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An eclectic swirl of fun crafting, art and humor.Inkspiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454530754439546966noreply@blogger.comBlogger628125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097634769099879241.post-11158338798208726902024-03-15T16:06:00.000-06:002024-03-15T16:06:04.142-06:00Creme de menthe Cheesecake<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Welcome!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDt0SZmh1nov49xvscWqHn839bKPzOQdkaAY1yiB0j2t0VgsQOelvl908ABuqcEJ4CoWfOjEO5FCLEwFPzKLSM9qVM2UOhgVDpksT24pqdR3n1yCq3zbjEw4_-jjpFglDubSS-J_zyg7945kjgTa32iDXG6jWZ7GnctUoJo1RhdJoLZKHbLJVxfVCZuzw/s3264/IMG_8367.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDt0SZmh1nov49xvscWqHn839bKPzOQdkaAY1yiB0j2t0VgsQOelvl908ABuqcEJ4CoWfOjEO5FCLEwFPzKLSM9qVM2UOhgVDpksT24pqdR3n1yCq3zbjEw4_-jjpFglDubSS-J_zyg7945kjgTa32iDXG6jWZ7GnctUoJo1RhdJoLZKHbLJVxfVCZuzw/w300-h400/IMG_8367.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Kaleidoscope by inkspired and KaleidoCam </div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p> <i><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">For St. Patrick’s Day I thought you might want to make this delicious Creme de Menthe Cheesecake. It is a lovely shade of green and a refreshing ending to a traditional meal of corned beef and cabbage</span></i>.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">CRUST:</span></b></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">2 Cups finely crushed chocolate graham crackers (Honey Maid, Kroger)</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">1/2 Cup butter, melted</span></p><p><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b>FILLING:</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">1 Cup sugar</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">3 8-oz packages cream cheese, softened</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">4 large eggs</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">2 Tablespoons white or green creme de menthe liqueur*</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">1 4.67 oz package (Andes) chocolate/creme de menthe candy thins, chopped</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">1 teaspoon flour</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">*or substitute with 1 teaspoon peppermint extract + 6 drops green food coloring</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b>PREP:</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Pre-heat oven to 325’.</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Wrap outside of springform pan with aluminum foil. Lightly grease inside of pan</span>.</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b>MAKE IT:</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">MIX all crust ingredients until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Press mixture all on the bottom and 1inch up the sides of pan.</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Set aside.</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">COMBINE cream cheese and sugar in bowl. Using mixer cream together on medium speed, scraping sides and bottom often, until creamy. Continue beating mixture, adding 1 egg at a time.</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Do not overbeat.</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">ADD creme de menthe liqueur.</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">STIR candy pieces with flour. Gently mix into batter. Pour filling into crust.</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Place pan on center rack of oven. </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Place pan of warm water on rack below cheesecake to prevent cracking.</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">BAKE 80 - 90 minutes until center is just set.</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Loosen cheesecake from sides by running knife around inside of pan.</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">COOL 1 hour. Cover and refrigerate at least 3 hours.</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">GARNISH top with whipped cream and chocolate thin mints as desired.</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b>STORE</b> refrigerated.</span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><i>Recipe courtesy Land O’ Lakes</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUjQp_bL0kpMo9db9LuJvzF4zIdmKL24Yu-S8wxu7fYrheedgIW5CP0Rtch4NT8x3QpsRev2q3Vf7AJYhiGymzziBr0w0H8OUDnvUcD0kgJcUkQUIypkOvfBVQD5So-yXJhzvHnq6yRu82zZJttaqxH_N4NayHXPB7HqZoPbPSA3cbCxAXz9CBrKCKs4A/s560/IMG_2946.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUjQp_bL0kpMo9db9LuJvzF4zIdmKL24Yu-S8wxu7fYrheedgIW5CP0Rtch4NT8x3QpsRev2q3Vf7AJYhiGymzziBr0w0H8OUDnvUcD0kgJcUkQUIypkOvfBVQD5So-yXJhzvHnq6yRu82zZJttaqxH_N4NayHXPB7HqZoPbPSA3cbCxAXz9CBrKCKs4A/w458-h640/IMG_2946.jpeg" width="458" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>That’s it for today!</b></i></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>‘Til next time,</b></i></span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>inkspired</b></i></span></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29);">Pinterest: K Kloberdans</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29);">inkspiredmusings.blogspot.com</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29);">Myinkspired.com</span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Inkspiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454530754439546966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097634769099879241.post-30368098550275394832024-03-11T17:36:00.000-06:002024-03-11T17:36:52.717-06:00An opinion and sad commentary<p> The news outlets are all abuzz with news about who wore what to the Oscars. The top 10 searches of the day so far are all Hollywood entertainers’ names. Then there is the Israel-Gaza war. The ‘Stop the war!’ red buttons a few entertainers wore to the awards ceremony.</p><p>Did you notice anything odd about that statement? Because I did.</p><p>Israel-Gaza war. Traditionally the first country is the aggressor with the ‘underdog’ victim as the second. Ummmm,, where did Hamas go? When did Israel become the aggressor? What happened to the hundreds of Israelites that Hamas killed Oct 10? Where are the remaining hostages that Hamas is refusing to return to their homes? And why are we as a nation demanding that Israel just ‘suck it up’, return any prisoners and forget the Hamas-held civilians that are now well documented as being tortured and severely abused?</p><p>But, you say, there are thousands of innocent civilians being killed in Gaza by Israel. We see photos of crying children and bombed out buildings. The news is full of these!</p><p>Have we all forgotten an essential fact? All ‘official’ news that is coming from Gaza or ‘Palestine’ is controlled by Hamas. Let’s read that again. All official news - that means numbers of civilians displaced or dead, casualties from Israeli bombings etc - are produced by a terrorist faction. Not the free press. Not a neutral source. It comes from a group that has been documented as murderers. Torturers of civilians including women and children. Liars. Manipulators. Aggressors. And yet it is now being presented as ‘fact’.</p><p>And we believe them.</p><p>I am worried. Deeply worried. I am worried about my country. We are a free nation and have always supported other free nations. We have traditionally stood strong with other countries that believe in freedom of the people and intolerance of oppression. These are fundamental rights that we support and have had as our bedrock.</p><p>Until now. Now we are more interested in who wore what to a party. We want to know who wore a ‘righteous’ red button. Down with aggressors! Stand up for the victims! Only we have flipped who those people are. Who is the victim? Who is the aggressor? What is the truth? Who is telling the truth? And can you believe the color of that actress’s gown?</p><p>Yes, I am worried. But perhaps more than worried I am sad.</p><p>I know some people may be offended that I even mention this subject. What do I know of politics? Some may even ‘un-friend’ me because I have stated an opinion. And that opinion goes against current feelings. That’s okay. </p><p>But it makes me sad that we are so intolerant of others’ opinions. That we must attack a person because they dare to think for themselves. To question. To research ‘facts’. I am sorry if you feel you must leave a nasty comment, or delete me from your queue. My intentions are not to offend, but to make you question.</p><p>Amen. (So be it).</p><p><i><span style="font-size: large;">Inkspired</span></i></p>Inkspiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454530754439546966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097634769099879241.post-39947467547392030842024-02-22T22:01:00.858-07:002024-03-08T20:28:30.822-07:00Howling Hyenas!<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Welcome!</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz4L0I6JkfQ-fMoCrniVyZlDuR9_rK6v5ZJT4tFOM9W55qJmWAHAb4y76c3dwFelkOtTkbXwXyiOtAIrMj-LvomKr5LSxKpUN9xKVzohyU7eODz0rddRHVySEBZQiD6rnOkxQA-1KkfoW28H6BxF_8fAYPyqdrOsPVSZ4c1M94pcthivyWi3Z3j1i9ceE/s800/IMG_2679.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="534" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz4L0I6JkfQ-fMoCrniVyZlDuR9_rK6v5ZJT4tFOM9W55qJmWAHAb4y76c3dwFelkOtTkbXwXyiOtAIrMj-LvomKr5LSxKpUN9xKVzohyU7eODz0rddRHVySEBZQiD6rnOkxQA-1KkfoW28H6BxF_8fAYPyqdrOsPVSZ4c1M94pcthivyWi3Z3j1i9ceE/w268-h400/IMG_2679.jpeg" width="268" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Spotted Hyena; </span>Tambako the Jaguar posted, Pinterest</p></span><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><h1 style="text-align: center;"><b>Hyenas!</b></h1></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);">Why?</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);">Because I know very little about them, and thought they could be interesting.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);">And they are!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMk3X78HbFz9SJiROg5f-qrByIlV-kp_K1SXq6n9nsNIDDR9ftblrG0rNNy386XxS8ksIWON9c44dx2ayit5Wa-t2JWtdlLZcI6K59eWA7CuuDy2_H28SR8hkojDVS7oY8998QNKNmQGFE1J0HGxqDsjNn0Ww3luWR2avFoji0W16TeN5umviStZZYTsU/s1199/IMG_2668.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="822" data-original-width="1199" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMk3X78HbFz9SJiROg5f-qrByIlV-kp_K1SXq6n9nsNIDDR9ftblrG0rNNy386XxS8ksIWON9c44dx2ayit5Wa-t2JWtdlLZcI6K59eWA7CuuDy2_H28SR8hkojDVS7oY8998QNKNmQGFE1J0HGxqDsjNn0Ww3luWR2avFoji0W16TeN5umviStZZYTsU/w640-h438/IMG_2668.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;">Africa Geographical<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><h2><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4); color: #783f04; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">There are 4 main suborders of feliform Carnivora mammals belonging to the family <br /></span></span><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);">Hyaenidae.</span></span></h2></div></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4); color: #38761d; font-family: georgia;"><i>Did you understand that? ‘Cause I sure didn’t the first time I read it!</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><i>Let’s try to translate!</i></span></span></p><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4); color: red;"><b>Feli-form: cat-like</b></span></span></h1><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);">Hyenas are biologically more like cats than dogs!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);">Feli-forms include cats, tigers, lions, meerkats and mongooses.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4); font-family: georgia;"><i>Who knew? Not me!</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf-DFOtD2AZx9BWuiK45_zPE2wDD-WnKjbl1wEmEuGQiXjvaRIsg9S5QqIhCX9xv3XtTVFWj9DmV8ic0nLx1yV9VQQq7U71_jtK9cKQFjeJBP80jRbT-K6LhH_GwZNCjQcKYD_p4PR1onRjqbmHTbceX1sL_H6zq8EbSOmg0Cr9Zd0Gd1m-zCn4x3I2YY/s684/IMG_2667.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf-DFOtD2AZx9BWuiK45_zPE2wDD-WnKjbl1wEmEuGQiXjvaRIsg9S5QqIhCX9xv3XtTVFWj9DmV8ic0nLx1yV9VQQq7U71_jtK9cKQFjeJBP80jRbT-K6LhH_GwZNCjQcKYD_p4PR1onRjqbmHTbceX1sL_H6zq8EbSOmg0Cr9Zd0Gd1m-zCn4x3I2YY/w293-h400/IMG_2667.jpeg" width="293" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;">Photo credit: don_heyneke</div></span><p style="text-align: center;"></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Carnivora: carnivores. They eat meat.</span></b></span></span></h2><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Mammals: They give live births.</span></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-large;">Okay!</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-large;">So hyenas are more like cats, they eat meat and they give live births.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_0xsUk2UlDIlxxhWon2Jl5UWx9Zrx_wc1_f2jEM1XJv6iDopeCddo7NkJ-xOk3qXr6fs8vbvaRSYNjDYVqANSP-ZmA8OoNn0UJlSXQo7_QJNvmpfJ1Yefpin5Om07hpbIdWWyQyXiqnx3xxaIlFIj4egGA_fOjs_sd4aPPujKSW_Dx5FDNhV6UH5Lx8/s1200/IMG_2812.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_0xsUk2UlDIlxxhWon2Jl5UWx9Zrx_wc1_f2jEM1XJv6iDopeCddo7NkJ-xOk3qXr6fs8vbvaRSYNjDYVqANSP-ZmA8OoNn0UJlSXQo7_QJNvmpfJ1Yefpin5Om07hpbIdWWyQyXiqnx3xxaIlFIj4egGA_fOjs_sd4aPPujKSW_Dx5FDNhV6UH5Lx8/w400-h400/IMG_2812.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-large;">There are 4 main kinds of hyenas:</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><b>Striped hyena</b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><b>Brown hyena</b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><b>Spotted hyena</b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><b>Aardwolf</b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);">Let’s break those down.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4); color: #b45f06;"><b>Striped hyena:</b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-z60KwL0MUrlY6uUNy2JUjaYHJF82_3sRn1PapPzZWF-aiSyztTpGF9rPaxUb5jpNs_jf13xBOcnelOu-R-dRyVinFSuUnvVHnR9wcepn-mrHwxXjgTpsSzLQ5Kf3BWOpRWW-1hP7i4ESq3BxwBB7rcp3fI6D6L8TFWY96Q2gLYPWKdEfbD1lJn53j34/s1600/IMG_2676.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1079" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-z60KwL0MUrlY6uUNy2JUjaYHJF82_3sRn1PapPzZWF-aiSyztTpGF9rPaxUb5jpNs_jf13xBOcnelOu-R-dRyVinFSuUnvVHnR9wcepn-mrHwxXjgTpsSzLQ5Kf3BWOpRWW-1hP7i4ESq3BxwBB7rcp3fI6D6L8TFWY96Q2gLYPWKdEfbD1lJn53j34/w432-h640/IMG_2676.jpeg" width="432" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;">No photo credit given, Pinterest</div></span><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Striped hyenas</b> are the only ones where the females are larger than the males.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Cubs are born with their eyes closed, and the males help raise them, digging dens to live in. <b>Striped</b> <b>hyenas</b> are monogamous (live with only one mate for most of their life ). They are scavengers, eating any meat except vultures! They will also supplement their diet with fruit.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-fhii2_wV_cKMDfh85HPOHAYFrJHAAnS8g45rbMr9IWRhmQ9XvsE03pY9nv88nVEv4u9m_L98A7Z5kyA8EvwOJFGPrMAVpkLYrNPJQZpdzNmg5Pj3XNwKbEBFuqXH5oAyB8njO23O4aroMIStKGKQnBzWTXvFFK9kFl6qG5w2WJv17X4Tghvk7KTo4Qs/s960/IMG_2673.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="679" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-fhii2_wV_cKMDfh85HPOHAYFrJHAAnS8g45rbMr9IWRhmQ9XvsE03pY9nv88nVEv4u9m_L98A7Z5kyA8EvwOJFGPrMAVpkLYrNPJQZpdzNmg5Pj3XNwKbEBFuqXH5oAyB8njO23O4aroMIStKGKQnBzWTXvFFK9kFl6qG5w2WJv17X4Tghvk7KTo4Qs/w452-h640/IMG_2673.jpeg" width="452" /></a></div><span><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;">Hyenas are pretty silent, but will chatter, howl and even laugh! A laughing hyena is not having a good time. They laugh when they are super-stressed!</span></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5597H_caneBcedyPQ6FfdjwajeiP3SzD8ZJLTn4XkG21UySTTx8O-ZSxpqTlnRWuo3KkdmtLI9Uaywmf8EWP8aYuINLXzHTIe8Zb-LGWCdtPDxQf2PPCp17I_JySLvWcjqKrjs0cAyRMhy1FCB4bXP0zfFOU0W74dQlTKZWM2QIM9G1grGHnNBALM6Qc/s500/IMG_2816.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5597H_caneBcedyPQ6FfdjwajeiP3SzD8ZJLTn4XkG21UySTTx8O-ZSxpqTlnRWuo3KkdmtLI9Uaywmf8EWP8aYuINLXzHTIe8Zb-LGWCdtPDxQf2PPCp17I_JySLvWcjqKrjs0cAyRMhy1FCB4bXP0zfFOU0W74dQlTKZWM2QIM9G1grGHnNBALM6Qc/w400-h266/IMG_2816.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Deadfix.com</span></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Striped hyenas</span></b><span style="color: #783f04;"> are the smallest. They are considered near threatened, steadily edging toward threatened status because of loss of habitat. Another factor is plain old mis-understanding. Farmers think <b>striped</b> <b>hyenas</b> are killing their cattle, so they bait, trap and kill them. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><b>FALSE!</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4); color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;"><b>Striped</b> <b>Hyenas</b> mostly eat carrion. Meat that is already dead. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4); color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">They are called members of the </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4); color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">‘Clean Plate Club’</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4); color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">That means they eat everything- hooves, bones, the whole thing!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4); color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">I think they must have stomachs of steel!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlS25eyueVDg_iJ1Lt6aWuFwda15xiqbv48NkBCdD5BtvZq9Jqjn34Brvdiv0xXoBqw01lHGB78MRc9yztVX2aDEZYX9s8di3_MEZw3emT__XS05a8J242zuy981HLj7JTaNbQrBmT1HW_lXvH_oqsYX4TxWboS7b3d7F3SDbErx9kuXl1M251NXeMtw8/s1024/IMG_2818.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1002" data-original-width="1024" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlS25eyueVDg_iJ1Lt6aWuFwda15xiqbv48NkBCdD5BtvZq9Jqjn34Brvdiv0xXoBqw01lHGB78MRc9yztVX2aDEZYX9s8di3_MEZw3emT__XS05a8J242zuy981HLj7JTaNbQrBmT1HW_lXvH_oqsYX4TxWboS7b3d7F3SDbErx9kuXl1M251NXeMtw8/s320/IMG_2818.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>Striped hyena<span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4); color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4); color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">Hyena poo is white because of all the calcium in the bones of the animals they eat.</span></div><div><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><br /></span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo1xGXx7KDHEppMWOGrbm6BUdVWMx17FHNupsPHZS-bdeFwcJ_sZoSqEPpoYWrWAgoeuRMVURH9qPclJt62AA-HpsJbjBFdiyqLzrgU6sEXKOirnLNvEkLxSVTak9YIaNRUhxQA7hWTERaTloCBnKMYfcH529kCPrDaRZvUxzNus2a4uC48UuzNLs1eJI/s1280/IMG_2674.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo1xGXx7KDHEppMWOGrbm6BUdVWMx17FHNupsPHZS-bdeFwcJ_sZoSqEPpoYWrWAgoeuRMVURH9qPclJt62AA-HpsJbjBFdiyqLzrgU6sEXKOirnLNvEkLxSVTak9YIaNRUhxQA7hWTERaTloCBnKMYfcH529kCPrDaRZvUxzNus2a4uC48UuzNLs1eJI/w225-h400/IMG_2674.jpeg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">OneWildAfrica.com</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4); font-size: xx-large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><i><b>Fun fact</b>:</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4); font-size: xx-large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><i>Ancient Egyptians tamed hyenas to help them hunt; similar to hunting dogs.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4); font-size: xx-large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><i>Hyenas can become affectionate and form bonds with both humans and dogs.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4); font-size: xx-large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><i>Problem:</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4); font-size: xx-large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"><i>The smell! Hyenas smell <b>really</b> bad!</i></span></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Next:</span></span></p><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">Brown hyenas</span></b></span></span></h1><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFo97gWzENMIY1_4g7HFw3e1kFeSW9Z_JJwXvZYRgkUEERPpQDdpscswsWi04RAPurOuXzy-Az76Ahm3IbBmbgOZI_nNPEEu6xFiCuZmZGu0rqScjoTqkITCgCi6y912gutcVW95eRG33yBb4VeCvqBuRfqbeqFs_g7fZbGcvrQkrCgE3QHhUpU7KeHVY/s1080/IMG_2748.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="749" data-original-width="1080" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFo97gWzENMIY1_4g7HFw3e1kFeSW9Z_JJwXvZYRgkUEERPpQDdpscswsWi04RAPurOuXzy-Az76Ahm3IbBmbgOZI_nNPEEu6xFiCuZmZGu0rqScjoTqkITCgCi6y912gutcVW95eRG33yBb4VeCvqBuRfqbeqFs_g7fZbGcvrQkrCgE3QHhUpU7KeHVY/w640-h444/IMG_2748.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Pinterest</span></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Brown hyenas</span></b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> are not known to prey on humans. They are primarily nocturnal (move </span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">around at night) and are slightly larger than their brothers, Striped hyenas. They are considered to be shy and elusive, and will pretend to be dead to survive! </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">They live in family groups, called clans. They are very social.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8CjEyj7rxhM8tre4FZsxrql2Uxv0AuP-ZROCZw5V5bTGmoMOi6aGqgSvYs8ZiuKCgloDrSfqbjyxlxrwewh4OGl2hwfBuuttQu9iBNIUrbkqqyDJyGiPpT3TcmvQX_TqQY6ropsnKymFDf2CZ1m9nlpFTphi7MyN8YEQdaGzia6T3bs7LVvrJyAFrxNU/s1080/IMG_2749.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1080" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8CjEyj7rxhM8tre4FZsxrql2Uxv0AuP-ZROCZw5V5bTGmoMOi6aGqgSvYs8ZiuKCgloDrSfqbjyxlxrwewh4OGl2hwfBuuttQu9iBNIUrbkqqyDJyGiPpT3TcmvQX_TqQY6ropsnKymFDf2CZ1m9nlpFTphi7MyN8YEQdaGzia6T3bs7LVvrJyAFrxNU/w640-h426/IMG_2749.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><div style="text-align: center;">Brown hyena family, Greg Hartman</div></span><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Brown hyenas, </b></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">like all hyenas, have scraggly fur, large ears and have manes. They all have more ribs than dogs, and rough tongues like cats.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Males help feed the cubs with insects, eggs, rodents, fruit and fungi (mushrooms).</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0RrDTNfyd-rn0TQuJqR6_5vJlmP-cwrL7ZkfmOGSI30Qci_wurjJH5VDVpQ5aDAs7Q1waO6viq0UhUeZoXt_uk32R03hIHwSpmVyhoTsNdSNrPlEUtYHxJyZIxzhm6x-xS87PG0KFPlmzdH90NyinjhGT4A9LhfcnYaiCdRKuWpBZEEmPMdfMhGl1mi0/s1374/IMG_2817.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1374" data-original-width="1093" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0RrDTNfyd-rn0TQuJqR6_5vJlmP-cwrL7ZkfmOGSI30Qci_wurjJH5VDVpQ5aDAs7Q1waO6viq0UhUeZoXt_uk32R03hIHwSpmVyhoTsNdSNrPlEUtYHxJyZIxzhm6x-xS87PG0KFPlmzdH90NyinjhGT4A9LhfcnYaiCdRKuWpBZEEmPMdfMhGl1mi0/w510-h640/IMG_2817.jpeg" width="510" /></a></div>Photo credit: Christophe JOBIC<br /><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Brown hyenas</b> are probably the least understood of all hyenas because they are so shy. It’s difficult to study their habits.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Next:</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span><span style="color: #660000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Spotted Hyenas</b></span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVCdKuWMSTV6JcmGpzxXYuxaCfQT82d43Rhwr3eT-ynN_sCTK67GGzxCfCYOwrKGHveHjztjSw3mKqIp7gBmFobMUlIZecqWwBF07BDR718xyeayiZEsr5DtWOWTqRcA8BtJWRATOGx3wUUR9zzSI4zRyZjm0BEE_7XOET5VQvNoQABPU2NYXxF0AgsXg/s700/IMG_2666.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="700" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVCdKuWMSTV6JcmGpzxXYuxaCfQT82d43Rhwr3eT-ynN_sCTK67GGzxCfCYOwrKGHveHjztjSw3mKqIp7gBmFobMUlIZecqWwBF07BDR718xyeayiZEsr5DtWOWTqRcA8BtJWRATOGx3wUUR9zzSI4zRyZjm0BEE_7XOET5VQvNoQABPU2NYXxF0AgsXg/w640-h458/IMG_2666.jpeg" width="640" /></a>Photo credit: Pairi Daizi</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Spotted Hyenas </b>are the largest of the 4 groups of hyenas. </span><span style="color: #660000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">They are very social and live in groups of up to 100. They are pack hunters and kill most of their food. Some of their prey are giraffes, wildebeests, sheep and cattle.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUe7vkbNg2q4pO1BBNlvDpjq49-3i26FhHn3O9NKyVOm5lGeGVFYcjii2Bjgo68GKxoonywJ1XbZuIAZnf03Ku-CqPUBOJwtyfRUpl5_yHcaD_u3PwYbwrko67w1qDEHAYEjDLaIbsTjr_oTbKcAS2nTQcnsGM7U1dnHvZwH-_44ZSZDW19HDlcU8lQXc/s750/IMG_2848.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUe7vkbNg2q4pO1BBNlvDpjq49-3i26FhHn3O9NKyVOm5lGeGVFYcjii2Bjgo68GKxoonywJ1XbZuIAZnf03Ku-CqPUBOJwtyfRUpl5_yHcaD_u3PwYbwrko67w1qDEHAYEjDLaIbsTjr_oTbKcAS2nTQcnsGM7U1dnHvZwH-_44ZSZDW19HDlcU8lQXc/w400-h400/IMG_2848.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Found on Pinterest <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">A <b>Spotted</b> <b>hyena</b> can eat 32 pounds in one meal! When they howl, it can be heard for up to 3 miles away.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">That’s a lot of stress…</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxpKX0VDiomdmPVQH04QkdbQurf1-4_O_bZ92_yzyzMKaUnvhRYY2etioeKTAq9AtGidlspGrHePYIjY6ZacYHzrwYY1NIiKpjf8VFzWwIDMbIdHQUogbdN-ZMPBUHHBl8hkwbRiBj_jDxgV1mbicRE0HWpxjB7ITvobFXsuPHB6kir8nPlsD9jVyza6Q/s599/IMG_2683.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="564" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxpKX0VDiomdmPVQH04QkdbQurf1-4_O_bZ92_yzyzMKaUnvhRYY2etioeKTAq9AtGidlspGrHePYIjY6ZacYHzrwYY1NIiKpjf8VFzWwIDMbIdHQUogbdN-ZMPBUHHBl8hkwbRiBj_jDxgV1mbicRE0HWpxjB7ITvobFXsuPHB6kir8nPlsD9jVyza6Q/w376-h400/IMG_2683.jpeg" width="376" /></a></div>Artist: W.R. Leigh</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">S</span></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #783f04;">potted</span><span style="color: #660000;"> Hyenas </span></b></span><span style="color: #660000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">are more aggressive, and defend their kills and clan ferociously. They can travel at 37 miles per hour, and can hear things up to 6 miles away!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEKLJXrVRZH6VOCZJddc7HmMv7hTaeDE-3aDyP1jdC0boPEPMWztzs7qDyweE39MY4jrJfM9Bjw02O_GCDrGdheoJkrpXRS9BKomAtAoOkO5JGizmcQHBESbphCuiYXjrc7KZLlyHSb3i5lgmTgZ6JNPGxUWwbHJxrWw-Mrc0cqEaw75Mp639FXcbriYw/s901/IMG_2675.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="901" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEKLJXrVRZH6VOCZJddc7HmMv7hTaeDE-3aDyP1jdC0boPEPMWztzs7qDyweE39MY4jrJfM9Bjw02O_GCDrGdheoJkrpXRS9BKomAtAoOkO5JGizmcQHBESbphCuiYXjrc7KZLlyHSb3i5lgmTgZ6JNPGxUWwbHJxrWw-Mrc0cqEaw75Mp639FXcbriYw/w355-h400/IMG_2675.jpeg" width="355" /></a></div>Zoo Borns, Pinterest<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Living in burrows, caves and crevices, <b>Spotted</b> <b>Hyena</b> cubs are born with eyes open, fully developed and ready to go. They even have teeth! </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The males however do not help raise their cubs.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj85p6DwNJZLp_3Teeeu4zh5O1amBJzAfUMg5qZZSCHeYKosfNXuJ6rv6I-KPFc1SMS1lfa-Xvbe3tRgCruoILU8158HlZhC_EQmJ1xH3qCZg-ETMfr3Y_kg2kC4h_ioVaayWCABA_4F2KCpybk8vrN8ephVTPiw9-GRUhru6UnX4neMH54Qrr_C0tyEPI/s640/IMG_2684.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="513" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj85p6DwNJZLp_3Teeeu4zh5O1amBJzAfUMg5qZZSCHeYKosfNXuJ6rv6I-KPFc1SMS1lfa-Xvbe3tRgCruoILU8158HlZhC_EQmJ1xH3qCZg-ETMfr3Y_kg2kC4h_ioVaayWCABA_4F2KCpybk8vrN8ephVTPiw9-GRUhru6UnX4neMH54Qrr_C0tyEPI/w321-h400/IMG_2684.jpeg" width="321" /></a></div>Pinterest</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7FBIOrJpIirFNbwf-eOcAm6XJr-NL4e6T5aJejJ77ZmV1BID8dj7eKIkm4WC_mFnupnTe76B9g5c1ieIkTyU86XIUsRSQZgiWoN8YPq33H29a84IAd7qYB8o8kaeVOABUDFOdUQamRy2t60B5dMkiKMEXyY1bue6lj-k6WufuWfXnegg99C7Oabgfdk/s764/IMG_2672.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7FBIOrJpIirFNbwf-eOcAm6XJr-NL4e6T5aJejJ77ZmV1BID8dj7eKIkm4WC_mFnupnTe76B9g5c1ieIkTyU86XIUsRSQZgiWoN8YPq33H29a84IAd7qYB8o8kaeVOABUDFOdUQamRy2t60B5dMkiKMEXyY1bue6lj-k6WufuWfXnegg99C7Oabgfdk/w586-h640/IMG_2672.jpeg" width="586" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">Idrawgirls.com</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Spotted hyena</b> mothers are great. They give protein rich milk to their cubs for up to 6 months, even up to 1 year.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Spotted</b> <b>hyenas</b> are also smart, curious and inquisitive. Each clan has a matriarch who leads; with her daughter next in line.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;"><span style="color: #660000;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; font-size: xxx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-Fsvic88aU-UQiBDFiuOsIS2iFiXraPyEMjdOR3XG7AjZRc_LT6tFhkgRMV3Lztth5MBkpmFiRiVvewYQ9yA3kU9bpTJ60MqO4trn7SatIKhmtPYj7apsoYHPIXWmj_RdHD3m1eW9EA0FIBFmxKPjb_er05XmS2DQ2CRdFZTCJcf7sNAoZSk77VELHs/s500/IMG_2682.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-Fsvic88aU-UQiBDFiuOsIS2iFiXraPyEMjdOR3XG7AjZRc_LT6tFhkgRMV3Lztth5MBkpmFiRiVvewYQ9yA3kU9bpTJ60MqO4trn7SatIKhmtPYj7apsoYHPIXWmj_RdHD3m1eW9EA0FIBFmxKPjb_er05XmS2DQ2CRdFZTCJcf7sNAoZSk77VELHs/w400-h400/IMG_2682.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Unknown</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Aardwolves</b> have to be the strangest member of the hyena family.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">At least the strangest looking!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJGKnoLpBc6MuC6zMZlkRoeThQ2kEtqAf51VJBBH0SFDGAl91nxbMOObU1rXAGgcERysj8VOKR0YJJF-WA_y8KGS_D27nWvHvRDDQFw4iSWPICz1Yn-MrCVAAwZd-YGOjIqHS0kehpgWx7-AAEV6njlvxBRDRiq_U-QosqT_c0lvABpNGqx8Fe22LB328/s1199/IMG_2865.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1199" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJGKnoLpBc6MuC6zMZlkRoeThQ2kEtqAf51VJBBH0SFDGAl91nxbMOObU1rXAGgcERysj8VOKR0YJJF-WA_y8KGS_D27nWvHvRDDQFw4iSWPICz1Yn-MrCVAAwZd-YGOjIqHS0kehpgWx7-AAEV6njlvxBRDRiq_U-QosqT_c0lvABpNGqx8Fe22LB328/w400-h268/IMG_2865.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Photo credit: Hennie van Heerden</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b>Aardwolves</b> are also called “earth wolves” (in Afrikaans and Dutch) even though they are not wolves at all!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>ardwolves</b> cannot kill livestock, although many people believe they kill lambs.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">They are actually</span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> <i>insectivores</i>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>A what?</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><i>A carnivorous animal or plant that eats insects.</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Remember what carnivore means.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Now add on <b>insectivore</b>.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Hyenas, like dogs, have pointed snouts and blunt, non-retractable claws. They catch their prey with their mouths (not claws).</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnoI5hRloFK52HYlZPMrNHQLnc8CxvuEDSvzY0oiuJ2shZqeL4IRkRwTwu9DPrfP2FaNuBgb_tmFpEc3etFjc5fjOMN3kOc6cyzDSaq6IpDXMLjjjKdq222uFPELD3-nYeNyc4qr8zXNdZiZPbBOA0MMjOoAJyFXMtM6oWuGk3yPPUJyvaW9z-cCfowNc/s804/IMG_2670.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="700" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnoI5hRloFK52HYlZPMrNHQLnc8CxvuEDSvzY0oiuJ2shZqeL4IRkRwTwu9DPrfP2FaNuBgb_tmFpEc3etFjc5fjOMN3kOc6cyzDSaq6IpDXMLjjjKdq222uFPELD3-nYeNyc4qr8zXNdZiZPbBOA0MMjOoAJyFXMtM6oWuGk3yPPUJyvaW9z-cCfowNc/w349-h400/IMG_2670.jpeg" width="349" /></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Idrawgirls.com</span><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); color: #274e13;">Except the <b>Aardwolf</b>.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZnaWlE8Tzo9Nl8QJ-W4rHBN2adwzN78VTf5aRylcAw7-Eqr_d9Z_EvW3VNtZikMCAPjtAKHRZ5KozXG0xBcySKJgsSFImCna-AIZjzjNQsddkQDmmyWxdSTS-AHobmKs3toriS9s4d9Gy9fB3G6s9sj1aaLVhsKyFllBGCSix5MajmkFli0nx9UkFJFE/s726/IMG_2910.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="700" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZnaWlE8Tzo9Nl8QJ-W4rHBN2adwzN78VTf5aRylcAw7-Eqr_d9Z_EvW3VNtZikMCAPjtAKHRZ5KozXG0xBcySKJgsSFImCna-AIZjzjNQsddkQDmmyWxdSTS-AHobmKs3toriS9s4d9Gy9fB3G6s9sj1aaLVhsKyFllBGCSix5MajmkFli0nx9UkFJFE/w386-h400/IMG_2910.jpeg" width="386" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Bored Panda</span><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); color: #274e13; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">The <b>Aardwolf</b> has a long, sticky tongue perfect for gathering it’s favorite food -</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); color: #274e13; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">Termites!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); color: #274e13; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">These hyenas can eat 200,000 - 300,000 termites in one evening. They are ‘conscientious eaters’. They will never wipe out a termite hill, always leaving enough termites for the hill to produce more termites - for future mealtimes. Cool!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDfk4zTR-Pcdq2TfZpAZREDOQtGCpux2qIXRjLlJ8C41CkP2ZfqHjdtD_r9WMcxPuNOcq0pXNP5HmYbtz0N5opep6G807mqE0oIu6g2dpCzgLXyDiYlKCG_i1oLSLALBVgUd-9MPU7pxkSqVB3vUeV6xKaeP7WJKumB4RkqEymMnqqNoXrClGRSonKcuk/s902/IMG_2866.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="902" data-original-width="596" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDfk4zTR-Pcdq2TfZpAZREDOQtGCpux2qIXRjLlJ8C41CkP2ZfqHjdtD_r9WMcxPuNOcq0pXNP5HmYbtz0N5opep6G807mqE0oIu6g2dpCzgLXyDiYlKCG_i1oLSLALBVgUd-9MPU7pxkSqVB3vUeV6xKaeP7WJKumB4RkqEymMnqqNoXrClGRSonKcuk/w422-h640/IMG_2866.jpeg" width="422" /></a></div>Pinterest</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b>Aardwolves</b> main threat is insecticides used by farmers on termite hills.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Interestingly, hyenas do not die from the rabies virus. It is one of the few mammals that can survive this virus</span><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>Can you guess another one?</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><br /><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Very little is known about </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">the immune system of hyenas.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFFk2Om4-T3u41n-t1oC4Ul0f3NPgIzb8oPuoGf08MAOUTkBROOb2pyGBV_ZUOzxiiR_IUzuqWEB_KK0yvhoNgTbbNklDMM7DAJK5eYIU2DtzlL6YqjlJYHoOUCyA96ws0-FiUUq1pl0w1l1tOFOjLg3fhoefnlBJmo6uf_uIbNPi5RFdMEISw0jkg-9k/s600/IMG_2885.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="600" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFFk2Om4-T3u41n-t1oC4Ul0f3NPgIzb8oPuoGf08MAOUTkBROOb2pyGBV_ZUOzxiiR_IUzuqWEB_KK0yvhoNgTbbNklDMM7DAJK5eYIU2DtzlL6YqjlJYHoOUCyA96ws0-FiUUq1pl0w1l1tOFOjLg3fhoefnlBJmo6uf_uIbNPi5RFdMEISw0jkg-9k/w400-h299/IMG_2885.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Pinterest</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">Interesting fact:</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">Hyenas have one of the strongest bite factors in the animal kingdom. Their bite can crush bone, and comes in just a little less than the bite of a polar bear. It is even greater than a lion’s.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">(But not the <b>Aardwolf</b>, in case you wondered.)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Pa3xEVaW9h4bUQGFSnF07WZboPB9QYhsPxN6_SBzdl8wJ83JZ5zQHbvzI3ayse_M6oH68hhdPLvDIzR2Ru34M9A9GD3kRDqw5_OWxZblupIfeFUxDmMgFbQxDoRDKbYA9JKK3QgwRpptkwf0vcjZeR4FIwtdffI3_A1b-5aN4qSh2txvRgqyDc4XGoo/s850/IMG_2912.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="850" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Pa3xEVaW9h4bUQGFSnF07WZboPB9QYhsPxN6_SBzdl8wJ83JZ5zQHbvzI3ayse_M6oH68hhdPLvDIzR2Ru34M9A9GD3kRDqw5_OWxZblupIfeFUxDmMgFbQxDoRDKbYA9JKK3QgwRpptkwf0vcjZeR4FIwtdffI3_A1b-5aN4qSh2txvRgqyDc4XGoo/w640-h426/IMG_2912.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Joke Bosch, Pinterest</span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i>Remember another mammal that is immune to the rabies virus?</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">It is a bat!</span><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); color: #990000;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI_-eusgmp2UcJOt9nK1XCsbXw-Wak1MC91N4yWzjt7UuCv1XsMoASoNmwinLT15MG9xA4mwMJfflSudJNGXydHa3MADXUpbVGqf8gcvRFqoO1DzHvRKgD_Oh3aD1NcBeQLWE3zcCCEEju3HvxNz5QhNR2CoxS6FJUUFx2hFPbxZXXG012rXgVcw0Jb8w/s500/IMG_2669.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="500" height="373" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI_-eusgmp2UcJOt9nK1XCsbXw-Wak1MC91N4yWzjt7UuCv1XsMoASoNmwinLT15MG9xA4mwMJfflSudJNGXydHa3MADXUpbVGqf8gcvRFqoO1DzHvRKgD_Oh3aD1NcBeQLWE3zcCCEEju3HvxNz5QhNR2CoxS6FJUUFx2hFPbxZXXG012rXgVcw0Jb8w/w400-h373/IMG_2669.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Pinterest</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> <br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); color: #990000;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); color: #990000;">Well, that about wraps things up for the hyena.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); color: #990000;">I hope you have learned a few fun things about this often misunderstood, fascinating member of Planet Earth.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); color: #990000;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); color: #990000;"><i>I know I did!</i></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #990000; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6oye2HDzU6r8eEKmPa3Ft5Ya4Ib2d_IOg2R7nFf1ulFGqm0bsagpBucu4b-YF85rofQ-kGCqIH8etGh5rl9XlXu262HZt-9zg5EW_U090njjrOL0YDY0ui6I2Dd8E11bNfUndgmJUdZ1PnYsD2AgvYmNnc7vjcz9C73NCwZagmdM1kNlsF5lv53KLKlA/s960/IMG_2863.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="960" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6oye2HDzU6r8eEKmPa3Ft5Ya4Ib2d_IOg2R7nFf1ulFGqm0bsagpBucu4b-YF85rofQ-kGCqIH8etGh5rl9XlXu262HZt-9zg5EW_U090njjrOL0YDY0ui6I2Dd8E11bNfUndgmJUdZ1PnYsD2AgvYmNnc7vjcz9C73NCwZagmdM1kNlsF5lv53KLKlA/w400-h334/IMG_2863.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><i><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">‘Til next time,</span></i></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">inkspired</span><br /><br /></i></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><i>You can find me on Pinterest under</i></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">K. Kloberdans</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">You can always leave me a message right here!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">A few websites I checked out for this blog:</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">a-z-animals.com</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #990000;">Wikipedia</span><span style="color: #783f04;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Facts.net</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Factanimal.com</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Wildtomorrow.org</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">My-zoetrope.blogspot.com</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Wordpress.com</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span><br /></span></span></p></div></div></div>Inkspiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454530754439546966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097634769099879241.post-21167266518034760832024-02-12T08:47:00.002-07:002024-02-12T08:47:30.831-07:00A Paper Doll Party<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i>Welcome!</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: helvetica; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiibgxblldmZJwdM_PxAM1O_Z7PZHTyQFL9SEg0b5kTInk_gVE_dbwQ-jXnTGjzO0QK3ogr853eMCZgGr1QBRYGLRDCB2p1BEgfCm4dTHF25-wjGW_OCqYYVcLyPhpjNliAmGVTHqEqIdkK9X0Z5hrSRNNOd4eP-hMiUCfR85rRSXzZsXSnrhmrYFEvlJw/s808/IMG_2446.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiibgxblldmZJwdM_PxAM1O_Z7PZHTyQFL9SEg0b5kTInk_gVE_dbwQ-jXnTGjzO0QK3ogr853eMCZgGr1QBRYGLRDCB2p1BEgfCm4dTHF25-wjGW_OCqYYVcLyPhpjNliAmGVTHqEqIdkK9X0Z5hrSRNNOd4eP-hMiUCfR85rRSXzZsXSnrhmrYFEvlJw/s320/IMG_2446.jpeg" width="277" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Taina Nebrego, papel boutique</div></span><i style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: xx-large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Let’s have a party!</span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: xx-large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">A paper doll theme party!</span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix9zBD0LHSBIk_R1l0SBi4pyPtMKUXjitY2oaoFoUWtE-HpvGtQC9nycEL7jZyWmnU0ik_fw5a4zoMnZzgnY7Y0GcVj4sEwu7BDj1Vmff_h3aYUxkpwvKwHBfYTNRKPvOWUpY0vx14ISKSF-G4lywNd8WYLIxDDw50Ruhpo52qsVB2f_5IEj_2Fce1ebw/s1547/IMG_2294.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1547" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix9zBD0LHSBIk_R1l0SBi4pyPtMKUXjitY2oaoFoUWtE-HpvGtQC9nycEL7jZyWmnU0ik_fw5a4zoMnZzgnY7Y0GcVj4sEwu7BDj1Vmff_h3aYUxkpwvKwHBfYTNRKPvOWUpY0vx14ISKSF-G4lywNd8WYLIxDDw50Ruhpo52qsVB2f_5IEj_2Fce1ebw/w310-h400/IMG_2294.jpeg" width="310" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Needle and Thread, LLC</div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Paper dolls are so fun,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">with so many styles & variations.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifRgOEC4Q9BG6PMsPOmpC8Uh4eWs4S8t_X9ktdxzJO9iEjH0KXAoVeYGkclpTdsPCcFxbKuFG1OmNONkO0JrggEnuzypJbcljbhyXrYmerStoGAGm5S8OjAr7HlkmhSuMHxJ0RYUChcOeVKb10qUh8N89mAkK5LGRNKHc5CeGM-m5G_BahBNoRv5RXzzc/s1024/IMG_2302.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifRgOEC4Q9BG6PMsPOmpC8Uh4eWs4S8t_X9ktdxzJO9iEjH0KXAoVeYGkclpTdsPCcFxbKuFG1OmNONkO0JrggEnuzypJbcljbhyXrYmerStoGAGm5S8OjAr7HlkmhSuMHxJ0RYUChcOeVKb10qUh8N89mAkK5LGRNKHc5CeGM-m5G_BahBNoRv5RXzzc/w400-h300/IMG_2302.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Altered Art paper doll angels</div><div style="text-align: center;">Wordpress.com</div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Paper dolls are always in style,</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">for any age, any time</span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i>, </i>don’t you think?</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXqXc02phVVc8YeBNHZ9xhqJgpIlWoAy1H_XjywOTIiTfBdmdj35xlKtCjY4K2DT27llvUUVx_tr-KdJIXKS3-matC6VZM3TgVrAB7ruFlEZU_ogvNAV3WCccCxTUtoQGlg6eahlzCp54bDgrrvxmmKbcVA2Veah3j_PC7Ulc0D__Zez2JU2-W1P4Wcz0/s1987/IMG_2360.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1819" data-original-width="1987" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXqXc02phVVc8YeBNHZ9xhqJgpIlWoAy1H_XjywOTIiTfBdmdj35xlKtCjY4K2DT27llvUUVx_tr-KdJIXKS3-matC6VZM3TgVrAB7ruFlEZU_ogvNAV3WCccCxTUtoQGlg6eahlzCp54bDgrrvxmmKbcVA2Veah3j_PC7Ulc0D__Zez2JU2-W1P4Wcz0/w400-h366/IMG_2360.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Graphic 45 collection</div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Let’s start with some invitation samples -</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">You can make them as simple</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTygHv8np8CFwB8oX6NaKMBFtIWfb32_-WQByM2dJTdy4eJRFNvy_O1Tc4nINEcf9SNMbUa81btxxfrO-e11RCowesdQHEJswn-oURvs3BYGYsYxY9yZBW4soehWd3hsIdfCeS1BXGV6Ay4ajP7V5lQtid5gYwVT1F4UUAbo27HQamIv3T3gzEOmnQ7R4/s1811/IMG_2513.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1811" data-original-width="1302" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTygHv8np8CFwB8oX6NaKMBFtIWfb32_-WQByM2dJTdy4eJRFNvy_O1Tc4nINEcf9SNMbUa81btxxfrO-e11RCowesdQHEJswn-oURvs3BYGYsYxY9yZBW4soehWd3hsIdfCeS1BXGV6Ay4ajP7V5lQtid5gYwVT1F4UUAbo27HQamIv3T3gzEOmnQ7R4/w288-h400/IMG_2513.jpeg" width="288" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Whimsy-girl.blogspot.com</div><div><br /></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Or as fancy as you want</span>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDT9FZkGRHiL85xqyMGjdRIblLPvbaDMZCl0RZvjQqapux_KZ0NmXS00lK3jt0hyphenhyphen5370d3AB5zX7sDb2mP9rqiDr_JfVg8uRR7cAaD7if6wGP4SocIcV87f6nMSkHCddqFHhpTkNZ8Sfcjp2HVMoJ0DMdh5uFdAtZjOO3ITRJpPKlDhWePyScOWrnsHic/s700/IMG_2514.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="296" data-original-width="700" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDT9FZkGRHiL85xqyMGjdRIblLPvbaDMZCl0RZvjQqapux_KZ0NmXS00lK3jt0hyphenhyphen5370d3AB5zX7sDb2mP9rqiDr_JfVg8uRR7cAaD7if6wGP4SocIcV87f6nMSkHCddqFHhpTkNZ8Sfcjp2HVMoJ0DMdh5uFdAtZjOO3ITRJpPKlDhWePyScOWrnsHic/w640-h270/IMG_2514.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Andrea Malpass, where the green grass grows designs</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSEjiLp4tT4HpUuZ8ooH2PERCMNbG1iVu4Z_HjIYRPU9dMDfo-JDpxBepZIUzRNH1rxTY_PbhJXxQcovvh28AdGYiWju9R5VvuFCoh6L7aSnik2bnd4f7onzH55RAfHF2EHQtgww9RDmQ1sYldTIaKnPS-fVbm1VbVRY-NmEcEoKhxTShfaa8IQDtq33E/s1200/IMG_2516.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="818" data-original-width="1200" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSEjiLp4tT4HpUuZ8ooH2PERCMNbG1iVu4Z_HjIYRPU9dMDfo-JDpxBepZIUzRNH1rxTY_PbhJXxQcovvh28AdGYiWju9R5VvuFCoh6L7aSnik2bnd4f7onzH55RAfHF2EHQtgww9RDmQ1sYldTIaKnPS-fVbm1VbVRY-NmEcEoKhxTShfaa8IQDtq33E/w640-h436/IMG_2516.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">invitationforsleepoverparty.com</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9m2tu_0CyLef9ft3B_B3csAwZ1VPNykih0aGEMKGs_vJVGVjryNNagktAfoH_-_7Eu3_YwxBxgDoO8N4BPnMACPxUoH7AIfCFJpqxvcNct12PW19j9U_60bDxddt6xnxXWY4v5kJM2AdylB0Sgc_udtmD4NioY2_Y7SvFjqKiMhb7fIFNiOa8fNW4dIk/s640/IMG_2517.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="457" data-original-width="640" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9m2tu_0CyLef9ft3B_B3csAwZ1VPNykih0aGEMKGs_vJVGVjryNNagktAfoH_-_7Eu3_YwxBxgDoO8N4BPnMACPxUoH7AIfCFJpqxvcNct12PW19j9U_60bDxddt6xnxXWY4v5kJM2AdylB0Sgc_udtmD4NioY2_Y7SvFjqKiMhb7fIFNiOa8fNW4dIk/w400-h286/IMG_2517.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sweetparties.blogspot.com</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Once your invitations are done, you can start work on decorations.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">This is the fun part!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Here are some ideas for a sweet </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>BALLERINA</b></i></span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> paper doll party -</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggRlXo4MMpVA9b5V38EqceHdOd0cEDOYUbGQAZ3LEHAQDdTQQlFtu9Q4x0HtFkhmTiYX1-Fy0OyuLb57ncOkbcNy7WQRggJzyzqu4EiqI5SptXDd0xRx6IgEluUCPqGlmvZ_iUUmd9xnCLJZaPEiRVy-OkhR5hBnF6uo1AyZyv2cTnR_-oIK6GOpED03w/s1800/IMG_2280.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggRlXo4MMpVA9b5V38EqceHdOd0cEDOYUbGQAZ3LEHAQDdTQQlFtu9Q4x0HtFkhmTiYX1-Fy0OyuLb57ncOkbcNy7WQRggJzyzqu4EiqI5SptXDd0xRx6IgEluUCPqGlmvZ_iUUmd9xnCLJZaPEiRVy-OkhR5hBnF6uo1AyZyv2cTnR_-oIK6GOpED03w/w426-h640/IMG_2280.jpeg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">BonjourFete/A Party Boutique</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFypPy9ecwrqIhpAtFdndAGkJNP26gNcE6bcUXCjnZO5E221VbAq61w4RTh-ebzOXiJpKFnmohMiqzE_sAo2qhpLIExIasYjSeyxOpL5Ah6o_D36cn2P6OZVtrzkIJI3Tezv5pSzWcP3no0T5-VSd16tDMVJ-Xst2BcTE4apYYo9duLsq9q_kEJ-_oWyU/s640/IMG_2527.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="640" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFypPy9ecwrqIhpAtFdndAGkJNP26gNcE6bcUXCjnZO5E221VbAq61w4RTh-ebzOXiJpKFnmohMiqzE_sAo2qhpLIExIasYjSeyxOpL5Ah6o_D36cn2P6OZVtrzkIJI3Tezv5pSzWcP3no0T5-VSd16tDMVJ-Xst2BcTE4apYYo9duLsq9q_kEJ-_oWyU/w640-h426/IMG_2527.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lanissa Youngquist</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">I found some vintage ballerina paper dolls with pretty outfits. You don’t have to use the adult ballerinas if you want little girls only, but the outfits would make great garlands and accessories.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiMfYp_0d3bfFCHaw8hGvvUMMOJVfjBcE8a8E-cFxUq5dfIG7pywE7BidpWKF8im3mUiEUqs67JpQfeH-l7uLBWblg0k_x4wZioIQsvSG4B-GiEYKf4Rn1qJEBjk9mGDb07C0fUzrO15NNk0U5OpKHaEnOomoPhRI3MOz-JDJlKdGHhpQQvsFk1iLf4jA/s1280/IMG_2532.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="943" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiMfYp_0d3bfFCHaw8hGvvUMMOJVfjBcE8a8E-cFxUq5dfIG7pywE7BidpWKF8im3mUiEUqs67JpQfeH-l7uLBWblg0k_x4wZioIQsvSG4B-GiEYKf4Rn1qJEBjk9mGDb07C0fUzrO15NNk0U5OpKHaEnOomoPhRI3MOz-JDJlKdGHhpQQvsFk1iLf4jA/w295-h400/IMG_2532.jpeg" width="295" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb1XV5mT5CdZVQ-ObcpcBjmQZofSxMJE7c2XIOlrLRT_dkXFXulJWHN_O7EfIsFguTMQ_uLpoM34Wt7FdT66W9_pHCymapWWZWwOPOLdIQAMpWc-s4zF3PAfBb1X9x4mRyMFed5K400Yy3bYlJtuWCU0zToKGBHY_-JC5uxnVomyeKzytQQzo4ZsgsVmk/s1280/IMG_2531.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="937" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb1XV5mT5CdZVQ-ObcpcBjmQZofSxMJE7c2XIOlrLRT_dkXFXulJWHN_O7EfIsFguTMQ_uLpoM34Wt7FdT66W9_pHCymapWWZWwOPOLdIQAMpWc-s4zF3PAfBb1X9x4mRyMFed5K400Yy3bYlJtuWCU0zToKGBHY_-JC5uxnVomyeKzytQQzo4ZsgsVmk/w293-h400/IMG_2531.jpeg" width="293" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Don’t forget you can use the costumes each doll is wearing too.</span><i style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKYSgWtvGXY5n8KKE6y-6puxLmLlg-JhbLJ0F82tspD2y33CYKj35qV-iJnBhN7uLpnkWOEyGMTRdUK7k5g4qel_URKRJu675Hf_vUfgRE56VbzibztjWjd1wj1BSLkMgI9sgbW6vBmUXS9W7af8TQ6ihL_eyjwq_65WW38iF1a5wco0hd4K0cqoPd8-k/s1140/IMG_2528.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1140" data-original-width="1140" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKYSgWtvGXY5n8KKE6y-6puxLmLlg-JhbLJ0F82tspD2y33CYKj35qV-iJnBhN7uLpnkWOEyGMTRdUK7k5g4qel_URKRJu675Hf_vUfgRE56VbzibztjWjd1wj1BSLkMgI9sgbW6vBmUXS9W7af8TQ6ihL_eyjwq_65WW38iF1a5wco0hd4K0cqoPd8-k/s320/IMG_2528.jpeg" width="320" /></a></p><div style="text-align: center;">The Cross Design</div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Next are some ideas for a different themed paper doll party -</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>a fashion paper doll party!</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwYvVE_gxH93_TmTXW6dSKRPCH0ZslyGgdvmeyd8xZeF0X83M-8V3eoXBCYiP3JGbEKSnybQRiL02CDm3wSvac3XgEENf11qqaGq8vsxcYbcmWW9Xg1ZLRjkLhhXFmoK2u5EFUJVYAPOSeZme4sBeC-Tp6G3Roni4r_7oMgS0s9x-CARjV7Dd1eXiU4VQ/s887/IMG_2519.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="887" data-original-width="560" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwYvVE_gxH93_TmTXW6dSKRPCH0ZslyGgdvmeyd8xZeF0X83M-8V3eoXBCYiP3JGbEKSnybQRiL02CDm3wSvac3XgEENf11qqaGq8vsxcYbcmWW9Xg1ZLRjkLhhXFmoK2u5EFUJVYAPOSeZme4sBeC-Tp6G3Roni4r_7oMgS0s9x-CARjV7Dd1eXiU4VQ/w253-h400/IMG_2519.jpeg" width="253" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bloglovin’</div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Here are some paper doll books from great artists to inspire you!