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The UK's summer wildlife spectaculars
Hundreds of thousands of birds all jostling for space, the smell of guano and rotting fish and a cacophony of calls and yells.
It can only be the sensory overload you get from a seabird colony in summer.
No wonder that these spectacular seabird cities have been described as one of the 'wildlife wonders of the world'.
And in the UK we have some of the best examples on the planet.The usual suspects
With so many similar coloured seabirds crammed onto the same cliff, identification can be tricky.
Almost everyone will recognise a puffin, but what about guillemots and kittiwakes?
Hopefully our picture gallery below will help to identify some of the more common species and lead to a more rewarding experience.Continue reading the main story
Interested to know how and why common names come about? Then read our guide on how to describe wildlife.
Magical marine mammals
If a seabird colony in summer wasn't enough of a thrill keep your eyes, and binoculars, on the water, you just might spot one of these marvellous marine mammals.
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Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus): are the most frequently seen species of dolphin in British waters, with resident populations off of the Scottish and Welsh coasts. Watch out for the acrobatic leaps out of the water.
Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena): no leaping out of the water for this small porpoises so all you will usually see is the short, blunt dorsal fin. Luckily, they are the commonest cetacean in European waters.
Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus): spotting the world's second largest fish would be the icing on the cake for many. They will venture into shallow coastal waters during the summer harmlessly filter feeding, look for the large triangular dorsal fin and tip of the tail fin.
Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus): spend most of the year out at sea until autumn when they haul out on rocky shores and beaches to form formidable-looking breeding colonies. About 40 percent of the world's population are around British coasts.
Check out our guide on where to see marine mammals for more information.
Where to see
There are a number of locations around the UK's coastline where you can experience this summer spectacle.
To get you started we have selected an example from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.
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Bempton Cliffs, England. A managed reserve near the town of Bridlington in East Yorkshire boasts over 200,000 birds between April and August. It is home to England's biggest mainland gannet colony, as well as a sizeable kittiwake one. Look out for guillemots, razorbills and puffins as well.
Bass Rock, Scotland. This seabird sanctuary is a volcanic island situated in the Firth of Forth, one mile off the mainland. It is home to an incredible 150,000 gannets, making it the largest single island gannet colony in the world. Guillemots, razorbills and shags occupy the lower ledges.
Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland. Lying off the coast of County Antrim with tens of thousands of birds, it is Northern Ireland's biggest seabird colony. Here you'll find puffins, guillemots and kittiwakes and as an added bonus, choughs are breeding again after nearly 20 years.
Skomer Island, Wales. Just off the coast of Pembrokeshire, Skomer and sister island Skokholm have an estimated 120,000 breeding pairs of Manx shearwaters, making it the largest known concentration in the world! If that's not enough there are also important numbers of storm petrels.
Search our list of bird activities happening near you or try these organisations and charities:
- A list of RSPB reserves with seabirds
- The Wildlife Trusts
- The National Trust
- The Scottish Seabird Centre
- Scottish Wildlife Trusts
- The National Trust for Scotland's seabird colonies
- Welsh Wildlife Trusts
- A BTO list of seabird sites in Northern Ireland
Quick tips to take with you
Some of the best seabird colonies are out at sea on rocky outcrops and secluded islands so you will have to embark on a short boat or ferry ride. Although mainland colonies, such as Bempton Cliffs, offer great views without having to leave the land.
You'll want protective clothing, possibly sun screen and of course a pair of binoculars for some great close-up views.
Colonial Britain
See how Britain's coastline is littered with dozens of seabird colonies
An ID guide will be useful for sorting out who's who on the cliff face (use the photo gallery above to get you started).
A camera or phone is a must to capture all the sights and sounds on offer. These handy tips and tricks will help you to get the best out of your photographic equipment, whatever your level of expertise.
Above all else be prepared for the noise and the smell of the birds!
But please remember to follow the Countryside Code when out and about.Been inspired?
Experienced the magic of a seabird colony this summer? Then tell us about it and join the big Summer of Wildlife conversation on Facebook and Twitter @BBCNature - #summerofwildlife.
