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Saturday, April 17, 2010

Potted history of Wellington Boots

The wellington boot is associated with Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington, (the Iron Duke) (1769-1852). He instructed his shoemaker, George Hoby of St. James' Street, London, to modify the Hessian 18th century boot and make it in calfskin leather.

George Hoby (1759-1832) was proud of his achievement and is reported to have said on news of the French defeat at Vittoria.

“If Lord Wellington had any other bootmaker than myself, he never would have had his great and constant successes; for my boots and prayers bring his lordship out of all his difficulties.”

Wellingtons first appeared in 1817 and proved popular with the troops because they were hard wearing for battle yet comfortable for evening wear. The boot leather was treated with wax to make them softer and more waterproof. The new boots became a very popular fashion accessory for gentlemen. Considered fashionable and foppish in the best circles, they remained the main fashion for men throughout the 1840's. In the 50's they were more commonly made in the calf high version and in the 60's they were both superseded by the ankle boot, except for riding.

After Charles Goodyear (1800-1860) invented a vulcanisation process for rubber some American bookmakers began making rubber boots.

Hiram Hutchinson saw the potential to shod agricultural workers in France and bought the patent from Goodyear in 1852. He started a rubber boot company in Montargis called “La Compagnie du Caoutchouc Souple” (The Flexible Rubber Company). He patented a brand of wellington boots he called “A L’Aigle (or Homage to the Eagle) in 1853. The new waterproof boots were quick to become established and sold well within the large rural population (95% of the population). By 1857 the company were hand making 14000 pairs of boots per day. Now called Aigle, these Wellington boots have become synonymous with quality and 95% of the Aigle’s collection is still handcrafted in France.

Fellow American, Henry Lee Norris moved to Edinburgh, Scotland and started producing rubber wellington boots in 1856.

Norris believed Scotland was a good place to manufacture wellingtons because of the country’s high rainfall. Based at Castle Silk Mills his company was registered as the British Rubber Company. Four former bootmakers from New York trained the Scottish workforce and the company went in to production first making rubber shoes and boots but then quickly expanding to produce an extensive range of rubber products, included tyres, conveyor belts, combs, golf balls, hot water bottles and rubber flooring.

Come the outbreak of the First World War (1914- 1918) the trench war ensured high production of rubber boots. In the Second World War the armed forces again used vast quantities of rubber wellington boots along with waders. In peace time farmer’s gardeners and fishermen made good use of rubber footwear.

The new wellingtons (or ‘wellies’) had to be hard wearing and comfortable, usually made of natural rubber with good non-slip soles. Wellington boots came in a variety of colours and heights, but most are about knee-high and a number of them come up to the crotch and are worn as waders. The soles were also made of full rubber and had some form of tread on them for grip while walking in a stream or on wet ground. These boots are made to be waterproof.

The North British Rubber Company continued to prosper introducing both the Green Hunter and Royal Hunter wellingtons in 1955. The North British Rubber Company changed its name to Uniroyal Limited in 1966. More changes took place until eventually four decades later; the Wellington boot production section became Hunter Boot Limited. Hunter Wellington boots have transformed from being a solely practical item to now an extremely popular fashion brand.

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Memorial and Thanksgiving Service for John Stott, St. Paul’s Cathedral, January 13, 2012

26 January 2012

London, UK – January 23, 2012
A life that still speaks; a vision that inspires.

Service books at Memorial ServiceThe majestic stone columns and arches of St. Paul’s Cathedral glowed in the honeyed light of the winter sunshine, while Christopher Wren’s great dome resounded to the music of organ, orchestra, choir and two thousand voices giving glory to God in thanksgiving for the life and ministry of Rev. Dr. John R. W. Stott (1921 – 2011). The service was held on Friday,  January 13th, 2012 and drew people from the corners of the UK and many parts of the world.

Music for the service was led and arranged by Dr. Noel Tredinnick with the All Souls Orchestra and a gathered choir, along with soloist Elisabeth Crocker. The hymns, some of which were chosen in advance by John Stott, included “Sing to God New Songs of Worship,” written by Bishop Michael Baughen who presided, and “Lord for the Years,” written by Bishop Timothy Dudley-Smith, who preached. The service opened with a welcome and bidding by Canon Mark Oakley, Canon in Residence at St. Paul’s.

Tributes began with Frances Whitehead, John Stott’s secretary for 55 years, who was converted to Christ through his preaching and thanked God for his life — marked to its very end by faith, hope and love, along with grace and truth. Stott’s global influenced was recognized in tributes brought from Asia, Africa and Latin America by, respectively, Archbishop John Chew (Singapore), Bishop Robert Aboagye-Mensah (Ghana), and Ruth Padilla DeBorst (Costa Rica). All spoke of the influence in their continents of his life and friendship, as well as his teaching. Ruth Padilla DeBorst stressed how Stott had listened so deeply to his friends and allowed the realities of poverty and injustice in Latin America to stretch, challenge and inform his own worldview and his understanding of the scope of gospel mission.

In his sermon, Timothy Dudley-Smith, one of Stott’s oldest friends since their student days at Cambridge, preached from Revelation 17:14, where those who are with Jesus are described as “called, chosen and faithful” – words that he illustrated from Stott’s life, whilMark Greene, London Institute for Contemporary Christianitye challenging all present to answer the question that Stott himself would ask, “How is it between you and Jesus?” He recalled John’s sermon at the re-opening of All Souls Church in which he had said he “dreamed, among other things, of a serving church that would be salt and light in society.”

That theme was picked up by Mark Greene and Chris Wright who presented the ongoing vision that is embodied in the two organizations that they lead and which, at Stott’s request, will benefit jointly from The John Stott Memorial Fund – respectively, the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity and the Langham Partnership International. Greene pointed to Stott’s passion that lay Christians should be the agents of the gospel’s transforming power in the frontlines of their places of work, but lamented that this part of Stott’s vision had not been truly grasped or implemented in whole-life disciple-making. As a result, even though there are more Christians in the City of London than in the tents outside the Cathedral, the salt had not been doing its job. Wright pointed to Stott’s complementary passion that, for Christians to be such transformative salt and light in the world, they need the nourishment of applied Bible preaching by pastors who are committed and trained to provide it.

Prayers of thanksgiving after the tributes were led by Bishop Michael Baughen, and prayers of commitment after the sermon and ongoing vision were led by Judge David Turner. Closing prayers were led by John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, and Richard Chartres, Bishop of London, and the blessing was pronounced by Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury.

As the echoes of the last lines of the final hymn resounded among the sunlit stone vaults of the vast Cathedral spaces — “Past put behind us, for the future take us / Lord of the years, to live for Christ alone” —  250 miles away another stone stands surrounded only by the music of the sea and sky. A gravestone of rough-hewn Welsh slate now marks the spot in the tiny village cemetery of Dale, Pembrokeshire, Wales, where John Stott’s ashes lie buried. Like the man himself – slender, upright, rooted in the earth but pointing to the heavens – it is inscribed with his own words:

Buried here are the ashes of John R. W. Stott …
who resolved both as the ground of his salvation
and as the subject of his ministry
to know nothing except
Jesus Christ and him crucified.
1 Corinthians 2:2

Chris Wright
International Director
Langham Partnership International

For more information and additional photos of the memorial service at St. Paul’s Cathedral, visit the John Stott Memorial website.

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

ORCA BL 17.5 Championship Live #4!!!!

The weather is fantastic today and by 1PM, we have completed the qualifying rounds. Result is as posted here.

Traction was great, racing atmosphere was great as well. Racing was really intense as everyone was running at almost the same speed. That is what I call RACING!!! :-)

Stay tuned for the FINALS.

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Tuesday, March 9

Boy, Talk About Overusing The "F" Word...

First they grovel for France's help. Then they piss off France. Then they bitch at France. Then they make nice with France by photographing their leader kissing the First Lady's hand. Then they use France as a pivot point for a low-grade enemy. Then they make nice with France again. Now this.

Y'know...when the crackheads in the White House act this provincial...this draconian...this jurassic - you almost kinda feel sorry for them. Almost.

And at the same time, you hope that Kerry has hundreds more slams-o-the-day, as he's been doing the last week. He's on a roll.

World leaders want Bush out, says Kerry

Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts gave the presidential campaign a jolt yesterday when he told Democratic donors in Florida he has met foreign leaders who want him to knock U.S. President George W. Bush out of the White House.

Kerry mentioned no names, but a campaign spokesperson for Bush and U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney immediately suggested the presumed Democratic nominee must have been talking about France.