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ_BFMbiq7j4P5dKPoYBRHUiDRG_GRdUMkzFnll4YoWntePk39EuQzMMlWAnUFuGtqd-D7bGTHW1KSOLWbUap4t6AMqDrCixmTRlLnjKrWKnGePpBLeJCSYGknKqMQUoPkv_XWwxi5nJwXHe1xd03NUoRFUVr5CGdxh3JZoeYrbkTqRutGKET2_4zy2r8/s828/IMG_2535.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="648" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ_BFMbiq7j4P5dKPoYBRHUiDRG_GRdUMkzFnll4YoWntePk39EuQzMMlWAnUFuGtqd-D7bGTHW1KSOLWbUap4t6AMqDrCixmTRlLnjKrWKnGePpBLeJCSYGknKqMQUoPkv_XWwxi5nJwXHe1xd03NUoRFUVr5CGdxh3JZoeYrbkTqRutGKET2_4zy2r8/s320/IMG_2535.jpeg" width="250" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Julie Allen Matthews </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjExrU_WosYFXoqxOhj6kPRnwhDr5IFnSkJ0Rt6pD5YLHy6Db6FdWzNaGYrOoxaI9s-6SKI2GpVw03NbZ0hW1-t65l_zbEv-Sq98sHwLZc-Mqqo3HlV0z68a8LMCZI20c5RbBLu8vqqdgV951bYDAEDUUjBaqj7eUma90nQziJCulZc54zQnb6x2cYYz-k/s500/IMG_2536.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="375" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjExrU_WosYFXoqxOhj6kPRnwhDr5IFnSkJ0Rt6pD5YLHy6Db6FdWzNaGYrOoxaI9s-6SKI2GpVw03NbZ0hW1-t65l_zbEv-Sq98sHwLZc-Mqqo3HlV0z68a8LMCZI20c5RbBLu8vqqdgV951bYDAEDUUjBaqj7eUma90nQziJCulZc54zQnb6x2cYYz-k/s320/IMG_2536.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Eileen Rudisill Miller</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqS36MWPVyQaJQ1qkQFvheRQ_lnYfEqoIyc9NEU2_XB_b9sI4j9IXIuDOSKumsL1JTWitD5hyphenhyphenkZ88fw9ZejDj7Uakct11n0GnoZIIU67U1yBoXJ10ZrLaZErcToHvz9Ta0AX-EDSTqejHRGFb0dtbIj1_Mp54_DqEDl7cjuuF1awenrTqHqvj4foNosyc/s550/IMG_2537.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="454" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqS36MWPVyQaJQ1qkQFvheRQ_lnYfEqoIyc9NEU2_XB_b9sI4j9IXIuDOSKumsL1JTWitD5hyphenhyphenkZ88fw9ZejDj7Uakct11n0GnoZIIU67U1yBoXJ10ZrLaZErcToHvz9Ta0AX-EDSTqejHRGFb0dtbIj1_Mp54_DqEDl7cjuuF1awenrTqHqvj4foNosyc/s320/IMG_2537.jpeg" width="264" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sandra Vanderpool</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPqOHN7ufzuDTY9hyphenhyphenlO2K-JB5Q1l9eeie0G3lQgRBljqdBQGLhavUmQWZge9zWDP52OHYawZxQjuz96KpeEk3CMKle6RRKUVhE0tciqxJSS7wqTzh_DKxGLih09aIc2rHrmUVnlRRCHoaksqRsgbqvRypr9jv-z2O61y18dEYjFoqfw1ffVFChQ_EvW74/s1101/IMG_2539.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1101" data-original-width="907" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPqOHN7ufzuDTY9hyphenhyphenlO2K-JB5Q1l9eeie0G3lQgRBljqdBQGLhavUmQWZge9zWDP52OHYawZxQjuz96KpeEk3CMKle6RRKUVhE0tciqxJSS7wqTzh_DKxGLih09aIc2rHrmUVnlRRCHoaksqRsgbqvRypr9jv-z2O61y18dEYjFoqfw1ffVFChQ_EvW74/s320/IMG_2539.jpeg" width="264" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tom Tierney</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">These would make great place cards -</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirgQhdHTHo4cyqvy-a19mE7xV0fjn5cQWi_FH8Jkgi6_nrzUcGqLGQy1lUAABAaMR5G_A_1tnoOKkCqItXj9_5xaBqKm3x3DEnxSe1xm_yDLhhLKHjE34y2cA7sO9Gk7NUu5Nv4ITeNcCcy79LRaS79NMMIHW9StaNSnTlRNetluVu8t7LGqOyrxQYQ6Y/s1200/IMG_2522.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirgQhdHTHo4cyqvy-a19mE7xV0fjn5cQWi_FH8Jkgi6_nrzUcGqLGQy1lUAABAaMR5G_A_1tnoOKkCqItXj9_5xaBqKm3x3DEnxSe1xm_yDLhhLKHjE34y2cA7sO9Gk7NUu5Nv4ITeNcCcy79LRaS79NMMIHW9StaNSnTlRNetluVu8t7LGqOyrxQYQ6Y/w400-h400/IMG_2522.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Adele Knight<span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Here’s another theme -</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>Wouldn’t it be fun to throw a </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>Barbie 1960’s </b>paper doll party?</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9SBS__RcGiVORmVwzBkvikoVM6BAl_DwA4yvqIoypfqKO80Uvhxdyu5_HdL-hXhYE25ylWBWuoB87h5DK0Azhi9J1y-Fcp9OKxSdekKak9AXmDzwjh_0aMEC6sCESrownYgWOqA1PeB0_TiWvg5_m4_6k4gtPttpmtJF_5msJiJNK3J098J6xqkz6FDs/s1575/IMG_2538.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1575" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9SBS__RcGiVORmVwzBkvikoVM6BAl_DwA4yvqIoypfqKO80Uvhxdyu5_HdL-hXhYE25ylWBWuoB87h5DK0Azhi9J1y-Fcp9OKxSdekKak9AXmDzwjh_0aMEC6sCESrownYgWOqA1PeB0_TiWvg5_m4_6k4gtPttpmtJF_5msJiJNK3J098J6xqkz6FDs/w305-h400/IMG_2538.jpeg" width="305" /></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;">You can purchase different re-printings from </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-size: large;"><b>Vintage</b> <b>Paper</b> <b>Dreams</b> on Etsy, for just one resource.</span></div><div style="color: #38761d; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6Y9CITqCl3NzcomtXZPo20j-_IgqZYJpUj94sT06GVSYdXppj9KvK9nfF6W3IVSKNEKeb_sOHHgglE1I_jeVASqRbUjeRhyphenhyphenQDgckpBTwze68HTmY28z9FQftk0onj1liHKEHRAsftlVRGFnM3X5GNiOt1Ch2al-4AMCmEZZGJGC5T4FDcPRdkb8b7uU/s1321/IMG_2523.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1321" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6Y9CITqCl3NzcomtXZPo20j-_IgqZYJpUj94sT06GVSYdXppj9KvK9nfF6W3IVSKNEKeb_sOHHgglE1I_jeVASqRbUjeRhyphenhyphenQDgckpBTwze68HTmY28z9FQftk0onj1liHKEHRAsftlVRGFnM3X5GNiOt1Ch2al-4AMCmEZZGJGC5T4FDcPRdkb8b7uU/s320/IMG_2523.jpeg" width="242" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNRQZZOWs8hH3406XYUtlu7A1SCYdAXIGqXa80-zuJTn60YKrgl-O7yVbtitTxxyTwkVqKq3jj_kU2XsGQSD0K4qScplAsGKvbhDiGuIS8NVaI9hWg3eRSUhbHYhyJmmDzYV5ukbW8RoDYRyi85vRHOnA0iYodMmHBcbTKHzBWWPB6BHrv9YEYBkYdYyc/s512/IMG_2524.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="366" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNRQZZOWs8hH3406XYUtlu7A1SCYdAXIGqXa80-zuJTn60YKrgl-O7yVbtitTxxyTwkVqKq3jj_kU2XsGQSD0K4qScplAsGKvbhDiGuIS8NVaI9hWg3eRSUhbHYhyJmmDzYV5ukbW8RoDYRyi85vRHOnA0iYodMmHBcbTKHzBWWPB6BHrv9YEYBkYdYyc/w286-h400/IMG_2524.jpeg" width="286" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i>I liked the full-body clothes these had.</i></span></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Adapt any of the ideas here to fit your theme and budget.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);">Now -</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Let’s not forget the food!</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Let’s help make your food goodies fit the theme of your party.</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Printed paper dolls and accessories attached to the side of a cake look charming:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSDVfycG0ZquJFCkIuXNTl6Lq7Ke5i24kwzJ_EKyjb_YO3LNbN9uDUeXWnrkYcb2M6n5VWXa8Z7MgsMJXOKn31u5YJchS6U-nNlZhx-aAwH2Phu7MY06oF6CaIyb0JQEEOMxEXv71Gc3N9pD7BqYDMdHxRoXOBAGBaqXJRqixSTgyVOmiEcJuZ8_F7NE8/s1050/IMG_2509.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="700" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSDVfycG0ZquJFCkIuXNTl6Lq7Ke5i24kwzJ_EKyjb_YO3LNbN9uDUeXWnrkYcb2M6n5VWXa8Z7MgsMJXOKn31u5YJchS6U-nNlZhx-aAwH2Phu7MY06oF6CaIyb0JQEEOMxEXv71Gc3N9pD7BqYDMdHxRoXOBAGBaqXJRqixSTgyVOmiEcJuZ8_F7NE8/w266-h400/IMG_2509.jpeg" width="266" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tainah Nobrega; Papel Boutique</div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">This cake has a cute clothesline atop -</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFzc_oWH4nb3BiWBS6Y5nlbN-fXOuINqL27s7VM0IBo6zq22WTJkBCGQM45AjhRIxK678NiHQzt63JX4ieDLRsfmH8i9s3p-3xRCjJhdJ6xk_9Q6knm8U9zUOCO64cMuCTZP6wLkm1JK6dgXyDfty-Wn6MlQn3sRlkm6sPGDqzijcF0Y-idf62TYIBBWI/s1237/IMG_2510.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1237" data-original-width="806" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFzc_oWH4nb3BiWBS6Y5nlbN-fXOuINqL27s7VM0IBo6zq22WTJkBCGQM45AjhRIxK678NiHQzt63JX4ieDLRsfmH8i9s3p-3xRCjJhdJ6xk_9Q6knm8U9zUOCO64cMuCTZP6wLkm1JK6dgXyDfty-Wn6MlQn3sRlkm6sPGDqzijcF0Y-idf62TYIBBWI/w261-h400/IMG_2510.jpeg" width="261" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Chelle Michelle; Pinterest</div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Popcorn is a budget food that is easy to dress up by placing in cups with just a little decoration-</span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibLmFfpYymNrSSeS2jlRcAFtpuX6JKP0zJx8v0wRpsvMKP-jSh2sTDpp8P0u8wMwDcNg5ylXz6Ex5GEr5C6j-5ZGLUDqKeidUi4yKu78d7Lz3EjrC5QnHMiS2mgPwPbys38uDu-XQVrFiHWTc-ctSCkDLXueqHdqgwCY1cFjWKAhBVAevJ5qQP3fJmh6s/s700/IMG_2526.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="700" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibLmFfpYymNrSSeS2jlRcAFtpuX6JKP0zJx8v0wRpsvMKP-jSh2sTDpp8P0u8wMwDcNg5ylXz6Ex5GEr5C6j-5ZGLUDqKeidUi4yKu78d7Lz3EjrC5QnHMiS2mgPwPbys38uDu-XQVrFiHWTc-ctSCkDLXueqHdqgwCY1cFjWKAhBVAevJ5qQP3fJmh6s/w400-h266/IMG_2526.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Elena Galli, World Wide Party; Pinterest </div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Do the same with inexpensive canning jars </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">for drinks. This one is tied on with ribbon -</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLljUVJaddzZxkdKtW890tTANHKfWXa_V4ANsNy88p2z9JG1_CcuTWU2kbpPlkFRTjzHnQ9zQiHXSW36SchXykFsyTqluq-dBknJgXGQaZufipCokBaVU1uOcmj5HbrpAH3rOlZ2O69e1m7gJD79twbJVP76NnYoq-5fhgOSpb1vOvI1-8bwUryM_u1d4/s1000/IMG_2508.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="667" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLljUVJaddzZxkdKtW890tTANHKfWXa_V4ANsNy88p2z9JG1_CcuTWU2kbpPlkFRTjzHnQ9zQiHXSW36SchXykFsyTqluq-dBknJgXGQaZufipCokBaVU1uOcmj5HbrpAH3rOlZ2O69e1m7gJD79twbJVP76NnYoq-5fhgOSpb1vOvI1-8bwUryM_u1d4/w266-h400/IMG_2508.jpeg" width="266" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Simone N., Catch My Party</div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Using your printer,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">or using paper doll books that are torn or incomplete, you have so many opportunities for budget decorating.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Also check out local $Dollar$ stores for inexpensive paper doll books.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEite4uAxTyQBtuaq9PcVzPgn7y4dEPxQQkUMd4zTDYZu-kQglnpl-OYFfnxdsNx8-22Vcn5ALhTMaBRWEXyBis2BteEaddLXuj04rOdMNXKsSvsSND7jtPdeCzr8PjlKEfw9Ip5-NYmPuPfmQSHvOR8DO8hosR-jHyFGlu56whIrJZLXE8IhCEeGENgm6k/s2048/IMG_2579.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEite4uAxTyQBtuaq9PcVzPgn7y4dEPxQQkUMd4zTDYZu-kQglnpl-OYFfnxdsNx8-22Vcn5ALhTMaBRWEXyBis2BteEaddLXuj04rOdMNXKsSvsSND7jtPdeCzr8PjlKEfw9Ip5-NYmPuPfmQSHvOR8DO8hosR-jHyFGlu56whIrJZLXE8IhCEeGENgm6k/w300-h400/IMG_2579.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Whimsy-girl.blogspot.com</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Any place you use a toothpick,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Glue a paper doll or costume on it to add to the theme </span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;">look.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">(We can do recipes in another blog.)</span></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF0lMqKhj7JXn_hlJiQuwBPD5IPqcKm-kXhjruD-GuHeSieTHkDYV4s-pYLD9Av_nVtJ8D9VOjVLilvnq0X8YT1kUyN0ejWjJkHZ9BXcEGq5C-RSyPnRut1hMCf2egQQWDBMC0qVFF9vyObjKWE94Z8VllXOx8cyg_Ep2e-AQ5W7-JtOCGySI9WHriWPU/s1363/IMG_2545.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1363" data-original-width="918" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF0lMqKhj7JXn_hlJiQuwBPD5IPqcKm-kXhjruD-GuHeSieTHkDYV4s-pYLD9Av_nVtJ8D9VOjVLilvnq0X8YT1kUyN0ejWjJkHZ9BXcEGq5C-RSyPnRut1hMCf2egQQWDBMC0qVFF9vyObjKWE94Z8VllXOx8cyg_Ep2e-AQ5W7-JtOCGySI9WHriWPU/w270-h400/IMG_2545.jpeg" width="270" /></a>G</div><div style="text-align: center;">lucy.jp</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDG1qqorzbsDXVBxxuBs2VYXu7FiyJ4s5p2mL5ddwA0DCkTE9uFU9m7KgRvdkeD6olKGF5WHxUWDMANNAlfEi2YGzRZ_K25xi6tuneJJGag9oH2VYENBIcVmGWBb8EULLNjXTAD_pVSiF4c2AS5W26Tt8eVrGKck9nKuyrITVPmCmMwtnrfwqP0iDZrXg/s1200/IMG_2511.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="896" data-original-width="1200" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDG1qqorzbsDXVBxxuBs2VYXu7FiyJ4s5p2mL5ddwA0DCkTE9uFU9m7KgRvdkeD6olKGF5WHxUWDMANNAlfEi2YGzRZ_K25xi6tuneJJGag9oH2VYENBIcVmGWBb8EULLNjXTAD_pVSiF4c2AS5W26Tt8eVrGKck9nKuyrITVPmCmMwtnrfwqP0iDZrXg/w433-h323/IMG_2511.jpeg" width="433" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jennifer Gallagher</div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>I love this idea -</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Using cupcake wrappers for decorative little bowls.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTrIRopMfoYcoVmsZlR8VmmeK2HxQGUCkoY2Q6_gxjZG7FH-tmWLW8FeWOghd3Fu0xLs9RlKF3Hs1eB9rhGRNtRJ8s6368Wt2Oauks0OnfL6Y7Cld4_qp7EAIpTjYCgqMoW_ZHuMabAb-QIIQxSPcgd75-7jMlniLbbRvpDv2FMT3u_UljZ2vU3Ds6FTc/s800/IMG_2546.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="533" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTrIRopMfoYcoVmsZlR8VmmeK2HxQGUCkoY2Q6_gxjZG7FH-tmWLW8FeWOghd3Fu0xLs9RlKF3Hs1eB9rhGRNtRJ8s6368Wt2Oauks0OnfL6Y7Cld4_qp7EAIpTjYCgqMoW_ZHuMabAb-QIIQxSPcgd75-7jMlniLbbRvpDv2FMT3u_UljZ2vU3Ds6FTc/w266-h400/IMG_2546.jpeg" width="266" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">craftinessisnotoptional.blogspot</div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">What is left to help our party be a success?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b>Activities</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);">Especially with younger children, they need activities in small amounts of time as their attention spans wander.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);">Let’s see what we can do about that!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVqG-PoLlMkTAWndg_gVUCnr9TnKyTTcFw0nGzjLsBrVrLlvaHOgjLrMDCU7ttlHPJAt7yXXYZvUvoZJCxx2W3oaCMQn7dyUG_-GbUX-f5DNImfY1BtNbYnP8ug2RHe0EBkRzi2IyE9Z6tisJoUXDqzVsOzs6nAvuKl46Sw1TJ44uOa7vPn3Gbp7IJm9k/s2048/IMG_2346.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVqG-PoLlMkTAWndg_gVUCnr9TnKyTTcFw0nGzjLsBrVrLlvaHOgjLrMDCU7ttlHPJAt7yXXYZvUvoZJCxx2W3oaCMQn7dyUG_-GbUX-f5DNImfY1BtNbYnP8ug2RHe0EBkRzi2IyE9Z6tisJoUXDqzVsOzs6nAvuKl46Sw1TJ44uOa7vPn3Gbp7IJm9k/w300-h400/IMG_2346.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">ChattyCathyB</div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">While the above was meant as a charming home display, you can adapt the idea for your party.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: helvetica;">Tape baker’s twine onto individual metal trays (found in thrift stores). Add small clothespins and paper doll cut outs. Each child then has a tray for individual play, or with a neighbor.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-2e-MUrjxv_7Qdps9R9gpYu3z8yVeNnWmdM3hz5FnGg-79xQyRts_cJTsS7Zu57aiiBDCEVvPFaZbvhZVe0dGjSfHKPVPFsnaA0UKIdmaW51tsFaiikLDwM_ghN1nE8zEbLUO3IADVn2g_u8wfIsC4hVDGjzTmPOA3iKb_MpUTpTrtmlDgISagdu6Gjs/s510/IMG_2563.jpeg" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="510" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-2e-MUrjxv_7Qdps9R9gpYu3z8yVeNnWmdM3hz5FnGg-79xQyRts_cJTsS7Zu57aiiBDCEVvPFaZbvhZVe0dGjSfHKPVPFsnaA0UKIdmaW51tsFaiikLDwM_ghN1nE8zEbLUO3IADVn2g_u8wfIsC4hVDGjzTmPOA3iKb_MpUTpTrtmlDgISagdu6Gjs/w640-h500/IMG_2563.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); font-family: arial;">Posted by Leslie Dye; Pinterest</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Here’s a sheet of paper dolls you could print for activity time. As far as I can tell there is no copyright.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvDdnXkQ4_Xph1J6SXaojglfTEpUH4sdl4ZUAv9cK58I7Ko31YSkjUK5byA9hHOJGg_pNOE6tzoPf1BDJNZdsDvQyLCub0BTHqjK61ro2wqUOiIAnh4GRTHeI_NR-SFuQ-6iGWPtzrpH8CrcYz_RrAw-hE2CDpChxk6DLmAAuOIIR7G5l17aiygNCgZWE/s862/IMG_2577.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="862" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvDdnXkQ4_Xph1J6SXaojglfTEpUH4sdl4ZUAv9cK58I7Ko31YSkjUK5byA9hHOJGg_pNOE6tzoPf1BDJNZdsDvQyLCub0BTHqjK61ro2wqUOiIAnh4GRTHeI_NR-SFuQ-6iGWPtzrpH8CrcYz_RrAw-hE2CDpChxk6DLmAAuOIIR7G5l17aiygNCgZWE/w640-h468/IMG_2577.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Here is a simple doll paper chain for them to cut and decorate -</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8EIRnwS0jtR__LnCYxh3awawGW2rw2REnxKupSErAx6rWSzaAuYHlEzs_A_UsWQGnQ3DtAWfuxugVNO0e9fwQ-uBxDGE5s5FkSvprmdiSd9bnTVhSjJSDC_hLOkh9hDhL2NF-JC0kboiTdDewLmNOL33D7uZcYDPGlPhCX7yYM4L8r0vIhTkxNLWMcA0/s1198/IMG_2582.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="690" data-original-width="1198" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8EIRnwS0jtR__LnCYxh3awawGW2rw2REnxKupSErAx6rWSzaAuYHlEzs_A_UsWQGnQ3DtAWfuxugVNO0e9fwQ-uBxDGE5s5FkSvprmdiSd9bnTVhSjJSDC_hLOkh9hDhL2NF-JC0kboiTdDewLmNOL33D7uZcYDPGlPhCX7yYM4L8r0vIhTkxNLWMcA0/w400-h230/IMG_2582.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span>Best Coloring Pages</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(128, 1, 128); color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: xx-large;">Why not print up a sheet of simple ballet costumes, and have each attendee sit at a table with crayons, markers, glitter glue, sequins and feathers, etc.? They can create their own fantasy costumes to take home & display.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span><span><span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #800180; font-family: helvetica; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span><span><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5KVSAWYuS7sUnE6cwK3BK4MefSf7T3nDluwU66oe7Yu42o8GAmj9xHj1z8eo0RqCLqOrs96JhUSnHCxvVyca5MH6BePD_9CzO1HxRK_GDVz_Uz6DpUSz-7ogvx2yymVgZgwFWML6y7cfSVXBiZu8YPFdj1aLcVe5SROaXvMirwsWMxtZ1Qt_e4WPjq_Y/s320/IMG_2270.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="286" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5KVSAWYuS7sUnE6cwK3BK4MefSf7T3nDluwU66oe7Yu42o8GAmj9xHj1z8eo0RqCLqOrs96JhUSnHCxvVyca5MH6BePD_9CzO1HxRK_GDVz_Uz6DpUSz-7ogvx2yymVgZgwFWML6y7cfSVXBiZu8YPFdj1aLcVe5SROaXvMirwsWMxtZ1Qt_e4WPjq_Y/s1600/IMG_2270.jpeg" width="286" /></a></span></span></span></span></div><span><span><span><span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Found on Pinterest, this pattern is to make a jointed paper doll! 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font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);">Let’s explore some options.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);">Send home a paper doll sheet for them to cut and play with.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie3QgNMHvb5vdqYapuPPToY6drvjTjnYVUav9ybfeuxcgFqcSCRf8xizTGgEj0FkQDIEJbQ2zTzT3b4VsgKjxh7Bk9PvmgnrW1sGOY9airZ75DrqSsw-9pJmRp44whyLs2sToqk_d941leRg5IFz3Ys6fW5poDPlTPl7cA1oQTBdQDBsnLgk1VDRvFpZU/s2048/IMG_2340.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="2048" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie3QgNMHvb5vdqYapuPPToY6drvjTjnYVUav9ybfeuxcgFqcSCRf8xizTGgEj0FkQDIEJbQ2zTzT3b4VsgKjxh7Bk9PvmgnrW1sGOY9airZ75DrqSsw-9pJmRp44whyLs2sToqk_d941leRg5IFz3Ys6fW5poDPlTPl7cA1oQTBdQDBsnLgk1VDRvFpZU/w400-h263/IMG_2340.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Found on Pinterest</div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Make a bookmark for each one.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif9Bha72jFk-mZbD4DuAaN7F4fyg9SwwanvtHlHEBGQGG_QBBPptyXMH1DJ3yzTCVU3pFD4Wj8vfFsM1LKBwj93PGWoSEQkOt6n3ff5nJHjogu8bIx7b9xKlJ7oDwViVYDEZ0ehf7J5YP-WcptvtrhoZP_tuUl3xe9cGKB1CTVxFpFlOqL4_QFGCuE41M/s1800/IMG_2421.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif9Bha72jFk-mZbD4DuAaN7F4fyg9SwwanvtHlHEBGQGG_QBBPptyXMH1DJ3yzTCVU3pFD4Wj8vfFsM1LKBwj93PGWoSEQkOt6n3ff5nJHjogu8bIx7b9xKlJ7oDwViVYDEZ0ehf7J5YP-WcptvtrhoZP_tuUl3xe9cGKB1CTVxFpFlOqL4_QFGCuE41M/w266-h400/IMG_2421.jpeg" width="266" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Stampittome.files.wordpress.com</div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Using inexpensive Dollar Store frames, mat & frame a small set of paper dolls as a keepsake.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8UiMFZdn6xG9J-XmBIdwzHIKccwwP6SnaE3M76X4IEOK3EAbTkqBhzHKF6n2Ztx7VxdRrcBoyNovDjZpSZEvaHwswhCKHqcbZt_1xz93WvV_BNfMjGK9Hgg6W8Nne3Jy78Y9otRVsQ292dma-8nQ9_X6MIqY40lV_Zpy3oq04wEDSiSMZWeBXhKx50-s/s640/IMG_2298.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8UiMFZdn6xG9J-XmBIdwzHIKccwwP6SnaE3M76X4IEOK3EAbTkqBhzHKF6n2Ztx7VxdRrcBoyNovDjZpSZEvaHwswhCKHqcbZt_1xz93WvV_BNfMjGK9Hgg6W8Nne3Jy78Y9otRVsQ292dma-8nQ9_X6MIqY40lV_Zpy3oq04wEDSiSMZWeBXhKx50-s/w400-h268/IMG_2298.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Mouse House Creations, Hayley Crouse</div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">This next one takes more time, but I love the idea! Stitch up a simple drawstring bag. Print a favorite paper doll set on</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">good cardstock. Cut and glue onto magnet sheets. Cut out.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">You now have an adorable refrigerator magnet set of paper dolls, all kept in its’ own bag!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLeyq_x8-Jx4Zj9bJ7wV9Ab1pGrEpW3UQmQlk8ioYL99pZVun4ohHP-Plt6YqqPkb9oRndAyJPe0F-0gI_kPSYgy3rMrYmfgwHcHgTr6sZeqW8SkB6194T5kbd5qCzLYqyodJp_HDrVywR0zm_tkKRRMoBF0yrihhyphenhyphenegoNXI9eQMx5CLcUoW9V8oObvSg/s2048/IMG_2350.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLeyq_x8-Jx4Zj9bJ7wV9Ab1pGrEpW3UQmQlk8ioYL99pZVun4ohHP-Plt6YqqPkb9oRndAyJPe0F-0gI_kPSYgy3rMrYmfgwHcHgTr6sZeqW8SkB6194T5kbd5qCzLYqyodJp_HDrVywR0zm_tkKRRMoBF0yrihhyphenhyphenegoNXI9eQMx5CLcUoW9V8oObvSg/w400-h300/IMG_2350.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Clara Clips; Flickr</div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b>Last idea!</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Print and cut out a paper doll.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Glue onto sturdy cardboard, like a cereal box. Glue that onto a piece of fun foam.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Cut out, leaving a rim as desired.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Glue a bar pin back on.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>(Hot glue works pretty good)</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Voila! 1 pin.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkNirWfy0buoL5ojCSSORq9VMS_W_n_UiwS8F0VfUOP58LQX9oOxbEdLuzVob9wnSjewt4_xQrDZ06yEt92GBycrC2JxWnkLGJB9VJXZvdVIwE80yR9yn0vumN-BoGYJWv4L1fiO3Bz4xl8YuXuyFnWjNQS5hTU6afVGhD-xNxZU6Kz_xHRDKsBQrOlyE/s570/IMG_2300.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="570" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkNirWfy0buoL5ojCSSORq9VMS_W_n_UiwS8F0VfUOP58LQX9oOxbEdLuzVob9wnSjewt4_xQrDZ06yEt92GBycrC2JxWnkLGJB9VJXZvdVIwE80yR9yn0vumN-BoGYJWv4L1fiO3Bz4xl8YuXuyFnWjNQS5hTU6afVGhD-xNxZU6Kz_xHRDKsBQrOlyE/w640-h480/IMG_2300.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">CircaAD; Etsy </div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">I could go on and on with more fun projects, ideas, recipes etc., but let’s close for now shall we?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYBFfhuxRlY4p9UJFbahcdWtzk6zCO7Z3k94o3UX9cUfsiNWbcA2kknx3Yy57VmfJTUfGQXwR7uj_CnE1wXu1BAyegYasrUtzho46W7hTvP-y7BV-3IaEjDxHLkvebBmJ0x4hKKkz07O3x7DGJWqOC5LHYoLywwfPh3OV8ANnVBsSLFaecSMhn6Qeb500/s601/IMG_2549.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="382" data-original-width="601" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYBFfhuxRlY4p9UJFbahcdWtzk6zCO7Z3k94o3UX9cUfsiNWbcA2kknx3Yy57VmfJTUfGQXwR7uj_CnE1wXu1BAyegYasrUtzho46W7hTvP-y7BV-3IaEjDxHLkvebBmJ0x4hKKkz07O3x7DGJWqOC5LHYoLywwfPh3OV8ANnVBsSLFaecSMhn6Qeb500/w400-h254/IMG_2549.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Origami Resource Center</div></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);">I would LOVE to see some of your work.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);">Drop me a note or photo.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><i>‘Til next time,</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><i>inkspired</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7eyHjdOh2E77mT-vT6E8lWqzme1i_c-fn_Hy53X5cfOzyK9moryXerd3Mm52xG8c_4QG9n30socmpe9M-6iOj8YooF5LEfF-TPmYUJeud3Oi1dRkkx9j8sdP6M-g0wEiP_V0gbswQlmzIR5qTM9xgL515KsFlcIVTfWIbW1I7w_AhMuiPqxEXXIPwNK4/s3264/IMG_5154.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7eyHjdOh2E77mT-vT6E8lWqzme1i_c-fn_Hy53X5cfOzyK9moryXerd3Mm52xG8c_4QG9n30socmpe9M-6iOj8YooF5LEfF-TPmYUJeud3Oi1dRkkx9j8sdP6M-g0wEiP_V0gbswQlmzIR5qTM9xgL515KsFlcIVTfWIbW1I7w_AhMuiPqxEXXIPwNK4/w300-h400/IMG_5154.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe; 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font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /><i style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></i></p></div>Inkspiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454530754439546966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097634769099879241.post-18657608712985426262024-02-03T10:07:00.000-07:002024-02-03T10:07:09.018-07:00Altered Art Paper Dolls<p style="text-align: center;"> <b><i><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Welcome!</span></i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwg4ek9UaF0OhKovt_55lvZTcQjcMkDzzLsGyHUxK4UOIdo4IIk1QE7jvRZLo1kLpf5HG0nBJDHsTIYyRRrJLnvGt3NSTxP3lXKSyiC_r44gq3Il0u7dOBofIOTekxPgqOqIETB78ixnBPkWiU5F-0Q8HlG5nvCDq6FEUhHyzhanmRRaH1b0SrYNDi9jQ/s2534/IMG_2358.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1568" data-original-width="2534" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwg4ek9UaF0OhKovt_55lvZTcQjcMkDzzLsGyHUxK4UOIdo4IIk1QE7jvRZLo1kLpf5HG0nBJDHsTIYyRRrJLnvGt3NSTxP3lXKSyiC_r44gq3Il0u7dOBofIOTekxPgqOqIETB78ixnBPkWiU5F-0Q8HlG5nvCDq6FEUhHyzhanmRRaH1b0SrYNDi9jQ/w640-h396/IMG_2358.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4); color: #660000; font-family: arial;">Lindaedkinswyatt.blogspot.com</span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);">Paper dolls…</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);">Altered Art…</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);">Collage embellishments…</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);">Oh my!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc7TRmjLMPq1kEbJk55hiQsfANz3VFqu2OJhXqDsi2QKeC3oTW2x0Y7xtMhqF-XmP0aF4PsVRjJBr7W3XRZwHg0UnggQ3kEhOW0LlfDdzgLAQFngs4vICrOEhVggtW7-eZfu2-SWUrMmN4AWG0BmnTJq-4BVgKc9Q9wm4KbZu9xNN7a52Cx7WtEeAnyBU/s1773/IMG_2292.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1773" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc7TRmjLMPq1kEbJk55hiQsfANz3VFqu2OJhXqDsi2QKeC3oTW2x0Y7xtMhqF-XmP0aF4PsVRjJBr7W3XRZwHg0UnggQ3kEhOW0LlfDdzgLAQFngs4vICrOEhVggtW7-eZfu2-SWUrMmN4AWG0BmnTJq-4BVgKc9Q9wm4KbZu9xNN7a52Cx7WtEeAnyBU/w271-h400/IMG_2292.jpeg" width="271" /></a></div><span style="color: #660000; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Found on Pinterest, needle & threadLLC</div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: arial;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4); color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">All 3 things are right up my alley.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4); color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">I remember my first paper dolls when I was 3-4 years old. I continued to play with them until I had to give them up when I was 12, as none of my friends played with anything so ‘babyish’.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuy7zGJ-ikY9sjXRT21zsiE_04Cpm4JzgEWvBHjl2aBLEbGZ_At5cvZJsZRRxAUFxtaklXwzA-DTM-f2E75Tj_oUtYmdBFz7Ws8dik8ndM1V4Ygxppx405W-EiHE2_wSidHOAiOQhyBwPqPEGJrtH_f6Oykg9z35NmeFuVFy9hQVbSH2t4_3JwYRhrcGo/s2048/IMG_2341.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1495" data-original-width="2048" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuy7zGJ-ikY9sjXRT21zsiE_04Cpm4JzgEWvBHjl2aBLEbGZ_At5cvZJsZRRxAUFxtaklXwzA-DTM-f2E75Tj_oUtYmdBFz7Ws8dik8ndM1V4Ygxppx405W-EiHE2_wSidHOAiOQhyBwPqPEGJrtH_f6Oykg9z35NmeFuVFy9hQVbSH2t4_3JwYRhrcGo/w640-h468/IMG_2341.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: arial;">Found on Pinterest, no credit</span></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4); color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">It was a sad day.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4); color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Skip ahead a decade or so.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4); color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">I had moved numerous times. I was in college, and discovered theater. Then I </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4); color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">took a costume class. We had to make costume mock-ups for play characters. At the time, you really did <i>not</i> want to see what my human figures looked like hand drawn. What to do?</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvFP6yF6pVc_OE9EbhED3M0mWceLkfaT_dDr7ve-iuGOfWdpKb0wNsTEEFlYEyTMhz8LgJ19GKCQDW6m9HFjMNLgXCQIioNcSzsUs-ea0_qUh1PrZvIOXqFt6BAdvHdWHL_SiTdlLWvHVzLVLMXrDbxYv7CGyLAXgN0sntV2hZmFLlVSG7Q5iM8CA8WS8/s1793/IMG_2351.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1793" data-original-width="1129" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvFP6yF6pVc_OE9EbhED3M0mWceLkfaT_dDr7ve-iuGOfWdpKb0wNsTEEFlYEyTMhz8LgJ19GKCQDW6m9HFjMNLgXCQIioNcSzsUs-ea0_qUh1PrZvIOXqFt6BAdvHdWHL_SiTdlLWvHVzLVLMXrDbxYv7CGyLAXgN0sntV2hZmFLlVSG7Q5iM8CA8WS8/w251-h400/IMG_2351.jpeg" width="251" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I’m so sorry, the only info on this is webarchive.org.I know it is from a blog.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> If you know who, please let me know so proper credit is given.</div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Paper dolls! Of course!</i></b></span><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4); color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">They were wonderful outlines and shapes and continued to ‘help’ me out in future classes. Yay!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNrs8GZqwMePoT5m_5E2qMD-q6IkiLDhem5cHVeAYx1WojyZkgACTTRCdNJI7Ukkw5hDefK1ssmpPMAPp-te5VcH0k1gQDZev-I7o8AW-GP0zQ_3S3_cNQxn8LdQgQVyJt1YtmcOAl1Pb0vAmjxH781k4Gp7DgSrluLuIwxxxFr5TKcYmEV7SlDmMTmyQ/s333/IMG_2269.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="235" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNrs8GZqwMePoT5m_5E2qMD-q6IkiLDhem5cHVeAYx1WojyZkgACTTRCdNJI7Ukkw5hDefK1ssmpPMAPp-te5VcH0k1gQDZev-I7o8AW-GP0zQ_3S3_cNQxn8LdQgQVyJt1YtmcOAl1Pb0vAmjxH781k4Gp7DgSrluLuIwxxxFr5TKcYmEV7SlDmMTmyQ/w283-h400/IMG_2269.jpeg" width="283" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">No info, found on Pinterest</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwaL9W7mP_Paritf7OWDsmFTAnIPnvaPLYIi8wbJFxgrl8SQ7gHH9pJyqkAdjusnuCKWTKk-jatkdPOrCnycFgh97uyPNV6SzVRhB_boIAI0PRC9zLEA7F_6TkTsFQLe_jVDITu8pNwxSLXIcHPv8N9LWfyQ-CLAqFxs-X7i_QcQg1iBfUgb3QXc_hAKY/s1800/IMG_2290.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwaL9W7mP_Paritf7OWDsmFTAnIPnvaPLYIi8wbJFxgrl8SQ7gHH9pJyqkAdjusnuCKWTKk-jatkdPOrCnycFgh97uyPNV6SzVRhB_boIAI0PRC9zLEA7F_6TkTsFQLe_jVDITu8pNwxSLXIcHPv8N9LWfyQ-CLAqFxs-X7i_QcQg1iBfUgb3QXc_hAKY/w266-h400/IMG_2290.jpeg" width="266" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Ariel - PMQ for 2; Pinterest</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #783f04;">To understand Altered Art Paper Dolls we need to understand </span><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Altered Art.</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">What is it?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><i>“Altered Art is a transformation or alteration of ordinary, everyday objects into decorative pieces using a wide variety of different techniques and materials.”</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><i>- </i>Google</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><i>“Altered Art is a broad term…describes a way of recycling and giving new life to all sorts of commonplace and functional (or perhaps even useless) items for ornamental purposes.”</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><i>- </i>www.altered-art.net</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><i>“Altered Art is the way to change everyday objects into something really special.”</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">- www.card-making-magic.com</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #351c75; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIQs19WnsPuK4ecgMIvtAbN5vpXZLKpDck8IosBRGqOp3PzdX7_zbhLxmrjcIq1qUdfn53sCFjXc3znULce68QIkXbZyA6kxiqp89eIuSlAE8Y9-3luNbzBYmxSw4NFp4R7uVDqqxgyldT8jE5FK2gFFmB7iqCLypfjgd5lE_rzi9Rkrkj_OoZorrbFA4/s2251/IMG_2355.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2006" data-original-width="2251" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIQs19WnsPuK4ecgMIvtAbN5vpXZLKpDck8IosBRGqOp3PzdX7_zbhLxmrjcIq1qUdfn53sCFjXc3znULce68QIkXbZyA6kxiqp89eIuSlAE8Y9-3luNbzBYmxSw4NFp4R7uVDqqxgyldT8jE5FK2gFFmB7iqCLypfjgd5lE_rzi9Rkrkj_OoZorrbFA4/w400-h356/IMG_2355.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #783f04;">Jeannordquist.com</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Altered Art paper dolls?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);">You take a paper doll and you have creative play. There are no rules. Want to cut it apart and rearrange parts? Mix it up between a couple different dolls?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);">Okay!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><i>“There are no limits to what you can do!”</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">- aisling.net</span><br /></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9aAdSLPyETHTjArjZXrAdd_b_R3rb6lc6zRQv6vyu_SGW8-kfPoFBFj1DL0kPtQYkNI3aXD0HqoPl20fp3i2OTXB4wfh_-4EJWZDxP9TmaupeyMpqOwkTSXsWh43j2oJ8RprZrvdrTiPeBtyF1_DRaQAH5uc-KCmgnTqnLBG_NiCJRl9eXF5ukk2_bHk/s3068/IMG_2406.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2055" data-original-width="3068" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9aAdSLPyETHTjArjZXrAdd_b_R3rb6lc6zRQv6vyu_SGW8-kfPoFBFj1DL0kPtQYkNI3aXD0HqoPl20fp3i2OTXB4wfh_-4EJWZDxP9TmaupeyMpqOwkTSXsWh43j2oJ8RprZrvdrTiPeBtyF1_DRaQAH5uc-KCmgnTqnLBG_NiCJRl9eXF5ukk2_bHk/w640-h428/IMG_2406.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">You can find more of my work on Pinterest: K.Kloberdans</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Sometimes I create, and then think how I can use it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdztbkU8c8yJW2dh4Si8XZJRhHXqbvV9mEr8twrXr978h6AKCz670NIC75jJiMsBw6y-_jSAkNXy6RMXc3ZrwY0AyRriESKw19H5G0Z7n3uiXeBzojBYjFMQk5vwcSI4vF_jlHMn-P5zv98hj2mFitUiNlZ2SVVo5H65S_uI-NzAM9JBLOmLKqi-cvX10/s3290/IMG_2408.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3290" data-original-width="1640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdztbkU8c8yJW2dh4Si8XZJRhHXqbvV9mEr8twrXr978h6AKCz670NIC75jJiMsBw6y-_jSAkNXy6RMXc3ZrwY0AyRriESKw19H5G0Z7n3uiXeBzojBYjFMQk5vwcSI4vF_jlHMn-P5zv98hj2mFitUiNlZ2SVVo5H65S_uI-NzAM9JBLOmLKqi-cvX10/w320-h640/IMG_2408.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Sometimes I have a need - perhaps a holiday that needs decorating, but I am sadly short of decorative items. Or there’s an empty space on the wall that needs something special.</span></div><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6KHfw0H-r09mRzRFDZamZSs0Zr7OPpZ3XstTGwxoEsHyBOHMftGyBd4YJ8YQIhObzAoQk35r4ndvfeqOfCMSPvls7mbsgn5x6lXw7VSQgM6P2sbAXIrg2GexZDvMRaPifpONR3z3a4jxa1LBrN5Op-XjRCYNXPxx6gS8MEo5-BKpfJTXHF9BL0xVg9W0/s600/IMG_2278.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="450" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6KHfw0H-r09mRzRFDZamZSs0Zr7OPpZ3XstTGwxoEsHyBOHMftGyBd4YJ8YQIhObzAoQk35r4ndvfeqOfCMSPvls7mbsgn5x6lXw7VSQgM6P2sbAXIrg2GexZDvMRaPifpONR3z3a4jxa1LBrN5Op-XjRCYNXPxx6gS8MEo5-BKpfJTXHF9BL0xVg9W0/w480-h640/IMG_2278.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Scrapbook.com</div><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span face="-webkit-standard" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">These reasons will dictate my color choices, how ‘quirky’ I want to get with my altered art, and size limits.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAaoZqL_G3uJsCCT9YW78czkZb0Q9BCFphZTjTNxOrLYQZkg3ewSYQhz0Ng74ulgm4PxjKru8v8uvxBofJm_pa6zeIXeNVj9v115sdyj7-qB9JWsQ1hidVFPOakLVq03VIDG8vkw50egraJR1mlQSBUl15euqfgy7WR-_RRs8in1e_z0m7Qw_gahWHwak/s1081/IMG_2281.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1081" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAaoZqL_G3uJsCCT9YW78czkZb0Q9BCFphZTjTNxOrLYQZkg3ewSYQhz0Ng74ulgm4PxjKru8v8uvxBofJm_pa6zeIXeNVj9v115sdyj7-qB9JWsQ1hidVFPOakLVq03VIDG8vkw50egraJR1mlQSBUl15euqfgy7WR-_RRs8in1e_z0m7Qw_gahWHwak/w296-h400/IMG_2281.jpeg" width="296" /></a></div><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Good grief girlie</div></span><span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Did you have a favorite paper doll that is now all bent up and scotch taped? Here is a clever idea to keep the nostalgia by framing the clothes:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWJzjRD5Mhz2g6gUA7ZCQ-iCoBngnksFNYzV73BPzNKvlsJVtsS6kv80djSKY2yG9juZE3DLQxNmUQ2YdAPfCXNlm4Ijk43TI7pvDBRq3G1HbYCqmPrg1CFc3smIcPN1FJSydr9miqY9jflXmxtmw3WxWgc5tq86SDktj5-vyGBV0GWp1KtfUxHOv8cYM/s2048/IMG_2347.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1363" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWJzjRD5Mhz2g6gUA7ZCQ-iCoBngnksFNYzV73BPzNKvlsJVtsS6kv80djSKY2yG9juZE3DLQxNmUQ2YdAPfCXNlm4Ijk43TI7pvDBRq3G1HbYCqmPrg1CFc3smIcPN1FJSydr9miqY9jflXmxtmw3WxWgc5tq86SDktj5-vyGBV0GWp1KtfUxHOv8cYM/w400-h266/IMG_2347.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Paper doll Manila</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;">But don’t be afraid to cut up those torn paper dolls and clothes to make something new.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;">Here we have the base doll, but the artist adds this lovely handkerchief dress.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfYGEucWSd4JXjz3A5JlPr8gRRr2A7-qm9Z1oMMB_wfsrAUZDBZVus-mo__iV2oazYKbQEUABgbQEdR5xFiyHg9Pl9A-efVEVPfElAsmRPweYjBO6do9Bc6eFVyUt2LuGFzmScRN3yF0LWs4XaI2kHjFEiX0ouLK_S8Qd-QIAS0OWbIub2iwvoDlLoJNU/s599/IMG_2448.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="484" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfYGEucWSd4JXjz3A5JlPr8gRRr2A7-qm9Z1oMMB_wfsrAUZDBZVus-mo__iV2oazYKbQEUABgbQEdR5xFiyHg9Pl9A-efVEVPfElAsmRPweYjBO6do9Bc6eFVyUt2LuGFzmScRN3yF0LWs4XaI2kHjFEiX0ouLK_S8Qd-QIAS0OWbIub2iwvoDlLoJNU/s320/IMG_2448.jpeg" width="259" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Marietta.ru</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">Next we have the bases with altered dresses. They have been added to clothespin wood doll forms.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgI8kHmId8x_jY5Q0dvzBdP8grIy0MKiChKzctuMGFlFyzNCtw3UNqJQqTkv4Y8x-FR40GvNl2zeRmylDG-V8KXDWtHxf1y7cfMq1Jz4kCVBixONQEkoBM8MZDv0-_ZLT5d9FkkH3aNbg7s8XS6pbOj-3V3iuqtDBGV6ylPyAXh0SMpUSeySnvyT7e2Dw/s2048/IMG_2339.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1510" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgI8kHmId8x_jY5Q0dvzBdP8grIy0MKiChKzctuMGFlFyzNCtw3UNqJQqTkv4Y8x-FR40GvNl2zeRmylDG-V8KXDWtHxf1y7cfMq1Jz4kCVBixONQEkoBM8MZDv0-_ZLT5d9FkkH3aNbg7s8XS6pbOj-3V3iuqtDBGV6ylPyAXh0SMpUSeySnvyT7e2Dw/s320/IMG_2339.jpeg" width="236" /></a></div>little pink studio</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Artfulplay blogger</span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;"> uses lots of parts and pieces to create her dolls:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw4o1Vg8hSngJVhRNfiqVfN6WfUbJM8XRAKL40TG19BddrDSHN-XyrAcIxQmk4qB4k1HspaTL1AJg64vjN-OKYV1XqHJ1NmG8OEG2RY4PsB8-gq0Ab8KROV8O_UQn_kNdEXOHyC-dYSVIWndmmEu5NYpZkgB9F8roBiDmOBR33YK8bcJw6UY1XdgjIjdo/s2356/IMG_2353.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1686" data-original-width="2356" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw4o1Vg8hSngJVhRNfiqVfN6WfUbJM8XRAKL40TG19BddrDSHN-XyrAcIxQmk4qB4k1HspaTL1AJg64vjN-OKYV1XqHJ1NmG8OEG2RY4PsB8-gq0Ab8KROV8O_UQn_kNdEXOHyC-dYSVIWndmmEu5NYpZkgB9F8roBiDmOBR33YK8bcJw6UY1XdgjIjdo/w640-h458/IMG_2353.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Artfulplay.blogspot.com</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">The next few altered paper dolls I used the base forms and then cut up some recycled catalogs, magazines and junk paper to create the finished dolls:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0vHXBV9MVMKZMP4HfiNPzLPnIHXrHQgWMhleIJJQlnuRy_UBfCHaESEy5f1nIsOB1Nt_KeE4SEE5umKw-FUI4W20yUET1qx1WP4aM0lBrimd8EUDx2leAyoMDaRUq2eJLtGnrjn1nFRUM2r3IcdTzmC-BNkYloT4kRTjJ0mKeiOpVtLmKqPaFjwV_nXU/s2641/IMG_2409.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2641" data-original-width="1639" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0vHXBV9MVMKZMP4HfiNPzLPnIHXrHQgWMhleIJJQlnuRy_UBfCHaESEy5f1nIsOB1Nt_KeE4SEE5umKw-FUI4W20yUET1qx1WP4aM0lBrimd8EUDx2leAyoMDaRUq2eJLtGnrjn1nFRUM2r3IcdTzmC-BNkYloT4kRTjJ0mKeiOpVtLmKqPaFjwV_nXU/w249-h400/IMG_2409.jpeg" width="249" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1638" data-original-width="2186" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidAmGTJg9JfUmxzU-8FmtDql8-rkE4SDfpuO6avPRwjmymxZ6GUtuQX36sRhQXBcwzCjqkhPQd6nl65iYZgUuEGY5p5H9LP2oxQSpdJ_A_Axd6EBG-xi14VpmnrFF2FmHK7B-rPoOoQnVWpjg7faAmPr33XBgI0Or6XR_wUS7ZpYQYlSIRid3Si_7hsVQ/w640-h480/IMG_2447.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">K.Kloberdans on Pinterest</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">I also like to make the different parts movable using a very small paper hole punch and brads.</span></span></div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKEAHt2v67ZGAxqBIZPEIjU0EqAflch6r5qiPAULR0F9dvJx-oVIHoI0S6I9aY4gz_PogwrWi30R7InLjRm_02oXoox5k7X3GqAvD3keET1tHHhd_yI4zHMd0Ak78-dM6lKHtGG4XBE0fKwFlfRa6JKGLeiM9w9EK-jg1hZKEuDDmvMkp_HKlsJvmYzwE/s320/IMG_9468.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">K.Kloberdans, Pinterest</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;">Here are some antique paper doll pieces you can play around with first, if cutting up the original doll is too scary.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">You can find these sorts of vintage parts/pieces all over the internet.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Etsy also sells a nice variety of downloadable images from sellers.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinADrMnnsnVTm6N2YYxZ96aZ2kH0FDs-p0ehzbveJ4LH7CGyKseXKgHTx7bgYk8Xj3Dn05rIDknQpKFgXVMLPPvT2BL2sHJp7d1HPsvIYdTxC_X8L-hcLa0ZNMPD0VjbJfeGhc_gCV7EzZHI4LzTf24RasDdSLy_yX7Hkouf2bccrAN1JkqBgcvawh0o8/s1024/IMG_2275.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="791" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinADrMnnsnVTm6N2YYxZ96aZ2kH0FDs-p0ehzbveJ4LH7CGyKseXKgHTx7bgYk8Xj3Dn05rIDknQpKFgXVMLPPvT2BL2sHJp7d1HPsvIYdTxC_X8L-hcLa0ZNMPD0VjbJfeGhc_gCV7EzZHI4LzTf24RasDdSLy_yX7Hkouf2bccrAN1JkqBgcvawh0o8/w309-h400/IMG_2275.jpeg" width="309" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbDZqI2GCEEg2kd0RKPTEvoFAjhczAozwDmzbPQPlmv9SNCQzYwuVQD6THKZib6D7HDJqyLF6d1uaOI8qmOY_CO6-KUvdMHmo4YjdfQHUF7EuNP88ir2Zv9S9RQ1gXrw5sPU46DLEhkYz7paCCk5uxvTJTClv6m9HhPMj0AkycDW7OFaYHM-I-Q9rk4Z8/s1024/IMG_2277.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="791" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbDZqI2GCEEg2kd0RKPTEvoFAjhczAozwDmzbPQPlmv9SNCQzYwuVQD6THKZib6D7HDJqyLF6d1uaOI8qmOY_CO6-KUvdMHmo4YjdfQHUF7EuNP88ir2Zv9S9RQ1gXrw5sPU46DLEhkYz7paCCk5uxvTJTClv6m9HhPMj0AkycDW7OFaYHM-I-Q9rk4Z8/s320/IMG_2277.jpeg" width="247" /></a></div><span style="color: #660000; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The graphic Fairy</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNGGs773DXVUKqkOOJYVFqkmQjIkix5DhZml1nVolXcMtPCTFRKMK5yoYziyLznpthhEBsuzeU4xM_k7hsQghbcU5vWvzF8ao0EOzMmkBq4ChHrbGNgwFGeDAaX5MjV0V_iWFsaF8BPWur1ULW_OHZV9FDJj77YwvBXCqCneawb78q99opEqmFi7jZqkI/s2048/IMG_2344.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1140" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNGGs773DXVUKqkOOJYVFqkmQjIkix5DhZml1nVolXcMtPCTFRKMK5yoYziyLznpthhEBsuzeU4xM_k7hsQghbcU5vWvzF8ao0EOzMmkBq4ChHrbGNgwFGeDAaX5MjV0V_iWFsaF8BPWur1ULW_OHZV9FDJj77YwvBXCqCneawb78q99opEqmFi7jZqkI/w223-h400/IMG_2344.jpeg" width="223" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>And here are some finished dolls:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2HSZOGy2-CBuC2dG-aIp-EaMi8Rk0xVQluNSUEd4h2xgoXOoDst3tG5-1xq2FuvFbgEiAYk2pne9f09V_HZFl4tYXiiKNiBcf1Ne_lWjxqXRh0QAJf11Jgss4UqWHbNQ4V3b7YXcjn60zKFS4LDDykBF1ecWl74qnnGpGkOnMu0XZLWirrkJXIWNzBig/s960/IMG_2279.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="528" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2HSZOGy2-CBuC2dG-aIp-EaMi8Rk0xVQluNSUEd4h2xgoXOoDst3tG5-1xq2FuvFbgEiAYk2pne9f09V_HZFl4tYXiiKNiBcf1Ne_lWjxqXRh0QAJf11Jgss4UqWHbNQ4V3b7YXcjn60zKFS4LDDykBF1ecWl74qnnGpGkOnMu0XZLWirrkJXIWNzBig/w220-h400/IMG_2279.jpeg" width="220" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tera Medrano</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqZvq_37mVd6c_DMWuCgPwYfP7Vw9dUOC8z3jYDI1JX73tNTMnHmZoybB2DoLqmQ5JgHg0usokMl5Zlr23VWOI6kUkaurnLgYRVvX-pIg-kfOV-8x4SHBNIdV9NdCl_0tV3RnUy-e6FSk9xkdkycUCPISbH-XCfkILoxHy6Zr9Pm1VHdlIttAFckK2opY/s1837/IMG_2422.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1837" data-original-width="1076" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqZvq_37mVd6c_DMWuCgPwYfP7Vw9dUOC8z3jYDI1JX73tNTMnHmZoybB2DoLqmQ5JgHg0usokMl5Zlr23VWOI6kUkaurnLgYRVvX-pIg-kfOV-8x4SHBNIdV9NdCl_0tV3RnUy-e6FSk9xkdkycUCPISbH-XCfkILoxHy6Zr9Pm1VHdlIttAFckK2opY/w234-h400/IMG_2422.jpeg" width="234" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Karen Mallory</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXGwAXZ4CzLKdlUUBXae0NZmo8CNNSm_giNQWjBuopVkPz80mQ5NwUkZNnX4in0VffK7J3c9-RSGmRvFMV5-MC27Q4pZg_gp_Sdh4U3wFQBsjcaAFH-ETGPSlzKS24If8_3tIwqvn5u1HW7y87L0cpbmsghwoGUeH5vROqSnaSp-aGRzSwPe1yrNfHQ0g/s640/IMG_2441.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="443" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXGwAXZ4CzLKdlUUBXae0NZmo8CNNSm_giNQWjBuopVkPz80mQ5NwUkZNnX4in0VffK7J3c9-RSGmRvFMV5-MC27Q4pZg_gp_Sdh4U3wFQBsjcaAFH-ETGPSlzKS24If8_3tIwqvn5u1HW7y87L0cpbmsghwoGUeH5vROqSnaSp-aGRzSwPe1yrNfHQ0g/w444-h640/IMG_2441.jpeg" width="444" /></a></div>‘Isadora’, JuliaPeculiar <br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Are you starting to get those creative juices flowing yet?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Thinking about what materials to gather?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Here are some ideas for you:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i>Small silk flowers</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i>Bits of lace</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i>Buttons</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i>Hardware like nails, screws</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i>Wood baby blocks</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i>Clothespins</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i>Recycled catalogs & magazines</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i>Stash of ephemera (paper)</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i>Candy wrappers</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i>Paper clips</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i>Embroidery floss</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica;">Brass charms & beads</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29);"><i>Playing cards</i></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29);"><i>Broken toy parts</i></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29);"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29);"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">The list is only limited by your imagination!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29);"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEierugEw_U0kAzxmuQmdw9bX8gytLTrMISTvVhvYo0DeVkdCjRkwoZ0POgcQX07JEHDh97GAU42FXvTxHWIu3GlHI0Yb3Zw-DQvw5q73j3-ayoK0lpO_Y9kWtm7vJfL4nkLTw63AlLkpJ-WZdnZXaetml8hXSWhwggDvwG1L106VhM-Vbaf7_oRmPJxh2s/s1447/IMG_2352.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1447" data-original-width="1238" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEierugEw_U0kAzxmuQmdw9bX8gytLTrMISTvVhvYo0DeVkdCjRkwoZ0POgcQX07JEHDh97GAU42FXvTxHWIu3GlHI0Yb3Zw-DQvw5q73j3-ayoK0lpO_Y9kWtm7vJfL4nkLTw63AlLkpJ-WZdnZXaetml8hXSWhwggDvwG1L106VhM-Vbaf7_oRmPJxh2s/w548-h640/IMG_2352.jpeg" width="548" /></a><span style="color: #660000; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Unknown. Pinterest</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglE-BFIKRaNyHj4F0LZKVZJI2Wu5LZJRk4u7G90bdVHSN8gnAGNhVfAlxdob_QCojZ2ODscOvd7b7wiQjXfIE1LSrqxX_W7ah1_trAuCLOgq_pmcMlVRPDsvgFGYf6KuWu47eEd1KE4idXrB3UxFzMxz-F1twaNXMYr3rf3t7_jLQ8ybrNYdfhUpmzc3U/s1806/IMG_2449.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1806" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglE-BFIKRaNyHj4F0LZKVZJI2Wu5LZJRk4u7G90bdVHSN8gnAGNhVfAlxdob_QCojZ2ODscOvd7b7wiQjXfIE1LSrqxX_W7ah1_trAuCLOgq_pmcMlVRPDsvgFGYf6KuWu47eEd1KE4idXrB3UxFzMxz-F1twaNXMYr3rf3t7_jLQ8ybrNYdfhUpmzc3U/w266-h400/IMG_2449.jpeg" width="266" /></a></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Lisa Taft</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Lastly, let me mention your photo copier is your friend. Photocopy your paper dolls first if you need to. Then play around with assemblage items and cut up copied doll pieces. When you find a pleasing arrangement, you can then choose between the cut out pieces or the actual doll.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">By using photocopied dolls you can use them again and again. Store the originals in a safe place for further fun!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghkftZa-FMAnTZxL1ggXFepChP2w2glxO3B2VJwzGMgt9DjABK5tVdb2QSO4o8rf9vM8cj75-U6BRlddqG5YnT_NBqYIrcMBnIgIrxUPHEt616CvwG9c2gAaVHndg0fT-rush8It8a6292pC8ZBXbceZ7jqjmfxyANmEZSNCCn0SqJg-QamtHlcTIoagk/s1684/IMG_2357.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1684" data-original-width="1306" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghkftZa-FMAnTZxL1ggXFepChP2w2glxO3B2VJwzGMgt9DjABK5tVdb2QSO4o8rf9vM8cj75-U6BRlddqG5YnT_NBqYIrcMBnIgIrxUPHEt616CvwG9c2gAaVHndg0fT-rush8It8a6292pC8ZBXbceZ7jqjmfxyANmEZSNCCn0SqJg-QamtHlcTIoagk/w310-h400/IMG_2357.jpeg" width="310" /></a></div>ekduncan.com, Pinterest </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">I have had so much fun writing and researching about Altered Paper Dolls, I may just have to go create some more!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">I hope you have been inspired also! </span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;"><i><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29);"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div>‘Til next time,</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29);"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;"><i>inkspired</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29);"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29);"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">K.Kloberdans, Pinterest</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29);"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Inkspiredmusings.blogspot.com</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29);"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29);"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn_HeHx18HfTYkHD30xLfW98-EvDyFPmjsM2_b9fq7RSCsWnFrzsLIZNMW1IJPMwo9tfrp0n6wXo6rQGRQjED5RveGaZlO6qp2be7YxXuZUyY_jx_i4d-Yc4XJBe91lcAhW7GDn_27PCGcSY_Whmmj3HCUVcM_dLLTuByAvdjv-RyeQufxGmhNYqEWb_Y/s2048/IMG_2445.