And don't forget to share your seabird photos on the Summer of Wildlife Flickr group - #seeitsnapitshareit.


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'Sabotage': Thriller goes down in a hail of bad words, deeds
A 1.5-star review of "Sabotage," a dreary, hyperviolent thriller about a phenomenally foulmouthed team of DEA commandos who steal $10 million in cartel cash and then are serially bumped off in extremely gruesome ways. Arnold Schwarzenegger stars.
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'Sabotage,' with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Olivia Williams. Directed by David Ayer, from a screenplay by Ayer and Skip Woods. 110 minutes. Rated R for strong bloody violence, pervasive language, some sexuality/nudity and drug use. Several theaters.
Anybody got a bar of soap? Hand it over. I've got a movie here that needs its mouth washed out.
The picture is "Sabotage," and it's an opus in which the dialogue isn't so much spoken as spewed.
From my notes: "Shut the (bleep) up." "Are you (bleeping) kidding me?" "(Bleep) you." "Don't (bleep) with me." And this, the last panicked word of a doomed character: "(Bleep)!"
And so on, endlessly.
It's kind of funny at first, the sheer pervasiveness of the potty-mouthings of the picture's performers. Then it becomes irritating. And finally, boring.
I expected better of David Ayer, the director/co-writer (sharing screenplay credit with Skip Woods). "End of Watch," his previous outing behind the camera, is one of the best cop movies in recent memory: tightly constructed, immensely gripping and wonderfully revealing of its characters' personalities. "Sabotage" has none of that.
Instead "Sabotage" has a tatted-up (presumably for youth appeal) Arnold Schwarzenegger playing the leader of a DEA commando squad made up of some truly unpleasant people about whom we're supposed to care because, well, they're what passes for the movie's heroes. But they're a scummy bunch who, right out of the gate, help themselves to $10 million of a drug cartel's cash stash and then proceed to be bumped off in spectacularly gruesome ways when the heisted loot goes missing. Dissension in the ranks, bullets through the brain and intestines dangling in glistening tendrils from the ceiling (as I said: gruesome!) are all part of the undoing of this crew. It's hard to sympathize with such people when things go south.
Further unpleasantness: Arnie's character tortures himself by obsessively watching a snuff video of his wife being hideously tortured to death by cartel crazies. Thus is he motivated to kick butt and wreak heavy-weapon vengeance on the people who did the dirty deed.
"Sabotage's" sole saving grace are the performances of Olivia Williams and Harold Perrineau, who play a couple of local cops investigating the murders of Arnie's army of reprobates. They're smart, they're personable, their banter is playful. They're like a cool oasis in this desert of dirty talk and demented violence.
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Japan has told China that its plans to build 2,000 kms of "strategic road" in India's Northeast do not come under the disputed areas along the Sino-India border, a senior Chinese official said on Tuesday.
A Chinese spokesperson on Tuesday sought to play down the face-off at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) shared by India and China, saying the situation there was now peaceful.
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It's official: Amber Portwood, notorious star of MTV's Teen Mom, is facing charges for violent behavior towards ex-boyfriend Gary Shirley. Portwood, 20, shocked viewers when she attacked Shirley on camera in front of their two-year-old daughter, Leah. As of Monday, she is now being charged with three felony counts and a misdemeanor, for domestic battery, violence, and neglect of her child.
The last few months have been difficult for Portwood and her family. Indiana police launched a domestic abuse investigation against Amber in October, after the MTV episode in question aired. Around Thanksgiving, Leah became a ward of the state, but was returned to her mother at the end of November. Now the former teen mom is awaiting trial, and could be facing up to three years in jail and/or a $10,000 fine.
Just over a week ago, Amber Portwood revealed a dramatic gesture to declare her commitment to her daughter: she got a life-sized tattoo of Leah's face on her torso. The immense tattoo is Amber's first, and according to Popeater, she's already had some second thoughts about it. We're not so big on tattoos as a sign of parental devotion (a.k.a. the Jon Gosselin theory of tattoo art), but maybe it will help sway the jury? With all the key evidence right there in high-def, Amber's going to need all the help she can get.
