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Thursday, 29 March 2012
And the winner is……
Do you like my pretty bowl?
Congratulations Claudine...it's you!
Well done Claudine an email is on the way to you.
Thanks to everyone who took the time to enter.
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Monday, 26 March 2012
Mabel Lucie Attwell - please remember - don't forget - never leave the bathroom wet!
Back in the nineteen fifties no home was complete without a Mabel Lucie Attwell wall plaque or biscuit-tin money box. Sadly, my sister, brother and I missed out on the money box but we did have a rather rusty tin plaque in the bathroom. I loved the words on that plaque and can still recite them some 50 years later –
Please remember - don't forget - never leave the bathroom wet.
Nor leave the soap still in the water that's a thing we never ought'er.
Nor leave the towels about the floor. Nor keep the bath an hour or more when other folks are wanting one. Please don't forget - it isn't done! But if you really do the thing, there's not the slightest need to sing.
You can still buy reproduction plaques like the one pictured here, but they omit the last two lines of the poem. – See updates at the end of this post.
Mabel Lucie Attwell was born on the 4th June, 1879 in Mile End,
and was educated at the Coopers' Company school. Later, she funded her own studies at Heatherley's and
St. Martin
's school of art (1895-1900) but disliking formal training, completed neither course.
Turning to commissions for illustrated gift books, she produced the first of her highly successful children's annuals in 1922 and three years later, was elected to the Society of Women Artists.
A prolific worker, with a keen business sense, she also designed postcards, posters, figurines, advertisements and calendars. Later her designs were used on ornaments and crockery.
Thanks to Bevi Kinnear from
Woolvey Antiques
for the following information - Both Mabel Lucy Attwell and her husband Harold Cecil Earnshaw were seeing some success in their respective careers as illustrators when they married on Mabel's 29th birthday, June 4th 1908. Their first child, a daughter, was born on May 13th 1909. Marjorie Joan, known as 'Peggy', was the inspiration for Mabel's "Chubbies". Peggy Earnshaw became an artist in her own right. She married Michael Wickham and went under Peggy Wickham for much of her work. The family moved to the south of London before adding two brothers for Peggy; Max (known as Peter) in 1911 and Brian in 1914. In the mid 1930s, Mabel lost both her youngest son, Brian (1934), and her husband Harold (1937).
At the end of the Second World War, she settled in Fowey,
, with her son Peter and remained there until her death in 1964.
Mabel Lucie Attwell illustrations were extremely popular when I was growing up, and no birthday or Christmas was complete without a card featuring one of her winsome children. I recall carefully pasting them into a scrap album, but I've no idea what happened to it when I grew up. Such a shame, I would love to look at it again.
Further reading; Chris Beetles' biography of Mabel Lucie Attwell, published by Pavilion Books in 1985.
Updates to this post;
I've just received an email from 'John' reminding me of another line –
"And as you've been so often told, Never let the hot run cold"
Thank you John, I'm not quite sure where the line fits, but I remember it too.
Several people have asked me where they can buy a Mabel Lucie Attwell plaque. My reply is always the same – I've seen them advertised on Amazon and on eBay in the past, but I don't know if there are any available at the moment. The other places to try are vintage markets/shops. If you know of any other suppliers, please let me know so I can pass the information on.
Thank you to 'Shirley' (see comments) for adding another line - Who will forget the chain to pull
Who leaves the basin nearly full of dirty water, suds of soap and such like things. Not you I hope?
Further update January, 2013.
contacted me to say she also remembers the 'and as you've been so often told never let the hot run cold' line and thinks it goes like this;
Please remember - don't forget - never leave the bathroom wet.
Nor leave the soap still in the water that's a thing we never ought'er.
And as you've been so often told never let the hot run cold.
Nor leave the towels about the floor. Nor keep the bath an hour or more when other folks are wanting one. Please don't forget - it isn't done! But if you really do the thing, there's not the slightest need to sing.
It's always worth reading the comments section underneath this post to see if more information has been added.
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Saturday, 24 March 2012
Primroses and Flower Fairies
Primroses flowering in our garden.
The Primrose Fairy from Cecily Mary Barker's Book of the Flower Fairies
The Primrose opens wide in spring; her scent is sweet and good: It smells of every happy thing in sunny lane and wood. She's dear to folk throughout the land, in her is nothing mean, she freely spreads on every hand her petals pale and clean.
Primroses and fairies on the front cover
I adore spring flowers and fairies...do you? Happy Spring!
The book of the flower fairies is now sold, thank you for your interest.
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Friday, 23 March 2012
A very good week!
A quick rundown of events;
Mother's day on Sunday included a visit to Terry's parents, lunch out and a
book fair
. Mum-in-law loved her gifts and card; the lunch was excellent, and the book fair exceeded expectations. I bought lots of lovely stock to keep me busy for the next few weeks. We don't see our son on Mother's day because he lives in
, but we had a long chat on the 'phone on Saturday, and our daughter in law keeps us up to date by email and Facebook.
Monday was a gorgeous spring day, chilly but with beautiful sunshine and a deep blue-sky, so a quick walk around the magnificent grounds at
was a must. Stourhead is just half an hour from where we live and being members of the National Trust we can visit as often as we like.
Tuesday saw us making a return trip to
to purchase more stock from a family we visited last year. I wrote about that first visit
. Terry had only just come out of hospital on that occasion and as the books are housed on the top floor (the servants' quarters - as they once were) of a four-story town house, we had to leave a lot behind. We promised to return at a later date and on Tuesday; we fulfilled that promise.
Wednesday – blogging, Tweeting, Tribber, Pinterest, oh yes and listing some of the lovely new stock.
Thursday included lunch with a friend in
Wimborne Minster
. Wimborne is a lovely town, and the perfect place to meet. Felicity retired on Tuesday so this was a celebratory lunch. We have been friends for almost forty years, and although we only see each other once or maybe twice a year we always pick up the conversation exactly where we left off! We had lunch in a pretty Italian restaurant – pasta (of course), a nice glass of white wine, profiteroles and a delicious cappuccino – perfect. It was just a couple of hours out of a busy day but thoroughly enjoyable.
On Thursday evening, I noticed this Tweet from Zoe at
Playing by the book
RT @Tesco Magazine here's the Kids' Book Clubs round-up of top 10 book blogs big excitement when I found my blog on the list!
Thank you Zoe and Tesco a perfect ending to a perfect day! There are some amazing blogs on the list. I'm familiar with some but others are new to me. I plan to spend the weekend getting to know them all.
Now it's Friday, and I must knuckle down and list some of the new stock. Never a hardship, but it does take me ages because I find myself reading at least part of every single book.
One corner of my office with books waiting to be listed.
I hope you've all had a wonderful week, thanks for taking the time to call in.
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Wednesday, 21 March 2012
Book of the week; We've tales to tell published by Raphael Tuck c1894
We've tales to tell; a collection of stories written by Helen Marion Burnside, Edric Vredenberg, E. Nesbit, Clara Thwaites, Elizabeth Day and E. M. Chettle.
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons, London, Paris, New York. Undated but gift inscription 'for dear little Dorothy with love from Uncle Noel & Auntie Chick Feb 13, 1894'
Featuring seven very fine chromolithographed illustrations and numerous black and white line drawings.
Illustrated by Harriett M Bennett, Jane Willis Grey, J Pauline Sunter, Ellen Welby, Fanny Bowers, Inez Warry and Fanny Moody.
The tales are; the queen of a castle, the fairy stone, Miss Janet, how Jack came to tea, Bevis, Simpkins, and a crooked tail.