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1680" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn_HeHx18HfTYkHD30xLfW98-EvDyFPmjsM2_b9fq7RSCsWnFrzsLIZNMW1IJPMwo9tfrp0n6wXo6rQGRQjED5RveGaZlO6qp2be7YxXuZUyY_jx_i4d-Yc4XJBe91lcAhW7GDn_27PCGcSY_Whmmj3HCUVcM_dLLTuByAvdjv-RyeQufxGmhNYqEWb_Y/w329-h400/IMG_2445.jpeg" width="329" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Judge Judy’s Pals</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29);"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Altered paper doll series by inkspired<br /></span></span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0); color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4); color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span><p></p></div>Inkspiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454530754439546966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097634769099879241.post-16531607517950552562023-12-27T06:07:00.400-07:002024-01-11T03:09:53.976-07:00Mauve-elous Mauve<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Mauve!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnjyA3geSnpc-dD5F6Z5_AZdBceS55IIpnOJ6kp819ox_3w5J2xP6vm4SKrQA8AYMlWmEogk7MSrHc_IByjomsSV70qCftgdNvnT-GZuooOD8yKKMaDXDdcO9rE3Gb7TuNPLVdi-1IhOt-4nsXCRAz3P3mZkNmP3FULRN0KjbnZ3qUMp-GjSjw-gHT9ak/s1104/IMG_0767.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1104" data-original-width="736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnjyA3geSnpc-dD5F6Z5_AZdBceS55IIpnOJ6kp819ox_3w5J2xP6vm4SKrQA8AYMlWmEogk7MSrHc_IByjomsSV70qCftgdNvnT-GZuooOD8yKKMaDXDdcO9rE3Gb7TuNPLVdi-1IhOt-4nsXCRAz3P3mZkNmP3FULRN0KjbnZ3qUMp-GjSjw-gHT9ak/s320/IMG_0767.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">What a subtle, changeable color!</span><div><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Is it Pink?</span></div><div><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Purple?</span></div><div><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(194, 123, 160);">Is it a warm color or a cool color?</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(194, 123, 160);"><br /></span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #c27ba0; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjytzadd4PRbBEG1q6bgov3ylWCivKXcZGFjKgDOwH2AIipEt4vYeqYACgXQFio_wAKeBjNY7oPG6yGFEIz7vyfh4pyFLYgJzzz7WAWV0HFvuEWm2gKFf3QXdBeVVbnGJWJYTWlo3_VyJjoTetnPziqj09ORdzhx0-sZqnbJL01iQ-PxC9wkbzsxH8sw0o/s4032/IMG_1031.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjytzadd4PRbBEG1q6bgov3ylWCivKXcZGFjKgDOwH2AIipEt4vYeqYACgXQFio_wAKeBjNY7oPG6yGFEIz7vyfh4pyFLYgJzzz7WAWV0HFvuEWm2gKFf3QXdBeVVbnGJWJYTWlo3_VyJjoTetnPziqj09ORdzhx0-sZqnbJL01iQ-PxC9wkbzsxH8sw0o/w400-h300/IMG_1031.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b>Yes! </b>To all of the above</div><div style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;">Today let’s explore a color that changes depending on the season, current fashion dictates and perhaps…</div><div style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;">the slant of the sun!</div><div style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #c27ba0; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNy8mx-qHucvYR73kN8Uraah6YvmGXHsMBLF9fJEVuzOZz7asAKLPjdvmMlre_Pq6UKzX2YJZtuKDQ8kAN3dmhn9CPUolRqB73gcjCkg68iQG1peYh3Vn93XjfqhY_iWZjxci-BRUJtd0RmaDLErn4qgqUIGukfU1C5Bk4xsBgYqePW8ZWwKhKp6Sel-g/s1351/IMG_0993.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1298" data-original-width="1351" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNy8mx-qHucvYR73kN8Uraah6YvmGXHsMBLF9fJEVuzOZz7asAKLPjdvmMlre_Pq6UKzX2YJZtuKDQ8kAN3dmhn9CPUolRqB73gcjCkg68iQG1peYh3Vn93XjfqhY_iWZjxci-BRUJtd0RmaDLErn4qgqUIGukfU1C5Bk4xsBgYqePW8ZWwKhKp6Sel-g/s320/IMG_0993.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #c27ba0; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">- many of my photos have been found on Pinterest, with no ID or credit given. If you can help me give credit where credit is due, please leave me a note. Thanks!</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 17, 48);"><span style="color: #4c1130;">N</span><span style="color: #741b47;">o matter whether it has brown added -</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 17, 48);"><span style="color: #741b47;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 17, 48);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR3A_MQd0jKQmr0TuBzDGYtpXlw2t52ANVQj1egnCflTFTv_ck5d9EP4pKbo3VGXITboTYk9xYI8IDO0BY7_vZmIkEGXKcQdaaCXyXousxERuozi5h4vW4AP1KMbQWgCSmhMAg-S79lHpyzjnaY2ul4_zlDEXw1tJj_zH-pY9JzFA46EdFahXHowK-KjU/s640/IMG_6399.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="640" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR3A_MQd0jKQmr0TuBzDGYtpXlw2t52ANVQj1egnCflTFTv_ck5d9EP4pKbo3VGXITboTYk9xYI8IDO0BY7_vZmIkEGXKcQdaaCXyXousxERuozi5h4vW4AP1KMbQWgCSmhMAg-S79lHpyzjnaY2ul4_zlDEXw1tJj_zH-pY9JzFA46EdFahXHowK-KjU/w400-h353/IMG_6399.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #741b47;">Or blues -</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 17, 48);"><span style="color: #741b47;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 17, 48);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQyGIxRZNnGTOUBjCZi0JQi94AeiT3Yql2rw0HWFCtowMBpafbPLiiE4MuoTXmZqMSoRFnduKqsN00jF1hK1phe6D0VEh0VQ3JcAg4VtjyrAuF-NaFtOL3bGTVULLXcYx6_RAjJMUdQIaMZf1rr91h0yO4Te_NTQka9Y0_CpR3Hmqj5FW5cbGWM8ZSPfA/s2187/IMG_0968.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2187" data-original-width="1640" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQyGIxRZNnGTOUBjCZi0JQi94AeiT3Yql2rw0HWFCtowMBpafbPLiiE4MuoTXmZqMSoRFnduKqsN00jF1hK1phe6D0VEh0VQ3JcAg4VtjyrAuF-NaFtOL3bGTVULLXcYx6_RAjJMUdQIaMZf1rr91h0yO4Te_NTQka9Y0_CpR3Hmqj5FW5cbGWM8ZSPfA/w300-h400/IMG_0968.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #741b47;">Or a little more red -</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 17, 48);"><span style="color: #741b47;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 17, 48);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8yhaiPNptekkRbMMtKj01YzBBejluRZfBSU6Z3JOYf_0DhYwyVokARuuqPk4_J8pDKawOnegIPacjDyHkezZquBcvEpn5VNUvj59qnhAY7C4QVEBEidOAWsiQirFt59528aSTILa9Hevi_-QsFTfNuGvPpfTjVv-dk2CoYIZErrBsc7q91j0K4pEfIAE/s800/IMG_1644.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="564" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8yhaiPNptekkRbMMtKj01YzBBejluRZfBSU6Z3JOYf_0DhYwyVokARuuqPk4_J8pDKawOnegIPacjDyHkezZquBcvEpn5VNUvj59qnhAY7C4QVEBEidOAWsiQirFt59528aSTILa9Hevi_-QsFTfNuGvPpfTjVv-dk2CoYIZErrBsc7q91j0K4pEfIAE/w283-h400/IMG_1644.jpeg" width="283" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 17, 48);"><br /></span></span></div><span style="color: #c27ba0;">We can still call it mauve.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 17, 48);"><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 17, 48);"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">In my head I have a certain shade I think of as mauve.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 17, 48);"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">While researching this blog, I discovered that there are many more shades to identify it than mine.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 17, 48);"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Depending on who is promoting the color, these next shades are ALL considered <b><i>mauve:</i></b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 17, 48);"><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 17, 48);"><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrAEsnhKM4k6NabKqO548mMChX_YXqexW1ZsMaeyfhDINti2iU27IUUFUq1YgKj_rXIkUGEsovz2IHR6IZau97mg1NNr0C7cZ7Si4a5F7jGMgCcttkSPVjm6q6-z9fWFHSyKcuUtrKlHiW_SGtXFdYbFCOckzrIrs9hnAwnSjXwr1MgiO4OleLdg3aaAA/s1278/IMG_0994.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8_E7IVlJ3NXZLZObMsKnq5Sl7R21CsO7AZNead5kMnyCe6f6S6EjQ5LGjGSlODm8vbJAOpL9xtKgTN5S-U35PAoe084T_BmShVlPZXDRhqe1Iu7gLtKtd92SdfN5FGVZlATehfoenc3GRwuinz8LnF4S4ngLqCVWSLV8pIxHLpRacY05MMhxEmWqwais/w291-h400/IMG_0998.jpeg" width="291" /></a></div>In fashion it seems designers tend more towards a pink shade of mauve -</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 17, 48);"><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 17, 48);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6OUcVgYMFUHy33Rl2R5TckQ831BTACWH6uDOc3wuACz3nm-cXgWAUF0AvCFpC83dP5tjQM6fyWCbHMGI7yf3faf-_Xj0z8aTxmeHRxXw0Ke6kdAq5xskVLeb6uaHF_Cuq-uZGUSF6_IEki3mHJTfXJVI2kaTvmwLyoZ2b22iru3PzP7xmJqyuBvlba0s/s609/IMG_2132.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: medium;">The gown Princess Wilhelmina von Halwyll wore for her </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: medium;">1865 portrait by Charles Edouard Boutibonne</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwzZEUWZS7aUjdRjadNhOZGOj6mlJ5-CuutoHw6i8uqdraDXgxh7O1m5kCOigglwxEkASpwVsAdS6Nx_MbYXphQz6Xo-vJ-V-zu1F-zd49StEDV1BswfeKOtm5eq0sG_AvXzKmdrk1p0x4vq1YIsywF75vcS6lCjFgRZwS8yErOh6OyFwwbX7HFDu617o/s534/IMG_2082.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="327" data-original-width="534" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwzZEUWZS7aUjdRjadNhOZGOj6mlJ5-CuutoHw6i8uqdraDXgxh7O1m5kCOigglwxEkASpwVsAdS6Nx_MbYXphQz6Xo-vJ-V-zu1F-zd49StEDV1BswfeKOtm5eq0sG_AvXzKmdrk1p0x4vq1YIsywF75vcS6lCjFgRZwS8yErOh6OyFwwbX7HFDu617o/w640-h392/IMG_2082.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: medium;">J&J Slater. American, 1894. Metro Museum of Art</span></div><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 17, 48);"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>“Mauve? Mauve is just pink </i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>trying to be purple.”</i></b></div></b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="caret-color: rgb(76, 17, 48); color: #c27ba0; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="caret-color: rgb(76, 17, 48); color: #c27ba0; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;">- James A. McNeil Whistler</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="caret-color: rgb(76, 17, 48); color: #c27ba0; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 17, 48); font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #c27ba0; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3UGk8A8gEiYigmdjMf-82jiqqfe1IbJIEVB5xu89m-DwKU3y5x7lVhdvedph_BodYImob7ablMZuSkc8VDu9xHdodbBI6QtrCQeNNf8tXp_h__ZapbQiDTLQqBB0WjGt3SJqFxR4v-dd6G-l2OU5goTsWYZVXp8pBRbqyBUyzyi8BFsCAcsDf_Ke68YY/s3264/IMG_8102.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3UGk8A8gEiYigmdjMf-82jiqqfe1IbJIEVB5xu89m-DwKU3y5x7lVhdvedph_BodYImob7ablMZuSkc8VDu9xHdodbBI6QtrCQeNNf8tXp_h__ZapbQiDTLQqBB0WjGt3SJqFxR4v-dd6G-l2OU5goTsWYZVXp8pBRbqyBUyzyi8BFsCAcsDf_Ke68YY/w300-h400/IMG_8102.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>Kaleidoscope by inkspired<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 17, 48); color: #c27ba0; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 17, 48); color: #c27ba0;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">We find mauve in home decor -</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfOdcZoctu80E8TbYCgvD8TZHYjoz4lDCyD_6D1bNvEwqyL0RAOTwUemUYALQc47tHwp4THPkFlOc5j1EJdZCw7OpNvaRH2n2OfP5jD8_v8Nues9wLO6Goocsko5hZShOkoo4Xhr8gjCD3cS2AOHU5Z6NNMyjW4WkuePpySoiWFH2bwPipD45tYCEZegk/s1472/IMG_0822.jpeg" style="caret-color: rgb(76, 17, 48); font-family: georgia; font-style: italic; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1472" data-original-width="736" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfOdcZoctu80E8TbYCgvD8TZHYjoz4lDCyD_6D1bNvEwqyL0RAOTwUemUYALQc47tHwp4THPkFlOc5j1EJdZCw7OpNvaRH2n2OfP5jD8_v8Nues9wLO6Goocsko5hZShOkoo4Xhr8gjCD3cS2AOHU5Z6NNMyjW4WkuePpySoiWFH2bwPipD45tYCEZegk/w320-h640/IMG_0822.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Found on Pinterest</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 17, 48); font-family: georgia;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #c27ba0; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg1SaYuBNIHmmVLmzeGJkFXKwvPilrewgFkEP7Zl2-VjgeeZAZAX6HBFcKH12qk8JkiSlfrVeyYXOW_3agkm7WtL8Fj9rjJw1m58QK7FTe4wIKEnR3WUUPoZRqlcMpsxqRoJcc4w81ftCHBDxhG_-emTRC_v1kiOyK9QTEgj0STRjkNTRGvvy65N53GfM/s1186/IMG_0512.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1114" data-original-width="1186" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg1SaYuBNIHmmVLmzeGJkFXKwvPilrewgFkEP7Zl2-VjgeeZAZAX6HBFcKH12qk8JkiSlfrVeyYXOW_3agkm7WtL8Fj9rjJw1m58QK7FTe4wIKEnR3WUUPoZRqlcMpsxqRoJcc4w81ftCHBDxhG_-emTRC_v1kiOyK9QTEgj0STRjkNTRGvvy65N53GfM/s320/IMG_0512.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: #800180; font-size: medium;">Home decor, photo by inkspired</span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 17, 48); font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 17, 48); font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF5pdsW3bqME8qlZtRb8dRvPv24OHIg7gig8Z__DlLnf8RdMZbF-cs4PZEoby8Z0RkWQDel3k3oG_42PMe6mbA91mu5_Xoymrcpe-PCWlEh4IYV70Xx-fSImVGiykKhuMWWYRWyU2pqEmhop8IvSRc35hNQIQPUMm8tyqT51e51CME2d5UVN-7bgFnTEE/s1670/IMG_0970.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1638" data-original-width="1670" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF5pdsW3bqME8qlZtRb8dRvPv24OHIg7gig8Z__DlLnf8RdMZbF-cs4PZEoby8Z0RkWQDel3k3oG_42PMe6mbA91mu5_Xoymrcpe-PCWlEh4IYV70Xx-fSImVGiykKhuMWWYRWyU2pqEmhop8IvSRc35hNQIQPUMm8tyqT51e51CME2d5UVN-7bgFnTEE/s320/IMG_0970.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>Home decor, by inkspired<br /><span style="color: #800180; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 17, 48); font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>We find Mauve in Nature -</i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 17, 48); font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 17, 48); font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #c27ba0; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-tlaBaXxyg8ErfZJ9W_HhxxaLhmsLYAS3Cf3ym8vTelcHYpryvWgHWdOx6ZBbBpzGTD37GQdXCl6IgjpGbWyexFWKb0HvqM2NCXADrzkwhYr7R3Zk95a6iZADS8dx72dL2QYaOgN09Cgw0AKYV776ZpTBLQDU6x3UHHoMzEVubjwkDu4x0aiAhKw3LHc/s1024/IMG_2152.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="789" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-tlaBaXxyg8ErfZJ9W_HhxxaLhmsLYAS3Cf3ym8vTelcHYpryvWgHWdOx6ZBbBpzGTD37GQdXCl6IgjpGbWyexFWKb0HvqM2NCXADrzkwhYr7R3Zk95a6iZADS8dx72dL2QYaOgN09Cgw0AKYV776ZpTBLQDU6x3UHHoMzEVubjwkDu4x0aiAhKw3LHc/w309-h400/IMG_2152.jpeg" width="309" /></a></div><span style="color: #800180; font-size: medium;">Octopus tentacle</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 17, 48); font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: medium;">National Aquarium in Baltimore, MD, USA</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 17, 48); font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: medium;"><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 17, 48); font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 17, 48); font-family: georgia;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsHrjpfoBARh13X5uMdHhJMPxvAKh2Zp5BJCm_beVx4O5NKQPJDC_gLSt0Xx8As3oZ3ck6tg9Jz4GN4MdPW0HYaX7MnOOVFi75S8CKCuotmG8NHu8_TqBJo-dJqxWy2ou7U_Sj4XFEW1ahRWtp7l3ANHBxUNWvTNRwSb3bEogGsNVWCH3wmssQ_FWawQs/s901/IMG_4752.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-family: georgia;"><br /><span style="color: #800180; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 17, 48); font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnusKWoiQEmCd2s1CvskypsVo4_4b_tiULUAXNxCQnV6pH99cyP7gYAS589kM5eM-rBS3d2xs7h7trowlpefDSUhm8y98zyfc1ELNVkgxEHqg83la3TJrC6VeRABktJWreencZxRMBKz2B21vROUp7bv-BrXi4fi_LZRIWr0oQtXzO7N3oJXxMUIUHRKk/s650/IMG_4858.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="650" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnusKWoiQEmCd2s1CvskypsVo4_4b_tiULUAXNxCQnV6pH99cyP7gYAS589kM5eM-rBS3d2xs7h7trowlpefDSUhm8y98zyfc1ELNVkgxEHqg83la3TJrC6VeRABktJWreencZxRMBKz2B21vROUp7bv-BrXi4fi_LZRIWr0oQtXzO7N3oJXxMUIUHRKk/s320/IMG_4858.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 17, 48);"><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><i style="font-size: xx-large; font-weight: bold;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #a64d79;"><i>and of course I have to add -</i></b></div></i></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(76, 17, 48);"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Barbie fashions!</i></b></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLXtjdTZgcVT73awAndsyxkJJPx4yLeRmqFtUy1LYW5acdZ_WzS_FhpLJv5qzcdrOiWTIABtbuJAtaNGF7M8varyRsiQhPLFGtdIEbS0p-YwvX5OkDbTCOBOty1l6Mz103F8ZkF1Y9ZJwfHLD1a5mw_NkAZkGtlkgC4ttae0EY2YOoaWbASkQTj8HV0TU/s734/IMG_0766.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="576" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLXtjdTZgcVT73awAndsyxkJJPx4yLeRmqFtUy1LYW5acdZ_WzS_FhpLJv5qzcdrOiWTIABtbuJAtaNGF7M8varyRsiQhPLFGtdIEbS0p-YwvX5OkDbTCOBOty1l6Mz103F8ZkF1Y9ZJwfHLD1a5mw_NkAZkGtlkgC4ttae0EY2YOoaWbASkQTj8HV0TU/s320/IMG_0766.jpeg" width="251" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>I do hope some of these wonderful shades come through decently to your monitors.</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3qJfJgAeR8htfQZr18zn4NwvbcAZlVzr9j8IqHRd9P9JbBVWRc2HgavXl5edD4QULuy91mZCJbt7HL3jPe6hTPWWGSLoIKoxChCF4i7cnO-bmqqOrQvISl4_CipAQ0NJL26ksIdxXScIaPtl7RcPL_a5Y85w1V6mXlKYa7sGaChESRuPc_Xm4Cr1Fh4/s1526/IMG_0990.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1526" data-original-width="1357" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3qJfJgAeR8htfQZr18zn4NwvbcAZlVzr9j8IqHRd9P9JbBVWRc2HgavXl5edD4QULuy91mZCJbt7HL3jPe6hTPWWGSLoIKoxChCF4i7cnO-bmqqOrQvISl4_CipAQ0NJL26ksIdxXScIaPtl7RcPL_a5Y85w1V6mXlKYa7sGaChESRuPc_Xm4Cr1Fh4/w570-h640/IMG_0990.jpeg" width="570" /></a></div><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>You can wear mauve around your neck-</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPNRdYoFjbxXrtIFGlHdWAGlz-b6FrmtR281WD8jHQGvMuNCgn2zxT3lDjC4OBbFmrM3RJAUFbFaUoT8x91r4GMKEj3wcFdbq8Q14sJpUfXu95RA0bygeC3hKCkWBzRni5sEP0z3ULjDZGc7Cbjh2H3Dh_dfaH9TSDzT_QVEUGxmSi1bkTALlCGa-HarU/s1200/IMG_2163.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1163" data-original-width="1200" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPNRdYoFjbxXrtIFGlHdWAGlz-b6FrmtR281WD8jHQGvMuNCgn2zxT3lDjC4OBbFmrM3RJAUFbFaUoT8x91r4GMKEj3wcFdbq8Q14sJpUfXu95RA0bygeC3hKCkWBzRni5sEP0z3ULjDZGc7Cbjh2H3Dh_dfaH9TSDzT_QVEUGxmSi1bkTALlCGa-HarU/s320/IMG_2163.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Beads Magic Designs</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEius8gEiWwfti0FCWbIr7agFC_dhuaMXBEIFFbPm2l162n8Ip8hV-xsboMmWGm5FGMKP52b0XE8XyqXHT-ml7crXRH0uu0P5dlRmm1lQxSiIKLR7lB4ijw9Xy3Ct93PYzrTPwOF7ObPeFvJNsEaKO1YjLcZ_DxULGR2VEnkDPjcorLjV0q-Buh-Sht88Mo/s320/IMG_2165.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Polyvore Designs</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Look for mauve in the garden -</span></i></b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEoQ9Mlpm2zgpfLLXxtoXIKPe2UcgZx_oMq58xUrjCsQ15CAB-v8Y_w9zx6JmwpqFY3DzL-y5ZgwgGZwsRTv0i7Qmy2PImB-ctr68rIe6gXU5lU-3q8SMpOqIW9j0L3bP_C5GDLnwOH7gzNGZcznT1hvX4jK_oqWUN7SQQwGqaHICCR2LbblEHQSiKgxQ/s1108/IMG_2167.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1108" data-original-width="736" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEoQ9Mlpm2zgpfLLXxtoXIKPe2UcgZx_oMq58xUrjCsQ15CAB-v8Y_w9zx6JmwpqFY3DzL-y5ZgwgGZwsRTv0i7Qmy2PImB-ctr68rIe6gXU5lU-3q8SMpOqIW9j0L3bP_C5GDLnwOH7gzNGZcznT1hvX4jK_oqWUN7SQQwGqaHICCR2LbblEHQSiKgxQ/w266-h400/IMG_2167.jpeg" width="266" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Medinella Magnifica, Philippines </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQgonX6Inv9-Edu0hh1Lp6TAFtJPxAyE1_PRVJpAO4GDoPIEQNMTXf8CrCERwELKPeonUh8tGGlHkqRfL9RIKGODRnyJBJZ_8jnweCYEg96jt6c294cNhmok2kNaPc7l60DKcKZy9qYQzUSnxIxTUAStCt0d_yBNX7_HbHOueSUJyaF0esdr-OfsDmrVk/s1080/IMG_3303.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="648" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQgonX6Inv9-Edu0hh1Lp6TAFtJPxAyE1_PRVJpAO4GDoPIEQNMTXf8CrCERwELKPeonUh8tGGlHkqRfL9RIKGODRnyJBJZ_8jnweCYEg96jt6c294cNhmok2kNaPc7l60DKcKZy9qYQzUSnxIxTUAStCt0d_yBNX7_HbHOueSUJyaF0esdr-OfsDmrVk/w240-h400/IMG_3303.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">I hope you have enjoyed it!</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Now…</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Put on those mauve-colored glasses and see what YOU can find!</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><i><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">‘Til next time,</span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">inkspired</span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">You can find me on Pinterest here:</span></i></div><div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">K. Kloberdans</span></div><div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge5Mnvzk6XsABzxEA2xSwFqAhM-B6fL0kWOV_DXRd01OuaGGFKL3w_3kyPjWBZoVEtWRsBioBxsfIZA9YG-UOb4bxri5H-h8ptwf00-KZ4rwQDB0BaJ3nMXuUKBOtmnPeouJcHuU7hlw4LDjGlb87ahzWupeGON3Em-_Ee2r88Dh4RD7fO7W2Gf5x9d4k/s960/IMG_2621.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge5Mnvzk6XsABzxEA2xSwFqAhM-B6fL0kWOV_DXRd01OuaGGFKL3w_3kyPjWBZoVEtWRsBioBxsfIZA9YG-UOb4bxri5H-h8ptwf00-KZ4rwQDB0BaJ3nMXuUKBOtmnPeouJcHuU7hlw4LDjGlb87ahzWupeGON3Em-_Ee2r88Dh4RD7fO7W2Gf5x9d4k/s320/IMG_2621.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Inkspiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454530754439546966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097634769099879241.post-3504608858449914672023-12-24T07:36:00.004-07:002023-12-24T07:36:52.764-07:00Merry? Christmas<p> </p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIZ8c3nqsX1GljNVZZqgYWmpc7av8zRfi25pUADpe7ia0y9u3IozXKSfL50FhJKeoz9xQ4no9Jyow8xiLtTlePm-JQ4pBP8nr9nQeFIzTFm6m1IOlMdpnF2hylGgwo9LPwx26IochhLZ6XDWpTzFW4Ufj2ssWO7Cx5sav2Pw9sNDpqO2iKQuHGamZXCxU/s3264/IMG_0693.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIZ8c3nqsX1GljNVZZqgYWmpc7av8zRfi25pUADpe7ia0y9u3IozXKSfL50FhJKeoz9xQ4no9Jyow8xiLtTlePm-JQ4pBP8nr9nQeFIzTFm6m1IOlMdpnF2hylGgwo9LPwx26IochhLZ6XDWpTzFW4Ufj2ssWO7Cx5sav2Pw9sNDpqO2iKQuHGamZXCxU/s320/IMG_0693.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I recently shared this on my Facebook page, and thought you might like it too.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">From my heart:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Recently one of my FB friends sent out a note of how this year there was no ‘Merry’. No family coming over to celebrate. No desire for decorations or fanfare of any kind.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">My heart is just so saddened at the realization there are so many of us going through these feelings and hard times. I have been there myself at times.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">There are 2 things i want to say. First, Christmas for me is not a sparkly, jingle-bell filled time of fun at the root. I celebrate Christmas because I have a God who loved me so much He sent his only son in the form of an infant, Jesus Christ, to become the only way I can have a relationship with my Creator. Wow. Awesome. So I approach Christmas with feelings of gratitude, thankfulness and a desire to spread this joy to others.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Second, I do like to decorate! Play special music and do special things! They don’t ‘make’ the holiday for me, but are expressions of my own joy. This time of year I can get very sad or sentimental when thinking of people I have lost. Why are they not here to celebrate with me? If I keep my eyes on the purpose of this time, it really helps me put things back in perspective.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">It also urges me to reach out to others, as I realize I am not the only lonely one. I am not the only one who questions where the Merry is. Perhaps that is the key. Reach outside of yourself and see others who are lonely or alone. There is so much we can do to lift the spirits of others, and by doing these we lift our own spirits.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I do not mean go spend a bunch of money, or make yourself sing Carols or pretend that all is well, because it is not. Just reach a little outside of yourself and help make someone else’s holiday time a bit more livable. A bit more joyous. I know you will then find a bit more joy in your own life.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">And it will snowball. Really! Who knows? You may even start to hum a little Christmas tune.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">My sincere prayer and desire for each of you, my Facebook friends, is to have a Merry Christmas all year round.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Now go hug your mailman and tell them thanks.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Love</span>,</p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>Karen</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6j_LWoMtqEeZBJ8ai-bBZ7Gv2D-xhUg8m8ZdPlrmQdSxiOLu8IPflF2Ld5292U6ZFj5whfPzn2WpSsjlM_4QPdkR3iRGu2HUKVw_kAvgK6VtO-r1hGaWUuJylV0r_nAUO0o0kYv2BezcEm8wOw-ftaaAW1fOOV1nHKQyJhr7jbq7o2nALE-2lvaY92Tw/s756/IMG_6375.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="752" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6j_LWoMtqEeZBJ8ai-bBZ7Gv2D-xhUg8m8ZdPlrmQdSxiOLu8IPflF2Ld5292U6ZFj5whfPzn2WpSsjlM_4QPdkR3iRGu2HUKVw_kAvgK6VtO-r1hGaWUuJylV0r_nAUO0o0kYv2BezcEm8wOw-ftaaAW1fOOV1nHKQyJhr7jbq7o2nALE-2lvaY92Tw/s320/IMG_6375.jpeg" width="318" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /><i>Reminds me of the Star above the stable in Bethlehem</i></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p>Inkspiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454530754439546966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097634769099879241.post-41078715961905264682023-12-03T11:51:00.000-07:002023-12-03T11:51:42.252-07:00December meanderings<p> Welcome!</p><p>I’m so glad you stopped by today!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjulvPVIrQyxyBTRA_Dh_zzWXOUkdH_TD2ynmBqQjNdVZnlyCoP8qq9gNszzdPR9590INV7atc1NWJusGPxQp1fej1CKNUEQA_EJBP_AKEjexvk5i1B-1H55gq75scwpOmYnR-DxomK92pIvmXTqB20WmEs_9McI5ETA59OSV0uwdv5SiZ3o1E-svJVpLc/s4033/IMG_7468.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3025" data-original-width="4033" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjulvPVIrQyxyBTRA_Dh_zzWXOUkdH_TD2ynmBqQjNdVZnlyCoP8qq9gNszzdPR9590INV7atc1NWJusGPxQp1fej1CKNUEQA_EJBP_AKEjexvk5i1B-1H55gq75scwpOmYnR-DxomK92pIvmXTqB20WmEs_9McI5ETA59OSV0uwdv5SiZ3o1E-svJVpLc/w400-h300/IMG_7468.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>I have started, and stopped, numerous blogs to you. Life has been a crazy roller coaster ride for a while. But, this too shall pass. That’s the adventure in life, isn’t it? Things change. They will change and they do change. And that’s ok.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwypzUBDPIJWIARPyQ7Z243Cxzu8x7luEDaBSXEkpO3aqVb27O-DCDbPDF7UOc4oKP_uUdyMTlGGEb-Nx7bEFN2_ZtdEaBxwPuylchTf9VcLrHq9UOovEYANL5B-q7mruzTjKNA5o3ohk9jEeGppP2CmQOdBqunuqerB2-0kjkjHbJH3UfEIgry_kgvKk/s608/IMG_1799.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="474" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwypzUBDPIJWIARPyQ7Z243Cxzu8x7luEDaBSXEkpO3aqVb27O-DCDbPDF7UOc4oKP_uUdyMTlGGEb-Nx7bEFN2_ZtdEaBxwPuylchTf9VcLrHq9UOovEYANL5B-q7mruzTjKNA5o3ohk9jEeGppP2CmQOdBqunuqerB2-0kjkjHbJH3UfEIgry_kgvKk/w311-h400/IMG_1799.jpeg" width="311" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Posted on Pinterest by Cheezburger</div><div><br /></div><div>Pardon my lack of formatting today. If I wait until this blog gets ‘pretty’, it will take me another couple of months! At least at the rate I have been functioning.</div><div><br /></div><div>I write about things that interest me. That might interest you. That made me laugh and I want to share the giggles. Things that are pretty. Or unique. Or just awesome! Things I never knew, that maybe you might like to know too.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsv_Kk6RhVmO5Nhtvp8yyrCrAAWQ7haF5nWuGGAC-jcQUpKQYAXY2O0kjKPDKaxaSPnMLDQZw4AmCognD0cDcQWg8OcXhCPxtNrmbs1Uff3dmE_hyphenhyphen4upC0QeJH5OFhZff0lCtVkJJMogRaZ4mEONENcMTvjDTvtTt0TzrgtFtz_fJ9lzILUf-0t-0B9jo/s1200/IMG_1232.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsv_Kk6RhVmO5Nhtvp8yyrCrAAWQ7haF5nWuGGAC-jcQUpKQYAXY2O0kjKPDKaxaSPnMLDQZw4AmCognD0cDcQWg8OcXhCPxtNrmbs1Uff3dmE_hyphenhyphen4upC0QeJH5OFhZff0lCtVkJJMogRaZ4mEONENcMTvjDTvtTt0TzrgtFtz_fJ9lzILUf-0t-0B9jo/s320/IMG_1232.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Our sweet Nessie has decided to clone herself, starting with enough dog hair to make an exact duplicate. Every other day. Really.</div><div>Does she not realize Winter is approaching? She might need to keep all that fur to stay warm?</div><div>Oh. </div><div>She has a favorite plushy blanket in practically every room in the house to curl up into.</div><div>Guess staying warm with fur is not an issue…</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4oLmh_WNnTTFsIomjuYKYjCrEf6qZys1m-wHmFw3nvOxhaxgCswDChU9xMoUmeT3ehDpA39F1NV2XRkh2HNyXe-e2E01vo7o6l8OgZoRdn6EEauR4rAp3Y_xFKC17lU5vMjDUIpf3Cr7-lW2j2c0BxEDONCFqgPW8H3_A7MM9n8x5-OyCNOWJgBWdHG0/s4032/IMG_7137.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4oLmh_WNnTTFsIomjuYKYjCrEf6qZys1m-wHmFw3nvOxhaxgCswDChU9xMoUmeT3ehDpA39F1NV2XRkh2HNyXe-e2E01vo7o6l8OgZoRdn6EEauR4rAp3Y_xFKC17lU5vMjDUIpf3Cr7-lW2j2c0BxEDONCFqgPW8H3_A7MM9n8x5-OyCNOWJgBWdHG0/w400-h300/IMG_7137.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">‘Nessie’</div><div><br /></div><div>And there is a typical example of what my brain is doing these day! Bunny trails galore.</div><div><br /></div><div>Some people call it ‘Chemo Brain’.</div><div>Ok, that works for now, but what was my excuse the last 25 years?!</div><div>😁</div><div>So let’s get started down a path for today.</div><div>I might find bunnies, or Easter eggs or even a dinosaur or two. Who knows? But let’s enjoy the time together, shall we?</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZtQIsqabtV_qNiBm79d7BWh1TC2tJRePxTML0EtIqsT-WLN-JkGkSEl7TFuycYQ7JoO1cZxsifJMpbDtJeS2tWaOu1rm-JxUCydoVZ4rII7duTyhpZP3LtqR3DzyztiW6rC_4zLUzYn8d5plIVnhHQcWS79oz53kTG-1983RabgwW4KzayJhxINncZp4/s700/IMG_1800.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="700" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZtQIsqabtV_qNiBm79d7BWh1TC2tJRePxTML0EtIqsT-WLN-JkGkSEl7TFuycYQ7JoO1cZxsifJMpbDtJeS2tWaOu1rm-JxUCydoVZ4rII7duTyhpZP3LtqR3DzyztiW6rC_4zLUzYn8d5plIVnhHQcWS79oz53kTG-1983RabgwW4KzayJhxINncZp4/w400-h329/IMG_1800.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Posted on Pinterest by Bored Panda</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I love creating unusual, creative and beautiful greeting cards.</div><div>Little pieces of art, if you will. They are portable, easily given and a nice way for someone else to remember I am thinking of them. Care about them. </div><div>It releases some of my creative energy that is always buzzing around inside me.</div><div>I have a plethora of cards, to say the least.</div><div><b>(Plethora - wonderful word by the way!)</b></div><div>I decided a few months ago if I wanted to continue making cards I needed to de-stash some.</div><div>Actually send them off to people! (Radical idea). So, I’ve been doing that.</div><div>Fun!</div><div>Here are a few samples I have made with micro-waved pressed florals, most from my garden.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtPUqEDHoAuP-kiqCRWAzUVaElErRASi8x7yG5pQ_0HNUlHoXx1hrViOVTpfH6ZSTEtg3Z4kI5je3brK0ERB20mjuByceLp6hVhD-bx30pFzAwyYME3tMpa4EsiaWtNLHk8sQ9R5IjscOuRxMfh20ZQHScO3a5RNCoK44bjQBqnMxgl_SgiLRrDk-_hgc/s1580/IMG_6517.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1580" data-original-width="1517" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtPUqEDHoAuP-kiqCRWAzUVaElErRASi8x7yG5pQ_0HNUlHoXx1hrViOVTpfH6ZSTEtg3Z4kI5je3brK0ERB20mjuByceLp6hVhD-bx30pFzAwyYME3tMpa4EsiaWtNLHk8sQ9R5IjscOuRxMfh20ZQHScO3a5RNCoK44bjQBqnMxgl_SgiLRrDk-_hgc/s320/IMG_6517.jpeg" width="307" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVX87NIOJj8ep_0c_D1YSTEE0Ain39t5NyuAA5LfokvJ6mRtZrxOEYplnIoEKG3C6a5evsj95GQFJJckvQzcqC_wYAcjgiqlw81AKEtNxDwfIRiNo8eWDSAuZbq3mdtUqnesTS6V7kHcHNknZglx_lj3weumvmYv49T-QmgsbTUqfIgzi_J9S-JumSc7U/s1675/IMG_6519.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1638" data-original-width="1675" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVX87NIOJj8ep_0c_D1YSTEE0Ain39t5NyuAA5LfokvJ6mRtZrxOEYplnIoEKG3C6a5evsj95GQFJJckvQzcqC_wYAcjgiqlw81AKEtNxDwfIRiNo8eWDSAuZbq3mdtUqnesTS6V7kHcHNknZglx_lj3weumvmYv49T-QmgsbTUqfIgzi_J9S-JumSc7U/s320/IMG_6519.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQf3BlVTiNYORlEhuZmMk3F3R-iTHBOui4E39Mt-0OLxAiLOyzuRG8_A6uxON-6RhAoBAiO5osaVQ2OGL-gI-0R-U7CBNvKuN5Pxx1Tus-Yl6ncNMUgVjQvYDMwKikrzjJGS8mj5g73bXgtycpk03Dfnf2m6-sM1d43aPj-mJq9lUDh5j6gHOscKTE6Q8/s1590/IMG_6836.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1590" data-original-width="1443" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQf3BlVTiNYORlEhuZmMk3F3R-iTHBOui4E39Mt-0OLxAiLOyzuRG8_A6uxON-6RhAoBAiO5osaVQ2OGL-gI-0R-U7CBNvKuN5Pxx1Tus-Yl6ncNMUgVjQvYDMwKikrzjJGS8mj5g73bXgtycpk03Dfnf2m6-sM1d43aPj-mJq9lUDh5j6gHOscKTE6Q8/s320/IMG_6836.jpeg" width="290" /></a></div><br /><div>My friend S and I are actually glad winter is upon us, so we can stop seeing all these wonderful florals, and feeling irresistible urges to pluck them and press them!</div><div>Our stash will <b>definitely </b>carry us through any and all projects til next Spring!</div><div>Here are a few more samples:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiPoGrsrNtMtqnuNtrNzFk3vhrmQT0FybiVAfGQ7rmfitLuAzG0WrmWJC6MIRm67fZI8XMC00CGJBtEsLaNvf_3WrdBK6qA3K81l93FwXoAhqZocF3g05zDKlloRVpM-vBwxwMmrNYCIlG3pz6BrFwN2NazTQm9Q6_MFQ7gsHJ_Rcwtdl2whKwPoNtLp8/s2678/IMG_1723.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1638" data-original-width="2678" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiPoGrsrNtMtqnuNtrNzFk3vhrmQT0FybiVAfGQ7rmfitLuAzG0WrmWJC6MIRm67fZI8XMC00CGJBtEsLaNvf_3WrdBK6qA3K81l93FwXoAhqZocF3g05zDKlloRVpM-vBwxwMmrNYCIlG3pz6BrFwN2NazTQm9Q6_MFQ7gsHJ_Rcwtdl2whKwPoNtLp8/s320/IMG_1723.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Using my Micro-Fleur press really preserves the color, and from picking to pressing to pressed it can be less than 2 minutes and you have flowers ready to create with.</div><div>No more old telephone book stuffed with dried crumbling flowers!</div><div>You can find the Press and accessories online. A bit pricey, but it lasts ‘forever’ and makes a huge difference in the outcome. Too many $? Check out some other brands. S found one at a local Fabric Store for $9.99 that is very similar. Clearance though. Just be sure it is micro-wavable.<br /><div><br /></div><div>I use 1/2 school glue (Elmer’s) and 1/2 water, mix thoroughly. Then 1 ply Kleenex, wax paper and a sponge brush onto a cardstock base. Iron after dry. Let me know if you want more specific directions. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmY8yVOI4VoYwYprlJVXVyCdnsDH6dP6NGhOhDu1961jNinFSP633vFAsXLjKX1H3XFEYHVbuJpY_EyCkbko9lMOROfw7nnET8fGaBW2SVeJAg0AUIsRcSXwM-yzrX9XFJmYsKEUtFGkVOUGg-lFqY-q4RQbjcOCUIjdE57zc6Yu1l4OCl3m9coMtY1hk/s2326/IMG_1795.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1638" data-original-width="2326" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmY8yVOI4VoYwYprlJVXVyCdnsDH6dP6NGhOhDu1961jNinFSP633vFAsXLjKX1H3XFEYHVbuJpY_EyCkbko9lMOROfw7nnET8fGaBW2SVeJAg0AUIsRcSXwM-yzrX9XFJmYsKEUtFGkVOUGg-lFqY-q4RQbjcOCUIjdE57zc6Yu1l4OCl3m9coMtY1hk/s320/IMG_1795.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwk1cVFTy3YVB7eeMbR6xkj0A1IryUSkteeMW3qbzYeMMlzYmS8SZi2ed01_hMiRpVSnerWeaCIMZ_qnMNkuVmZWAlI4PxzQnGSxypO7ePoQ_YQQfDSGjCSmaYMadFG9btz4Ybtz4f3E6N04yyGywNYrd_ePLypjPPEjso8xYEDdzLgDH6yPjkAhTuPRs/s1842/IMG_1796.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1842" data-original-width="1640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwk1cVFTy3YVB7eeMbR6xkj0A1IryUSkteeMW3qbzYeMMlzYmS8SZi2ed01_hMiRpVSnerWeaCIMZ_qnMNkuVmZWAlI4PxzQnGSxypO7ePoQ_YQQfDSGjCSmaYMadFG9btz4Ybtz4f3E6N04yyGywNYrd_ePLypjPPEjso8xYEDdzLgDH6yPjkAhTuPRs/s320/IMG_1796.jpeg" width="285" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>I have gotten positive responses to my Card Campaign. It works both ways. The receiver gets a note and a bit of unexpected cheer (I hope!), I feel good about myself, and I now have room for more cards I can create! Win, win.</div><div><br /></div><div>I know the trend is everything is ‘online’. Save trees. Don’t waste paper. But it’s very hard to place an I-phone on your dresser, or at the dining table, to be reminded that someone cares about you. They thought about you, made something just for you. Wanted to let you know you are important. These things are why I hope we never as a society lose the personal touch of a card to hold in your hand.</div><div>Phone calls are good.</div><div>A card in hand is good.</div><div>Don’t get me started on texting!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjuTjAoddJH6BARqj0WgyzY8eQS5_6tbYW0hNC6qlFkrkg8k4fsjAE0pjotLyE8neZWjtKTAXg5E-0pIdM22zELq-do2jyhMAyX2qS5QSsZGNqwx7V8ZsUhsEMeI_dljWrNf-PBGjTupBkSROwPMI55x479051EDJs3iLXHclJc1wN37HB_eYGlWmJ2mU/s932/IMG_1696.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="932" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjuTjAoddJH6BARqj0WgyzY8eQS5_6tbYW0hNC6qlFkrkg8k4fsjAE0pjotLyE8neZWjtKTAXg5E-0pIdM22zELq-do2jyhMAyX2qS5QSsZGNqwx7V8ZsUhsEMeI_dljWrNf-PBGjTupBkSROwPMI55x479051EDJs3iLXHclJc1wN37HB_eYGlWmJ2mU/w494-h640/IMG_1696.jpeg" width="494" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Chemo effects:</div><div>- tired</div><div>- weird loss of tastes</div><div>- bloody nose</div><div>- blisters on face</div><div>- incredible water weight gain</div><div>- hair? What was that?</div><div>- dehydration</div><div>- bone pain</div><div>- die where I stand fatigue</div><div><br /></div><div>Karen wins:</div><div>- naps, whenever I want</div><div>- oatmeal is good</div><div>- Kleenex with lotion is my friend</div><div>- this too is temporary. Kudos to makeup.</div><div>- minimize long needless trips</div><div>- hats, cute!</div><div>- water. Water. Oh yes, and water.</div><div>- Claritin - who knew?</div><div>- soft sofas and beds</div><div><br /></div><div>I consider myself The Equalizer at the moment! Stuff gets thrown at me. I cry. I get a bit angry. I find the humor and laugh. I get on with life. So what? Did I think life would remain the same forever? Of course not! When has it ever?</div><div>And I write blogs with bunny trails.</div><div><br /></div><div>Hope to see you again. I’ll try to make it sooner than later for the next one. I enjoy our time.</div><div>Sincerely,</div><div>Inkspired</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin-cORME_wcf-b_Jkv0CaWIFQCAMp7BvM2hoq-Kyujrf27M05fG1CI8IJ3182ThFqeMyQ6niYYM996A-gKvgVHuKbO6CVj8nWBugDBQAg1aNIReeYW58tqdCNhZVTddjbHp7CNKxnPgGzDE8fmOIs8uHvnkgStwqraNnjssJXxwzMhWgtN-QhOgYDiE3U/s745/IMG_1343.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="745" data-original-width="745" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin-cORME_wcf-b_Jkv0CaWIFQCAMp7BvM2hoq-Kyujrf27M05fG1CI8IJ3182ThFqeMyQ6niYYM996A-gKvgVHuKbO6CVj8nWBugDBQAg1aNIReeYW58tqdCNhZVTddjbHp7CNKxnPgGzDE8fmOIs8uHvnkgStwqraNnjssJXxwzMhWgtN-QhOgYDiE3U/w400-h400/IMG_1343.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div></div>Inkspiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454530754439546966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097634769099879241.post-79676666273460678492023-10-07T22:49:00.003-06:002023-10-07T22:49:36.649-06:00Dogs do the craziest things!<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b>WOOF!</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">My apologies, I have neglected my blog lately.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Life just gets in the way sometimes, </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">preventing us from doing what we enjoy -</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">like sharing blogs with you!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Today, I need some serious giggles.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">What makes me laugh the most?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Dogs!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Followed by cats and other animals.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Let’s have some fun -</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><i>Disclaimer: I do not own any of these memes or photos. </i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><i>Most I have downloaded from Pinterest.</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><i>If they have a credit imprinted I have kept that, but most have no credit given.</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Enjoy!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><i>‘Til next time,</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>inkspired </b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8BJs_4tpl0VCsiqwz-NzbT_jse_pl_tID5vmvO2QpEBeTqia5G9xpFkrsj2WZVTULyb7Dc-BBSOmcs3JHWAcHBd73cs_E0rw1e_UqCrg7QFaOrUy_1-W7yCMEim2MqHWL_sgHIMG4PxNJVgzvWVQUYl5OZr3ZmlgMxPHeupDbp4uFvH_-q-pxlfyDCwc/s681/IMG_6606.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8BJs_4tpl0VCsiqwz-NzbT_jse_pl_tID5vmvO2QpEBeTqia5G9xpFkrsj2WZVTULyb7Dc-BBSOmcs3JHWAcHBd73cs_E0rw1e_UqCrg7QFaOrUy_1-W7yCMEim2MqHWL_sgHIMG4PxNJVgzvWVQUYl5OZr3ZmlgMxPHeupDbp4uFvH_-q-pxlfyDCwc/w470-h640/IMG_6606.jpeg" width="470" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b></i></span></div><p></p>Inkspiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454530754439546966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097634769099879241.post-29993426499374056502023-07-16T11:48:00.423-06:002023-07-21T16:05:39.363-06:00Luxembourg<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZwc43NA4TAgSxVdtiivTscO8oDOiHHqBakgroqqS0hHW72cbJvrv8jGr8WS2HN1Be8Z8wCfp0yXKn-HnH341_35eqHns6qwlkNmzRRg5oO_Fap2_XnAaz5VIkulj5Jv74i3ehPsG2LjKNB68IKYSJKL17Y6BS0Hld0ELAE07H9J2HD18g8U_jc7ab/s1152/IMG_9477.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZwc43NA4TAgSxVdtiivTscO8oDOiHHqBakgroqqS0hHW72cbJvrv8jGr8WS2HN1Be8Z8wCfp0yXKn-HnH341_35eqHns6qwlkNmzRRg5oO_Fap2_XnAaz5VIkulj5Jv74i3ehPsG2LjKNB68IKYSJKL17Y6BS0Hld0ELAE07H9J2HD18g8U_jc7ab/w426-h640/IMG_9477.jpeg" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: helvetica;">Vianden Castle</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Photo credit: April Everyday</div></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>Today we are taking a trip </i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>to the small country of</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Luxembourg</span><br /><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDyHwR2AKbtnug4svrsslUcNUquvRGUw9lG5YnhOvuPKzYL8uCbTx8xq7psEadRbvxnElQHFMGWaScEli_Wr5vhw-Zr3YJoQ4TTb6DiPU4ipp9YcDLbp_WLOtPmHpma9QLzxGkBNbj-Z_ZkO3Ot-xltFt_XV96z4cJqn5dSthSB2aYPugzffEYScx-/s1200/IMG_9770.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="923" data-original-width="1200" height="493" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDyHwR2AKbtnug4svrsslUcNUquvRGUw9lG5YnhOvuPKzYL8uCbTx8xq7psEadRbvxnElQHFMGWaScEli_Wr5vhw-Zr3YJoQ4TTb6DiPU4ipp9YcDLbp_WLOtPmHpma9QLzxGkBNbj-Z_ZkO3Ot-xltFt_XV96z4cJqn5dSthSB2aYPugzffEYScx-/w640-h493/IMG_9770.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">CountryReports.org</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #783f04;"> </span><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia;">Look carefully!</span></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It’s only 998 square miles large.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Tucked in amongst the 75 castles and fortifications</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29); color: #783f04; font-size: large;">you can find about 640,000 citizens.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi680rZclE5erSNIKFb220ORDoM4DVrs0vTQX2bb0FqJBIJixicKsIQLu3qGXHcuQ3e1Kh7oDFrFfQmJFt8GDeRD8NYpBxVw1EV117AN8WrJqgteKGDz5zpKSvAwCCsm49ZGqZmRgzSfyJHI4afF3QQH9_WiplZ9YS1DK6sbkmnc31L2vL3Z6cvL-zP/s1568/IMG_9777.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1568" data-original-width="1230" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi680rZclE5erSNIKFb220ORDoM4DVrs0vTQX2bb0FqJBIJixicKsIQLu3qGXHcuQ3e1Kh7oDFrFfQmJFt8GDeRD8NYpBxVw1EV117AN8WrJqgteKGDz5zpKSvAwCCsm49ZGqZmRgzSfyJHI4afF3QQH9_WiplZ9YS1DK6sbkmnc31L2vL3Z6cvL-zP/w314-h400/IMG_9777.jpeg" width="314" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Traditional Luxembourg costumes</span></span></div><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29); color: #783f04; font-size: large;">Luxembourg is completely land locked.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29); color: #783f04; font-size: large;">France, Belgium and Germany share borders with it.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29); color: #783f04; font-size: large;">It is a mostly rural country, with dense Ardennes forests in the North, rocky gorges in the East.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29);">The capitol, <b>Luxembourg City </b>is famous for its fortified medieval old town perched on sheer cliffs.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg19ZnMa3mRk4dRmabRuCXGZ0k5rTvR_BQHWcpIX_b57NpPwyTsgVz4QQib8Jn4kg0cgQcGGyjiiY4wyOhfKggCNAmFlSYT9TPK3BpYWczFeLFqWk5gcd8IsuqURI7V7A4qN_NvMtfGjY_frXR0EY6F6AqS5rPggHRZ6eDK0f0eU2u9_uRTyrJmxySc/s655/IMG_9773.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="507" data-original-width="655" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg19ZnMa3mRk4dRmabRuCXGZ0k5rTvR_BQHWcpIX_b57NpPwyTsgVz4QQib8Jn4kg0cgQcGGyjiiY4wyOhfKggCNAmFlSYT9TPK3BpYWczFeLFqWk5gcd8IsuqURI7V7A4qN_NvMtfGjY_frXR0EY6F6AqS5rPggHRZ6eDK0f0eU2u9_uRTyrJmxySc/w640-h496/IMG_9773.jpeg" width="640" /></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29);"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Luxembourg is the small green area in the middle of France, Belgium and Germany.</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29); font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: x-large;"><i>Why is Luxembourg a country?</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29); font-size: large;">It’s so small, wouldn’t it be easier to just be absorbed into one of its much larger neighbors?</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29);">To answer that we need to look at a bit of history.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPuP9Lnv4ZIPUg2VnfZa4cnP0zcqdWqghOKIWsZJw6KOjglTnvGs-Hbil3Ui524ABc1bElkxAi4sohRNmLCTkoXUmfRfL5RBP3OM-zvkfZO19eLL4S1A0LDHzgagRUVwzEttVE2d6UjfkHSG5O4yVTOagt421b3d9kAabB4THLqui7XtvhNgnUJ1S7/s1200/IMG_9775.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPuP9Lnv4ZIPUg2VnfZa4cnP0zcqdWqghOKIWsZJw6KOjglTnvGs-Hbil3Ui524ABc1bElkxAi4sohRNmLCTkoXUmfRfL5RBP3OM-zvkfZO19eLL4S1A0LDHzgagRUVwzEttVE2d6UjfkHSG5O4yVTOagt421b3d9kAabB4THLqui7XtvhNgnUJ1S7/w640-h480/IMG_9775.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: helvetica;">Schiessentumpel Waterfall, Mullerthal Region</span></div><div style="font-family: georgia; text-align: center;">Photo credit: Jordan Hanson</div><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29); color: #783f04; font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29);"><br /></span></span></div></span></span><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29);">As an individual entity, or country, Luxembourg started with the construction of</span></span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span><b style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29); color: #783f04; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Luxembourg Castle, </span></b><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29); color: #783f04; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> approximately 960 CE (AD) on the site (supposedly) of a Roman fortified fort. Siegfried I, Count of Ardennes started the construction.</span></blockquote><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhuKHoaqNjCxr6gYiNkdLCZ9mbTSE8XN2AlySSIene1QTgp1lstRfwXtrdB5jtzu7-QY32psnUakEgOniCqzxmoIIs1vRPf1i5n6GdaqfP8mUyGHIJ04Y-BUZQpD2XCSTlAg99-0ydRqt8GSIeBzqz9PSAmfkNJjql_BWRcevMOkNZlQpMhC6CzwGO/s500/IMG_9781.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhuKHoaqNjCxr6gYiNkdLCZ9mbTSE8XN2AlySSIene1QTgp1lstRfwXtrdB5jtzu7-QY32psnUakEgOniCqzxmoIIs1vRPf1i5n6GdaqfP8mUyGHIJ04Y-BUZQpD2XCSTlAg99-0ydRqt8GSIeBzqz9PSAmfkNJjql_BWRcevMOkNZlQpMhC6CzwGO/w400-h400/IMG_9781.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Luxembourg City, Luxembourg</span><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Photo credit: Peter Gutierrez</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i>Let’s draw a castle!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggudoqld4DUyP-0Q0HLu6NQYtwDSBkFjREQF8jJZ6Zm6JKzPrYcVeZoIuaaTEnzVOIdHFhwocbQJI45-j7O4S8FSdDXmYZ6NadhjxXKEe8ePacRKVjAZnetxt3e8FSBotkA4M2Z47vxHRnVIrikFqvluWi8BBSyjBN3S0p67teh5cRwQYW4sHANBa01kI/s770/IMG_0220.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="770" data-original-width="606" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggudoqld4DUyP-0Q0HLu6NQYtwDSBkFjREQF8jJZ6Zm6JKzPrYcVeZoIuaaTEnzVOIdHFhwocbQJI45-j7O4S8FSdDXmYZ6NadhjxXKEe8ePacRKVjAZnetxt3e8FSBotkA4M2Z47vxHRnVIrikFqvluWi8BBSyjBN3S0p67teh5cRwQYW4sHANBa01kI/w504-h640/IMG_0220.jpeg" width="504" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Downloaded to Pinterest by Sharon Gowryluk</span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Luxembourg was passed down from family to family for a few centuries -</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">House of Luxembourg, the Burgundians,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">the Hapsburgs.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">There was an 80 Years’ War that resulted in Luxembourg becoming part of the Netherlands,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">then it was passed to the Austrian Hapsburgs. When France had their big Revolution it became part of ‘Revolutionary France’. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Whew! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi92iAvcHJUvgWM80J6MC37aWOzuQ4Of1tmmotEJHiu3JtUtVZe9CGqqNZnUrSVMT1Lm7J8I5mHgNnKsLIPBTBynQFz1H4cH2Ag1a6HFwbMfECrNwY-Yp3409pkm6bUSnkOZQwLqjvL3ceoN-mKWJ8Kgpi5kQjJLtpUuIitITRB1PidlH5V0wWwaqoS/s560/IMG_9776.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="560" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi92iAvcHJUvgWM80J6MC37aWOzuQ4Of1tmmotEJHiu3JtUtVZe9CGqqNZnUrSVMT1Lm7J8I5mHgNnKsLIPBTBynQFz1H4cH2Ag1a6HFwbMfECrNwY-Yp3409pkm6bUSnkOZQwLqjvL3ceoN-mKWJ8Kgpi5kQjJLtpUuIitITRB1PidlH5V0wWwaqoS/w640-h482/IMG_9776.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Clervaux Castle, </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">photo credit Joan Bos</span><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">In 1815 the Vienna Congress turned Luxembourg into a Grand Duchy in Union with the Netherlands.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Treaties had already reduced the size of the country, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">and in 1837 it was reduced again.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">In exchange for giving up land, each time Luxembourg gained more independence.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdGrKv3LbomT0Ef8hGJ8ZxQklNWeeqxUNAoIIF8P2ruJzI4nCMT59K8YIgnIc7B1WHtBxr8kzd2UKWU2Fz8khA0U_wnjkfYY_MaB_l6Co-UdEFe8sWoDJOaJixD0VnBDNvpSadLNR9hs_F0RkyCgypDLvj4uccIK7qqkw6fRB1FNADjPL-mYtluwUe/s981/IMG_9780.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="981" data-original-width="736" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdGrKv3LbomT0Ef8hGJ8ZxQklNWeeqxUNAoIIF8P2ruJzI4nCMT59K8YIgnIc7B1WHtBxr8kzd2UKWU2Fz8khA0U_wnjkfYY_MaB_l6Co-UdEFe8sWoDJOaJixD0VnBDNvpSadLNR9hs_F0RkyCgypDLvj4uccIK7qqkw6fRB1FNADjPL-mYtluwUe/w480-h640/IMG_9780.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Vianden, Luxembourg</span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Photo credit Ipanema Travels</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Luxembourg became independent in 1867</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">with an agreement of <b><i>perpetual neutrality</i></b> by the European Powers.