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A New York doctor with Ebola, whose case triggered a national debate over mandatory quarantines for health workers returning from West Africa, was upgraded to stable condition on Saturday after nine days of treatment.
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To mark IDC Herzliya's 20th anniversary, we spent a day following Prof. Uriel Reichman, IDC's founder and president, and Jonathan Davis, VP for External Relations, around its delightful campus.
David Ben-Gurion, the first prime minister of the State of Israel, was often quoted in the early years of the state as remarking, "it is not so important what the Gentiles say as what the Jews do."
This pithy remark reflected the notion that despite the criticism and animus that the Jewish people and the State of Israel were subjected to in international forums and public debates, our strength lay in our unity, wisdom and ability to make good and sound choices to ensure our security and well-being.
At the same time, that remark reflected the ever-present danger that we as a people and as individuals could on occasion be our own worst enemies. This thought comes to mind as one considers the troubling instances (so far, thankfully, few in number) of religious soldiers in the IDF who have expressed public political statements while in uniform indicating that they will refuse orders issued by their commanders and the government to evacuate any Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria.
More disturbing than that is the fact that a small number of rabbis, associated with the right wing of religious Zionism, have publicly endorsed their move and encouraged their own students to take that route as well.
This type of action and ideology of encouraging refusal of legitimate orders of the IDF because of one's strong ideological views is not a new phenomenon and was, unfortunately, first encouraged by members of the extreme fringes of left-wing Israeli society in the 1980s and 1990s.
That phenomenon, however, never seemed to take hold in the population at large and did not have the imprimatur of a religious mandate. This new phenomenon of refusal, which first came to the surface during the disengagement from Gaza in 2005, has the potential to be far more widespread and far more divisive. As Prime Minister Netanyahu has rightly noted, this type of action and call to refusal has the potential to destroy the IDF and the State of Israel from within.
To their credit, the vast majority of mainstream religious-Zionist organizations, including the formal arm of the hesder yeshiva movement in Israel, have strongly denounced this phenomenon in no uncertain terms.
It is particularly troubling to see any religious-Zionist rabbi encourage refusal of legitimate orders on ideological grounds. At the heart of classical, mainstream religious-Zionism is the halachic notion, developed by the first chief rabbi of the Land of Israel, the sainted Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak ha-Kohen Kook, that in the absence of a formal king, the power of kingship and sovereignty devolves back to the Jewish people as a whole.
As such, the instrument by which they choose to govern themselves – i.e., the state and government – takes on the status of malchut (Jewish sovereignty) that must be respected.
For two thousand years the Jewish people were unable to exercise their own self-rule. One of the essential changes in the reality of Jewish existence in our day and age is the return of malchut Yisrael. Calls advocating refusal can tear asunder the fabric of the state and substantially weaken the strength and morale of the IDF – thus threatening the security of the state and undermining the unique privilege we have to foster and develop malchut Yisrael.
The State of Israel and the IDF have a code of ethics that delineates situations in which orders must be refused. These refer to "blatantly illegal orders" such as a command to wantonly murder unarmed civilians. The situations that are being discussed in our context are clearly not such a case. The issues at hand are ones in which complex political, ideological, halachic and diplomatic factors are at play, with divergent opinions and analyses on all sides.
People of good will can have varying perspectives as to the wisdom and efficacy of territorial compromise and its long-term impact on the security of Israel. Ultimately, however it is the democratically elected Israeli government that is the legal sovereign with the authority to make these difficult and wrenching calls.
It would, of course, be ideal if the IDF were not used in any such operations and the Israeli police alone could handle such missions in order to keep the IDF as far from divisive political issues as possible.
However, if it is determined that IDF forces are necessary to carry out the mission, approved by the duly elected government of the State of Israel, one would hope that rule of law would prevail.
Out of a deep and abiding commitment to the well-being of Israel, one can only hope those calling for rejecting the authority of the IDF and the state will rethink their positions and return to the central path of religious Zionism.