"I've met foreign leaders who can't go out and say this publicly but, boy, they look at you and say: `You've got to win this, you've got to beat this guy, we need a new policy,' things like that," Kerry told 50 contributors at a Florida breakfast. The Kerry campaign couldn't point to a meeting he had with a foreign leader in the past year.

But as a senior member of the U.S. Senate's foreign relations committee, he has been in touch with foreign leaders for many years. Kerry was also a regular at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, for years where he would have mixed with a number of world leaders, including now-Prime Minister Paul Martin.

The senator's links to Europe run even deeper: His grandfather hailed from a Czech village; a cousin, Brice Lalonde, served as France's environment minister during the late 1980s and early '90s. And the young Kerry attended a Swiss boarding school while his father was posted to West Berlin for the U.S. State Department.

"He may have friends overseas, in countries like France, who'd rather see him as president, but American voters will make that decision," said Scott Stanzel, a spokesperson for the Bush-Cheney campaign.


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Monday, November 5, 2012

Fueling A Food Crisis

Want to lessen world hunger? Try waving the Renewable Fuels Standard

That’s the message in a report issued in October by the international anti-hunger organization ActionAid USA. The report said an RFS waiver is needed to ease pressure on soaring food prices, which are hitting the poor in under-developed countries especially hard.
ActionAid sent the report to the Environmental Protection Agency as part of its comments on a waiver. A cover letter with the report was cosigned by three domestic environmental organizations: Friends of the Earth, the Environmental Working Group and the Clean Air Task Force.

The groups joined numerous livestock organizations, including NPPC, in supporting a waiver. The RFS requires a set amount of corn-based ethanol to be blended into gasoline each year. The summer drought re-ignited the debate over how much corn should be diverted to fuel cars in light of spiking food and fuel prices.

In its comments, NPPC said a waiver is “an urgent matter.” “EPA’s granting of a full or partial waiver … is necessary to avert the severe economic harm that has been experienced in 2012 by pork producers and the communities and states they live in …,” NPPC said. EPA is expected to announce a decision in mid-November.

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Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Wardrobe Journal: Part 3

This photo is from my Homecoming Dance senior year of high school. Although I had altered many of my formal dresses for other dances, this was the first dress I had made completely on my own. I was nervous that it wouldn’t turn out the way I wanted and that it wouldn’t be accepted by my friends who spent lots of money on store-bought dresses. Because of my uncommon proportions, fashion-forward taste, and low budget, I found it easier to design and create my own formalwear rather than spend hours shopping and still not find anything I truly loved.

The reactions I got for my dress were better than I expected. My simple sewing skills got me noticed, as they were interpreted by everyone else, who had no sewing knowledge, as advanced skills. I sent the message that I was not afraid to be a little bit different and people saw me as talented for having created something that they liked. I wouldn’t say this image was consistent with my identity so much as it helped me, as an insecure high school student, to develop my identity.

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Sunday, 26 July 2015

Célébrations , Champagne et Bonne Chance!

' "We'll make a pot of coffee and celebrate. No. I'll get dressed and take you to lunch." '

The past week has been undoubtedly one of the best of my life. I've been in suspense, before living a surreal few days and now I'm ready to kickstart the Summer hols.
"Life is made of small moments like this"
Last weekend I attended Beat-Herder Festival alongside friends (and around half of my year group/town!!). The stress of carrying our tent and pitching it was soon forgotten about as the tinnies were cracked open and chairs were positioned into a circle under our gazebo (which blew down within about an hour).

(^ Sharing shots, throwing some shapes on shoulders, with smiles all round. )
Throughout the day it was a case of chilling and amusing ourselves, resorting to henna patterns being drawn on our bodies and glitter spread across our faces. The selection of food vans was enough to burn a hole in your pocket, as just about every type was available - just as good sober as when drunk!

From around 4 o'clock, the music became audible from the arena and flocks of people herded down to the stages. When the sun dropped, the festival did not, however, become dark. Instead the fairy lights draped on the branches way up high encouraged an enchanting vibe that lead one through the forest to the stages.

Everything was brought alive at night... late night conversations, late night snacks and late night walks back to your tent. What could be better?

Friends egging on friends to drink concoctions, getting them drunk and then having to look after them as a result.
But no-one seemed to care, after all - "A good friend gets you drunk then walks ya home afterwards."
All-in-all, the festival was a fabulous celebration towards the end of our school year, which would be over in just 3 days.

I was not, however, in the most excitable mood as other were when the last bell went in school. Instead, I was rather nervous for my Driving Test that was the following day.

Just 24 hours on though... I was clinking glasses with my Mum to my first time pass!

I am extremely grateful to my parents who were patient with me as I learnt to drive and also to my instructor.

We celebrated on Thursday with a mouthwatering Mexican and cocktails in Leeds and a spot of shopping. The evening continued with a celebratory meal with friends and these celebrations continued over the next few days.

(^ Present from my best friend for passing.)
I honestly couldn't have asked for a better start to the Summer Holidays and I'm so thankful.

I wish anyone else taking their test the very best of luck, stay calm & cruise those
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

I have been commissioned to illustrate quite a few maps lately. Here are two from some very recent projects I worked on for US clients.

Friday, September 23, 2011

Iconemesis / iPhone cases for iPhone 3G

I recently collaborated with Iconemesis to design 4 new cases for iPhone 3G. I'm really happy with these - treat yourself to one!

APG Gallery, Sheffield

I am pleased to be part of this group show at APG Gallery in Sheffield.

Creatures, Characters and Communication
3 Cs in Graphic art - A Group Exhibition of Original Screen Prints

September 24th - October 22nd, 2011
Preview Evening, Friday September 23rd, 6-9pm

Feat. Ian Stevenson // Russell Maurice // James Nash // Sarah Abbott // Matt Sewell // David Litchfield // Jane Faram // Bob Milner // Steve White // Malarky // Holly Wales // AustinVonNew // Neasden Control Centre // 45 RPM

For this new exhibition at APG Works Sheffield, artists from various backgrounds have been brought together by the curator, Steve White, to explore various applications of "Creatures, Characters and Communication" within graphic art.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

On Sunday night, someone broke into my studio at OPEN and took everything. I lost over 6 months of work, most of which I'd never published online or offline; it's all gone into a big black hole like this one, and it's like it never happened. It made me think a lot about what we do with our time and how so much is now made of documentation; the need to document, to represent, to display; as proof or as a replacement form of memory.

I wonder what I will make now I have arrived at B with no idea how I got here from A.

Monday, September 12, 2011

Burgermat Show @ Beach London 15/09/11

I'm part of this show at Beach London on Thursday 15th September, curated by the lovely meat-eaters at Burgerac. Come on down!

Sunday, September 11, 2011

The Art of Sitting

A selection of chairs for a recent project.

Friday, September 9, 2011

Campsite Architecture #1

While living under the shade of pine trees, olive groves and Swiss stormclouds this summer, one thing began to really interest me; campsite architecture. I will document this over a series of posts but one of the biggest things which struck me was our unquestioning need for electricity in any form we can get it. Extension cables snake around trees, occasionally weighed down by pine cones or submerged in a flurry of leaves; microwaves and electric grills sit upon treestumps and cameras charge their batteries nestled safely under shrubs.

They form unspoken boundaries between pitches, at the same time as opening up opportunities; if we buy an electric lamp, we could add an extra 3 hours to our day... (This thought multiplies at lightning speed and within a week there'd be a washing machine and a smart car, a couple of skyscrapers and international space station) We become hungry for it but there's also something taboo here; our neighbours scurry nervously too-and-fro from plug sockets, wrapping phones up in plastic bags (presumably to stop a wasp from laying its eggs in the microphone right...) and hanging them from trees. It is a bizarre performance structure and I am hooked.

Monday, September 5, 2011

Frieze Education 2011

I've been working on the activity guide for 5-12 year olds this year at Frieze Art Fair and made a lot of drawings in the process... Once again this project forms a nice collaboration with designers Europa and the finished thing will be out next month! This year's theme takes on the depths of the aquarium as a performance space.

New bikes

These illustrations were part of a pitch I made a little while ago for a project which ended up going in a different direction. I enjoyed working on them because they needed to look very detailed and realistic, yet uncomplicated; but it made me realise how important subject matter is, as I find them all kind of sickly to look at!


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Missy Elliott Reaches Out to Janet Jackson Amid Divorce Drama

Janet Jackson is currently in a split drama from husband Wissam Al Mana, and countless of celebrities are coming out in support for her with the hashtag #WeLoveYouJanet, including Missy Elliot.

