to be shouted most loud!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Son of a Biscuit Eater</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: a derogatory term
indicating a bastard son of a sailor<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Sprogs</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: raw, untrained recruits<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Squadron</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: a group of ten or less warships<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Squiffy</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: a buffoon<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Swaggy</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: a scurvy cur's ship what ye be intendin'
to loot!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Swashbucklin'</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: fightin' and carousin' on the high
seas!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Sweet trade</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: the career of piracy<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Thar</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: The opposite of "here"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Walk the plank</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: this one be bloody obvious, ye squiffy<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Wench</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: a lady, although ye gents not be wantin'
to use this around a lady who be stronger than ye<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Wi' a wannion</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: wi' a curse, or wi' a vengeance ~ boldly, loudly!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">· </span><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Yo-ho-ho</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">: Pirate laughter</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Grizzly and cool. Fred Flintstone's bachelor pad. I don't know how else to describe this furniture. Futuristic, cave-dwelling, fantastical, prehistoric. How the well-to-do in Bedrock decorated. All terms apply. But ... "cool" works best for me.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">The difficulty about this sort of style ~ you can't do it only a little bit, can you? I mean, a pretty French chaise there by the window, perhaps a nice minimal Ikea dining set with upholstered covers and then ... one of these pieces? </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It must be complete. Start to finish. You have to "own" this style. Commit to it.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And what sort of house? Tudor? Half Cape? lol A split level? </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZWozXAR8KVN4rxtZty52Lou8sb75Jo1_UytMbK9YcjTCL6hlb2McSyCvv6ZEsmNO7lUQlUp52DAugX-3JVsbtwIWbWWv3mQMHYYnX-trzbMTQK7LZWT776C_-f3qaPa37jQz-T04DojQ/s1600/Cave+Painting+made+up.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZWozXAR8KVN4rxtZty52Lou8sb75Jo1_UytMbK9YcjTCL6hlb2McSyCvv6ZEsmNO7lUQlUp52DAugX-3JVsbtwIWbWWv3mQMHYYnX-trzbMTQK7LZWT776C_-f3qaPa37jQz-T04DojQ/s320/Cave+Painting+made+up.jpg" width="159" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">I think furniture like this would affect your outlook, your personality, your very demeanor. I cannot feature Jane Austen lounging here. And you wouldn't find Tim Gunn, either. Well, maybe you would and we just haven't found out about that side of dear Tim yet ... but I am kinda doubting it. Lady GaGa? yes. definitely. But I believe she'd only be using them for their theater effect.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Imagine being invited to dinner and walking in to these. I really wouldn't know how to act. I wonder if my inner-Ayla from Clan of the Cave Bear would emerge? Okay, I'm going to stop right now thinking about that.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Now, would I like to own any of these pieces? Oh yes, without doubt. They'd be a tad difficult to explain to the Bridge Club, though, eh?</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">All these fantastical creations are by Michel Hilliard and can be found at his salon <a href="http://www.michel-haillard.com/">here</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And, of course, as per usual, it's the good people of <a href="http://www.freshome.com/">Freshome</a> who ferret out the really cool stuff.</span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16755404592087197195noreply@blogger.com0Monmouth, New Jersey, USA40.207590206701148 -74.00476455688476640.191202706701148 -74.03394705688477 40.223977706701149 -73.975582056884761tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918518265411762622.post-68304029237401591672010-09-17T08:00:00.025-04:002010-09-17T08:00:12.080-04:00J Mac, Basketball, and Inspiration ♥<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">A few mornings ago, while I was tooling around in YouTube, enjoying faaaaaar too much time looking for a nice video for a Tuesday Music-Day blog post (one of my very most favoritest things to do) ~ I came upon this video.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">My husband is a writer, but he also is a coach and mentor for adults with Down Syndrome, Asperger, and Autism. And s</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">o, because of that, I'm always looking for games or information or anything, really, he can use in his work (he calls it 'play').</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">And this video? ... no, I don't think he can use it with 'the kids'. This is for him. He'll see it this evening when he reads my blog. (I love you, J</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">♥</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">It was 2008 when I first saw this and back then, I think I must have watched it a dozen times, each time finding myself in a puddle of tears by the video's end. I didn't see the original broadcast on ESPN back in 2007 and am so happy their segment has found its way to YouTube.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">It's not a sad story at all, but one of youth, hope, victory and, most of all, a story of love. And, whether you have seen this before or if this is your first time viewing, have your box of Kleenex ready.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">So ... here is the situation: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I need new business cards. I have new Zibbet shops, you know. I need to get that word out.