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">From 1841-1891 </span><b><span style="color: red;">1 in 5</span></b><span style="color: #b45f06;"> inhabitants emigrated to the USA due to economic problems and loss of markets,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia;">mostly agrarian (think fields and crops).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">After the German occupation from 1914-1918, and again from 1940-1944, with the help of Allied troops</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Luxembourg was independent once again.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Quite the history of struggles to get there.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">But were their tough times over?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">In 1839 Luxembourg had lost more than 1/2 of its land to Belgium in exchange for more independence.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">By 1891 they had lost 1/5th of their people.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUVkjI701q5Shl_27UqkfV-BGwViHNQs6i_RCE9SGcMNhTA80jubQwidPPNuyf4nUoBhe3cdFDwz5Cg7DCtcyJiWpwMxDftJOyGJUNs3RVHsFlDc-IHrXZx4vHB72LI1TsYLpcKsQBUGrfrOQY-Ruc3J0y8Cw5y7Jw3kcSffwVfBnEK5c0E5gSNkT3/s533/IMG_9848.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="533" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUVkjI701q5Shl_27UqkfV-BGwViHNQs6i_RCE9SGcMNhTA80jubQwidPPNuyf4nUoBhe3cdFDwz5Cg7DCtcyJiWpwMxDftJOyGJUNs3RVHsFlDc-IHrXZx4vHB72LI1TsYLpcKsQBUGrfrOQY-Ruc3J0y8Cw5y7Jw3kcSffwVfBnEK5c0E5gSNkT3/w640-h480/IMG_9848.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: helvetica;">Castle Beaufort</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Throughout all this time, the Luxembourgians kept their national pride and identity as a unique nation.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>“We will remain what we are”</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">is the official motto for Luxembourg.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZCGelXJqd9nnVG_OAcxmlZdqL4Y9XYb5E_iPM3Icm9MN_NZ6IPu4-lcVMVah3W6Dm5w-gPHpXVCRp1q6WYFXmcobGvaF-z1MshwYzOwVvCR2JetoSDPNnGBjjcFSHRb5k1GropjsQp-lXTCR4ZLWYbJiPYd2Hqs2kCbkocW-f2j5OcqgLR301ds7qSW0/s1155/IMG_9779.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1155" data-original-width="840" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZCGelXJqd9nnVG_OAcxmlZdqL4Y9XYb5E_iPM3Icm9MN_NZ6IPu4-lcVMVah3W6Dm5w-gPHpXVCRp1q6WYFXmcobGvaF-z1MshwYzOwVvCR2JetoSDPNnGBjjcFSHRb5k1GropjsQp-lXTCR4ZLWYbJiPYd2Hqs2kCbkocW-f2j5OcqgLR301ds7qSW0/w291-h400/IMG_9779.jpeg" width="291" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: helvetica;">Traditional Luxembourg dress</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;">With a lot of hard work and wise economic decisions with leadership that was <b>for</b> the people, today Luxembourg has one of the highest GDP per capita and is the top richest country of the world…</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">…and it is all squished into a land space of about 1/2 the size of the USA’s state of Delaware!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In 1948 Luxembourg lost its’ classification as a neutral country when it joined NATO</span><span style="font-family: georgia;">.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZcMXBGJaLQrijCWmH-HvCagXUGizK9G2QnQU_PJdqOZJnJ2fnvGr2_ZCHA-9ysuuQ-6DFChYJPSV_b7ovn0WylnMQA9a1sup2V7ZsVB6yzwM9v3_5KLY6k5qYSl1oHtWqIak4hT3DnJVh47DTBBfzccm29CeL0uo5M2KroXwZlzABO5EZKtQqmAHtNs/s1599/IMG_9474.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1599" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZcMXBGJaLQrijCWmH-HvCagXUGizK9G2QnQU_PJdqOZJnJ2fnvGr2_ZCHA-9ysuuQ-6DFChYJPSV_b7ovn0WylnMQA9a1sup2V7ZsVB6yzwM9v3_5KLY6k5qYSl1oHtWqIak4hT3DnJVh47DTBBfzccm29CeL0uo5M2KroXwZlzABO5EZKtQqmAHtNs/w480-h640/IMG_9474.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: helvetica;">Mullerthal Region, Luxembourg</span><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>So how did it become the richest country </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>in the world?</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh30zj6ovaAlj5VKUHO5jES6aQgfvM8OSBz3sRzB8kXfQJ_WbeZQIl8-2xx-G0FAWJhA_tV-Iprzah-nGKpTQk2KNhXqqw8exX2zyVsRSibOPDemvFiVdLpZ7o7y6bRoQWJyrBlamcRx-WMOqZBJBBN344n2wPS8S8q-iNCvWVyzUDSCmmy-4-OP1evO6c/s890/IMG_9476.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="594" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh30zj6ovaAlj5VKUHO5jES6aQgfvM8OSBz3sRzB8kXfQJ_WbeZQIl8-2xx-G0FAWJhA_tV-Iprzah-nGKpTQk2KNhXqqw8exX2zyVsRSibOPDemvFiVdLpZ7o7y6bRoQWJyrBlamcRx-WMOqZBJBBN344n2wPS8S8q-iNCvWVyzUDSCmmy-4-OP1evO6c/w428-h640/IMG_9476.jpeg" width="428" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: helvetica;">Luxembourg City </span></div><div style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Luxembourg is one of Europe’s wealthiest nations with cultural diversity, highly tolerant citizens, beautiful ancient architecture and a major center for private banking.</span></div><div style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">It’s the last part that gives the country wealth.</span></div><div style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Their main trading partners are Germany, France and Belgium.</span></div><div style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv80VGf32aSOVg9n3tYOZDvJ-iQfPO4VtUip4I7SIPBa3ee5cYhbA7cJyn_-BxKA83GANCh0G8Vzi9JxUTvqbPk7w62RBrOqN9qC0xC10YfEaXxUNFPNMN6UH8nS0HFWRyreDGTJLXg-GfOqY0Dcorkyx6sHZtTfXyic84oqaGR0EAbrKJSJmWHMAeOvc/s1500/IMG_9480.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv80VGf32aSOVg9n3tYOZDvJ-iQfPO4VtUip4I7SIPBa3ee5cYhbA7cJyn_-BxKA83GANCh0G8Vzi9JxUTvqbPk7w62RBrOqN9qC0xC10YfEaXxUNFPNMN6UH8nS0HFWRyreDGTJLXg-GfOqY0Dcorkyx6sHZtTfXyic84oqaGR0EAbrKJSJmWHMAeOvc/w426-h640/IMG_9480.jpeg" width="426" /></a></div>Bock Casements</div><div style="text-align: center;">Underneath Luxembourg City</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">A tiny bit of economics:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><i>First, you have to understand I have a B.S. in Psychology, emphasis on Child Development, Special Education. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><i>Minor in Theater.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #351c75; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">Not Economics.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><i>No where near Economics!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><i>So this next part is like speaking a foreign language from a tiny tribe in the Amazon for me.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><i>Let’s jump in!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">When rating the richest countries, there is a system used called</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b><i>Purchasing Power Parity.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDYUNENVoYfChibcN0dkDqXddPEiddrlDoHuVDhYMf3apc1wDdjhXYCI8c3DrDqjd5mrnd32rtuJgFEboIZ3b36IAdSLGkAv5PCr6MEKQwyXHMYrpe8Lpv5lfWHapFjoc1Iy1k-57UEBLyU8TPrymbUsgXXkuB1X9Pc172nPVV8wFeyoi3WbOZRzp_pyY/s1800/IMG_9920.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDYUNENVoYfChibcN0dkDqXddPEiddrlDoHuVDhYMf3apc1wDdjhXYCI8c3DrDqjd5mrnd32rtuJgFEboIZ3b36IAdSLGkAv5PCr6MEKQwyXHMYrpe8Lpv5lfWHapFjoc1Iy1k-57UEBLyU8TPrymbUsgXXkuB1X9Pc172nPVV8wFeyoi3WbOZRzp_pyY/w427-h640/IMG_9920.jpeg" width="427" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Clervaux Castle, Luxembourg, </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">World UNESCO site</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">According to the PPP Luxembourg is no.1 rated as 131,500.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Singapore comes in 2nd at 116,500,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">followed by (in order) Ireland, Qatar, Bermuda, Norway, United Arab Emirates, Switzerland, Cayman Islands, Macao and 11th place is USA.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>(Most recent info 2021)</i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPKWKpkVSHTw4vv8FYS2YWOIlAtNRAiZmy1wc1Ex4eMDdW7QQKyJ6TLyfwy8gcSLnUNHsS5vYpIJWVv-p6C4BXNeD_g8CId3tlQo6c8AIOUMv_AyacSDGOThGt0KdRcqZT9injmEEWb-McC-Jd8e7iRio6U9UNeKo5tWj-xnu443sRObtOCbel6N9bfRg/s640/IMG_9470.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="427" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPKWKpkVSHTw4vv8FYS2YWOIlAtNRAiZmy1wc1Ex4eMDdW7QQKyJ6TLyfwy8gcSLnUNHsS5vYpIJWVv-p6C4BXNeD_g8CId3tlQo6c8AIOUMv_AyacSDGOThGt0KdRcqZT9injmEEWb-McC-Jd8e7iRio6U9UNeKo5tWj-xnu443sRObtOCbel6N9bfRg/w428-h640/IMG_9470.jpeg" width="428" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);">Beaufort Castle; </span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4); color: #0b5394; font-family: helvetica;">Photo credit: smiclux</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);">Luxembourg generates $$ from financial products.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Many of the top PPP countries are tax havens and provide safe and tax efficient homes for large corporations such as Amazon, Google and Apple.</span><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);">Interesting way to make money.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiWiYcSnmbGlaSVycKtNc6e7Q425ycGzSco-zBOodncPFIMxVihShEIY2uRUWiU2qN8Z3Ib3MO3stR5Qjgfj82V8IzdZGNI1AuwfiG6FpvHXbCKFOAsTmT9Qd6_0EAPM-ly3o1QqnzFFNLEyOp8L7oSyIgcy2ZbbJ3DRkQc4EM7NM52h18J0sA7ywGTMA/s1558/IMG_9778.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1558" data-original-width="1057" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiWiYcSnmbGlaSVycKtNc6e7Q425ycGzSco-zBOodncPFIMxVihShEIY2uRUWiU2qN8Z3Ib3MO3stR5Qjgfj82V8IzdZGNI1AuwfiG6FpvHXbCKFOAsTmT9Qd6_0EAPM-ly3o1QqnzFFNLEyOp8L7oSyIgcy2ZbbJ3DRkQc4EM7NM52h18J0sA7ywGTMA/w271-h400/IMG_9778.jpeg" width="271" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Traditional Luxembourg folk costumes</div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Enough facts for a bit!</span><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Let’s learn how to draw a few more castles!</span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX7kvB0-6l3M54DR0TISY5leGHax5bb3ASGaPz7cpsU3jXa5bJxSoCl3UtKxgiKrQamg-2HXSKSGBB1OmtCp4f9LxSdLTOXY6ErzCao5eoptwOlbbDRh9U-gI5YI6q5fin53TQxCwDo-x5ckg4k12YCY_RtMKY3zZ8eZLlHWu_1ZjXj-hdHbrQnEXshbQ/s1095/IMG_0219.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1095" data-original-width="850" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX7kvB0-6l3M54DR0TISY5leGHax5bb3ASGaPz7cpsU3jXa5bJxSoCl3UtKxgiKrQamg-2HXSKSGBB1OmtCp4f9LxSdLTOXY6ErzCao5eoptwOlbbDRh9U-gI5YI6q5fin53TQxCwDo-x5ckg4k12YCY_RtMKY3zZ8eZLlHWu_1ZjXj-hdHbrQnEXshbQ/w496-h640/IMG_0219.jpeg" width="496" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;">and 1 more -</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG61R-acoBGJ8hGt5BLD5MjNhgQddImFnYn7YSCgTcbKTOZAeTQP4nf8BNXlvL1675O1PjUPbr4p_D912j7l9jnAP3e1CR1SRU4iucax8910o0kDI2kNjc4Kre-qDipGUVKwj7MNxTuj5egJA84cgpZIL1jgK6D7csZbVRpmMAI00qLxQ5bzgewudU90M/s951/IMG_0222.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="951" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG61R-acoBGJ8hGt5BLD5MjNhgQddImFnYn7YSCgTcbKTOZAeTQP4nf8BNXlvL1675O1PjUPbr4p_D912j7l9jnAP3e1CR1SRU4iucax8910o0kDI2kNjc4Kre-qDipGUVKwj7MNxTuj5egJA84cgpZIL1jgK6D7csZbVRpmMAI00qLxQ5bzgewudU90M/w516-h640/IMG_0222.jpeg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Art Projects for Kids</div><div style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Next I have a Color by Number project for you -</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirECeMYRxs44NYx4Ux9Aci3aJ6iHcG0ef_-RiT_WrZm0-WAOFD4aBxXle2iNpZ7R71tGVBYmivNpXSpC9izzYdhZxnbYKCKDQ6fYWbQSKGA-t6yc0NdatSRuERXcr6-O2RpmEkq-hEzlSAiwx7Pgi2btxGbAi0vRi3X0is-8dEDpC89B0mb26VtMraFhw/s1425/IMG_0225.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1425" data-original-width="1199" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirECeMYRxs44NYx4Ux9Aci3aJ6iHcG0ef_-RiT_WrZm0-WAOFD4aBxXle2iNpZ7R71tGVBYmivNpXSpC9izzYdhZxnbYKCKDQ6fYWbQSKGA-t6yc0NdatSRuERXcr6-O2RpmEkq-hEzlSAiwx7Pgi2btxGbAi0vRi3X0is-8dEDpC89B0mb26VtMraFhw/w538-h640/IMG_0225.jpeg" width="538" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">By Printablee</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Luxembourg is a UNESCO </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">World Heritage site -</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">the City of Luxembourg, the Old Quarter and the fortifications.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPXmsahoLndMyKCCUVjOzHmXEGDUm3ykTbPjfQ8cTBFUAs4JvKvdYu4BAIb7h1EZhFuW1f0-HxSqoFSesPibHRQiSTPE1YHbbDjk9FbG7Nwm_ouMgZEnSiM95_CXiTBu3m5aP-ybiK33vj3Ds6ZcPVmS7aus4f09FTzjn1tir9m0HUSQ5-c6ZG78qSApU/s1067/IMG_9792.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPXmsahoLndMyKCCUVjOzHmXEGDUm3ykTbPjfQ8cTBFUAs4JvKvdYu4BAIb7h1EZhFuW1f0-HxSqoFSesPibHRQiSTPE1YHbbDjk9FbG7Nwm_ouMgZEnSiM95_CXiTBu3m5aP-ybiK33vj3Ds6ZcPVmS7aus4f09FTzjn1tir9m0HUSQ5-c6ZG78qSApU/w300-h400/IMG_9792.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Another view of Vianden Castle</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">It is also on <i><u>The Representative List of</u></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><u style="font-style: italic;">Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity</u> !</span><br /><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">This is for </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">1. The musical art of horn players.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">A teaching technique using singing, breath control, vibrato, resonance of place and conviviality.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMpGyrdh6CFiF7l4_s7UIbvXY6JIwUMGldnFv9YzZeJ5amxFWbFiGfFB5e34r7Khakft5FMnHuk0QrlW84BftcQOgRy6KkZBavw2R5Qt67Qcjh5nzWT0D_FZen-e5feIjuTRG1KFCRJfSaR1mrzGLDTu-K6-24aJaTVxmWss1eowh5-N6UuYp7YXYwN0/s1803/IMG_9951.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1803" data-original-width="1219" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnMpGyrdh6CFiF7l4_s7UIbvXY6JIwUMGldnFv9YzZeJ5amxFWbFiGfFB5e34r7Khakft5FMnHuk0QrlW84BftcQOgRy6KkZBavw2R5Qt67Qcjh5nzWT0D_FZen-e5feIjuTRG1KFCRJfSaR1mrzGLDTu-K6-24aJaTVxmWss1eowh5-N6UuYp7YXYwN0/w432-h640/IMG_9951.jpeg" width="432" /></a></div>Unknown</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0T9O3Y2LrrdVzLfY0nuPAPwDdBZf4LJXlOqeiw7w3H3euylXSpHaeKqYyNBYo5CmxM830Gak2h90IahnVjRIW6mjLyUtg5noykA4wVeJPPt0pLiDAR_U1SFrzq681baej_4AOdAsQqeYdTG8qFOofOhdVBw-vNK7HQ8OwmiKJhF71N1eGN9qJtGae9Mw/s2317/IMG_9950.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1591" data-original-width="2317" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0T9O3Y2LrrdVzLfY0nuPAPwDdBZf4LJXlOqeiw7w3H3euylXSpHaeKqYyNBYo5CmxM830Gak2h90IahnVjRIW6mjLyUtg5noykA4wVeJPPt0pLiDAR_U1SFrzq681baej_4AOdAsQqeYdTG8qFOofOhdVBw-vNK7HQ8OwmiKJhF71N1eGN9qJtGae9Mw/w640-h440/IMG_9950.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Horn practice in the park</span><br /><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">2. Hopping procession of Echternach</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>(Oldest City in Luxembourg)</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);">Documented since 100 AD it is founded on the cult of <b>Saint</b> <b>Willibrord</b>, the founding monk from the Abbey of Echternach. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);">He was known for kindness, gift of curing certain illnesses and his missionary activities.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);">Pagan elements in the procession caused the Church to ban it - but it kept spreading to the other regions and every social class.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ximXIbiceKZgWc_bMDO6ypTONuMdMxTaHq7FoGGRJtqpa2AgkV5639Yo7sGoa9q2ICJ5CxJmml94xLD48zvxfPW_JOwPn0xmFyD4FyTICOA_tyVm69xhSF9f1y-j1UEja0TXgif_EZ84e1Qdy6NYMsCkf2G-vERbz4Nk4_CX95qbTUKkWP2Dosg-t30/s2446/IMG_9952.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1892" data-original-width="2446" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ximXIbiceKZgWc_bMDO6ypTONuMdMxTaHq7FoGGRJtqpa2AgkV5639Yo7sGoa9q2ICJ5CxJmml94xLD48zvxfPW_JOwPn0xmFyD4FyTICOA_tyVm69xhSF9f1y-j1UEja0TXgif_EZ84e1Qdy6NYMsCkf2G-vERbz4Nk4_CX95qbTUKkWP2Dosg-t30/w640-h496/IMG_9952.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);">The procession starts with singers reciting litanies until </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);">8,000 dancers take over!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);">These are split into 45 groups by rituals that have been</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);">passed down from generation to generation.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);">It ends with a service in the basilica.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);">There are an average of 13,000 participants</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);">from Luxembourg and its’ neighbors.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2lbACcrTTp3NiZLiGFDWcGUbi6gRaa9GtueP3GpU7AqhDPfdks3XDjM6Ts52Os0ZnvTCLJfIDQ_UtC4UO-Zs7NU645NgUkM8X_Pr_qPbJ2ZBjLcgb0L8dNPYiWHHWaIp2RBXO0YiC8SyO5SGAi6qY3HviPimw15MZJymvsBd447zdp-yB4i26H45K1D4/s576/IMG_0228.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="548" data-original-width="576" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2lbACcrTTp3NiZLiGFDWcGUbi6gRaa9GtueP3GpU7AqhDPfdks3XDjM6Ts52Os0ZnvTCLJfIDQ_UtC4UO-Zs7NU645NgUkM8X_Pr_qPbJ2ZBjLcgb0L8dNPYiWHHWaIp2RBXO0YiC8SyO5SGAi6qY3HviPimw15MZJymvsBd447zdp-yB4i26H45K1D4/w400-h380/IMG_0228.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Posted on Pinterest by Roxanne White</span><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117); color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">As always, when I research for a blog I come up with tons more info than I can put into 1 blog.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Every now and then I will write a ‘part 2’.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117); color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">I hope you had fun and found out some interesting things about the small country of Luxembourg that you didn’t know before.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">As for me,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">I would love to visit this unique country,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">and perhaps even meet a reader or 2 of my blog!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">I’ll put it on my list.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117); color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117); font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">That’s it for today,</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117); font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">‘Til next time,</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117); font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">inkspired</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);">A few of the places I gathered information from,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);">in no particular order:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);">architecturaldigest.com</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);">folkcostume.blogspot.com</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);">worlddata.info</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);">usnews.com</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);">Pinterest</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);">nomadsunveiled.com</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);">oecdbetterlifeindex.org</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);">Wikipedia.org</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);">cia.gov</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);">express.co.uk</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);">Conde’ Nast Traveller magazine</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);">state.gov</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);">unesco.org</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);">interpol.int</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);">Abmc.gov</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibVPug3k5OgJqPUwUEZ91aaSbgWy2HvBOEZ3ayj0Eqdn9sve44psivHqwarwDNg7bAZTKTZ9UyO5KlUG5P1XrzYzvmiDbkRdc10dd_KCfACgOoZ9zX2ixAl_iLOnuXzZ_y7s11FDFxxbxgrLnctuA-P4eUGbRrDZ58yNvbiec_d92ZoyLUy8o9fthQd1U/s820/IMG_0226.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="613" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibVPug3k5OgJqPUwUEZ91aaSbgWy2HvBOEZ3ayj0Eqdn9sve44psivHqwarwDNg7bAZTKTZ9UyO5KlUG5P1XrzYzvmiDbkRdc10dd_KCfACgOoZ9zX2ixAl_iLOnuXzZ_y7s11FDFxxbxgrLnctuA-P4eUGbRrDZ58yNvbiec_d92ZoyLUy8o9fthQd1U/w299-h400/IMG_0226.jpeg" width="299" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Easy Dots 14</span><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117); color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p></div>Inkspiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454530754439546966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097634769099879241.post-47997939747180314402023-07-12T23:09:00.402-06:002023-08-13T19:26:23.563-06:00Robin Hood and Maid Marian<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Welcome! </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifsUPuyqfccpGZq7jS8Zoxj8aoMTHzvcDJ7InkZx6x3J3nVDag4jqwqxnsD61sdK2NO2xia08oMPbHpeQBlE6dteuOqXTQ1ZbgcqGyIBX-pOwYF98vcYsOWy0XqsO46xPVXQkHtZjbNBsRz4YzIrulHvy2HiyxU5Bg-7K9_5lkI0UPXWVpTWEb0bf-_G8/s1200/IMG_9090.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="655" data-original-width="1200" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifsUPuyqfccpGZq7jS8Zoxj8aoMTHzvcDJ7InkZx6x3J3nVDag4jqwqxnsD61sdK2NO2xia08oMPbHpeQBlE6dteuOqXTQ1ZbgcqGyIBX-pOwYF98vcYsOWy0XqsO46xPVXQkHtZjbNBsRz4YzIrulHvy2HiyxU5Bg-7K9_5lkI0UPXWVpTWEb0bf-_G8/w640-h350/IMG_9090.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Director Mel Brooks’ “Men in Tights” version of Robin Hood</span></b></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>First, my apologies for </i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>dropping off the edge of the earth.</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>I have been planning and teaching classes at the local Senior Center, and preparing some of my paper collage art to be displayed at our City Hall’s Art Show.</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>I am submitting 5 pieces for the Summer Art Show.</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>Yay!</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>Very exciting time for me, but also very busy and yes, stressful time too.</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>So my blog fell behind.</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>I did just finish and post a blog about the country of</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>Luxembourg</b></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>found in the western part of Europe.</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #38761d; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnzLahFCNPg41ISO_BuGVPmy4TSDbnJ2UAJBM4SLAeTNF-EK4FlfxS_CuzA8vy_-olbUCkG9F8l1GYxDhWyu6g8G8gLB9Z-kqM0YHgWN7Xp4AypOMCd86AuIQApzo7BZ_a0q9bK8fvDz2O6fS9eCShSY5B_3OglDDZuYev3XW6Dp32YBk2hD-wlcgSOFw/s1152/IMG_9477.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="768" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnzLahFCNPg41ISO_BuGVPmy4TSDbnJ2UAJBM4SLAeTNF-EK4FlfxS_CuzA8vy_-olbUCkG9F8l1GYxDhWyu6g8G8gLB9Z-kqM0YHgWN7Xp4AypOMCd86AuIQApzo7BZ_a0q9bK8fvDz2O6fS9eCShSY5B_3OglDDZuYev3XW6Dp32YBk2hD-wlcgSOFw/w266-h400/IMG_9477.jpeg" width="266" /></a></span></div><p style="color: #38761d; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Why Luxembourg?</span></p><p style="color: #38761d; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Because I have blog readers there, and I knew very little about the country. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>(See other similar blogs I have written </i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">like </span><span style="font-size: xx-large;">Brunei and Portugal).</span></i></span></p><p style="color: #38761d; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOxN7nV6Kr_T_m3EwVMSxHLlUTiO-uvQ24eX1YYhV9J8EycAGwVMFa239G9gTWtQL7ESHd4U1GZZSsNt8x6sfqWe_Ra-HlEY2HCdSD4-_E2moRWhO7SXZOQPz66WJrO7ICqw-KvvCiMDufbFD79VYj8l2p9CFpRmPqp4bXRltQdHqgzxCL6kMV5V2SpCQ/s500/IMG_9387.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="399" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOxN7nV6Kr_T_m3EwVMSxHLlUTiO-uvQ24eX1YYhV9J8EycAGwVMFa239G9gTWtQL7ESHd4U1GZZSsNt8x6sfqWe_Ra-HlEY2HCdSD4-_E2moRWhO7SXZOQPz66WJrO7ICqw-KvvCiMDufbFD79VYj8l2p9CFpRmPqp4bXRltQdHqgzxCL6kMV5V2SpCQ/w319-h400/IMG_9387.jpeg" width="319" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Star Trek Next Generation humor</b></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>But let’s get back to Robin Hood!</i></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29); font-weight: normal;">As I mentioned in a previous blog about </span></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29); font-weight: normal;">Robin Hood -</span></span></h4><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29); font-weight: normal;">while researching the Man and the Myth</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29); font-weight: normal;">I discovered so many wonderful book covers, book plates, posters, paintings, illustrations…</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29); font-weight: normal;">I really wanted to share a few more with you.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29); font-weight: normal;">Ones like this:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29); font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #38761d; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4QNEOYfcbAVinu2qhcmsTbuyFIYoUQT0Pnp0lTx96-lQa4M-bnVWrYVeDxx-6Clz-MfCtpsClm6ooMVbNDuJmURLNAtoyG3GLqzVGmCreEy8NTb0S2vgAZEnC1TKNpBDPZ7LgYkq_pjHaICBg5tSDX2EDClHyZPAyGBN9xBRDTmFEwrmC-BOE3va8CLM/s1770/IMG_9082.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1770" data-original-width="1031" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4QNEOYfcbAVinu2qhcmsTbuyFIYoUQT0Pnp0lTx96-lQa4M-bnVWrYVeDxx-6Clz-MfCtpsClm6ooMVbNDuJmURLNAtoyG3GLqzVGmCreEy8NTb0S2vgAZEnC1TKNpBDPZ7LgYkq_pjHaICBg5tSDX2EDClHyZPAyGBN9xBRDTmFEwrmC-BOE3va8CLM/w372-h640/IMG_9082.jpeg" width="372" /></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: medium;"><b>Published 1965</b></span><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29); color: #38761d; font-size: xx-large; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29); color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">I found this one interesting as Robin is painted with rather uncommon blonde hair.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29); color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29); color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">I always try to give credit to whom it is due,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29); color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">but sometimes I just hit dead ends.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29); color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">Like this one -</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29); color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZMwRmO0Fo2QbhBoda1jns1b0ab2nGZ4EgAhwGB5xqv4ASE_SOsv_sMVUJhYL-f6UMz9hsXVx2pWcWP9jH_YKLSTkwXnPlmQBTKSY89ca7nbUcc0FvTSlupuaCVNsCIV5VpQaBT7Ksj4X7JwvQVgG-3drEkunl-Up2w9pcl7NbnTuMNP1TI23hvLPzefo/s1704/IMG_6306.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="1593" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZMwRmO0Fo2QbhBoda1jns1b0ab2nGZ4EgAhwGB5xqv4ASE_SOsv_sMVUJhYL-f6UMz9hsXVx2pWcWP9jH_YKLSTkwXnPlmQBTKSY89ca7nbUcc0FvTSlupuaCVNsCIV5VpQaBT7Ksj4X7JwvQVgG-3drEkunl-Up2w9pcl7NbnTuMNP1TI23hvLPzefo/w374-h400/IMG_6306.jpeg" width="374" /></a></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Published most likely in the 1920’s</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Love the dog in this one -</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ1DbKqW26QTwCqvVYwGwUt0F5nPxXOlWsA81awB-D0nhcjNhTYo4s4HyE_hTnGrAeC58aGuB_7zJNt6J-i8G0Th5koaiUwjUeAhV2gVv6vXBkTRNk8VyUISnkXS7lfc9kp4rWPJPZUF52ZMzFPdhCCIfMlYpa4DvF5rQSmy9TZQiLGOGRC9i3HYPGIz0/s1576/IMG_9084.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1576" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ1DbKqW26QTwCqvVYwGwUt0F5nPxXOlWsA81awB-D0nhcjNhTYo4s4HyE_hTnGrAeC58aGuB_7zJNt6J-i8G0Th5koaiUwjUeAhV2gVv6vXBkTRNk8VyUISnkXS7lfc9kp4rWPJPZUF52ZMzFPdhCCIfMlYpa4DvF5rQSmy9TZQiLGOGRC9i3HYPGIz0/w488-h640/IMG_9084.jpeg" width="488" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>“Robin and Marion”</b></span></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Thomas Frank Heaphy<br /><span>1813 - 1873</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;">There have been numerous movies, comic books and tv series about Robin Hood.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-FRgUNoJS76jjcpqmbFuu3_KGtNet4Kuqmo-lJ8-ZcWV_Cl3yoM9SuRsRotU-KyphpnCdaf8-YyPKt0SeaUqMtHCx3oLScEg4XLUgQvofBjEIHynsHZzIAD_qvBCHNWLkHqv76dVi_aeN7eZDQafbG9LmSoMCw1OVOjcwjNr8vtjmM1gI8pwUsyq6II/s1158/IMG_9323.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="981" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-FRgUNoJS76jjcpqmbFuu3_KGtNet4Kuqmo-lJ8-ZcWV_Cl3yoM9SuRsRotU-KyphpnCdaf8-YyPKt0SeaUqMtHCx3oLScEg4XLUgQvofBjEIHynsHZzIAD_qvBCHNWLkHqv76dVi_aeN7eZDQafbG9LmSoMCw1OVOjcwjNr8vtjmM1gI8pwUsyq6II/w339-h400/IMG_9323.jpeg" width="339" /></a></div><b>BBC tv series</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOJsHcdmbzGd6dLzxwkF6mP_lCzOF5cMO83E65EuFWJIr0HYl3OHrF3Z7nM15W3Ju2ldmfkkMJEHZVR-GbyEDlFfXSXUi-NXB9SA433djq4yK9egtZn7XqU5CnFErujThuQNIUHHiU9O7H1ft-yplrpjRvQbO3TauiVd11y_tT0HQ-yU3iy6603OZrYUs/s600/IMG_9378.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="398" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOJsHcdmbzGd6dLzxwkF6mP_lCzOF5cMO83E65EuFWJIr0HYl3OHrF3Z7nM15W3Ju2ldmfkkMJEHZVR-GbyEDlFfXSXUi-NXB9SA433djq4yK9egtZn7XqU5CnFErujThuQNIUHHiU9O7H1ft-yplrpjRvQbO3TauiVd11y_tT0HQ-yU3iy6603OZrYUs/w424-h640/IMG_9378.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana;"><b><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div>Walt Disney’s “Story of Robin Hood”</b></span><br /><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjmfMH90w2owZbG-JBMmljUKEVYu-osVB1CUMGPC0F4ifPJQ1GbUMwsheFVX9-jyiU5JY1N_rghrpyeHG0bhMEMimCZDzKEOCrvipMzVaEZy1OzicAl8yaSTKG831-yivlYR1ofJvIYgzCpELAJjXMDd-H0wbcFCKm7D5hOY9rDxRcvKKATcZd8VGNeNw/s755/IMG_9073.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="508" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjmfMH90w2owZbG-JBMmljUKEVYu-osVB1CUMGPC0F4ifPJQ1GbUMwsheFVX9-jyiU5JY1N_rghrpyeHG0bhMEMimCZDzKEOCrvipMzVaEZy1OzicAl8yaSTKG831-yivlYR1ofJvIYgzCpELAJjXMDd-H0wbcFCKm7D5hOY9rDxRcvKKATcZd8VGNeNw/w430-h640/IMG_9073.jpeg" width="430" /></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Robin Hood Prince of Thieves</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Some serious,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Some ‘historical’,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Some humorous…</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">And everything in between</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #3d85c6; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #3d85c6; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdXfGHaar_8pNTAwnI8Fpz7UaafhAucDMzw2IitcXdozF8gaK-FMSdn15JORpf9WX3viniTvouFyLiLRYIzKRIpsTjB91tIrzYzyljo7widxzJO7s3oAOyGXp0ZFN7DnFxCY3AxcaJNqo2_aVYnvNBNlqSdG4bWgI-IFiUPY3uipsR8YSWoU-odIVtpGM/s538/IMG_9089.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="538" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdXfGHaar_8pNTAwnI8Fpz7UaafhAucDMzw2IitcXdozF8gaK-FMSdn15JORpf9WX3viniTvouFyLiLRYIzKRIpsTjB91tIrzYzyljo7widxzJO7s3oAOyGXp0ZFN7DnFxCY3AxcaJNqo2_aVYnvNBNlqSdG4bWgI-IFiUPY3uipsR8YSWoU-odIVtpGM/w594-h640/IMG_9089.jpeg" width="594" /></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana;"><b>Mel Brooks’ “Men in Tights” movie</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: x-large;">there has always been merchandise to go along with the current story.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29); font-size: x-large;">I have collected a few paper dolls of</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29); font-size: x-large;">Robin Hood and Maid Marion -</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiApiPKL0hyqN1nk8VV_6kqH98s1H-6JKFqUIzYwJECBvIbs5R2a8LzOn6kILePH-CbpsOKnN0L4rQrlIoaDVCl4atnX9uMt6PwQWOjXe2V1x4HNkKujOqHEIqqLZnaXeh9pSdqxZcFkHQp7Spq3uDASak1WY3F3sYJBzdRwhgvZvla5ZosDE40sxSYI-w/s512/IMG_9275.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvJ5Xe8MmdW8KOiDsvvcyHYzpZNT5UkmJik2SuF5wgbI6imQA5O5WaGNKnO8npg1YShIru4euENbgkaXtrgdRnfDPAj8tlAeKqlCAzMB8w2APgCcan-k_exWT8mZNLReKqhA6Jw1ZdN7v1RVeUxvizIZBF_ZWZZRX0lH1e9_XMoDarViC0VQRv4_S1CuE/s512/IMG_0701.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="372" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvJ5Xe8MmdW8KOiDsvvcyHYzpZNT5UkmJik2SuF5wgbI6imQA5O5WaGNKnO8npg1YShIru4euENbgkaXtrgdRnfDPAj8tlAeKqlCAzMB8w2APgCcan-k_exWT8mZNLReKqhA6Jw1ZdN7v1RVeUxvizIZBF_ZWZZRX0lH1e9_XMoDarViC0VQRv4_S1CuE/w291-h400/IMG_0701.jpeg" width="291" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">These are a few of the many outfits that <b>Peck-Gandre’ </b>has included in this wonderful </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Robin Hood and Maid Marian paper doll set.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">I love how some are pre-colored </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">and some you color yourself.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQUWNPKJg2vJ3j4Ab1SaA5Mmy62YNU64eiqBxLggHy63m90aTF-QGhycUlozgiFn0m_d7ZbEXjgshZOR6rUe8SH4wuf6AQpEHVE1HxHKbANso-pu76OeVvf1tUvhxHesIlpug6IGfoXByONf4MlhF48a-9NZLdfP2ZX0bW7vq87pxk3DZZtlmwsMheuA/s760/IMG_0309.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="418" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQUWNPKJg2vJ3j4Ab1SaA5Mmy62YNU64eiqBxLggHy63m90aTF-QGhycUlozgiFn0m_d7ZbEXjgshZOR6rUe8SH4wuf6AQpEHVE1HxHKbANso-pu76OeVvf1tUvhxHesIlpug6IGfoXByONf4MlhF48a-9NZLdfP2ZX0bW7vq87pxk3DZZtlmwsMheuA/w352-h640/IMG_0309.jpeg" width="352" /></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>A vintage cigarette card, included with</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Carreras Cigarettes, for collectors</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Next I have a few Liddle Kiddle fairytale paperdolls </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">-</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="787" data-original-width="700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU4tlOwgpXs8KXBF0mFMrX80QkAAnNA0loBJWgfmZRqcTmfWIAVa9MUOuh32HVIANH_W8XKPivvRlzjz4Swaziq2wT2vvWYiqvv6CkrD7WAjT1r2ijKiSKjFpsEZZDNB94RvNdVUpqtfdiFb3llCJJ33v8Y5r8m-sx8q6V8Be9fqJDnvwqRvy7aCP9KmE/w570-h640/IMG_0704.jpeg" width="570" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitLpceW8vhm_k-20HkaDLXaTAKNlOrIjjYuKvMIdAtjoKlGNAjcBPfX70q4f6v7P8v-3x95MStkpZDQvPZvv5sR1f54rzvdOkFA7TxurVYoisPTuMR4WVGPUl5tJO8HE-VbQa4qhBANsRzy4kVVrFGDYJpXDRq8K6peCZw_PwdXXxm6tY_OwDE8vkBfrQ/s745/IMG_0705.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="745" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitLpceW8vhm_k-20HkaDLXaTAKNlOrIjjYuKvMIdAtjoKlGNAjcBPfX70q4f6v7P8v-3x95MStkpZDQvPZvv5sR1f54rzvdOkFA7TxurVYoisPTuMR4WVGPUl5tJO8HE-VbQa4qhBANsRzy4kVVrFGDYJpXDRq8K6peCZw_PwdXXxm6tY_OwDE8vkBfrQ/w472-h640/IMG_0705.jpeg" width="472" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">If you print these out you may have to fiddle with the sizing, as they are not all from the same source.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">I did find them all on Pinterest, however, with a few posted by WordPress.com</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Here is a pattern to make your own Robin Hood type hat! Adjust the pattern to fit -</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGCOclED2NIwy_RTQnNi_q8f6AU1qcgqIwF42nJP6hRtoKiE0SIGDUebVa9WoBxL241Tvw8foY9QEEo9SFPtpAGMskiEEuV19-yLmsAgyfjGnxHWXiDqvomSqrXG6qhpMrWoVzHtEfs6Eu2dxQ0m4FG7ECpjuZ0mLCsZNGDkbkQCgsmySuK_XdTx7ZUNA/s330/IMG_9507.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="209" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGCOclED2NIwy_RTQnNi_q8f6AU1qcgqIwF42nJP6hRtoKiE0SIGDUebVa9WoBxL241Tvw8foY9QEEo9SFPtpAGMskiEEuV19-yLmsAgyfjGnxHWXiDqvomSqrXG6qhpMrWoVzHtEfs6Eu2dxQ0m4FG7ECpjuZ0mLCsZNGDkbkQCgsmySuK_XdTx7ZUNA/w254-h400/IMG_9507.jpeg" width="254" /></a></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29); font-size: x-large;">You can also easily make this from paper,</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29); font-size: x-large;">newspaper, light weight card stock…</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29);">🦊</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #38761d; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhur0BLU0VFxCNXgTR1NJVYldtGAmUeF7Lv1tN_uvhwR5e745lE-VWBBS4vnnHZ_QBxm_xeMdBR0l1vNoejlAozDTgJRqrV8FEca8eqccgGRu1yZTMm5aKjulplxwm0C9v2mm-ePcDGwGFUeigiledlyw5jjHVM1zDA2qHEVezWW65Y4pfecvtK_NM6VuA/s2610/IMG_6310.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="2610" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhur0BLU0VFxCNXgTR1NJVYldtGAmUeF7Lv1tN_uvhwR5e745lE-VWBBS4vnnHZ_QBxm_xeMdBR0l1vNoejlAozDTgJRqrV8FEca8eqccgGRu1yZTMm5aKjulplxwm0C9v2mm-ePcDGwGFUeigiledlyw5jjHVM1zDA2qHEVezWW65Y4pfecvtK_NM6VuA/w640-h262/IMG_6310.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>A still from Walt Disney’s animated version of Robin Hood.</b></div></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29); color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Here’s a simple pattern to make Robin Hood type shoes!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #38761d; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrRwOgO0wAgXzT38CARbWxYVu0EBfjHY2dvHusAbn1cIqy2PSdDVFJIMlN_vCHMxlTw9o4yfQAljLKBnhugoS94MG1xMbDdjl60ERCX8oouaKKcNmQk2242lgmxl7E0KeT5UaguEujSxjIvypkYNHYOMut9zpRJcEFAuofreAPL608__5ht3YE9Q5SdeE/s604/IMG_9238.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="417" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrRwOgO0wAgXzT38CARbWxYVu0EBfjHY2dvHusAbn1cIqy2PSdDVFJIMlN_vCHMxlTw9o4yfQAljLKBnhugoS94MG1xMbDdjl60ERCX8oouaKKcNmQk2242lgmxl7E0KeT5UaguEujSxjIvypkYNHYOMut9zpRJcEFAuofreAPL608__5ht3YE9Q5SdeE/w442-h640/IMG_9238.jpeg" width="442" /></a></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><b>Posted on Pinterest; no info</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwRG1KRgi-vD625KmrOBFyKmsPT8-T5tants96nUtWbluxBtuJ0uQ22V8ZTDmlAZz-_GPJjjoAxTJupWWDPU9S65vKmXb3M-qx-zCL2KFMX9YoBET_9JjeveqfTPqr2PfoRiiXRx2Bu2fr087PyDvaPw0SPSOfVfBjwAMFHaCBUeL9JpBsLNDda1M2JRQ/s512/IMG_9087.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="512" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwRG1KRgi-vD625KmrOBFyKmsPT8-T5tants96nUtWbluxBtuJ0uQ22V8ZTDmlAZz-_GPJjjoAxTJupWWDPU9S65vKmXb3M-qx-zCL2KFMX9YoBET_9JjeveqfTPqr2PfoRiiXRx2Bu2fr087PyDvaPw0SPSOfVfBjwAMFHaCBUeL9JpBsLNDda1M2JRQ/w400-h366/IMG_9087.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><b>From a series by Rafael Tuck, 1900. Artist: Trelleek</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDFuHXI2j2SrDnD5cf9bDSxfK3E5X9UIJah3bhWmkmiCTHZlGAST_sHtljIxyGH8FjmI8h9n_mhRZVVxh9Ep0YcmWSGua2v53hUQZY3F2FYeUsJKeVIgHQOIBfQ2MtY7scurAipd9ietZj4bG4tvrHbVnq8YSBrb7W4hn7kb7Meh9Zz5c2R4lmuYoEZdw/s764/IMG_9071.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="560" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDFuHXI2j2SrDnD5cf9bDSxfK3E5X9UIJah3bhWmkmiCTHZlGAST_sHtljIxyGH8FjmI8h9n_mhRZVVxh9Ep0YcmWSGua2v53hUQZY3F2FYeUsJKeVIgHQOIBfQ2MtY7scurAipd9ietZj4bG4tvrHbVnq8YSBrb7W4hn7kb7Meh9Zz5c2R4lmuYoEZdw/w470-h640/IMG_9071.jpeg" width="470" /></a></div><b>A statue of Robin Hood in Nottingham Castle,</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><b>Nottingham, England</b> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJLkIpscl2AYlTLr-m2iWcyJXLuPB2XVMNxfd-cIbw-GWNq-Gh-tAgC5BXnYFbgZN1HBGUqC8beL6aZPHCZA_n_j53aU6xei_6UQRhG1i_tZpyvkYxaAyQMnepOpv2_gbtQurVTuuiVL3rOWVUzUzb5XTs8em4qJ_RdelYm7KxR7RnIDrQ-USoJhJg8HA/s1365/IMG_0689.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="1024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJLkIpscl2AYlTLr-m2iWcyJXLuPB2XVMNxfd-cIbw-GWNq-Gh-tAgC5BXnYFbgZN1HBGUqC8beL6aZPHCZA_n_j53aU6xei_6UQRhG1i_tZpyvkYxaAyQMnepOpv2_gbtQurVTuuiVL3rOWVUzUzb5XTs8em4qJ_RdelYm7KxR7RnIDrQ-USoJhJg8HA/w300-h400/IMG_0689.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><b>BBC tv series; Robin Hood</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Next I found a few comic books about </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Robin Hood.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR3fnkoert82Fd_W_QoQHj8HoCzYg62_DZztL0hIP1JFiEr9xDJPvP9cjXFeQv-NBOnhmkrsEqiNhXW6koyjbEEZcA7uLyOLSqz3JQfiUUccmgDFdIzAcNbHSgBS6Ulk4hx-SzOIaWZ_veMlLm4_-lBRw9eUmb2OYXmux5WmkhloXJsHo5V-tKNHkGRQw/s859/IMG_0307.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="859" data-original-width="550" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR3fnkoert82Fd_W_QoQHj8HoCzYg62_DZztL0hIP1JFiEr9xDJPvP9cjXFeQv-NBOnhmkrsEqiNhXW6koyjbEEZcA7uLyOLSqz3JQfiUUccmgDFdIzAcNbHSgBS6Ulk4hx-SzOIaWZ_veMlLm4_-lBRw9eUmb2OYXmux5WmkhloXJsHo5V-tKNHkGRQw/w256-h400/IMG_0307.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">I am not comic book ‘savvy’ and could find no further info about the above cover.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>If any of my readers can interpret the cover for me, I am happy to give credits and dates!</i></span><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148); color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK7n2B9TC6rN-BkUHSMadepBj3BUo20LBuNQm1Jm6PxkypmSKAI9trfRZQxTWWxCIrZiyCHW_m7qbvUJ5JCD4FJm-wABu7IEiCpjIBPghjR4kEejg9r5q1WE3mH0coGQA7KJ6FJw3iTnQbs9WoBAyV5FTfE4Of3Kdjcymwpw6kx0kIdMU0OYCt7ghp2w8/s597/IMG_0707.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK7n2B9TC6rN-BkUHSMadepBj3BUo20LBuNQm1Jm6PxkypmSKAI9trfRZQxTWWxCIrZiyCHW_m7qbvUJ5JCD4FJm-wABu7IEiCpjIBPghjR4kEejg9r5q1WE3mH0coGQA7KJ6FJw3iTnQbs9WoBAyV5FTfE4Of3Kdjcymwpw6kx0kIdMU0OYCt7ghp2w8/w268-h400/IMG_0707.jpeg" width="268" /></a></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29);"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Circa 1957</b></span><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEHZNK2WNWjWKpvdNOMODhNO5s-qSblNuTOw5ga77yZsicARAjujUazOdbACyG9IpvI6MRoEk3SHn6qiQ0XsLxKZX3UDplhuYnuxwXEV_u9iDEKgcWLUCZZrbKuoogAvi2HJ30o8Bqdifi8nuL9NplWBzcnDypjbOZamXSkPWP8M2oXxxkMW-X_dtIh_c/s707/IMG_0708.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="707" data-original-width="460" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEHZNK2WNWjWKpvdNOMODhNO5s-qSblNuTOw5ga77yZsicARAjujUazOdbACyG9IpvI6MRoEk3SHn6qiQ0XsLxKZX3UDplhuYnuxwXEV_u9iDEKgcWLUCZZrbKuoogAvi2HJ30o8Bqdifi8nuL9NplWBzcnDypjbOZamXSkPWP8M2oXxxkMW-X_dtIh_c/w416-h640/IMG_0708.jpeg" width="416" /></a></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #3d85c6; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Circa 1970’s</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #3d85c6; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">I need to stop!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">But there’s still a lot of movies and artists and book covers and paper dolls I haven’t posted yet.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Well, it’s looking a lot like there’s gonna’ be another blog about Robin Hood in the near future!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i>I hope you have enjoyed this blog as much as I have had fun researching it.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i>Drop me a note and tell me what you think…</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #0b5394; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i>‘Til next time,</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #0b5394; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i>Inkspired</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #0b5394; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); 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color: #3d85c6; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #3d85c6; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29); color: #38761d; font-size: xx-large; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29); color: #38761d; font-size: xx-large; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(56, 118, 29); color: #38761d; font-size: xx-large; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span><p></p>Inkspiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454530754439546966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097634769099879241.post-59696987112263667272023-05-08T22:56:00.000-06:002023-05-08T22:56:04.519-06:00Robin Hood - Saint or Sinner?<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5S1XaFGEzhGIR4lVtFIchMrp-4JWZ634VbZVV1H9NqLmXe7vbMFSUmG6rmhuIE_4TDSw3HkN0rveB350C6cIPp7SoHVTFv3bFwaCV1RKgOaT4M0BKnZ40l3TSxt1HzwPIssRR6p8kOPuAaXaRzzF7bDQ9_xzyKnFpLc4AizblWuMVKqj11bLHqsgz/s768/28D680C0-417B-4A6A-AB71-D01CB79F02EF.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="497" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5S1XaFGEzhGIR4lVtFIchMrp-4JWZ634VbZVV1H9NqLmXe7vbMFSUmG6rmhuIE_4TDSw3HkN0rveB350C6cIPp7SoHVTFv3bFwaCV1RKgOaT4M0BKnZ40l3TSxt1HzwPIssRR6p8kOPuAaXaRzzF7bDQ9_xzyKnFpLc4AizblWuMVKqj11bLHqsgz/w414-h640/28D680C0-417B-4A6A-AB71-D01CB79F02EF.jpeg" width="414" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">May 1934 American Boy Magazine cover</div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Artist: William Soare</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i>“Underneath this little stone</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i>Lies Robert, Earl of Huntington;</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i>No other archer was so good -</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i>And people called him Robin Hood.</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i>Such outlaws as he and his men</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i>Will England never see again.”</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">- ‘The Adventures of Robin Hood’</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">By Roger Lancelyn Green</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">British biographer & children’s writer </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt7uGfpCZBl_c-tOdGB2tpvJ23jjiShgSFsh-q6wwpJRLEHqjndF2RDcEuu9LR9lf8I3vqSnMtyEgZ-o8GZStwo2-GUG3RdgxQqVDWFtC80yCaX13oNs15YWAAWm-GRm3eqTqk4rTrVMr5RLk61fM2VSvxpzD9AnCC_KjhhQvH7EvQGCi6uXvCaz1X/s1211/40C6EB8D-4D60-48B7-B068-0594BC3FDF1D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1211" data-original-width="794" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt7uGfpCZBl_c-tOdGB2tpvJ23jjiShgSFsh-q6wwpJRLEHqjndF2RDcEuu9LR9lf8I3vqSnMtyEgZ-o8GZStwo2-GUG3RdgxQqVDWFtC80yCaX13oNs15YWAAWm-GRm3eqTqk4rTrVMr5RLk61fM2VSvxpzD9AnCC_KjhhQvH7EvQGCi6uXvCaz1X/w421-h640/40C6EB8D-4D60-48B7-B068-0594BC3FDF1D.jpeg" width="421" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Robin and the Men of Sherwood</div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Artist: Greg Hildebrandt<br /><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>Robyn Hode</i></span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Robert Hood</span> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Robin of Sherwood</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;">Robert Fitz</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKbVIaVCeUKSkRUYSxLBXnLof1N_K_G2iSzxKPEcs6UtmpRmZ8lULYD_4MEfJzimUar6tl5rpbxOy_b0x5yl4xlJKJuP9DRxzFF13nRqYNHO82uDtLNcHAlSFApNYBj2nh0A5dZwoUNakzPgejQKneeevvb3yoYvmTEyv_DjmTBDUCN2pQLGoxmnsm/s1736/BC396D21-B49A-439F-84AB-11F61D024E3F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1736" data-original-width="1335" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKbVIaVCeUKSkRUYSxLBXnLof1N_K_G2iSzxKPEcs6UtmpRmZ8lULYD_4MEfJzimUar6tl5rpbxOy_b0x5yl4xlJKJuP9DRxzFF13nRqYNHO82uDtLNcHAlSFApNYBj2nh0A5dZwoUNakzPgejQKneeevvb3yoYvmTEyv_DjmTBDUCN2pQLGoxmnsm/w308-h400/BC396D21-B49A-439F-84AB-11F61D024E3F.jpeg" width="308" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">1897 Robinson Crusoe series book by the McLoughlin Bros.</div><span style="color: #660000; font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Well, before we can learn about this ‘Robin Hood’</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">shouldn’t we at least know what was his actual name?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Through the centuries </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">(Yes, centuries!)</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">he has been called many names -</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Robertus Hod</span> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>Robin of Loxley</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: courier;">Robert Huntingdon</span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: trebuchet;"><b>Robyn Hude</b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3QFTmgl2AKAtX_3XeEVHVM45iXAkONuesxfPaShAaDRP9M77DHxuqXwReZhyN7vgfmmMc7oPJJonuvJxJTEpeIClVetdkZwm4NA-8Qx14KwVoXUfGMLRyR5sGmJiu7OdTaqj2U22nHlPEK-35N7SSxtRIbGKNpa0a2P8NADp1jUIp25NTobZeJflE/s543/3BE12EAE-4C7C-4724-932B-3ECE77CD328D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="401" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3QFTmgl2AKAtX_3XeEVHVM45iXAkONuesxfPaShAaDRP9M77DHxuqXwReZhyN7vgfmmMc7oPJJonuvJxJTEpeIClVetdkZwm4NA-8Qx14KwVoXUfGMLRyR5sGmJiu7OdTaqj2U22nHlPEK-35N7SSxtRIbGKNpa0a2P8NADp1jUIp25NTobZeJflE/w295-h400/3BE12EAE-4C7C-4724-932B-3ECE77CD328D.jpeg" width="295" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">1939 edition by E. Charles Vivian</p><div style="text-align: center;">Artist Harry G. Theaker</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Robin de Courtenay</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>Sir Robert Hode</b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;">Robert Hod</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Robehod</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjyhLXl1yeoqWfiipPUItvFn82ndUtYVxIynLqxyR2_CpYi4giqytqelYZXy82IV_n2qjB2HZh-YX8bRYrbquESO-opXuRP9aIHAMsiEqYhuli6dg9AJwiwXjjem-FWXrksDJF-QMNXJtKdilazTyTUgwzIUF9Uig1048Boeyo_e4HwozvyQXuwHRj/s500/718699CD-BD83-444D-ABFA-782DC1AC73C2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="375" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjyhLXl1yeoqWfiipPUItvFn82ndUtYVxIynLqxyR2_CpYi4giqytqelYZXy82IV_n2qjB2HZh-YX8bRYrbquESO-opXuRP9aIHAMsiEqYhuli6dg9AJwiwXjjem-FWXrksDJF-QMNXJtKdilazTyTUgwzIUF9Uig1048Boeyo_e4HwozvyQXuwHRj/s320/718699CD-BD83-444D-ABFA-782DC1AC73C2.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div>1952 movie ad for Walt Disney’s </div><div style="text-align: center;">‘The Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men’<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Was there a specific person from history that the Robin Hood adventures are based on?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">No one really knows. What we do know is that the stories about Robin and Marion have endured for ages. So perhaps there was one man that started it all, but like a snowball rolling downhill, it has gathered a lot of extra weight and fluff!