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Getting more nuanced with compositing
In this week's edits I look at some trickier blends while compositing with the watermark module. I use a 15 second and a 1/4 second exposure of the supermoon rising and create an HDR image with parametric blending. I discuss some considerations involved in this composite in an attempt to show more nuance associated with the process.
The Edit My RAW this week is a shot from Thailand that was previously processed with beautiful results. I attempt to compliment the photographer's work with a few of my own touches.
The RAW files used in this video are available here
Supermoon (15 second)
Supermoon (1/4 second)
Thank you for the contribution Norman 🙂
Here is my latest version of my compositing script:
#!/bin/zsh ls -t .config/darktable/watermarks/tmp* |grep -v svg |head -n1 |read file inkscape -f "$file" -l '.config/darktable/watermarks/tmp.svg' ls -l '.config/darktable/watermarks/tmp.svg' |cut -d' ' -f5 |read size_n ls -lh '.config/darktable/watermarks/tmp.svg' |cut -d' ' -f5 |read size_h [ $size_n -gt 8000000 ] && echo "File too large. Size $size_h, but needs to be smaller than 8M." || echo "File size okay $size_h"
I set it up with a hotkey sequence and use it often now.
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Aloha everybody, and welcome to Weekly Edit.
This was the week of the Super Moon.
We were concerned we weren't going to be able to see it both nights because we had lots of clouds and rain, but right at the last minute, it cleared up.
This time-lapse is from the first night.
It was beautiful seeing the moon come up behind the clouds.
We didn't think we'd get as lucky the second night, but we got the same show with the moon rising from behind the clouds just over the horizon, over the ocean.
Here are our Super Moon shots.
We've got two of them.
The first one is 15 seconds to catch as much detail as I can in these dark areas.
I don't know how much we'll be able to pull out of the ocean.
The second one is a quarter of a second to try and keep the moon from blowing out.
Let's zoom in a little bit.
See this fringing we've got? This will be a challenge.
This is the light bending around the edge of the clouds.
I want to pull out more detail in here.
Let's see what we can do.
Maybe if I bring this down a little.
Does that help? Yes, a little.
Boy, there isn't much there.
Can I get something with the Highpass? Maybe.
If I use a Parametric Mask based on the L Channel and Soft Blend Mode, sometimes I can pick up some highlight details that I can't get otherwise.
Oh, yeah; that helped a little.
Okay, that's our moon part.
I'll crop this.
Because we just want the moon; we don't need all that other stuff.
I'll save this.
Now, I want to combine this with this one, so I'll save it as an image file, then convert it to a vector-based format, SVG, in the Darktable Watermarks directory.
Then I'll import it into this one under the Watermark Module so I can paste it over the existing moon.
When I'm saving an image that I'll be importing into another image like this one, I save this image as large as I can, so that when it's converted to a vector-based format, SVG, it stays under 8mb.
I set up a pre-set for Watermark.
This makes it easy for me.
I just call it tmp because it's my temporary watermark file.
I store it here: .config/darktable/watermarks Now, I can use a variety of extensions.
I can use JPG; I can use PNG...
This one has been cropped so heavily, I'll save it as a PNG at 16-bit.
I like to over-write my old files so that I don't have the time of these temp files in there, and I'll hit Export.
I've been working on my script.
Here it is.
I added a couple of things.
One: I put in an 'ls' with a time order to it so that when it looks for tmp files, it just picks the most recent one.
So, if I store it as a JPG or a PNG, it doesn't matter; it will just find the most recent one and use that name.
This script just calls Inkscape.
The '-f' is the name of the file.
That name comes from up here.
I'll post this script on my show notes.
The '-l' says: what should we save it as? So, all I'm doing is using Inkscape to convert either a PNG or a JPG to an SVG.
Here I have it save it to that folder I was telling you about: .config/darktable/watermarks/ and I call it tmp.svg so it just over-writes it each time.
If I want to save a file so I can do non-destructive editing and use it again, I'll have to save this file with the original RAW image files or TIF that I'm working on, and the additional sidecar XMP files.
Then, when I'm working on it, put it back in the watermark directory or put a copy there.
Anyway, you'd have to save more than one file if you're doing compositing.
Next, I check the size of that SVG file.
If it's over 8 mb, I just tell myself 'file too large' and needs to be smaller.
Then I can make an adjustment.
And, if it's okay, it says 'file size okay' So, I already saved it.
It tells me that even as a PNG, the SVG it formed was only 426K, so that is fine; that's well under 8mb.
I can just open it here now.
First, let's do some corrections.
We'll do Demosaic-ing and Chromatic Aberrations and Denoising, and all that stuff.
So, this is what PPG looks like, and here's Amaze, and VNG.
Speaking of Demosaic-ing, Alex wrote in and suggested doing Demosaic-ing before Denoising.
He is right.
I'll try to remember to Demosaic before I Denoise in future.
So, the VNG seems to help with the fringing a little.
Not too much, but it's better than the Amaze.
How about a little Color Smoothing? Does that help? That doesn't hurt either.
Okay, I'll go with the VNG.
It's a little soft, but I want to get rid of this fringing, so: wonderful.
I'll correct for Chromatic Aberrations, but I'll do that after Denoising because, if I zoom in and I have Chromatic Aberrations on, I'll get the wrong information about what fringing is actually there.
First: Denoising.
I'll just use the Equalizer on this.
It's all nice, fine grain.
800 ISO is not that high of gain, so it came out nice.
I'll work on the Chroma color first.
This bottom row denoises; this top row enhances contrast locally.
I'll bring up these two.
Okay, that color noise is gone.
Then I'll try to bring these sliders over to the right as far as I can before I introduce noise.
Oh, I can see a little color noise there.
And this one -- right about there.
Because I want to be as efficient as possible, I'll do the same thing with the L Channel.
I'll bring this one up.
That got rid of a lot of it.
There's still this larger-scale noise, though, so I'll bring this one up.
That will probably get rid of it.
It does, but it gets rid of it more than we need.
So, I'll bring this over.
And this one.
I'll try to get as efficient an area under this curve as I can to get rid of that noise.
I'll do a crop so I can see what I'm looking at, but I'm going to rotate this.
I don't want to do that until I rotate it after it's been composited, so I'll just give it a quickie crop here and leave some extra so I can rotate it later.
It makes it easier to work if I crop it, especially when I'm working with compositing.
If I import my image, I can scale that image, and I have more control over scaling it if I crop my original first.