“u know I got ya back through thick & thin sis as u have always been there for me!” Missy tweeted. “Stay up. u are a LEGEND!keep slaying”

Janet confirmed in April she was splitting from Wissam on Twitter. “Yes, I separated from my husband,” she wrote at the time, also announcing her world tour. “We are in court now and the rest is in God’s hands.”

Apparently, according to Janet’s brother Randy, she suffered verbal abuse and felt like a “prisoner in her own home” while married to Wissam.

“It was quite an abusive situation,” Randy said. “It came on later in the relationship, verbal abuse and being [made to feel like] a prisoner in her own home. No pregnant woman needs to go through being called a bitch everyday. There were things like that. That’s what she went through.”

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  • It’s possible you could have to deal with being in a lawsuit – an appraisal will hel

How is an appraiser different than a home inspector?

The appraiser is not a home inspector and does not do a full home inspection. An inspection is a third-party evaluation of the accessible structure and appliances of a house, from the roof to the foundation. The usual property inspector’s report will contain an evaluation of the integrity of the house’s heating systems, central air conditioning system (temperature permitting), interior plumbing and electrical systems, the roof, attic, and visible insulation, walls, ceilings, floors, windows and doors, the foundation, basement, and visible structure.

My agent performed a CMA for me. Is that the same as an appraisal?

To be blunt, it’s like comparing Shakespeare to reality TV. The CMA relies on indefinite trends in the market. Appraisals use comparable sales which are verifiable resources. Location and building costs are also important in an appraisal. All a CMA does is generate a “ball park figure.” Being a documented and carefully investigated opinion of value, appraisals are defensible and stand up in legal situations.

But the biggest difference is the person doing the report. Real estate agents, who may not have a true grasp of valuation methods or the entire market, create CMA’s. The appraisal is produce by a licensed, certified professional who has made a career out of valuing properties. Likewise, the agent has a vested interest in the property’s selling price – their commission – whereas the appraiser is bound by a code of ethics to collect only a previously agreed upon sum for assignments, regardless of their outcome.

What’s in an appraisal report?

Each appraisal should indicate a believable value opinion and should document the following:

  • The client and whose purposes the appraisal is to serve.
  • The intended use of the report.
  • The appraisal’s purpose.
  • The type of value contained and a definition of that value.
  • The effective date of the value opinion.(Sometimes this is in the past or maybe the future for new construction!)
  • Relevant property characteristics, including: location, physical description, legal attributes, economic factors, the real property interest valued, and non-real estate items included in the valuation, such as personal property, trade fixtures and even intangible factors.
  • Any known easements, restrictions, encumbrances, leases, reservations, covenants, contracts, declarations, special assessments, ordinances, and other items of a similar nature.
  • Division of interest, such as fractional interest, physical segment and partial holding.
  • The scope of work used when completing the appraisal.

For a more detailed look at the work that goes into an appraisal report click here:Sample Appraisal Report

Once the appraisal has been delivered, what assurance is there that the value conclusion is accurate?

In communicating an appraisal report, each appraiser must ensure the following:

  • That the information analysis implemented in the appraisal was proper.
  • That critical errors of omission or commission were not committed individually or collectively.
  • That appraisal services were provided in a careful and judicious fashion.
  • That a trustworthy, defensible appraisal report was communicated.

To become a state certified appraiser, there are intense education requirements as well as practical experience that must be logged – all with the objective of gaining the skills required to provide unbiased value opinions. Plus, appraisers must stick to a strict industry code of ethics and observe national standards of practice for real estate appraisal. The guidelines for developing an appraisal and documenting its results are guaranteed by enforcement of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP).

Licensing and certification takes coursework, tests and experience working under a supervisor. Once licensed, he/she is required to engage in continuing education courses in order to keep the license up to date. To see the specific requirements for any state click here.

Who engages the services of appraisers?

Commonly, appraisers are hired by mortgage lenders to estimate the value of a home involved in a loan transaction. Appraisers also provide opinions in litigation cases, tax matters and investment decisions.

Where does an appraiser get the data used to estimate values in Philadelphia County or other areas?

Compiling information is one of the primary tasks an appraiser does. Data can be categorized as either Specific or General. Specific data is gathered from the home itself; Location, condition, amenities, size and other specific data are documented by the appraiser during an inspection.

General data is gathered from a numerous places. To find out about recent sales to be used as “comps”, an appraiser will often use the local Multiple Listing Service. To verify actual sales prices, we look at tax records and other public documents that are usually online nowadays. Appraisers often need to report when a property is in a flood zone, and that information is retrieved from a FEMA data outlet service.

And most importantly, the appraiser gathers general data from his or her past experience in creating appraisals for other properties in the same market.

Why should I hire a certified appraiser?

If you’re involved in some sort of financial decision and the value of your home is relevant, you’ll want a full appraisal. For those selling a home, you’ll want to determine the price that gets you the most profit but also ensures you don’t have to wait too long for a buyer to show up; an appraisal can help with that. When buying, be sure you’re not overpaying by commissioning an independent appraisal. If you’re engaged in an estate settlement or divorce, it ensures that property is divided fairly. A house is often the single, largest financial asset anybody owns. Knowing its true value is essential to making informed financial decisions.

What exactly is PMI and how can I get rid of it?

PMI is an acronym for Private Mortgage Insurance. It protects the lender if a borrower defaults on the loan and the market price of the home is less than what the borrower still owes on the loan. Once you reach the point where your home’s equity plus the amount you’ve paid is at least 20% of your loan balance, you can have your PMI dropped.

Has your real estate appreciated since you first purchased? Contact Home Appraising Group today at (215)531-7979 to see if you can cancel your Private Mortgage Insurance payment.

Does the appraiser need anything from me in advance?

We start with an inspection of the home. What this entails is the appraiser, after setting up an appointment, personally going through the home – recording the layout of the rooms, taking photos and documenting the general condition of its features. On the home’s interior, pick up any clutter and make sure we can access things like furnaces and water heaters. On the outside, trim any bushes so we can be free to get an accurate measurement of outside walls.

To help expedite our work as well as ensure a more accurate report, attempt if possible to have the following items:

  • A survey or plot map of the property and building (if available).
  • Any documents, such as a title policy with information on encroachments or easements encroachments or easements.
  • Any inspection reports, or other recent reports for termites, EIFS (synthetic stucco) wall systems, your septic system and your well.
  • Find copies of the current listing agreement, broker’s data sheet and, if the sale is “pending”, the purchase agreement.
  • A bill for your most recent real estate taxes which should also contain a legal description of the property.

How does an appraiser define “Market Value”?

In real estate appraising, Market Value (as opposed to Fair Market Value) is commonly defined as:

“The most probable price (in terms of money) which a property should bring in a competitive and open market under all conditions requisite to a fair sale, the buyer and seller each acting prudently and knowledgeably, and assuming the price is not affected by undue stimulus. Implicit in this definition is the consummation of a sale as of a specified date and the passing of title from seller to buyer under conditions whereby: the buyer and seller are typically motivated; both parties are well informed or well advised, and acting in what they consider their best interests; a reasonable time is allowed for exposure in the open market; payment is made in terms of cash in United States dollars or in terms of financial arrangements comparable thereto; and the price represents the normal consideration for the property sold unaffected by special or creative financing or sales concessions granted by anyone associated with the sale.”

Does the appraisal belong to the bank or the consumer?

In most real estate transactions, the appraisal is ordered by the lender. Even though it’s the buyer that eventually pays for the report, the lender is the intended user. The buyer is entitled to a copy of the report – it’s usually bundled with all the other closing documents – but is not entitled to use the report for any other purpose without permission from the lender.

The exception to this rule is when a home owner hires an appraiser directly. In these cases, the appraiser may define how the appraisal can be used; for PMI removal, or estate planning or tax challenges, for example. If not stipulated otherwise, the home owner can use the appraisal for any purpose.

Which home renovations add the most to the price?

A home’s location – what city it is in and even what part of that city – is key to this popular question. For example, if you live in a cold region, insulated windows can be a real plus. But they aren’t as attractive in a warm-weather climate.

As a rule, the best ROI from renovating a home comes in the kitchen. One recent study revealed that putting $20,000 into a kitchen remodel would add about $17,500 to the value of the home – or about an 88% return on investment. Bathrooms are right up there with kitchens, returning 85%. Adding bedrooms and baths can also boost the value of your home as long as your home doesn’t then become overbuilt for your neighborhood in terms of size.


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Monday, December 31, 2012

Happy New Year everyone!