Raphael Tuck & Sons;
Raphael Tuck and his wife Ernestine opened a picture framing shop and art gallery in Bishopgate,
in October 1866. Three years later they moved to a larger shop in
City Road
, and Raphael began to produce lithographs and colour chromolithographs. By 1870, his sons had joined the business, and the focus was turned to the import and publication of printed paper products, including books and postcards. By 1881, Raphael had retired and his sons were running the company. It was at this time that the now-familiar company trademark, an artist's easel and palette, was registered. The company was awarded its first Royal Warrant by Queen
in 1893. Ernestine died in 1895, and Raphael's health began to fail.
By the end of the nineteenth-century Raphael Tuck & Sons were major publishers of Christmas cards, scraps, paper dolls, books, calendars and prints. In 1899 a new head office (Raphael House) was opened in the City. Raphael died from influenza in March 1900 but his sons continued to expand the business and were later joined by their own sons.
During the Second World War the company headquarters, archives and many original artworks were destroyed. Work continued in several small locations around the city, and at the end of the war things returned to the fortunes of pre-war days. The business continued through to the 1960s when it was acquired by Purnell & Sons.
If you would like to find out more about Raphael Tuck and sons, there is a very good website
I hope you enjoyed seeing some of the illustrations from this very pretty antiquarian book.
Update January 2016.
'Wendy' contacted me to say she owns a copy of a book with the same title as the one I show here but with a completely different front cover. Wendy tells me her book is printed on very heavy paper and has only one colour illustration. Her copy also has an inscription with the date 1935 (see images).
From the cover, I can see this is a book from the Raphael Tuck & Sons "come to life" series with one pop-up panorama. Wendy doesn't say what stories her book contains so I'm unsure if her book is a reprint with fewer illustrations or a completely different book with the same title. I suspect Raphael Tuck & Sons reused titles as did/do many other publishers. Sadly, in 1940 Raphael Tuck was bombed in the blitz of London, and the records from the business were destroyed.
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Saturday, 17 March 2012
Three gifts one lucky person; a brand new book, a vintage book and a postcard!
Oh! Poor Amelia Jane! The Heritage Card Company sent me a copy of this new edition of a popular Edwardian children's story written and illustrated by Kathleen Ainslie. It tells the story of the accident-prone Amelia Jane in 'hand-written' text, and bright colourful illustrations.
A Sunday trip by E. J. Romanes with four black and white illustrations by 'H.R' published by S. W. Partridge,
London, undated but
a gift inscription 'to Hilda, from Ralph Xmas 1914'. The postcard that follows was found in the above book so I've included it in the giveaway.
Mere et enfants (Mother and children) by Auguste Renoir. Frick Collection,
New York
. Editions Hazan, Paris. Unused but it does have two small pin holes in the top edge.
Now for the fine print:
· giveaway runs from friday 16th March to Thursday 29th March 2012.
· one winner will be randomly selected.
· the winner will be announced on Thursday 29th March 2012.
· open to readers worldwide.
to enter, please leave a comment and follow this blog.
Good luck!
Giveaway now closed, thank you for entering.
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Thursday, 15 March 2012
Added Value: Things found in books - Calendula Officinalis
A supplement to the Amateur gardening magazine dated 4th January,1936. Calendual Officinalis "Orange King" a popular variety of the the old Scotch Marigold. A single sheet with a poem written on the back;
Before the beginning of years,
There came to the making of man
Time, with a gift of tears;
Grief, with a glass that ran;
Pleasure, with pain for leaven;
Summer, with flowers that fell;
Remembrance fallen from heaven,
And madness risen from hell;
Strength without hands to smite;
Love that endures for a breath;
Night, the shadow of light,
And life, the shadow of death.
And the high gods took in hand
fire, and the falling of tears,
and a measure of sliding sand
from under the feet of the years;
And froth and drift of the sea; And dust of the laboring earth; And bodies of things to be in the houses of death and birth; And wrought with weeping and laughter, and fashioned with loathing and love, with life before and after, and death below and above. For a day and a night and a morrow, that his strength might endure for a span, with travail and heavy sorrow, The holy spirit of man.
From the winds of the north and the south, t
hey gathered as unto strife; They breathed upon his mouth, they filled his body with life; Eyesight and speech they wrought for the veils of the soul therein, a time for labor and thought, a time to serve and to sin; They gave him light in his ways, and love, and a space for delight; And beauty and length of days, and night, and sleep in the night.His speech is a burning fire; With his lips he travaileth; In his heart is a blind desire, in his eye foreknowledge of death; He weaves, and is clothed with derision; Sows, and he shall not reap; His life is a watch or a vision. Between a sleep and a sleep.
Chorus from 'Atalanta in
' by Algernon Charles Swinburn (1837-1909)
Found in The silent playmate a collection of doll stories. Published by Victor Gollancz, 1979.
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Monday, 12 March 2012
Jack and Me illustrated by Helen Jacobs
One of the joys of searching for second-hand books is receiving catalogues from other booksellers. One such catalogue dropped through my letterbox recently and one book, in particular, caught my eye.
The catalogue description was fairly brief; Jacobs, Helen (illustrator) Jack and me a story for Children by Maude S. Forsey, 1st 1919. Four colour plates, including a frontispiece. A Little boy and girl living in London have measles, go by train to Dorset and gradually sense they are growing up.
I haven't read anything by Maud Forsey, and a quick on-line search came up with only two matches. One, an unpublished manuscript held by Southampton University and the other a book called Mollie Hazeldene's schooldays published in 1924.
Helen Jacobs, however, is a well-known and popular illustrator so decision made, book ordered, and here it is...
Jack's sister Mollie is the 'me' in the title; she is also the narrator.
The lamplighter and the muffin man with his cry of "Hokey, Pokey, Penny a lump" are all part of Mollie and Jack's life in Victorian London. Mollie and Jack live with their mother, father and two sisters in a 'tall
home' where they entertain numerous cousins, aunts and other relatives. The story is told in the form of a diary with each chapter concentrating on one or two incidents.
One chapter deals with the issue of a little doorway on the landing. Mollie is sure a lion lives behind the door, but Jack insists it's the home of a bogeyman.
Another chapter talks about the death of Mollie and Jack's kitten. "There was our Jet, weak, panting, and dying. He seemed to recognize us, and then he rolled over dead."
Happier episodes concentrate on Mollie and Jack's summer holidays spent in Devon with their aunts and grandmother. Their parents don't accompany them on any of these holidays, and it's left to the reader to surmise why.
When the story ends Mollie is fifteen and about to be sent away to finishing school. It's at this point that Mollie and Jack's surname 'Hazeldene' is mentioned. So I assume Mollie Hazeldeen's schooldays is a continuation of their story. The more I think about it the more I wonder if the story could be autobiographical. Is it possible that Mollie might, in fact, be Maude Forsey?
I could be completely and absolutely wrong but the story certainly reads more like a factual account than a made-up tale.
Has anyone read Jack and me or Mollie Hazeldeen's schooldays or anything else by Maude Forsey? What do you think? Could it be autobiographical?
Update February 2014.
I always enjoy receiving emails like this one from John:
I know a little about Maud Forsey. As a child, aged c.6, I stayed at her cottage in Bridport, Dorset. My father was killed in the war and one of my Guardians was a Brian Forsey, her nephew. We always called her Cousin Maud. She was a great story teller, and used to read from "Jack and Me" – I remember how she explained why it was Jack and "me" and not "I"! I thought it was slightly autobiographical.
We exchanged Christmas cards until 1950ish, I may have one somewhere, always signed, in v. neat writing, "Cousin Maud"
I'm very grateful to John for allowing me to share his memories.
Update October 2015.
I'm pasting this comment here in case anyone should miss it.