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKXUexLFuc2uSP0J1RMUDBSeCSRntXpnE2dKoMxks0xjzqPa1tbDQYHjbC_OXBYGek5TN64eK-PROyHdp41VUVfNMq6HuqQFGdg1JRinTz7pfHKSx6brbW-1jd5Tj9-UsAz3ABhaGGe7E9zXM1gSi3dn51TSgZq4GkobYk6fMP6W29IxnQSEjs1hW6/s750/1C01E9ED-5249-4409-9FBD-C76171BD9539.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKXUexLFuc2uSP0J1RMUDBSeCSRntXpnE2dKoMxks0xjzqPa1tbDQYHjbC_OXBYGek5TN64eK-PROyHdp41VUVfNMq6HuqQFGdg1JRinTz7pfHKSx6brbW-1jd5Tj9-UsAz3ABhaGGe7E9zXM1gSi3dn51TSgZq4GkobYk6fMP6W29IxnQSEjs1hW6/s320/1C01E9ED-5249-4409-9FBD-C76171BD9539.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #660000;">Poster for 1922 silent movie “Robin Hood”</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #660000;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #660000;"><br /></span></span></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We can’t go much further without a little </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Roman Catholic Church history.</span><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: xx-large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0);">In the 12th, 13th century the Catholic Church was </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0);">The Authority - on everything. What you ate, wore, who you could marry, and where you lived was all dictated by the Church.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0);">Most peasants were too busy trying to survive than indulge in luxuries such as reading, hygiene or hobbies.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0);">Church authorities recognized that all work and no play made Common Man a very dull and restless subject.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0);">And so we have Festival & Feast Days.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0);">These were a spill-over from ancient times when different religious groups (think Celts) had special days to celebrate changes in seasons and other vital events (think fertility to produce next generations).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0);">There was little to no reliable written languages for the Common People, and they had no time to learn it anyway, so The Church stepped in.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0);">They ordained special days (many coinciding with pagan rituals) to provide a break from drudgery and routine.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0);">It also put the focus back on religion rather than tribal customs, and became an important way to teach the people religious teachings.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0);">For instance, it was this time period that the Nativity Plays became popular in teaching about Christ’s birth.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0);"><i>So where is Robin Hood?</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(191, 144, 0);"><br /></span></span></div></span><p></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZwaTRbbR-TcYCF-wqs82n3Qk2aOvXgIaU_vdbJIl5WAg93uti6cZ9R8NkSsqCeIO1lT3JzJdYsbaDH_bY2s0LhU8keAOXAfAmCnvNzb6Se1yLBJhd-3_3W93SYl9QuAgUcN-Mfkj1TfJJo9c3Op_6Cw_fz8hpHLTzBecO-lBJ6IJnRiM604aAdcTe/s1402/31B1D7C8-F4DD-4699-8BBB-66F3BED1EB48.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1402" data-original-width="1048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZwaTRbbR-TcYCF-wqs82n3Qk2aOvXgIaU_vdbJIl5WAg93uti6cZ9R8NkSsqCeIO1lT3JzJdYsbaDH_bY2s0LhU8keAOXAfAmCnvNzb6Se1yLBJhd-3_3W93SYl9QuAgUcN-Mfkj1TfJJo9c3Op_6Cw_fz8hpHLTzBecO-lBJ6IJnRiM604aAdcTe/w478-h640/31B1D7C8-F4DD-4699-8BBB-66F3BED1EB48.jpeg" width="478" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Artist: N.C. Wyeth</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">As far back as 1261 there are hints, suggestions & notes in manuscripts about a Robin Hood type character.</span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Many with Maid Marion!</span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">In 1280 there were French ballads and plays about ‘Robin & Marion’ that were featured in May festivals.</span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWls-mszkwJGFY8Ad0ffaQfrNRInmTL-gVX62WMaMMPb1lPS_7HPW7ejnzT7Z0pER8Ly-5Mt88iU9Rvnmu-GanRwYymtwSPlshi2OCg3bbN7eweNsKY1Q5H6uDhbYMfNkiIYtN_R-r1IvRdU02M_ro6aCfcAYdu5mGmu42PV4mo37QpfZcUYaNDE6n/s988/03D23E3A-9D25-4A05-AD7D-ECB75A7B7B97.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="988" data-original-width="650" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWls-mszkwJGFY8Ad0ffaQfrNRInmTL-gVX62WMaMMPb1lPS_7HPW7ejnzT7Z0pER8Ly-5Mt88iU9Rvnmu-GanRwYymtwSPlshi2OCg3bbN7eweNsKY1Q5H6uDhbYMfNkiIYtN_R-r1IvRdU02M_ro6aCfcAYdu5mGmu42PV4mo37QpfZcUYaNDE6n/w422-h640/03D23E3A-9D25-4A05-AD7D-ECB75A7B7B97.jpeg" width="422" /></a></div>Artist: Lucy Fitch Perkins, 1923<br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #38761d; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Or was it Lady </span><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Marian</span></i><span style="font-family: verdana;">?</span></span></div><div style="color: #38761d; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>Oh, let’s not go there!</b></i></span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">By the 15th century the ballads had moved from</span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> ‘for nobility only eyes’ & street recitals</span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">to scripted plays with set tunes.</span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The earliest preserved script is from 1450!</span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg00jvxp9KcpE3TfOJ85edHPDte2pa64sL2kKkFaCCSWXc_JjvODNaNV27O_mJr8D0BtdZknEi02nuX3VWsDw9QcmrRyJ0K9WJCPT9UEAzPMM-ogUIpTEcB3Bb9Uym92FyJlKvnwYslwLe-WxotNtxqxSVHyhLwm2Wyd6EmxPDvd73ny9ZI9cbnnL2K/s1600/23530CDD-0947-499C-A6DF-93C53A409FEA.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1085" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg00jvxp9KcpE3TfOJ85edHPDte2pa64sL2kKkFaCCSWXc_JjvODNaNV27O_mJr8D0BtdZknEi02nuX3VWsDw9QcmrRyJ0K9WJCPT9UEAzPMM-ogUIpTEcB3Bb9Uym92FyJlKvnwYslwLe-WxotNtxqxSVHyhLwm2Wyd6EmxPDvd73ny9ZI9cbnnL2K/w271-h400/23530CDD-0947-499C-A6DF-93C53A409FEA.jpeg" width="271" /></a></div>Author/Illustrator Louis Rhead, 1912 woodcut</div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;"><b>William Shakespeare</b> mentions Robin in a few of his plays. (1564 - 1616)</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">In 1795 Joseph Ritson wrote about Robin Hood and his Merry Men.</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">In 1818 Ritson’s friend <b>Sir Walter Scott</b> used his anthology of Robin Hood in his famous novel “Ivanhoe”.</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1bMSd1mVXt2rMKOah53XVbJ5T3TUASmKjXQ13MyU-CO0BvaGy-rFlSYm4bla8jlg-BIzpmaedumAL1mq6ZF1V2UE6VQC69io4o3It7SC-jVIu9QLpUgtMddXTLMS-Jtc-aEv12yKoUm4PjHKpVZP-l0W_-gALmtClD7FDfCuxmU9bSAJ6XKe4ufuj/s821/B18CFF9A-EA18-41FD-B5F6-6A1217D17AC1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="821" data-original-width="557" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1bMSd1mVXt2rMKOah53XVbJ5T3TUASmKjXQ13MyU-CO0BvaGy-rFlSYm4bla8jlg-BIzpmaedumAL1mq6ZF1V2UE6VQC69io4o3It7SC-jVIu9QLpUgtMddXTLMS-Jtc-aEv12yKoUm4PjHKpVZP-l0W_-gALmtClD7FDfCuxmU9bSAJ6XKe4ufuj/w434-h640/B18CFF9A-EA18-41FD-B5F6-6A1217D17AC1.jpeg" width="434" /></a></div>‘The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, of Great Renown in Nottinghamshire’</div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;">Written and illustrated by Howard Pyle, 1883<br /><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">The stories and adventures of Robin Hood, Marian and the Merry Men have been around a long time; changing, evolving and reshaped as current events did the same.</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(39, 78, 19); color: #38761d;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(39, 78, 19); color: #38761d;">In the earliest Robin Hood documents Robin is violent and murders those who have betrayed him. There are even hints at a possible romantic link-up with the Sheriff’s wife! </span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(39, 78, 19);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #274e13; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnzLOq3tr3pRRiAr01LLF9pH1pekN58mrXtvvrIQ-QutgZocd3wmy1F88hSAs0w2AvpxTgpa8U5C4H6gfR26d_s8EG5FRM2x9lCqkhuLix7-01_L2o6-fji5DXHilI_2O20AF2JD3dEd1Q537sH3pSAQ2XodLRNvLC7hTj0_a-FfylIexquCx4eeup/s1471/7E75507F-F8E3-45AE-99CE-5CF6FDD77804.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1471" data-original-width="1070" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnzLOq3tr3pRRiAr01LLF9pH1pekN58mrXtvvrIQ-QutgZocd3wmy1F88hSAs0w2AvpxTgpa8U5C4H6gfR26d_s8EG5FRM2x9lCqkhuLix7-01_L2o6-fji5DXHilI_2O20AF2JD3dEd1Q537sH3pSAQ2XodLRNvLC7hTj0_a-FfylIexquCx4eeup/w291-h400/7E75507F-F8E3-45AE-99CE-5CF6FDD77804.jpeg" width="291" /></a></div><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;">Movie poster for ‘The Adventures of Robin Hood’</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;">1938</span><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(39, 78, 19); color: #274e13; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(39, 78, 19);">Times were cruel and unjust to most.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(39, 78, 19);">People had a lot of repressed anger.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(39, 78, 19);">Robin’s stories and ballads reflected this.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(39, 78, 19);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(39, 78, 19);">In 14th century England the common people were becoming more and more unhappy with the feudal system and a life of servitude.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(39, 78, 19);">Robin Hood appears as an anti-establishment hero. He uses his wits and charisma to make fools of those corrupt authorities.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(39, 78, 19);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #274e13; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6IvvBY6m-fXv9zzetXQyr9wJaBCCSlem41a5HcaTg6rlnHhxPEmsjpTlMTcVAZ_En1WJhagQAu4aqtWkjirD71aydrRz8PaxQyb7F1vtivmOsFulCn3TO4uGxb_2SbEY-WCxPbL-CXC-eGRBCXDRk69dYGxLlm17BqP4xUA3xuqzteie2q9Q9lfWl/s600/1C949EBD-C52A-4313-B9C7-7292D9FB9FEE.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="450" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6IvvBY6m-fXv9zzetXQyr9wJaBCCSlem41a5HcaTg6rlnHhxPEmsjpTlMTcVAZ_En1WJhagQAu4aqtWkjirD71aydrRz8PaxQyb7F1vtivmOsFulCn3TO4uGxb_2SbEY-WCxPbL-CXC-eGRBCXDRk69dYGxLlm17BqP4xUA3xuqzteie2q9Q9lfWl/w300-h400/1C949EBD-C52A-4313-B9C7-7292D9FB9FEE.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="color: #783f04;">Movie poster for ‘Walt Disney’s Robin Hood’, 1973</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(39, 78, 19);"><span style="color: #783f04;">Artist: Dave Perillo</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(39, 78, 19);"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>“We never rob.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>We just sort of borrow a bit from those who can afford it.”</i></b></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><i>-Robin Hood, Disney animated movie</i></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Later, Robin Hood becomes a dispossessed aristocrat with a heart of gold and true love for Maid Marian.</span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDjcbmzUK-Idnj2IIIK1xVIx7ns45EBVQ2VKRcTRqOLLZeRljHNiOCCPHgbvHmePCNTXxHo_Uf0-iO4cvUiLB-rYyGPwlFiNqDG4iuixGpm82IdSa8zDJkcuHUZtRea-KjmgO5M9o4JLh5PM2S8K74q2iLqfuUWtMiH8iS43DmB9SAgdcstX7-qy2Z/s1000/811DDFD2-5EB3-4106-9B3D-0BF4FECBAE03.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="680" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDjcbmzUK-Idnj2IIIK1xVIx7ns45EBVQ2VKRcTRqOLLZeRljHNiOCCPHgbvHmePCNTXxHo_Uf0-iO4cvUiLB-rYyGPwlFiNqDG4iuixGpm82IdSa8zDJkcuHUZtRea-KjmgO5M9o4JLh5PM2S8K74q2iLqfuUWtMiH8iS43DmB9SAgdcstX7-qy2Z/w273-h400/811DDFD2-5EB3-4106-9B3D-0BF4FECBAE03.jpeg" width="273" /></a></div>‘The Adventures of Robin Hood’</div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;">1938<br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So…</span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">which is it?</span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Saint or Sinner?</span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6hvcqaU-c_dLuVlCyNid2TaqIvbnbEGOhU9lmTohoZs1eAaHpAV1TX7Y9wal8pAZpFpw2PISysIwbapp6fA0Qkg2Z75P3dOsr670s-qIVMew-bwFqP6eZ7gW1zfbsh1_N1um9H5qvm-t49DV7ZrEiS4LwRMPswQPXvHxwqZ5w8GBenr8vjhQDtqA3/s1104/C9AE6CD2-7B90-41AB-B54D-55177F978615.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1104" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6hvcqaU-c_dLuVlCyNid2TaqIvbnbEGOhU9lmTohoZs1eAaHpAV1TX7Y9wal8pAZpFpw2PISysIwbapp6fA0Qkg2Z75P3dOsr670s-qIVMew-bwFqP6eZ7gW1zfbsh1_N1um9H5qvm-t49DV7ZrEiS4LwRMPswQPXvHxwqZ5w8GBenr8vjhQDtqA3/w464-h640/C9AE6CD2-7B90-41AB-B54D-55177F978615.jpeg" width="464" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana;">Artist: Walter Crane (1845 - 1915)</span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I guess we each have to decide that on our own!</span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I think he was both,</span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">adapting to the desires and needs of the people around him. His stories are constantly changing with what they emphasize just as life is always changing.</span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Outlaw?</span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yes. He broke the current laws of the times.</span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hero?</span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yes. He came to the help of people in dire need.</span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Can we have both?</span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieq0Io4PGfzYKhf9tHf4MLP__U_RxPkdXxckh9wYR10S6oqSUVm4Qy4tXvaSH8snRvOUL6vaKDl7QhgFBWJp0lKEVgZyTqZfqCc_6j4LciAYyKdmpdzx0J3Y9QYGr5Vh548tNb8_uXrpgONB7udhRoCetbrQQtYZBIn-W4PfBK6MH4aGOOto0JnovW/s2098/112B153F-1D7B-4BC3-8756-29C7BE55B85A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1530" data-original-width="2098" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieq0Io4PGfzYKhf9tHf4MLP__U_RxPkdXxckh9wYR10S6oqSUVm4Qy4tXvaSH8snRvOUL6vaKDl7QhgFBWJp0lKEVgZyTqZfqCc_6j4LciAYyKdmpdzx0J3Y9QYGr5Vh548tNb8_uXrpgONB7udhRoCetbrQQtYZBIn-W4PfBK6MH4aGOOto0JnovW/w640-h466/112B153F-1D7B-4BC3-8756-29C7BE55B85A.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Artist: Frank Godwin</div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;">1932<br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>In researching for this blog I found so many wonderful paintings, woodcuts, illustrations and more all with a Robin Hood theme.</i></span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>I’m sure I will be sharing more of these in the very near future!</i></span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>That’s all for now!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>‘Til next time,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>inkspired</i></span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here are some of the sites I researched while making this blog.</span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In no particular order:</span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: medium;">azquotes.com</span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">goodreads.com</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: medium;">moviemistakes.com</span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">en.Wikipedia.org</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: medium;">History.com</span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Pinterest</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: medium;">rarebooks.ie</span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">wikimedia</span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Encyclopedia Britannica </span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnSA_zajIlHgBOsnV67FnRmqbZK_F6ujNvPMKNVSlNjy054NK2JfNrDp-RVsBXnev3Xide-jJm-rxfDMU2-uG4XDQoCUF_m5HVfHmJDLLaa-v_Fi3-VQtfZVrnLlZvD6lXcUNjYtSHWqsZ1Cy7lI9GySKMb4YtTwPcfx-wIZEMJsXu5_2hVvUBcPNl/s524/F493E474-296A-4ADC-AA9B-231A71F9C1A9.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="360" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnSA_zajIlHgBOsnV67FnRmqbZK_F6ujNvPMKNVSlNjy054NK2JfNrDp-RVsBXnev3Xide-jJm-rxfDMU2-uG4XDQoCUF_m5HVfHmJDLLaa-v_Fi3-VQtfZVrnLlZvD6lXcUNjYtSHWqsZ1Cy7lI9GySKMb4YtTwPcfx-wIZEMJsXu5_2hVvUBcPNl/w440-h640/F493E474-296A-4ADC-AA9B-231A71F9C1A9.jpeg" width="440" /></a></div>Possibly from “Life and Adventures of Robin Hood”</div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;">Written by John B. Marsh; 1880</div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;">Artist: unknown<br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div>Inkspiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454530754439546966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097634769099879241.post-58028574422745562822023-04-23T21:47:00.000-06:002023-04-23T21:47:13.495-06:00The Great Horned Owl<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> Hello!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Today I want to talk about the largest owl in the Americas -</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">The Great Horned Owl</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoB_Yaxf0ILSwle6C5yQIUSN3Rf6lN9A9Y3uMKApLHpWGnKYS5Ll7xxw_Wpwg16WA2ZePpxbHYHiC7fxROJM4TD0MuEPBWDAg_884fwVrNBUXZ9svUTBD4wG_1w43X3QE4it0y6Xnxow4UCnk8YzBaVbc6V-8HtgHsq1ckIV60Ddp4RbKOqsAdQcwP/s1000/4407BAAF-1A6C-4D10-8FDA-C5EB894929F6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="674" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoB_Yaxf0ILSwle6C5yQIUSN3Rf6lN9A9Y3uMKApLHpWGnKYS5Ll7xxw_Wpwg16WA2ZePpxbHYHiC7fxROJM4TD0MuEPBWDAg_884fwVrNBUXZ9svUTBD4wG_1w43X3QE4it0y6Xnxow4UCnk8YzBaVbc6V-8HtgHsq1ckIV60Ddp4RbKOqsAdQcwP/w432-h640/4407BAAF-1A6C-4D10-8FDA-C5EB894929F6.jpeg" width="432" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Photo taken at Mountsberg Raptor Centre; WordPress.com</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Or is it the largest?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Well, that depends.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It depends on whether you are talking </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">height,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">weight,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">wingspan</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">or male or female!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuoaqqKZ5BZog0ozD9v_Y-BAxRp5WUFRM-F7pziu8L07JB--8Ygm9ZU-pP-JLyoMZlwg0E8yVtJG4MfQsNy7hClKhzlDZvNWcmK3M9Po7kbHDZAxOif7FgNCxC4xGQBwD-i3QK_ZXTOvxpsB0TmtOrzPZKe-cLmRkgRp-Ol-A5PYLo2qxCk9wA7vyB/s1525/8634EDF7-3541-4058-8E5C-9EED45FB89A8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1525" data-original-width="1199" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuoaqqKZ5BZog0ozD9v_Y-BAxRp5WUFRM-F7pziu8L07JB--8Ygm9ZU-pP-JLyoMZlwg0E8yVtJG4MfQsNy7hClKhzlDZvNWcmK3M9Po7kbHDZAxOif7FgNCxC4xGQBwD-i3QK_ZXTOvxpsB0TmtOrzPZKe-cLmRkgRp-Ol-A5PYLo2qxCk9wA7vyB/w504-h640/8634EDF7-3541-4058-8E5C-9EED45FB89A8.jpeg" width="504" /></a></div>Great Grey Owl lands on photographer’s camera</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">If you are counting height as the largest,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">then the Great Grey Owl is tallest</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">at 24” - 33”</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">averaging 27 inches.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">But…</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRsdCm8saz1t9PEdBppOI1J2c1tJGvyoEIqU-0mSG3jRjwswefcNpYj37b92J5d2bxbLWFxeEZqUGysVqA7V0U4OCQUds-7jGs-BeKr418tQcg0s9G-D4qnbLDnmMdQBfdu_bpQ0eDwOXfJCQ8foN48LqMsNErTgnlsdTpOYUL8fJtK8WjYP0N8Rk_/s1024/CD46A5F8-97D8-4048-9865-39E42BC177D2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="655" data-original-width="1024" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRsdCm8saz1t9PEdBppOI1J2c1tJGvyoEIqU-0mSG3jRjwswefcNpYj37b92J5d2bxbLWFxeEZqUGysVqA7V0U4OCQUds-7jGs-BeKr418tQcg0s9G-D4qnbLDnmMdQBfdu_bpQ0eDwOXfJCQ8foN48LqMsNErTgnlsdTpOYUL8fJtK8WjYP0N8Rk_/w640-h410/CD46A5F8-97D8-4048-9865-39E42BC177D2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;">Posted by Nataly Paige, Pinterest</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #783f04;">Great Horned Owl in flight</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">If you are counting wingspan as the largest</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">then the Great Horned Owl is biggest!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">(Except for the exceptions of course.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Great Horned Owl</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Wingspan: 3-5 feet</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Weight average: 1.4 kg</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Height: average 22 inches</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Female is quite a bit heavier.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Great Grey Owl</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Wingspan: 1-5 feet</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">(Averages at just under 3 feet)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Weight average: 1.1 kg</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Height: average 27 inches high</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDE3d401LoIzOWNbMhRiw-t96TP7N0DPYKWDnTbTNyWFR5Km1If-6gzFOnmoxyGJ_pUEAvxRdZ8OCyeHhw-Q9qIKqXz3zaEo1YRfgu7Ga-r4Lym9eT8vu155-MEE6ebVyuYyur7G3vVJmvG7U0MzjhXzqpG9077patTI0cgsOsZjS-11VM21r21-86/s900/F790EF9C-A6E1-44AD-8EE6-9476CA32181D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDE3d401LoIzOWNbMhRiw-t96TP7N0DPYKWDnTbTNyWFR5Km1If-6gzFOnmoxyGJ_pUEAvxRdZ8OCyeHhw-Q9qIKqXz3zaEo1YRfgu7Ga-r4Lym9eT8vu155-MEE6ebVyuYyur7G3vVJmvG7U0MzjhXzqpG9077patTI0cgsOsZjS-11VM21r21-86/w266-h400/F790EF9C-A6E1-44AD-8EE6-9476CA32181D.jpeg" width="266" /></a></div>Great Horned Owl, Pinterest</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Problem:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Different web sites and different experts</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">have different opinions on these numbers!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Overall however The Great Horned Owl seemed to have the most votes as the largest owl in the Americas,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">and is one of the top 4 largest owls in the world.</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">And I have one that sits on my fence every night</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>12 midnight</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>and hoots away for up to 35 minutes!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><b>Wow.</b></span><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIhEWXH8pRiKAfnv2X8kdvFcRLOzBae6KQSeOegkd-jBDdNG6Tr0etPLXo26kztI_ijgcgE8qJP9wFqhcFOkgHUxr_UhLie55kMhs0ofdL-Dx98sJN1xQRfXq9IN6NE3fhNZtR4KfKXgb140liSf3hYdJLhkmnoSCat3U6FM2dLwBzPICRZJ44amnF/s720/3A8794C4-2763-4890-8E85-AE97DFED78C0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIhEWXH8pRiKAfnv2X8kdvFcRLOzBae6KQSeOegkd-jBDdNG6Tr0etPLXo26kztI_ijgcgE8qJP9wFqhcFOkgHUxr_UhLie55kMhs0ofdL-Dx98sJN1xQRfXq9IN6NE3fhNZtR4KfKXgb140liSf3hYdJLhkmnoSCat3U6FM2dLwBzPICRZJ44amnF/w426-h640/3A8794C4-2763-4890-8E85-AE97DFED78C0.jpeg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Shannon Holder, Pinterest</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">He also likes to sit on our neighbor’s roof and hoot,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">sometimes just as the sun is rising.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Sometimes he sits on our roof.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">In the very early Spring he will sit on our fence </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">and hoot…</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">and then we hear a second hoot </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">from a different owl!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">His mate is vocalizing with him!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">They have mated since early January.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Every year they use a nest across the street from us.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">It is on the top of a very high pole.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwjk5ex8R9GbR4jZkiiSoTkktIFxg8tQM4YguBB9p3b0LwTcncAIj70LA8AqxjZasazQwx5FdyRVCmxMkiCtJW-g_pV4Xi_qAfek9BF4CLvDYc30vzKj_Hyu73tR_bxBi3B3VXbPsHX6ewaddc2pfw0I6hLg_NyqIBbN6wpjkO40Y2sttBXmL-g7Xt/s960/8E286C11-AE5E-4B92-9505-A96D4F63D512.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="768" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwjk5ex8R9GbR4jZkiiSoTkktIFxg8tQM4YguBB9p3b0LwTcncAIj70LA8AqxjZasazQwx5FdyRVCmxMkiCtJW-g_pV4Xi_qAfek9BF4CLvDYc30vzKj_Hyu73tR_bxBi3B3VXbPsHX6ewaddc2pfw0I6hLg_NyqIBbN6wpjkO40Y2sttBXmL-g7Xt/w320-h400/8E286C11-AE5E-4B92-9505-A96D4F63D512.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>Valerie Redmon, Pinterest<br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Great Horned Owls generally do not build their own nests. They like to use other raptors’ nests,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">such as an eagle’s or a hawk’s nest </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">that are built out of sticks.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzAxSTolFiYq4sOGK4lqHjY3aCwHnLjpzDsdXyIYd8ARNVgBYu5NDlYUOWj-B_6-nrvUZvbkgq29QXkx0Rt6qXuzIt9LNOxqb_sx1hdxmV5IV_WvXQQQzs5BEWQEEGyPDOh9HczbCRTL_9qCcpx36neO6Bww5fY1baGSsJDnMk7AJZ864QAnUDO_Bp/s699/C4246FFE-A127-44BF-8B38-90780A845BDF.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="462" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzAxSTolFiYq4sOGK4lqHjY3aCwHnLjpzDsdXyIYd8ARNVgBYu5NDlYUOWj-B_6-nrvUZvbkgq29QXkx0Rt6qXuzIt9LNOxqb_sx1hdxmV5IV_WvXQQQzs5BEWQEEGyPDOh9HczbCRTL_9qCcpx36neO6Bww5fY1baGSsJDnMk7AJZ864QAnUDO_Bp/w265-h400/C4246FFE-A127-44BF-8B38-90780A845BDF.jpeg" width="265" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Posted by justjodi on Pinterest</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">A GHO nest usually has 2-4 eggs in it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The GH Owls are very adaptable and can live just about anywhere- orchard, desert, forest, woodland, or swamp.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I believe this is probably part of the reason they are not currently endangered - because they have learned how to adapt to their surroundings.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">In the wild Great Horned Owls live about 13 years.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">In capture most GHO have a lifespan of </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">around 29 years.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Owlets (baby owls!) have only a 50% chance of surviving.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh11EQaNg1e_xr64_MDK62g8Icuig6pZkdBF933FZxl1S1PZoLcbvAXtlvwXbguUOsgoDlCvUDKyQeZrUjDPKLCm7y81wXjFAVvo88tCcPv3-DPkKCWcJQbitUri3u9t_UEse4MJoxALN79al4eN-2Ufrh7lnICMuNn_n6bbw98kzWe3c0effDnzjuY/s900/35ED7DEB-4154-4E54-A66F-96FF1BDC9278.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="617" data-original-width="900" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh11EQaNg1e_xr64_MDK62g8Icuig6pZkdBF933FZxl1S1PZoLcbvAXtlvwXbguUOsgoDlCvUDKyQeZrUjDPKLCm7y81wXjFAVvo88tCcPv3-DPkKCWcJQbitUri3u9t_UEse4MJoxALN79al4eN-2Ufrh7lnICMuNn_n6bbw98kzWe3c0effDnzjuY/w640-h438/35ED7DEB-4154-4E54-A66F-96FF1BDC9278.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">Cgander Photography</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">All owls <i>are </i></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">protected though,</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">and it is a punishable crime to hurt or kill one.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6HHZ0q-DVU_MR9rr2--dGifQEbfRCaZanyzOzu6a6CM-KNRkg9tiN1-ImLuakhBAg_vOP5fwYSTEBIxXllq-WgZfvbqOs4vy6zgizoMCNYqIRIPEeLc-67Hun6zqezS2Ndn-9fMESDAR5f7zGwLh1nE-z0crsMIlYvzqoRI8mQgx0f31E_5DwCfkI/s586/AE7E69C7-1B7A-4A71-9D1D-159E40FB73E0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="586" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6HHZ0q-DVU_MR9rr2--dGifQEbfRCaZanyzOzu6a6CM-KNRkg9tiN1-ImLuakhBAg_vOP5fwYSTEBIxXllq-WgZfvbqOs4vy6zgizoMCNYqIRIPEeLc-67Hun6zqezS2Ndn-9fMESDAR5f7zGwLh1nE-z0crsMIlYvzqoRI8mQgx0f31E_5DwCfkI/w640-h574/AE7E69C7-1B7A-4A71-9D1D-159E40FB73E0.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: medium;">what-when-how.com</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-large;">Owls can see in almost complete darkness.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-large;">The large facial disks around the eyes actually funnel sound waves to the owl’s ears.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-large;">They have excellent hearing.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXWJLqxpA8YNzL_FvbiCI-WVXGgZVaFy3Cyr7XGPg3kudOJemr_3SV-FY1amE7IKL7SiwZDTWGBwM3CNuphpbq-D1RcRPks16SUmNzQgkUhzyd2gpXNL7noiTxyacXb83W1wABnbFd3Rpnkqmp7ugNyJU1n6hqMzrkF3IEcFIMEmxZmUtTH5c_i3O4/s1200/664BCFA6-A6F2-4E84-888E-713F9575C9E8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1176" data-original-width="1200" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXWJLqxpA8YNzL_FvbiCI-WVXGgZVaFy3Cyr7XGPg3kudOJemr_3SV-FY1amE7IKL7SiwZDTWGBwM3CNuphpbq-D1RcRPks16SUmNzQgkUhzyd2gpXNL7noiTxyacXb83W1wABnbFd3Rpnkqmp7ugNyJU1n6hqMzrkF3IEcFIMEmxZmUtTH5c_i3O4/s320/664BCFA6-A6F2-4E84-888E-713F9575C9E8.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Photo by Susan Newgewirtz</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-large;">An owl has an almost silent flight.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This is due to the shape of their feathers.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">They have a home range of about 1.5 square miles,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">and do not migrate.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYS8nUZlW_b325tbiZH8io3KHtDeWF4lmsj4vrBPN1dVMk0nP8W1avA4L9Akhkc44RbsBTV-cBBhGgefWtVk67UKIzog1tvpApd03HWGxMemMJ-ziWnot6hCs200K9LomibeX86CEGq5wqF31-ZgfhQP_8xSLFi14AVrPsuv2rQ8pP82fzR4Evfgsh/s791/B4C4A24C-2466-49E7-868B-31B9956825C9.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="791" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYS8nUZlW_b325tbiZH8io3KHtDeWF4lmsj4vrBPN1dVMk0nP8W1avA4L9Akhkc44RbsBTV-cBBhGgefWtVk67UKIzog1tvpApd03HWGxMemMJ-ziWnot6hCs200K9LomibeX86CEGq5wqF31-ZgfhQP_8xSLFi14AVrPsuv2rQ8pP82fzR4Evfgsh/w640-h496/B4C4A24C-2466-49E7-868B-31B9956825C9.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-large;">I have some fun owl things to do next.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-large;">A coloring page for you -</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCa-gtOwmQR5MEPWaBugtnyhr8qEHttDyCA4xlBO1Wl5dpmoGz-kCAbEAjGTfH8ltU2aFX5mJluNzbNyuSU7Lne-zqXCFTxj1MTQ4rxRIrJZU_eIdbrarNhFQcSu_gvE3hZo8mPIT8HUMacw0GrcFbGSS4GsznnmBZahnbhv-9Qx8pGByC98_KRSES/s634/01370130-D880-41A7-8E0F-0D3C53C6075F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="634" data-original-width="505" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCa-gtOwmQR5MEPWaBugtnyhr8qEHttDyCA4xlBO1Wl5dpmoGz-kCAbEAjGTfH8ltU2aFX5mJluNzbNyuSU7Lne-zqXCFTxj1MTQ4rxRIrJZU_eIdbrarNhFQcSu_gvE3hZo8mPIT8HUMacw0GrcFbGSS4GsznnmBZahnbhv-9Qx8pGByC98_KRSES/w510-h640/01370130-D880-41A7-8E0F-0D3C53C6075F.jpeg" width="510" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-large;">A mask for you to color and cut out -</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl_2F3z0pl8QeyX0UO5iTWZ53hqaIqAFX4mEYT9kxyhSGqXUMlsoC7T_N-j5lpF8suE69e_x4GJAlXy9wHSSIRiIRUhSXBomcENic7tTUwFKz7ZxTTDSGBx4B3PwVG4tm9txLu3_VWMB4a4JjWVHOOSiuRwqIhy6mpA55Y7k16pby-OgliONEqQ-aE/s600/EC721B2B-F584-490F-91B8-0A0948B0A343.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="600" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl_2F3z0pl8QeyX0UO5iTWZ53hqaIqAFX4mEYT9kxyhSGqXUMlsoC7T_N-j5lpF8suE69e_x4GJAlXy9wHSSIRiIRUhSXBomcENic7tTUwFKz7ZxTTDSGBx4B3PwVG4tm9txLu3_VWMB4a4JjWVHOOSiuRwqIhy6mpA55Y7k16pby-OgliONEqQ-aE/w640-h494/EC721B2B-F584-490F-91B8-0A0948B0A343.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">www..firstpalette.com</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Here are a couple different ways you can draw your own owl -</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZGSnp14FaWiS68fkhd3v-gcv9srxBNkNPotBtP-Ub0Te7XXPH1SZGzn7Tbs0pxta8s1XziAtpN0THUo4rVzkkL-6GshbfKKolMtkNqI_XRtxNHbBzqjML1a_oAOvCW-Ep_hksXun1pAyKF8aB-CP7Ifg13nrAoWH7g2eKw4AKYgZgfIPugpERpRe3/s1000/8C8A1A5B-881E-42FD-A6BE-C41095E09281.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZGSnp14FaWiS68fkhd3v-gcv9srxBNkNPotBtP-Ub0Te7XXPH1SZGzn7Tbs0pxta8s1XziAtpN0THUo4rVzkkL-6GshbfKKolMtkNqI_XRtxNHbBzqjML1a_oAOvCW-Ep_hksXun1pAyKF8aB-CP7Ifg13nrAoWH7g2eKw4AKYgZgfIPugpERpRe3/w384-h640/8C8A1A5B-881E-42FD-A6BE-C41095E09281.jpeg" width="384" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDuFSltVcJ9YC5UuAG9UleEgwX-SWX8HVQfjsJ4fiidjxUl5WiZibHdlSueP1AUNtrsAv6DOd-lY89ONNBMwNDHAI1x3B1l6wXA8YJb-0wknPqlMVCKXdOwT-v7NZ_NOWQSYQdxHEiHydN340eEUfVtC56zP3hyrp-mr827uY1YM40uHhw8-snFuPU/s792/BA58321A-EDC0-48AC-8B4F-CD3C92CB0FB3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="612" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDuFSltVcJ9YC5UuAG9UleEgwX-SWX8HVQfjsJ4fiidjxUl5WiZibHdlSueP1AUNtrsAv6DOd-lY89ONNBMwNDHAI1x3B1l6wXA8YJb-0wknPqlMVCKXdOwT-v7NZ_NOWQSYQdxHEiHydN340eEUfVtC56zP3hyrp-mr827uY1YM40uHhw8-snFuPU/w494-h640/BA58321A-EDC0-48AC-8B4F-CD3C92CB0FB3.jpeg" width="494" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Exploring Nature Science Resources</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />You know I love zentangles, so I must include a couple of those!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: trebuchet; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ka6O6di0ayhMPfJgH-doGTAnsqTE1rf-dQuYTwWNTyRRSRwC2_kGAaOFPMoolWeBoh1gGw2QxYzkgoo0nQmMyqU_eFQBepqaPadMtMeMfSBVZ1IFI_2u9fb1giSDukFRb9g4TiL959fFy26J8zJKYdD1vJRg_zuBNsqIn5cUKeJKkpeJgAmFxaf5/s730/0A440DB3-AAA0-4EF2-8F6B-3EB81EB44B73.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="564" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ka6O6di0ayhMPfJgH-doGTAnsqTE1rf-dQuYTwWNTyRRSRwC2_kGAaOFPMoolWeBoh1gGw2QxYzkgoo0nQmMyqU_eFQBepqaPadMtMeMfSBVZ1IFI_2u9fb1giSDukFRb9g4TiL959fFy26J8zJKYdD1vJRg_zuBNsqIn5cUKeJKkpeJgAmFxaf5/w309-h400/0A440DB3-AAA0-4EF2-8F6B-3EB81EB44B73.jpeg" width="309" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);">Unique coloring book page (mohiminul12)</span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: trebuchet; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibUsZhpeZSt540R822W65tGU_JLN26yfsP7DABjlZSZ5kv2Vqfgmzs7d8whtq41I6TJVFubp6IL63xsbV93v83m5NuwgWf9q_HhYMrf_wfVV1f7wRmuM4Tl0w_hPXrfDxx7zauta_8d2HHF98O7buOQLTG-cx7T6y7WENkS6X48U6qoLAnfhN7EFwS/s1024/0EF234CC-1195-4208-B274-9E959FBB92B4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="744" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibUsZhpeZSt540R822W65tGU_JLN26yfsP7DABjlZSZ5kv2Vqfgmzs7d8whtq41I6TJVFubp6IL63xsbV93v83m5NuwgWf9q_HhYMrf_wfVV1f7wRmuM4Tl0w_hPXrfDxx7zauta_8d2HHF98O7buOQLTG-cx7T6y7WENkS6X48U6qoLAnfhN7EFwS/w466-h640/0EF234CC-1195-4208-B274-9E959FBB92B4.jpeg" width="466" /></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Best Coloring Pages</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br />Want to draw your own?</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">You can use this outline to start -</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgigiv-YAsYuIUb3wc7aPUQP73c0i8IyC2Zew0CIaY2YYzxA6Tt-qTNUv2S0U2fDtQJ-gpG9rMj9a9_OToqrquM6rXvgYsZkTb8zWqsvhJwA5q6WBMuCMJgT7j0_K-u9bx2HLyqC4gJMykDz-r5gQ9Y98QeRhqHi8IJc1Q_KgMRKcCwkFLlI9GSZA1/s613/DA961281-CAC5-4928-BBAB-0B5D4F9E8B3A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="613" data-original-width="474" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgigiv-YAsYuIUb3wc7aPUQP73c0i8IyC2Zew0CIaY2YYzxA6Tt-qTNUv2S0U2fDtQJ-gpG9rMj9a9_OToqrquM6rXvgYsZkTb8zWqsvhJwA5q6WBMuCMJgT7j0_K-u9bx2HLyqC4gJMykDz-r5gQ9Y98QeRhqHi8IJc1Q_KgMRKcCwkFLlI9GSZA1/w309-h400/DA961281-CAC5-4928-BBAB-0B5D4F9E8B3A.jpeg" width="309" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Muse Printables</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">This next one is an embroidery pattern from Workbasket magazine</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">August, 1981 -</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1p_ednUk-yQxsXsdcx6OIY_JfdTVddtLRLVDHVDiiGfcRGaDQO_WvFrup2sR9L7mc_fVNvfCHoytXFocndDE-NqSq-wm8_1uLuVSHneUxRJc08lckizokNI2MrHJLL4XlsKTsPiU3aAvFeqEfnMO9_2wMg17NiheqqxG4ZJ1lOBcTuWjmGPLvBxwz/s500/AB92D2FE-EC80-4EAC-9F26-436A550E2D53.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="485" data-original-width="500" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1p_ednUk-yQxsXsdcx6OIY_JfdTVddtLRLVDHVDiiGfcRGaDQO_WvFrup2sR9L7mc_fVNvfCHoytXFocndDE-NqSq-wm8_1uLuVSHneUxRJc08lckizokNI2MrHJLL4XlsKTsPiU3aAvFeqEfnMO9_2wMg17NiheqqxG4ZJ1lOBcTuWjmGPLvBxwz/s320/AB92D2FE-EC80-4EAC-9F26-436A550E2D53.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Here is a tuck-quilt kit -</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb4eaZQeD8KfG4cDxm1iDikKsjwc7yi1mj20PpaTJKK8KgjJCRxmFBJyyofHQ2ihGd8h4mvn9MXTvrEBHeZs8hzp_q4sEJNSOk5LSo84j-T00fJK9JHany8GaYwaZUA29hsEUWelKRJ7pgWtFNe6C4eNqgrwAAThJD_vOvK1iJuzwXAdJp13-i-9H9/s1024/796A8AD5-212E-4F35-A6FF-CA5AF4C96B3B.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1021" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb4eaZQeD8KfG4cDxm1iDikKsjwc7yi1mj20PpaTJKK8KgjJCRxmFBJyyofHQ2ihGd8h4mvn9MXTvrEBHeZs8hzp_q4sEJNSOk5LSo84j-T00fJK9JHany8GaYwaZUA29hsEUWelKRJ7pgWtFNe6C4eNqgrwAAThJD_vOvK1iJuzwXAdJp13-i-9H9/w399-h400/796A8AD5-212E-4F35-A6FF-CA5AF4C96B3B.jpeg" width="399" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: medium;">Tuck-N-Go Crafts</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">You can get these adorable crochet owls from Moji-Moji Designs -</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVrZmLBhBwr28XtYbCMVzgC9z8QEMaCwQKaVyopoGFR9-J500VXADQQBVVg2B_r-Lmyvvy54v-F9zYJkkzATrZh6jfQiYpKIB3WlZZjYdcNecqPGQOSLOJtxasIM19BnYCcV6FpmbMWBbJIZQ8psEwONSjEorO8Y8iduq7rDtV-iAC6qqEFhQFJTTB/s820/F9A0BFD0-55A4-4CA8-9947-CD023EF7AEBA.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="807" data-original-width="820" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVrZmLBhBwr28XtYbCMVzgC9z8QEMaCwQKaVyopoGFR9-J500VXADQQBVVg2B_r-Lmyvvy54v-F9zYJkkzATrZh6jfQiYpKIB3WlZZjYdcNecqPGQOSLOJtxasIM19BnYCcV6FpmbMWBbJIZQ8psEwONSjEorO8Y8iduq7rDtV-iAC6qqEFhQFJTTB/s320/F9A0BFD0-55A4-4CA8-9947-CD023EF7AEBA.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">I hope you have learned something new about these wonderful owls,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">I know I have!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>‘Til next time,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>inkspired</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbxItMCLi08nGqj22D_pdlUGR-tp2X7wcr4e3wON35H1L2XzIEsxCp9682r0Q8yTh3sEVJJiXFdMO8x_CiO_va0rPms27W4xIw-QYZmnLRSsr_CM6m7M6SjpCuJ1saGQKa3SOV2B11Q1Y_eZnARKD-d9Br7sIta7uL0zzb6tMmdkpdxJw-DyrBAU77/s571/5C8A0FC4-1387-4560-97D0-9E8ADAD79503.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="571" data-original-width="454" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbxItMCLi08nGqj22D_pdlUGR-tp2X7wcr4e3wON35H1L2XzIEsxCp9682r0Q8yTh3sEVJJiXFdMO8x_CiO_va0rPms27W4xIw-QYZmnLRSsr_CM6m7M6SjpCuJ1saGQKa3SOV2B11Q1Y_eZnARKD-d9Br7sIta7uL0zzb6tMmdkpdxJw-DyrBAU77/w318-h400/5C8A0FC4-1387-4560-97D0-9E8ADAD79503.jpeg" width="318" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Artist Robert Bateman</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Some of the websites I gathered information from, in no particular order:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">fieldguide.my.gov</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">zooidaho.org</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">5dzwildlifeexplorers.org</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Pinterest</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">great horned owl.net</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Wikipedia.org</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">abcbirds.org</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p><br /></p></div>Inkspiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454530754439546966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097634769099879241.post-1270995867766530352023-04-02T22:58:00.000-06:002023-04-02T22:58:22.917-06:00A few of my favorite things<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> <b><i>in Purple!</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCmkuXvfY_n2DMs9lOD24Y_YCTMVw_BIpIfIHV8t-sq1ezG4rmiUoLNgwUXtUkpxLGpL1DnzJAZFdw9-Oc5SoJ1CIVoPoB1wt1hho9nNsd7-TcUL9sod9sroTezi5lTC_8lEubL1zL3NTZPikbYHNUATsjgG9g-uYyEMVCUYFWcrw_IgtvwqqJ0W2S/s754/AF0C4EEA-6F84-4CE4-9827-4E4415106691.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCmkuXvfY_n2DMs9lOD24Y_YCTMVw_BIpIfIHV8t-sq1ezG4rmiUoLNgwUXtUkpxLGpL1DnzJAZFdw9-Oc5SoJ1CIVoPoB1wt1hho9nNsd7-TcUL9sod9sroTezi5lTC_8lEubL1zL3NTZPikbYHNUATsjgG9g-uYyEMVCUYFWcrw_IgtvwqqJ0W2S/w265-h400/AF0C4EEA-6F84-4CE4-9827-4E4415106691.jpeg" width="265" /></a></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);">Photo & Video Envato-Tuts+, 2010</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><br /></span></span></p><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Lots of family stuff going on -</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">which makes me very stressed.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">I know things are out of my hands</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">and always in God’s hands,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">so I try not to worry.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Be relaxed.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Calm.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Which brings me to thoughts of</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Purple!</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgShA75mBBYpQXL5R6b0GquIZ5h6fHwLMbGBLpRByB8uYkhQZgcDjmPmvG7S0F7PaP1FbRyetMjH0f_GQ5-O08GsNa1KM-sKD7fLYkTXEXX4-SgBAU5uw9S9jBtCi3jaAj3hiPRe_cgQVtrYQNHSJ84aa1f2jfvHbZdSAzmhb7dQVm7j1AXdWwRmBMp/s300/B578D2AE-78C9-4E5F-A5E3-F1ECCBEC5DD3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgShA75mBBYpQXL5R6b0GquIZ5h6fHwLMbGBLpRByB8uYkhQZgcDjmPmvG7S0F7PaP1FbRyetMjH0f_GQ5-O08GsNa1KM-sKD7fLYkTXEXX4-SgBAU5uw9S9jBtCi3jaAj3hiPRe_cgQVtrYQNHSJ84aa1f2jfvHbZdSAzmhb7dQVm7j1AXdWwRmBMp/s1600/B578D2AE-78C9-4E5F-A5E3-F1ECCBEC5DD3.jpeg" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Pinterest</span></div><div style="color: #674ea7; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #674ea7; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;">Purple has been a fave color of mine for quite awhile now.</div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);">Today I want to share with you some of my favorite <b>purple </b>things!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);">They’re not in any order, really.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);">And no, the photos are not the color of the bold shades of purple.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);">Just all shades of purple,</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);">and some of my favorite things.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiNgHPvrIGbY1aeNkDl1NPYifh6JPDIJwn1GnxzU9OY7w6g8lYraNFTBsyKf2EFuVsG7NVUOOVAGfqvAobTC8y3jcTAsZGa3cIsLd2z5fBgXsEKPGytzEeI4VuM4xCwLyTM-ztUXBJ3ic9tV3Xr0pJR5nupysBLZ-uNiIOqbh_s_nH-0oRwsjG9eta/s3264/523FB381-B67C-4DB8-A5D5-45F2D9C77FD0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiNgHPvrIGbY1aeNkDl1NPYifh6JPDIJwn1GnxzU9OY7w6g8lYraNFTBsyKf2EFuVsG7NVUOOVAGfqvAobTC8y3jcTAsZGa3cIsLd2z5fBgXsEKPGytzEeI4VuM4xCwLyTM-ztUXBJ3ic9tV3Xr0pJR5nupysBLZ-uNiIOqbh_s_nH-0oRwsjG9eta/w300-h400/523FB381-B67C-4DB8-A5D5-45F2D9C77FD0.jpeg" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">All kaleidoscopes by inkspired</div></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;">😁</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Lilac</b></div></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: x-large;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqWugfQ3d98JQTJGU9K8F3Vq14fda0pXv4FvqcS8VrCk6eOUeZ4jhf-a3XSARsRQ8zczFcbu6LoSCnxcSAauFcJuGuJpySMdqd_SvYnffwufPStwf4WFrlCyi3D2U6qounnKbQlqLy8LeIyIhAaIiuIFgpNKU84s3QN153U-S3St6DDvJ8CquOgBGZ/s737/D7B52D98-1793-4609-8E3A-89C1639B12F6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="552" data-original-width="737" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqWugfQ3d98JQTJGU9K8F3Vq14fda0pXv4FvqcS8VrCk6eOUeZ4jhf-a3XSARsRQ8zczFcbu6LoSCnxcSAauFcJuGuJpySMdqd_SvYnffwufPStwf4WFrlCyi3D2U6qounnKbQlqLy8LeIyIhAaIiuIFgpNKU84s3QN153U-S3St6DDvJ8CquOgBGZ/w400-h300/D7B52D98-1793-4609-8E3A-89C1639B12F6.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);">Jewelry Television</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhipW_j97dlwGbYtzxrHTINNR1ntNEmKiFZFDXV08DZ4WQVMMqQ5YxQM8OjrNOwAX1uvLFxufepAu9SCR6u7-Iut55unGwm49bExhARDTpQBAnHoPCB9ImefIWoyOfQSnRBqfONLBmgvJBcblSdQJ7DVHd2iCcsw6Tna19Zg6B75uQzIhFjGH98ufP5/s720/4C015A3F-E97A-4D56-89B7-C62C87A0C2A0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="720" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhipW_j97dlwGbYtzxrHTINNR1ntNEmKiFZFDXV08DZ4WQVMMqQ5YxQM8OjrNOwAX1uvLFxufepAu9SCR6u7-Iut55unGwm49bExhARDTpQBAnHoPCB9ImefIWoyOfQSnRBqfONLBmgvJBcblSdQJ7DVHd2iCcsw6Tna19Zg6B75uQzIhFjGH98ufP5/s320/4C015A3F-E97A-4D56-89B7-C62C87A0C2A0.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Amethyst </b></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #674ea7; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiorelcJD5m_Pzu8hF__FU7LywCgNPIjSXagjLGu7bAs7_myYOl0aX0ho9KucPgPHOGyMaOL48vIx5K94DDKPDPUqvt7iXSNgudb6vlvaDnArjzse_svcyiV7uEVBM7Z8GpTFFgGbL26zjWKh7Jd4GlCKPTwhi0v2jzcfeJHlsc-6Sy3IJ7adVdSMls/s2065/DBFE1DD0-73F4-4B9E-BC73-B15B83180472.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1638" data-original-width="2065" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiorelcJD5m_Pzu8hF__FU7LywCgNPIjSXagjLGu7bAs7_myYOl0aX0ho9KucPgPHOGyMaOL48vIx5K94DDKPDPUqvt7iXSNgudb6vlvaDnArjzse_svcyiV7uEVBM7Z8GpTFFgGbL26zjWKh7Jd4GlCKPTwhi0v2jzcfeJHlsc-6Sy3IJ7adVdSMls/w400-h318/DBFE1DD0-73F4-4B9E-BC73-B15B83180472.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p style="color: #674ea7; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: x-large;">I love using recycled postage stamps in my art!</span></span></p><p style="color: #674ea7; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><b>Wisteria</b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEUjivz2yunz1JfvtqRkV_aATFphgSVakSuqbR9NFfsPqJsbgzKKXQ1S4RanjENecj1vrsOH1vLcPgPyqXLP0Gfv7j8mAQ_85kNSvb1h8f2t-yHpxPW4AgMXsgq-khQcEYTQvzJtu9-g-hKYQR9DGwy1MX8BV5YfBTmybQO6rKoPAAtRrKRx3CcBS8/s590/11180EF6-A6F3-439A-B1C3-833F2BA0559A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="590" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEUjivz2yunz1JfvtqRkV_aATFphgSVakSuqbR9NFfsPqJsbgzKKXQ1S4RanjENecj1vrsOH1vLcPgPyqXLP0Gfv7j8mAQ_85kNSvb1h8f2t-yHpxPW4AgMXsgq-khQcEYTQvzJtu9-g-hKYQR9DGwy1MX8BV5YfBTmybQO6rKoPAAtRrKRx3CcBS8/s320/11180EF6-A6F3-439A-B1C3-833F2BA0559A.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;">Salvatore Ferragamo, Italian, Metro Museum of Art</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: xx-large; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b>Grape</b></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8cejm7xo8qKyXTdl7DrpZxt3Ny_RGbhAmJWnbFpmY6Fp2Cq_VY-xJsAZXUQj-f_JWTR8Oo58Q3NOyotV4_eRrbfUEw5vKS1sSiuVKyxxWkvOj45i-cB7NvqdYJ5Ybytk_EYvf1XqESh2JuojSVjo9CODYKrX5KOSfvKQsxB_CPbTnQMojUL_2W1JP/s1349/4B905623-18F8-43D5-9A24-6FC1ECD8A97B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1349" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8cejm7xo8qKyXTdl7DrpZxt3Ny_RGbhAmJWnbFpmY6Fp2Cq_VY-xJsAZXUQj-f_JWTR8Oo58Q3NOyotV4_eRrbfUEw5vKS1sSiuVKyxxWkvOj45i-cB7NvqdYJ5Ybytk_EYvf1XqESh2JuojSVjo9CODYKrX5KOSfvKQsxB_CPbTnQMojUL_2W1JP/w426-h640/4B905623-18F8-43D5-9A24-6FC1ECD8A97B.jpeg" width="426" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Sandra Bullock, SFGATE 2021</div></span><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Violet</b></div></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2P0xerD78q8a0TPX-Z_AZR-Kb7ptvnZPbwWDJ_xmspvGs-qUHc-19ATGJQfXZbiXR_5onV1C3wmArkjWH7QTXGL4U6kJiSeynXxAwHDaOhgAXarjHDMKiRHXnsw5AthVPoE3mzvOh8hcL5IudmLzo6al13BYYk-7h-E8UfzWxS-WvKj5c-QkKxCCo/s320/A1D99C4E-D60C-48BA-8531-C35BD5CDC0E4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="276" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2P0xerD78q8a0TPX-Z_AZR-Kb7ptvnZPbwWDJ_xmspvGs-qUHc-19ATGJQfXZbiXR_5onV1C3wmArkjWH7QTXGL4U6kJiSeynXxAwHDaOhgAXarjHDMKiRHXnsw5AthVPoE3mzvOh8hcL5IudmLzo6al13BYYk-7h-E8UfzWxS-WvKj5c-QkKxCCo/w345-h400/A1D99C4E-D60C-48BA-8531-C35BD5CDC0E4.jpeg" width="345" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;">Amethyst Deceiver mushrooms (Laccaria amethystina)</div><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><br /></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><b style="font-size: xx-large;">Plum</b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuDasg0lHltYRwLnR0GRYYFH033FKcTMagJCTpnZIiqM71HWKWDs85S0xgQTdbIK-KmDSj_XajXHM4UTjyLUe1ugUQS_bfxb7NgFBWgemuwwJ1Z_zOhr3CkRiIlkrMngcAxFmv4vsAD1D_oj6lvm_rASc-sHWX5L46sDrry72Hn90PNrLBlFMt-PGF/s1509/1F6E6CAA-0E39-43D4-B919-600DABD4C7B9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1166" data-original-width="1509" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuDasg0lHltYRwLnR0GRYYFH033FKcTMagJCTpnZIiqM71HWKWDs85S0xgQTdbIK-KmDSj_XajXHM4UTjyLUe1ugUQS_bfxb7NgFBWgemuwwJ1Z_zOhr3CkRiIlkrMngcAxFmv4vsAD1D_oj6lvm_rASc-sHWX5L46sDrry72Hn90PNrLBlFMt-PGF/w400-h309/1F6E6CAA-0E39-43D4-B919-600DABD4C7B9.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Iris Folded card by inkspired</span></div></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPmaDbP-lXwumOYcZNS2FeWHfEIWS9ig_m1H3QH9SqgiGu9ITg1WM1_90WSMpcB3TUnepBTSQsB0yC1UyxD3YNXZMJK_6DL-tUHJqMNzlMLcZLDB_vzN2QBnB6xFSgz4LHBBC0XMbFnakkCfrbABt8_v1X3CEE3r9XHUZpMv-2oe9-1yEv5zwS70Ub/s2448/EB8AAF1C-F202-4592-919E-2537EE4DB5CF.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPmaDbP-lXwumOYcZNS2FeWHfEIWS9ig_m1H3QH9SqgiGu9ITg1WM1_90WSMpcB3TUnepBTSQsB0yC1UyxD3YNXZMJK_6DL-tUHJqMNzlMLcZLDB_vzN2QBnB6xFSgz4LHBBC0XMbFnakkCfrbABt8_v1X3CEE3r9XHUZpMv-2oe9-1yEv5zwS70Ub/s320/EB8AAF1C-F202-4592-919E-2537EE4DB5CF.