This is a great time to reflect on our goals for the new year.  I like to do this often as my goals change. Be detailed with your goals, the more detailed you are the more likely you will go after them.  Then take action within the first 24 hours after setting them.  For example, is one of your goals to lose weight, then within the first 24 hours join a gym, buy a DVD workout program, go on a 30 minute walk.  Do something!  I really believe taking action right away can be the key to your success.  I mean, really, without taking action it's not a goal it is a "dream".

I wish for you a spectacular 2013!

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Monday, November 8, 2010

State Notebooking Pages ~ Free Printables!!

One of my readers, Debbie from Our Cup of Tea, emailed and asked if I would be able to put together some notebooking sheets for a US state study that her family is doing ~ similar to the other geography notebooking pages that I created for our Galloping the Globe studies.

I’ve posted them on my geography resource page, but wanted to let you all know about them in case they would help you out too!

The first one is a more basic State Factsheet Notebooking page and includes space to tell the state capital, population, state flower, state bird and surrounding states. There is also room to write down information on someone famous from the state, other fun facts and famous landmarks.

State factsheet

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The second State Notebooking page is also a single page, but includes clip art for all 50 states so if you have younger kids {or ones that don’t want to draw} you can use the clip art in the space provided. This notebooking page goes into a little more detail, providing room for the following info: statehood, abbreviation, capital, square miles, bordering states, state bird, flower, tree, motto, song, famous person, and fun facts.

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You can always find these geography notebooking pages and MANY more geography resources on the geography page of my website. I have general printables available as well as printables organized by various continents along with resources that we’ve used and loved!

Here’s a quick peek at some of the other plans and printables I have posted:

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On February 21st, I celebrated my birthday. I am one of those people who love birthdays. So many people die early and we lost quite a few people last year. It’s good to be alive. Every new birthday is a reason to be happy that we are still alive. Every day we get to spend with our loved ones and to be productive is a reason to say, “Hurray!”

This year, I gave myself the gift of a TEDx Talk. It happened to be on February 20th, just one day before my birthday. Just kidding. It worked out that way, I did not actually set out to say, “I know what I want for my birthday in 2016! To give a TEDx talk!”

Purple Fitbit

My favorite color: purple

My husband and children gave me a Fitbit and workout clothes, because they know I am serious about my fitness. It was fun for my daughter to pick the colors, my husband tells me. And my son read the instructions for my Fitbit and very seriously advised me on how to use it.

I am a blessed woman and thank God for my family and the good times we have together. They took me out to eat for lunch. There is a Japanese restaurant in Pigeon Forge where they prepare the food right in front of you. We thought it might be cool for the kids to see this. We had been there before, but apparently they do not remember it.

In the evening, daddy read to the kids while I watched the one show I watch on TV: Downton Abbey. Can you believe Lady Mary? How mean she can be! Anyhow, Julian Fellowes (the writer) better wrap things up nicely for Lady Edith. He has two more episodes to do so.

Sometime in the afternoon I spoke with my mom and thanked her for giving birth to me. It’s good to have a mom still alive, isn’t it? This is my first birthday without a father.

This has been a great birthday and I look forward to this next year!


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Friday, April 26, 2013

Treading Water; Barely Afloat

It seems I am finding less and less time to get new posts up these days. There just isn't enough time in the day! To all those people who can't figure out what SAHMs do all them I say we are always busy. Always. And it is exhausting. I think this past week my body has just given out due to pure exhaustion...and probably a little stress.

Last weekend, everything started off great!

Court kicked off Saturday with doughnuts for the girls. They thought they'd died and gone to heaven. Then, they asked to go to work with Dad and I had a few hours to get a few things done.

They worked hard!! Soon it was quittin' time. I picked the girls up and our cousins got new baby chicks, so of course, we had to go see them! Oh they were darling and Grace and Charlotte LOVED them! Wish I could've taken a few pictures but Grace and Charlotte were being a little too affectionate. Grace and Charlotte were even lucky enough to name two of the chicks: Blackberry and Sammy is what they chose!

So like I said, everything was off to a great start. Then, we noticed that Grace was getting dark, purple circles under her eyes. He mood and energy level were off.

On Sunday, Grace woke up with eyes covered in gunk. We thought it might be allergy related but it being Sunday and all, there wasn't much we could do. As the day wore on, she seemed a bit better.  Eventually, we packed both girls in the bike trailer and hauled them on a bike ride. Only my bike is equipped to pull the trailer and on the way was downhill, but on the way was UPHILL - mind you, a very small incline but uphill nonetheless. And let me tell you...these girls aren't getting any lighter and I am not getting any more in shape. An additional 70+/- pounds is enough to make an anthill feel like Everest...unless you actually climbing Everest because then you'll likely be carrying gear weighing much more than 70+ pounds...not to mention oxygen.....Anyway, you get the point. It was a long haul. I was pooped! Lucky for me, we were having dinner at my in-laws so I didn't have to make dinner. Yah-hoo! Both girls were exhausted after a big day so bedtime was a breeze. I think I was asleep even before I hit the pillow.

The next morning, everything went full speed off course. Both girls woke up with eyes practically glued stuck with gunky goodness. It was looking less like allergies and more like pink eye. Perfect. {sigh}

Silver lining. The doctor didn't require us to go into the office. They just called in a prescription and quarantined the girls (and therefore me) for 24 hours from their first dose of medication. That meant no ballet for Grace and Charlotte and no school for Grace the following day. It was a long two days but by Wednesday I thought everyone was on the path to recovery. Their eyes were no longer goopy but their noses were dripping. So we skipped gymnastics and ran some errands instead. We all needed to get out of the house but we needed something leisurely. No stress. After we were done with our errands, the sun came out so I took the girls to the park.

Then we hit the library so that we could kill a little time until Court could meet us for lunch. So far, so good. Fresh air. Leisure. No stress.

Everything was looking up until I started backing head home. Then? Fender Bender. Yup. A little one. Everyone is/was fine and that's all I'm gonna say about that. But for a day where we trying to avoid stress, it definitely found us!

That night, I got hit by flu-like symptoms minus the flu. My whole body ached. I couldn't get warm. I had chills. Sleep was what I needed but unfortunately, that didn't happen.

In the morning, we tried to get back to normal. Grace went to school. Charlotte and I went to the grocery store and ran some other "errands". After lunch, Charlotte took a turn for the worse. She was cranky and tired and kept moaning and crying. I could tell her body hurt just like mine had the night before. Eventually, I gave up on trying to get anything done - cleaning, cooking - (I hadn't accomplished anything the entire week why start now?) - and just held little Charlotte in my arms for two hours. She didn't sleep but she rested. I didn't sleep but I really wanted to. After dinner, my chills and body aches came back hard. I think I took a shower and was in bed by 8. The girls were both asleep so I figured I could hit the hay too.

Charlotte was awake at 9 and though I tried to put her back to bed, Court quickly determined that she was hot to the touch. She was running a fever and it was going to be a loooooonnnng night. She tossed and turned and cried and woke up all through the night. So while little sleep happened, at some point during the night, the fever broke. Me on the other hand,

So here we are. A week later. I'm exhausted. My entire body hurts. I've been treading water - frantically treading water - trying to hang on but barely afloat. Let there be relief, sweet relief...STAT!!

Friday, April 19, 2013

Boston Strong

Boston Strong

I love Boston. Always have. Always will. Boston is where I originally wanted to go to college. I'd never been there but I knew it was my kind of place.  I think the architecture of a city can tell you a lot about the people who live there.

Now, after having been there several times, (blogged about here and here) it is easily my favorite East Coast city. I know I am supposed to love NYC more but I don't. It's too big. Too impersonal. Too... everything. Boston is a big little city. With water and all four seasons. It is historic but modern. It is education at the highest pinnacle. It is walkable and cozy. It is diverse but bound in tradition. It is friendly and helpful. When the bombs went off at the marathon, and bystanders went rushing to help the victims, it didn't surprise me. No where have I been where strangers were so helpful or friendly. Never put out or expecting a slap on the back. It's like it is engrained in their DNA to help.  So it saddens me greatly to see the events unfold this week.
My thoughts are with you Boston.
Stay strong. Stay true. Stay you.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Bribing with Ballet

Right before Christmas, Charlotte was nearly potty trained. Santa brought her big girl panties and she had an accident. After that, potty training took a back burner. She showed no interest which was probably a good thing as we traveled a bit in the last few months. Stopping in road side bathrooms or using the lavatories on airplanes is the pits. Throw in a potty training toddler.
The worst!

Now we are home so it's time to get on the potty training band wagon again. For a few weeks, I've been telling Charlotte that if she uses the potty all the time like a big girl, she can do big girl things like go to school or join ballet!