Maude Forsey was at Truro Training College with my Grandmother Gwendoline Carveth, and was my Mother's Godmother. All 3 books are based on her life: She was 'Mollie', 'Jack' was her brother, Emeritus Professor of Classics at Southampton University. Mollie Hazledene's friend was based on my Grandmother (same initials), Norah O'Flanigan is dedicated to my Mothe
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Thursday, 8 March 2012
The Cecil Aldin painting book and a gay dog
I was lucky enough to find not one but two Cecil Aldin books last week. This beautiful edition of a gay dog (the story of a foolish year), and The Cecil Aldin painting book.
William Heinemann published a gay dog in 1905 later editions were re-named the Rascal.
From the moment this little bulldog puppy is taken home in a hansom cab, he finds himself in trouble.
This heart-warming tale set in Edwardian London follows a year of his life, as told by the dog himself. He is very fond of Pammy his new mistress but can't help getting into mischief. Silk stockings and nail polish are so much fun!
Visits to
and Henley Regatta
end in tears.
When his mistress gets a part in a play, the little dog gets stage fright! Visits to
lead him into all sorts of adventures and yet more trouble. In the end, it's decided a life in the country might suit him better. The little dog is sad to leave the gaiety of
but soon settles into a simpler way of life.
My second find was the Cecil Aldin painting book, engraved and printed by Henry Stone in 1915.
One of the paintings has been neatly completed, but the fact that it has survived at all is quite incredible.
Update July 2016:
The featured books are now sold, thank you for your interest. March House books closed on my retirement in 2015, but I am still happily blogging here at March of Time Books. Your visits are always appreciated.
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Monday, 5 March 2012
Farm Fun
A selection of farm related books for children young and old;
Farm Fun: Seven stories from Green Willow Farm, including farewell to the swallows, in the woods, fun in the snow, and the scarecrow. Published by Blackie c1944. Written by Elizabeth Gould with super colour and black/white illustrations by Eileen Soper.
The Tractor by Pamela Rogers; The old tractor has broken down once and for all. It seems as if the only answer is to sell it, but Grandpa won't give up, there must be some other way. Portrait of a Country Artist: Charles Tunnicliffe was raised on a small farm in
. The only son of a country farmer, he was expected to take over his father's smallholding, but his talent as an artist set him apart and instead of farming he took a scholarship to the Royal College of Art in
. His first major success came in 1932 with his illustrations for Tarka the otter from this brilliant start he went on to illustrate dozens of books for well-known authors. He also produced several books of his own. This book features a sample from Tunnicliffe's enormous output of work. Ian Niall's portrait described the life of a down-to-earth countryman and totally dedicated artist.
Charlotte's Webb by E. B White; Children will be entranced with Charlotte the spider, Wilbur the pig and Fern, the little girl who understands their language.
Charlie on the run by Elizabeth Rose;
Nobody can plough a straighter furrow or manage a wagon load of hay better than Fred the ploughman and Charlie his old horse. Charlie and Fred do everything together, even eating their lunch at the same time. However, one terrible day a snorting monster comes roaring across the yard with Mr. Greenshanks at the wheel. Mr. Greenshanks is sure the new tractor will plough twice as fast as Charlie and plans to sell Charlie at the next horse fair...
Strangers at the farm school by Josephine Elder The Farm School has become so popular it needs to be enlarged to accommodate more students, among the new students are two Jewish refugees.Annis Best and the older pupils must unite to welcome the newcomers and preserve the unique character of the school. Timothy John and Mr. Murphy by George Nash: Mr. Murphy is an Irish farmer and Timothy John his unpredictable donkey. Timmy the donkey can roller-skate and talk and is therefore, much coveted by Mr. Fracklestein, the manager of the circus... Down on the farm by R. & M. Polkinghorne Jerry goes on a visit to Dovecot farm. Pretty book with illustrations by Ernest Aris.
Among the horses by Chas Herbert; While staying with Farmer Bicknell the twins Judy and Jude learn to ride a pony. Old MacDonald had a farm illustrated by Prue Theobalds; Sing along with Old MacDonald as you follow him through the year, from lambing in the spring to the Christmas celebrations. Lucy Mouse keeps a secret by Jane Pilgrim; The very popular Blackberry Farm books were first published by the Brockhampton Press in the 1950s; this one is a reprint from 2002. The series described events on a fictional farm and the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Smiles and their children, Joy and Bob.
Do you have any farm books in your collection?
Update July 2016:
All the books featured are now sold. March House books closed on my retirement in 2015, but I am still happily blogging here at March of Time Books. Your visits are always appreciated.
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Sunday, 4 March 2012
Toot Toot!
Do you hear that? That's me blowing my own trumpet!
I was browsing online and happened upon the beautiful Uber Collection website.
This is the introduction from the homepage -
The Uber Collection is the
's foremost website showcasing a wealth of information about the items and services required for a lifestyle of luxury and exclusivity. We have carefully selected a range of exceptional providers covering areas as diverse as travelling, home interiors, finance, schools, jewellery, yachts and more.
So out of curiosity I typed 'antique books' into the search box, and up popped four listings, including March House Books! Thank you Uber Collection, March House Books is delighted to be part of your stunning website.
Definition – Uber
Word: German, from über over, beyond
1: being a superlative example of its kind or class
2: to an extreme or excessive degree
If you have the time don't miss a visit to this beautiful site, a place where dreams really can come true!
That's quite enough of my boasting, normal service will be resumed tomorrow. I've got farm books on my mind!
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Giraffe at Abilene Zoo set to give birth at any time
Mesi and Punk, two of the giraffes at the Abilene Zoo, are standing just a little bit taller as they are on the brink of becoming parents for the first time.
Punk, the female, could deliver a 130-pound, 6-foot-tall baby at any moment. After a 15-month gestation period, that moment probably can't arrive soon enough for Punk. Sharing her anxious moments is Stephanie Carle, the zoo's veterinarian.
'I am not a patient person,' Carle said. 'I am ready.'
Probably not half as ready as 16-year-old Punk, who arrived at the Abilene Zoo in 2003 from the Fossil Rim Wildlife Center. Mesi, the proud papa, came to Abilene in 2014 from the Little Rock Zoo.
Carle and other staff members were keeping an eye on Punk on Tuesday to see whether she was getting close to birthing time. Giraffes traditionally stop eating about 24 hours before the birth process begins, Carle said. As of Tuesday afternoon, Punk was showing no signs of slowing down at the feeding deck.
This will be the first time for Carle to observe the birth of a giraffe, although she is trained in what to do if her assistance is required. Normally, giraffes, like other animals in the wild, do all the work themselves. The mother stands for the delivery, dropping the calf about 6 feet to the ground.
Zoo staff will be ready with supplies such as antibiotics and formula in case Punk decides not to nurture her newborn. Otherwise, the staff just will be observers.
'They usually don't need any help,' Carle said. 'We're hopeful.'
The zoo is staffed 24 hours a day, and Carle will be on call if needed. For now, everyone is staying away from Punk, giving her space.
'We want her to be as stress-free as possible,' Carle said.
The new giraffe exhibit, which opened in the spring, includes an area in back that is padded with sand in anticipation of the delivery. But there is no guarantee the birth will happen in that area. Punk will decide where that happens, Carle said. She might be in front of a camera in the exhibit when the time comes. If that happens, the birth can be seen on the zoo's giraffe cam live feed at www.abilenezoo.org.
Once the calf is born, it will not be touched by staff for at least 24 hours unless a problem develops. A day or two after the birth, the calf will get a medical exam. Punk will not get a hands-on exam, Carle said, but will be observed for problems.
Mesi won't be allowed near the newborn for a while, primarily because of his size and to allow Punk to bond with her new offspring.