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><b style="color: #674ea7; font-size: xx-large;">Lavender</b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #674ea7; font-size: xx-large; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSm4_PIaSLUiS2F_cUAAfMgDimSxtwtNW7ossTOPdbLm3-dpHG4o7lXH4lQlYN6jkYVIHsn8fCLcOgDT_W5WJudgHQuqKo3YxMHSAkSltqGOH8ST0EuJuvmvM4bFVIDfiHEbue2UioVoWfZziQNCi8J5NRCXiVMN2fGFim6kBxOBC0FAPnC0MDMdqg/s481/BE31248D-23C2-4867-9ADF-2124A3D0577F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="389" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSm4_PIaSLUiS2F_cUAAfMgDimSxtwtNW7ossTOPdbLm3-dpHG4o7lXH4lQlYN6jkYVIHsn8fCLcOgDT_W5WJudgHQuqKo3YxMHSAkSltqGOH8ST0EuJuvmvM4bFVIDfiHEbue2UioVoWfZziQNCi8J5NRCXiVMN2fGFim6kBxOBC0FAPnC0MDMdqg/w324-h400/BE31248D-23C2-4867-9ADF-2124A3D0577F.jpeg" width="324" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167); color: #351c75;">“Lavender Locks”, Etsy CA</span></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span style="color: #351c75;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: x-large;"><b>Orchid</b></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuwz-kid_RvAGSyo_W7N9Zs_cTkmOFR3flF_iQGqjNyIl1JEl2b6rLmbNaPvhZNhQRwGoOROJGkTpcFNN4Z9Fj1adPmWcRfkqykwEyT6IlcIulIOI0DcPU1TK1A-I9OqAVooj8F4BRCYLRKZwHRpkENXkCP1URNV2A1W6_DFShNEgbdCzoMaIyKNCC/s1262/E41D8CC7-7D24-4FB0-8508-839529E35BB7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1262" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuwz-kid_RvAGSyo_W7N9Zs_cTkmOFR3flF_iQGqjNyIl1JEl2b6rLmbNaPvhZNhQRwGoOROJGkTpcFNN4Z9Fj1adPmWcRfkqykwEyT6IlcIulIOI0DcPU1TK1A-I9OqAVooj8F4BRCYLRKZwHRpkENXkCP1URNV2A1W6_DFShNEgbdCzoMaIyKNCC/w508-h640/E41D8CC7-7D24-4FB0-8508-839529E35BB7.jpeg" width="508" /></a></span></span></div><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;">Olga Suvorova </div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Pansy Purple</span></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #674ea7; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOZnio2-0N6LyEYT6D6nROnHAdHIEO9JYg-2Wd1z0P98ZuZMWy0Htu6cAJEJlgkEwViiAVdZWtNliyS1crM_1hf20XX4rbd78LYPj7UkuPK9RiMBOhMibgnOIiKpqFxgSvKQs86jYaf5TthJ_8XPgCbaiq5xbBrs7BA_RFcmzr6S7n2mKczG8OxzKu/s768/8AAB87EB-6503-4DC4-96B0-0D70081BD0E7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="768" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOZnio2-0N6LyEYT6D6nROnHAdHIEO9JYg-2Wd1z0P98ZuZMWy0Htu6cAJEJlgkEwViiAVdZWtNliyS1crM_1hf20XX4rbd78LYPj7UkuPK9RiMBOhMibgnOIiKpqFxgSvKQs86jYaf5TthJ_8XPgCbaiq5xbBrs7BA_RFcmzr6S7n2mKczG8OxzKu/w400-h248/8AAB87EB-6503-4DC4-96B0-0D70081BD0E7.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">(Yes, there really is a color named that!)</span></div><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167); color: #674ea7; font-size: x-large;"><span><b>Heliotrope</b></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167); color: #674ea7;"><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167); color: #674ea7;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNjtEIuy9FxzbOwVPHpN2t4LDMWDOdhXj8M7WOEuM3aDy3Pzv0tHSOI_A9LLjiXGGwpAS5-f_5UN3DZ84jV7_MVsk3wqF2Qk_7nPbFRIoGjOl5YSr3PPTz8-kTqJ0XlmVkcGXr3Q6UOPhWcYeG_O6ltS1B04lyEepAqsgZjTIC9btRmBhrC2U1-_Hb/s750/B9A8EEC1-64EB-44C5-9236-947F449A98E6.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="445" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNjtEIuy9FxzbOwVPHpN2t4LDMWDOdhXj8M7WOEuM3aDy3Pzv0tHSOI_A9LLjiXGGwpAS5-f_5UN3DZ84jV7_MVsk3wqF2Qk_7nPbFRIoGjOl5YSr3PPTz8-kTqJ0XlmVkcGXr3Q6UOPhWcYeG_O6ltS1B04lyEepAqsgZjTIC9btRmBhrC2U1-_Hb/w380-h640/B9A8EEC1-64EB-44C5-9236-947F449A98E6.jpeg" width="380" /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167); color: #674ea7;">Evening gown, House of Worth, French, 1910’s</span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167); color: #674ea7;"><span>Metropolitan Museum of Art </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167); color: #674ea7;"><span><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167); color: #674ea7;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Heather</b></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #674ea7; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Lh8YM5JBaGqT3jZ9fmEtCoqFnX9yz9GsQzAt3AS07rc997TNqv2Q7OEPCSdHwSK0-exOme_Lv1vCTmMYvDyaja9XNnjhE58VGVqOQH8-HlYCeEJBDKrWP0CsLWCFiTta-2kiIIJyUBRsTWQjl54iWKeE9R1ehC7jb7sXJYLZGm20RlpzTFIfp5yx/s815/DA562C75-8469-4358-89E1-CF9EA64B370E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="815" data-original-width="619" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Lh8YM5JBaGqT3jZ9fmEtCoqFnX9yz9GsQzAt3AS07rc997TNqv2Q7OEPCSdHwSK0-exOme_Lv1vCTmMYvDyaja9XNnjhE58VGVqOQH8-HlYCeEJBDKrWP0CsLWCFiTta-2kiIIJyUBRsTWQjl54iWKeE9R1ehC7jb7sXJYLZGm20RlpzTFIfp5yx/w304-h400/DA562C75-8469-4358-89E1-CF9EA64B370E.jpeg" width="304" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span style="color: #351c75;"><div style="text-align: center;">Miss South Carolina 2014 Barbie, by ninimomo</div></span></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span><span style="color: #351c75;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span><span style="color: #351c75;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Periwinkle</span></b></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span><span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #674ea7; font-size: x-large;"><span><b>Iris</b></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp0pIgBmEmZUZVLpnFPVnii60hsiGN2EuzXFMvWo23khQzCR9k6zQ4OYhQaQyl7zRuaA9oMke-IGb0N91_E2OferQDu6oNsBmEQIplkEh0tpjQbqg5iy7VDV5Giq1zCFlBVA6a21_bW7EGhp7Mm0IB4yk_DZcjeh0pr7rbu9OFUW4bNEtWsJJntzFD/s750/91CF8111-F5ED-4F72-9328-192153FEB73D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp0pIgBmEmZUZVLpnFPVnii60hsiGN2EuzXFMvWo23khQzCR9k6zQ4OYhQaQyl7zRuaA9oMke-IGb0N91_E2OferQDu6oNsBmEQIplkEh0tpjQbqg5iy7VDV5Giq1zCFlBVA6a21_bW7EGhp7Mm0IB4yk_DZcjeh0pr7rbu9OFUW4bNEtWsJJntzFD/s320/91CF8111-F5ED-4F72-9328-192153FEB73D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span style="color: #351c75;">Purple Cichlid fish</span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><b><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #674ea7; font-size: xx-large;">Boysenberry </b></div></b></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlUP94HfKlPA-ppwmQxwOX0gvxr1PQPAD1CdhbkXOM5RdVeEO9FMYr7KPmfHfalfMPy-rrDOrmZNvFnWya9SKhxZIAklx8QuwSi2MTtFrTAk-1RTNb1KTThYnIFM_7hMGCCGwgBpWr7jsK-zVgtTwgLbZ57wQ8yN_EooE2uTDHyaT2WQYurHa93CRG/s1080/714F84B4-273B-47CA-AB22-EEBB06C66569.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="1080" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlUP94HfKlPA-ppwmQxwOX0gvxr1PQPAD1CdhbkXOM5RdVeEO9FMYr7KPmfHfalfMPy-rrDOrmZNvFnWya9SKhxZIAklx8QuwSi2MTtFrTAk-1RTNb1KTThYnIFM_7hMGCCGwgBpWr7jsK-zVgtTwgLbZ57wQ8yN_EooE2uTDHyaT2WQYurHa93CRG/w640-h494/714F84B4-273B-47CA-AB22-EEBB06C66569.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">Madame Mim, Disney, by Cory Jensen</span></div></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span><span style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2133" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNoBWWsmipMC6rne4PYcFgJP_5etCW5p5JF-hxNzI77cxOv7iGZKhqHWEzIyRIjkW_LAiSIeqlm3CPIH9Z2eQ5UqNCIFqkck_9jrd4Edusg-bbpWTMqdJ0kuqjm3KQoDcdKxuJFTyQ9V95buvu0W2QZ-zDCMdBm1-ZuKEJ0-W_PQM5op13ai79oTVY/w360-h640/DE4C2CED-8980-45D1-AA9E-370DF6F1D4F3.jpeg" width="360" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span style="color: #351c75;"><div style="text-align: center;">Pinterest</div></span></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Well, that’s it for today.</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>I have many other purple things saved, but I don’t want to overwhelm anyone!</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>‘Til next time,</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>inkspired</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Favorite things shown:</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Birds</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Glass</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Kaleidoscopes</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Jewelry</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Postage stamp art</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Shoes</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Red carpet fashions</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Mushrooms</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Iris Folding</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Mermaids</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Olga Suvorova </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Pansies</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Vintage dresses</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Barbie</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Ninimomo</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Pretty home decor</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Colorful fish</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Paper dolls</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Cory Jensen</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Watercolor painting</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><span><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: times; font-size: large;">💜<br /></span><b style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></b><br /><br /><b style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></b></span></span></span></p>Inkspiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454530754439546966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097634769099879241.post-17796345861887321492023-03-22T20:37:00.000-06:002023-03-22T20:37:33.981-06:0012 Days of Christmas Day 12<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><i> “On the twelfth day of Christmas </i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><i>My true love gave to me-</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><i>12 drummers drumming!”</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirD6JukS9VxDgtMTfl6B3-h4hqgqzlR6iCaVGkaOu2TDhNsBjNsw04eG5D0-8SSFsa2Mb8R8LO3PFkVERrrgHR2qBYENtVPs9AQURkI_8hsbApldaYO1OLRnIO9_O1n7OSVqIhgt2wUi67Am1Pzjrpbkhg0M9JDqISHqe6R0J9rJTQCgbhG1SxCVJi/s599/4426C673-F872-465F-B4EF-CF4A63FA81A4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="570" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirD6JukS9VxDgtMTfl6B3-h4hqgqzlR6iCaVGkaOu2TDhNsBjNsw04eG5D0-8SSFsa2Mb8R8LO3PFkVERrrgHR2qBYENtVPs9AQURkI_8hsbApldaYO1OLRnIO9_O1n7OSVqIhgt2wUi67Am1Pzjrpbkhg0M9JDqISHqe6R0J9rJTQCgbhG1SxCVJi/w381-h400/4426C673-F872-465F-B4EF-CF4A63FA81A4.jpeg" width="381" /></a></span></div><span style="color: red; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><i><div><span style="color: red; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><br /></i></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">My apologies for making everyone wait for Day 12.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Sometimes Life gets in the way.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Sometimes Death pops in unexpectedly.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">But here we are, and we have some True Love gifts to finish up!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9lwEHIXOC-2RsqUTbqYg0vbHd8wcy6e_C1fG1HCFkeybFA6A0j0kJZrB4zCL3XQw5IV8H4gqtSW-UCKZLxK9wvjMUMZTYexWhAUFUYpukcVYIpjLCehGWWYtv_6RYkawOKCuZ6NIEk_ZAKNwNpFRhc5Wds36nrzk94v2JPgWXMHxK3PSQnEysK2k5/s776/7BF3DA5F-03ED-4A6A-BE46-A79A3138A846.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="776" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9lwEHIXOC-2RsqUTbqYg0vbHd8wcy6e_C1fG1HCFkeybFA6A0j0kJZrB4zCL3XQw5IV8H4gqtSW-UCKZLxK9wvjMUMZTYexWhAUFUYpukcVYIpjLCehGWWYtv_6RYkawOKCuZ6NIEk_ZAKNwNpFRhc5Wds36nrzk94v2JPgWXMHxK3PSQnEysK2k5/w400-h309/7BF3DA5F-03ED-4A6A-BE46-A79A3138A846.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">If you are using the rhyme to help you remember some faith-related items and people, then the 12 days stand for the 12 apostles.</span><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">This causes some people headaches.</span></div><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Jesus started out his ministry with 12 hand picked men to be his followers. Disciples. Foundations of the Church you could say. Apostles.</span></div><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Only Judas Iscariot threw a wrench in the plans (or did he?) Since I believe God knows all, and is in charge of all plans, kingdoms and happenings, then I believe Judas was a part of God’s plan from the beginning.</span></div><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I know, pretty radical stuff.</span></div><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">So when Judas I. killed himself, did that eliminate him as an Apostle? Human reasoning would say Yes! But that leaves us with 11 Disciples (Apostles). So where is number 12?</span></div><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Paul! (Formerly known as Saul). You can read all about it in the New Testament. His turn-around from persecutor to follower is really quite miraculous.</span></div><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">So with Paul generally accepted as an Apostle, that brings us back to 12.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">12 drummers drumming.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglM_qsYaniSo9EOc_9S6ZmEgJtuYPEJEHL9ohnrG3GqnnI_OzpPVLSi5xJ1HVW3iT-88APMunXMezSDCol1uL233sDECalAqZH9OzjHKok9w8nctpb05ZPzFXrCLm5M3sZoqBbio3JmGYpsAymxFakmmc-LkiRj551s65u781Dx9cW2OkR3kWRL6v3/s764/3AEFFDA5-676D-4857-9810-8BAFBD41F1ED.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglM_qsYaniSo9EOc_9S6ZmEgJtuYPEJEHL9ohnrG3GqnnI_OzpPVLSi5xJ1HVW3iT-88APMunXMezSDCol1uL233sDECalAqZH9OzjHKok9w8nctpb05ZPzFXrCLm5M3sZoqBbio3JmGYpsAymxFakmmc-LkiRj551s65u781Dx9cW2OkR3kWRL6v3/w502-h640/3AEFFDA5-676D-4857-9810-8BAFBD41F1ED.jpeg" width="502" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Littlemotorcar, Digital artist, Pinterest</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Only please,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Do Not say the rhyme was historically written for religious purposes. It wasn’t. Just a children’s rhyming game that became super popular, then out of favor until put to music in 1907.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">This illustration is one of my favorites!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguxKPsCC0_2hOTL47SIph7N0ZNorXMnAbSQJs_yoW0c2eX5nfUhS5L9M10zuVPocJtOJH5uUve8pUYg7pMpSRvONPHN0fCablb0Z2DNSN7azF7LvJ6LBMbysYRWuE9Qtl7SLvtXe65WcjTTh-7ngRrEj5ty3QkMck1oUrsxZp0g9KTek9WHuKalL7Q/s775/E62A47CC-CB37-483E-9F09-F19D2A503418.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="775" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguxKPsCC0_2hOTL47SIph7N0ZNorXMnAbSQJs_yoW0c2eX5nfUhS5L9M10zuVPocJtOJH5uUve8pUYg7pMpSRvONPHN0fCablb0Z2DNSN7azF7LvJ6LBMbysYRWuE9Qtl7SLvtXe65WcjTTh-7ngRrEj5ty3QkMck1oUrsxZp0g9KTek9WHuKalL7Q/w400-h395/E62A47CC-CB37-483E-9F09-F19D2A503418.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Green Box Art</span></div></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">And I must add in some Sandra Boynton humor,</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">of course!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxh5cSeOsePN4wEbSUmnjoifBIGR9fpJVPtCbJWvfENCuZZFwjNjbmTOR0L6KeKFgMyrAmx7Oh1aDsywOijmUYJpZJ1mi4ewR545k0i3kZ5rjKnmDOS7TaGVX9a5HeEQX1-_ZNTQZhGceG63iVEklD3SNsHOmWQyDt4WxayiO2phbWt2JbE9nRmm0O/s750/30027421-CCD2-461C-B582-717407A71F5A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="750" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxh5cSeOsePN4wEbSUmnjoifBIGR9fpJVPtCbJWvfENCuZZFwjNjbmTOR0L6KeKFgMyrAmx7Oh1aDsywOijmUYJpZJ1mi4ewR545k0i3kZ5rjKnmDOS7TaGVX9a5HeEQX1-_ZNTQZhGceG63iVEklD3SNsHOmWQyDt4WxayiO2phbWt2JbE9nRmm0O/w400-h309/30027421-CCD2-461C-B582-717407A71F5A.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">By Sandra Boynton</span></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); color: #990000;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); color: #990000;">People use slightly different order of gifts,</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); color: #990000;">mostly depending on whether you are American</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); color: #990000;">or English-European.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); color: #990000;">I have laid out my 12 Days of Christmas </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); color: #990000;">in the traditional American (North) order.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); color: #990000;">Is it the ‘right’ one?</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); color: #990000;">Dunno!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); color: #990000;">But it’s the one I’m familiar with!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); color: #990000;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); color: #990000;">Here’s an unusual painting of the 12 -</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkDWZNGrsIVGMEkMyopwn45iJNQ1_NqaeYvIVW1BwU13KRqiEPf7EG4z5bk5KYEEEe4rGlGRCr94r-2OjDFeVe70B2he3fJaFuvSeo67tGs_ad95S_eRp6yoZh07CbRC-CUtUAXnQiLY6AwR-DNRLpzbr-36NzZmDc6tlVTaXeZhbgo4Od1vwl-b3z/s800/547BC8DD-7BCC-4C3C-B552-C2EF90A26CCC.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="800" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkDWZNGrsIVGMEkMyopwn45iJNQ1_NqaeYvIVW1BwU13KRqiEPf7EG4z5bk5KYEEEe4rGlGRCr94r-2OjDFeVe70B2he3fJaFuvSeo67tGs_ad95S_eRp6yoZh07CbRC-CUtUAXnQiLY6AwR-DNRLpzbr-36NzZmDc6tlVTaXeZhbgo4Od1vwl-b3z/w400-h388/547BC8DD-7BCC-4C3C-B552-C2EF90A26CCC.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: large;">By Alice and Martin Provensen</span></span></div><p style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Here is a more modern look, </span></span></p><p style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">with all kinds of different drums.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCw7AudmSYkh125m1qUU4JCK34NfrTuwPGk1cMkyLDcKwaqjctwZcuf0xThWDJ2piypjklSktsFdqi8fQUUhc4ZlYtIUrts8mzxbR7VWoMrV2koJ8pr3qdPrObZ_YKbnpkxF_qufRJeAmHfKhl9jGXKasjldbfFC58DMkOXijZ8Os8SdCFE2MC7g2p/s1697/DA92BA82-97E2-4A2A-B2A4-F91C93162F42.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1697" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCw7AudmSYkh125m1qUU4JCK34NfrTuwPGk1cMkyLDcKwaqjctwZcuf0xThWDJ2piypjklSktsFdqi8fQUUhc4ZlYtIUrts8mzxbR7VWoMrV2koJ8pr3qdPrObZ_YKbnpkxF_qufRJeAmHfKhl9jGXKasjldbfFC58DMkOXijZ8Os8SdCFE2MC7g2p/w452-h640/DA92BA82-97E2-4A2A-B2A4-F91C93162F42.jpeg" width="452" /></a></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span>Pinterest</span></p><span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: xx-large;">Here are a couple of different ways you can easily draw a drum:</span></div><p></p><p style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG56KkJAiBLhqGQTYf8jycMmbpFKLxy0cLOXAby1WPx5mNcQkFPfOdkMuqDx7LncO7hiGNY8wYZs_GS5TNGi0S9BzWoluGA_ooucrup5Xd_XDvYIaKhzHbJZd8b1bJhqNWsjIecAi8hOpkK_VZdYwgrmvgP-oK1A7IoJXrfRRvs0IuAcgUa1r7GHgs/s1250/550B37C6-94D5-4BD9-AA98-9015A965F5C2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1250" data-original-width="927" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG56KkJAiBLhqGQTYf8jycMmbpFKLxy0cLOXAby1WPx5mNcQkFPfOdkMuqDx7LncO7hiGNY8wYZs_GS5TNGi0S9BzWoluGA_ooucrup5Xd_XDvYIaKhzHbJZd8b1bJhqNWsjIecAi8hOpkK_VZdYwgrmvgP-oK1A7IoJXrfRRvs0IuAcgUa1r7GHgs/s320/550B37C6-94D5-4BD9-AA98-9015A965F5C2.jpeg" width="237" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">ColoringPages101.com</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4GbZgrlZUt056o3VqDQy0QolF9P835f7_7eD1W1qbc1aslNeQ__pODAIDPAV2hZ0hT1sedTBAxyZL3YVsiINVUnFt-sX-XdLM4w83-u2xF9LIYnZRNrCrhVaCrKKfvBTeeXFIymuHLwZlhLNgcvZLv4eXfAkXH0DhJUSktuyy-DJ47k0RRp9_Bko-/s320/F6FA8BE7-8138-4726-9ED2-B63D3736FFF5.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>BigActivities.com<br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">You never know when you might need a drum that needs drawing…</span></p><p style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">…or need a cross stitch pattern -</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_lLulTnMZGAuMgLVgbuyOJnyi2cGuxnEfXS3GgTn8W74hKcRbqERwf73A1IuWTMzxSVwCsA-6OhMoD_iDO5ZMmyCGOTp2vX7GHoUC2Dt66dKOrFMZPHekJV5iRMKaI479p7yl9xCBqIDt4G03ZGYFKxu9MIn4fuEuCNOwd-oMsuKs4Xy2LIZYKmh7/s598/6B0335FE-ACFE-4C02-BE5D-B2999682C115.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="451" data-original-width="598" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_lLulTnMZGAuMgLVgbuyOJnyi2cGuxnEfXS3GgTn8W74hKcRbqERwf73A1IuWTMzxSVwCsA-6OhMoD_iDO5ZMmyCGOTp2vX7GHoUC2Dt66dKOrFMZPHekJV5iRMKaI479p7yl9xCBqIDt4G03ZGYFKxu9MIn4fuEuCNOwd-oMsuKs4Xy2LIZYKmh7/w640-h482/6B0335FE-ACFE-4C02-BE5D-B2999682C115.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Shelley Wexell posted on Pinterest </div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Well, that is the summary of </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>The 12 Days of Christmas</b></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>On the 12th day of Christmas </b></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>my true love gave to me-</b></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>12 drummers drumming</b></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>11 pipers piping</b></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>10 lords a’leaping</b></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>9 ladies dancing</b></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>8 maids a’milking</b></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>7 swans a swimming</b></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>6 geese a’laying</b></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>5..golden..rings!</b></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>4 colley birds</b></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; 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font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">and maybe tried a craft or two!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><i>‘Til next time,</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><i>inkspired</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitvUMqKzmsxN-OzGNq6vGoIXV1Cn7dcYLDaeRIU_aPMRgdmHdcRJJ6XX7NmZUDkrq84GnifRDrqXAu1dW7bb499m_ELv2jOY29xxo_fUn0BgAvzvu1nh1X0B9i8ksuLhUY_4phLYn4Dz5skGdRAtB0Oiv2L7kYDRr1BPr6X_d1duujfzRtZ_DT2d3y/s2206/28681E6E-51B9-4648-A232-AC66AE5CE310.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); color: #990000;"><br /></span></span></p></div></div>Inkspiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454530754439546966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097634769099879241.post-5759200273799331782023-02-05T23:20:00.000-07:002023-02-05T23:20:24.621-07:0012 Days of Christmas Day 11<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><i> “On the eleventh day of Christmas </i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><i>My true love gave to me -</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><i>Eleven pipers piping.”</i></span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMhWtnegtWY2DBndjq4C2ZiUjFtR20dY9ne7560qMV7xEU5t9oSZvOQiGuDm6YRQ1pkyP0si2xSKt7TWzX6K-qyyDzRN0cHOdaSxUXo3Z5ifvHrIMpmCHayQr8oDgA6VUuA6vcvHfdCxMGZ-AaDoXn_78gy0_Yco-JshpShsgb3KyTd1L995hZ3_B1/s600/3D49C716-FA3B-4957-9AE4-49563DB4A9F8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="450" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMhWtnegtWY2DBndjq4C2ZiUjFtR20dY9ne7560qMV7xEU5t9oSZvOQiGuDm6YRQ1pkyP0si2xSKt7TWzX6K-qyyDzRN0cHOdaSxUXo3Z5ifvHrIMpmCHayQr8oDgA6VUuA6vcvHfdCxMGZ-AaDoXn_78gy0_Yco-JshpShsgb3KyTd1L995hZ3_B1/w300-h400/3D49C716-FA3B-4957-9AE4-49563DB4A9F8.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">The Paperface Store</div></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">But what kind of pipes are we talking about here?</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBF-xSvWZeBALkEoq12bXOFVlNLePUhARN4AD9CJLbcsd_uNyrn6mxLTZc6so5ACN3BGHa4PB30IEK3pKxq_XvLAzithKnJFqRkP7IZyz8niSzJEVgBWsE-tbeAGZOoXUcXWCQkp2Jkmd-ksaShWnM4RUgCZPK89jY4gcUTQGHBOX40HHFSAI8jv-0/s845/56ECF1C4-4B5D-4F4C-B938-DDEE96B3B7F4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="845" data-original-width="620" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBF-xSvWZeBALkEoq12bXOFVlNLePUhARN4AD9CJLbcsd_uNyrn6mxLTZc6so5ACN3BGHa4PB30IEK3pKxq_XvLAzithKnJFqRkP7IZyz8niSzJEVgBWsE-tbeAGZOoXUcXWCQkp2Jkmd-ksaShWnM4RUgCZPK89jY4gcUTQGHBOX40HHFSAI8jv-0/w294-h400/56ECF1C4-4B5D-4F4C-B938-DDEE96B3B7F4.jpeg" width="294" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Metro, Pinterest</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;">What with all the birds cooing, cawing and generally making a ruckus;</div></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: x-large;">Cows mooing, tap dancers tapping, and gold rings clinking…</span></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">This whole Christmas giving thing could cause a girl to have a serious headache!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">These pipes could be much more soothing -</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjV6kSSmikVt3QTc5T5woSJjd4yR4A2A-Ky8TaDB_MRN5eLSXLalmJVg_UWqfot9NRlMGtrHKNnrnzsDjA1qzGy14GYtUJr9NX0LPTbXlqiRcaU-CvRlKLRyZEFw1-fA6KoDxNfS2X7Iwrzvb_7zgZT4NXfm1ogCoQmcGqm8apxveCS6ilu0V01BVX/s992/6CE186AF-8EAA-47B2-9303-1E760D8B8C39.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="992" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjV6kSSmikVt3QTc5T5woSJjd4yR4A2A-Ky8TaDB_MRN5eLSXLalmJVg_UWqfot9NRlMGtrHKNnrnzsDjA1qzGy14GYtUJr9NX0LPTbXlqiRcaU-CvRlKLRyZEFw1-fA6KoDxNfS2X7Iwrzvb_7zgZT4NXfm1ogCoQmcGqm8apxveCS6ilu0V01BVX/s320/6CE186AF-8EAA-47B2-9303-1E760D8B8C39.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Alene-art.com</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">But these pipes would NOT!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD1UoJGfi3r3rErfcuTvsLWaX6C_ZErDqs7rhGjNDPdzp0t1XOgs2YiVQwjgiU3dNMlPnXxBdgnuPrnkcrBS9eyMzWsWthz5bWGKzvBM4bjE7rMJygaF8ADXnTSxOmDcivuyYOOJG9gTiChQVZgRNl6YOxoC4DD_F2pkIW4L7XR7nuk2l6ZsAmMlCu/s1000/25C49C92-C908-4661-B53F-97AA48FC2A89.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="711" data-original-width="1000" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD1UoJGfi3r3rErfcuTvsLWaX6C_ZErDqs7rhGjNDPdzp0t1XOgs2YiVQwjgiU3dNMlPnXxBdgnuPrnkcrBS9eyMzWsWthz5bWGKzvBM4bjE7rMJygaF8ADXnTSxOmDcivuyYOOJG9gTiChQVZgRNl6YOxoC4DD_F2pkIW4L7XR7nuk2l6ZsAmMlCu/w640-h456/25C49C92-C908-4661-B53F-97AA48FC2A89.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Or were those pipes not musical at all?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3YfE5V0s0uXL6CLjuXDWMKsxxePGuyJY2MLQIysIZmuhewEsDM__UolRJbxVv-KsTf5tJinBl8nQKNtDWOfMwaFESs0LmPeliLlk2Z-0aFFd44yu4485g_kwo9mZiKjSBIsWfhLl7QbxLjjsCS29D8imvRx5pUguWSQbRaPviNcbIQJ-nCQ3cfGAO/s570/CE1983C8-7BF4-48D0-969F-3C3AE1E308E8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="399" data-original-width="570" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3YfE5V0s0uXL6CLjuXDWMKsxxePGuyJY2MLQIysIZmuhewEsDM__UolRJbxVv-KsTf5tJinBl8nQKNtDWOfMwaFESs0LmPeliLlk2Z-0aFFd44yu4485g_kwo9mZiKjSBIsWfhLl7QbxLjjsCS29D8imvRx5pUguWSQbRaPviNcbIQJ-nCQ3cfGAO/w400-h280/CE1983C8-7BF4-48D0-969F-3C3AE1E308E8.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">By S.H.; Pinterest</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;">I certainly hope not smoking pipes!</div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Pipe smoking has the same carcinogens as cigarettes,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">With toxic chemicals and a large dollop of nicotine thrown in.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Pipe smoking is NOT safer than smoking cigarettes, and increases your chances of developing these lovely cancers:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>Head and neck cancers</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>Liver cancer</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>Bladder and pancreas cancers</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>Mouth and tongue cancers</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Still think pipe smoking is ‘cool’?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Then get ready for a higher likelihood for<i> </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">heart disease, lung disease, COPD, erectile dysfunction, stroke and multiple dental problems.</span></i></span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">I think my true love loves me much more than that, so I’m going to stick with the musical pipers piping</span><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">!</span></b></div><div><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNKrA89Id6WmdvtBEKMfdznguJJDiv0C_RtCU1fZp5O8L7Or2D8GLBKbGTZueQG_113867NqrHoGkuGkbv2TWTo27Ycif4bAc5yQ6gAgCj4gd3H0cCRxjYRJ50i_A9gxd-yuZZ1yI9rX4ZJlsha4iGeG0yVZgYToajHboNkPiwT4Fu4dYY7Usq-2SX/s1697/C72E8AE7-90A5-4344-86EF-70CC7D96D17F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1697" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNKrA89Id6WmdvtBEKMfdznguJJDiv0C_RtCU1fZp5O8L7Or2D8GLBKbGTZueQG_113867NqrHoGkuGkbv2TWTo27Ycif4bAc5yQ6gAgCj4gd3H0cCRxjYRJ50i_A9gxd-yuZZ1yI9rX4ZJlsha4iGeG0yVZgYToajHboNkPiwT4Fu4dYY7Usq-2SX/w452-h640/C72E8AE7-90A5-4344-86EF-70CC7D96D17F.jpeg" width="452" /></a></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4); color: #783f04; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);">I also happen to be one peep who likes to listen to bagpipes.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);">(I know, weird, huh?)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);">But back to our eleventh day of fabulous and varied gifts, all from my true love.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwgC20SxN97TdwNzN-evL_FwOM4IqEdm-gcdXPg4bamTpabDUnNSkV1vDiCND1s1lako2lgNJ0jWs5lqFT7Yq9nsYcWL7rt6d_cj85AGswp4DaEF005CAsE9lPN0GxFetFZPm6YeHOpf96s1ntwgI4vLXkK7q8YaBlv6iLtbnVZppwhgyTngZP_9n/s1196/2CA776D7-1C86-49BE-A621-F885FC9F252D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="1196" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwgC20SxN97TdwNzN-evL_FwOM4IqEdm-gcdXPg4bamTpabDUnNSkV1vDiCND1s1lako2lgNJ0jWs5lqFT7Yq9nsYcWL7rt6d_cj85AGswp4DaEF005CAsE9lPN0GxFetFZPm6YeHOpf96s1ntwgI4vLXkK7q8YaBlv6iLtbnVZppwhgyTngZP_9n/w400-h400/2CA776D7-1C86-49BE-A621-F885FC9F252D.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">From a favorite artist, Sandra Boynton</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Here is a nice coloring page -</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ_-he129oGZW6GZeDX_O8JNXNoq-ep-aY0uiN0uhLoprws48cY_PSQLah13DRv4O7jgfOskFvriqGXpl0EvjyHiKo6nsgL_jQ2xDhflgPXDj5ZPKi8jyKgiGMte_ormO0Nrqq6ox2y6pRUUVBfAmHDohX6EqChS3jpUG7N2lQciKSXXB7-JOFc9Pj/s1377/38A78196-61C6-4C94-BE77-AD01DC6900AC.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1377" data-original-width="1066" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ_-he129oGZW6GZeDX_O8JNXNoq-ep-aY0uiN0uhLoprws48cY_PSQLah13DRv4O7jgfOskFvriqGXpl0EvjyHiKo6nsgL_jQ2xDhflgPXDj5ZPKi8jyKgiGMte_ormO0Nrqq6ox2y6pRUUVBfAmHDohX6EqChS3jpUG7N2lQciKSXXB7-JOFc9Pj/w310-h400/38A78196-61C6-4C94-BE77-AD01DC6900AC.jpeg" width="310" /></a></div>Londonderry images.com<br /><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">And a really nice needlepoint ornament with bead accents -</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEies_dZR0vVJovy52gVIuY3f1hvu3eFicJLDM3LS5AyD4iZqpX_xjXoGZh8dHTP5iieRhVcz1yTLogzz-bcYZ64eazVF8J7dC6b2ADAdi79d0ZVOQ3tvWMnBXg7SvG83S2vFzTIxUApcL57W0l3fBhtBcVMrLQcbEFmDvxTT9MwZ-zRkCLTV0iU2Jp4/s1136/961C525B-1BAF-44B0-A572-091E98EBB878.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1136" data-original-width="852" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEies_dZR0vVJovy52gVIuY3f1hvu3eFicJLDM3LS5AyD4iZqpX_xjXoGZh8dHTP5iieRhVcz1yTLogzz-bcYZ64eazVF8J7dC6b2ADAdi79d0ZVOQ3tvWMnBXg7SvG83S2vFzTIxUApcL57W0l3fBhtBcVMrLQcbEFmDvxTT9MwZ-zRkCLTV0iU2Jp4/w480-h640/961C525B-1BAF-44B0-A572-091E98EBB878.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Uploaded by Diana Sagmoe</span><br /><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I like this simple piper as you could cut him from wood, or paper, or fun foam - anything really!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTkq0dxjNNlmWgjz1XjQ0HnoivW3c7b6DRxhSok3odUFBnATJgXbldNLnkeIKEkiy2Q-s-fAUytIN1_Va6FGFvsCsbwwKWOGaZcdFYdcCHGatVkoK9MM1NyeLYk_dBdiziwE3tQTCkfiWKgRggF0ZOYYlEl6dS1RWnGMISvYiFNXgkSKSctZcV-w1h/s1050/67BF7FCD-69B2-47E2-B7D1-BFA4C37E62FD.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTkq0dxjNNlmWgjz1XjQ0HnoivW3c7b6DRxhSok3odUFBnATJgXbldNLnkeIKEkiy2Q-s-fAUytIN1_Va6FGFvsCsbwwKWOGaZcdFYdcCHGatVkoK9MM1NyeLYk_dBdiziwE3tQTCkfiWKgRggF0ZOYYlEl6dS1RWnGMISvYiFNXgkSKSctZcV-w1h/s320/67BF7FCD-69B2-47E2-B7D1-BFA4C37E62FD.jpeg" width="280" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Here is another version -</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZa9-EiSuViyBwtqH2Ct3Cus0ATGkY8XuuJnwLj6MgCZaXk-gQR5CBPhlHVVXGUESO3w8TzKS7SXJUnX_9WsCf4tGJVjA44MBxhCUlxtVzjnApi8YoKULSkP6S88JyKF1lEUsLXc8HkdQlRTghTKdzPvLO8PCEfR9e12tC4U4L7rPLDC4hor5E2VOq/s400/61CD375D-A6B6-4DE6-A974-138C90AD195A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="333" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZa9-EiSuViyBwtqH2Ct3Cus0ATGkY8XuuJnwLj6MgCZaXk-gQR5CBPhlHVVXGUESO3w8TzKS7SXJUnX_9WsCf4tGJVjA44MBxhCUlxtVzjnApi8YoKULSkP6S88JyKF1lEUsLXc8HkdQlRTghTKdzPvLO8PCEfR9e12tC4U4L7rPLDC4hor5E2VOq/w333-h400/61CD375D-A6B6-4DE6-A974-138C90AD195A.jpeg" width="333" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Next I have chosen a simple line drawing of a flute -</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_TG5Y-xLqMuWwXS8MdVHF27bZWhkxdMr2DzEjEX-6n1fuBy_mAnFFH6UP4FSQ13JBde3-gcd2ry8bO15s1Ru3rvYxAV7J-HEPNjyhLlbwiwitCUfi2vX3cVbMnYwv4eig1rR7dXjb7XfS1IuxjhzjVHkPUxwwY_1yDCZF3n0luOiS6Rx0WdYngoKg/s750/25873B61-3369-49F8-8EF6-57F868BE0DDE.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="531" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_TG5Y-xLqMuWwXS8MdVHF27bZWhkxdMr2DzEjEX-6n1fuBy_mAnFFH6UP4FSQ13JBde3-gcd2ry8bO15s1Ru3rvYxAV7J-HEPNjyhLlbwiwitCUfi2vX3cVbMnYwv4eig1rR7dXjb7XfS1IuxjhzjVHkPUxwwY_1yDCZF3n0luOiS6Rx0WdYngoKg/s320/25873B61-3369-49F8-8EF6-57F868BE0DDE.jpeg" width="227" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Edupics</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><br /><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Lately I’ve been playing with shrink plastic (Shrinky Dinks). I think this line drawing would look great in rainbow colors and turned into Shrinky Dink charms.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I think it’s time to wrap up the 11th day,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">With another fave illustration -</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhErT29rTpMHRJBCNnPRolrZy2KfafbTfL-6GI-Yiq_o6R0qF0RD4pMSFIWdwXlMGcADHRas-rhN_679bWQYpJU_8YWzFLfOI1nHQrTQ3yCu2YbaiHtzT2i1cCIzq70FxNwVeFHhDCm6k7NlgoZOB_SrBVDRTaHrVRPSFnyp-3EzTc0DjnCGWkA7MCn/s960/3B7C9A6F-0FDE-4594-BE68-4C12A8FBFCC1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhErT29rTpMHRJBCNnPRolrZy2KfafbTfL-6GI-Yiq_o6R0qF0RD4pMSFIWdwXlMGcADHRas-rhN_679bWQYpJU_8YWzFLfOI1nHQrTQ3yCu2YbaiHtzT2i1cCIzq70FxNwVeFHhDCm6k7NlgoZOB_SrBVDRTaHrVRPSFnyp-3EzTc0DjnCGWkA7MCn/w480-h640/3B7C9A6F-0FDE-4594-BE68-4C12A8FBFCC1.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);">I found this on Pinterest. It is 1/2 of a 2 page spread.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);">Pipers 10 and 11 are on the unseen page.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);">I still like it!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);">So far we have 11 pipers</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);">10 lords</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);">9 dancing ladies</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);">8 milkmaids</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);">8 milking cows</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);">7 swans</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);">6 geese</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);">Assorted baby geese and eggs</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);">5 golden rings</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);">4 Colley birds</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);">3 Hens, French or otherwise</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);">2 turtle doves that could possibly be peacocks instead</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);">1 partridge (or possibly a peacock)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);">1 pear tree (or a cedar tree)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);"><b>Whew!</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlo3pTUvzz-FG5qzxq1Pg04DVHrjy8HgyQ8q9OsVLTYgtHuHGwq3zQ6EA2dop1rL5yFeTVHXi0oB_eoDGE1SnlWeMb-kWdYXtZrksXczOzAFWGrDUTm-0mjLAaWEYnImeNEt_DnMRbPrpRf1LykN0M9x6h2G9WyZPge0RgXbvIwAAC_7-IBT8oLvyc/s640/756A6C8F-46C1-4298-BA6A-7A6A1D388BE1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlo3pTUvzz-FG5qzxq1Pg04DVHrjy8HgyQ8q9OsVLTYgtHuHGwq3zQ6EA2dop1rL5yFeTVHXi0oB_eoDGE1SnlWeMb-kWdYXtZrksXczOzAFWGrDUTm-0mjLAaWEYnImeNEt_DnMRbPrpRf1LykN0M9x6h2G9WyZPge0RgXbvIwAAC_7-IBT8oLvyc/w480-h640/756A6C8F-46C1-4298-BA6A-7A6A1D388BE1.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);"><br /></span></span></span></div>Next is </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: red; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);"><b><i>12 drummers drumming</i></b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);">As if there wasn’t already enough chaos!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);"><i>‘Til next time,</i></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>Inkspired</i></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>Some sites I checked out while researching this blog, in no particular order:</i></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">oncolink.org</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">tobaccocontrol.bmj.com</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">verywellmind.com</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Pinterest</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Wikipedia</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"> <br /></span><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Inkspiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454530754439546966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097634769099879241.post-54914160126515448762023-01-24T09:59:00.000-07:002023-01-24T09:59:07.029-07:0012 Days of Christmas Day 10<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>“On the tenth day of Christmas</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>My true love gave to me-</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>10 lords a’leaping…”</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4JJXezjfj09eNAL96cGJP1ACmQSpMvASGHQkhZ8hOyue-tDCJQ8SiYej3ly_Bgndb0tkWM5EzeKCqmlcqgdzjKU2rqPE2Om2N7q48o0W7IaTwxgff2ikW92s1eg-H06Z2XYEcVzM4TSGA43ZoRP2NGFgvsNokg3ip4Tl_hV1og_B5PS2720iRjvXU/s600/FA1E9704-7C59-4831-806E-71D1400E4F8F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4JJXezjfj09eNAL96cGJP1ACmQSpMvASGHQkhZ8hOyue-tDCJQ8SiYej3ly_Bgndb0tkWM5EzeKCqmlcqgdzjKU2rqPE2Om2N7q48o0W7IaTwxgff2ikW92s1eg-H06Z2XYEcVzM4TSGA43ZoRP2NGFgvsNokg3ip4Tl_hV1og_B5PS2720iRjvXU/w400-h400/FA1E9704-7C59-4831-806E-71D1400E4F8F.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Ray Kampf, Neatorama</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Well, probably not those kind of </span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Leaping Lords…<br /><i style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);">Since this children’s rhyming game was popular around 1780, the Lords probably looked more like this -</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH7LbrAZY2-N0ZG7V50byzDpRwM66_Th-z6-SSgLSBP75BMjX2d_RYhucSosyXZhdQmFnNERLHQ4hc-sBZpwPKTvK2dN8_vMiTfVAFqaISs-gFf7cLnX97_ckRsV-CBtiOk0fWWohFDBWTHDrBauWTXOOii5CaUe8h4XneTRg7ZH8umAx1hU-ONvgu/s800/321CA1CE-0C08-4A22-8927-399CBB0E6D05.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH7LbrAZY2-N0ZG7V50byzDpRwM66_Th-z6-SSgLSBP75BMjX2d_RYhucSosyXZhdQmFnNERLHQ4hc-sBZpwPKTvK2dN8_vMiTfVAFqaISs-gFf7cLnX97_ckRsV-CBtiOk0fWWohFDBWTHDrBauWTXOOii5CaUe8h4XneTRg7ZH8umAx1hU-ONvgu/w400-h300/321CA1CE-0C08-4A22-8927-399CBB0E6D05.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Dribble, Pinterest</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">If you want to use this game (put to music in 1906) as something to help you remember Biblical events, places and people, then the 10 Lords stand for the 10 Commandments,</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">given to Moses by God and told in the Old Testament part of the Bible.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy8QI2MzTsPInRhhxK_EfWpSt4-WLydtez79IG993xgUUMY9VE1I3b3riLla8QDkVBXwX0jNg6kdv5bryCKhIyjvE39Pm5nj6AYqpG6EKXWVk8sIL8XeVFK5-ITJhqDKt9jv2CYMDfAMnUhzW79U4vGWUg2wutdYg3uCvLAMEKVPl-yPLzAphVqJXc/s400/44AAEEBB-9DEF-4DC0-BF82-C279C49C0440.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy8QI2MzTsPInRhhxK_EfWpSt4-WLydtez79IG993xgUUMY9VE1I3b3riLla8QDkVBXwX0jNg6kdv5bryCKhIyjvE39Pm5nj6AYqpG6EKXWVk8sIL8XeVFK5-ITJhqDKt9jv2CYMDfAMnUhzW79U4vGWUg2wutdYg3uCvLAMEKVPl-yPLzAphVqJXc/w400-h400/44AAEEBB-9DEF-4DC0-BF82-C279C49C0440.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Lori Siebert - Courtney Davis</span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Just please don’t perpetuate the myth that this was the true meaning of the rhymes, as it clearly is not.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">That would be like taking the </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">‘Do re me’ song from </span><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">The Sound of Music</span></i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">and giving each sound a religious </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">meaning!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Personally, I have always liked frogs as representing the 10 Lords leaping.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmW1aTUjgXNEgvUuFttSDE3-eciwhxMh8RLEQhRJ5oDgBUuQuy4zOwd_mwfP9PSHIx9i3QuUV6RMKq898fcAW71hxToFWjykxzfWRUi41Y5brpfeB8VSyddppKx9u5hJwcFyRzq8ML2Mg0jdpLpAEYTDUUBJrKUn0Hsi7zVWg6WiBeFsr0NTOOjRzU/s1196/8C0E141A-999C-4508-9349-7ABC3E5BF005.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="1196" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmW1aTUjgXNEgvUuFttSDE3-eciwhxMh8RLEQhRJ5oDgBUuQuy4zOwd_mwfP9PSHIx9i3QuUV6RMKq898fcAW71hxToFWjykxzfWRUi41Y5brpfeB8VSyddppKx9u5hJwcFyRzq8ML2Mg0jdpLpAEYTDUUBJrKUn0Hsi7zVWg6WiBeFsr0NTOOjRzU/w400-h400/8C0E141A-999C-4508-9349-7ABC3E5BF005.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">By fabulous author and artist Sandra Boynton</div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;">Lords leaping brings such fun images to my imagination!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;">This one reminds me of the chimney sweeps in </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>‘Mary Poppins’</i></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdcvdokYse6TAf0PmMsXvPY_J6210c4G77UGqw4NhhkghUR3j7s8hIyhUj4NxTG0gyyPI6QrrH6u-qWY5g2k8AaQg2HDxcRMgWUVvfDu6CBo6uPlTjzZgcfnNuFp_-z7L3qEnK1a__Gg5SKFEsRo156rJFnc6gtllj1moYWum_Jzkdry0fPU6pNHMx/s1200/F0F9D135-B8BB-45BF-927F-CA5E34292419.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="1200" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdcvdokYse6TAf0PmMsXvPY_J6210c4G77UGqw4NhhkghUR3j7s8hIyhUj4NxTG0gyyPI6QrrH6u-qWY5g2k8AaQg2HDxcRMgWUVvfDu6CBo6uPlTjzZgcfnNuFp_-z7L3qEnK1a__Gg5SKFEsRo156rJFnc6gtllj1moYWum_Jzkdry0fPU6pNHMx/w640-h422/F0F9D135-B8BB-45BF-927F-CA5E34292419.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;">Jane Ray, gillianmcclure.blogspot.com</span></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;">I think 3 of them have fallen off the roof…</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;">No, wait, they are just hiding on the next page!</span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;"> Let’s have some crafty fun with these fancy dancing fellows.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbhUOWZf9_g-CAkjwdxemPFW3DQXftVfTRlXP7lB1yYXLg1Dz8GvAoaVbQGwT2lbrVJC3-zw3I3fCfmNlw8IT8W8WwrGjxlilc8O6YW8NEcnLFkXNnryML2btAWbi7YOKeV0TuEjLfyDsxFlqcQOOuCaxvXf5CEUUjotUqP_PVfmvf2yjtorCe0upb/s400/A91230C9-5F40-4252-AA57-048BE664FB1C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="341" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbhUOWZf9_g-CAkjwdxemPFW3DQXftVfTRlXP7lB1yYXLg1Dz8GvAoaVbQGwT2lbrVJC3-zw3I3fCfmNlw8IT8W8WwrGjxlilc8O6YW8NEcnLFkXNnryML2btAWbi7YOKeV0TuEjLfyDsxFlqcQOOuCaxvXf5CEUUjotUqP_PVfmvf2yjtorCe0upb/s320/A91230C9-5F40-4252-AA57-048BE664FB1C.jpeg" width="273" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Suncatcher Studio</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: xx-large;">This is a great pattern to cut from paper and make ornaments for your tree, or package decorations.</span></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>Tip:</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>Use a small hole punch in the small areas.</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia;">You can then fit the tip of your small scissors inside the hole and snip out the area.</span></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: arial;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198);">Let’s learn how to draw a frog!</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyOoIKOQEQqI2EuusmHePrjjPzqYAqP8p_QSJXjdrHrbacod-RFI0rX8BWO8sFpBgQ15mSFRq_fZN_jXG4qmE_WjZbWzQDu_iESxA20vFA86Apq3Dwd71Dg6WD1SKncbXUt14kl7iz-EU6TIn2Fd48nbhIQpHv0zcpnd3vfBwEYPUPX11g9xTboVW9/s640/1CDF9367-570F-4F95-A39A-B18EBD038FB9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="418" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyOoIKOQEQqI2EuusmHePrjjPzqYAqP8p_QSJXjdrHrbacod-RFI0rX8BWO8sFpBgQ15mSFRq_fZN_jXG4qmE_WjZbWzQDu_iESxA20vFA86Apq3Dwd71Dg6WD1SKncbXUt14kl7iz-EU6TIn2Fd48nbhIQpHv0zcpnd3vfBwEYPUPX11g9xTboVW9/w418-h640/1CDF9367-570F-4F95-A39A-B18EBD038FB9.jpeg" width="418" /></a></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">pilllpat (agence eureka), Flickr</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: arial;">Next I have a great coloring page,</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: arial;">and a simple line drawing you can fill in with doodles (Zentangles) -</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6qz7Z42s-USnTTeOEN8qtpFXQL28fruJ9r5kZvcUKHhWjH01agtgrdpL0SxDQHGp4rgmiLwkkoEEf_Jmr23i4RSpVucnKX3oFUe8hdsJSZsSarwgpOWjTBZmibZdkmO7F-vbBFaABqe6HYItvulXITBb7UlWOOnoG3XXKOqZuaqSwc21L-9zF6CU0/s750/440BE7D1-2CC3-4C25-A623-39C775B15B99.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="531" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6qz7Z42s-USnTTeOEN8qtpFXQL28fruJ9r5kZvcUKHhWjH01agtgrdpL0SxDQHGp4rgmiLwkkoEEf_Jmr23i4RSpVucnKX3oFUe8hdsJSZsSarwgpOWjTBZmibZdkmO7F-vbBFaABqe6HYItvulXITBb7UlWOOnoG3XXKOqZuaqSwc21L-9zF6CU0/w454-h640/440BE7D1-2CC3-4C25-A623-39C775B15B99.jpeg" width="454" /></a></span></span></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;">Edupics</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjro1tKwxnp3YqRdgQfndvFaC7acmPit0v5PrORGhVIuq1rxxiv0IhKglhqPlr843doA7-MqMkhAsO6cYXqeTpVqCb-5z7tv4kBghrOhkY68GEPil9WcLu14fmr0e6JeaVOuldRagvGbHPVZvnC3YUUYBH_Y2HJm2F-4X3AOkdvemFu_KZfMfg8C4zd/s842/FFAD6FAC-DD28-4B7C-B1DF-C1BB31E73A53.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="595" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjro1tKwxnp3YqRdgQfndvFaC7acmPit0v5PrORGhVIuq1rxxiv0IhKglhqPlr843doA7-MqMkhAsO6cYXqeTpVqCb-5z7tv4kBghrOhkY68GEPil9WcLu14fmr0e6JeaVOuldRagvGbHPVZvnC3YUUYBH_Y2HJm2F-4X3AOkdvemFu_KZfMfg8C4zd/w283-h400/FFAD6FAC-DD28-4B7C-B1DF-C1BB31E73A53.jpeg" width="283" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;">Mom Junction</span></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;"><div><span><span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are a couple of beaded frogs -</div></span></span><p style="font-size: xx-large;"></p><p style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMX-h_Q2fcaIDoNnMGNwYAjLHMZE943ejyXywltfzu0tI3TbJ281M8KjDStNAQdTtxUhhqlbHeVaGaiH5klYAuyL97Q6Q_Nj2o4OL3NmsDQf8jnLtYXzhQ3y1mcVxl-hHvx9gP3zdG7hfdeM5Cf4emLxnUdmEd5lSrVRHiireZFBPGiOHpqymFJHVR/s1200/48DAE0D0-EB71-4CA3-A9FE-B9F07610B103.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMX-h_Q2fcaIDoNnMGNwYAjLHMZE943ejyXywltfzu0tI3TbJ281M8KjDStNAQdTtxUhhqlbHeVaGaiH5klYAuyL97Q6Q_Nj2o4OL3NmsDQf8jnLtYXzhQ3y1mcVxl-hHvx9gP3zdG7hfdeM5Cf4emLxnUdmEd5lSrVRHiireZFBPGiOHpqymFJHVR/s320/48DAE0D0-EB71-4CA3-A9FE-B9F07610B103.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;">Attica, Pinterest</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHOXB2qOtThfuNxX_43XiGZWcK4sisrXfBf7sDUtRmv8owuBKtbd4DhtbmbP21vBhYMC0kL4IZukHPCK4GpneA5ygY_PWrEzNs6-H5bWxCLEeg550DKMOBFUnVLDc_6QWMLHPAR8VGzgDxRJPWZ-cRsK7MgTfWTc-7IyfVmGvAIM8wGxxhHkcN7e2M/s600/DCE4956B-3ED4-481C-B3B1-7A877AF2A097.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="514" data-original-width="600" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHOXB2qOtThfuNxX_43XiGZWcK4sisrXfBf7sDUtRmv8owuBKtbd4DhtbmbP21vBhYMC0kL4IZukHPCK4GpneA5ygY_PWrEzNs6-H5bWxCLEeg550DKMOBFUnVLDc_6QWMLHPAR8VGzgDxRJPWZ-cRsK7MgTfWTc-7IyfVmGvAIM8wGxxhHkcN7e2M/s320/DCE4956B-3ED4-481C-B3B1-7A877AF2A097.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Tiffani Cartier</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></div></span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;"><div style="text-align: center;">I found many free beaded frog patterns on Pinterest if you would like to make a whole army of frogs!</div></span></span><p style="font-size: xx-large;"></p><p style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: arial;">(No, not military. Army is what a group of frogs are called).</span></span></p><p style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt1vDHAaG2x7tC1dQNNdebVFU6QWu-z-TTV3Q3IdlhQ13NfnhTGtgqGRtE9MmYXYVrgYl3Mt7ie018yKIMGp5V2BPHZwhPUosUsg7ACgsOyFUyeUD8J4M6R8iMdUj2vUTw2HyQsXFEyv3g37DiskQNpEDW9UsHuXwmEBP38s61fZN6qRnZj-FTQS34/s800/CBF7812A-1541-421A-BB00-A42CF4E47579.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="553" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt1vDHAaG2x7tC1dQNNdebVFU6QWu-z-TTV3Q3IdlhQ13NfnhTGtgqGRtE9MmYXYVrgYl3Mt7ie018yKIMGp5V2BPHZwhPUosUsg7ACgsOyFUyeUD8J4M6R8iMdUj2vUTw2HyQsXFEyv3g37DiskQNpEDW9UsHuXwmEBP38s61fZN6qRnZj-FTQS34/w442-h640/CBF7812A-1541-421A-BB00-A42CF4E47579.jpeg" width="442" /></a></span></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;">Webshots; ScreenSavers</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;"><div style="text-align: center;">Here is one version of how to make an origami frog. There are a couple out there and depending on how you fold your frog, you can make it jump!</div></span></span><p style="font-size: xx-large;"></p><p style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnrFXinlK-XlK5iGgfMmTdzBIv-RYIzQvqQbMbQ0Pn7fp2K6-PP1YqfbVLse8g5SagYErUiyix4OK-cVzwkuges2ZoJfjLBu4FZA5UK05avtLXGPiuq2FTR8fk08URExRFEGBodp58MuSw15qxsNRpwT_ydIrdenEeHEITnKo1zHsHxsZAZK9E-4a1/s1130/7EE80C70-F89C-460F-9CB5-659D7E34C798.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1130" data-original-width="999" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnrFXinlK-XlK5iGgfMmTdzBIv-RYIzQvqQbMbQ0Pn7fp2K6-PP1YqfbVLse8g5SagYErUiyix4OK-cVzwkuges2ZoJfjLBu4FZA5UK05avtLXGPiuq2FTR8fk08URExRFEGBodp58MuSw15qxsNRpwT_ydIrdenEeHEITnKo1zHsHxsZAZK9E-4a1/w566-h640/7EE80C70-F89C-460F-9CB5-659D7E34C798.jpeg" width="566" /></a></span></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">sweet trees, uploaded on Pinterest by Julie Samplawska</span></div></span><p style="font-size: xx-large;"></p><p style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: arial;">Frogs not your thing?</span></span></p><p style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: arial;">That’s okay! Here is a Leaping Lord coloring page for you -</span></span></p><p style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3d85c6; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPDfkW5o2NyPIYAG-qydfNNi8Hn8T1m7PU08cQPxxSKbNl8JelW1FXcs4MbY8njW4TycoWYZY75_4RVmMRsy85XXtdXudaWygqmUgL473Shbe96gtwera0s03qhd9NVjVSGjXVuEWYknYG95FS6ibDvWaiy8id6Okw_x5v9Y8QbbitnISsscmU1_vM/s1717/E0DD0804-227E-48FA-B05C-3F147F784048.