I never imagined she'd actually do it because she has shown no interest.
And then one day, she just went to the bathroom - by herself - and did all her business.
I didn't even know what was going on until I heard the toilet flush!
Of course, she's had a few accidents (only 2) but it hasn't swayed her determination.
So yesterday, was the first time Grace had ballet class since Charlotte figured out the potty.
(Grace missed a couple of classes because of spring break, traveling, being under the weather, etc.)

Charlotte, per usual, wore her ballerina attire even though she is not enrolled.
When we got there, she trotted out to the dance floor. I had to pull her off as she screamed, "I'm a big girl now. I use the potty."

Couldn't argue with that!
But Grace's class is extremely full and I knew the teacher would tell me no flat out if I asked if Charlotte could participate. Mind you, the ballet company only allows students age 3 and above. Charlotte is only 2.5! There was a good chance the teacher would say no regardless of the number of students in class.

Again, I never imagined Charlotte would potty train as quickly as she did so I never imagined that I would be in this position. All through out Grace's class, Charlotte cried and whined that she wanted to dance. I told her I would call the teacher later this week. "Nooooooo!!" She threw herself on the floor.
Apparently, that wasn't good enough. Again..."I'm a biiiiigggg giiirrrlll nnnoooowww!! I go pee pee in the pottyyyyy."

So after class, I meekly approached the teacher and explained the situation I created for myself.
She was great and told me that the class starting in five minutes had far less students and that Charlotte could give it a try. We both were expecting her to melt down or get scared or just overall prove that she wasn't ready.

But Charlotte proved us wrong. Very wrong.
She was definitely ready.

Charlotte was ecstatic - ECSTATIC - that she got to be a legit ballerina!
And I was ecstatic - ECSTATIC - that the ballet teacher helped me dig myself out
of my debt to Charlotte.
I don't ever want to be on Miss Charlotte's bad side.
Let me tell you, it is a bad place to be!

Saturday, April 13, 2013

When it Rains, It Pours!

While we were driving to Boise before Easter, I received an email from a friend. Not unusual, right? Well, it was unusual because I hadn't seen or spoken to this friend in years! She and I had met while I was still practicing law (before kids) and she and I were involved in a lot of community activities together. She was a riot and I enjoyed her company. Then, Court and I moved and had Grace. I retired from 'lawyering' and unfortunately, she and I fell out of touch.

Then, out of the blue, she sent me an email telling me that she follows my blog. "I just had to tell you from out here in blog reader land I read every blog you send out. I laugh..I cry ..I sit down usually each morning and check the email. You truly amaze me with the life you have created for yourself and family." Is that not that nicest thing ever?!?! I was blown away! I really thought the only people that read my blog were family members...and even they hit delete every now and then I think! Ha! Ha!

So you can imagine my utter disbelief when two days ago I received a blog award from the very real, the very funny and the very talented mother of two boys, Amy! Amy documents tales, tribulations and treasured memories of motherhood with a good dose of humor and sarcasm thrown in at her blog Science Geeks & Super Hero Freaks. You should check it out! I follow her blog on Bloglovin' and envy her wit, her relate-ability as a mother and her time horseback riding... although I don't envy the amount of snow she deals with up there in Vermont! It is amazing to connect with someone who reads my blog and even more amazing to receive a virtual high five! Thank you so much Amy for following along and for bestowing my little labor of love, Home Sweet Home Place, with the Liebster Award!

Here's the deal:
~Each nominee must post 11 facts about themselves.
~Nominees must answer 11 questions the tagger has given to them and then create 11 new ones to pass down to the bloggers they nominate.
~Display award logo on your site and link back to the person who gave it to you.
~Choose 11 bloggers (with less than 200 followers) to pass the award on to and link them in your post.
~Notify your nominees.

So here goes...

  1. My all time favorite mini-movie series is Anne of Green Gables.
  2. I have a parrot named Kiwi. She was my high school graduation gift.
  3. For the most part, I drink white wine in the summer and red wine in the winter.
  4. Christmas is my favorite holiday. Easter and Halloween are tied for second place.
  5.  I will not ever, not ever eat a raw tomato but I will eat salsa. No rhyme or reason, I know.
  6. I love beautiful, old barns.
  7.  I love flowers, trees and plants but can’t keep them alive for the life of me.
  8.  Before having kids, I loved scary, suspenseful movies. Now, after having kids, I can’t watch even a preview without being terrified.
  9. When I lived in the city, I couldn’t imagine living in the country. Now that I live in the country, I would rank living in the city equivalent to poking oneself in the eye.
  10. I’ve always wanted to write a book. But I have no idea what I would write about.
  11. The older I get, the more I realize more parents were right – about everything.
   Questions From Amy (My answers are in red)
  1.      Are you a morning person or a night owl? Morning person.
  2.      Coffee or tea? Coffee.
  3.      Boxers or briefs?  No, wait! I actually meant thong, high thigh, or old lady briefs? Hanky Pankies.
  4.      Furthest place from home you have travelled? Africa.
  5.      Dream place to travel to that you have not yet been to? New Zealand/Australia.
  6.      And why would you like to travel there? So I can master my fake Australian accent and drink a bunch of wine.
  7.      Are you a Dog or a Cat person? Dog.
  8.      Do you prefer to read fiction or non-fiction? Fiction.
  9.      If you were stranded on a desert island and you could only have one food, but a lifetime supply of this one food, what would that food be?  Chocolate chip cookies.
  10.      Same question as #9, but with one celebrity of your choice to stranded with.  Who would it be? Justin Timberlake. No explanation needed…for the record, I love my husband!
  11.      For question #9 and #10, why?
      Liebster Award Nominees
I     I read a lot of blogs. A lot! How do I choose a blog to follow? I don't have a scientific process. Usually, the photographs draw me in. I love a great photo. But content, humor, inspiration... that is what keeps me coming back! I love blogs that show creativity - either with words, photography or craftiness. It is amazing what people come up with! The quilts! The parties! The stories! It is so inspiring! I particularly appreciate the mothers. The mothers online that share their joys, their frustrations and their insecurities as they negotiate the path of motherhood. Special needs. Infertility. Starting a business. From home. We all have a story. We all have a dream. We all have a voice. And we all appreciate that voice being heard. And so the Liebster Award. This particular award is to be bestowed upon blogs who have less than 200 followers. I tried hard to stay within that parameter with the following nominees. With some blogs, it is hard to tell how many followers they have and there might be a few in the following list that have more than 200. Regardless, they all are great blogs worthy of a follow! They will inspire you. They will make you laugh. They will make you reflect on your own life choices. They will make you feel something new. Enjoy!
  1.      Kimberly Ouimet
  2.       Me & Wee
  3.      So Happy
  4.      Growing with the Gimlins
  5.      Three Cottage
  6.      3 Kids & A Breakdown
  7.      Robert and Amy Plus Two
  8.      Sew and the City
  9.      Other Pieces of Me
  10.      My 4 Lil Girls
  11.      The Neuzel Project
      New Questions
  1.         What did you want to be when you grew up?
  2.      Who would you like to see live in concert?
  3.      If you could splurge on one thing for yourself, what would it be?
  4.      What’s your favorite TV show?
  5.      If you could master one new talent/skill, what would you want it to be?
  6.      Do you like to shop with friends or by yourself?
  7.      What is your go-to meal when entertaining?
  8.      If you could live anywhere for a year, where would you want to live? Why?
  9.      Who is your celebrity crush?
  10.      What movie have you watched a 1,000 times and could watch a 1,000 more?
  11.      If you had an extra hour in the day – everyday – how would you spend it?
      So there you have it! When it rains, it pours! Yesterday it was dog crap! Today it's blog awards! Ain't life grand?!

Thursday, April 11, 2013

UPDATE: I'm Up to My Eyeballs in Crap! Literally!

While sitting outside watching the girls play, I hit the publish button on my last post. It is still on the chilly side here so I ran into the house to get a sweater. We'd been outside for about 45 minutes.  Lindey too! Charlotte immediately announced she wanted to put on a diaper. She's been wearing panties so I immediately knew something was wrong so I scooped her up and quickly ran to the bathroom. She had soiled her underpants. Two steps forward and one back apparently. She'd already had several successful trips to the potty today! But that is why they call it potty training. We cleaned her up and put a diaper back on her because that is what she wanted. And as I headed back outside - sweater in hand - to enjoy some spring sunshine and fresh air, you'll never believe what I came across.

Another Lindey turd! Come on!

I'm Up to My Eyeballs in Crap! Literally!