About the Author: Rabbi Nathaniel Helfgot is chair of the departments of Tanach and Jewish Thought at Yeshivat Chovevei Rabbinical School; is on the faculty of SAR High School; and is spiritual leader of Congregation Netivot Shalom in Teaneck, New Jersey.
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Rods and Plates. American Elements casts any of the rare earth metals and most other advanced material into rod, bar or plate form, as well as other machined shapes. All as-cast rods, bars and plates are produced from either the pure metal Ingots or sublimed metals. We have a variety of standard sized rod molds, from a minimum of 1/4" diameter up to 3" diameter for most rod needs. Plates are also offered in standard thicknesses, from 1/4" thick to 1" thick. Maximum rod lengths and maximum plate sizes are dependent on melt capacity and furnace room. Small diameter rods may have only a 4"-6" maximum cast length, whereas larger diameter rods may be cast up to about 16" long. Plate sizes can be cast up to a size of 24" x 16". As-cast rods or plates are saw-cut to length or final dimensions, and the metal surface may have visible flow marks.
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Recent Research & Development for Sputtering Targets
- Liangqi Ouyang, Ming Zhao, Daming Zhuang, Junfeng Han, Li Guo, Xiaolong Li, Mingjie Cao, The relationships between electronic properties and microstructure of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 films prepared by sputtering from a quaternary target, Materials Letters, Volume 137, 15 December 2014
- Gui-Gen Wang, Jie Zeng, Jie-Cai Han, Li-Yi Wang, Highly transparent and conductive Ga-doped ZnO films with good thermal stability prepared by dual-target reactive sputtering, Materials Letters, Volume 137, 15 December 2014
- Gui-Gen Wang, Jie Zeng, Jie-Cai Han, Li-Yi Wang, Highly transparent and conductive Ga-doped ZnO films with good thermal stability prepared by dual-target reactive sputtering, Materials Letters, Volume 137, 15 December 2014
- Huilong Hou, Reginald F. Hamilton, Mark W. Horn, Yao Jin, NiTi thin films prepared by biased target ion beam deposition co-sputtering from elemental Ni and Ti targets, Thin Solid Films, Volume 570, Part A, 3 November 2014
- Tobias Schmitz, Franziska Warmuth, Ewald Werner, Cornelia Hertl, Jürgen Groll, Uwe Gbureck, Claus Moseke, Physical and chemical characterization of Ag-doped Ti coatings produced by magnetron sputtering of modular targets, Materials Science and Engineering: C, Volume 44, 1 November 2014
- Ph.V. Kiryukhantsev-Korneev, J.F. Pierson, K.A. Kuptsov, D.V. Shtansky, Hard Cr–Al–Si–B–(N) coatings deposited by reactive and non-reactive magnetron sputtering of CrAlSiB target, Applied Surface Science, Volume 314, 30 September 2014
- F. Ferreira, R. Serra, J.C. Oliveira, A. Cavaleiro, Effect of peak target power on the properties of Cr thin films sputtered by HiPIMS in deep oscillation magnetron sputtering (DOMS) mode, Surface and Coatings Technology, Available online 18 September 2014
- M.J. Pinzón, J.E. Alfonso, J.J. Olaya, G.I. Cubillos, E. Romero, Influence of the electrical power applied to the target on the optical and structural properties of ZrON films produced via RF magnetron sputtering in a reactive atmosphere, Thin Solid Films, Available online 16 September 2014
- I. Miccoli, R. Spampinato, F. Marzo, P. Prete, N. Lovergine, DC-magnetron sputtering of ZnO:Al films on (00.1)Al2O3 substrates from slip-casting sintered ceramic targets, Applied Surface Science, Volume 313, 15 September 2014
- Yoon S. Choi, Jay B. Kim, Jeon G. Han, Optical absorption spectroscopy of facing targets and conventional magnetron sputtering during process of Al-doped ZnO films, Surface and Coatings Technology, Volume 254, 15 September 2014


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Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) remains a favourite stock among billionaires, according to Fortune which created a chart of top ten holdings by billionaire investors based on iBillionaire data.
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An iOS application, iBillionaire and Web site, iBilliionaire.me, has transformed into an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that offered investors a 30-stock portfolio chosen to mimic the investment strategies of 21 billionaires, including George Soros, Warren Buffet and Carl Icahn.