I'll show you because this can be confusing.
So, there's that tmp.svg file that was created by the script I wrote.
And there's the moon.
We'll make the Opacity small so we can see both things at the same time.
This moon turned out really large because we used a cropped image.
I can control its size with Scale here, but we want a size around 20%, according to this.
So, if I didn't crop this and it was full size, then when I import this SVG, I have to bring it down to 12% in order to overlay it.
Now, that's fine; I don't have lower quality, but I don't think I can put in 11.5 here, see? So, I can only do 12 or 11.
See how much it changes? That's quite a bit.
So, if I want to have more fine-tuned control over the size, I'll crop my back image prior to compositing.
But, like I say, it's tilted, so I can't do a full crop.
I've got to leave enough extra so that when I de-rotate later, I have enough edges to lose some.
My goal is for this crop to be something like this, approximately, maybe a little taller.
About like that.
So, I'll give it just a little space on all sides and crop it there.
Let's see if we can gain a little with our Shadows and Highlights Module.
Turn that on.
Okay, that gave us halos around the sides, which we can get rid of with the Bilateral Filter.
Oh, that made a difference.
See that? Look at this edge, when I change it from Bilateral to Gaussian.
That's Gaussian, and there's a halo around the edge.
Now I'll change it to Bilateral.
Bingo! It's gone.
So, these default settings have gotten us this far.
Oh, good; we can see a lot more detail in these clouds and the tree looks good.
I won't get any detail out of this tree, and I don't even want to try.
For one, it was incredibly dark, and secondly, it was moving, so everything is blurred.
Now we'll composite that first image with this one using the Watermark Module.
This is the file I want: tmp.svg This is the one I created with that script, and you can see that makes it large.
We're going to want to make it smaller.
In order to place it properly, I'll just change the Opacity so we can see what's behind it.
There we go.
Move it over and down.
Make it smaller.
I'll use the Parametric Mask to get it placed right.
I want to get rid of the dark parts in the sky.
Let's see what that looks like.
There's the moon over this part that is blown out.
Now I want the moon to go out a little farther, so maybe I can feather this a little.
Now I'm getting these darker parts here, so maybe I can use this Output Control to eliminate output that's dark, like that.
Okay, and I can feather both this Output Control and this Input Control to get the moon so it fills just where I want it.
I'll move it to the right a little.
Oh, it doesn't go all the way.
I'll make it a little larger.
And, down here, it looks like the moon is coming over the top of the clouds.
I'll change the Input to eliminate that to some extent.
Oh, that will be tough to do, won't it? Oh, that's not SO bad.
There we go.
A little Mask Blur.
Let's see: a little over a pixel; I've got 1.4 pixels here.
I'll lower the Opacity just a tiny bit.
I just took it down to 96.
Now, the background is a little bright.
I'll use the Tone Curve to adjust the background.
Let's see what we've got.
We're like, right around there.
Let's bring that down to see if we can get a better match.
I don't want to bring down the darkness from this Tone Curve everywhere; I want to do it close to the moon, so I'll use a Drawn Mask.
That brightened everything right back up again.
How do the edges look? I don't like this dark part here.
Let's see if I can tweak these values a little more.
There we go.
That helped a little.
And so does that.
There we go.
We've got most of it gone.
Oh, I love that; that really turned out sweet.
I'll save this, but before I do, I'll do Chromatic Aberration Control and Hot Pixels.
Since it was a 15 second exposure, it will have hot pixels.
It says 65; I bet there's a few more than that.
I'll turn my Threshold down.
No, it's not going up very much; just some.
Okay, we already denoised with the Equalizer, so: Chromatic Aberrations, and let's save it.
Here we are.
First: de-rotate it.
I like the water down here, and I like to see the bottom part of the palm tree, so I'll leave as much of the bottom as possible.
I'd like for the moon to look large, so I'll do an aggressive crop.
And I want to still be able to tell that it's a palm tree, so let's try this.
I want to bring out some brightness in the water so I can discern it from the palm tree.
Let's just look at what tone this is and bring that up.
That seems to work pretty well.
I don't want it up here.
Maybe I can use a drawn mask? Reverse the direction.
Give it a little bit of a feather.
Make this just a little larger.
There we go.
Now I can tell the difference between the tree and the water.
I'd like a little deeper color here.
I can do that with a Multiply method.
First, I'll apply it with an L Channel.
I'll bring my Opacity all the way down to start because it comes on a little strong.
I'll give it a little bit of an S curve and bring up the Opacity slowly.
This is giving me a lot richer colors.
So I'm around 15%.
That's before, and that's after; that looks great.
It's a little coppery or green here.
Oh, look: I've got a line from that file.
One of the nice things when you're working between versions is that you don't have to lose your XMP file.
You can just make a change to one.
I'll come in here, and see: I've got this little line on my watermark.
I'll add a Drawn Mask to it so it's both a Drawn and a Parametric Mask.
There we go.
I'll save that and make sure that I over-write.
Remove this one, because it will use the cached version for the thumbnail.
When I re-open the directory, it will keep the old XMP file that we were working on, see? But now our square is gone from around the edges.
So, that makes it possible to bounce back and forth between versions.
I wonder what that dot is from.
Oh, those are stars! Right: because it was night.
What else? It looks a little green here, and I want it to look more copper.
Let's see: Color Zones.
We'll take some samples.
We're over here: right there with that black line.
And if I go up here, ah: we're over here.
I'll take this slider and move it right where the offending colors are, then bracket it with two other control points.
Using the mouse wheel, make the circle smaller so I have finer control.
Then, I want to go from this line over to here, so I'll go down a little.
There we go.
It was a little green or blue, and now it's the same color as the rest of it.
Okay, what else do we need? Let's get these clouds to pop a little bit from the sky.
I can do that with an Overlay method on a Lowpass Filter.
I'll turn my Saturation down to zero, then set my Radius so that the clouds and not the details show up.
Okay, I can see my individual clouds here.
That was at 16 pixels.
I'll change my Blend Mode to Overlay.
I'll probably have to take my Contrast down a little bit, but first I'll just take my Opacity down and see what I want to do.
That's not so bad.
So, around 24%.
It gives me a little separation on these clouds.
Let's see if I can do it a little more.
Okay, I'm up to 31%.
I want to bring out some of these highlight details.
My favorite method for doing that is with the Highpass Filter.
Try and find a ratio of my Sharpness and Contrast to bring out the details I want.