It's impossible to say how long it will be before the family will be on display for the public — other than a possible sighting on the giraffe cam.
'It's all going to depend on her attitude,' Carle said, 'and what Punk wants.'
Punk, a giraffe at the Abilene Zoo, is expected to give birth any moment. If Mom happens to be at the right place when that process begins, the birth will be available for viewing on the zoo's giraffe cam live feed at abilenezoo.org. Stephanie Carle, the zoo's veterinarian, said an area padded with sand has been set up at the back of the giraffe display for the birth, but no one knows where Punk will decide to give birth.

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Canadian producer Murda Beatz has been making a hell of an impression this year, solidifying himself as one of the defining producers of hip-hop's new generation. Now, the talented beatmaker has teamed up with A$AP Rocky's protégé Smooky Margielaa, who recently secured himself a spot in A$AP's AWGE collective. If you aren't familiar with the name, perhaps his five guest appearances on the Mob's latest mixtape Cozy Tapes Vol 2: Too Cozy will refresh your memory. Either way, the fifteen year old rapper is clearly carving out his lane.
On "Not Right," Smooky half sings, half raps over an atmospheric, bouncy beat from Murda. The vocals are heavy on the autotune, so if that's not your bag, you might want to steer clear. If you dig it, however, you may very well enjoy this one. After all, if it's good enough for A$AP Rocky, who are we to question it? What do you think of Smooky Margielaa and his latest track?
Quotable Lyrics
Murda on the beat so it's not nice
Plan to flex in foriegns yeah yo' man's tight
If you talkin' how we wipe you wet wipes
Pull up drippin' to the scene, then it's night night


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Bump T Shirt & Panties, the latest cut from Khleo Thomas. It was released on Friday, June 21st, 2013. Things are improving for Khleo Thomas with each new offering, and T Shirt & Panties is certainly no exception. It's a worthy addition to the Khleo Thomas's catalogue, which has seen much evolution as of late. We're definitely anticipating the next step.
Have you heard Khleo Thomas's Khleo What, Khleo Who? If you're down, make sure to visit Khleo Thomas's profile page for the newest info, news, songs, and mixtapes. Follow Khleo Thomas on Twitter, if you aren't already.
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What an incredibly sweet couple these two are! Megan and Kevin spent the evening with me in DC for their engagement photos several weeks ago. It was a super windy day! Luckily it didn't rain, but we did have to contend with the huge gusts of wind most of the time. You wouldn't know it though, from these photos! My hair looked crazy by the end of our session (no photos of that, thank you), but Megan and Kevin looked perfect the whole time! If I knew their secret, I'd tell you.
Megan & Kevin, thank you for braving the winds with me! I really enjoyed getting to know you both a little better, and I am so excited for your wedding in September! Hopefully we'll have a nice, calm day or just a gentle breeze, if anything. 😉


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April 7, 2008
Playboy Surf by Wallin to be Unveiled Spring 2008
California-based Wallin Surfboards announced that it has joined forces with Playboy to launch a new line of custom surfboards this Spring. Playboy Surf by Wallin will retail for $600 to $2000, and will be available nationwide through the Wallin factory in Costa Mesa, specialty surf shops and online at www.wallinsurfboards.com.
"We're pleased to have forged a partnership with Wallin to design, develop and manufacture the first-ever range of signature Playboy surfboards" said Sarah Haney, vice president, licensing, Playboy Enterprises, Inc "People around the world are increasingly embracing surf culture and we look forward to delivering the iconic Playboy Rabbit Head on a product line that speaks so aptly to the brand's 'good life' values."
"Playboy is a brand that Wallin has been interested in working with for years. We started with one-of-a-kind boards developed for Holly, Bridget and Kendra for an episode of the E!'s hit TV show 'Girls Next Door,' and we didn't want to stop there," said John Levandoski, president of Wallin Surfboards. "We are pleased to be introducing a collection of 30 styles of long and short boards for both men and women.
Playboy Surf by Wallin made its international television debut this season on E!'s hit show the "Girls Next Door." World-renowned surfer Kelly Slater taught Bridget and Kendra to "hang ten" on Wallin boards, in the episode entitled, "Surf's Up!"


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How to Access Marketplace Content
From Roll20 Wiki
The Roll20 Marketplace has changed a great deal since we first launched 2012. Where we initially only sold only art packs for maps and tokens and while we still do, we now also sell whole Modules, Compendium Expansions, and Game Addons. Since the variety of content on a Marketplace has increased, so to with how these purchasable items are accessed on our site. This wiki page will explain how to access all the content that you can purchase on the Marketplace.
Token, Portrait, Map, and Handout Artist Packs
The lion share of our Marketplace offerings are Art Packs. These are collections of images for use in your games on Roll20. When you purchase this content, these art packages are unlocked within the VTT itself. You do not need to download and re-upload the art in order to use them! Once unlocked, these image sets are available under the Premium Assets section of the Art Library. Your purchased art is already organized into folders by their art pack name. These images do NOT count towards your account's image quota.
If you go to the page Your Purchases, you can keep track of all the Marketplace items you have already purchased.
Downloadable Content
While it depends on the decisions of the individual artist, most purchased art packages will have a blue Download Complete Set button available on their Marketplace listing. Clicking on this button will download the entire art package as a single compressed ZIP file. The images contained in the ZIP file will be either be in PNG (if transparencies are used) or JPG file formats.
A Roll20 Module is a fully realized adventure that a GM can pick up and play that does most if not all of the setup work for them. Battle map assembly, NPC creation, Dynamic Lighting drawings, player handouts, etc; all of this is handled within the module itself. This allows a GM to get right into hosting a game far faster than having to create it all from scratch. Modules are a great way for a brand new GM to ease in to play.
When you purchase a module from the Marketplace, this unlocks the module for use. When you go to the Game Creation page by clicking on the Start New Game from the site menu, the column on the right hand side of the page is titled Optional: Choose a Module. Underneath this are thumbnail tiles for all the various Roll20 modules that are available. For the one's you have purchased, mousing over the thumbnail will make a checkbox icon appear over the thumbnail tile. Clicking on the tile will select this module to be used as the base for this new game. If a certain character sheet is recommended for use with this module, it is automatically chosen under the Optional: Choose a Character Sheet section on the left side of the page.
If you mouse over a module thumbnail that you have not purchased yet, a shopping cart icon will appear instead of a check mark. Clicking on this will bring you to that module's Marketplace listing.
If you have multiple modules purchased on your account and have accidentally chosen the wrong one, click on the blue "Change Module" button at the top of the page. This will clear out your module choice and bring up all the Module thumbnails once again.
Downloadable Module Content
Some modules come with PDFs of their adventure or rule books if the Marketplace listing has the phrase "Downloadable PDF" mentioned in the module's listing information. To download the PDF file, go to the Module's marketplace listing and there will be a blue Download PDF button at the bottom of the page.
Free Modules to Try
If you'd like to see how a module works in action, there are two free modules available on the Roll20 Marketplace that you can add to a new game. Those modules are:
A0: Crow's Rest Island: This is a Level 1 adventure that is compatible with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game from publisher Adventure A Week
The Master's Vault: This is a Level 1 adventure that is compatible with the SRD5 Gaming License written by James Introcaso
Compendium Expansions
Compendiums are "books" of indexed webpages devoted to a particular RPG rule system. It behaves, and is designed, very similarly to a mini wiki. A Compendium can be browsed outside of Roll20's VTT, but it also can be used within it for quick rule searches and populating fields on your character sheets like equipment items and spells via drag and drop capability.
