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Fri, Jun 11, 10 at 11:35
Each year Ace Hardware in the county above us puts on a tour featuring their garden and pond customers. My husband and I try to go and this year it landed on our anniversary. We never have time to hit all the gardens but as many pictures as I take it is probably good.Plenty of plants,water and whimsy,,,yes junky whimsy too!! Enjoy the tour and ideas!
tanya |
Here is a link that might be useful: 2010 Pond and garden tour
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WOW! thank you! GREAT pictures! |
- Posted by soinspired 6 (Central IN) (My Page) on Fri, Jun 11, 10 at 14:05
I wish I was there! Loved all the blue pots (wow) and the touches whimsy. They had great garden junk ideas too. Thanks for posting. |
What a wonderful tour!! Lots of great things and they also raised a lot of questions for me-LOL. I wanted to know 'what is that' and 'how was that made' Grin. Loved pic #5....among others! |
- Posted by marlene_2008 7 (My Page) on Fri, Jun 11, 10 at 14:35
What great pictures and LOTS of great ideas! Thanks for sharing your tour with us! |
Sometimes I wish I lived in that zone...beautiful! Thanks for posting! |
- Posted by calamity_j z7bc (My Page) on Sat, Jun 12, 10 at 10:09
O.M.G.!!!!! I just overdosed on Eye Candy!!! Gotta go lay down and dream happy ideas...then look again...been doing that and not even posting yet...just soooo much inspiration, it boggles my little mind!!! W.O.W.!!! Cobalt Blues..stained glass...vinettes..oh my! |
- Posted by jeannespines 4 Iowa (My Page) on Sat, Jun 12, 10 at 11:31
WOW...I've saved this one into clippings! Please don't take away the pics for awhile! What a wonderful day! I love Garden Walks! This one is WAY over the top! so much to absorb! That wicker set inside a gazebo? (I'd like to sit there with a book)...that metal roof old wood bldg with tons & tons of terracotta! Ahhhhh! Is that DH leanin' against the tree? Thank U, golden! WONDERFUL! Jeanne S. |
- Posted by luna_llena_feliz 5B (My Page) on Sat, Jun 12, 10 at 17:24
Gorgeous pictures and plenty of inspiration! I sure thought of Lindasewandsew when I saw all the blue pots. lol! Thanks so much for sharing! It looks like you and hubby and a wonderful anniversary :^) |
- Posted by goldenpond (Vero.Beach FL 9b) (My Page) on Sat, Jun 12, 10 at 18:33
thank you all i am glad to have shared them with you. there is so much to see I am glad i photogragh it all because i too see new things each time. tanya |
Beautiful!!Love the blue pots, they pop in the garden & the soft turquoise looks so cool & soothing. The purples & other use of colors of plants really is lovely. The old window wall is fabulous but would be hard to find windows with those configurations, they are truly antiques. The green tiles in the outdoor kitchen, the dragonflies all hanging there, did they make them? Will have to go back & look again, too much to take in on 1 tour!!! Thanks, Jan |
- Posted by spedigrees z4VT (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Mon, Jun 14, 10 at 14:07
That was a spectacular pond and garden tour! Thank you for posting this slideshow. Now I want to build a greenhouse and put in a pond! You have some amazingly talented gardeners in your area! That must have been a fun anniversary tour for you and your other half. I wish our local Ace hardware conducted garden tours in my area! |
- Posted by excessfroufrou 7 (My Page) on Mon, Jun 14, 10 at 15:59
Thanks for the tour, it was like a mini vacation. Like everyone else, I love all the blue pots. I have always tried to keep my pots a green or a neutral color and let the plant shine. What was I thinking? With the bright pots, even so-so plants look great. I loved all the tropical looking plants, too. Frou |
- Posted by goldenpond (Vero.Beach FL 9b) (My Page) on Mon, Jun 14, 10 at 16:52
thanks. I guess they aren't just tropical LOOKING I mean this is Florida. the gal with the beautiful stained glass actually is a stained glass artist. The lady with all the blue pots and the country gardens and ponds worked at Ace as did another gardener. The beautiful screened in courtyard garden with waterfall was owned by a lady from the Philipines who tried to create her Island mountain garden. Some are just folks who have a dream of a water garden. I have tours from other years. I should post then sometime. tanya |
Bumping this so others can see..... |
Thanks for bumping this up. I hadn't seen it before. We have a small skating pond in our back yard. It's ~5,000 sf - so large for a landscape pond, but small for a skating pond. I struggle quite a bit with landscaping out there. |
Lots of eye candy! I saw what looked like a turquoise painted can planter that reminded me of the pocket planters I used to see here made of painted coffee cans with the bottoms cut out, then rolled up. Loved all the blues and tropical plants. |
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Im doing my seed shopping today online, and this is where im stuck! Has anyone had luck with any kind in particular blooming the first year? Thanks! :) |
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Foxy is supposed to be a digitalis that will bloom first year. Majorette Hollyhock should bloom first year, may live a second or third but is definitely short lived. It's also a smaller hock, maybe about shoulder height. |
- Posted by lois PA Zone 6 (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Tue, Dec 29, 09 at 15:10
In my zone, Foxy will only bloom the first year if you sow it early inside. Lois in PA |
I don't know if my Foxy have ever bloomed the first year, but they reseed nicely. |
- Posted by token28001 zone7b NC (My Page) on Tue, Dec 29, 09 at 17:21
My figleaf hollyhock bloomed the first year. Good thing, too. Rust ate it up and it died before the end of summer. Malva zebrina is a relative and blooms from wintersown seed the first year. |
Foxy bloomed first year for me (winter-sown). I think possibly the Camelot series blooms first year also, as well as plain old d. alba. Sorry I can't remember definitely on the last two, but if you look them up you should find info for them. :) |
- Posted by conniesc 5 (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Tue, Dec 29, 09 at 20:07
lilyfinch , I have some zebrina seeds and indian spring hollyhocks if you want them for sase. Just email if you are interested and I can set them aside for you. |
Hollyhock "Fiesta Time" is a FYF for me here in Z5NH. It's a dwarf one. |
Here is a link that might be useful: T&M Link to it.