I'm looking for some of these details in these clouds.
Look at all of these stars: that's crazy 🙂 Alright; just like that.
I'll apply this with the L Channel, Parametric Mask and Softlight Blend Mode.
That's without it and that's with it.
It's giving me a little detail in here, but I'm getting this dark ring around the moon, so I'll exclude the moon from this.
Combine it with a Drawn Mask and draw a circle around the moon, and reverse the Polarity so it happens everywhere but there.
Alright, what have we got? Like that, and like that.
I think that's it.
It looks good to me.
While we're dealing with Super Moons...
I had this shot I did.
It's a panorama.
I shot the bottom third first when the wave was coming in, then panned up to catch these clouds, and panned up one more time to catch the moon.
But, it's such a wide angle that the moon looks tiny.
I'll crop this and get myself a version of this moon, then put it back in the same picture, but place it in a different location and make it a different size.
I'll save this to the directory that we've been saving them to.
Since it's being cropped, I'll change it to a PNG.
And I've got my Watermark Script.
It says my file is only 300K, so I don't have any problem with that.
Un-crop it.
Go to my Watermark Module.
Look for tmp.svg And there's our moon.
Let's put the moon behind this cloud and make it nice and big.
Why not? This is fun stuff, right? We'll move it up.
And over.
And use a Parametric Mask.
Not have it post in the darker clouds, but have it post in the lighter sky.
Let's see.
The lighter sky is around 190, so I'll put one mark there.
And I'll bring this one up.
There we go.
Now we can move the moon wherever we want.
There's a lot of extraneous stuff that came with it.
So, I can take a Drawn Mask and add it to the equation.
I've got a little color mis-match here.
I could do a tighter circle.
I need to work on my Parametric Mask numbers here a little bit too, so the clouds cover the moon better.
There we go.
There we are.
And we'll get rid of the old moon.
That looks good.
I've got a couple of things I want to show you on the Interwebs.
One of them is Alex here had asked on pixls.us about saving for Facebook.
He did some research and tried a bunch of different methods.
He says the hot ticket is to go 2048 px for your longest length, regardless of if it's portrait or landscape.
You just make 2048 px your longest length and save it as a PNG.
Yay! Now we all know.
Thank you.
Also, I want to show you Daniel Kordon's site.
This guy is amazing.
He's got this style that's kind of like a soft focus or low contrast in areas.
It gives a dreamlike appearance.
If everything is sharp, then nothing appears sharp.
It's these contrasts.
He gets contrasts between areas that have some aspects, like a lot of contrast and a lot of sharpness, and other areas that have lower amounts.
It makes it really pop.
I love his choice of colors too.
Yes: Daniel Kordon.
Come here and look around.
The guy is great.
This week's Edit my RAW is from Norman.
He sent us a beautiful picture from Thailand that he took -- and processed.
Look at this! You did a great job, Norman; this is beautiful.
I showed my wife and she was impressed with how gorgeous it is.
So, I don't want to re-do it; I mean, look at these colors! This is fantastic.
I love what you did with the shading here on the sand and the relief that you get from the rock.
There are a couple things that might make it even better.
The blown-out sun here: it's hard to get a visual sense of where the sun is because it's all blown out.
We can use the Color Reconstruction Module to fill in the color.
See, like that? We can use the Threshold Adjustment and the Spatial Extent to try and get the best effect we can.
I'll apply this with a circular Drawn Mask to try and draw your eye to where the sun should be.
If I follow this line, I'm assuming the sun should be right here.
So, if I make a circle there and have this feathered edge like this...
Here, I'll turn on my Mask Indicator.
See where that circle is? I'll reverse it so now all of the picture gets the effect, but just not this one area.
I'll make it a little smaller and feather this a little more.
There we go.
So, now the Color Reconstruction happens over here and over here, but not right in the middle.
That helps draw your eye up here, to see where this is.
I love your saturated colors; those are gorgeous.
We can get a little bit more saturation by doing a Subtract.
One of the nice things about a Subtract is that it gives you some really nice solids too.
There are a couple ways we can do a Subtract.
One of them is to just take a straight Tone Curve and do a Subtract.
I like to use a Parametric Mask because I want to protect my shadows some, and the Subtract won't.
Multiply will protect your shadows, but the Multiply doesn't give quite the depth of colors that a Subtract does.
I'll take my Opacity and turn it all the way down, because when I turn this on, it's way overboard.
You can only apply like 4-5% of it.
Okay, so I'm changing my Blend Mode to Subtract, and I'll slowly bring up my Opacity.
Now, don't forget: I've used an L-mask here.
That's important.
Without that, our shadows get black real fast.
And I'll slowly bring up the Opacity.
You can see that the saturation really kicks in to gear.
Like that, and like that.
See what a nice effect that has on these rocks too? And these deep, deep colors.
So, this is what the Subtract looks like with the Tone Curve.
But, I wanted to also try it with something that protects our dynamic range a little more.
So I'll take a Snapshot and then look at the same idea, but with the Global Tone Map Module.
If I turn on the Global Tone Mapping, you can see that it pushes my information toward the middle.
So, now we've got all these beautiful mid-tones.
Once again, a Parametric Mask based on the L Channel.
Then I'll change my Blend Mode to Subtract, take my Opacity all the way down, and slowly bring it up.
Get my nice deep colors.
See those nice deep colors you're getting? And these nice darks, too? Let's compare it with what we got off the Tone Curve.
It looks pretty similar in a lot of it.
But, off the Tone Curve, we've got these really solid blacks, and the sand is a little bright relative to that.
With the Tone Mapping, our solids didn't get any more solid.
We've got the same amount of solids.
But our mid-tones are a little richer.
You get a little more discrimination up here too, in these clouds.
And I don't see any difference here in these clouds.
It looks like the tones are a little richer in the water too, with the Global Tone Mapping.
Yeah, this looks a little washed-out.
And this is nice and rich, too.
So, I think I get a little better effect using the Global Tone Map with the Subtract, and it gives me beautiful colors too.
There's only one other thing I was looking at.
I want to see more detail in these clouds.
When I like to get more highlight detail, I usually use a Highpass Filter.
I'll take my Sharpness and my Contrast and play with them to try and get those nice details in the clouds.
Let's see.
Like that; that looks good.
Oh, yeah; look at all of those details: nice.
I'll take a Parametric Mask based on the L Channel and apply this with the Softlight Blend Mode.
It had an effect on the water too.