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">The lovely Christina of <a href="http://www.zibbet.com/umeorigami">Ume Origami</a> is having a Give-away that would perfectly solve my needs:</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">"</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">T</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">he give-away is for 250 die cut business cards (cards with unique shapes such as rounded corners, square, slim rectangle, half-circle ...)"</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Add to this scenario, I am not a graphic designer. Not by a long shot. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The lovely Christina of Ume Origami *is* and is wanting to build her graphic designs portfolio: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">"</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Since the shape is somewhat unique, I am also offering a free redesign of your business cards."</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">:D Can you say 'kismet'?</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Her give-away's sponsor is <a href="http://uprinting.com/">UPrinting</a> and I am really loving their style.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">When it comes to designs and marketing, I am such a blank slate. It's not that I do not know what I like ... I really do ... but only *when I see it*. The idea of coming up with the design myself is very daunting. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm very unsure as to what should be included, emphasized, mentioned. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Put it this way, as long as it has a chicken, basically, I'm cool with it. Because, as we all know, it *is* all about the chickens.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Be sure to check out Christina's <a href="http://www.umeorigami.com/blog/2010/9/16/giveaway-250-die-cut-business-cards-from-uprintingcom.html#comments">blog</a> for more info about her give-away. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But ... hey ... um ... don't even *think* about winning her give-away, 'cause I got that covered.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">I'm telling you ... kismet :D</span></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">♥</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">P.S. By the way, my favorite way of distributing business cards (besides the usual friends, family, social encounters) is to enclose them with my bill paying. I can think of nothing more rewarding than having a new customer find me because I paid my bills!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #003300; font-family: Georgia;">My friend Dorothy sent this to me ... what she sends me is usually fun, sometimes heart-wrenching, always entertaining and interesting.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #003300; font-family: Georgia;">The email today was especially interesting for me because of the advertising ephemera and the tins and bottles. Oh, how I'd love to have some of these original papers!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #003300; font-family: Georgia;">xo Karen</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;">So, why *were* our grandparents so happy? Where did all these 'fond memories' of their youth come from? Those c</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia;">arefree childhood days? Have you ever stopped to wonder if there was something else at play than just an idyllic youth? These products, commonly used and found in most homes, may be the answer.</span></div>
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settling on baby aspirin, Bayer manufactured this ~</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"> </span></div>
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1910 heroin as a non-addictive substitute for morphine. It was also used to
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">Metcalf's Coca Wine was one of a huge variety of wines with
cocaine that was at your market, available to everyone, everyday. The press
about the product was that it would make you happy and it also worked as a “medicinal
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it's time. Pope Leo XIII carried a bottle with him all the time and, in
gratitude, the Pope awarded Angelo Mariani with a </span><st1:place w:st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">Vatican</span></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">Maltine ~ </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">Produced by the Maltine Manufacturing Company of </span><st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">New York</span></st1:place></st1:state><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">. It was
suggested in their advertising that you should take a full glass with or after
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via gifts to doctors’ offices ~ this is a paper weight promoting C.F.
Boehringer & Soehne in </span><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">Mannheim</span></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">,
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enjoyed by stage actors, singers, teachers, and preachers. Said to allow for ‘maximum
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">I've never been much of a bandwagon jumper onner. More cautious Taurus me sits along the sidelines and watches, weighing risks, watching for motivations, keen to sense danger if it is there.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Okay, you online crafters and shopkeepers: I've done all that for you on this offer. There is no risk. None. Read this and then come back and see me and we'll talk some more.</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.artfire.com/groupdeal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">http://www.artfire.com/groupdeal</span></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Yeah, I can hear you from here ... ArtFire?? </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Yep. ArtFire. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">"B-b-b-but it's not as purdy as those *other* sites :(", says you with a pouty face. Well, silly, t</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">hat's because you don't have your shop opened up on AF yet. You'll make ArtFire prettier just by joining the sellers there.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">If you remain unconvinced, know this: ArtFire is about to leave it's Beta-version caterpillar-self behind and become a bit of the flashy butterfly. Tony and John and the crew are giving everyone peeks behind the programming cocoon and, I have to say, I'm liking what I'm seeing! ArtFire has always had the Seller Tools I needed, with more being added each and every week. The site has proven itself stable, without the Uh-Oh's and the O Noessssss! I've experienced elsewhere.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">And where is that "elsewhere" of which I'm speaking? I've sold on eBay, 1000 Markets, Etsy, and Zibbet, as well as ArtFire. A</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">rtFire knows how to promote and how to provide me the latitude I need to promote for myself. Their fee structure has always been a winner for me and now ... with this deal??!! ... well, I now have three shops there~</span><br />