- Posted by ghoghunter Zone6b SE PA (My Page) on Wed, Dec 30, 09 at 14:33
Hollyhock "Summer Carnival" blooms first year from seed. I included a link so you can see what it looks like. I grew it once and it did bloom it's first year. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Summer Carnival Hollyhock
- Posted by floodthelast 5 N. OH (My Page) on Wed, Dec 30, 09 at 16:31
I have a pink malva that was labeled hollyhock first year bloomer. I can't remember who I got it from though. It bloomed well first year. I had one other light pink hollyhock that surprised me but it was unlabeled. |
I had some dwarf HH's bloom first year. I got the seeds at Farm and Fleet. Dwarf HH,'Majorette Mix', Livingston Seeds. |
- Posted by kimka z7 (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Thu, Dec 31, 09 at 19:12
Camelot foxgloves have bloomed the first year for me. KimKa |
- Posted by lovesblooms z7 MD (My Page) on Fri, Feb 14, 14 at 11:29
For those of you who wintersowed Foxy Foxgloves and had them bloom the first year, can you remember when they bloomed for you? |
- Posted by ladyrose65 6bNJ (My Page) on Wed, Feb 19, 14 at 21:29
Hollyhock 'Indian Summer' they are singles they bloom first season. I've tried many types of Foxglove, they all bloomed the second season. Here is a picture of one my Indian summer blooms. |
- Posted by lovesblooms z7 MD (My Page) on Thu, Feb 20, 14 at 9:20
It's so sweet and bright! Do you remember when they bloomed for you? |
ladyrose65, That Indian Summer bloom has great color! I tried Livingston Seed's "Hollyhock Perennial Mixture". They did not bloom in the first year. Second year they were great. Third year full of rust, which seemed to have spread from Zebrina. Zebrina reseeds like crazy and doesn't mind poor clay soil. Good thing it's pretty because once you plant it you're stuck with it. :-) |
3 years back I ws'd several of the Camelot foxgloves - white, cream and lavender, I think. The Camelot series is supposed to bloom the first year. One or two of the plants did send up a blooming stalk towards the end of the season, but they weren't very abundant. The plants that bloomed the 2nd year had much bigger stalks and blooms. YMMV, if you start them early enough, have a longer season than we do here, or growing conditions they really like you might get better blooming the first year. |
- Posted by lovesblooms z7 MD (My Page) on Wed, Feb 26, 14 at 22:02
Maybe--I have some foxy seeds winter sowed, so we'll see. I'm encouraged by the other zone 7 commenters here. Just was wondering when I should expect them as I plan a bed. |
- Posted by poisondartfrog 7a (My Page) on Sun, Mar 2, 14 at 5:57
The Dalmation series of Digitalis purpurea blooms in about 14 weeks from seed. Last year I used Dalmation Peach, which was beautiful. This year I'm growing Dalmation white with red spots. Dwarf Hollyhock series Queeny blooms the first year from seed and comes in several separate colors. I've grown the white and yellow; this year I'm using salmon. I should add that I don't wintersow either of these, but the Dalmation Digitalis is marketed as 100% first year flowering and it seems to be true, so you should get late first year blooms regardless. Alana |
- Posted by ladyrose65 6bNJ (My Page) on Mon, Mar 3, 14 at 0:08
Lillyfinch and Lovesbloom, let us know what you chose and show some pictures this summer. Lovesbloom, the HH's bloomed July to October. However, they were dwarf in height, which was good because they did not succumb to rust. This year I'm Wsing Alcea ficifolia. |
- Posted by lovesblooms z7 MD (My Page) on Mon, Mar 3, 14 at 17:38
Thank you all for your help--I plan to get plenty of pics since I'm turning my lawn into a series of flower beds. I plan to plant the taller hollyhocks I have behind some tall plants in hopes that rust won't bother me if it appears. |
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Last week Square Enix announced that Scarygirl (an action-platformer based on the graphic novel of the same name) would be coming to North America via XBLA, PSN and PC online stores.
February shaping up to be a good month, Twisted Metal confirmed for…
Sony has confirmed that PlayStation 3 exclusive Twisted Metal will be launching in the UK on 17 February.
SWTOR 1.1 patch adds new game content
The 1.1 patch for Star Wars: The Old Republic has been added to the public test realm.
Perhaps most significantly, in terms of content, it brings with it a new level 50 Flashpoint entitled 'Kaon Under Siege.
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This week's game releases throughout Europe and North America, with only one retail release set to debut (according to retailers' lineups).
Horror game Amy will launch on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network over the next couple of days (look for our review soon), as will the helicopter-remake Choplifter HD.
London Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning public preview event
EA are holding a special public preview event for their upcoming RPG Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning on 12 January at Gamerbase in London.
FIFA still on top of charts
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just tried it out and seem pretty cool I got 49 points within 20 mins
how many points = a surfboard ??
and btw they are prob selling all your search info to a 3rd party
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably isn't.
wait why would they sell our search info. its billabong not some sketchy get rich quick site
and it does take alot of points to buy anything anyway
they say they don't sell it or anything
i have a solid 248 points
its like 1200 pts for a hat or something. you need to spend a good time searching their engine to get that many so they are getting tons of ad time and will have easily made profit by the time you cost them 30 bucks. i severely doubt its any type of scam or way to get info
just dont spam this forum to get referral points... ND081...


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We met with our builder's recommended salesperson in her showroom to discuss lighting for our new build. She told us two things that confused me. First is that we should put a flush mount in the foyer because there isn't enough height for a chandelier. The ceiling is 9'. Then we said we wanted lighting in the master bath for our aging eyes so we can see to shave or put on makeup. We read that lighting on both sides of the mirror, plus overhead lighting, is best. She said we didn't need side lighting (or sconces) at the mirror's sides because it wouldn't help, and that all we need is a 3 or 4-light bar over the mirror. What do you think of her advice? |
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Was she thinking about the grand chandeliers used in ballrooms? There are others who would recommend using sconces in the bathroom to properly illuminate the mirror. You can check out the robern website for ideas. |
Here is a link that might be useful: robern lighting
I think you should be able to have something hang. My foyer is tiny and I only have 8' ceilings, but I still was able to get what is probably considered a semi-flush - it hangs down about 12". (No one taller than 7' has ever visited us). You should have much more leeway than that. Just make sure the chandelier isn't in the way when the door opens. |
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The chairman of Sarasota's Downtown Improvement District tried but was unsuccessful this week in reviving a merger of the downtown merchants and the Downtown Partnership. The merchants said they're not interested.