I'll take a Snapshot here.
So, the idea of this module would be to give me more detail in my highlights.
On the water, we had low contrast.
Now we're getting some nice pop.
Getting some nice pop here along the shore with these rocks too.
And we're really getting more detail in these clouds.
But since we based that on the L Channel, we didn't lose any shadows; they didn't get too dark.
Those are pretty subtle changes.
I just brought out the clouds a little more, deepened the colors a little, and drew your eye to the middle of the sun.
Other than that, I don't have anything to say.
Thailand, eh? Okay; I want to go to Thailand now.
(laughter) Thank you so much, Norman, for your contribution.
I hope you enjoyed this week's edit.
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2 thoughts on "Supermoon"
I am struggling with implementing the scripts under linux. E.g. I copied the watermark script in my home folder as a watermark.sh file. Executing it with ./watermark.sh gives me a "command not found". Any ideas what I am doing wrong?
Thanks a lot!
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After a death in the family, a little girl worries that she's not a proper person because she's not feeling sad the "correct" way. In fact, she's having trouble feeling much of anything… maybe it's because she's not a little girl after all, but a robot?
This story is a story about grief, and how it might feel lonely, and scary and frustrating, before it feels sad.
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- Categoría Cómic y novela gráfica
Cuadrado pequeño, 18×18 cm
114 Páginas
- Fecha de publicación ago. 30, 2015
- Idioma English
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What inspires me to draw are those brisk days when the wind nips at your cheeks and whispers in your ear. Those niggling feelings that there- just out of sight- is something that rustles the leaves and shifts the grass as it hides from modern eyes. The vast endlessness of a horizon line. The potential of the fantastical. The reminiscence of a history. The optimism of a story. The pessimism of a story. The appreciation of a story. The ability to tell a story.
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On the morning of Day 4, I found myself dreaming about what had happened with Meghan the day before. And because it was a dream, it was twice as pleasurable, for only a fraction of the guilt. Of course, this was going to change the moment I woke up, but at that time, I didn't know that.
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"There," she said. "You're awake. Finally. I'm hungry. Get ready, everybody else is waiting for us."
Huh? Really?
"Frank and Antony have already gone to reserve a table. Jennifer and Jason are standing in front of our front door. And Brooke & Meghan are making out in the back, in our hammock." Mandy pointed to our patio doors in the back. And sure enough, there they were, both of them, sitting in a weird leg-locked position, their crotches grinding, kissing & fondling each other.
"Heh. They sure don't look like they're in a rush, these two..."
"Yeah," Mandy commented. They've been like this for the last half-hour. I think they each came four-five times. I lost count a bit while giving you that morning hummer..."
"Which was much appreciated!"
I got dressed quickly, and as I came down from my wake-up orgasm, I also relived in my mind what had happened with Meghan the night before. I had to TELL Mandy, but how could I bring that up now? I really should've told her the night before, but coming back from dinner, she'd been so primed for sex, for some reason, that she jumped me the moment we came back to our room. We didn't have much energy to talk after that and passed out for the night.
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She looked down at herself and, slowly, nodded. "You're right." She grabbed a kind of diaphanous skirt and wrapped it around her hips. "Better?"
Frankly, it wasn't. While it hid her crotch a little bit, it just made me want to rip it off and bang her right there. I was sure any guy in his right mind would want to do the same. Maybe even Antony or Frank...
But I had to commend her for the effort, and mumble something about it being "better."
My feelings of guilt were rapidly fading behind the rising flood of sex thoughts that were filling my mind. Somewhere, way in the back, a little voice was trying to scream at me to wake up and realize what was happening, but I wasn't seeing it. I can tell NOW that there was faerie magic at work, but at the time, away from Minx or Attitude, there was little to remind me that the influence of faeries can be far-reaching.
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I guarantee it was a GOOD thing we had no plans that day except to veg out at the resort.
Much later in the morning, Mandy & I came out of our room and found ourselves two recliner chairs on the beach. It was a small miracle that no one had reserved them. It turned out to be a double-miracle when Mandy leaned near my ear and whispered "Boobs" in it, her head tilting toward a couple next to us. True story, I swear! The woman in the couple was just lying there, soaking in the sun, sporting an impressive (and quite fake) pair of breasts. Most people were just looking at her with discreet glances. Mandy & I weren't so subtle. "That's quite a rack she has," I murmured. Mandy agreed, adding "Perky nipples, too."
I looked at her. "Well, YOU'RE perky." She looked at my crotch. "So are you."
It wasn't long before the woman turned her back to us. She'd probably heard us and got slightly embarrassed. Heh. If she'd only known what I was thinking about, and how I'd mix-n-match her boobs and my own gear, she'd probably have run screaming.
Mandy and I turned out attention to a game of beach volleyball that was happening right next to us. It wasn't a GREAT game, but it was made more entertaining by a precious, bosomy brunette that had just joined in to play. She was really useless, but it was great fun to watch her prancing about, waiting for someone to pass the ball to her (which never happened if her teammates could avoid it). There was another girl on the other side who was much, much better. She wasn't as hot, but she was clearly more athletic and I kind of liked her better. I would totally do her. I could tell Mandy liked her, too.
I was getting thirsty, so I left to get us some drinks. When I came back, a good 10 minutes later, I found Mandy still sitting in our spot, but now accompanied by the athlete girl. Mandy was always great at picking up chicks.
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"My friends just call me Lay." She winked mischievously at me, her eyes averting mine a little.
"I like that name," Mandy said.
Look, I'll spare you the rest of the dialogue. It would probably sound REAL corny, and it probably was. But it was fun and playful at the moment. Suffice it to say that she stayed with us for a bit (like an hour) and it was obvious she was attracted to Mandy. And maybe a little to me too. We parted ways around lunch time, promising to catch up later during the day, and perhaps doing dinner together.
Mandy & I went for lunch, just the two of us. And after a post-lunch quickie and a nap, we joined "The Girls" (Brooke, Meghan, and Jennifer) near the pool. I was a little struck at how toned Jennifer's body seemed to me. I knew she'd been going to the gym, but I hadn't realized how much it had paid off. And when we got there, Brooke was teasing her about that very thing.
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Jennifer was blushing. "Stop it!"
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Brooke slipped behind Jennifer and started fumbling with the straps of her bikini, both top and bottom. Jennifer struggled against her roaming hands for a moment, and it looked like she might be able to keep it together for a while, but Brooke's lecherous nature prevailed. Seconds later, Jenn's bikini fell to the ground, showing us every inch of her statuesque figure. Damn, I would SO do her. And I could tell Mandy would like that, too...