On Roll20, there are Compendiums that are freely available to use due to their OGL status (currently we have the D&D 5th Edition SRD and the Pathfinder SRD available in Compendium format), but we also offer unlockable licensed material via our Marketplace like Wizards of the Coast's Volo's Guide to Monsters and Monster Manual. These packages add the content from those published books to the Compendium for you to browse.
When a Compendium Expansion is bought, the new pages contained in this expansion are made available for that purchaser's account to peruse. If there are pages that have similar versions in the OGL version of the Compendium, these pages are overridden by the pages from the licensed content. For example, you won't have two Bug Bear entries, only the one from the Monster Manual.
Adding a Compendium to your Game
Where the versatility of Compendiums truly shines is when one is attached to a game so that it can be utilized within Roll20's VTT. GMs and players can look up rules on the fly during their game and the GM can take whole entries from the Compendium and drag them to the tabletop to create a handout with the information contained within. If the sheet in use is Compendium Compatible, the GM and players can drag items, spells, and other abilities from the Compendium into their character sheet to auto-complete elements on it. Monster entries will even create and populate entire NPC Character Journals automatically and come with a linked token (when available from licensed content) when the GM drags its entry to the Tabletop.
Character Sheets must be designed by its author to point to a particular Compendium first before VTT/Compendium functionality is available. For instance, choosing one of the frequently updated D&D 5th Edition character sheets will automatically assign and enable the 5th Edition Compendium to be used in your game as well as Pathfinder sheets linking to the Pathfinder Compendium. You can choose a character sheet at game creation or by going to the Game Settings Page at any time afterwards. If you're on your game's Game Settings Page and want to use your own sheet, you can select the Compendium of your choice by going to the "Access Compendium In-Game" drop down menu and choosing the Compendium you would like to use. At default, this menu is set to "Determined by Character Sheet (Default)".
Once added, a new tab will be added on the Sidebar placed between the Journal tab and the Jukebox tab. This is the Compendium tab. Browsing and searching for entries within the Compendium Tab behave exactly as the webpage version. The only difference here is that the entries will pop up in their separate window when you select them from the tab.
If you're not relying on a Character Sheet to load a desired Compendium, you'll want to go to the Game Settings Page and choose the Compendium you want to use.
Caveats of Compendium Expansions and User Access
Compendium extensions are account locked. The content is only available to the user who has purchased the product. If you are the GM, your players do not gain access to the Compendium extension automatically. That being said, you can drag and drop any content from the Compendium into your game to generate a handout (or character entry if this is a creature) of that Compendium page's content. This handout you can share to your fellow players.
Recently added to Marketplace content are "Game Addons". Unlike a Marketplace module, an Addon includes smaller chunks of content that are meant to enhance an existing game such as: custom card decks, maps, single encounter adventures and more. Once bought, these content packages are available via a dropdown menu in the Game Addons section of the Game Settings Page. Select the one you wish to add and click on the blue Add to Game button beside the drop down menu. When a Game Addon is appended to the game, it will be added to a bulleted list underneath the "Addon in [Title of Current Game]" list. This list is shown underneath the addon drop down menu and the blue Add to Game button.
|Adding an Addon more than once will overwrite the previous version of that addon you currently have added to your game. You will lose any changes you may have made, but this will also assists a GM who made any edits by mistake and wish to revert back to the original copy of the Addon.
Removing Addons
To remove any Game Addon content you've added to a game, you will need to delete it manually from inside the launched game. If you ever delete a Game Addon unintentionally, remove the Addon from the Addon List on the Game Settings Page, then add it back in again from this Game Settings feature.
A Bundle isn't a specified item on the Marketplace, but rather, it is a container to group multiple different types of Marketplace content together in a convenient one-time-purchase package. For instance, the Volo's Guide to Monsters Bundle gives you not only the Compendium Expansion, but also an Addon and a Module version of the book's provided battle maps. When you're on a Bundle's marketplace listing, all the available content that comes with it will be listed under the phrase, Bundle Includes These Items:. If there is content that can be download (an image pack or a PDF for example), these will be available on the individual Marketplace item listing rather than on the Bundle's listing page. The access for the individual items will behave exactly in the same fashion for all the item types listed up above.
Marketplace F.A.Q.
The following are some commonly asked questions about Marketplace Purchases.
I purchased a product on the Marketplace. When I go back to its MP listing, I can still purchase it a second time. Is this a Bug?
A feature we added in 2016 was Marketplace Gifting. Now a player can buy their GM products on the Marketplace or vice versa. If you have purchased an item on the Marketplace, the purchase button remains on the listing in the off chance you want to buy it for someone else. When you go to the Purchase Window, the radio button to select "Myself" will be disabled, so you will not run the risk of buying the product more than once for yourself.
My players gifted me with Account Credit. Why can't I use this to buy Marketplace items?
That gifted credit is actually Subscription Credit to go towards your Roll20 subscription renewal. If a player wants to gift you with Marketplace content, they will need to purchase it in full from the Marketplace listing instead.
I want to gift my GM something from the Marketplace. Can I do that?
Yes! Go through the motions of finding the item listing and clicking the Purchase button. When on the Purchase Window, instead of selecting the "Myself" radio button for the purchase recipient, choose either "A Recent Player" (this will bring up a list of users you've recently played with) or "By Email". Then either select your GM from the user list or supply their email. Follow through with payment information as required and once payment is submitted and processed, both you and your gift recipient will be given an email receipt for the purchase.
Something appears to have gone wrong with my purchase, what do I do?
Please email us at email@example.com if you have any other issues with your marketplace purchases.


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Who Gets Custody Of The Family Pet.
Friday, 13 July 2018
Pets may be man's best friend. However, when spouses divorce, the state of Florida, USA considers pets as personal property. They belong to someone and are the responsibility of that owner. This means that in a divorce, it is necessary for the pets to be divided and assigned as all marital property. Although there isn't
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The Use Of PET/CT Scanning For Cancer Patients
Wednesday, 11 July 2018
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) has become one of the most established nuclear imaging modality that has become useful mostly for oncology. PET was invented in the year 1970 and was then used in neurology and cardiology as a valuable tool for research. It was after a decade later that investigators identified that PET could be
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Same-Sex Divorce In Florida.
Tuesday, 10 July 2018
In a world that has become quite accepting of sexual orientation and same-sex marriage, it is also essential to make sure that same-sex couples get divorce rights. In Florida, same-sex marriage became legal in 2015. This also meant that couples could get a same-sex divorce as well. This applies even if a couples' marriage was
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#1 Indianapolis Hard Money Lender, BridgeWell Capital
Tuesday, 10 July 2018
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On The Go Imaging With A Portable MRI
Saturday, 07 July 2018
Attempting to lie perfectly still during the procedure of an MRI may create a certain inquisition on what it would reveal. However, admiring the machine itself wouldn't have been a prioritized thought. A Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), however, is a significant mix of physics and the developments in medicine. In the world of today, however,
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Your Funding Partner To Close Fast, BridgeWell Capital
Wednesday, 04 July 2018
Sarasota is very popular among real estate investors due to its superb weather, outdoor amenities and high quality of life. All those incentives tend to lure a vast number of real estate investors into Sarasota. If you are also looking to invest there, Hard Money Lenders Sarasota, BridgeWell Capital is ready to back you. Don't
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Unclogging A Drain
Monday, 18 June 2018
When water starts to drain more slowly than usual and then starts to become something of a pool, this implies a clogged drain. A clogged drain can become a significant inconvenience and a big issue for plumbing. For smaller clogging issues, there are a few remedies that can be used when it comes to unclogging
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Depression In Men Vs Women
Monday, 18 June 2018
Researchers have found that depression ranges slightly differently between men and women. Studies have identified that each gender possesses specific transcriptional signatures which could suggest particular treatments for both sexes. Although men don't generally recognize or accept their symptoms of depression, statistically around six million men suffer from depression each year, in the United States
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Health Affected By Relationship Quality
Wednesday, 13 June 2018
Henry Youngman stated, "The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret." In ensuring a healthy marriage, it can be stated that there isn't really a secret to it. In fact, marriages are a lot of work. At best, the base for ensuring a marriage that is of adequate standards could be stated as working
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Issues With Older AC Systems
Friday, 08 June 2018
It is clearly understood that Air Conditioners don't last as long as forever. This especially applies in Florida, USA where Air Conditioners are generally exposed to intense heat, humidity, and severe storms. However, many other factors would also allow the determination of how long an air conditioner can be operated at its most efficient level.