After hearing that two downtown merchant groups ended merger talks with the Downtown Partnership last week, Larry Fineberg, chairman of the Downtown Improvement District (DID), was critical of the merchants' decision.
"It sounds like you just gave up," he told Wendy Getchell, president of the Downtown Merchants Association, at the Sept. 15 DID meeting.
Fineberg pressed Getchell for answers as to why the merger dissolved.
The two sides, the Downtown Merchants and Palm Avenue Merchants associations and the partnership, had been at odds over the makeup of the board of the combined organization, which was to be called the Downtown Association.
"We wanted a smaller board with more merchant representation," said Getchell. "The partnership didn't want that."
The merchants were also concerned that the partnership had just lost control of the farmers market. The City Commission gave control to the market's vendors Sept. 8.
Several merchants said they were disappointed that the partnership didn't appear prepared at the commission meeting. The vendors had more than 50 people present representing their side, while the partnership had three, one of whom was Getchell.
About the merger, Getchell said the negotiations between the organizations weren't going anywhere, and if the talks just went back-and-forth, as they had since May, the merchants would not have time to plan events for tourist season. So, the Downtown Merchants Association and the Palm Avenue Merchants Association decided to just merge their organizations.
Fineberg contended it was going to be difficult for the DID to support the combined merchants groups financially, because they didn't include business people.
After Getchell left the Tuesday DID meeting due to a prior commitment, Fineberg pushed the merchants to renew merger talks with the partnership this Friday and to "come prepared to make an agreement."
The Downtown Merchants Association had its regular meeting Wednesday morning, and Getchell said because she wasn't at the DID meeting when Fineberg talked about the renewed merger talks, she wasn't aware that Fineberg expected the two groups to walk out of the Friday meeting with a merger agreement.
"I wasn't aware of the scope of the meeting," she said. "I'm going to tell him I'm not going."
Getchell said even if she wanted to agree to a merger, she couldn't do it without her board's consent, and the business owners at the Wednesday meeting were not in favor of renewing merger discussions.
The merchants also took exception to Fineberg's statement that the DID would not be able to provide the merchants with funding, because "a lot of our constituents are business people, not merchants."
"We are business people, too," Getchell said.
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Destructoid review: Devil May Cry 4You always know where you are with a franchise like Devil May Cry. The formula has remained unchanged since the original PlayStation 2 title, and the game has stubbornly refused to change. Even in this age of forced "innovation," main hero Dante religiously sticks to his guns (and swords), offering the same brand of hardcore action and cheesey quips. Devil May Cry is a simple game, but one that provides extraordinary challenge and a sense of character that drips in self-aware stupidity. With Devil May Cry 4, Capcom has decided to break no walls down in its typical serving of devil-killing gameplay. Outside of minor tweaks and a few fresh ideas, this is DMC through-and-through, and makes no apologies for it. But is that a good thing? A bad thing? A thing that is not either of those things but a thing that is another thing? Did that sentence make sense? Hit the jump to find out (except for that last bit). Devil May Cry 4 (PS3, Xbox 360 [Reviewed]) Devil May Cry 4 has decided to go to the Zelda school of timelines, as the fourth chapter chronologically takes place after the third and first games, but before the second game. Not that it matters, because DMC is not a series that requires you to keep score at home. The basic premise revolves around new character Nero, knight of a holy order that has taken to worshipping Sparda (Dante's demonic father) as a messiah. However, things take a turn for the violent when Dante shows up and executes the cult's leader in front of everybdy, Nero included. You are then thrust into the role of Nero, as he tracks down the Son of Sparda to bring him to justice. Cue the usual slew of vocal effect-laden demons, nonsensical cutscenes and deliciously bad dialog. As with previous titles, DMC4 plants its tongue in its cheek, and provides nothing but silliness from beginning to end. Nero and Dante taunt their foes with graceless one-liners and try so hard be cool that they look anything but. Taken as a parody of action games, DMC4 wins. Some might take issue with how badly written it is, but I'll say that if you go into a Devil May Cry game for top-notch storytelling, you may as well eat cakes and expect the rich taste of beef. Devil May Cry 4 is all about the gameplay, and this is where it shines. In essence, the game remains unchanged since the original, as Nero moves, fights, and even looks like Dante. Armed with a sword called The Red Queen, and his trusty revolver, The Blue Rose, Nero is the spitting image of his would-be enemy, and you essentially do what he does -- perform simple combos that are amazingly intuitive but look fantastic, rack up stylish points by using a varied moveset, and trade in souls for powerups and items. Where Nero does differ from Dante, however, is with The Devil Bringer. With a simple button press, Nero is able to perform brutally effective grabs on foes, and slam them into the ground, spin them around his head, or toss them into the distance. Furthermore, there is a very effective new trick, in which Nero locks onto a foe and throws out an extension of power to ensnare an enemy and draw them in close. The move is crucial for keeping one's combo count going, and is as simple to use as it is delightfully addictive. The Devil Bringer feels like a huge change to combat, and it is, but under the surface this is indeed the same Devil May Cry, and some fans may be turned off by just how little it tries to break the mold. Everything you love or hate about previous games is to be found here and with the good invariably comes the bad. The camera lacks any elegance and remains mostly fixed, leading to confusion with every change of perspective. Those moments where the camera is free-moving are infrequent and often restricted. Sometimes there are precise jumps needed, and the bad camera (mixed with Nero's over-exuberant jumping) make these moments incredibly frustrating. It's a survival horror viewpoint in a pure action game, and it should have been phased out in the original title, let alone the fourth one. Also making an unwelcome return are pointless non-quests and "puzzles," that amount to little more than annoying time wasting. An early mission where you have to move heavy rotating statues around a castle by punching them gets very old very fast, and it's the first of several moments that bore more than exhilarate. On the subject of time wasting, there is also ceaseless backtracking. Many missions require you to go back and forth in the same old areas, and when you get to play as Dante, you'll be playing through most of the levels you'd just played as Nero. It smacks of laziness and for a game that has been in the works since before the current generation even got off the ground, I expect better. One can't help but feel that Capcom did what it could to pad the title out, stuffing it with very little substance just to meet a length quota. This game has had years of development -- it deserves more. Since we mentioned Dante, it is true that at the halfway point of the game, you will get to play as the legendary Son of Sparda himself and to be honest, I wish you didn't. You spend the entire first half thinking about how awesome it'll be to finally get your hands on Dante again, only to find out that without the Devil Bringer, he is nowhere near as effective or fun as the character you just lost. He does have his four fighting styles from Dante's Awakening, but they don't do enough to make up for Nero's awesomeness. Make no mistake, this is no Raiden/Snake situation -- in DMC4, the new character really is superior. That said, Dante eventually gets his hands on all sorts of exclusive weaponry to make up for it. While he has no Devil Bringer, one can't fault the Gilgamesh, a set of gauntlets and boots that are devastatingly powerful, or the Lucifer, which suspends exploding spikes in mid-air and just looks amazing. There are a few letdowns in DMC4, and the game doesn't live up to its potential. Reviewing a game based upon what it isn't as opposed to what it is, however, is unfair, and even with the negatives, Devil May Cry 4 is a solid, addictive, hardcore action game that should satisfy all but the most demanding of hardcore combat fans. It looks sexy as hell, has great music, and packs in some truly laugh-out-loud funny moments -- provided you actually get with the dumb humor of the cutscenes. It's a good game -- not a great one, but very, very good all the same. It'll put up stiff resistance in portions, but the challenge is more forgiving than prior titles, and if you want to ramp things up a notch, you can unlock further difficulty settings. Despite the padding, there's plenty to do, and it should ultimately send the fans home happy. You can't ask much more than that. Score: 7.5 Comments not appearing? Anti-virus apps like Avast or some browser extensions can cause this. Easy fix: Add [*].disqus.com to your software's white list. Tada! Happy comments time again.