The rest of the day was uneventful, if you call Mandy and I having sex in the ocean uneventful.
And at the end of the day, we got together with Lacey, just Mandy & myself, and had a great time. While I had nothing but sex on my mind, Mandy and Lacey were chatting away like two tweeting birds. They just couldn't stop. Even when we were done eating, they couldn't stop, and Lacey joined us for a night cap in our room.
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In a turnaround from the norm, Tabcorp's digital turnover in the six months ended June 30 was higher than the previous half. Second-half turnover rose $300 million to $1.8 billion. Tabcorp usually has a larger first half, because of the Spring Carnival.
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Tabcorp's digital turnover growth of 20.4 per cent outpaced turnover from Sportsbet (14 per cent) and William Hill Australia, which owns the Sportingbet and Tom Waterhouse brands (9.9 per cent). Comparisons with these operators can be problematic, however, because their turnover figures include phone-based betting with 'premium' punters, which is stripped out of Tabcorp's digital turnover figures. The premium end of the market is volatile, and currently growing slower than digital-only.
Separately, Tabcorp's acquisition of ACTTAB, the national capital's wagering agency, received clearance from the competition regulator. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said Canberra's wagering provider had "not been a vigorous competitor in wagering markets" so Tabcorp's $105.5 million deal would only marginally increase its market power.
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Ok, so a lady asked me to do a cake to serve 75 people. It's for her husband who's turning 50. He plays the guitar, accordian and sings. I need a way to incorporate this into the cake.... And i'm drawing a blank! Please HELP me!!
How about 2 tiers, base frosting/fondant in his favorite color. Then trailing all the way up and around the cake in a whimsical manner music notes. Along the way have an accordion sitting on the cake, maybe on top of the first layer, then a guitar and mic on top at the top of the musical trail. Pretty basic, not too difficult. You could even use some luster dust on the cake under the music notes to make it look more magical. The bold black music notes would make it masculine, especially if you use a dark border.
you could do something like this, but add an accordian and some lines of music to the cake.


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The book presents a bird's eye view of the glorious heritage of India. Since time immemorial, India has proclaimed that man needs both scientific and spiritual knowledge to enjoy material prosperity and happiness. Unfortunately, this advice has been forgotten by the people of this country. They have been under foreign rule for centuries, and blindly followed their lifestyle and approach to education. This has led to the current scenario where this great country is on the verge of complete destruction.
The time has come for all of us to unite and learn ancient Indian wisdom which is necessary to create a healthy, prosperous and peaceful society. And consequently, restore India's glory and make it the moral and spiritual leader of the world.
The book points to the scientific basis of this wisdom. It is sincerely hoped that it will help awaken the collective conscience of Indian people.
Dr. Arun Kumar Suri is a pediatrician who advocates a holistic approach to life and child health. He is extremely interested in learning about the great heritage of India and is very proud of it. He is convinced that health cannot be separated from other aspects of life. For him pediatric practice means educating, enabling and empowering parents to maintain their children in a state of sound physical and psychological health. This cannot be achieved without giving sufficient attention to spiritual development.
Physical health depends on psychological health and this in turn, depends on spiritual development. Health is affected by one's attitude to life and having the correct attitude depends on understanding life as a whole. Learning to lead a balanced life by giving sufficient importance to the four goals of life – Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha, as recommended by our ancestors is crucial to maintaining optimal health.
Some people may wonder whether there is any scientific evidence for the existence of soul. There is lot of information on this topic. Dr. Arun is also interested in spreading awareness about this topic and in introducing scientific spirituality in Medical Colleges to present the scientific evidence for the existence of the soul.


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I love Rainbow Rowell and always wanted to read this, but I kept skipping over it because it deals with abuse and I thought it might hit a bit too close to home. I finally picked it up a couple of weeks ago though and liked it, although it certainly wasn't perfect.
The story is about Eleanor and Park, a couple of teenagers who meet for the first time on the school bus. Eleanor has just started at Park's school and sits on the only available seat, beside Park. Eleanor not only has a horrid home life, but she also has to put up with ridicule from the other students on the bus. I felt awful for poor Eleanor, having to put up with crap from all sides. She and Park don't talk to each other at first, so she has no distraction at all. She also wear's clothes that attract attention to herself (her parents provide her with no other alternative, plus it's her style) and this just makes matters worse. I was so happy when her and Park started interacting because I knew (from experience) how much this would mean to her. At first they don't really talk though, rather Park notices that Eleanor is reading his comic books along with him. This gives him the idea to lend her some of his comics and their relationship develops from there.
Eleanor begins going to Park's house every day after school, back dropped by the ever-present threat of her step father finding out about their relationship. Eleanor knows that if he finds out about the two of them there'll be hell to pay.
I liked a lot about this novel, like how well the developing relationship between Eleanor and Park was portrayed. Their relationship was treated delicately, almost a bit too delicately at times. It seemed as if they were younger than they were due to the seriousness the topic of kissing was given. Considering kissing was approached with such solemnity, I was surprised how quickly things turned more sexual, with both quite eager for more.
Things take a bad turn for the young couple, and Eleanor makes a decision I couldn't fathom.
She just stopped speaking to Park like that!? And Park was happy with that postcard!?
Anyway, this left me feeling empty at the end.
I would definitely recommend it though and will be reading anything and everything else from the author.
This is the second book I've read recently that made me wish I was a teenager again (the first being John Green's Will Grayson, Will Grayson). It sounds crazy, I know. Who would ever want to go back to those tumultuous teenage years? But there is something appealing about them. Something about being that young and living your life with all senses on maximum. When everything you feel you feel with your whole being. Where everything that happens is the end of the world. Adulthood, by comparison, seems dull.
Anyway, yes, super cute book. Eleanor and Park are a bit sassy, clever, adorable, and of course a bit awkward as they journey further and further into their relationship with each other. As I read, all I wanted was for everything to work out for them. Life is never that easy though. The two characters come from completely different worlds, but somehow they carve out their own space somewhere outside of those two places.
I think, first and foremost, this book is a love story. An unconventional one, but I like it even more for that reason. But it also sheds light, and breaks down barriers, on a lot of other things, silly things, that keep people from each other. Things like race and socioeconomic standing, and things as stupid as appearance, how someone dresses. For a brief moment, Eleanor and Park are just as hung up on these things as everyone else around them, but the magic of music and reading (how magical they are) brings these two people together.