It may no longer come as a surprise why billionaires like Carl Icahn, Apple Inc's most active investor, maintain Apple as one of their top 10 holdings. In a letter to Apple Inc investors dated Feb 10, Mr Icahn wrote he was backing off from his non-binding proposal that would be forcing the iPhone maker to add another $50 billion to its stock buyback plan. He acknowledged that Apple is now closer to his requested stock repurchase target, following Apple CEO Tim Cook's announcement of the $14-billion buyback.
The billionaire activist told CNBC in January that he continued to benefit and made a "great deal of money" when he buys Apple shares that went down. Mr Icahn firmly believes it is "more compelling" for Apple Inc to allow a stock buyback. He reveals he is "encouraged" when Mr Cook talked about the company's plans for new products.
While other investors question if Apple Inc is still a growth company, iPhone maker has bought back $14 billion of its stocks in the recent weeks. The recent has increased Apple's total stock buyback to $40 billion shares in a span of 12 months. Mr Cook remarked in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that it was a record-breaking buyback for a company in a similar period. He said Apple will reveal more updates on its stock buyback by March or April 2014.
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Bank of America analysts have issued the "Neutral" rating for Apple shares due to the iPhone maker's lack of a low-priced iPhone which would have been a success in emerging markets. Analysts believe that Apple's deal with China Mobile will have a likely less than expected impact on Apple's growth. The lack of an "innovative" product was a factor in the rating as well.
The equities researchers at Ned Davis Research upgraded Apple's stock to a "Buy" rating from the previous "Neutral" rating with a price target of $590. A total of 29 analysts have issued a "Buy" rating for Apple's stocks with a consensus price target of $597.88.
With the recent news of an Apple TV upgrade, iPhone 6 rumours and the meeting between Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Apple executives, investors continue to anticipate the launch of Apple's "innovative" products and not just a refresh of its existing product lines.
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July 28, 2011
Typewriter Love
I found Kate at an estate sale last weekend. According to her serial number, she was born in 1925.
She's a little dusty and needs some cosmetic work, but for an 86 year old she's in pretty good shape.
I originally bought her with thoughts of reselling her, but as soon as I brought her home and put a piece of paper in her, she was mine.
How long has it been since I've heard the bell ring on a typewriter? I had totally forgotten about the sound, but it really is pretty sweet.
You've accomplished something when you hear that sound. Another line typed. Time to throw the carriage return lever. Advance the paper. Go on to the next line.
You just don't get the same sense of achievement from the automatic word wrapping (or whatever you call that feature) on a computer keyboard where you just type and type and type and occasionally hit the mute enter key.
I don't even know what all her levers and such do anymore. It used to be so much a part of us, now it is so foreign. How quickly we forget.
I'll be attempting to restore Kate to her younger glory days. Nothing major, just cleaning, oiling and removing some rust. I imagine I may have to roll some new ribbon on the old spools.
Kate is one classy Royal.