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From NFPA Today
Have you noticed the number of people bundled up outside having a smoke on the front steps or porch? A September 2014 article by King, Patel and Babb inMMWR, "Prevalence of Smokefree Home Rules — United States, 1992–1993 and 2010–2011,"confirms that this effort to limit second-hand smoke is part of a real shift.
This recall involves Lenovo's LS-15 AC power cord manufactured from February 2011 to December 2011. The power cords were distributed with IdeaPad brand B-, G-, S-, U-, V- and Z-series laptop computers and Lenovo brand B-, G- and V-series laptop computers. The recalled power cords are black in color and have the "LS-15" molded mark on the AC adapter end. The manufacture date code in the format REV: 00 YYMM is on a label attached to the cord.
Read the full details at CPSC
This recall involves Giggles International Animated Sing-Along Monkey toys. The monkey is made of brown and beige plush material and is about 9 inches tall. The toy is designed to hold a song book titled "5 Little Monkeys" and to sing the song when activated. A red music note is on the bottom of the monkey's right foot and the face of a child with its hands covering its eyes are on the bottom of the money's left foot. Recalled sing-along monkeys were manufactured between 6/7/2014 and 7/5/2014 and have batch code GP1410028. The manufacture date in the M/D/YYYY format and batch code are printed on the bottom of a white fabric label attached near the base of the monkey's tail. The monkey toys came in a tan colored box with words "Animated Sing-Along Monkey," "Sing along with me!" and "I play peek-a-boo with you!" on the front. The age advisory "For ages 3+" and the warning that batteries are included are also on the front of the box.
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In the new issue of NFPA Journal®, President Jim Shannon said the Association will focus on the leading causes of home fires, including cooking. "We also need to continue to push hard for home fire sprinklers. That's still a large priority for NFPA, and we plan to work very aggressively in 2014 on our residential sprinkler initiative," he said.
NFPA 921, Guide for Fire and Explosion Investigations plays a fundamental role in fire and explosion investigations. A new edition of NFPA 921 is scheduled to be published in 2014. For years, this document has played a critical role in the training, education and job performance of fire and explosion investigators. It also serves as one of the primary references used by the National Fire Academy to support its fire/arson-related training and education programs. It is imperative that investigators understand the scope, purpose and application of this document, especially since it will be used to judge the quality and thoroughness of their investigations.
SAN DIEGO - A Team 10 and Scripps News investigation found arson fires are not investigated properly in many American cities -- including San Diego -- due to a chaotic patchwork of reporting systems and standards.
Many deliberately set building fires are not reported to the federal government.
Nationally, just 5 percent of all residential building fires are intentionally set, according to the National Fire Incident Reporting System, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security. Data collected by Scripps News suggests the national arson rate to be significantly higher.