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Wednesday, 23 May 2018
Dieting and controlling what you eat is okay, but taking it too far could become a severe issue for your health and body. So, how far is too far? Bulimia Nervosa is an eating disorder caused by a psychiatric illness which is characterized by eating an abnormally large amount of food within a short time
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Where To Live During The Divorce?
Wednesday, 23 May 2018
Your family home is as memorable as it gets. And going through divorce leaves you at a standstill trying to make a tough decision. The emotional turmoil of separation won't let you live in your family home with your soon-to-be ex-spouse. The awkward and nervous atmosphere isn't all. It can even lead to arguments when
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When you think about it, it's amazing how much we rely on our cars in just about every aspect of our lives. We need them to get us to work, to get our kids to school, to drive us on errand runs and to be available at a moment's notice to take us somewhere in an emergency. It's quite a lot to ask of a single machine, and it's no wonder that sooner or later, every car will eventually run into some kind of problem. While many people are unfamiliar with how to diagnose car problems, the truth is that you should be aware of a few major signs to look out for with regards to your car's transmission. Knowing these signs can help you recognize when problems are popping up, which will allow you to get them fixed before they become expensive catastrophes.
Fluid Leaks
One of the first signs that you need transmission repair in Carrollton, TX is if you notice transmission fluid leaks. Transmission systems are closed systems, and fluid should not be leaking in a properly functioning transmission system. Transmission fluid is usually bright red, though it can appear darker or brownish under certain conditions. If you notice any fluids or fluid stains on your driveway, place a piece of cardboard beneath your engine to see what kind of fluid, if any, is leaking.
A transmission system that is starting to wear out will start to "slip" more and more often. When this happens, it will feel like the car has changed gears for no discernable reason. You might hear the engine slip into a high-pitched whining sound. This is happening because the transmission's ability to change gears, and to keep you in certain gears, is starting to break down. If this happens, make sure to take your car into a qualified shop as soon as you can.
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A sleepy province, Kalinga is cradled by the mountains of the Cordilleras. The relatively cool climate blankets the province most of the time while the Chico River meanders through its core. It is a landlocked province defined by the rugged highlands of the west and the gradually sloping grassland of the east. And in between are flat lands that produce rice from the skillful hands of the tribe.
Several tribes in the Cordilleras used to practice headhunting. There were several reasons and purpose why it was practiced before, and they vary from one tribe to another. The Ifugaos, Bontocs, Ilongots, Sagada Igorots, Apayaos and Kalingas dwell in the Cordilleras and traditionally somewhat hostile to each other.
According to factsanddetails.com, heads taken from headhunting brought glory to the warrior who collected them. It gives good luck to their village as well. The heads were preserved and worshiped in special rituals.
Most heads are taken out as an act of revenge, often for breaking the traditional law. Other reasons for headhunting include tribal beliefs that beheading the enemy is a way of killing off for good the spirit of the person beheaded. Headhunting is also believed to help the soil become fertile and it provides strength to the people.
Back in the days, the people of Kalinga were feared by neighbors and invaders because of their reputation as headhunters. Kalinga in Gaddang and Ibanag tongue means headhunter. The Kalinga people live in the highlands and were able to preserve their warrior-culture. Their strong sense of belonging to a tribe and their loyalty resulted to frequent tribal unrest and sometimes resulted to tribal wars.
In the present day Kalinga, headhunting may be a vanishing act but tribal wars may still exist in remote places in the highlands. This should not deter travelers and tourists though from visiting Kalinga. People are generally warm and hospitable to visitors.Continue reading "Kalinga: Tales of Head Hunters"


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Love is a Journey
Note: Well here we are, something a little different for you all! I normally write poetry, but I do have a few short stories lying around and I thought I'd post one. This is based off of some real events. I really did get the necklace described in this piece from my Godmother for college graduation. Also, the necklace does mean to me what I describe in the story. This is a story based on what I thought might happen when I have a family and my daughter graduates from high school. Hope you all enjoy!
I walked excitedly out of the school towards my parents and older brother, high school diploma in my hand. My mother grabbed me in a tight hug.
"I'm so proud of you baby," she whispered softly. My father and brother echo her sentiments.
I talked and laughed with my friends, the nostalgia settling in as I realized this chapter in my life was coming to an end. It was a bittersweet occasion, but I knew it was inevitable.
Later that night, I walked towards my room exhausted with the day's events. I was a little surprised to find my mom sitting on my bed in my room holding a small gift-wrapped box. She smiled and handed it to me.
"I thought that I wasn't supposed to get my gifts until my party," I questioned. She smiled again.
"This is a special gift that I wanted to give you in private. It was given to me when I graduated from college from my godmother."
I looked at the box curiously before slowly unwrapping it. I lifted the lid and stared in shock at the diamond ring necklace that my mom had always worn. She never wore anything but a cross and this necklace.
"Why are you giving this to me?" I asked confused. "It obviously means a lot to you. You never take it off." My mom smiled again.
"It reminds me of a commitment I made long ago. One that I still hope to keep until the day I die. I was hoping that you would come to see it as a symbol of your commitment too, because I believe you have the same one." I looked at her puzzled.
"I'm sorry, but I don't understand. How does a diamond ring necklace symbolize anything?"
"Turn it over and look at the back," she gently replied.
I flipped the ring over. Behind the diamonds was an inscription. "Love is a journey," I read thoughtfully. I looked back up at my mom. She was smiling again. "Are you sure that dad didn't buy this for you? It's quite obvious that this is a necklace for people in love."
My mom laughed while giving me a humorous look. "Everyone thought some secret rich boyfriend had given it to me at the time when I started wearing it, but it did really come from my godmother."
"So if it didn't represent someone's love for you, then why was it so important? You said it represented a commitment."
"It did," she replied. "You know why I always wear a cross right?" It was my turn to smile.
"Because it reminds you of God and His love for you."
"Exactly, so this necklace reminded me of others and my commitment to try to love them as God does."
I stood staring at the necklace again, starting to see it in a different light as my mom continued.
"The inscription and the gradual increasing diamond size represent my journey as I grow in Christ and express more and more of His love through me. Just as I journey with God and grow stronger and closer to Him, so do I want to journey through this life with His love and have it grow and show itself stronger towards others through me." I brushed my fingers over the diamonds thoughtfully.
"So it was a constant reminder to always love others then, just like God does right?" She smiled.
"Yes, but that is not all it symbolized to me. The circle represents that love is eternal and it always comes back around to us, forever growing. It also symbolizes unity. Love is the one universal thing that unites us." I brushed my fingers next over the smooth gold on the side opposite the diamonds on the ring.
"I wonder why they just didn't make the diamonds go all the way around then. Unless people couldn't afford it," I commented. My mom closed her eyes before answering.
"I like to think that they did it on purpose. It serves as a warning."
"A warning?" I questioned confused again.
"Yes. It symbolizes what happens when there is no love. You life is cold and hard. It may be pretty on the outside, but it is empty and meaningless, unless loves glittering light resides in it." I smiled.