What a beautiful world it would be if we valued those things we had in common with one another above those things that were different.
I came across this tag on My Little Book Blog
I have linked each book I mentioned to their GoodReads page so you can check them out yourself!
1.) What was the last book you read?
2.) Was it a good one?
It wasn't for me
3.) What made it good?
Well, I liked the idea of the underground compound setting in the aftermath of a nuclear war.
4.) Would you recommend it to other people?
It's not my go to recommendation
5.) How often do you read?
Mostly everyday!
6.) Do you like to read?
I LOVE reading
7.) What was the last bad book you read?
The last absolutely horrible book I read was Storm by Donna Jo Napoli
8.) What made you dislike it?
I had really high hopes for it. Its a Noah's Ark retelling and I just could not get into the writing or any of the characters.
9.) Do you wish to be a writer?
Its something I have thought about, but then I think I have too many books to read to write my own. But sometimes i'll get a creative moment.
10.) Has any book ever influenced you greatly?
Many, but only one comes to mind. By the Time You Read This I'll Be Dead by Julie Ann Peters Its about a girl who wants to commit suicide because of the way she is bullied. I read this when I was in high school and I think that's why it had an impact on me.
11.) Do you read fan fiction?
12.) Do you write fan fiction?
13.) What's your favorite book?
It changes. So far this year it's Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson The first in a trilogy. It made me want to travel. And its historical fiction!
14.) What's your least favorite book?
I know I have some but nothing comes to mind
15.) Do you prefer physical books or to read on a device (like kindle)?
Definitely physical books
16.) When did you learn to read?
Whatever age you normally learn to read at.
17.) What was your favorite book you had to read in school?
By far, The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
18.) What is your favorite book series?
Always and forever, The Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
19.) Who is your favorite author?
I cant pick
20.) What is your favorite genre?
I would have to say YA (and the branches that spring from that) and historical fiction.
21.) Who is your favorite character in a book series?
At the moment, Lee Westfall from Walk on Earth a Stranger
22.) Has a book ever transported you somewhere else?
Every one.
23.) Wish book do you wish had a sequel?
I Think im going with Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
24.) Which book do you wish didnt have a sequel?
The Compound by S.A. Bodeen
25.) How long does it take you to read a book?
Anywhere from two days to literally forever
26.) Do you like when books become movies?
yes, if I actually read it
27.) Which book was ruined by its movie adaptation?
I dont think any that I have seen
28.) Which movie has done a book justice?
cant say
29.) Do you read newspaper
I think I have only read one newspaper. I bought it from a flea market and its from 1942
30.) Do you read magazines?
I like them, but not usually
31.) Do you prefer newspaper or magazines?
32.) Do you read while in bed?
Thats where most of my reading is done
33.) Do you read while on the toilet?
Im not going to say I never have.
34.) Do you read while in the car?
Yes but not often
35.) Do you read while in the bath
Id love to, but I dont have that kind of set up
36.) Are you a fast reader?
37.) Are you a slow reader?
38.) What is your favorite place to read?
Anywhere that it is sunny, warm, and has natural lighting.
39.) Is it hard for you to concentrate while you read?
not usually
40.) Do you need a room to be silent while you read?
Id prefer it, but not necessary.
41.) Who gave you your love for reading?
Im not sure, I think my grandmother.
42.) What book is next on your list to read?
Sounds funny but, I bought it while in a Disney World gift shop. Disney After Dark by Ridley Pearson
43.) When did you start to read chapter books?
Whatever age you normally do
44.) Who is your favorite children's book author?
Barbra Park for sure
45.) Which author would you most want to interview?
Laura Ingalls Wilder
46.) Which author do you think you'd be friends with?
no idea
47.) What books have you reread the most?
I don't reread
48.) Which books do you consider "classics"?
I tend to refer to my childhood favorites as classics
49.) Which books do you think should be taught in every school?
Nothing in particular, but ones that make you reflect on your life or the world.
50.) Which books should be banned from all schools?
Nothing I can think of
And that's it! If you read through all of my answers I tag and thank you!
My first Rainbow Rowell book. This one has been sitting on my shelf for a long time now. While I did enjoy this one, I'm not sure what all of the hype is about. It's definitely cute, quirky, awkward and heart breaking, I just don't think it's the best book ever.
Eleanor and Park is set in Nebraska, We follow to high school kids, Eleanor and Park. Eleanor is the new girl who comes from a broken home. Park is just trying to fit in and not make waves. When Eleanor appears on his school bus with nowhere else to sit, he makes the decision to let her sit with him. Eleanor is different from the other kids. She wears different clothing, no make up, and has big curly red hair. The other kids tease her relentlessly Park feels like a misfit because he is Asian. He has a better home life than Eleanor, but his relationship with his father is rocky. Park doesn't feel accepted by him. Over time, Eleanor and Park begin a sort of friendship through music and comics. She slowly starts to confide in him about her home life. Eventually they fall in love.
I did have a few problems with this one. Until the last fifty pages of the book, I wasn't even sure they were truly in love with each other. They seemed to just be attached to one another because they were the only friends they had. They both found someone who didn't fit in. The other problem I had was the ending. If Rainbow Rowell was trying to break my heart then I understand while she did it. But for Eleanor and Park's sake it didn't need to end that way!
The book did make me smile and want to cry at parts. It was definitely the most awkward and quirky thing I have ever read.


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The significance of meconium plug syndrome is dependent on the underlying diagnosis. The incidence of pathologic finding, particularly Hirschsprung's disease, contributing to the presence of these plugs, has been debated. However, there are little recent data in the literature. Therefore, we reviewed our experience with meconium plugs as a cause of abdominal distension to evaluate the associated conditions and incidence of Hirschsprung's disease.
We reviewed the records of newborns with meconium plugs found in the distal colon on contrast enema from 1994 to 2007. Demographics, radiologic findings, histologic findings, operative findings, and clinical courses were reviewed.
During the study period, 77 patients were identified. Mean gestational age was 37.4 weeks and birth weight, 2977 g. Hirschsprung's disease was found in 10 patients (13%). One had ultrashort segment disease and another had total colonic aganglionosis. Maternal diabetes was identified in 6 patients. No patients were diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, meconium ileus, malrotation, or intestinal atresia.