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1 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third [month], in the first [day] of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, | 1 In the eleventh year, in the third month on the first day, the word of the LORD came to me: |
2 Son of man, say unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude: Whom art thou like in thy greatness? | 2 "Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his hordes: " 'Who can be compared with you in majesty? |
3 Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a forest-like shade, and of high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs. | 3 Consider Assyria, once a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches overshadowing the forest; it towered on high, its top above the thick foliage. |
4 The waters nourished it, the deep made it to grow: the rivers thereof ran round about its plantation; and it sent out its channels unto all the trees of the field. | 4 The waters nourished it, deep springs made it grow tall; their streams flowed all around its base and sent their channels to all the trees of the field. |
5 Therefore its stature was exalted above all the trees of the field; and its boughs were multiplied, and its branches became long by reason of many waters, when it shot [them] forth. | 5 So it towered higher than all the trees of the field; its boughs increased and its branches grew long, spreading because of abundant waters. |
6 All the birds of the heavens made their nests in its boughs; and under its branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young; and under its shadow dwelt all great nations. | 6 All the birds of the air nested in its boughs, all the beasts of the field gave birth under its branches; all the great nations lived in its shade. |
7 Thus was it fair in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its root was by many waters. | 7 It was majestic in beauty, with its spreading boughs, for its roots went down to abundant waters. |
8 The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it; the fir-trees were not like its boughs, and the plane-trees were not as its branches; nor was any tree in the garden of God like unto it in its beauty. | 8 The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it, nor could the pine trees equal its boughs, nor could the plane trees compare with its branches-- no tree in the garden of God could match its beauty. |
9 I made it fair by the multitude of its branches, so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied it. | 9 I made it beautiful with abundant branches, the envy of all the trees of Eden in the garden of God. |
10 Therefore thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because thou art exalted in stature, and he hath set his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height; | 10 " 'Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because it towered on high, lifting its top above the thick foliage, and because it was proud of its height, |
11 I will even deliver him into the hand of the mighty one of the nations; he shall surely deal with him; I have driven him out for his wickedness. | 11 I handed it over to the ruler of the nations, for him to deal with according to its wickedness. I cast it aside, |
12 And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the watercourses of the land; and all the peoples of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him. | 12 and the most ruthless of foreign nations cut it down and left it. Its boughs fell on the mountains and in all the valleys; its branches lay broken in all the ravines of the land. All the nations of the earth came out from under its shade and left it. |
13 Upon his ruin all the birds of the heavens shall dwell, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches; | 13 All the birds of the air settled on the fallen tree, and all the beasts of the field were among its branches. |
14 to the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves in their stature, neither set their top among the thick boughs, nor that their mighty ones stand up on their height, [even] all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit. | 14 Therefore no other trees by the waters are ever to tower proudly on high, lifting their tops above the thick foliage. No other trees so well-watered are ever to reach such a height; they are all destined for death, for the earth below, among mortal men, with those who go down to the pit. |
15 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In the day when he went down to Sheol I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the rivers thereof; and the great waters were stayed; and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him. | 15 " 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: On the day it was brought down to the grave I covered the deep springs with mourning for it; I held back its streams, and its abundant waters were restrained. Because of it I clothed Lebanon with gloom, and all the trees of the field withered away. |
16 I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to Sheol with them that descend into the pit; and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, were comforted in the nether parts of the earth. | 16 I made the nations tremble at the sound of its fall when I brought it down to the grave with those who go down to the pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the trees that were well-watered, were consoled in the earth below. |
17 They also went down into Sheol with him unto them that are slain by the sword; yea, they that were his arm, [that] dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the nations. | 17 Those who lived in its shade, its allies among the nations, had also gone down to the grave with it, joining those killed by the sword. |
18 To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with them that are slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord Jehovah. | 18 " 'Which of the trees of Eden can be compared with you in splendor and majesty? Yet you, too, will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the earth below; you will lie among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword. " 'This is Pharaoh and all his hordes, declares the Sovereign LORD.' " |
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Good vs. Evil Quotes in Eclipse
How we cite our quotes:
[Edward to Bella:] "Thou shalt not kill is commonly accepted in major belief systems. And I've killed a lot of people." "Only the bad ones." (20.233)
Does it make you a good person to kill bad people?
[Edward to Victoria:] "You provided us with a common enemy. You allied us." (24.178)
The Cullen vampires and the werewolves united to fight an even greater evil than they consider each other to be. So apparently, the boundaries between good and evil are not set in stone, but shift with situation in Eclipse. So what might be an adequate definition for good and evil in Eclipse?
[Bella to Edward:] "More that, you don't want to hurt me… so much that I don't think that you ever could." (20.159)
Throughout the story, Bella gives Edward a lot of credit for being "good." Do you think he's as in control of his "good side" as Bella thinks?


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From sunset Friday night to sunset on Saturday, participants in the National Day of Unplugging will not use electronics for 24 hours. The idea is spend some time with the people you have apparently been ignoring in your electronic haze.
"We increasingly miss out on the important moments of our lives as we pass the hours with our noses buried in our iPhones and BlackBerry's, chronicling our every move through Facebook and Twitter and shielding ourselves from the outside world with the bubble of 'silence' that our earphones create," the official website for the National Day of Unplugging notes.


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I have a sunny bed that has lots of daffodils. I also have a number of other perennials in the same bed. I really need to mulch it to keep down the weed situation. My question is do I have to mulch around each and every daffodil? If I don't will they have a problem coming up next year? I was planning on using bark mulch.
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Yes, you do because you need to let the foliage ripen, so you can't mulch over them. |
It probably depends on which grade of bark mulch you plan to use and how thickly you intend to apply it. If you're thinking of bark pieces around the size of the top joint of your thumb laid about 2-3" thick then the daffodils will have no trouble coming through next year, in my experience. And fertiliser sprinkled over the surface of the mulch does wash through - depending on your rain supply or watering regime. If the daffs are still in full leaf then mulch around them as if they were perennials and cover over once the foliage has died back. They seem to get through a cambium mix OK but the larger grades of mulch can be somewhat oppressive for young leaves pushing through. |
Vetivert8, I had the same question, thanks for the detailed answer. :) |
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Saturn can repress, frustrate and block the inner chaotic world of Neptune and it can leave them with a feeling of isolation. The combination of these two planets is commonly linked with sacrifice and duty and they suffer from feelings of guilt, inadequacy and depression when they cannot live up to their ideals.
Neptune has a talent for putting it's finger on collective feelings and poets, artists and writers are all challenged to create something. Saturn is a planet that needs to be an authority on things and with Neptune involved the individual may be interested in medicine, charity work, or spiritualist matters. However, there has always been the danger with the hard aspects between these two planets of drug and alcohol addiction. A reliance on alcohol provides a loss of control or escape route from the hard task of responsibility and having to be in control.
Saturn conjunct, square or opposite Saturn can be a fearful, anxious, and full of phobias. Saturn-Neptune is known as the "sickness" aspect and so systematic ailments can occur. A lot tiredness, lack of energy and illness can thwart the individual from achieving what he or she wants. When the person wants to be practical, grounded and realistic they can be lost, undisciplined and unrealistic. The planet of structure meets the planet of disintegration and so this aspect can cause problems on both a physical and psychological level.
Astrologically Saturn represents what the ego can identify with and wherever Saturn is we feel insecure. Neptune will try and erode our natural protection, defences, and armour, making us feel vulnerable to the outer currents which threaten that we have worked so hard to build up. We watch helplessly as it all falls away into nothing at all. It's like buying a house only for it to flood or to find out we have been part of fraud and everything seems to fall from our grip.
Perhaps a part of the individual still holds onto guilt about achieving something substantial. Neptune tends to undermine what Saturn has worked for, and many times the individual has been left feeling dissatisfied and struggles with what goals are realistically achievable and what are just pipe dreams. The person may have had to face hard reality and has given up their cherished dreams.