"Thank you so much mom, it means so much more to me now knowing that." I frowned slightly. "But what about you? If it reminds you of your commitment to love, shouldn't you keep it?" She smiled brightly.
"I don't need any reminder to love others anymore. God blessed me with your father, your brother, and you. Anytime I look at any of you, I can't help but feel overwhelmed with love. It's all of the reminder I'll ever need."
I brushed away a stray tear before looking at the necklace again. I smiled back up at my mom. "I think it is a wonderful way for me to symbolize my commitment to loving others as God does."
I took the necklace from the box and carefully fastened it around my neck as I silently made a vow. I want to always love others more as I go towards my future.
It may not be much, it was just a vow, but every journey must start with a single step.
I thought back on my life and the many ways my love for others, and the love others had for me, had changed and grown. I smiled.
Yes, love really is a journey after all.
I liked this!!!
Very sweet--I liked it! Keep it up! :)
Thanks :)
Thanks HomeschoolGirl! :) I will try to post some more poetry soon! God Bless,
Wings of Eternity
"Be an example to all believers in what you say, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity." 1 Timothy 4:12
AW!!! This is soooo sweet!
I loved this a lot! A very good message and a very sweet short story!
Well done!
Write on!
"Here's looking at you, Kid"
Write On!
Thanks Kass!
Thanks dear! I'm so glad that you enjoyed it! It was fun to write when I wrote it and I love the messsage as well! Hopefully someday that story will come true! God Bless!
Wings of Eternity
"Be an example to all believers in what you say, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity." 1 Timothy 4:12
Aw...that was really, really
Aw...that was really, really sweet. I loved it : ) Really well-written, too! Great short story!
Thanks Clare!
Thanks dear for your beautiful comment! I am very glad that you enjoyed it! It is always great to have another reader too! God Bless,
Wings of Eternity
"Be an example to all believers in what you say, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity." 1 Timothy 4:12


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Whenever I recommend to someone below the age of 40 to plant a quince tree I am often met with a blank stare. It seems that like the washboard, hatbox and moustache wax, quinces have been relegated to the dustbin of history. This is a shame and I think it's now high time for a quince revival.
They are not fussy plants by any means, producing fruit in abundance as well as bearing beautifully delicate flowers in spring. Their low-fuss, high-yielding character was perhaps the main reason for their popularity in the past, when times were simpler and gardening was more of a utilitarian practice than a statement of fashion. I suppose that a lot of people might be deterred from growing them due to the length of time it takes to cook them as they are by no means a fruit that you can eat raw. Several hours of broiling or poaching are required to render the hard fruit edible but the transformation their flesh goes through during this process is nothing short of spellbinding. Once pale yellow, astringent flesh transforms into a deep burgundy and tender jube-like consistency, perfect for pies, muffins, or having on top of your morning porridge.
The first time my partner cooked with them I was sceptical that the lengthy cooking time involved in their preparation was going to be worth the end result. That was until I took my first mouthful of oven-poached quince. From that point on I became a quince evangelist, enthusiastically talking them up to all who'd listen. But here's the rub – I don't currently grow any quinces myself. Friends in the country have a Chinese quince (Pseudocydonia sinensis) in a garden border that fruits prolifically every year, with a little help from yours truly, so I guess you could say I grow them by proxy. In the coming year I'll be transforming my backyard into a mostly productive garden and I have plans for a quince or two in the design.
Quinces are members of the Rosaceae family and are relatives of apples and pears. There are three species of quince that are cultivated for their fruit. The first is the most familiar species, Cydonia oblonga, and grows to around 7-10 meters. This species of quince is monotypic, meaning that it is the only species in its genus. The Chinese quince (Pseudocydonia sinensis) is another monotype species, closely related to the Cydonia genus as its name suggests, but differs in both its leaf margin and eventual height. The Chinese quince will grow anywhere form 10-15 meters tall and looks superficially like C. oblonga but for a serrated leaf margin. The Chinese quince flowers are a light pink colour and quite showy, making it a great tree for its spring flowers. Finally, the Japanese quince (Chaenomeles japonica) is the least common in Australia. It grows to only about a meter tall, so it is the perfect species for smaller yards.
All these quinces can be used in the culinary arts and respond to the cooking process in the same way. The colour transformation they undergo during cooking is nothing short of miraculous. The flavour between species is pretty much the same. Quinces were once treasured by home preserve makers for their high pectin content, meaning they're ideal fruits for making into jams and jellies. With the advent of powdered pectin in the late 19th century the quince slowly fell out of fashion and into obscurity. If you're looking for a tree or shrub that is both ornamental and edible then perhaps once of the quinces is the plant for you. The fruit lasts for months after being picked, with the added bonus of scenting entire rooms with their sweet, spicy aroma while languishing in a fruit bowl. You can even make quince brandy by soaking a whole quince in it for a couple of weeks before straining.
I'm yet to try this last recipe, but with this year's quince harvest in full swing I think I'll give it a go. On a final note, here's a recipe for quince jelly I made this year that turned out splendidly. Making a jam or jelly with quinces is the only way to realise their full, pectin-packed potential in my opinion. Give it a go if you can get your hands on some quinces, it's well worth the effort.
Until next time, happy gardening.
Simple Quince Jelly
2 kilos of quinces
2 litres of water
60ml lemon juice
Castor sugar
Roughly dice the quinces (cores, seeds and all) and add them to a large pot with the water. Bring to a boil then simmer for around 45 mins. Use a potato masher to mash the now soft fruit up then Continue to simmer for another 30 to 45 minutes, until the fruit is nice and soft and pulpy.
Line a colander over a large bowl with doubled-up wet muslin. Pour contents of the pot into the colander and allow the liquid to drip through overnight (don't push the fruit through – it will make the jelly cloudy).
Measure the liquid the next day and combine with the same amount of warmed caster sugar in a large pan, as well as the lemon juice, and heat the mix to dissovle the sugar.
Bring to a rapid boil for 25 mins, stirring frequently.
Test for setting point. If not set, boil for another 5 mins then test again. Skim scum off the surface of the mixture at this point too – it'll make your jelly perfectly clear and glistening.
Once setting point is reached seal into warm sterilised jars. Invert jars for 2 mins then turn them the right way up and leave them to set.
Best stored for a few months before using, but can be used right away too.


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I talked about my NYC trip more generally here, but I wanted to do a separate post specifically about the accessibility of the city. I've been there enough times now that I feel like I have a good idea about how accessible (or inaccessible) the city is - at least from a tourist's point-of-view.
I'll start with a positive - so much of New York City is walkable, a most of the sidewalks do have curb cuts. If you plan out your trip carefully, you can easily spend a weekend in the city, going to shows, Central Park, the Empire State Building, restaurants, and bars, all without ever having to get on the subway or take a taxi.
The downside of this, though, is that it limits your explorations to a few square miles, and the reason that I suggest walking is that the subway is very inaccessible. It's not completely inaccessible - there are some stations that have elevators - but those stations are few and far between, and the elevators are often broken. This means that you might spend an hour or two researching accessible stops, and carefully planning out a trip, only to get to the station and find out the elevator isn't working at the moment. Also, the accessible entrances are often in a totally different block than the regular subway entrances, and you have to navigate an underground maze to find the platform that you're looking for.
I should mention that NYC does now have wheelchair taxis, but I haven't gotten to try out this option yet. These taxis can only accommodate one wheelchair at a time, and since my whole family travels together, we'd have to get two taxis so that my sister and I could each ride on - this would get expensive quickly! We have had good experiences taking the buses, though - I can't speak for every bus driver and every bus route, but the driver we had was very knowledgeable and helpful with the wheelchair tie-downs.