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1717" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPDfkW5o2NyPIYAG-qydfNNi8Hn8T1m7PU08cQPxxSKbNl8JelW1FXcs4MbY8njW4TycoWYZY75_4RVmMRsy85XXtdXudaWygqmUgL473Shbe96gtwera0s03qhd9NVjVSGjXVuEWYknYG95FS6ibDvWaiy8id6Okw_x5v9Y8QbbitnISsscmU1_vM/w280-h400/E0DD0804-227E-48FA-B05C-3F147F784048.jpeg" width="280" /></a></span></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;">S. John Davey, 1993</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Oops!</span></div></span><p style="font-size: xx-large;"></p><p style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: x-large;"><b>12 leaping lords?!?</b></span></p><p style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Yep. There are a few versions of 12 days of Christmas. Here in America we usually stick with the 1906 musical version (and order) that Frederic Austin wrote (published 1909). So, I’m sticking with 10 Lords a’leaping.</span></p><p style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJELOvqFlpE1LDY5bPw_EUUfU8P4cRXnQbJnueIFqkfA1I6Oryxhss2h27w7HULfhRhrfEAStU4WVYPpY-P6P3tGk4p9ztd6HaFs_ReBZUH0N76oZz8RRdLXIqtZF3AizFg4Gal8AVr4O6gg-pDvTtYwui53Q3IBK_BCMk-Rut0YN5Qw_FCmY64gB8/s508/E7031B31-35F1-4580-A844-927BBF8F69FD.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="508" data-original-width="342" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJELOvqFlpE1LDY5bPw_EUUfU8P4cRXnQbJnueIFqkfA1I6Oryxhss2h27w7HULfhRhrfEAStU4WVYPpY-P6P3tGk4p9ztd6HaFs_ReBZUH0N76oZz8RRdLXIqtZF3AizFg4Gal8AVr4O6gg-pDvTtYwui53Q3IBK_BCMk-Rut0YN5Qw_FCmY64gB8/w269-h400/E7031B31-35F1-4580-A844-927BBF8F69FD.jpeg" width="269" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;">Stampscoinsnotes.com</span></div><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">Here are some charming beaded people that could easily be lords -</span></div><span><p style="font-size: xx-large;"></p><p style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3cLef3DEV3UG6Q-jJByN-CScHc9nh8A-NQrV5PwJBMlTE2foWBKM9vpI8tlaHDiqhW1d4y0y8DXM9YcWmyI2Ec_nRJoNKTG-lXwHHL2jQBKs98VnXtWokF4FUWJG4iNIxMGPzQiseh8rWz6XAhWoC-Qa_R_68ax4WNp1eL9UjnmOWMB0c89R7Az4c/s492/24AA8340-B6DB-40EB-A69D-0211AB177CD9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="492" data-original-width="450" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3cLef3DEV3UG6Q-jJByN-CScHc9nh8A-NQrV5PwJBMlTE2foWBKM9vpI8tlaHDiqhW1d4y0y8DXM9YcWmyI2Ec_nRJoNKTG-lXwHHL2jQBKs98VnXtWokF4FUWJG4iNIxMGPzQiseh8rWz6XAhWoC-Qa_R_68ax4WNp1eL9UjnmOWMB0c89R7Az4c/w366-h400/24AA8340-B6DB-40EB-A69D-0211AB177CD9.jpeg" width="366" /></a></div><p style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">By curious, Pinterest</span></p><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;"><div style="text-align: center;">Again, I found several versions on Pinterest.</div></span><p style="font-size: xx-large;"></p><p style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: arial;">Well, that concludes our tenth day of presents.</span></p><p style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: arial;">Next up -</span></p><p style="font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;">11 Pipers piping!</span></p><p style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><i>Til next time,</i></p><p style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><i>inkspired</i></p><p style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSVX3C98CFjPl-JEuLA7N6Jnmsh-fj_mLQRcJ41ImueUFMf5cF3rGJwuf5A5717tkhcSQAQHcQ6DlTMcq0mkJViWPBH43LtNdXB38igiR3rGp2K4rlXsedzPLEbedgBZNgGRW0HOUeoN31qhJp5HmudxBe56MeG5ukiVDC24agw0E6HOofYiyk6M1_/s504/5A6A5EF7-27BE-4899-8FFD-592C95DD0D42.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="354" data-original-width="504" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSVX3C98CFjPl-JEuLA7N6Jnmsh-fj_mLQRcJ41ImueUFMf5cF3rGJwuf5A5717tkhcSQAQHcQ6DlTMcq0mkJViWPBH43LtNdXB38igiR3rGp2K4rlXsedzPLEbedgBZNgGRW0HOUeoN31qhJp5HmudxBe56MeG5ukiVDC24agw0E6HOofYiyk6M1_/w400-h281/5A6A5EF7-27BE-4899-8FFD-592C95DD0D42.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;">Angie McLane Crossin</span> </div></span><i style="font-size: xx-large;"><br /></i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span><p style="font-size: xx-large;"></p><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79); color: #6aa84f; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(106, 168, 79);"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></p></div>Inkspiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454530754439546966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097634769099879241.post-75360997236176690602023-01-17T13:45:00.001-07:002023-01-17T13:45:54.709-07:0012 Days of Christmas Day 9<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"> “<b><i>On the ninth day of Christmas</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">My true love gave to me</span></i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Nine ladies dancing.”</span></i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfpt6_yWhqjXoK0iPZxSEZOaTq_uVF0EfkN5h3Ch6bcNY922QPADCocjlUbufDn4Oji71HmAggGGmo2n-BQwe3qvw3OeMfR0uSHphs5T_ix2hbXc6FoiUbkCqzaVYbO4NXHVJEupXlz4FIACoMT5eLRAMX2smuly56R_pFz4Px4DVPIdm5h8S4ihZE/s1451/FE8EFD67-772A-414F-8339-D00B96714585.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1451" data-original-width="1229" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfpt6_yWhqjXoK0iPZxSEZOaTq_uVF0EfkN5h3Ch6bcNY922QPADCocjlUbufDn4Oji71HmAggGGmo2n-BQwe3qvw3OeMfR0uSHphs5T_ix2hbXc6FoiUbkCqzaVYbO4NXHVJEupXlz4FIACoMT5eLRAMX2smuly56R_pFz4Px4DVPIdm5h8S4ihZE/w508-h600/FE8EFD67-772A-414F-8339-D00B96714585.jpeg" width="508" /></a></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Original art by inkspired</span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Nine ladies,</span></i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Dancing -</span></i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Did they have partners?</span></i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Did they dance alone,</span></i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Or were they in a group dance?</span></i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1KTnknZIvNH90f8q5Gp0s08kwU7KWKD0B33_KZvMElbupAf4FFHpUhCfXL2zE9yb0yhbvlcJJPzysIx1kZgDXtduDjol7KePv2D5zltDdep5Zb_hyfpMPAMXkf5j3XjgJV8za6574yiqN_jKoJk2No47k-vZ9p5wfxC7cSFXxXbTRc9EL91jvdHy3/s1500/F55F5BCC-59A4-4E6A-99ED-854A64D75606.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="938" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1KTnknZIvNH90f8q5Gp0s08kwU7KWKD0B33_KZvMElbupAf4FFHpUhCfXL2zE9yb0yhbvlcJJPzysIx1kZgDXtduDjol7KePv2D5zltDdep5Zb_hyfpMPAMXkf5j3XjgJV8za6574yiqN_jKoJk2No47k-vZ9p5wfxC7cSFXxXbTRc9EL91jvdHy3/w250-h400/F55F5BCC-59A4-4E6A-99ED-854A64D75606.jpeg" width="250" /></a></i></b></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Colleen Coover, Comics Alliance</div></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Were they traditional flamenco dancers?</span></i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Or did they dance in a row?</span></i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM-54cuPBPZ-F8LPK_zghFFQDxc0YtREOFH7UAQH5FRQOX09mSgZC3j1c7XvN1AzWA8uIBDGOtcSVhibfyIJp_QJueTQIi3K2bl7Dv2RQ-XrFmIesmUxjQ0GW_5ZNByUxpEtQMmZtfJ46JFzLrefIbsdAXUnzs3wBQkEwaP377d_4vnO2ipmY2Iwgt/s493/0D50FEA2-1258-40FC-9AE9-758386B17B05.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="493" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM-54cuPBPZ-F8LPK_zghFFQDxc0YtREOFH7UAQH5FRQOX09mSgZC3j1c7XvN1AzWA8uIBDGOtcSVhibfyIJp_QJueTQIi3K2bl7Dv2RQ-XrFmIesmUxjQ0GW_5ZNByUxpEtQMmZtfJ46JFzLrefIbsdAXUnzs3wBQkEwaP377d_4vnO2ipmY2Iwgt/w640-h364/0D50FEA2-1258-40FC-9AE9-758386B17B05.jpeg" width="640" /></a></i></b></div><b><i><br /><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></i></b><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Did they kick their heels up high?</span></i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Or did they dance with no shoes?</span></i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH7e4nh7TNpMrl1Dsli-DodOXocYkraxv5CvjDGO9gigk5BVvf_kBXDEERiYd9MY_pD2S1kmNFpqGBjWM63NtLvVAUGB6rKHjsevtZH9r5F6N0eFsQaBdudXc6shULAzVXg9JPSal0S1DTjeO1WihfcQHSB9aWV2TpBo17WWTauLh8WYFDHVNKpTTJ/s1108/D95B5EE3-5E51-423E-B132-E759EE4C4032.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1071" data-original-width="1108" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH7e4nh7TNpMrl1Dsli-DodOXocYkraxv5CvjDGO9gigk5BVvf_kBXDEERiYd9MY_pD2S1kmNFpqGBjWM63NtLvVAUGB6rKHjsevtZH9r5F6N0eFsQaBdudXc6shULAzVXg9JPSal0S1DTjeO1WihfcQHSB9aWV2TpBo17WWTauLh8WYFDHVNKpTTJ/w400-h386/D95B5EE3-5E51-423E-B132-E759EE4C4032.jpeg" width="400" /></a></i></b></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;">THEFRANCOFLY 2016</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></i></b></i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">And why 9?</span></i></b></i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">Would 4 have been just as good?</span></i></b></i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><b><i></i></b></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzWVUAdz3cOPC8OIHrAiE3k1eJSsp8T9IIfsaxYl2N6cIO_RWLTgDe86EuGEJM8x6CXPz0J1KtcvPNtvWhqOW3IjLz_ug54ObZXhIs3oTgOyMjH_fPfKsUkw_lgiIIRIlpoFQ3jCmNC_2B9XS3rJsWWSoPk0rtF3e88d_5WHwL4urghdmiw5xKOUiw/s494/19D368F0-D129-427E-AA74-67DA22032425.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="494" data-original-width="350" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzWVUAdz3cOPC8OIHrAiE3k1eJSsp8T9IIfsaxYl2N6cIO_RWLTgDe86EuGEJM8x6CXPz0J1KtcvPNtvWhqOW3IjLz_ug54ObZXhIs3oTgOyMjH_fPfKsUkw_lgiIIRIlpoFQ3jCmNC_2B9XS3rJsWWSoPk0rtF3e88d_5WHwL4urghdmiw5xKOUiw/w284-h400/19D368F0-D129-427E-AA74-67DA22032425.jpeg" width="284" /></a></i></b></i></b></div><b style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><i><br /><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">What kind of dance were they known for?</span></i></b><p style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"></p><p style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">Did they need a Maypole?</span></i></b></p><p style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><i></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigrY8Rw3x0pYr4HsyZFNapOuYouf1HHZ0QAwR4DTOt1eIjU1Ug4eXE4siOUrzpb6IdxzThtTBSyJrrdIalzZGLerWvWE3WOKipaVqk4I3C-n6dsSzb5cG58JunKGL3lx9pMM5ZOvmqT34-D0Vljz3mph8VjPCj9aKDqm_P20Zyqrt7J2KBm0Zg3Cx5/s992/1FC355D5-7C9F-4E9E-808A-F0629F8847C9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="992" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigrY8Rw3x0pYr4HsyZFNapOuYouf1HHZ0QAwR4DTOt1eIjU1Ug4eXE4siOUrzpb6IdxzThtTBSyJrrdIalzZGLerWvWE3WOKipaVqk4I3C-n6dsSzb5cG58JunKGL3lx9pMM5ZOvmqT34-D0Vljz3mph8VjPCj9aKDqm_P20Zyqrt7J2KBm0Zg3Cx5/s320/1FC355D5-7C9F-4E9E-808A-F0629F8847C9.jpeg" width="320" /></a></i></b></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Arlene-art.blogspot.com</div></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Or need special costumes?</div></span><p style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"></p><p style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><i></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWhLni0TEhC6QsZT0OKCuc5LKd6UEshJX4Vz4qe2gz-HP58ilf0jehPCJIzqRREauB523DeSj8I9Kl8MuJV6Kt5r_wkNE5qNhcxV-olcq6_jng-nBlNx6PcZP6HeUG5ZuVd2tVSP5ze9GXnxMEHQkD76mFjyKg63a9wcjCX3EFw3rKk8ICaZ5692_2/s600/BC46A368-8EDF-4412-AAB8-1813AB4EDC6C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWhLni0TEhC6QsZT0OKCuc5LKd6UEshJX4Vz4qe2gz-HP58ilf0jehPCJIzqRREauB523DeSj8I9Kl8MuJV6Kt5r_wkNE5qNhcxV-olcq6_jng-nBlNx6PcZP6HeUG5ZuVd2tVSP5ze9GXnxMEHQkD76mFjyKg63a9wcjCX3EFw3rKk8ICaZ5692_2/w640-h426/BC46A368-8EDF-4412-AAB8-1813AB4EDC6C.jpeg" width="640" /></a></i></b></div><b style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><i><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">Did they prefer Classical music and style</span></i></b></div></i></b><p style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"></p><p style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">Over </span></i></b></p><p style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">Anything goes?</span></i></b></p><p style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJJq3anNtrcTzIXDbp6fWrhOVkNkfMTtxofv-Gx_4VwpXIaLmukKBYHpOBuM1HRP5npE4CdaJfnS33uUoufPg6COCCqAE85p4MrBvRzxgNf5vFvjRQ_0-1c70hQ2hdZGOoHkZTDq0OdyHz_mf64eXvxeXjlY_G4GfCUBdh-ERNpuBDIpDuF_V-SNEv/s1386/10961A78-A8AE-4EE6-97EB-DCD3FB0B3C42.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1386" data-original-width="1071" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJJq3anNtrcTzIXDbp6fWrhOVkNkfMTtxofv-Gx_4VwpXIaLmukKBYHpOBuM1HRP5npE4CdaJfnS33uUoufPg6COCCqAE85p4MrBvRzxgNf5vFvjRQ_0-1c70hQ2hdZGOoHkZTDq0OdyHz_mf64eXvxeXjlY_G4GfCUBdh-ERNpuBDIpDuF_V-SNEv/w309-h400/10961A78-A8AE-4EE6-97EB-DCD3FB0B3C42.jpeg" width="309" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Original by K.Kloberdans, Pinterest, ‘Paper Collage Scenes’</span></div><i style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br /></i><p style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiOSStj4xF_fWQny2KZ8UdODv_4oCguwtDzm_sLlGXw5gxr2mhdBG4F6WI7VIzjpLZ6juCsLaN3a8OmASMeTQLjDtplMIetpA_M3STvba_OcoWfReoHYs32-jXW14J3LUO_SOCPjK9r0V1qtQscLQZ1IE6nKWVREQvoOmYArPSLQDSXomsXQOIHIzs/s640/3D997704-48D2-413D-BF8E-865FBBE52E02.jpeg" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiOSStj4xF_fWQny2KZ8UdODv_4oCguwtDzm_sLlGXw5gxr2mhdBG4F6WI7VIzjpLZ6juCsLaN3a8OmASMeTQLjDtplMIetpA_M3STvba_OcoWfReoHYs32-jXW14J3LUO_SOCPjK9r0V1qtQscLQZ1IE6nKWVREQvoOmYArPSLQDSXomsXQOIHIzs/w640-h428/3D997704-48D2-413D-BF8E-865FBBE52E02.jpeg" width="640" /></a><b><i><br /><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></i></b><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">These 9 ladies dancing have been making me crazy!</span></i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">And…</span></i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">You know athletes always eat more!</span></i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">So what kind of gift was this?</span></i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">A large group of women who need</span></i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">- special shoes</span></i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">- laundry services</span></i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">- food, and lots of it</span></i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">- special clothes</span></i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">- a place to sleep</span></i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);"><b><i>- and don’t even get me started on the musical groups they want to accompany them!</i></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);"><b></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWP-jmyzAo8i3njr6W2jsOPw7y5h2OliX4x3LJAXPO-Dqth46jal0L97nIjuCdPlTM--WOElE_ZSDTgN6nFLAnQnKKR3XGWrNgy-iBytdrzBk8evE_JX44gYzAoP5MSQg_WOtustBSm8Nhs9uQnTWjnBY7CVAXPOJsJxgVz35j70E4wXt4TGT4LuUY/s1024/C85E20D9-230B-48FE-ACB2-EA2704564016.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1021" data-original-width="1024" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWP-jmyzAo8i3njr6W2jsOPw7y5h2OliX4x3LJAXPO-Dqth46jal0L97nIjuCdPlTM--WOElE_ZSDTgN6nFLAnQnKKR3XGWrNgy-iBytdrzBk8evE_JX44gYzAoP5MSQg_WOtustBSm8Nhs9uQnTWjnBY7CVAXPOJsJxgVz35j70E4wXt4TGT4LuUY/s320/C85E20D9-230B-48FE-ACB2-EA2704564016.jpeg" width="320" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Lori Siebert - Courtney David, Pinterest</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: xx-large; font-weight: bold;">Of course, the musicians need to eat, </i></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);"><b><i>and have a place to stay</i></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);"><b><i>But I put my foot down on providing uniforms for them!</i></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);"><b><i>They can just bring their own.</i></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);"><b></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwNOIP4snjssfG3uypsJ2lAHnkzmFUARsQi5e3YY-ETrn2QltuswUM6lWJmcL_C0Ce6PQ5LFRmz8cAjF6WALPqhlVRGiCd1CqOvxkmYaIE3Tcr71_khocq_IXOgqExtHkoLCkOwWbgkD5T22iM-0DTz1hhT7TKFmTzRVSkKko-wFhF4x9gnaJaGp-6/s714/8AABF3BA-2EF6-459C-855C-DC35278234CE.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="714" data-original-width="507" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwNOIP4snjssfG3uypsJ2lAHnkzmFUARsQi5e3YY-ETrn2QltuswUM6lWJmcL_C0Ce6PQ5LFRmz8cAjF6WALPqhlVRGiCd1CqOvxkmYaIE3Tcr71_khocq_IXOgqExtHkoLCkOwWbgkD5T22iM-0DTz1hhT7TKFmTzRVSkKko-wFhF4x9gnaJaGp-6/w454-h640/8AABF3BA-2EF6-459C-855C-DC35278234CE.jpeg" width="454" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Posted by Nellie, Pinterest</span></div><i style="font-size: xx-large; font-weight: bold;"><div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia;"><i style="font-size: xx-large; font-weight: bold;"><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I’m really hoping they aren’t tap dancers, or I won’t get any sleep tonight.</i></div></i></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);"><b><i>What with the birds cawing, geese hissing, that rooster announcing every time a hen lays an egg and the constant mooing and bucket kicking…</i></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);"><b><i>Til next time</i></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);"><b><i>(Yawn)</i></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);"><b><i>inkspired</i></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(11, 83, 148);"><b></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiWgtKROcFoIQSBYbu5yev-w_wbFzDTy8DvtLn6noUYEvfLzQbsJaqCdyEpCfEqcsr2IDCF7MqiEczN2pIAgtCXctuOhDKPf8V0vLhom_UjYGyGY8BLHn_P9AVCK1WrtAxji4Hq7sgqgWQbexGKvn2Jzuw5wNamC8UAzn9W-F8JmlpPiBSZRUd-fV7/s440/DCAEB7A6-E554-4DD6-8BCB-EBC8180DA1C7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="334" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiWgtKROcFoIQSBYbu5yev-w_wbFzDTy8DvtLn6noUYEvfLzQbsJaqCdyEpCfEqcsr2IDCF7MqiEczN2pIAgtCXctuOhDKPf8V0vLhom_UjYGyGY8BLHn_P9AVCK1WrtAxji4Hq7sgqgWQbexGKvn2Jzuw5wNamC8UAzn9W-F8JmlpPiBSZRUd-fV7/w304-h400/DCAEB7A6-E554-4DD6-8BCB-EBC8180DA1C7.jpeg" width="304" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Education.com</span></div><i style="font-size: xx-large; font-weight: bold;"><br /></i></span><p></p>Inkspiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454530754439546966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097634769099879241.post-30716819542094055712023-01-09T10:19:00.000-07:002023-01-09T10:19:05.883-07:0012 Days of Christmas Day 8<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>‘On the eighth day of Christmas</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>My true love gave to me -</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>8 maids a’ milking!”</i></b></span> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOIB7iJGVyPyAWABg072NoVKaIelzgz8zUTsJnB5fzRe9vqzZSEaT6g_jcdNd4PKrVH2SqGuiJNI_v8CQTuoAYtXUAcUQSmtODGxZQkYWWsvxEZgVwu8SaRAc41go1SaMfCo9gino80tEehWui_3Mkk_zl2rHqzVXMa71PUGhmi3GLMssaY_d87374/s1398/2D27F540-699F-4B49-8D7F-0EDE12927572.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1398" data-original-width="954" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOIB7iJGVyPyAWABg072NoVKaIelzgz8zUTsJnB5fzRe9vqzZSEaT6g_jcdNd4PKrVH2SqGuiJNI_v8CQTuoAYtXUAcUQSmtODGxZQkYWWsvxEZgVwu8SaRAc41go1SaMfCo9gino80tEehWui_3Mkk_zl2rHqzVXMa71PUGhmi3GLMssaY_d87374/w273-h400/2D27F540-699F-4B49-8D7F-0EDE12927572.jpeg" width="273" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">1884 trading card, The Old Design Shop</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">‘Eight maids a’milking’</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Sounds pretty straightforward doesn’t it?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">But in the 1760’s, seldom was there anything that didn’t have a double meaning, a hidden agenda.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">And milk maids were no exception!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW2N24PHbpAX8shX-BG_bRByEfEos28gugVIJi1ku2FW4VZZdpl3584exkVOy_GBZ6LCxnabt16-i4xruhGCH_TXhLYftutRXXoojP_LZH_IkAgg18rAn4Uq7LWSt3ahN7WVrjkpQONYfacItqlo4rtUU-EppYVAKMTog08Q4onxEsH6Bp1NRDyW9H/s500/851F3F12-806A-4512-9395-F9E51C84C52B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW2N24PHbpAX8shX-BG_bRByEfEos28gugVIJi1ku2FW4VZZdpl3584exkVOy_GBZ6LCxnabt16-i4xruhGCH_TXhLYftutRXXoojP_LZH_IkAgg18rAn4Uq7LWSt3ahN7WVrjkpQONYfacItqlo4rtUU-EppYVAKMTog08Q4onxEsH6Bp1NRDyW9H/w640-h640/851F3F12-806A-4512-9395-F9E51C84C52B.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">‘The Milkmaid’ by JohannesVermeer, 1657-58</div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Some viewed milk maids as ‘every woman’, or what we might call ‘Jane Doe’.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Unfortunately they were on the bottom of the pay scale and social status.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">They served a master who considered them as worth very little and easily replaceable.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Most lived in the city!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig-qfOzprrwyYY2_ZDCfpleGC_urT16ZvkBUrQzqXC9Pj2x56FhKQ6ceNAD_BIy5wsbPpDGqSVYXX906KmjTseXCOGN9vjJ66hJGxCqwBwYucUv99bVNX18m3jXP9QE6MBqEjm11FRt6NO25eMsrKM_18H3KghDSIpOkg8iT6Pt5zzhS11kkyB5lFc/s800/2BA5F809-0BDA-4778-953D-C7077CD37E03.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig-qfOzprrwyYY2_ZDCfpleGC_urT16ZvkBUrQzqXC9Pj2x56FhKQ6ceNAD_BIy5wsbPpDGqSVYXX906KmjTseXCOGN9vjJ66hJGxCqwBwYucUv99bVNX18m3jXP9QE6MBqEjm11FRt6NO25eMsrKM_18H3KghDSIpOkg8iT6Pt5zzhS11kkyB5lFc/s320/2BA5F809-0BDA-4778-953D-C7077CD37E03.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Dreamstime Stock Photos</div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Milk was not a common drink, due to poor storage - no refrigerators! So milk spoiled rapidly and easily.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">It was mostly used in custards, cheeses sour milk cooking and puddings.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">All dishes that stored better than raw milk.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtPF6xhDnAx_ut_l-Q7HlhkP5Gmhy5CbhR8vNmB2ELpomyL5V-TiYHd00Fg2xu_T3xR18iIpXY0j9tLkXVtUf0_If47H3Qvwc_GY-GwuCXVdzDGDZHUWvzVXBsylKApdOAjcnOHvGQ7rh4UfjKggy0nXvrD6Jaov86VUGWKFXGtPUa4DIbu1LwZog4/s1697/F7F84438-52A0-4350-A653-00188F5A5D75.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1697" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtPF6xhDnAx_ut_l-Q7HlhkP5Gmhy5CbhR8vNmB2ELpomyL5V-TiYHd00Fg2xu_T3xR18iIpXY0j9tLkXVtUf0_If47H3Qvwc_GY-GwuCXVdzDGDZHUWvzVXBsylKApdOAjcnOHvGQ7rh4UfjKggy0nXvrD6Jaov86VUGWKFXGtPUa4DIbu1LwZog4/w452-h640/F7F84438-52A0-4350-A653-00188F5A5D75.jpeg" width="452" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Nellie uploaded this to Pinterest</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">However there was a demand for fresh milk - for children and the elderly, and for the ‘frail’.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">St. James Park in London was where you went for freshly milked milk.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieh2J58fIfe_4oqRim4HiZnF3HIlCch8ORDL_3idwfOm-22ADQJa1xYkSFWiV_J5q-2hNk25WmfXJmZ8q4ThS1feEAqq3xmm11TH8d4k9v41JGM62sgFTUZIUMvTTfLzNEXYQ2bRw9pEKfaDInlGvHmPLy1pBCBQyUz37IrR4MUaKbyhU2a3dMr9M3/s1343/409BC942-22DC-4F37-8233-17833B8B96E6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="1343" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieh2J58fIfe_4oqRim4HiZnF3HIlCch8ORDL_3idwfOm-22ADQJa1xYkSFWiV_J5q-2hNk25WmfXJmZ8q4ThS1feEAqq3xmm11TH8d4k9v41JGM62sgFTUZIUMvTTfLzNEXYQ2bRw9pEKfaDInlGvHmPLy1pBCBQyUz37IrR4MUaKbyhU2a3dMr9M3/w640-h538/409BC942-22DC-4F37-8233-17833B8B96E6.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;">David Soiron, 1780; V&A Museum, London</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>‘Rain, frost, or snow, or hot or cold,</i></span></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>I travel up and down,</i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>The cream and milk you buy of me</i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Is best in all the town.</i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>For custards, puddings, or for tea,</i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>There’s none like those you buy of me.’</i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>1805 ‘Milk Below’</i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i> </i>Later shortened to “Milko!”</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: times;">A song milk maids sang to gather customers.</span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjspJWv9m-gJYSPar2Gk_P2SLX_6qvgz2m_CwFfFhVTrqUEQTuUFtBYSHxiB8hKr8mCtcsFkU6gRX5buWSVjFbWAzPNEGWYDUmv4kqhgYLhc5zFevYU3wnO9WGoY79UgHzDnO8zJ3rs4xo-trB-cCIUt89xQlZbT6IOVJf3t647WIInpzJDK4ZG4i-T/s700/94B12B53-C3D1-48DD-87DF-BE14A5570E8F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="441" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjspJWv9m-gJYSPar2Gk_P2SLX_6qvgz2m_CwFfFhVTrqUEQTuUFtBYSHxiB8hKr8mCtcsFkU6gRX5buWSVjFbWAzPNEGWYDUmv4kqhgYLhc5zFevYU3wnO9WGoY79UgHzDnO8zJ3rs4xo-trB-cCIUt89xQlZbT6IOVJf3t647WIInpzJDK4ZG4i-T/w253-h400/94B12B53-C3D1-48DD-87DF-BE14A5570E8F.jpeg" width="253" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A Dutch vintage milkmaid, courtesy tuckdb.org</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">So where is that hidden meaning?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">A maid or maiden refers to a single, unmarried woman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">“<i>Let’s go a’milking”</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">meant either a proposal of marriage,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Or a proposal of another kind!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>(We would call that a proposition)</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">If the response was negative </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">the potential suitor could laugh and say</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>‘Oh, well, I thought you might like to help with the cows!’</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Dignity saved, laughter ensued.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvw4o719nJAXA34wdVHRLad4wd1EBVY-SBOFATnwm7zM6UokwY1hN2Zkn8AuSQeYXrKLHsgr6tFNJKxLdMAhmxVzquFmEt6hPKyhCia_w-sh_bglawW-m4B8OL1ZAtZTw2Tms3ZtsRgfWrvP0bj3fJfcUbsIOm-V5m6rJzAdvfN5wmBVgzD4wmVXNd/s800/E2237DBB-693B-45C5-A722-806836D2D2FD.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="406" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvw4o719nJAXA34wdVHRLad4wd1EBVY-SBOFATnwm7zM6UokwY1hN2Zkn8AuSQeYXrKLHsgr6tFNJKxLdMAhmxVzquFmEt6hPKyhCia_w-sh_bglawW-m4B8OL1ZAtZTw2Tms3ZtsRgfWrvP0bj3fJfcUbsIOm-V5m6rJzAdvfN5wmBVgzD4wmVXNd/w324-h640/E2237DBB-693B-45C5-A722-806836D2D2FD.jpeg" width="324" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">1894 advertising card</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Courtesy Boston Public Library</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: times;">So, was our true love making sure we understood the proposal, repeating it 8 times?</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: times;">Or was he concerned with our frail health?</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: times;">Hard to say.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: times;">Let’s take a history break, and make something!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmvkTkpH8uK_R9v-SMgxlWE_p1IJNlG12HOC56tAdWfmjCDZout0cscEShVIBkqZl0eU6H-ZxYBB8loMhwmSsLioa-IIn52USq-_1tPc0_M0UxnvFPKuiGnONPzJ08JqghPUjnO0rzNYWkMNViuHvI6D3sF5En4p4n5WcPUAm3EGecjbVsINMGnw9k/s822/308E32ED-2C3D-48AF-A6D7-9A16DE3BD5C2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="822" data-original-width="547" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmvkTkpH8uK_R9v-SMgxlWE_p1IJNlG12HOC56tAdWfmjCDZout0cscEShVIBkqZl0eU6H-ZxYBB8loMhwmSsLioa-IIn52USq-_1tPc0_M0UxnvFPKuiGnONPzJ08JqghPUjnO0rzNYWkMNViuHvI6D3sF5En4p4n5WcPUAm3EGecjbVsINMGnw9k/w426-h640/308E32ED-2C3D-48AF-A6D7-9A16DE3BD5C2.jpeg" width="426" /></a></div>Here is a print & cut cow for you to put together.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Could be cute on your desk!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Or add it to a plate of cookies for your neighbor -</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Milk & cookies!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0OwRCMf4ITzGWDQhe8YTiax1Qg9jZVY9efYiE9aEmqRr1jTivtPaj68oJPq5MwzpaxZMkFjk3swJujmT-LUlzr-0SqUjf6Qomlgd6GKKMXhj_BfOhBS6rxDzLvsT8f1hGvSGkf_TeeU3-tKlzXCy-h5y5PVDhqf_TyK08_KUS5_lFhrhCOCx121Qj/s500/DF763216-30AC-4B6A-8338-F0947599C8D8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="395" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0OwRCMf4ITzGWDQhe8YTiax1Qg9jZVY9efYiE9aEmqRr1jTivtPaj68oJPq5MwzpaxZMkFjk3swJujmT-LUlzr-0SqUjf6Qomlgd6GKKMXhj_BfOhBS6rxDzLvsT8f1hGvSGkf_TeeU3-tKlzXCy-h5y5PVDhqf_TyK08_KUS5_lFhrhCOCx121Qj/s320/DF763216-30AC-4B6A-8338-F0947599C8D8.jpeg" width="253" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">This is a vintage embroidery pattern.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;">If you stitch it with all red thread</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;">you have a nice piece of ‘redwork’.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Stitch on a square or round piece of fabric you have cut out 2 of them. After embroidering put right sides together and stitch all around the edge, BUT leave a small opening. Turn right sides out.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Tuck inside cotton, or some dried herbs, and you have a little pin cushion, or sachet.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Close the small opening with more stitches.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Fill her buckets with white pins for a charming look!<br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: times;">Here is a different design.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKu3_HxLymbQ0bwwu0p2WTaWbCcGa6T8r52QxSu1HGJiTZijQP637szJQMy8KepPdUDiqGLIUFJg8rCVtOpQPJwuI0toQzZ3ry8hxb9VCrNfUYOg9s2ZOlXrYcbaSrnI3xx-v5hTr-VvN4O-IaUn7iJI0jT5CGIMxsAOiRZ8Dqp-QWugO3nLbaf4ST/s800/7C5193A2-719F-469D-8E0E-99BF17DEA0F3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKu3_HxLymbQ0bwwu0p2WTaWbCcGa6T8r52QxSu1HGJiTZijQP637szJQMy8KepPdUDiqGLIUFJg8rCVtOpQPJwuI0toQzZ3ry8hxb9VCrNfUYOg9s2ZOlXrYcbaSrnI3xx-v5hTr-VvN4O-IaUn7iJI0jT5CGIMxsAOiRZ8Dqp-QWugO3nLbaf4ST/s320/7C5193A2-719F-469D-8E0E-99BF17DEA0F3.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Uploaded on Pinterest by Brada Hargues</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2J5pzvj4_jOBPi94G7EgaHMGPPt-LcZ7RX9SEg1RAMLf37pETMuhiNw8AtaEbXRBUYYhfHOamQ_GCCzGaldhFtizA08MG08-KKzpjDfe3BC9EkZ5bJ4XIWP7B-GVrx7F2aqR_pvJNm7HkiNtNpjurO6qC8WvYlu8yH11U5zZdQAgeJJWR7oaXIX_y/s1024/57491055-3E36-44C5-BA49-0E89DD8BF5BC.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2J5pzvj4_jOBPi94G7EgaHMGPPt-LcZ7RX9SEg1RAMLf37pETMuhiNw8AtaEbXRBUYYhfHOamQ_GCCzGaldhFtizA08MG08-KKzpjDfe3BC9EkZ5bJ4XIWP7B-GVrx7F2aqR_pvJNm7HkiNtNpjurO6qC8WvYlu8yH11U5zZdQAgeJJWR7oaXIX_y/w400-h400/57491055-3E36-44C5-BA49-0E89DD8BF5BC.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Uploaded on Pinterest by CatGirl007</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Next are a couple of giggles for you:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxJ67drZd5SFh--I7ZhMk9xg8Im2KaVt4_Sk5WZksGOJfXootmUpz14MiI1nIvPuCuHcwRKMXW8dtyxBUmPCJBfngm7JtIERFmtx7-nKHXFhFMavpfCzuF5Ax9Ghg2Ln2WzK_7YNzQrbF1MpoIx-HqQnKORNPXA5rZfj8xiMdipgih0_H8kiZIkOAE/s1200/20B4EB35-818F-470E-9FEF-3CF797DC2555.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxJ67drZd5SFh--I7ZhMk9xg8Im2KaVt4_Sk5WZksGOJfXootmUpz14MiI1nIvPuCuHcwRKMXW8dtyxBUmPCJBfngm7JtIERFmtx7-nKHXFhFMavpfCzuF5Ax9Ghg2Ln2WzK_7YNzQrbF1MpoIx-HqQnKORNPXA5rZfj8xiMdipgih0_H8kiZIkOAE/w640-h426/20B4EB35-818F-470E-9FEF-3CF797DC2555.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">By Kate Chidley </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhznSE9v5m0seAsRF6KbQlkXCLwEbifyNnBO3V8BjCr2T7VrnKPxEOmKICQgF0i4yLZMoEE2ezQ4dhjI43enL3dHxjJW01rYK67vzxUqSdDzvMc47I1qkD-z3_9aYQyNx08hqAEZ9pBSF7G2Lke5B5e4hE45UwM5Nh3LwamuiKITuA1hl4ZduGWh_2t/s1196/AE497AE7-52D6-4339-94F6-0B3F1607A979.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="1196" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhznSE9v5m0seAsRF6KbQlkXCLwEbifyNnBO3V8BjCr2T7VrnKPxEOmKICQgF0i4yLZMoEE2ezQ4dhjI43enL3dHxjJW01rYK67vzxUqSdDzvMc47I1qkD-z3_9aYQyNx08hqAEZ9pBSF7G2Lke5B5e4hE45UwM5Nh3LwamuiKITuA1hl4ZduGWh_2t/w640-h640/AE497AE7-52D6-4339-94F6-0B3F1607A979.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>By Sandra Boynton</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf7c-kbBSjU8SS4mojDpXHstec4ANlPLCZqpKIpaB5nIwFlElsc_Phx92z4Buox49riBs7LTZ00aqtRN_v-eVSkekP1v_XxsYJ9GOQZuRJ-LDvXK9AAGBUWN6tccv5zDuB6uRT60MALN9x3JQi7w_pdXD6XE91WClAZEE2ykBbj96FAPd5I00wwUzD/s1600/0188BB32-EE3F-4904-99FF-FFBC78112C92.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf7c-kbBSjU8SS4mojDpXHstec4ANlPLCZqpKIpaB5nIwFlElsc_Phx92z4Buox49riBs7LTZ00aqtRN_v-eVSkekP1v_XxsYJ9GOQZuRJ-LDvXK9AAGBUWN6tccv5zDuB6uRT60MALN9x3JQi7w_pdXD6XE91WClAZEE2ykBbj96FAPd5I00wwUzD/w300-h400/0188BB32-EE3F-4904-99FF-FFBC78112C92.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">From Etsy</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">One more interesting milk maid story!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">In the late 18th century many people died of diseases such as infections and smallpox. Things that today we don’t think about other than getting some antibiotics for infections.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">They didn’t understand about germs and cleanliness and microbes and such.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">There was a phrase </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i>‘Smooth as a milkmaid’s skin’</i>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Smallpox, if it didn’t kill you, could leave you with terrible scars.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Except milkmaids didn’t seem to get the scars!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">An Englishman, Dr. Edward Jenner, noticed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">He did some research.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Cows would get a disease called cow pox.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Milkmaids would get exposed to cow pox by milking infected udders.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Only cow pox was much milder and rarely caused death.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-YaphDniKd3OGI93GMjlO3knyrHWQXu6E18YtfZ1CzmGJ5b3g7SUeuMp54_v-OwytUzo9g0KR7Vjm9npdgU5_sgFQllOgyVhuBzdoBHjPB5vlyVjxLciUvYC47uEXWR12AE8Kwfs13pzKw_jbr65TuVsLB43HIsi6co0cCNNXTngstrm19Vz1zyF4/s500/358CAE60-960D-4D37-8A6F-8A0D79D598C8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="379" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-YaphDniKd3OGI93GMjlO3knyrHWQXu6E18YtfZ1CzmGJ5b3g7SUeuMp54_v-OwytUzo9g0KR7Vjm9npdgU5_sgFQllOgyVhuBzdoBHjPB5vlyVjxLciUvYC47uEXWR12AE8Kwfs13pzKw_jbr65TuVsLB43HIsi6co0cCNNXTngstrm19Vz1zyF4/w304-h400/358CAE60-960D-4D37-8A6F-8A0D79D598C8.jpeg" width="304" /></a></div>Pinterest</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Milkmaids didn’t seem to get smallpox later.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Hmmmm.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Dr. Jenner decided to test his theory -</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">on a small 8 year old boy!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">(Most children were not highly valued)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">He took fluid from a cowpox sore</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">and injected it into the boy!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Nothing.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">1 week later he exposed the boy to smallpox,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">and he waited. And waited.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">The boy didn’t get sick, and remained resistant to smallpox for the rest of his life.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Through this process, a cure for smallpox was eventually discovered.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">So we can thank a milkmaid if we never get smallpox, don’t you think?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">😁</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2X2mXpUWJQiPrM6eEtRPAD5Ez-Xq5WlKLTFIaVYHYfOuunEDieDArI4-cYoBt83LgrdK0ODGj9CrVVIvOCvLjaz1tnHpq0F2cD65Ype73idTP4y3T6A1NuPYmh9_Uzy8_Edm9NYD1GdnjsA-RdbzaN6kmckI0pcNmNexhTj7uXqH831tNYsBtaJXZ/s400/F7732132-77DA-4500-A7A5-1C0EE12A6C86.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="380" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2X2mXpUWJQiPrM6eEtRPAD5Ez-Xq5WlKLTFIaVYHYfOuunEDieDArI4-cYoBt83LgrdK0ODGj9CrVVIvOCvLjaz1tnHpq0F2cD65Ype73idTP4y3T6A1NuPYmh9_Uzy8_Edm9NYD1GdnjsA-RdbzaN6kmckI0pcNmNexhTj7uXqH831tNYsBtaJXZ/s320/F7732132-77DA-4500-A7A5-1C0EE12A6C86.jpeg" width="304" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i>That’s it for today!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i>‘Til next time,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i>inkspired</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Some of the websites I visited to gather pictures and information, in no particular order or importance:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Unireadinghistory.org</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">RevKev43.Wordpress.com</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);">Hampshirepewter.com</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);">CarolyncHolland.Wordpress.com</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);">JaneAustensworld.com</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);">Wikipedia</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);">Midphase.com</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);">Pinterest</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);">“A history of the cries of London” by T&J Bewick</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);">“London Labour and the London poor” 1861-</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);">Courtesy of Tufts Digital Library</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span></div><div><span><span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><br /></span><p></p></div>Inkspiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454530754439546966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097634769099879241.post-21849944895479474822023-01-01T14:31:00.004-07:002023-01-01T14:31:46.408-07:0012 days of Christmas Day 7<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"> <b><i>‘On the seventh day of Christmas </i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">My true love gave to me</span></i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Seven swans a’swimming’ </span></i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5PRuxp3d4nagL49aMYCBAJ_1yQWgs4NORlyA7AVI2ci7NknbXxCAkM2VAfLH-61tv4OfLdVoYTgJarQVXk335HdKQiVEf2Zxv-CcIrQ4vpNYUFU8DYGXG-YiHHMx7TbDqQTFlh3WayuCFq9gKi3WxNdB5TASVzXxemTkgURUhBgKIEnlNGnorSm6U/s840/94BD8ACC-FAB9-4AC4-B635-B83C52D930FA.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="840" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5PRuxp3d4nagL49aMYCBAJ_1yQWgs4NORlyA7AVI2ci7NknbXxCAkM2VAfLH-61tv4OfLdVoYTgJarQVXk335HdKQiVEf2Zxv-CcIrQ4vpNYUFU8DYGXG-YiHHMx7TbDqQTFlh3WayuCFq9gKi3WxNdB5TASVzXxemTkgURUhBgKIEnlNGnorSm6U/s320/94BD8ACC-FAB9-4AC4-B635-B83C52D930FA.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">THEFRANCOFLY, Pinterest</div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Today is the last day of the ‘edible’ birds</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);">in this familiar children’s game and song.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);">In the 1760’s (Approx. when this game may have been played) the dining table would have included </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><i>Partridges</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><i>Doves</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><i>Chickens, French or otherwise</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><i>Songbirds, black or others</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><i>Geese</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><i>and Swans.</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><span style="font-family: times;">Not your typical fare in the 2000’s!</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNTJeUCatcMDdJ7vGJu_i6J-hy1shB6kqQ-Qok62YA6_ZDvrWEBTgErEXsp3pS98UE3I8v7S9Bi3IIF0cB6dGHRbn62TK9LkTa5980-U3KkpVszr12yTLqXbio4SKrZN9_ZYcQuDN_EnTo9ZZTDgqTxh4Wd8FqC2HMeVQceaD7tB674j8Tg9t8J32z/s960/79996283-97D4-4A39-B750-9BAE55C25A1D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="762" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNTJeUCatcMDdJ7vGJu_i6J-hy1shB6kqQ-Qok62YA6_ZDvrWEBTgErEXsp3pS98UE3I8v7S9Bi3IIF0cB6dGHRbn62TK9LkTa5980-U3KkpVszr12yTLqXbio4SKrZN9_ZYcQuDN_EnTo9ZZTDgqTxh4Wd8FqC2HMeVQceaD7tB674j8Tg9t8J32z/w318-h400/79996283-97D4-4A39-B750-9BAE55C25A1D.jpeg" width="318" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Photographer Ann Geddes</span></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><span style="font-size: x-large;">So you <i>could</i> say your true love</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><span style="font-size: x-large;">was providing you with delicious meals.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Of course you had to feed, kill, pluck and cook it all…but still a nice gesture.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Except now some of the goose eggs have hatched and you have little goslings running all over, with their gander papa hissing at everyone to stay away from his babies!</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Ah, true love.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Time to talk swan now!</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYkEur7lXUXUykBFP9WZcSPCpT_9AoX10gGwpwoEm0G0lncsUYD9JGxinJmPqmDlH3LS3qOK9m9O0OQQSWKS6YwGUSHEZOYGgRLihQnI4uberN27p1nJwcuYFvJxHU08dYxdjhrUrCsZ-sQLl9_qtPk2hlTBMMU2Gkyzbh3yX0_bMIbXxF_G5O4tgM/s651/CEA116D9-772A-45B7-89DC-21BDE6947221.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="651" data-original-width="540" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYkEur7lXUXUykBFP9WZcSPCpT_9AoX10gGwpwoEm0G0lncsUYD9JGxinJmPqmDlH3LS3qOK9m9O0OQQSWKS6YwGUSHEZOYGgRLihQnI4uberN27p1nJwcuYFvJxHU08dYxdjhrUrCsZ-sQLl9_qtPk2hlTBMMU2Gkyzbh3yX0_bMIbXxF_G5O4tgM/w331-h400/CEA116D9-772A-45B7-89DC-21BDE6947221.jpeg" width="331" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><div style="text-align: center;">Pinterest </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">A male swan is called a cob.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">He helps protect the nest, feed and take care of eggs, his mate and the hatched swans, which </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">are called cygnets</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">(pronounced sig-net).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">And mama swan? She is called a pen.</span></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGYS71KLmDcZ3-cE-qTJEeNglYxQvHXe6e3CysKgfyjvxOwzou1CTS4Padt4b2RaPeQmZnt0bxmQxjtyd9yJCkUhFcOlFjLqdGWLWwrMMfmgpUkJq7RxdY0HjyagsLeqatRwBxpQC67bMeBdOCRq0Clp_NChquNHHaZkSx9-tKgh2VvCKO70UdA3Jl/s500/93A37DF2-EB11-4B01-ABEA-CFCCECE1A48F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="497" data-original-width="500" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGYS71KLmDcZ3-cE-qTJEeNglYxQvHXe6e3CysKgfyjvxOwzou1CTS4Padt4b2RaPeQmZnt0bxmQxjtyd9yJCkUhFcOlFjLqdGWLWwrMMfmgpUkJq7RxdY0HjyagsLeqatRwBxpQC67bMeBdOCRq0Clp_NChquNHHaZkSx9-tKgh2VvCKO70UdA3Jl/w400-h398/93A37DF2-EB11-4B01-ABEA-CFCCECE1A48F.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Cygnets are quite large when hatched </span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;">and start swimming just a few hours after!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">To compare, a newborn duck weighs around 50 grams.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;">A newborn swan weighs between</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">200-250 grams!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254); font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>That’s a lot of baby swan…</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn3B9DzmWXJmQWkYIiRFzAxtrDmvF1CO950Ic1fSdDjNRCrSrmRw0NQ36NP_t4sl7d1Br6Q1_Cl9Mpnof3sh2eg-VUF3WweFCkjizqSGum-tF6bO1GQVeYguTHDV80DyvN8KR5aLQtWtblUFhEabpiVlcxkfSUUdI3Jv2eMsLp0fCSnk3s_w4D4phm/s640/9C842377-F4F4-4368-AD70-24927D91773E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="495" data-original-width="640" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn3B9DzmWXJmQWkYIiRFzAxtrDmvF1CO950Ic1fSdDjNRCrSrmRw0NQ36NP_t4sl7d1Br6Q1_Cl9Mpnof3sh2eg-VUF3WweFCkjizqSGum-tF6bO1GQVeYguTHDV80DyvN8KR5aLQtWtblUFhEabpiVlcxkfSUUdI3Jv2eMsLp0fCSnk3s_w4D4phm/w400-h310/9C842377-F4F4-4368-AD70-24927D91773E.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span><div style="color: #2b00fe; text-align: center;">Papercutting by inkspired (me!)</div><div style="color: #2b00fe; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span><div style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;">Let’s have some super-sized SWAN FUN!</div><div style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvmbcbNqi0LroTl-TfI_oHyDoFtCi9Ft_NV7JqPFQiXdnSJbeaMGi66qQ842QKaVc228YUrDJXt7VrqV9RQIN7DXPq88BuYn7_9uf9XEu5RT8lvCdjuvY89pz0YwQOwbnkFSul9hG7o41gb_1LoKGIczngeytWqNQbG2tvIn2hihDzehFgUYVT1k_c/s1102/3FF145A3-95A7-46E1-B422-AD7C3356EE37.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="840" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvmbcbNqi0LroTl-TfI_oHyDoFtCi9Ft_NV7JqPFQiXdnSJbeaMGi66qQ842QKaVc228YUrDJXt7VrqV9RQIN7DXPq88BuYn7_9uf9XEu5RT8lvCdjuvY89pz0YwQOwbnkFSul9hG7o41gb_1LoKGIczngeytWqNQbG2tvIn2hihDzehFgUYVT1k_c/w488-h640/3FF145A3-95A7-46E1-B422-AD7C3356EE37.jpeg" width="488" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">ArtProjectsForKids.org</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;">You can draw your swans as big, or as many as you want! Here is another way to learn how to draw a cob or a pen-</div><div style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhum1PXc4OHLwvW4Lf_bTcvnq-K_VhDTaleF0cOMwqYIPwGvYV2QfM_EVK0DhRF449XdV6UG9mGORfrzMfllHKPP9rjfPTFaN5JTkl1nlLr-xK6ExbDG85wRFPKYvs9_Z02H809-XfE8p7R7DjEwXlvfYSWvbeYy7a1vE3q0bjRnvNG6c-fvR5Y5G9l/s775/3A698FBF-B92C-4A4E-B964-FEFC3E6244B7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhum1PXc4OHLwvW4Lf_bTcvnq-K_VhDTaleF0cOMwqYIPwGvYV2QfM_EVK0DhRF449XdV6UG9mGORfrzMfllHKPP9rjfPTFaN5JTkl1nlLr-xK6ExbDG85wRFPKYvs9_Z02H809-XfE8p7R7DjEwXlvfYSWvbeYy7a1vE3q0bjRnvNG6c-fvR5Y5G9l/w412-h640/3A698FBF-B92C-4A4E-B964-FEFC3E6244B7.jpeg" width="412" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">BuzzFeed</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">If you draw 3 or more you have a flock of swans.</span></span></span><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Once a cygnet chooses a flock, it will stay with that group usually for the rest of its’ life.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeFbHEPIguYZXKy60jbqqU9qkkus9xKPp2luc7oRTsPMJ-fAPqr8DUcDykU5JvT6-Bc2xqvx3wgn9MFg-Eq-dVsTpj9wuso6f8QN8LeFgMNnv53D2z1nb27VzPiYCJUnskL1KWvT0pogqF3H_O8e2atp0JN7gjmVdEZLUsYwRiumJjSIsQeLGIAbsr/s575/A39013E1-2B4C-45AD-AE87-207F56A92C6A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="575" height="383" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeFbHEPIguYZXKy60jbqqU9qkkus9xKPp2luc7oRTsPMJ-fAPqr8DUcDykU5JvT6-Bc2xqvx3wgn9MFg-Eq-dVsTpj9wuso6f8QN8LeFgMNnv53D2z1nb27VzPiYCJUnskL1KWvT0pogqF3H_O8e2atp0JN7gjmVdEZLUsYwRiumJjSIsQeLGIAbsr/w400-h383/A39013E1-2B4C-45AD-AE87-207F56A92C6A.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">From an article by Erma Ruthven-Stevenson, 2015</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">A swan swimming suit contest?</span></div></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Here is a beautiful swan that has been hand embroidered-</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcWIZ87WjrFYlWvd2o9O8E_lDkdj07_Hvi-eEGLnaxj259xPKoXQ_15xdmChq_hezu_yW9I6wxao7sVowW_WpNgjZBvGnGo8lYmcZGYCofPH3KbbsLOM_kciE3mjaiF20_1chTwszYJ7VEuJVoqaK6tnITO1TFDhbEeYEgGjZ96edP0OWOKRO3bunE/s470/8DC6913F-556E-438A-BCEA-707830333714.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="470" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcWIZ87WjrFYlWvd2o9O8E_lDkdj07_Hvi-eEGLnaxj259xPKoXQ_15xdmChq_hezu_yW9I6wxao7sVowW_WpNgjZBvGnGo8lYmcZGYCofPH3KbbsLOM_kciE3mjaiF20_1chTwszYJ7VEuJVoqaK6tnITO1TFDhbEeYEgGjZ96edP0OWOKRO3bunE/w400-h399/8DC6913F-556E-438A-BCEA-707830333714.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">By Karen Nicol embroideryasart.blogspot.com</div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;">and here is another embroidered one, </div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">in an Art Nouveau style -</span></span></div><div><span><span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHuwwZ0IVKqA1GB6O79X2wMZe1t7fPlkykQzBxS5TNJKNIXDaOxEYJhOquOuIXrlPEQqETBzmr8of0PlmRO8Z9SLyaWBN1RYAyb2yzWB_6Yv2Wxo8Sapu6VIxEKlzzHIrN9BVZa4cysaj9FvBvfaaYnlXoDZm8sVTh5fHVS84LPZZtl8BL2mwhh5_5/s570/841DF374-AB15-4D3E-A0ED-39AA429B7E24.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="570" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHuwwZ0IVKqA1GB6O79X2wMZe1t7fPlkykQzBxS5TNJKNIXDaOxEYJhOquOuIXrlPEQqETBzmr8of0PlmRO8Z9SLyaWBN1RYAyb2yzWB_6Yv2Wxo8Sapu6VIxEKlzzHIrN9BVZa4cysaj9FvBvfaaYnlXoDZm8sVTh5fHVS84LPZZtl8BL2mwhh5_5/w400-h329/841DF374-AB15-4D3E-A0ED-39AA429B7E24.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Etsy</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;">Here is a beaded swan-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQbuJHO9stTG2zzamnQPKpRqjjX_xPShS5veUNk-fsU0a1qC6Uogj4vbvq2C_VnlAeiJBAFR_BDFr1ZS7igqYybjzyC0CexukLED9i_-42feR-uzS0Mz-3rQpTpQByx3RKJkCggbVcts7bgzGlxoLkTb2_wMJMtv0Q3T6HTd4jW-TFsbfEycKEsfyD/s750/F22AED14-9275-4D44-9678-EC4DEC427233.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQbuJHO9stTG2zzamnQPKpRqjjX_xPShS5veUNk-fsU0a1qC6Uogj4vbvq2C_VnlAeiJBAFR_BDFr1ZS7igqYybjzyC0CexukLED9i_-42feR-uzS0Mz-3rQpTpQByx3RKJkCggbVcts7bgzGlxoLkTb2_wMJMtv0Q3T6HTd4jW-TFsbfEycKEsfyD/s320/F22AED14-9275-4D44-9678-EC4DEC427233.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Posted on Instagram, in French</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;">and here is one made from gems and pearls -</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><strike style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKXXQUZiDcjJdTgNbmFmiGYSOZYKfkgNtq86sHxcc_L8KfnSyn5bj-TqneV3oULwHCtBnfBCrzSOg529GOaNXFKsFzEQEGrp5ksyHuklQ2OxgeMvDxehfq5qHpm-awe34ELVHTHrSbiLfLQroOUnOSExt6YyIhPZyLbU23sdCAAaMoeLDQ4OEkTONA/s1200/699B4EAF-1673-4A10-86B4-AD2BB4EC3CDB.