Saturn-Neptune people may often find their dreams challenged, criticised and harshly received. However, art, music, drama or some other Neptunian pursuit can be made into something real. Long-held dreams are accomplished after much hard work and the individual realizes that it wasn't all just a serious illusion.


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Foreign language store signs in Queens and across the city may soon include English translations, if two new bills being introduced by Councilmen Peter Koo (R-Flushing) and Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) become law.
The first bill, introduced last week, would give the Department of Consumer Affairs the task of implementing the previously unenforced state law that prohibits foreign language signs.
"None of the agencies in the city have been sure who should be enforcing it," Halloran said. "Under current state law, there is no jurisdiction for enforcement." He said that the new law would fix this problem.
The second bill, which the councilmen said they will introduce next week, would allow foreign language signs, but would require them to be at least 60 percent in English, while 40 percent can be in another language. Store owners would be given four years to comply with the new legislation.
The councilmen explained that the issue is a matter of public safety.
"Our bill protects small business owners and their customers," Koo said at a press conference Tuesday in Flushing.
He explained that police and ambulance drivers need to be able to quickly locate an address or building, a feat that can be difficult when signs and addresses aren't in English.
Halloran maintained that the main information that would have to be translated into English under the law would be public safety information, like addresses, phone numbers and store names.
"We want your ethnic signage," Halloran said, "We also want to expand the reach of these small businesses." Having signs in English, he says, would open up the shops to a larger audience.
Complaints of foreign language signs have been raised by area activists like Mary Ann Boroz, who claimed they don't feel welcome in their own neighborhoods.
In an email, Boroz called the measures, "A step in the right direction, but I would like it tightened up." She thinks the four-year grace period is too long.
"I hope the bills will go to public hearings and the city will see the wrath of the people," she added.
There haven't been many complaints over the proposed bills from business owners, and the Flushing Chinese Business Association has been supportive, Halloran reported. But one group, the Union Street Business Association, has expressed its dislike of the proposal.
"They are not dialoguing with a counter-offer," Halloran said of the group.
Ikhwan Rim, head of the Union Street Business Association, didn't return phone calls from the Queens Chronicle.
Liz Rhoades contributed to this article.


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WHAT SHE WORE Camilla Belle hit the opening gala of Florence's Gucci Museum in the label's beaded shift and ankle-strap heels.
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Dedh Ishqiya at Cineworld Feltham
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Begum Para announces a festival of poetry at her mansion. Rumours circulate that she hopes to find a new husband from the participants so Khalujan poses as a master of verse in the hope of catching her eye. Babban arrives at the mansion to drag Khalujan back to his old life of crime but when Babban meets Begum's sexy maid, Muniya, he is smitten. Little does he know that Muniya sneaks out of the mansion to meet up with gangsters as part of a daring kidnap plot.
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Hello again. As you know, I'm always up to something new. For now I'm on a space opera serial, called Davron. Just my usual bit of fun. Good guys, bad guys, and aliens who could be either or. It will probably be in about 5 or 6 parts, about 10,000 words each. Three parts out already and more to come. It is FREE for the series, then I'll probably make a single book out of it, if it has proved popular. We shall see.
I've also been adding some of my short stories and novellas to a site called booktrack.com.
And what is this about, Gary? I hear you ask. Well. Imagine ebooks with sound effects. Background music, ambiance, and sound effects like doors slamming, or cars driving off. It could be the next best thing. Some of my little horrors are proving popular on there, such as Character Stains. Think it's a little bit radical? Go check it out. There are some classics on there, such as Sherlock Holmes, etc. It is all FREE at the moment.
I have also created 10 audiobooks by narrating my ebooks. Some, like the All Mixed Up series, have several stories in one book. 1 to 4 and 5 to 8. If you would like to "Hear" Detective Senior Morris and the team tell the stories you'll find hyperlinks in the ebooks to take you straight there. Other audiobooks are Last Flight For Craggy. The Amazing Abbey Jones, Starlight Army and many others all at distribly.com. They are in MP4B format, ok for apple and others smart phone devices and free samples are available to try out. A free version of Starlight Army is available for a short time. Hope you like them. Gary


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Great green event this weekend, showcasing great homes, one in OP and RF and many others nearby! http://www.greenbuilthometour.org $20 for two people and kids free. Check it out!
Interested in native plants and want to learn more, or share your knowledge? Put this event on your calendar. It's July 21st, 2.30pm at Green Home Experts (on South Blvd just west of OP Ave). http://greencommunityconnections.org/go-native-with-wild-ones/
Wow, where have we all been for a year? A great current source to check out is http://www.greencommunityconnections.org for an awesome group of people and the latest on green events around Oak Park and elsewhere.
Beekeeping Camp for Kids (ages 9-12) in Downers Grove
There are a lot of kids in the area who are interested in beekeeping. This nature camp promises to be fascinating and fun!
Lyman Woods Junior Beekeepers
Smoke out a real adventure! Suit up and join our beekeeper to investigate firsthand the inner workings of a beehive. Learn all about hives and colonies while you build a hive and inspect real frames of bees. Build a solar wax melter and learn how to make beeswax candles, and even harvest honey from the hives! Must be comfortable being close to bees.
July 22-26, 9am-noon (630) 963-1300
Cook-DuPage Beekeeping Association is making available two full scholarships for this camp. Applications are due by June 7.
For anyone interested in native plants and green landscaping: http://www.livehereoakpark.com/events/cheney-mansion-spring-plant-sale May 20th
I thought this might be of interest to any green-minded local business owners:
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Sunday Morning
February 2, 2003
Weekly Column By
Mike Johnston
Collecting Photography Books
The "golden age of book collecting" took place over a period of several decades roughly a century ago. In those days, even the greatest books from the history of moveable type were still available to private buyers; book collecting was a fashionable and high-status activity, and vying for rare treasures was an accepted sport of the ultra-rich — and sometimes a downright obsession. It was in those days that famous multi-millionaires such as J. P. Morgan, Henry Huntington, and Henry Clay Folger put together the exquisite libraries that bear their names. In certain cases, even book dealers became famous celebrities. In the 1920s, when a Shakespeare first folio sold for a record $50,000, it was front-page news in The New York Times. The burgeoning collection of one gung-ho young blueblood book collector, Harry Widener, became the core of Harvard's Widener Library (one of the five or six greatest libraries in the world today) after the eponymous Harry perished aboard the Titanic.