So this is gonna be a stream of conscious/bullet point kind of post. I have a lot on my to-do list and even more on my I-want-to-do-list. Sometimes, I get so overwhelmed in my few moments of free time, I try to do everything all at once and of course, get nothing done. How does anyone organize their time when there is no real way to organize it?!?

I already get up at 5 am - I've even bumped that up to 4:45 so that I can try to squeeze in some time where I can focus on just one thing - be it answering emails, cleaning something or just a few minutes to myself to merely surf the web. Yes, I have to schedule my down time - especially if that down time happens to be on the computer. I don't want Grace and Charlotte on the computer all day, everyday so it is only fair that I practice what I preach. The problem is that these days our lives are on the computer! From paying bills, organizing photos, researching anything and finding recipes. Even when I am "on the computer" I'm usually not on the computer in a frivolous way. I'm not Facebooking or Tweeting or gaming. I don't know any other way to put it...but I am working. Be it planning meals or preserving memories or scheduling activities for the kids. So if I'm not supposed to be on the computer when I am supposed to get all this stuff done?!?!

Speaking of getting stuff done, today I have done nothing but clean up sh*t. I'm serious. I woke up extra early to work on gathering and organzing information for a meeting I had today (more on that later). I wanted to get it all done before the girls woke so I could pull my thoughts together without being interrupted. When I went into the kitchen for my morning cup of coffee, I was greeted with dog crap all over my living room. And when I say all over...I mean ALL. OVER.

I should have known better than to let Lindey have free reign of the house last night. We had quite the day yesterday! I kind of have to backtrack with the story. Grace and Charlotte went to sleep like a dream last night! But my God! They should have! They went to gymnastics, accompanied me to the grocery store where we had to stock up on everything (it was the grocery store run after being on vacation so we needed everything!), hit the park in horrible, gusting winds, took shelter in the library and finally, picked up the dogs from the groomer. Oh the groomer! Here is where the story gets back on track. As I was paying and chatting with the store owner, I could hear the girls start that high pitch, whiney sound they make whenever I try to talk to an adult in their presence.  I, of course, kept chatting, giving the girls the one-finger, behind-the-back wave. (While other mothers were teaching their babies sign language for words like 'milk' and 'more', I was teaching signs for "Knock it off!!" and "I'm warning you."Much more practical if I do say so myself.

As the conversation ended, I turned to leave, gathering up the dogs and kids, which is always a shit show on a good day. And then. There it was. The reason for Grace and Charlotte's freakout - legitimate freakout - I might add.

Lindey decided it was the perfect time to have explosive diarea. All over. I will spare the gory details but we made it out without anyone stepping in it. A small miracle as the groomer graciously offered to clean it up. I swear. I can't go anywhere. ANYWHERE I tell you!!

So like I said, I should have known better than to let Lindey sleep anywhere but the "whole" - the little laundry room/dog kennel - last night. At 5 am this morning, while normal people were sleeping, I spent 45 minutes cleaning up Lindey's messes. Awesome.

And when I got back from my meeting today, guess what kind of surprise was waiting for me? Yep! More dog crap! So I let Lindey outside for an hour while I cleaned everything up and got the girls squared away with lunch.

When Lindey has been allowed in the house today, she has been on total lockdown. Allowed only in the "whole." It is now 3 pm and she has been in and out of the whole (only to go outside) since 1 pm. In those two hours, she has sh*t twice - IN THE HOUSE!! I'm telling you, I am about to lose my mind.

Throw in the peanut butter mess that Charlotte made today during snack time - epic! - and the fact that she is potty training and you get the gist. I'm literally up to my eyeballs in crap!!

While I am bouncing from one mess to the other, all I can think about is what I am not getting done! I have fabric all cut out waiting to be sewn together. I have several other projects I want to tackle. There are some things I need to dig in and research. I'd like to upload my photos from vacation. I'd like to share more of my stories and thoughts here. I'd like to get my hair cut and get a pedicure. I'd like to workout on a somewhat consistent basis. And while it sounds crazy, I want to get the plans for Grace and Charlotte's birthdays underway because I have a feeling this summer is simply going to get away from me for reasons I don't think I quite have the words yet to explain. I just don't know how to do it. I don't know how to get it all done. I don't know how to teach and nurture Grace and Charlotte all while getting things crossed off my to-do list!

I guess the only thing to do is move everything to tomorrow's to-do list and see what happens!

In other news, we have another bird nest to report. This year, a Killdeer has nested in our backyard! (If you've been following along you know that an owl nested in our yard last year and the year before that...come to think of it, we've had a bird build a nest in our yard every spring since we moved here!)

See her there on her nest amongst the oh-so-natural pink flags?
We're hoping the flags will keep the garbage truck guy from running over the nest.

Aren't the eggs amazing?
They look like rocks!!

And I was able to catch a few photos of these two deep in conversation.
I love that they can now sit and talk to each other.

Unfortunately, most of those conversations end in someone crying.

Saturday, April 6, 2013

About a month ago, we were lucky enough to travel with Court's parents and Court's brother's family to the British Virgin Islands. If, like me, you have no idea where the BVIs's some help!

It's a bit of a hike from Washington state but the sunshine and swimming quickly made it all worthwhile!

These cousins haven't had too much time together because of living so far apart. They quickly made up for lost time!

The island was full of color...

beautiful flora...

and lots of wonder!

In fact, we visited the Baths which are enormous rocks that line part of the island. The rock formations make enormous caves that the ocean water enters. You can swim and snorkel among the rocks. We opted not to do that because the girls aren't good enough swimmers yet but we did learn that these rock formations served as inspiration for many of the pirate scenes in Peter Pan. Grace and Charlotte just watched Peter Pan for the first time a few weeks before this trip. Perfect timing! Grace had been asking a lot of questions about "Wonderland" - what she calls Never-Neverland. When we told her that these were the caves in Peter Pan she was excited! And from then on she referred to BVI as Wonderland! A completely appropriate name I think!!

We did have a little rain...

but that just made everything that much prettier when it came back out!

It was so nice to relax with family.

Yes that is a wine glass. No she is not drinking wine!
She loves sparkling water!!

I never get tired of looking at the ocean and Court and I even managed an afternoon snorkel!
I hadn't snorkeled in years and had never really had a "successful" snorkel. But this was magnificent! Lots and lots of sea life!

The British Virgin Islands are many and close together which makes them a
prime boating/sailing destination.

I think this was both Grace and Charlotte's first boat ride!
Just a water taxi to a nearby island for lunch but still fun! We even saw a sea turtle!

Neither got sea sick but the rocking motion did put a certain two year old to sleep!

Plenty of walks on the beach and Grace swam in the ocean for the first time. Charlotte, like me, was cool with sitting on the beach!

A beautiful and relaxing vacation no doubt! So lucky to share some R&R with family.

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Easter Celebration! {2013}

Our Easter celebration this year was in Boise
and my was it lovely!
I don't recall an Easter Sunday quite so warm and sunny!
I am really hoping spring has sprung and by that I mean I am hoping summer is around the corner.

We arrived mid-afternoon on Saturday with festivities in full swing!
Molly was in the process of making a feast! Lamb! Two kinds of potatoes! Baked Brie Bites! Asparagus tart! A coconut cheesecake! The food was delicious and what an amazing gift for her to cook for all of us!
Decorations galore! My mom even hung the new Easter wall hangings I made for her!
(I couldn't let a holiday go by without making decorations to display. On the five hour car ride, I made a bunny banner and some paper flowers. Didn't get pictures though.)

Everyone hit the hay pretty early that night and while Grace and Charlotte were quite aware that the Easter bunny was going to be making a visit no one anticipated a 5 am wake up call!

(Christmas is going to be a {insert expletive of your choice - I know what I've got floating around in my head and it might just rhyme with witch!) this year!

(Christmas is going to be a {insert expletive of your choice - I know what I've got floating around in my head and it might just rhyme with witch!) this year!

Miss Grace was excited and she was definitely awake! Luckily, she was convinced to stay in bed long enough to ensure that the bunny had hidden the eggs!

As the bunny had decided to hide the eggs outside this year, he waited until the last minute. Easter Bunny was living on the edge. Next year, the Easter Bunny better be a little bit more organized.

Charlotte slept like a rock until the sun came up and probably would've slept longer if Grace hadn't woken her up. In our haven't-had-a-cup-of-coffee-haze Grace snuck upstairs. No more waiting! It was time to get this party started!!

The Easter Bunny should also remember that just because it is 70+ during the day, it is still likely going to be in the 30s or 40s come sunrise.

And that stopped sleepyhead Charlotte in her tracks.