Meconium plugs found on contrast enema are associated with a 13% incidence of Hirschsprung's disease in our experience. Although all patients with plugs and persistent abnormal stooling patterns should prompt a rectal biopsy and genetic probe, the incidence of Hirschsprung's and cystic fibrosis may not be as high as previously reported.
Neonatal bowel obstruction typically presents with abdominal distension, emesis, and failure to pass meconium within the first 24 hours. Differential diagnosis includes Hirschsprung's disease, malrotation, meconium disease, and intestinal atresia. Meconium plug syndrome is most often a benign cause of obstruction that clears after rectal stimulation or administration of contrast enema; however, the presence of meconium plugs may herald underlying intestinal pathologic nature. Literature on the topic is scattered and widely variant in the reported incidence of significant pathologic finding. The initial reports describing meconium plug syndrome documented a 13% incidence of Hirschsprung's disease and no association with cystic fibrosis [1,2]. However, for the past 40 years, the literature has reflected different results with Hirschsprung's in as many as 38% and cystic fibrosis in as many as 43% of patients with meconium plug syndrome [3,4]. Therefore, we performed a retrospective analysis to review the coexistence of meconium plugs and their relationship with Hirschsprung's disease meconium ileus and other pathologic finding.
Retrospective review of the medical record was performed on all patients diagnosed with a meconium plug identified in the rectum on contrast enema from January 1994 through February 2007. During the study timeframe, 77 patients were identified. Gestational age, birth weight, passage of meconium, bilious vomiting, abdominal distension, associated anomalies, and maternal diabetes were recorded. The presence of meconium ileus, small descending colon, a transition zone, malrotation, and intestinal atresias on contrast enema were recorded. Results of suction rectal biopsies and studies performed to diagnose cystic fibrosis were recorded. Operative interventions, total length of stay, and outcome were reviewed.
Mean estimated gestational age was 37.4 ± 2.4 weeks with a mean birth weight of 2977 ± 693 g. Sex distribution included 48 males and 29 females. Abdominal distension followed by bilious emesis was the most common clinical presentation. A history of maternal diabetes was present in 6 patients (7.8%). Mean age at presentation was 1.49 ± 0.92 days. Spontaneous passage of meconium in the first 24 hours occurred in 15 patients (19.5%). No cases of meconium ileus or intestinal atresia were identified. At the initial diagnostic contrast enema, a diagnosis of small descending colon was made in 27 patients (35.1%). A transition zone was identified in 13 patients (16.9%), of which 9 (11.7%) were diagnosed with both small descending colon and a transition zone.
Patients with a persistent abnormal stooling pattern underwent suction rectal biopsy resulting in 22 biopsies in the same number of patients (28.6%). Thirteen of these patients had a transition zone identified on the contrast study. Hirschsprung's disease was confirmed histologically in 9 patients from the suction rectal biopsy performed in the neonatal period, of which 4 patients had a transition zone identified on the contrast study. One additional patient was identified as having Hirschsprung's disease by balloon manometry at 4 years of age. Thus a total of 10 patients were found to have an aganglionic segment in this series representing 13.0% of the study population. Of these 10 patients, 8 had the typical rectosigmoid transition, 1 patient had ultrashort segment disease, and 1 patient had total colonic aganglionosis. All have undergone definitive procedures with no mortality, and all are currently doing well. The patient with ultrashort segment underwent internal sphincterotomy that has alleviated the constipation.
A total of 25 patients underwent investigation for cystic fibrosis, with 22 gene probe analysis and 3 sweat chloride tests, of which none had positive results.
The term meconium plug syndrome was first reported by Clatworthy [1] in 1956 to describe the colonic obstruction because of inspissated meconium. Initial nonsurgical management was recommended as most of these patients were treated effectively with rectal stimulation or contrast enema. This original report was later updated with additional patients 10 years later, in which the authors recommended rectal biopsy to rule out Hirschsprung's disease if normal bowel function did not occur after passage of the plug [2].
Small descending colon syndrome has been associated with meconium plug syndrome since the initial report [1]. The association of diabetic mothers giving birth to babies with small descending colon syndrome was subsequently recognized with an incidence of 40% to 50% [5,6]. Although our findings superficially support these studies as 3 of 6 diabetic progeny had small descending colon seen on contrast enema, this study has only a subset of diabetic mothers and does not address the entire denominator of these mothers.
The clinical presentation of meconium plug syndrome and meconium ileus is similar, although the source of meconium obstruction is at 2 separate locations. In our series, patients with typical meconium ileus appearing as ileal obstruction with proximal small bowel dilatation and microcolon were not included as meconium plug syndrome patients. In the past, cystic fibrosis, the usual cause of meconium ileus, has been reported to be associated with meconium plug syndrome [4,7]. One series of 25 patients with meconium plug syndrome found an impressive 24% who were found to have the cystic fibrosis mutation [7]. Recently, an even higher incidence (43%) appeared in the literature [4].We found no association with cystic fibrosis and meconium plug syndrome in our series. This contrasting result may relate to the definition of meconium plug syndrome. None of the contrast enemas in our series had meconium plugs in the small intestine, only in the colon. In the previous report with a 24% incidence of cystic fibrosis, no mention of the anatomical location of the meconium is stated [7]. This implies that patients may have been included with ileal plugs. In the other report, meconium plug syndrome is in fact defined as meconium located in the colon but does not speak of whether the population is meconium exclusively in the colon [4]. That we had no patients with cystic fibrosis supports a theory that a meconium plug obstruction in the colon is a different disease entity than one located in the distal small bowel as previously reported [2].
The recognition that Hirschsprung's disease may be the cause of the meconium plugs has been recognized since the initial description was published (Table 1). That initial report of 30 patients found 13.3% had an aganglionic segment, which is identical to our series and similar to another small series of 8 patients with meconium plugs of which the result of 2 suction rectal biopsies were aganglionic [8]. The low incidence of Hirschsprung's disease historically reported was recently contradicted in a report of 21 patients with meconium plugs, of whom 38% were diagnosed with Hirschsprung's disease concluding that this association may be higher than has been historically reported [3]. This study precipitated our investigation. Our series represents the largest series ever compiled on meconium plug syndrome by more than 2-fold. In addition, the dataset is recently compiled thus representing current diagnostic knowledge and technical expertise of radiologists at a high-volume dedicated children's hospital. Of the 77 patients in our series with meconium plug syndrome, 10 patients (13.0%) were ultimately diagnosed with Hirschsprung's disease, a number identical to the initial series published 40 years ago [2]. The distribution of disease is about what would be expected from any 10 Hirschsprung's patients with most demonstrating rectosigmoid transition with one very short and one very long (total colonic). This distribution implies that Hirschsprung's diagnosed after meconium plug syndrome may be any level of disease that is an important fact for the counseling surgeon. The favorable outcomes after the definitive operation from our series have also been reported previously [2,7].