Those days are gone now. Most of the great treasures (and many lesser ones) are locked away in museum collections. There are only two Gutenberg Bibles still in private hands, for instance, and neither may ever again come up for public sale; the Folger Library in Washington, D.C. alone hoards no fewer than eighty Shakespeare first folios, forever denying many private collectors the opportunity of ever owning one. So the super-rich have moved on to other forms of self-glorifying conspicuous consumption. With the greatest books grown so scarce, it's no longer possible to build a first-rate private library with anything less than a Gates-caliber fortune.
Moreover, book collecting has fallen out of fashion. The main reason is that there's just not all that much out there left to collect. Fortunately, however, there are just a couple of exceptions to this general rule. And one major exception, believe it or not, is photography books.
Supply and Demand
Photography books are arguably one of the two best types of books to collect today (the other is first editions of modern fiction). New photo books constitute original artwork in many cases — the first "lasting public record" of significant work. They are often beautiful physical objects, with nice reproductions, paper, printing, and design. Although they often become scarce almost immediately, good books from the recent past are still floating around out there waiting to be discovered by the determined or lucky collector on used-bookstore shelves. And even some of the major treasures of the past are still available to the private buyer, having not yet been priced entirely out of reach. Good taste is rewarded, and knowledge can go a long way in identifying important books.
But the main reason photo books are so collectable is simply that almost all photography books have low printing runs and are seldom reprinted. Here's the approximate progression of a typical photography book's commercial life:
1. Newly released, available in bookstores for full price. Not available everywhere, but readily available if you keep up with your sources.
2. Remaindered or sold on sale. Seems like nobody wants it. Book is common and cheap at this point.
3. Book is out of print; remainders are gone; book starts to get harder to find.
4. Most copies have gone into libraries or private hands; book is scarce, found mostly on the used / rare market; value rises. If it's a good book, the value can rise quite a lot.
When first published, and especially if they're remaindered, photo books can be cheap to acquire. But because they become scarce so quickly, their value is dynamic over relatively short periods of time. This really enlivens the hobby of collecting them.
The "problem" for the producers of these books is that the demand is low but steady. So the demand isn't great enough to soak up a big printing all at once, yet the demand never really goes down, so as the printing run slowly gets consumed, the relative demand for the increasingly scarce remaining copies tends to keep going up.
Of course it has a lot to do with the quality and intrinsic worth of the book in the first place.
Paul Outerbridge's 1940 instructional book Photographing in Color is desirable because it contains tipped-in reproductions of some of his own color pictures. Incidentally, one reason why Outerbridge's carefully-crafted original carbro prints are so rare is that, after his death, his thoroughly middlebrow wife destroyed many of his nudes and fetish pictures because she was afraid they would "damage his reputation"! With friends like that....
Let's look at a few concrete examples. William Eggleston and John Szarkowski's famous William Eggleston's Guide was published in 1976. By the late '70s, one of my dealers remembers seeing stacks of them at bookstores in NYC remaindered for $5 each. By the time I bought mine, in about 1983 or '84, I paid $30 for a used copy. Now it's about a $250-$300 book — and that's assuming you can find one at all.
William Eggleston's Guide was just reprinted. Okay, now you could be excused for thinking that the reprint is undesirable and that the first edition is preferable. While that is true to a certain extent, the reprint will also become valuable in the future, for the very same reason the original is valuable. It will go through the same four steps I detailed above.
A recent reprint I missed (to my everlasting chagrin) was the 1997 Twin Palms reprint of Danny Lyon's famous book The Bikeriders, pictures he took when he was a member of a motorcycle gang. (Significantly, part of the reason for this book's rarity is because it is not only considered collectible by photography buffs — motorcycling aficionados also want it!) Jack Woody's Twin Palms Press is a premier book producer, known for superlative reproductions. Although I saw the Lyon book on the shelves at Borders in '97 and knew I should buy it, I must have been short on pocket cash at the time — I passed it up. Bad decision! Now it's out of print, all the copies have vanished, and it's already a $150 book on the used-book market. And all in six measly years!
So reprints can be good buys too. I couldn't afford an original edition of Robert Frank's The Americans when I started getting interested in photography in 1980, but eventually I bought a very clean copy of the 1986 Pantheon reprint. My version of this landmark book sold new for $35; I bought it remaindered for half price. It's now valued on the used market at above its original selling price. That's a modest increase, to be sure, but it's been a nice version of the book to own and enjoy.
Other reprints have proven more valuable. The 1978 Aperture reprint of The Americans can go for up to $300 (there's a rare signed copy for sale right now at Time and Again Books in NYC for $3,000. Same book, but the signature is worth $2,700. The reclusive Frank was never big on book signings). Even the 1994 Scalo reprint is a $50-$60 book now — and it's a paperback!
Here's a typical catalog entry for the real first edition of the book (unsigned). Note the price. Note also that it's not only not a perfect copy, it's actually been repaired.
FRANK, Robert
Robert Frank: Les Américains (The Americans) Paris: Delpire. 1958. True first edition (French). Illustrated laminated paper-covered boards (illustrated by Saul Steinberg), no dust jacket as issued. Photographs by Robert Frank. Text (in French) by Alain Bosquet. Edited by Robert Delpire. 174 pp. with 85 b/w plates. 7 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches. Very Good+ to Near Fine (bump to boards at lower right hand corner, some wear to crown and base of spine, slight shelf wear to covers, all pages Fine). Binding professionally repaired (scans of the covers, and a copy of the conservation report and invoice, available upon request). Also includes a copy of the sole owner's original Wittenborn and Company receipt from 1964 (small Wittenborn sticker affixed to rear paste-down endpaper). ISBN 2851070088. Bookseller Inventory #B0012 Price: US$ 2750.00 Bookseller: Vincent Borrelli, Bookseller, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
This seems out of reach, and maybe it is — now. But remember that the book was widely panned on its release (it was printed in France because no American publisher wanted it) and copies went begging for a number of years after it appeared. The collectors who recognized the book's importance at the time got themselves a rare book indeed, as well as one that has turned out to be, among other things, a good investment.
One minor problem with collecting photography books is, to paraphrase Quint in Peter Benchley's Jaws, "We're gonna need a bigger bookshelf." My largest book is eighteen inches wide.