<a href="http://www.artfire.com/users/PetitPoulailler"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Le Petit Poulailler</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.artfire.com/users/ThreeFrenchHens"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Three French Hens</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.artfire.com/users/TheLittleChickenCoop"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Little Chicken Coop</span></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Stop laughing :\ I like chickens :P You'll find Petit up and rolling, and it has been for a bit now. The Hens has only just opened today and The Coop has some inventory but needs some tending. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Take a look at this link to the new ArtFire Front Page and put those Ugly Sister thoughts behind you. Scroll down about half way and you'll see it. niiiiiiiiice. I can get behind that look. And the scrolling collection on the front page? Pure genius.</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=forums&op=view_topic&tid=12467"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=forums&op=view_topic&tid=12467</span></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">And no, I do not gain one thing by promoting this deal. You, however, if you intend to sell on line either continuing or just starting out, would be foolish not to take a good long look at ArtFire and this <a href="http://www.artfire.com/groupdeal">deal</a>. Go to their Forums, Check out the shops, stop listening to the people who are not doing your job for you and GO DO YOUR JOB! Scout the place out. You owe yourself that.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">I'm very enthused about 2011 on ArtFire. Now if only I could find another 10-15 hours in the day!! See you there! </span></span><br />
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splendid gift for the Mom-to-be. … or the Grand-mom, for all that serious grandmother-ing you'll soon to be doing! </span></span></div>
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Scott Morrison and is absolutely ingenious, in my estimation, in combining all
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long, but those occasions were mostly due to me being overly tired. I’d’ve loved
to have had this beautiful chair ~ a place for the quiet time, the unwinding, the peace that comes with a
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and you can order his chair <a href="http://www.finewoodworker.com/rockercradle.html">here</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Okay. Let's set the Way Back Machine to the mid-1980's ...</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">(...:::sighs:::... Good Lord, that's a quarter century ago ...:::sighs:::...)</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">... and as we tune in today, we find Karen (that's me!) bopping around her studio, with VH1 blasting the very best in 1980's music in the background (back when VH1 actually played music.)</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">A silly little bit of fun music and a video today for my Music Tuesday ... a mere quarter of a century later. So. How 'bout it? wanna bop around the studio with me?</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">xo Karen</span></span><br />
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RealSimple.com (and they *are* really good folks!) ... another fix for my annual fall Can't-Get-Enough-Pumpkin pursuit! This time, my fix comes in the form
of a *really* *really* simple cupcake!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia;">It’s the nutmeg, I think. Or perhaps, it’s the cinnamon!
Whatever it is, the cooler weather makes cider and pumpkin and all things Autumn simple taste better!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia;">This recipe is super easy and no one but you, me, and RealSimple.com needs to know! And, if anyone asks me? This recipe only made ~20~ cupcakes. *wink*wink*</span></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia;">Enjoy!</span></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia;">xo Karen</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #003300; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt;"><u>Pumpkin Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting</u><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia;">Makes 24 Cupcakes!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Time: 15m Total Time: 40m<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Set of 4 Autumn Bistro Luncheon/Dessert Plates</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #003300; font-family: Georgia;">1 18.5-ounce
box yellow cake mix (plus the ingredients called for in the package directions)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #003300; font-family: Georgia;">1/2 teaspoon pumpkin
pie spice<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #003300; font-family: Georgia;">1 15-ounce
can pumpkin puree<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #003300; font-family: Georgia;">2 8-ounce
bars cream cheese, at room temperature<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #003300; font-family: Georgia;">2 cups confectioners’
sugar<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #003300; font-family: Georgia;">24 pieces candy
corn<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #003300; font-family: Georgia;">Heat oven to
350° F. Line two 12-cup muffin tins with paper liners. Prepare the cake mix as
directed but with the following change: Add the pumpkin pie spice and
substitute the can of pumpkin puree for the water called for in the package
directions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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batter among the prepared muffin tins and bake until a toothpick inserted into
the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 18 to 22 minutes. Let cool.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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using an electric mixer beat the cream cheese and sugar until creamy. Spread on
the cupcakes and top each with a piece of candy corn.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #003300; font-family: Georgia;">You can find
Real Simple online <a href="http://realsimple.com/">here</a>!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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