After two eggs, she declared herself done!

Meanwhile, Grace and Grandma were literally putting their heads together trying to figure out how the bunny got an egg up in the tree!

As a kid, I loved easter egg hunts and I never felt there were enough eggs.
(I now know why. Hard boiling and dying eggs with kids can be not a lot of fun. Sure, it's great for the first six eggs or so. But an Easter egg hunt with only six eggs frankly sucks. So we decorated two dozen plastic easter eggs for the Easter Bunny to hide.
Easily transportable? Check.
Kid friendly activity? Check.
Pretty easter colors? Check.

Convinced we still didn't have enough, I added another couple dozen to the mix.

Eggs! Eggs! Everywhere! Eggs!

Luckily, Grace and Charlotte had lots of helpers!

Eventually, all the eggs were scooped up and we could all head back into the house to defrost!

Time to see what the Easter Bunny left!

Grace was quick to discover the gifts the bunny brought!

While Charlotte was more fixated on the candy!

I made them each a peg doll family and house for Easter. I thought it was a cute little thing to make and wasn't expecting them to think much of it. But they LOVED having dolls "that looked like them!" I can't even tell you how many times Grace has shoved one of the peg people in my face and said, "Look, it's me! Look! It's Daddy!" It makes me feel good that even when they have access to iPads and cartoons, simple, homemade toys still make them happy!

Auntie Molly and Uncle Johnny-roo slipped in just about then and the Easter bunny had even brought them some goodies!

Grace was convinced that Johnny-roo needed help with his basket.

A few snuggles...

and a few pictures in our Easter finest.

Oh these girls!
There aren't words!

A fabulous brunch of filet mignon and béarnaise sauce (nice and light! ha!) we returned home to the grand finale!
The "adult" Easter egg hunt!

Yes, the Easter Bunny still likes to hide plastic eggs filled with money for us adults...Court included!
We each had 16 eggs to find for a total of 64 eggs.
All were hidden in three rooms and I am telling you,
if you hadn't known that there were five dozen eggs hidden somewhere in those rooms you would have never known.
To say they were well hidden well is a huge understatement.
It was like James Bond himself hid the eggs! All five dozen of them!
Oh how I wish I had taken pictures of some of the places the eggs were hidden.
But money, not to mention pride, was on the table!
No time for messing with cameras!

Stuffed in the cardboard roll of open paper towels in the back of a cabinet.
In the coffee grounds container.
In the cuckoo clock.
In a garbage bag in the garbage bag dispenser.
In my Mom's purse!

Twenty-four hours later, there are still 11 eggs missing!

Well played Easter Bunny. Well played.


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47473 Wolvercote 4 May 1989

47473 passes Wolvercote on 4 May 1989 with the 1O90 10:44 Edinburgh to Brighton 'Sussex Scot'. Photo taken from a footpath crossing, which was closed shortly after this picture was taken. Walkers wanting to cross from Port Meadow to Wolvercote village, and the Oxford Canal, now have to use the bridge that can be seen in the background.


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The sales of the New Orleans work were good, and I wanted to share with you that I donated $250 to two New Orleans charities in 2006. One, the NHP Foundation (www.nhpfoundation.org is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to provide quality housing units to low to moderate income families displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Building is happening now, and some units will be available to move in by May 2007. They have been a presence in this area and are spending $300 million to make this happen. The second organization is the New Orleans Food and Farm Network (http://www.noffn.org/) , whose goal is to create “sustainable growing practices and ensure equal access to safe, nutritious and enjoyable food. The NOLA food map project was created to help show residents in the devastated areas where to find food: from grocery stores, and farmer’s markets, to restaurants and emergency kitchens. The maps are created, updated and distributed/posted free of charge in hopes of rebuilding the local food system neighborhood by neighborhood.

I felt that both of these organizations were especially worthy, had a local presence, were heavily involved and taking action in the rebuilding process. We take a lot for granted in our lives, and after seeing the devastation first hand, I am proud to donate money to help provide food and housing - the building blocks to bringing back the people and the city. Thanks to all of you who made this possible, and thanks in advance for those who will support this worthy cause in 2007. You can view the art work I have created on my website or contact me directly – anytime!

New, New, New & Exciting for 2007

Hands down…Italy!  I admit I have gone a little crazy(ier?) because I could not narrow down a lifetime of memories (ok- two very good weeks) into a handful of shots.  This has spawned a plethora of ideas and opportunities that will be phased in during 2007.  First, there will be three, count ‘em, three different “Doors of Italy” Collections!  And, thanks to your persistent demands, they will be BIGGER.  There are two different doorway collections of nine available matted or framed in an 18x24 format.  (For now, the other collections will remain available in 16x20 format)  And the really big news is REALLY BIG – 30x40 to be exact.  It is the “Mother of all Italian doors” - a collection of 25 amazing doorways shot throughout Italy, from San Quirico to Florence, from Colle de Val d’Elsa to Venice, to Burano, Siena…a gorgeous gaggle of doors.  Come and get ‘em!  Plus, my first collection of windows – yes, nine “Windows of Italy” also in 18x24 format for your hanging pleasure.  And, the spectacular assortment of Italian imagery you don’t want to miss from the Tuscan hill towns, Venice, Murano, Burano, and of course, Florence, a Honeybear favorite.  Other ideas I hope to unveil soon include a collage of Italy 2006, and stone tiles with images from the trip.  You have been wanting, needing more of Italy, and it is HERE!

I expect to have a sneak peek at the new Italian Collection in late March, early April.  Stay tuned.

The necessary time and energy that has gone into Italy has slowed down the addition of work from Taos, Mexico, etc.  I will phase new work in throughout the year, which gives you a really good excuse to keep coming back!  I also hope to add a new collection of chairs at some point.  It promises to be an amazing array of new photos for you to see in 2007.  It is an exciting time to be a Honeybear, with so many sweet offerings!

Honeybear Prints News Youse Can Use

As many of you may know, 2006 was a year of elbow pain for me.   Fortunately, I am now pain free, and really hope to stay that way.  My quest for other ways to earn a living with my art, and to move away from doing so many street shows is a priority.  My work continues to sell well @ Taliesin in Scottsdale, and I would love to have more opportunities to sell my work in venues that do not require me to be there.   If you have any thoughts or ideas along those lines, I am so ready to hear them!  Perhaps you can recommend a local establishment, a card/gift shop, restaurant, cafe, or office that has room to display my photography?  Realtors, interior decorators, empty storefronts?  As my inventory grows, my booth space does not; creating an abundance of work that no longer fits in the booth and needs to be out in the world, or in a new home. I would love to do house parties – wanna host me?   I would be happy to be part of a group show, or do an individual showing of my photography and spice up your workday.  If you are interested in these opportunities, drop me an email or give a call. Thanks!

To that end, I will periodically show my work with a group of artists in a random series of Friday night soirees called “Art Tastings”.  The evening will include a featured artist sharing a bit about her work and her creative process, as well as some yummy food to please your every palette!  These events will surface spontaneously, maybe in your neighborhood (in your house, if you want to host an “Art Tasting”) and will be by invitation only.  We hope to appeal to everyone who really loves art in its many creative expressions, and to bring new people who may not go to the street shows out to a classy event to see our work.  Look for your invitation, and do invite a friend  for a fusion of art and ideas to spice up your life!  If you want to be a part of these evenings, just let me know and I will make sure you receive the invites.

Shifting gears, the HBP frequent buyer cards continue to be popular.  It feels good to be rewarded for buying something you love and I love being able to tell someone they have earned a free gift and let them pick out some cards or mats that make them smile.  It is my way of saying “thank you” to all the wonderful people that love and support my photography and enable me to continue to express my passion.  I will be taking a look at the structure of the rewards and update you in a future newsletter of any changes.

Last, but not least, I want to tell you that I will be raising my prices this year.  For seven years I have kept my pricing the same even as the cost for materials, developing, printing and especially, show costs, have gone upupup.  Many of you may be surprised to know that it costs me a minimum of $5000, and sometimes close to $6000 a year to apply to and pay for the booth space at shows.  I kid you not!  Thus, it is a necessary step I must take for Honeybear Prints to remain viable.  Thanks in advance for your understanding and continued support of my photography.

                                                 On A Personal Note

One of the questions I get asked the most is, “are you shooting digital?”  Sigh.  I have been thinking about that a lot, as digital becomes more pervasive.  Don’t get me wrong.  I think a little digital camera is fine to hang out with friends and family and take snapshots.  But what I would have to pay to get the same photos I get now with my trusty Nikon is waaaay up there. And I like my Nikon!