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I kick myself all the time for not keeping my Dad's Underwood typewriter! It so overwhelming at the time deciding what to keep. I think it is a gorgeous find!ReplyDelete
She is absolutely wonderful. I use to type on one almost exactly like that. Such a treasure. Hugs, MartyReplyDelete
I'd keep Kate too. I got rid of my old Smith Corona torqoise typewrite a few years back. Why did I do that. It was from the 60's, not as old as Kate. Can you still buy those ribbons.ReplyDelete
I love old type writers. They are really pretty awesome. I wish that more people cherished these.ReplyDelete
Very fun! I forgot about the bell:@)ReplyDelete
VERY cool Pam!! Typewriters are certainly a thing of the past -- like manual dial phones -- our kids will have no idea how to work them :)ReplyDelete
Keep her for sure. I could never type manually. It was the only subject I ever made a C in. Those keys are delightful♥ReplyDelete
She's a beaut. There's nothing wrong with loving an inanimate object. I do it ALL the time.ReplyDelete
I love those old typewriters. I have been looking for one for quite a while. I learned to type on an old Royal..and drove my teacher mad because I banged the keys so hard!;>) The one you got is a beauty! xo DianaReplyDelete
She is a real beauty, Pam. She found a wonderful home with you.ReplyDelete
She is a beauty! Love me some Kate.ReplyDelete
I once saw a photo of a pink typewriter and I sure feel in love with that, so I understand your love for Kate :)ReplyDelete
Nope, not wrong at all. She's a beauty. Love her and I'd have to keep her for a while too.Enjoy.ReplyDelete
Time never takes the great memories.ReplyDelete
Kate has a great deal of character. She will be beautiful restored. I can see why you love her.ReplyDelete
She's definitely a keeper! Can't wait to read your first novel!!! :)ReplyDelete
I have an old Royal that is on display in my family room. Not nearly as elegant as yours, but Iove love love it!ReplyDelete
A little work and your typewriter will look good as new, Pam. They really do make a fun accessory! I love the clickety clack sound of the keys. :-)ReplyDelete
Kate is a beaut!!!!ReplyDelete
Have fun.
You found a great one Pam! She is very pretty and I love the sounds of typewriters as well. :) I can't wait to see her all dolled up. :)ReplyDelete
what a pretty old thing...my then 10 year old daughter bought a vintage typewriter at a yard sale last year and loves the clackity clack sound the keys make when she types...i don't know what we'll do when the ribbon runs out! thanks for linking up to fridays unfolded!ReplyDelete
We trashed one that was in an old office building my husband bought. Darn it.ReplyDelete
I am visiting via Romantic Homes.ReplyDelete
What wonderful treasure!
Have a happy weekend!
How lovely and I have to tell you Kate's brother is living on my coffee table and he says to say Hi!....LOL I love Vintage Typewriters too! KitReplyDelete
I love old tyepwriters too. I still have 2 from my family that have survived all of these years. Yours looks great!ReplyDelete
Too bad my dad is no longer living or he would have it back into shape in a jiffy. He used to have his own typewriter repair business in our house when I was growing up and we had ones like yours sitting all over the basement floor. You're right...we were used to those kinds of things for much of our lives and now look how far technology has come! Nice find!~Hugs, PattiReplyDelete
Don't you just love it! Makes me think of all the people that actually typed on those keys.ReplyDelete
I have a much smaller vintage typwriter sitting on top of the table I featured in this linky party.
xoxo Bunny Jean
Kate sure is a beauty! They made things so lovely years ago!ReplyDelete
You found a real treasure!ReplyDelete
My mom used to sit at the kitchen table at night typing quizzes and tests for her business classes on a manual typewriter. I loved to hear the keys, the carriage return, and the dings.
Kate is looking might fine for her ripe old age. I'd be making a few noises and need some oil here and there too. I have one typewriter that I've kept for myself. I think she needs a name.ReplyDelete
Hi, friend! I'm admiring all your creative posts here. Can you please share them at the Creative Bloggers' Party & Hop? Hope to see you there at the party :)ReplyDelete
What a darling blog! And I love this typewriter. I don't own one {or hardly anything old}, but I think they're so cool!ReplyDelete
Warmly, Michelle
This has been on my "list of wants" for a long time -- I just love these old beauties! We had one in our basement at home growing up . . . wish we had kept it!ReplyDelete
This is a great find! You are justified in being excited about it :).ReplyDelete
Your blog is GORGEOUS!!! You are doing a great job! I am signing on. I love your typewriter. I bought one for ten bucks last year dated 1917 and I love her, too. She was all nasty in a cardboard box with webs and grossness. Aren't the funny lettered keys just darling??? andrea @ townandprairieReplyDelete
Such a great little gal! She's in wonderful shape for sure. And I DO love that bell. Thanks so much for linking up with VIF, xo DebraReplyDelete
This classic typewriter is just beautiful. Love that you named her Kate.ReplyDelete
Cheers! Reese
I know that you have so many blog parties to choose from so thank you for choosing Creative Bloggers' Party & Hop. This post is added to the party blast! Enjoy the rest of the week :)ReplyDelete
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