There are so many hotels in NYC, and a lot of them do have accessible rooms or suites. We generally tend to stick with hotel chains, rather than boutique hotels or AirBnBs - it's much easier this way to request specific accessibility features, and to know what you're getting. All hotel rooms in NYC are small, though, as are the bathrooms - having an accessible room is key to having the space needed to get a wheelchair in and out of a hotel bathroom!
This most recent trip was disappointing in terms of accessible restaurants. I had made a reservation at Tavern62 by David Burke through Open Table, and I had made sure to note in the online form that there were two wheelchairs in the party. However, when we got there, we found out that the restaurant wasn't actually accessible. The sommelier who we spoke to kept saying that they didn't know, and what a shame it was that we couldn't get in. What's most frustrating about situations like this is that it's not just a shame, it's actually illegal under the Americans with Disabilities Act. It also put a real damper on the rest of our night - we then had to walk around the city on a Saturday night, in the rain, looking for a restaurant that could accomodate a party of six people at 7:30 PM. Even more frustratingly, in our attempts to find a new place to eat, we found at least two more restaurants that were also inaccessible.
I still do love traveling to NYC, but I make sure to be realistic when I'm planning my trip. I stay within one borough (preferably, within one or two neighborhoods!) and plan everything carefully!
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B&B, homestay rentals and CouchSurfing in France
French-style "Bed & Breakfast"
For one or several nights, you'll be warmly welcomed into a French family home. Choosing a B&B stay is a great way to discover the traditional French way of life and share moments of conviviality with your hosts.
B&Bs generally welcome up to 15 guests and provide a maximal capacity of 5 rooms, with private bathroom.
For the gourmets, you will have the occasion to discover the tastes of the real terroir cuisine at a "Table d'hôtes" (a home-made dinner).
This great type of accommodation will offer you amazing moments and a unusual discovery of France.
Homestay rentals
A true alternative to traditional travel, BedyCasa has been helping travelers arrange homestay rentals since 2007.
With about 150,000 members, and over 10,000 properties in France, they provide economic and friendly room rentals opportunities. Save money, meet great friends, and create memories that will last a lifetime.
CouchSurfing is based on being welcomed into someone's home for a night or a few days for free, and sharing a part of your journey through France.
Today, CouchSurfing is truly a worldwide network of travellers.
This kind of accommodation will provide you with a unique experience, without spending much money. However, it's always a good idea to bring something for your host as a thank you present, showing your appreciation for being able to experience your holiday from another point of view.


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Good Girl Gone Bad
IN HER SIZZLING DEBUT, KARIN TABKE SETS THE SCENE WITH HARD-HITTING COPS, A SCANDALOUS CRIME, AND UNINHIBITED PASSION THAT CAN'T BE DENIED…. Straight-laced, by-the-book police officer Philamina Zorn has always lived by the letter of the law — that is, until she is assigned to work with Lieutenant Ty Jamerson, a tough-as-nails, arrogantly handsome cop who knows exactly how to press her buttons. Staking out Klub Kashmir, the Bay Area's hottest gentleman's club, Phil and Ty go undercover to bait the kidnapper of three young women — including two strippers from the club — while trying to keep their clashing personalities at bay. Baring more than just her inhibitions, Phil dons a barely there ensemble, straps on stilettos, and reveals her feisty side as Kat, a seductively sexy cocktail waitress who lets her luscious curves do the talking. Not only is she determined to expose a criminal but she has vowed to show her hot-headed lieutenant, a.k.a. floor manager of Klub Kashmir, that she's no shrinking violet. As Phil and Ty become more deeply entrenched in the sordid underground world of exotic dancing, where money means everything and passions run wild, flaring tension becomes uncontrollable lust. It's all they can do not to surrender to desire — a hunger that intensifies with each playful encounter. Meanwhile, a cold-blooded criminal is hiding in the shadows — and a devastating secret that, if revealed, could shake Phil to her core.


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Creating a Production Storm Cluster
Storm is a free and open source distributed realtime computation system. Storm makes it easy to reliably process unbounded streams of data, doing for realtime processing what Hadoop did for batch processing. Storm is simple, can be used with any programming language, and is a lot of fun to use!
This tutorial will help you set up a production storm cluster from scratch.
We assume you have two machines that you can ssh into as the
deploy user, and that user has
sudo privleges. We'll call these machines
storm and
zookeeper. It's ok if you only have one machine, this tutorial will handle that case as well.
We need to install the JDK (which includes the JRE). Oracle requires you accept the license agreement, so I prefer to download this locally and then
scp the file to my host. To download the JDK, go to the jdk download page, accept the license agreement, and download the file called
jdk-7u5-linux-x64.rpm. Then copy it to the
deploy user's home directory using
scp -C jdk-7u5-linux-x64.rpm deploy@zookeeper:/home/deploy
scp -C jdk-7u5-linux-x64.rpm deploy@storm:/home/deploy
Then we install it on each machine (and setup our
JAVA_HOME and
PATH to find all the java binaries):
ssh zookeeper
sudo rpm -Uvh jdk-7u5-linux-x64.rpm
echo "export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/default \
export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin:$HOME/bin" > ~/.bash_profile
ssh storm
sudo rpm -Uvh jdk-7u5-linux-x64.rpm
echo "export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/default \
export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin:$HOME/bin" > ~/.bash_profile
Installing Dependencies
First we need to install some dependencies and setup a place to keep our source files:
ssh deploy@zookeeper
mkdir -p ~/src
sudo yum install -y libtool libuuid-devel gcc-c++ make
Installing Zookeeper
Now we're ready to install zookeeper:
cd ~/src
wget http://mirrors.axint.net/apache/zookeeper/zookeeper-3.4.3/zookeeper-3.4.3.tar.gz
tar xzf zookeeper-3.4.3.tar.gz
Running Zookeeper
Zookeeper is configured by a file located in
conf/zookeper.conf. We'll use this as our zookeeper config when we start the zookeeper server:
~/src/zookeeper-3.4.3/bin/zkServer.sh start ~/src/zookeeper-3.4.3/conf/zoo_sample.cfg
Now that zookeeper is running, we can setup our storm servers. First we need to install native dependencies:
Installing Dependencies
ssh deploy@zookeeper
sudo yum install -y git libtool libuuid-devel gcc-c++ make
mkdir -p ~/src /tmp/storm
Installing ZeroMQ
cd ~/src
wget http://download.zeromq.org/zeromq-2.1.7.tar.gz
tar xzf zeromq-2.1.7.tar.gz
cd zeromq-2.1.7
sudo make install
Installing JZMQ
cd ~/src
git clone https://github.com/nathanmarz/jzmq.git
cd jzmq
sudo make install
Installing Storm
cd ~/src
wget https://github.com/downloads/nathanmarz/storm/storm-0.7.0.zip
unzip storm-0.7.0.zip
Configuring Storm
We need to point storm to the correct zookeeper servers, as well as setup other config options. For now, we'll just modify the
conf/storm.yaml file to look like this:
storm.local.dir: "/tmp/storm"
- "zookeeper"
nimbus.host: "localhost"
You'll want to put some real values in there depending on the size of your cluster, and you'll definitely want to change
/tmp/storm to something more persistent, but this sufices for a demo.
Running Storm
In order to run storm, you need both nimbus and supervisor processes running. We can run them with
nohup ~/src/storm-0.7.0/bin/storm nimbus &
nohup ~/src/storm-0.7.0/bin/storm supervisor &
Now it should be ready to process topologies!
Running the Storm UI
Storm comes with a nifty dashboard to view cluster stats. To run it, just do:
nohup ~/src/storm-0.7.0/bin/storm ui &