The other point that I want to emphasize is that when you talk digital you really mean digitally enhanced, photoshopped or your software of choice.  And you can do some amazing things to images these days.  Heck, it may not even resemble what you were looking at when you took the shot.  And, while I would agree that it is art, and it is creative expression, I just don’t think it is photography anymore.  Every image I shoot that makes it into the booth for sale is real.  What I saw is what you see, and what you take home when you buy a print from me.  I often say it is “the right place, the right time and a little luck.”  I guess that could translate digitally to “got camera, got photoshop, good luck to you!”

Ok, so I am a bit of a purist, but I believe there is not only a real value, but also a real yearning for what is real these days.  So, I am not so high tech, and I rely on the unbelievable, wonderful, funny, quaint, gorgeous, and colorful world that I see thru that lens.  And you can call me a dinosaur, Honeybearus Rex, perhaps, but I firmly believe there is beauty EVERYWHERE, if we are open to seeing it.  I call what I do finding the ordinary and making it EXTRA-ordinary just by seeing it and creating that photograph. Judging by your response to my images, you agree with me!
There is plenty of reality from TV shows (groan), to the war and world events you see and read about daily.  When you need to escape from all that reality, come visit HBP and enjoy that which is real. I love what I do, feel I am blessed to see the world the way that I do and make no apologies for it.  So, to all of you out there…thanks for asking!

Every day I wake up and give thanks for the many many blessings in my life and send a prayer of healing energy out into the world.  I continue to grow and explore on this path I wander.  The beauty I see all around me on an every day basis sustains me and inspires me to capture it to share with all of you. It is my way of reminding and being reminded that we have to have, hold and nurture that place for ourselves where we can create a peaceful oasis, a reprieve from the everyday, if you will.

Thanks to one and all for your support of my journey and my art.  I could not do this without you.  I especially want to acknowledge my sweet Honeybear, Kraig, who makes my life a wonder and a joy, my parents who are always close in my heart altho we live far apart, and the best friends in the world.

Blessings and Peace to all,

P.S. I want to share with you some beautiful words penned by Jimmy Buffett in “A Salty Piece of Land” that really resonated with me.  “I think what connects some people to the art they like is not wishing they could paint it but rather wanting to be in the scene the artist has painted…There is no beauty like that which overtakes us by accident.  This picture was the accident that diverted me from the well-traveled path and onto a bumpier, but more interesting route.  Maybe…there is another who feels the urge to fly like I did, who sees life not as a flickering candle but as a torch that can illuminate an undiscovered world.  Then take this gift…Hand it up and dream of what it is or use it as a map to take you there.  And if you do decide to wander, please leave a tiny bit of room in your heart for me.”

I feel you are all sharing my journey with me, for which I am grateful.  And sometimes, when I really get it right, you really do get to be in the picture, as I hope I get to be in your heart.

Note:  If you are not receiving this and all your HBP news via email, please send me your email address and I will add you to the list.  Your info will never be sold and will be kept private.  I will do very little snail mail due to the cost involved and the legions of folks that move around here!  Thanks.

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January 17, 2018
Film stills from Jennifer Steinkamp's Judy Crook 9, 2017, video installation. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Purchased through a gift of Georgina Tugwell Russo '77 and Thomas Adrian Russo '77; 2017.45

Artist Jennifer Steinkamp’s digital animation Judy Crook 9 introduces images of nature into architectural spaces in a manner that complicates the idea of inside and outside, and built versus natural environments. It takes the viewer through four seasons in one tree’s life—repeated endlessly to simultaneously evoke the cyclical nature of life and the ideal of infinite existence. Steinkamp has been making works of digital art that honor her art teachers over the years. This work is from a series named after her professor of color theory at the Art Center College of Design, Pas-...

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January 17, 2018
From left to right: Marie-Therese Cummings ’18, Levinson Intern; Kimberly Yu ’18, Homma Family Intern;Tess McGuiness ’18, Conroy Intern; Gina Campanelli ’18, Class of 1954 Intern, and Ashley Dotson ’18, Conroy Intern.

The Hood’s internship program is continuing throughout the museum’s closure. Last year, Hood interns developed Virtual Space for Dialogue (VSFD) projects in lieu of physical Space for Dialogue exhibitions. Students chose works from the Hood’s collection and developed websites...

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January 11, 2018

Museum director John Stomberg gives Dartmouth News a tour of the building in progress.

Workers are still mudding drywall and stringing electrical wire, but for the most part the shape of the newly renovated and expanded Hood...

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January 5, 2018
The exterior of the museum’s expanded façade with the new bricks alongside the original bricks and cupola on the west side of the new Hood. Photo by Alison Palizzolo.

Careful selection of materials is crucial to getting the museum’s new façade exactly right. Architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien have gone to great lengths to find the perfect combination of bricks and mortar that will speak to the Hood’s immediate neighbors, traditional red-brick Wilson Hall and brick-and-glass modernist Hopkins Center. Williams and Tsien’s vision for a white brick façade will also echo the iconic edifices of nearby Dartmouth Row, sparking a new conversation among the structures along the Green.

The architects vetted five different samples of gray and white...

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January 5, 2018
Photo by Robert Gill.

Hood Quarterly, winter 2018
John Stomberg, Virginia Rice Kelsey 1961s Director

What’s in a name?

A lot when that name covers millions and millions of people living in areas that stretch from the deserts of Mexico to the tundra of Nunavut Territories. In six galleries christened the Art of North America, the new Hood will celebrate the wonderful richness, depth, and diversity of the culture and creativity from this continent.

The subject is, we...

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December 5, 2017
Vera Palmer, a senior lecturer in Native American Studies, teaches “Perspectives in Native American Studies” in the Hood’s Bernstein Study-Storage Center in 2011.

by Dartmouth's Office of Communications

The award will support a team to focus on Native American art.

The Hood Museum of Art is among the first art museums in the country to receive a newly announced Diversifying Art Museum Leadership Initiative joint grant of $6 million from the Walton Family Foundation and the Ford Foundation. The Hood received a grant in the amount of $313,529. The complete project will be supported through a combination of the award and required matching funds.

Each foundation is committing $3 million over three years to support creative...

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October 11, 2017
Sound artist Christine Sun Kim's work titled The Grid of Prefixed Acousmatics (2017), installed in Strauss Gallery, Hopkins Center for the Arts. Photo by Alison Palizzolo.

This fall, sound takes over Dartmouth College with large-scale commissions for an exhibition project featuring internationally renowned artists. Resonant Spaces: Sound Art at Dartmouth is the first exhibition of sound art presented by the Hood Museum of Art, and more widely, one of the largest group commissioning projects of sound art to date. It represents a crucial step in the creation of sound art through a diverse set of new, site-specific work located on the Dartmouth College campus, offering visitors a glimpse into the highly varied and imaginative world of sound art.

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October 11, 2017
Photo by Robert Gill.

Hood Quarterly, fall 2017
John Stomberg, Virginia Rice Kelsey 1961s Director

Center for What?

Object-based inquiry might not roll off the tongue, but it perfectly describes the core activity of the Hood. Objects hold myriad stories. Over decades, centuries, and even millennia these stories multiply, expand, and evolve. Through it all, the objects themselves remain, steadfast beacons of individuals, communities, and eras long gone.

The Hood houses a wide...

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August 22, 2017
The work of Terry Adkins and Jess Rowland installed at Hood Downtown, on view in Resonant Spaces: Sound Art at Dartmouth. Photo by Matt Zayatz.

Schedule of Symposium Events

Friday, September 22, 3:30-5:30 pm
Join the artists commissioned to create site-specific works for this exhibition and explore each installation across campus. The tour will begin at Hood Downtown; see order of works below. Please wear comfortable walking shoes.

1. Hood Downtown
Terry Adkins, selected works (presented by co-curators Spencer Topel and Amelia Kahl)
Jess Rowland, The Other Side of Air: Notations for Interactive Sound, 2017,...

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July 14, 2017
Jane Cavalier at the opening of Rachel Harrison's show, Prasine, at Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, May, 2017. Photo courtesy of Jane Cavalier.

Where are they now?: Jane Cavalier, 2012–2013 Class of 1954 Intern

What have you been up to since you graduated from Dartmouth in 2014?

After graduating, I had a 2014–2015 Fulbright Research Scholarship in Berlin to study German art. I then went on to get a masters degree in art history, with a concentration on contemporary American art, from the Courtauld Institute in London, with the generous support of Dartmouth’s James B. Reynolds Scholarship. I now work at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, where I am the Modern Women’s Fund 12-Month Intern...

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