Knowledge and Taste
Now, not every photo book is a first edition Frank. But another facet of the hobby is that, if you know that the Delpire edition of the book is worth three grand or more, you're prepared if you ever run into it when you're book-hunting. You probably won't get lucky and find that particular book, unless (maybe) you live in France. But believe me, books this valuable and more so are found every day by book-hunters who pay pennies on the dollar for them. The key is simply to know what you're looking at when you come across things. I regularly make "finds," for instance, getting books for a few dollars that are much more valuable than that. How? It's simple; knowledge. If I don't know a book's significance, I can sometime guess (after a while, you just start to get a sort of sixth sense about things). Virtually every used and rare book dealer has a story of his or her best "find," an occasion when they bought a book for $2 or $20 that was worth thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. If you doubt me, go to your local used / rare bookstore owner and ask!
This knowledge — knowing what you're looking at when you see something — begins to accrue when you buy your first good book. And as Pulitzer-prizewinning author and book dealer Larry McMurtry says in one of his essays, there is no natural endpoint for your acquisition of knowledge other than the obvious one. You can keep learning more all your life.
I bought a copy of the Calloway Alfred Steiglitz for $30 remaindered. It was printed by the National Gallery of Art after Georgia O'Keefe choose the National Gallery as the repository for her Steiglitz collection. As you probably know, Miss O'Keefe was Steiglitz's lover and the subject of many of his pictures. I plucked it off a stack of remainder copies sitting on a bookshop floor that came up to my knee. It's now a $400 book. It was also recently reprinted — and the reprint is remaindered right now. If you want it, get it while you can.
Some books are instantly recognizable. I found my copy of Cartier-Bresson's The Decisive Moment in my grandmother's library after she died. She collected books on France, mostly on cooking, travel, and royalty, but somebody had given this to her as a gift and the photos were probably not to her liking. She didn't even display it with her good books out on the shelves — and it was hidden away in a cabinet with a bunch of discards, old papers, duplicate copies, and other junk. It was in nearly perfect condition — it had essentially never been looked at. It's maybe a $2,000 book in this condition. Granted, this doesn't exactly count as a "find," because I found it in a relative's house and simply asked my grandmother's direct heir (a.k.a. "Mom") if I could have it. But it's a major book that has never been reprinted (if it ever is reprinted, snap one up). I'm naturally pleased to have it. It's the best book I own.
Here's the bottom line. If you know what's important and can tell a well-made book from a bad one, and know which books reproduce the artist's work well (this requires going to museum shows and seeing what the original prints really look like — for instance, virtually none of the many books of August Sander's work really reproduce the look of his original prints), and you collect the kind of photography books you personally know most about and enjoy, chances are very good that in a relatively short time you will amass a rich, varied, and virtually irreplaceable collection.
Where to Start?
In the coming months, I'm going to be attaching little "thumbnail reviews" of photography books to my weekly "Sunday Morning Photographer" columns. These won't be in-depth reviews. They'll be more like stock- or track-tips — recommendations of books that are interesting to photographers or that I think might be good bets for collectors. I'll have a rating system, and I'll say a few words about why the featured book might be worth looking at (or looking for). Even if you don't want to buy them, they might be worth checking out when you're at your bookstore or local library. For those who find the idea of putting together a collection appealing, maybe these little thumbnail reports will be useful, too.
You should never buy anything because someone tells you to, however. One of the main reasons to collect anything is to express yourself, to express your own personal interests and your vision for your own collection. Collectors collect things because the objects of their desire delight them. As with anything else, the main principle of collecting photo books is simply to make sure you never buy a book you don't truly like. If you enjoy owning what you buy, then no purchase can ever really be a bad one.
That said, what's a good place to start? Well, from my point of view, I think the current reprint of the Szarkowski book I mentioned above is an excellent one to buy right now (it's a book I happen to love, so maybe I'm prejudiced). Another new book I think is beautiful and will be valuable in the future is Helen Levitt's Crosstown. Miss Levitt is still living, but she is aged, and this may be the last major retrospective printed in her lifetime. Crosstown is an outstanding collection of her life's work; the reproductions are well done and sensitively chosen. The book is beautifully designed, printed, and made. It has an unusual light gray cloth binding with crisp dark gray stampings — no dust jacket — and it's limited to an edition of 6000 copies. The first printing is still available from Amazon.com for less than $60. I can virtually guarantee that this is a book that ten years from now, and twenty years from now, and thirty years from now, will be worth many times its original price.
Photography books can be beautiful objects. Helen Levitt's gorgeous Crosstown has a light gray cloth binding with dark gray stampings, and no dust jacket.
Even if you just buy new books, you can build a valuable collection in a relatively short amount of time if you choose wisely — photography books don't take a hundred years to become rare and valuable. Some can become so in as little as five or ten years; in twenty or thirty years, most good photography monographs will have satisfied the definition of a collectable book: "worth more used than it sold for new." Obviously, if you add remainders and used books to your shopping list, the opportunities for building a nice collection for relatively little money expand even more.
Finally, if you buy books you genuinely like (I wouldn't counsel doing anything but!), it doesn't matter if they increase in value or not. I have more than a few books (Alice Springs' book of portraits, The exhibition catalog American Photographs from the National Gallery of American Art, Eric Newby's What the Traveler Saw) that I love even though they're not well-known or valuable. Why? I like the pictures, of course!
I highly recommend starting a photo book collection if the idea appeals to you. It can deepen your knowledge of, and your enjoyment of, photography; it can express your personal taste; and it can be fun. Even if you buy no more than a dozen well-chosen books a year, in a decade or two you will have gathered a respectable, and probably valuable, collection. As far as starting a library goes, none of us are going to be Henry Clay Folger. The golden age of book collecting is long gone. But even a handful of carefully chosen photo books can become the nucleus of a very enjoyable and enriching personal collection.
—Mike Johnston
Reference for paragraph 1: Basbanes, Nicholas, Among the Gently Mad: Strategies and Perspectives for the Book-Hunter in the Twenty-First Century. Henry Holt and Company, 2002, ISBN 0-8050-5159-7.
Mike Johnston writes and publishes an independent quarterly ink-on-paper magazine called The 37th Frame for people who are really "into" photography. His book, The Empirical Photographer, is scheduled to be published in 2003.
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