Based on this large, contemporary review, the presence of a meconium plug on contrast enema most often correlates with a benign clinical course. However, in the presence of an abnormal stooling pattern, further workup is indicated. When meconium plug syndrome is identified carefully as pellets only present in the colon, then a diagnosis of cystic fibrosis may be a rare event. It appears that the incidence of Hirschsprung's disease remains around 13% as initially reported when the syndrome was defined.
Presented at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, August 23–26, 2007, St John's Newfoundland, Canada.
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For the past several years (2011, 2012, 2013), Jessica Love, Tracey Neithercott, Katy Upperman, and I have hosted The YA Superlative Blogfest—a fun and interactive way to highlight our favorite YA novels, covers, characters, and story elements. It's always amazing fun and we are gearing up to host it AGAIN!
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Today I'd like to share with you some specifics about the blogfest—dates, categories—so you can prepare to join in the fun! The Class of 2014: YA Superlative Blogfest will run Monday, December 15th – Thursday, December 18th and will highlight favorite books of 2014. And at the end of the blogfest, we'll be hosting a giveaway! (you'll need to participate each day to be eligible) Here are the categories...
Head of the Class (December 15)
Favorite Dystopian
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Favorite Mystery
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Popularity Contest (December 16)
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Fashion King and/or Queen
Character You'd Most Want For a BFF
Character You Wish You'd Dated in High School
Most Likely to Become President
Quirkiest Character
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Most Envy-Inducing Plot
Most Formidable World
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Loveliest Prose
Best First Line
Most Dynamic Main Character
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Best Performance in a Supporting Role
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Most Creative Use of a Love Triangle
Sleeper Hit (Novel So Awesome I Wish It'd Been Hyped More)
Favorite Outlier (Best 2014 Picture Book, Middle Grade, NA, or Adult Novel)
Create Your Own Superlative!
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You stated why it makes you consciously upset, in the first part, the rest is chemicals and biology.
Hot girls and normal girls are also basically biology/instinct. Stronger attractions are more coveted. Hot girls and average girls do have similarities but they aren't exactly the same, you should try to see and treat them as a girl in general and not on a pedestal like they're out of your league. Confidence gets you pretty far with some.
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The elevation of Drayton is 20 feet. Drayton appears on the Johns Island U.S. Geological Survey Map. Charleston County is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours).
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I like to serve this with cornish game hens. For a family dinner, add 1 pound cooked and drained pork sausage patties or links.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 medium red cabbage, 2 to 2 1/2 pounds
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄3 cup water
- 1⁄3 cup white vinegar
- 1⁄4 cup red currant jelly
- 2 tablespoons grated apples
Directions See How It's Made
- Wash cabbage in cold water.
- Cut in half, core and slice finely.
- Combine butter, sugar, salt, water and vinegar in a large pot or Dutch oven and bring to a boil.
- Add cabbage and stir to coat.
- Bring to a second boil and then cover tightly.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 2 hours.
- Do not allow it to dry out.
- Add more water if necessary.
- Ten minutes before the cabbage is completely cooked, mix in the jelly and grated apple.


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La Finestra Delectare
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
just another promo ...
worked on this for a major website update. could possibly make a very appropriate bookmark. just a thought.
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Sunday, May 06, 2007
Thursday, February 08, 2007
she's coming along
here are a couple of details as this one progresses. i certainly thought that by working smaller i could possibly get some works out faster, but unfortunately, i have become obsessed with even smaller details ... can't wait till i am done with this one. got a sketch of the next one on my mind ... and hopefully will start painting again. tnv


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HOW TO PURCHASE ::: I take orders on a first come, first serve basis. Please email me with any questions or with your list of items, along with your U.S. zip code and payment preference (check or PayPal). I will reply with an invoice when you are ready to order. I will ship internationally, just send me your address and I'll reply with a shipping quote. You do not have to have a PayPal account to pay with a credit card. PayPal will let you pay as a guest. Items will ship within 3 business days of payment. You will receive confirmation of your payment and a tracking number. If you are new here and want to make sure I'll provide great service, please visit my Etsy shops in the sidebar and check out my 100% positive customer feedback. Thanks! Lana Manis
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Saturday, September 26, 2015
Silk & Linen Puzzle Ball Pincushion
Silk & Linen Puzzle Ball Pincushion
This pin cushion is completely hand-stitched by me. The fabrics used are antique textiles: a wonderful floral linen and a gorgeous ombre stripe silk. I purchased these from an antiques dealer years ago and have been saving them for the perfect project and this is one of them!
I have sewn a vintage green glass bead at each intersection. These were taken from an old necklace I took apart to re-purpose the glass beads and the filigree fastener.
This puzzle ball pin cushion is about 4" across.
$75 (plus shipping)
Email to ask questions or to purchase.
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Posted by Lana Manis at 3:47 PM
Thursday, September 3, 2015
Pumpkin Papercuttings ~ Autumn & Halloween Art!
As requested, more papercuttings have been listed! Thank you so much for a quick sell out on my Early Work Mercantile page, which was my second batch of papercuttings. Since I had only two left from my first batch, I am adding them to this list to make it easier to find them all in one place.
All are cut free-hand by me, no patterns are used... completely one-of-a-kind!
I collect a variety of papers that you will find in these papercuttings:
* parchment paper that I have stained, watercolored, and/or printed with copies of indentured servant letters from the late 1700s
* original letters from the early 1900s
* French envelopes from the early 1900s
* flyleaf pages from antique and vintage books
* vintage metallic papers that were the linings of envelopes
* cardstock (black and sepia are used for trees and birds)
* vintage doilies for spiderwebs
All are signed and dated, Lana Manis 2015, and have the titles on the back.
Sizes, including frames, are approximate and vary slightly:
Items 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 are 5" x 6".
Item 5 is 4" x 5".
Item 7 is 3 3/4" x 3 3/4".
Item 8 is 6" x 8".
Happy shopping! :)
It Was A Dark & Stormy Night ~ $40 SOLD, thank you!
Posted by Lana Manis at 9:39 AM
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