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKXXQUZiDcjJdTgNbmFmiGYSOZYKfkgNtq86sHxcc_L8KfnSyn5bj-TqneV3oULwHCtBnfBCrzSOg529GOaNXFKsFzEQEGrp5ksyHuklQ2OxgeMvDxehfq5qHpm-awe34ELVHTHrSbiLfLQroOUnOSExt6YyIhPZyLbU23sdCAAaMoeLDQ4OEkTONA/w320-h640/699B4EAF-1673-4A10-86B4-AD2BB4EC3CDB.jpeg" width="320" /></a></strike></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Ochira jewelry</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;">You can make a flock of swans using your hand, a pencil to trace around it; some paper and scissors. A couple markers or crayons to draw in face features are nice. Put it together with a little glue and here you are-<br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiffY0856mVhR5iqOCoXHSoUFDqk43HrnSsw9spDvbrhe6cHwoy2lPv1kmAcI3DQS2gegjSSyF6JBLHdcLFu6Hj11YYwnIH0CfiTZtlW2qvA0WEZj0G_B_rVsXRYcrden1GDmMz_1KJoQ-08o1UgkBBrofLHQ2vWrKceRX3jpb2RT5DNJcpKHF-g8el/s350/DF90319E-29A1-498D-9FB2-866A999B8232.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiffY0856mVhR5iqOCoXHSoUFDqk43HrnSsw9spDvbrhe6cHwoy2lPv1kmAcI3DQS2gegjSSyF6JBLHdcLFu6Hj11YYwnIH0CfiTZtlW2qvA0WEZj0G_B_rVsXRYcrden1GDmMz_1KJoQ-08o1UgkBBrofLHQ2vWrKceRX3jpb2RT5DNJcpKHF-g8el/s320/DF90319E-29A1-498D-9FB2-866A999B8232.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQr-DQheIz8NGCbmnP6-cJL_uhh-0qXEAfineh4F7T2uKrk4Tyx77wF4GbOUqX9Z8OPpdYKDblF32do0dTIzHrtaZs1kQIe2z10DrdMzgsThUaVPlx3gjIreZQGJ2OftqcVU0Ali1QvkNVOY2-lb4tDydl36I8CVDpqe3Z7mZzP5nOF3zsg6JEKDG2/s350/49ADEF5E-0D65-4936-8FAA-101889FD4384.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="305" data-original-width="350" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQr-DQheIz8NGCbmnP6-cJL_uhh-0qXEAfineh4F7T2uKrk4Tyx77wF4GbOUqX9Z8OPpdYKDblF32do0dTIzHrtaZs1kQIe2z10DrdMzgsThUaVPlx3gjIreZQGJ2OftqcVU0Ali1QvkNVOY2-lb4tDydl36I8CVDpqe3Z7mZzP5nOF3zsg6JEKDG2/s320/49ADEF5E-0D65-4936-8FAA-101889FD4384.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">DLTK’s Crafts for Kids by Leanne Guenther</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;">Here is another style, same basics-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrcTBgIULh-zWd1snj31KPPhL4_jRWb0_pxnhPo1C969eLsOMZSfaIoNT6KSksCBxNGWHsjhPj6xYQ8S9nQd8Ms7H3ckTOaPVGNKOxOEHy7IN4Dh65VsOJ9jeh1esWN0_h80k9Q78n0cSK42smiRCYaiYShRxY3p5P_bE1HA3H1HjG37i6QTRmba_A/s1199/04A111BA-65EA-48D7-9540-3CD79262AE80.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="930" data-original-width="1199" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrcTBgIULh-zWd1snj31KPPhL4_jRWb0_pxnhPo1C969eLsOMZSfaIoNT6KSksCBxNGWHsjhPj6xYQ8S9nQd8Ms7H3ckTOaPVGNKOxOEHy7IN4Dh65VsOJ9jeh1esWN0_h80k9Q78n0cSK42smiRCYaiYShRxY3p5P_bE1HA3H1HjG37i6QTRmba_A/w400-h310/04A111BA-65EA-48D7-9540-3CD79262AE80.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;">A few thin cut strips of blue paper are all it needs to be ‘swimming in the water’.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;">To make it look more like a swan, cut the section between the neck and the back more, to make the neck longer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3kfP0ti8i7CqnK08MvcszzSc81DW47Bj2Z2DuEUQsSkkbb1qbwNuSQqO_yRq-r19-kMrPBoRDpX1BwNpeEur0rrJDSILYWGEsJamETTomBbpWQk8SmDeuUepe038YtgVkBOWviVEPcYTV4H2fbTEfyoGSBKlHyNGypLp27spiKWxIlpebEWRT9JV4/s1625/AC524B6D-0D1B-4234-AE2B-2F75A54676E8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1625" data-original-width="1077" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3kfP0ti8i7CqnK08MvcszzSc81DW47Bj2Z2DuEUQsSkkbb1qbwNuSQqO_yRq-r19-kMrPBoRDpX1BwNpeEur0rrJDSILYWGEsJamETTomBbpWQk8SmDeuUepe038YtgVkBOWviVEPcYTV4H2fbTEfyoGSBKlHyNGypLp27spiKWxIlpebEWRT9JV4/w424-h640/AC524B6D-0D1B-4234-AE2B-2F75A54676E8.jpeg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This is a vintage illustration for one of Hans Christian Anderson’s stories -</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">‘The Wild Swans’</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Here’s another one!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2tKQC_fS-A1LKIsZieTZusMzngMxJ8Ov5mbmkk27rFPWdtUwKRZulILLouSIkPacMpVSNBG6jrqsb2-QmDaURu00x08r2jAOCfMGrAHLjM906HjiSgY8LC0a2eq7OVzImjuNxKwa9B6ANCZYp5O8z_R0xEdJevQZgt4OHemJliIUe5lI2XRFAi0w1/s1599/EB0095C5-963B-4079-9AD5-1DACF068B9F3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1599" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2tKQC_fS-A1LKIsZieTZusMzngMxJ8Ov5mbmkk27rFPWdtUwKRZulILLouSIkPacMpVSNBG6jrqsb2-QmDaURu00x08r2jAOCfMGrAHLjM906HjiSgY8LC0a2eq7OVzImjuNxKwa9B6ANCZYp5O8z_R0xEdJevQZgt4OHemJliIUe5lI2XRFAi0w1/w300-h400/EB0095C5-963B-4079-9AD5-1DACF068B9F3.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;">Next is a wonderful pattern to print, cut out and assemble into your own swan.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><i>Make it from felt, and embroider if you want.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;">Cut it from fabric 2x, then stuff and sew around the edges of the front and back for a pillow, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><i>or fabric pin, or backpack dangly!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;">Cut 2 wings and sew on just the bottom part of the wing to the main body.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><i>Or</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><i>Embroider all around each wing.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSGYvFSJTSLaxZJKNJpAz_aga3S5K5sVsXnnNzj4CEO9syDePtfFf_yPkHZwlwkwL6muT4EnDtrMQEzWBgzmXRgZgV1WmOym_n_kKcHE3u03HN6B4QKdBINsUWwWLVJmBYPv479ZErXGG88XHroTlQmGMHS_Kb2Am7K4dpZMl1FojoKYAyqS6s7n_T/s340/3263865F-138F-4040-B9F4-AA538DDFE45F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="332" data-original-width="340" height="624" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSGYvFSJTSLaxZJKNJpAz_aga3S5K5sVsXnnNzj4CEO9syDePtfFf_yPkHZwlwkwL6muT4EnDtrMQEzWBgzmXRgZgV1WmOym_n_kKcHE3u03HN6B4QKdBINsUWwWLVJmBYPv479ZErXGG88XHroTlQmGMHS_Kb2Am7K4dpZMl1FojoKYAyqS6s7n_T/w640-h624/3263865F-138F-4040-B9F4-AA538DDFE45F.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The Mailbox, Pinterest</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;">More interested in edibles?</div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">You can find cookie molds like this one -</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE3sMTz4sBxvOP8yqjbAouw5bzQM13SrrhzSNVSjOY9Fr87i5zOMrYc-JFl0Vii7CEzFhDUIWjm_OvJAukD_OSd5E1qw7iZHAkyWX1IAvkZ5M5bNbTz5ccMV0_hwgqaD3hiH9rKb1G-X-f3inbxdhPYn02TKaIiRPLojk4FnviOcaa89_foNQWSDpU/s1278/5B8DC733-1990-4409-BB0F-C849B232C720.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE3sMTz4sBxvOP8yqjbAouw5bzQM13SrrhzSNVSjOY9Fr87i5zOMrYc-JFl0Vii7CEzFhDUIWjm_OvJAukD_OSd5E1qw7iZHAkyWX1IAvkZ5M5bNbTz5ccMV0_hwgqaD3hiH9rKb1G-X-f3inbxdhPYn02TKaIiRPLojk4FnviOcaa89_foNQWSDpU/s320/5B8DC733-1990-4409-BB0F-C849B232C720.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">House on the Hill, Inc.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">Like cutting and gluing?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">Here is one to print and cut paper ones like this-</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEias4bbCbWKd_P-bkedx50191SRn0qA_Qzqx9zD9NnB6DWSaz0IVYkk9BH1FLIzRsKXDLDMlcg6s915-k-SDdlTdwwNEm6XndNiBYuESROgaxH9VL81DaxxmHGL8CH2L5U6ckzSaeJZb02x9qIZO9w6zfa1mCbcFF2Xo3lM-CrY3b3n5X20SuCCy2Ed/s1000/970323F7-9F77-4759-89FA-186B81FD6209.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="673" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEias4bbCbWKd_P-bkedx50191SRn0qA_Qzqx9zD9NnB6DWSaz0IVYkk9BH1FLIzRsKXDLDMlcg6s915-k-SDdlTdwwNEm6XndNiBYuESROgaxH9VL81DaxxmHGL8CH2L5U6ckzSaeJZb02x9qIZO9w6zfa1mCbcFF2Xo3lM-CrY3b3n5X20SuCCy2Ed/w430-h640/970323F7-9F77-4759-89FA-186B81FD6209.jpeg" width="430" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Monkey-design.com.tw</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">It is looking more and more like we need to have a SWAN party!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;">:)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;">I love vintage advertising, and this one is a beauty!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;">Nothing to do with the quality of pencils, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;">But still a beautiful illustration!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghh2goZzmvPEor8fybCDggt-qmWpdG220MDe0a1gjbvvXb1XnPMuGzwjWZge6ICISM8XCgkpl9MPOaq2RPN6RelLAOxYLfIpJKBYrfpPbDUmLv3R8u5yjATOx5_pSVXN8OeUR9PEa9vMeghzCvnt8JMlFNzcHTGGUM54750cKISgVcH8MMDVFLm9_i/s854/6F810D3A-B7D6-45A6-B5D7-0E39277ED1AF.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="854" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghh2goZzmvPEor8fybCDggt-qmWpdG220MDe0a1gjbvvXb1XnPMuGzwjWZge6ICISM8XCgkpl9MPOaq2RPN6RelLAOxYLfIpJKBYrfpPbDUmLv3R8u5yjATOx5_pSVXN8OeUR9PEa9vMeghzCvnt8JMlFNzcHTGGUM54750cKISgVcH8MMDVFLm9_i/w450-h640/6F810D3A-B7D6-45A6-B5D7-0E39277ED1AF.jpeg" width="450" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><b><i>Coming soon -</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;">Day 8</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;">8 maids a’ milking!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">‘Til next time,</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Inkspired</span></i> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;">P.S. Blogger is doing weird things with font sizes and placements and font colors. I apologize for the odd look - haven’t figured out yet how to override it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;">:(</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;">In addition to previously posted websites for 12 Days of Christmas, I checked these out:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><i>ClickACraft.com</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;">TheGraphicsFairy.com</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><i>Wikihow.com</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG0hrkzRehL_Xqi16IKMgUOP8BN_YZ2_WJtc79NSP7vJ_Uf4s5oISRGsohAlt0joP9q9uOc67IIdE62YrtgkdEnC3U8Me5W5U-bE6RsW5XVgJ2AE181sB9JPY4GcaGiN53r37-4qWTyDypzQTvM5O9nTnhPRHp25CdrV47ryZ7hhiEF1z4AaFucGcw/s3264/D956A503-21CF-4BF4-93A1-BC4202B3B4DB.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG0hrkzRehL_Xqi16IKMgUOP8BN_YZ2_WJtc79NSP7vJ_Uf4s5oISRGsohAlt0joP9q9uOc67IIdE62YrtgkdEnC3U8Me5W5U-bE6RsW5XVgJ2AE181sB9JPY4GcaGiN53r37-4qWTyDypzQTvM5O9nTnhPRHp25CdrV47ryZ7hhiEF1z4AaFucGcw/w300-h400/D956A503-21CF-4BF4-93A1-BC4202B3B4DB.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Kaleidoscope by inkspired and KaleidoCam</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><br /><i style="font-size: xx-large;"><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 0, 254);"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></p></div>Inkspiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454530754439546966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097634769099879241.post-33061697682387163402022-12-25T21:27:00.000-07:002022-12-25T21:27:01.144-07:0012 Days of Christmas Day 6<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">“<b><i>On the sixth day of Christmas</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">my true love gave to me -</span></i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">6 geese a layin“</span></i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGtUys1CRbk5TMCZVlnfH_EMUZO82euaUwOP6vtqPO4JGpOpVzEeL7QxOJe1qoRC2lYNZFjerYIUMAsPAxKQW7n8KWqOptGTaV_9MgPPCAq8rDnBi-JtR5jGDqAvbUQhvehVWLXx9cS6M3vzNk4lVX76M2bbjSz7SaK8HYfxgiDT7tz_olVQyK4bI1/s738/824487FA-9DE1-4037-B0F8-15B06C1B7447.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="570" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGtUys1CRbk5TMCZVlnfH_EMUZO82euaUwOP6vtqPO4JGpOpVzEeL7QxOJe1qoRC2lYNZFjerYIUMAsPAxKQW7n8KWqOptGTaV_9MgPPCAq8rDnBi-JtR5jGDqAvbUQhvehVWLXx9cS6M3vzNk4lVX76M2bbjSz7SaK8HYfxgiDT7tz_olVQyK4bI1/w309-h400/824487FA-9DE1-4037-B0F8-15B06C1B7447.jpeg" width="309" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(180, 95, 6); color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">EtsyUK</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(180, 95, 6);"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(180, 95, 6);">Day 6 and here comes a wagon with </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(180, 95, 6);"><span style="font-size: x-large;">wooden crates </span></span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(180, 95, 6); color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">full of geese-</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(180, 95, 6); color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: xx-large;">And what a noisy racket they are putting out!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6c2k8dV3H1AN1zM3gxrN4HxJB6EyfRpRKy_5WB9RYkqNNkiyhgkrD4on0s8sDxoLPMdt9253Vy3fO0q3W466HvUVBnZ2QkSzo0Dt1QZuRs6kTMT9m4VaWQUYXuHg8jurjfemNHcMR9a0DTbvV6VT8yvgyT8ldVTE-L2CBXjrhIOsL_mTY2eNPsPl7/s646/A2AFED3E-A7AA-478B-94D1-17F0720B2B5F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="646" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6c2k8dV3H1AN1zM3gxrN4HxJB6EyfRpRKy_5WB9RYkqNNkiyhgkrD4on0s8sDxoLPMdt9253Vy3fO0q3W466HvUVBnZ2QkSzo0Dt1QZuRs6kTMT9m4VaWQUYXuHg8jurjfemNHcMR9a0DTbvV6VT8yvgyT8ldVTE-L2CBXjrhIOsL_mTY2eNPsPl7/w310-h400/A2AFED3E-A7AA-478B-94D1-17F0720B2B5F.jpeg" width="310" /></a></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Pinterest</div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Note:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">These aren’t any old geese, they are laying geese.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">That means mating season started a month before.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">It also means these were most likely European Geese because of the time of the year.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">(But we knew that, didn’t we!)</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUCGyAEpe1WfgxT1MfeK7mT1_0jUTrMznSRBUR9jHXLUjDIFX7JFQANTv0iCkxZ2tx_hZlf1p8yxOtaB9axTyfJ2n2UNO9_a7SN-eezRE1sayToMuHNNiQm0F-yXNQ1eV5fanp0p8dAnQu-v8K-iUoqTjqILhXUDYdvBtUdxLUE3nhWhVaiD1f4cNL/s400/40A49DA7-3CCF-440F-A3D2-A423D62A0CE4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="306" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUCGyAEpe1WfgxT1MfeK7mT1_0jUTrMznSRBUR9jHXLUjDIFX7JFQANTv0iCkxZ2tx_hZlf1p8yxOtaB9axTyfJ2n2UNO9_a7SN-eezRE1sayToMuHNNiQm0F-yXNQ1eV5fanp0p8dAnQu-v8K-iUoqTjqILhXUDYdvBtUdxLUE3nhWhVaiD1f4cNL/w306-h400/40A49DA7-3CCF-440F-A3D2-A423D62A0CE4.jpeg" width="306" /></a></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">I just kind of thought a goose was a goose and maybe similar to chickens only bigger</span>.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">I have discovered there’s a lot more to geese than I imagined!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivcm6w4Eoj_FZYWgasxxiXh9Z7pdYk2mgb1CHYgeAxLHOGj_gw2mo6Ds-MQ-ZPAFlsml7O8KjTi0lzeh0ERdoURD4D9jMx8KJQVKQ6se_MZetXmc-BZJZUUxsQMGpt4OnE0ON1c8SwOrnvBhux72whF5lZ_vLwYMFXZv8nl4a5BbssqeNyBWJ8rbqV/s700/16FAADC1-DD98-4292-B631-86BFD542A842.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="569" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivcm6w4Eoj_FZYWgasxxiXh9Z7pdYk2mgb1CHYgeAxLHOGj_gw2mo6Ds-MQ-ZPAFlsml7O8KjTi0lzeh0ERdoURD4D9jMx8KJQVKQ6se_MZetXmc-BZJZUUxsQMGpt4OnE0ON1c8SwOrnvBhux72whF5lZ_vLwYMFXZv8nl4a5BbssqeNyBWJ8rbqV/w520-h640/16FAADC1-DD98-4292-B631-86BFD542A842.jpeg" width="520" /></a></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Pinterest</div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); color: #e69138; font-family: helvetica; font-size: xx-large;">First, geese don’t lay eggs year ‘round. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">They lay eggs for about 5 months,</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b>BUT</b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">there are a lot of factors involved.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Egg-laying depends on variables like air temperature, diet, health of the goose, how much light they get, body weight of the goose, age and humidity.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Whew!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjusg1XigJFL4KwbSAiKroLCMMrTjHvguinFkwfDEP2E4yjiPkF3LPvsAJ7vTEUCQIjo6nS5KB5K8Ahg15VGUWao7yuYOFJZ0vfyKzFtxlwXhR3pb8F3Hhxx5Ys2pMqZILjXAZSByg-eFVqwlR-h4ErTt5K-fMjb7Ri_Gf85L81_L9KZLjbCmevtO-F/s510/1DA91C62-096D-4443-B126-67D751C76543.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="344" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjusg1XigJFL4KwbSAiKroLCMMrTjHvguinFkwfDEP2E4yjiPkF3LPvsAJ7vTEUCQIjo6nS5KB5K8Ahg15VGUWao7yuYOFJZ0vfyKzFtxlwXhR3pb8F3Hhxx5Ys2pMqZILjXAZSByg-eFVqwlR-h4ErTt5K-fMjb7Ri_Gf85L81_L9KZLjbCmevtO-F/w270-h400/1DA91C62-096D-4443-B126-67D751C76543.jpeg" width="270" /></a></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Stampscoinsnotes.com</div></span><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>Can you tell I’m a city girl?</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">So, we get 6 laying geese.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">We have to provide the correct ambience to get any goose eggs. And we wait for eggs.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">In one study I read over the course of 150 days of peak egg laying, each goose averaged</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b>55 eggs!</b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Multiply that by 6 and…</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">That’s a lot of potential goslings to take care of.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">But, not all fertilized eggs hatch.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">The actual number of eggs per goose is more like 30-50, and that is for the entire year.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7RALn_oB2Ui5aDBeuvfQ37vYeliNddSQvoz4Aup447kYk06ip-VcUEqzvjz-PCuP78MSKCnoLYnsFuiEQa6LGRDeecYn9SeROTl4eOl89w7t1meNsWhIgIOn-YmSU4l_-nlY22EAhSxtwQNBQWnpnGiBIzgsRqPJuZlSQbZH2c8ZYgSv2br78EDUY/s640/1CEF5A54-5865-4CDA-B9CC-40B75A8ADA1F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="495" data-original-width="640" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7RALn_oB2Ui5aDBeuvfQ37vYeliNddSQvoz4Aup447kYk06ip-VcUEqzvjz-PCuP78MSKCnoLYnsFuiEQa6LGRDeecYn9SeROTl4eOl89w7t1meNsWhIgIOn-YmSU4l_-nlY22EAhSxtwQNBQWnpnGiBIzgsRqPJuZlSQbZH2c8ZYgSv2br78EDUY/w400-h310/1CEF5A54-5865-4CDA-B9CC-40B75A8ADA1F.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">theredpandapurveyor.blogspot.com</span></div><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Let’s play a little now</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">as my head is stuffed full of </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Goose Facts - like</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>A group of geese on the ground is called a ‘gaggle’</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">BUT</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>a group of geese flying is called</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>a ‘skein’.</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0sISDM9hyhIPuo47iShhpm-Qy_RwgB3QL5dZQBrIOL3APR1VK07jPysIEShbhLw-aE7R_FG6wrhMwu21xY_ySH7xPFgzFpqGBgsodAc17HhITlg1UjyU7NInHG_gdi_yvF9CReJxzdcCbxP_wIdKzqaayRvZd0hDE1-fpbOiF_fCQaw_4qRkpB93E/s1300/797A3FC5-A3C0-46FB-A1E8-2923863017FD.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="919" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0sISDM9hyhIPuo47iShhpm-Qy_RwgB3QL5dZQBrIOL3APR1VK07jPysIEShbhLw-aE7R_FG6wrhMwu21xY_ySH7xPFgzFpqGBgsodAc17HhITlg1UjyU7NInHG_gdi_yvF9CReJxzdcCbxP_wIdKzqaayRvZd0hDE1-fpbOiF_fCQaw_4qRkpB93E/w283-h400/797A3FC5-A3C0-46FB-A1E8-2923863017FD.jpeg" width="283" /></a></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;">Super coloring.com</div></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i>What is so fascinating about dot to dots?</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">They remain a popular pastime.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Here we can learn how to draw geese:</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXLG18raU0JK_4TrohKoK_b5YnChwcH9Jgt55H54FsbYXhALAI6THLv7BwrE-iP6C4mKRNEMW6z5_MO0Mho9Di5Q0xOnUrGK__2gQYhquylA2IOSA1XT-m6R79Zl7WmrdXsXLiMErkSFcsZScJeSY1HV3bNH4pTwrJqQK3yNuh7Ln3Wj6EOGt2RXb-/s989/0C4F108D-D4A4-4466-90C9-6AF74AAE8F6C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="989" data-original-width="768" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXLG18raU0JK_4TrohKoK_b5YnChwcH9Jgt55H54FsbYXhALAI6THLv7BwrE-iP6C4mKRNEMW6z5_MO0Mho9Di5Q0xOnUrGK__2gQYhquylA2IOSA1XT-m6R79Zl7WmrdXsXLiMErkSFcsZScJeSY1HV3bNH4pTwrJqQK3yNuh7Ln3Wj6EOGt2RXb-/w310-h400/0C4F108D-D4A4-4466-90C9-6AF74AAE8F6C.jpeg" width="310" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Courtesy ArtProjectsForKids</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;">After drawing six geese I bet you will be pretty good!</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;">Here are some charming folk-style geese made from felt:</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsg_DbVXTYkEAtKDgneSZ9u4X5l3w1V4vV_nz1vfZ3Tr8_YtDu1PIsIt9lH3g7J8BdKyEdEAAFDHKPYvpPBnXdWMm3FqIun_xbFCVv6KThthRu4VmpWgYEx7YUg7-36qSzAGDgly7NiCSFZHQCU6BlzaxTg2CBHer2BpLxBeE_vvbAxUkNpLKYWcho/s800/C7A4C7FB-CFA8-40EC-895A-EE165B3209A7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="800" height="527" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsg_DbVXTYkEAtKDgneSZ9u4X5l3w1V4vV_nz1vfZ3Tr8_YtDu1PIsIt9lH3g7J8BdKyEdEAAFDHKPYvpPBnXdWMm3FqIun_xbFCVv6KThthRu4VmpWgYEx7YUg7-36qSzAGDgly7NiCSFZHQCU6BlzaxTg2CBHer2BpLxBeE_vvbAxUkNpLKYWcho/w680-h527/C7A4C7FB-CFA8-40EC-895A-EE165B3209A7.jpeg" width="680" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: medium;">Downeasstthunderfarm.com</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;">(Only I would make their feet black.)</span></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1GGEBe70lvhuxa_X1fQmqBhLEYa0xwsb5ObH3SrbsNs-RDdrU7N4ULyyYhiv0A5DSiMBbLxpG9AO8O63quyc0hxDfnkHizF0VpNi9MF2IRPdoci9amyGwXZFTrCrDICe8y_r8_POPW89KK3MAgI0DhEyVUKEnVkp3vM0oLU3YxFTLphpNwwc2ddH4/s640/57F42329-69F3-47CE-BAFA-2E4203D23856.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="396" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1GGEBe70lvhuxa_X1fQmqBhLEYa0xwsb5ObH3SrbsNs-RDdrU7N4ULyyYhiv0A5DSiMBbLxpG9AO8O63quyc0hxDfnkHizF0VpNi9MF2IRPdoci9amyGwXZFTrCrDICe8y_r8_POPW89KK3MAgI0DhEyVUKEnVkp3vM0oLU3YxFTLphpNwwc2ddH4/w396-h640/57F42329-69F3-47CE-BAFA-2E4203D23856.jpeg" width="396" /></a></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">By Larissa Holland</div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Want to doodle to relax?</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Here is a great line shape to do that.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Just fill in between the lines.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3WoLAp3b95bSLHz71Sjc72IWBpRcF_xQ0IbJF6fzk2_sxhWdyzttGdVNQRgNg1cG2fK7A41OZM1glyKGDBLrgUOvJB2bq4WQm6ADmeItERScwIi_cKaDxVEdj_ArVVk5bHmS-9k-g5DMQ9b6TxcGdpNowPWHbdPhnPhkPLvGvMi7sInrILGbMSj9_/s957/BED87589-2857-438E-B08F-51F9072D7A09.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="957" data-original-width="718" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3WoLAp3b95bSLHz71Sjc72IWBpRcF_xQ0IbJF6fzk2_sxhWdyzttGdVNQRgNg1cG2fK7A41OZM1glyKGDBLrgUOvJB2bq4WQm6ADmeItERScwIi_cKaDxVEdj_ArVVk5bHmS-9k-g5DMQ9b6TxcGdpNowPWHbdPhnPhkPLvGvMi7sInrILGbMSj9_/w300-h400/BED87589-2857-438E-B08F-51F9072D7A09.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Coloring.was</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">No! No!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_LO9JXvpbKqQaJWNz9fnc10NB53t1exYVkssu--i0QMEid8H8bnVeSfXF5Hl-ZAXIZYs3dECGYWd4q967KmHkiYFlq-K-lQ3oKxtmlngbletoQO88_exuoKICBSQc5hZcfIJ3lfHnGEj9GNHmH_2iJhgD4VwQlb-8-sp_LCVc6UEaA4GYaAB4W3sp/s300/A6BA0A3E-3E10-466E-9F4E-B1A2A7644A74.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="222" data-original-width="300" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_LO9JXvpbKqQaJWNz9fnc10NB53t1exYVkssu--i0QMEid8H8bnVeSfXF5Hl-ZAXIZYs3dECGYWd4q967KmHkiYFlq-K-lQ3oKxtmlngbletoQO88_exuoKICBSQc5hZcfIJ3lfHnGEj9GNHmH_2iJhgD4VwQlb-8-sp_LCVc6UEaA4GYaAB4W3sp/w400-h296/A6BA0A3E-3E10-466E-9F4E-B1A2A7644A74.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">That’s not right for geese a’laying!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b>No! No!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA05BkavZmrbDX7bTMcp5f_8OT-p_Mc2es4EFqVRBLXoFQFGu_jTPLs_PtEm25atwFikwGqVF4pfsbCNbV3Oe04Z4XQ5WVjpsKjwiVHZHAzbSgdjAmZHmDvhpnhH_W8rCdlYroIq1qOR3u4SSaH9hKIHD_qsGkuB5bDLGxRb6-Q_qEL34tluL8Ua4Y/s640/38C4D791-9B3C-4F9C-8810-06309F944FA2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="516" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA05BkavZmrbDX7bTMcp5f_8OT-p_Mc2es4EFqVRBLXoFQFGu_jTPLs_PtEm25atwFikwGqVF4pfsbCNbV3Oe04Z4XQ5WVjpsKjwiVHZHAzbSgdjAmZHmDvhpnhH_W8rCdlYroIq1qOR3u4SSaH9hKIHD_qsGkuB5bDLGxRb6-Q_qEL34tluL8Ua4Y/w516-h640/38C4D791-9B3C-4F9C-8810-06309F944FA2.jpeg" width="516" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>That’s not a goose!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>It’s a duck!</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Finally, something goosey!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Print, glue onto a cereal box type backing,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Cut out, color, assemble and have fun.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7eV47wLknufgp9uY8O_0FR8m7GF5grcCSA8BCVgLmoGWNEdqBUf76pZyOfgQUrNChRRYQjTVrccJ95_mGoQGhRPFdZ8eSO5Z8JS2eQkFwBd2J5RAhh0ApLYLmkK7CPuQ3saV0HoS84giu08ZGw1Dd3sXwpEXUHr3JwIGAu5hOPbewmNxwzyRLLLlh/s1050/73448A10-1639-421B-9AD6-D38CB2AF6C88.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="805" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7eV47wLknufgp9uY8O_0FR8m7GF5grcCSA8BCVgLmoGWNEdqBUf76pZyOfgQUrNChRRYQjTVrccJ95_mGoQGhRPFdZ8eSO5Z8JS2eQkFwBd2J5RAhh0ApLYLmkK7CPuQ3saV0HoS84giu08ZGw1Dd3sXwpEXUHr3JwIGAu5hOPbewmNxwzyRLLLlh/w490-h640/73448A10-1639-421B-9AD6-D38CB2AF6C88.jpeg" width="490" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b>No! No!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b>These are not geese a’laying!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEIqwypR2wSYpHgDej-Czm9OWJKq4eO_GBr-CUjfIvkyg0HOp-xwDm15-7_UnxCF1ktz54WQcuoQ5UIsiARk8GWBvFkqsvwdK5Dmocg0_kEj9K-KXhFEuGe9u3qTHl5-M11eStaxa3KoVK5kBLLlyeOep6lKy9nXVTzOBbtXbOQ2O2e1BAB5bTUBZc/s550/E4457456-8F3E-4C69-9516-D94D27677D0B.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="387" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEIqwypR2wSYpHgDej-Czm9OWJKq4eO_GBr-CUjfIvkyg0HOp-xwDm15-7_UnxCF1ktz54WQcuoQ5UIsiARk8GWBvFkqsvwdK5Dmocg0_kEj9K-KXhFEuGe9u3qTHl5-M11eStaxa3KoVK5kBLLlyeOep6lKy9nXVTzOBbtXbOQ2O2e1BAB5bTUBZc/w281-h400/E4457456-8F3E-4C69-9516-D94D27677D0B.jpeg" width="281" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Redbubble</span></span><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Here is a goose.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">A very silly looking antique advertising goose.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">But at least a goose!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNJXr6zf480uDSD8wmHJk0dghTLT0tfV6k2IZiPJcDMbM-jceQgtd5sJxmsmdpcJFnJpjOv-CgVBT-825s8VYpE0T-ZMpCJLSBRm7A2qXKL2D8eTtJ5F_GlYdMDGZwOrI87kLdNDZcwj_8jND7MKOu96BoItPDIAqOXnd8Fyk9WUag7xkbIMRGx2z4/s799/7B82883E-6547-4A55-B966-B90BE0EC5C3E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="799" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNJXr6zf480uDSD8wmHJk0dghTLT0tfV6k2IZiPJcDMbM-jceQgtd5sJxmsmdpcJFnJpjOv-CgVBT-825s8VYpE0T-ZMpCJLSBRm7A2qXKL2D8eTtJ5F_GlYdMDGZwOrI87kLdNDZcwj_8jND7MKOu96BoItPDIAqOXnd8Fyk9WUag7xkbIMRGx2z4/w640-h438/7B82883E-6547-4A55-B966-B90BE0EC5C3E.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">I hope you have had fun with this sixth day of goosey fun.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Next up - swans.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i>‘Til next time,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i>inkspired</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">A few sites I checked out while writing this blog:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">European-poultry-science.com</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">farmhouse guide.com</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Wikihow.com</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">www.dpi.now.gov.au</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHCaMYuvjZMqgs_MZcQxUunE4WS8sLxLsFnHLzz8XqGmiVB3ie0t1WvfkDA7hFkaJRuetuJTEuK7jg5PIwB6Gj2G6H-FaFeemswIQr2QFlkrGEYUE-Iqr6RtC_D-2zsUW0B6MNGP-eMos11xMoO-N1pbyzhAmClLgQwsn5866-RdK6vybjjf_hD9NI/s3264/89E6B879-FE78-4090-AEF5-21C7637E2B98.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHCaMYuvjZMqgs_MZcQxUunE4WS8sLxLsFnHLzz8XqGmiVB3ie0t1WvfkDA7hFkaJRuetuJTEuK7jg5PIwB6Gj2G6H-FaFeemswIQr2QFlkrGEYUE-Iqr6RtC_D-2zsUW0B6MNGP-eMos11xMoO-N1pbyzhAmClLgQwsn5866-RdK6vybjjf_hD9NI/w300-h400/89E6B879-FE78-4090-AEF5-21C7637E2B98.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(180, 95, 6); color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></p>Inkspiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454530754439546966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097634769099879241.post-58639194743689876912022-12-18T13:29:00.001-07:002022-12-18T13:29:16.813-07:0012 Days of Christmas Day 5<p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">‘On the fifth day of Christmas</span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i>My true love gave to me -</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i><span>5 golden rings’</span></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUKuQ-r7zRdNQUss77VBg7XMVfvpDHXt6kt5lFLRc9_WnQyKFqFvcaFgveAi0WJf6lpj6fGX-bnrffrFbh66TD2LqByqZ5qup6UJFXWxz1xxt9KKZTYkrpaRpDC1H1azxw288AO5z0nW6ivB6_LNeUtYA2-Y1Kdc_GGYtH-E1tsahl32i7pLSGfHUK/s500/B75B4378-F54A-4350-A4E5-AABAD876BA7B.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUKuQ-r7zRdNQUss77VBg7XMVfvpDHXt6kt5lFLRc9_WnQyKFqFvcaFgveAi0WJf6lpj6fGX-bnrffrFbh66TD2LqByqZ5qup6UJFXWxz1xxt9KKZTYkrpaRpDC1H1azxw288AO5z0nW6ivB6_LNeUtYA2-Y1Kdc_GGYtH-E1tsahl32i7pLSGfHUK/s320/B75B4378-F54A-4350-A4E5-AABAD876BA7B.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Ann Shen</div></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i>I’ve had the hardest time with this day because we’re talking here about, well, gold rings.</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i>They are gold.</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i>They are in the shape of rings.</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i>Bo—-ring.</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhize8cdfy1Hw0FGMft9cS3aUypsh5aOyc7R-po2mcr9OStnBo7M8AsgxnJuZBuSqvpL4Zbd6I7OX-9G_QAddvju7aHCCzAih8CDbQJOK03vNAafOEKI6P3cRJz7pxoybX2bdWsghKPandx9t8eaBHlxGrxdeumzs4t7PuniYFMG21WCTXFRxRVlhdu/s571/21315237-86AC-419C-B94D-A2F025492DE0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="571" data-original-width="450" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhize8cdfy1Hw0FGMft9cS3aUypsh5aOyc7R-po2mcr9OStnBo7M8AsgxnJuZBuSqvpL4Zbd6I7OX-9G_QAddvju7aHCCzAih8CDbQJOK03vNAafOEKI6P3cRJz7pxoybX2bdWsghKPandx9t8eaBHlxGrxdeumzs4t7PuniYFMG21WCTXFRxRVlhdu/s320/21315237-86AC-419C-B94D-A2F025492DE0.jpeg" width="252" /></a></span></div><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Linda Lee Johnson</div></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><i style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">Even these have at least little diamonds!</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><i style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana;"><i style="font-size: xx-large;">‘On the fifth day of Christmas </i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana;"><i style="font-size: xx-large;">my true love gave to me…</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana;"><i style="font-size: xx-large;">5 gold rings with little diamonds!’</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana;"><i style="font-size: xx-large;"><br /></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">Okay, doesn’t really have the same kind of rhyming, does it?</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEyLHuHcFpouGbe4tHeXqVdAqukUmbyFvpP24XVZnr8uH7ypNxfyFWEK6p7v89sIAj4CZ-YCZzaDD45e7gcEA1iITtJus03gf0vJfBCIztWX03ge6vi_gSArJwcx10QgMyeccbD8H6iacUvOYUyzLmlHk4IqSpIknKnEYIzzQTDBYAEAdW5WgyKvV8/s570/97AC2149-D341-4E45-B718-16690E6A78CD.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="566" data-original-width="570" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEyLHuHcFpouGbe4tHeXqVdAqukUmbyFvpP24XVZnr8uH7ypNxfyFWEK6p7v89sIAj4CZ-YCZzaDD45e7gcEA1iITtJus03gf0vJfBCIztWX03ge6vi_gSArJwcx10QgMyeccbD8H6iacUvOYUyzLmlHk4IqSpIknKnEYIzzQTDBYAEAdW5WgyKvV8/s320/97AC2149-D341-4E45-B718-16690E6A78CD.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia;">When people try to add </span></span></span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;">religious meanings </span></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">to this children’s game,</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">they like to attribute 5 gold rings to mean</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">The Pentateuch, or </span></span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia; font-size: xx-large;">The Torah.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">(That is simply the first 5 books </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">in the Bible.)</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">You can certainly do that if you wish, just please don’t insist that the original had any hidden meanings to it.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Yes, many ‘nursery rhymes’ DO have</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Hidden meanings, usually a slur about the current</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> political situation, kings/queens, etc.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">But not all, and this seems to be the case with this one.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Just a fun forfeit game played as a parlor pastime.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyCovnL9zmelOZoIwzg_vQAqLKQXhnaR2PLIxUYL6cq6qcx8jEDkOsy6n7BddLkOMbDOVwlVEn-lbRMiZCyusJgPyMEmsh6X8QQXB0GbQSxtARhcfzBZq7ykfMwHaZgQ1g5AXSKbRyhWeUNggPt86NOytDSpfBVn9Ri3Yt9pR4tirhaV_Et5dEreZ0/s1080/3ADE3BC2-0082-484A-91AA-F1B3E694F4C9.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="1080" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyCovnL9zmelOZoIwzg_vQAqLKQXhnaR2PLIxUYL6cq6qcx8jEDkOsy6n7BddLkOMbDOVwlVEn-lbRMiZCyusJgPyMEmsh6X8QQXB0GbQSxtARhcfzBZq7ykfMwHaZgQ1g5AXSKbRyhWeUNggPt86NOytDSpfBVn9Ri3Yt9pR4tirhaV_Et5dEreZ0/s320/3ADE3BC2-0082-484A-91AA-F1B3E694F4C9.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Dar Ann uploaded to Pinterest</div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">I like the way artist Sandra Boynton interprets this verse -</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQBNeKFqmKv7yxbDQLhoVtp2b1Zy55b9O6MRi6x0-NA--xP6C97YXCGnyl8RrQYNfKmXzgFKylj8_NOj3Zeh0lkr6IoY-ZDrMwibHGyDh61Z-5cjmMc26sA14ZiC39TMwhqw5T0NMVpTj5e4iBg9sa_52s2M4bjwTQsq7_ObWqsdBKLFm5CSllcKub/s1196/582AFCFF-68BB-47AA-89BC-D37F7D7B1F06.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="1196" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQBNeKFqmKv7yxbDQLhoVtp2b1Zy55b9O6MRi6x0-NA--xP6C97YXCGnyl8RrQYNfKmXzgFKylj8_NOj3Zeh0lkr6IoY-ZDrMwibHGyDh61Z-5cjmMc26sA14ZiC39TMwhqw5T0NMVpTj5e4iBg9sa_52s2M4bjwTQsq7_ObWqsdBKLFm5CSllcKub/w640-h640/582AFCFF-68BB-47AA-89BC-D37F7D7B1F06.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">These next 5 gold rings </span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">are <i style="font-weight: bold;">my</i> kind of rings -</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgimE4xRVVepssrvbJhnLKWsy3bpkl-uj13KJ_RWxNEMGpVORLlBWV01yANLlDohEQYaj3tJUwBEa_P478X16sYcu0u0VACc9Ik7_gl1Sp5pGYrSkxH0IZPOrstrALFztrnbDw64YQboCPsa1Um_22PgnrI9JdotArAQIM0ZdIvVRT_oZw8I3nHsapl/s507/EE6B7364-3F5E-495C-A418-B360ADA8020B.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="507" data-original-width="507" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgimE4xRVVepssrvbJhnLKWsy3bpkl-uj13KJ_RWxNEMGpVORLlBWV01yANLlDohEQYaj3tJUwBEa_P478X16sYcu0u0VACc9Ik7_gl1Sp5pGYrSkxH0IZPOrstrALFztrnbDw64YQboCPsa1Um_22PgnrI9JdotArAQIM0ZdIvVRT_oZw8I3nHsapl/w400-h400/EE6B7364-3F5E-495C-A418-B360ADA8020B.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">THE FRANCOFLY uploaded onto Pinterest</div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Oh yeah!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">I suppose if they were big enough you could do this with 5 gold rings -</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7gfAs4zRT2Mu_2ftmsWkcR_T8OO_O3XN5dSbxl-r_uiqY741cyPFMB4PasOYtawxP8YCIvf_agEecmoNM4JbxIhOMJlwJ8Oz0q42fuAjxi7aep2Yz1barEYykzR-suj4zrz7SRIs7SWVw284IsyLXi3ADyVtHPVVPYzrznyL5Bnj_AzMD6EgMbMjT/s600/99FC5853-04B3-4FC5-ACC8-2721A8A0FB21.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="581" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7gfAs4zRT2Mu_2ftmsWkcR_T8OO_O3XN5dSbxl-r_uiqY741cyPFMB4PasOYtawxP8YCIvf_agEecmoNM4JbxIhOMJlwJ8Oz0q42fuAjxi7aep2Yz1barEYykzR-suj4zrz7SRIs7SWVw284IsyLXi3ADyVtHPVVPYzrznyL5Bnj_AzMD6EgMbMjT/w388-h400/99FC5853-04B3-4FC5-ACC8-2721A8A0FB21.jpeg" width="388" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><br /></span></p><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;">Or</div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">You could make some paper chains out of gold paper</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">($1 store is great for wrapping paper)</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibAYeT45hKqqCZ7K3VFzzJ3I8kg_DCYjBcY70X4PrhD0CH_zlDUcdKPvYYgmjogdj-T-Iz1ERAcahEgemhDqwxFkEqH9PiHhkA6p712707UUKixScbqb1Klf2JKV6GQw4FeFPMj8Vj_I8kSmXHACywF4RtcKlkOjRdVmmCFP72Gtu7C9vlN8AlbZRN/s800/9EFDA432-9F3A-46BB-81FA-84E5AC9A7BC2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibAYeT45hKqqCZ7K3VFzzJ3I8kg_DCYjBcY70X4PrhD0CH_zlDUcdKPvYYgmjogdj-T-Iz1ERAcahEgemhDqwxFkEqH9PiHhkA6p712707UUKixScbqb1Klf2JKV6GQw4FeFPMj8Vj_I8kSmXHACywF4RtcKlkOjRdVmmCFP72Gtu7C9vlN8AlbZRN/s320/9EFDA432-9F3A-46BB-81FA-84E5AC9A7BC2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Or</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">You could make or buy some ‘gold rings’ that are a bit bigger, like these -</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0O5G_QpFdsJAzd9C_wyBRgU2-8F8e_Fdr4GApyzVHPnCwnFKW74Xxd83aHPotwYpDNtD7KhXNha8u8CaFA0rvv3hmGXKPxlDNOljF4QCKQBvana65YlMl_ZGEaRcKJvjHyI8qw5ZyHUmpLEjBiTEv7-6bdPEBtUjnPqqBotps5IQecfEmi1Qc8d-s/s640/FEE32CA7-FF81-4A33-A8A2-6D941465C66C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="542" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0O5G_QpFdsJAzd9C_wyBRgU2-8F8e_Fdr4GApyzVHPnCwnFKW74Xxd83aHPotwYpDNtD7KhXNha8u8CaFA0rvv3hmGXKPxlDNOljF4QCKQBvana65YlMl_ZGEaRcKJvjHyI8qw5ZyHUmpLEjBiTEv7-6bdPEBtUjnPqqBotps5IQecfEmi1Qc8d-s/w542-h640/FEE32CA7-FF81-4A33-A8A2-6D941465C66C.jpeg" width="542" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">I Heart Naptime posted on Pinterest</span></span></p><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Or</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">You could embroider some, </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">like these done in traditional </span><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">redwork</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> -</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEoMKrfY-MdvO1snkWWoKLsMHBZSDxn6XLpZNAN6LUYW2RYr7xMDWhcZgXKILV7eMYFPN2Deu9hNhQuJH6eg1mRAm_Lu1FuwWROoaionb7CE-Q-mYuxfI1x-qLMZS_cDejpsv9iqaEwyo1-aEXmFGkgElN0OpwF_h3VATDPbuvBCmGOmBjvkjBkG73/s420/BD8AE172-BC7B-4EC4-8FE1-D2FF7070DC7C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="328" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEoMKrfY-MdvO1snkWWoKLsMHBZSDxn6XLpZNAN6LUYW2RYr7xMDWhcZgXKILV7eMYFPN2Deu9hNhQuJH6eg1mRAm_Lu1FuwWROoaionb7CE-Q-mYuxfI1x-qLMZS_cDejpsv9iqaEwyo1-aEXmFGkgElN0OpwF_h3VATDPbuvBCmGOmBjvkjBkG73/s320/BD8AE172-BC7B-4EC4-8FE1-D2FF7070DC7C.jpeg" width="250" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Sewterific.com</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: trebuchet;">(and no, that’s not a typo, I double checked!)</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Feel like cutting something instead?</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">This is a nice pattern for an X-Acto blade or scrollsaw -</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipq5IFfs7phnjglzVriqvllMFZMqj8zNwrd9Wb_oWDDg-zrEOTXORsOOllJY136X90x2GPWeAX6tntK3w2wCCzMnxP-WoIQE2c5HUPtLurKRDVaviy_2nuJMuP4h3lTguvuH1wpUE7vlYbmZNPStjBOsI_yzKACyfDpfPRy1IUCljl2NdbqQcrRrgG/s400/FA72488A-5041-4BE1-B439-458252C0948D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="334" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipq5IFfs7phnjglzVriqvllMFZMqj8zNwrd9Wb_oWDDg-zrEOTXORsOOllJY136X90x2GPWeAX6tntK3w2wCCzMnxP-WoIQE2c5HUPtLurKRDVaviy_2nuJMuP4h3lTguvuH1wpUE7vlYbmZNPStjBOsI_yzKACyfDpfPRy1IUCljl2NdbqQcrRrgG/s320/FA72488A-5041-4BE1-B439-458252C0948D.jpeg" width="267" /></a></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;">Sun catcher Studio</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">You can also make your own paper rings using Origami. Here is just one example of many different styles I found online-</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnS7uJ5eMI_vN-EtmG6U0eR9wpCyGqEurefPF1EWP5uwTovuCM9uA0bRrHnyJX7OrdjaCcASx4rzANDoFqt3h7SpFB_61eULi40lb9oJtXQMwuMMVYdvGTs-vIdRdrgT6bPNVc3LZOemFL-A6897X8INjiv0z8S-ibHTMm_CDxL6yH6XVVjn3F10bt/s724/F10DDF64-5A30-4961-9762-C76702323517.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="567" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnS7uJ5eMI_vN-EtmG6U0eR9wpCyGqEurefPF1EWP5uwTovuCM9uA0bRrHnyJX7OrdjaCcASx4rzANDoFqt3h7SpFB_61eULi40lb9oJtXQMwuMMVYdvGTs-vIdRdrgT6bPNVc3LZOemFL-A6897X8INjiv0z8S-ibHTMm_CDxL6yH6XVVjn3F10bt/w502-h640/F10DDF64-5A30-4961-9762-C76702323517.jpeg" width="502" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Fumiaki Shingu drew this one.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">I guess I did find some rings that were not the traditional ones after all!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Hope you had fun with me today!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Next up -</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">“6 geese a’laying”</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>But what does that mean?….</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>‘Til next time,</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>inkspired</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsmRGLEf_CfRiC7FRYFlcuq9hVa1h-H6gNqT0WkyY23624MxmKgXSxc2zqQUfXUJWSjAD7Wi_oekCAqq5or5RGSTsVkb5vjDzx6jb1nJ1Nk9TCrb4HoEVvqaSAHaCfDJ0CKLux-u4MCmvmihj2ZSd8Izwr-p_2eY0w2hi8pRLmhGAUawlcLF2M4Pya/s3264/C88C7FFE-EF6B-4C1B-9C8D-EB99844AF1C9.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsmRGLEf_CfRiC7FRYFlcuq9hVa1h-H6gNqT0WkyY23624MxmKgXSxc2zqQUfXUJWSjAD7Wi_oekCAqq5or5RGSTsVkb5vjDzx6jb1nJ1Nk9TCrb4HoEVvqaSAHaCfDJ0CKLux-u4MCmvmihj2ZSd8Izwr-p_2eY0w2hi8pRLmhGAUawlcLF2M4Pya/w300-h400/C88C7FFE-EF6B-4C1B-9C8D-EB99844AF1C9.jpeg" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></p>Inkspiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454530754439546966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097634769099879241.post-4205347394654380082022-12-16T00:47:00.002-07:002022-12-16T00:47:34.475-07:0012 Days of Christmas Day 4<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"> </span><b><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">On the fourth day of Christmas</span> </i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">my true love gave to me</span></i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">4 Colly birds…</span></i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Ummm…</span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Calling birds?</span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Collie birds?</span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_5sRdubnvykkTf1yDPYcVfpKJ62pLaT1E1oBlCoTf19e3z7KRiOQ42qmaqG0NFKMxv0jSi9bKYDZcuI_WqtIb6CQHJy7gkNcfcuto6R_nAaeUkqAwRULyKZJf0nDuGQ8K3_bk38Q99skVRhMF1v0w2V8ucDtRYeBhrfwNlgXF7AH9sHitXqZB-dSY/s400/24DB8093-9F20-4C04-A008-934C9274412D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_5sRdubnvykkTf1yDPYcVfpKJ62pLaT1E1oBlCoTf19e3z7KRiOQ42qmaqG0NFKMxv0jSi9bKYDZcuI_WqtIb6CQHJy7gkNcfcuto6R_nAaeUkqAwRULyKZJf0nDuGQ8K3_bk38Q99skVRhMF1v0w2V8ucDtRYeBhrfwNlgXF7AH9sHitXqZB-dSY/w400-h400/24DB8093-9F20-4C04-A008-934C9274412D.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Lorie Siebert - Courtney Davis, Pinterest </div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: arial;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>How about Matthew, Mark,</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i> Luke and John?</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">So, are we naming our birds now?</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Of course not!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAGx3AEXrwOPp1mfm3kRhgN4l6nC6tkYt68jj599OeDSZxD9LJWlTdY-hRQbTofKKMIbO_tQtq3MR1YgydUGvIgpvqJLl6lAebRA4EUf3fneUlft5yu6W5pmeK6r-oKs_QRJLVJkYVRbOuUHC2aIjU0JTNeasJGEAOpd1lL_arLJvkovNinoyQ36XH/s360/58ACB8A4-FD09-4CC6-89BA-D13806E2AA40.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="250" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAGx3AEXrwOPp1mfm3kRhgN4l6nC6tkYt68jj599OeDSZxD9LJWlTdY-hRQbTofKKMIbO_tQtq3MR1YgydUGvIgpvqJLl6lAebRA4EUf3fneUlft5yu6W5pmeK6r-oKs_QRJLVJkYVRbOuUHC2aIjU0JTNeasJGEAOpd1lL_arLJvkovNinoyQ36XH/w278-h400/58ACB8A4-FD09-4CC6-89BA-D13806E2AA40.jpeg" width="278" /></a></span></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;">By David Delamare</span> </div><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">In more recent history someone thought they could give a spiritual meaning to the children’s rhyme</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i>12 Days of Christmas</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">and this is how the whole idea of </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">‘The true meaning’</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">came to be popular.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><i>Actually, there was no hidden meaning, no deep belief that it could teach children about major events/people from the Bible and no persecution, in the original versions.</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRiSFtUJYbNVk6PP0YyWy3q7vPcZqwqxz6s9CyrVgWJtUCZfqp-owiLfK6qbuJHTYJLybLjAy8MbSfzpMZVj2PQfqiCVcwzJ1DDrjp6qdWhAA-RnmFBQPrLN83bEvpTOPa7UIl2EFfRbMfSd_FBL1g34Adu02JovqpyUuX6cAvmRpy8QvKzcWlwlZ1/s341/4C861C92-A465-4FD5-B104-91CFAB7A8CD5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="341" data-original-width="285" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRiSFtUJYbNVk6PP0YyWy3q7vPcZqwqxz6s9CyrVgWJtUCZfqp-owiLfK6qbuJHTYJLybLjAy8MbSfzpMZVj2PQfqiCVcwzJ1DDrjp6qdWhAA-RnmFBQPrLN83bEvpTOPa7UIl2EFfRbMfSd_FBL1g34Adu02JovqpyUuX6cAvmRpy8QvKzcWlwlZ1/w334-h400/4C861C92-A465-4FD5-B104-91CFAB7A8CD5.jpeg" width="334" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Wow!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">That turned what I always have heard right upside down!</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZweAKCLJPAQTm3oMM73b-9QabhISuUrosivzjl2qkHWEB6azv7EoqUtNxSfzjuBAbzWgn4iOeJwtSCHhiz9hslYzhowZ3pC3by_knR8KmaJRELD8H-HPDIbay9dGxJPdKBb15rMGhWrhVTJCd4BR8RPomL5FyP1sv1eX_hWQzeVHiP3hrpjfUIwc/s697/A6522F4D-CE1B-4261-9BE9-3255B3B20569.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="697" data-original-width="450" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZweAKCLJPAQTm3oMM73b-9QabhISuUrosivzjl2qkHWEB6azv7EoqUtNxSfzjuBAbzWgn4iOeJwtSCHhiz9hslYzhowZ3pC3by_knR8KmaJRELD8H-HPDIbay9dGxJPdKBb15rMGhWrhVTJCd4BR8RPomL5FyP1sv1eX_hWQzeVHiP3hrpjfUIwc/w259-h400/A6522F4D-CE1B-4261-9BE9-3255B3B20569.jpeg" width="259" /></a></span></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Linda Silvestri</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Go ahead and use ‘12 Days’ as a great way to remember some major events/people/books from the Bible.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Just don’t add in the myth about persecution, etc.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEvCdQY1wjSAm4gMDsReyaL79glXfE0nOgKituEi0k_rm83LesksV6dTNEjn7FdDldH9b5El1G0QPqIdUroJk1afFFF486_p_9YaXcVfGxypTOMOD4zb5dn9XNfyfGxWwXY5kMmf7p-XkpuXprRqbZeWpUue6bouEAbfnxB2c_wrsDlCXMAnp_1lEB/s1199/B4C827C5-0D2D-46CD-A909-F994AE1642F0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="1199" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEvCdQY1wjSAm4gMDsReyaL79glXfE0nOgKituEi0k_rm83LesksV6dTNEjn7FdDldH9b5El1G0QPqIdUroJk1afFFF486_p_9YaXcVfGxypTOMOD4zb5dn9XNfyfGxWwXY5kMmf7p-XkpuXprRqbZeWpUue6bouEAbfnxB2c_wrsDlCXMAnp_1lEB/s320/B4C827C5-0D2D-46CD-A909-F994AE1642F0.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;">Etsy, posted on Pinterest</span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">The first printed edition in 1780 says</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>‘Four colly birds’.</i></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">A colly bird is nothing more than a black bird, or even just a catch-all phrase for songbird.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><i>‘Coly’ </i>was slang for ‘black’ in the 1760’s.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">The roots may go back to <i>collier</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">which is a coal miner.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">A <i>colliery </i>is a coal mine.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">So sometimes it is spelled</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>‘4 colley birds’</i></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzGExnnUzBc1MG-GdZrgQVOb_0DsEVOi6SCAzkFHKfS1alHuAUTBo5_ei_nZZEuAC2fu8zrx5vOmlP7W-Phf1dof9w1wNB1GyYA3zbU8k0k3yr_x4zWQwYYtbhFE5JR7wYOUxyxPBz3aezcVhISYp02cXvvYmyshbeJaBhZaPEQwDozPvWNqt8ud0R/s1200/FCA7DBC7-61F7-4693-B5A0-E1A4DE4DB167.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzGExnnUzBc1MG-GdZrgQVOb_0DsEVOi6SCAzkFHKfS1alHuAUTBo5_ei_nZZEuAC2fu8zrx5vOmlP7W-Phf1dof9w1wNB1GyYA3zbU8k0k3yr_x4zWQwYYtbhFE5JR7wYOUxyxPBz3aezcVhISYp02cXvvYmyshbeJaBhZaPEQwDozPvWNqt8ud0R/w400-h400/FCA7DBC7-61F7-4693-B5A0-E1A4DE4DB167.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Etsy, posted on Pinterest</span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;">As language evolves to fit current times,</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;">the colly birds became </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">‘4 Calling birds</i>’</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;">when Frederic Austin put the rhyme to a melody in 1909. This is the tune we are most familiar with nowadays.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGp7dd2ol1uIvGjBZ4ww02_F_cpdW92tgpi8B-Lm-IXiBNMZ4zQ_1Ij0VCx23kqpOjjXlZiMMzurTb8mZRMo5RYQkYNpyGAOMSsDnSD7PzWPbDoLkHkrN3s6KYaHX7sum_bJzk6ajBJcB18VghNF7fVTZQpH6sI4Au7He9UmtZZwWQJuKA8iQvXisJ/s570/C47FC420-B2C4-408A-9D0B-FD49084052AA.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="570" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGp7dd2ol1uIvGjBZ4ww02_F_cpdW92tgpi8B-Lm-IXiBNMZ4zQ_1Ij0VCx23kqpOjjXlZiMMzurTb8mZRMo5RYQkYNpyGAOMSsDnSD7PzWPbDoLkHkrN3s6KYaHX7sum_bJzk6ajBJcB18VghNF7fVTZQpH6sI4Au7He9UmtZZwWQJuKA8iQvXisJ/w400-h400/C47FC420-B2C4-408A-9D0B-FD49084052AA.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Lori Reynolds posted on Pinterest</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">‘Calling birds’ can easily be used for birds </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">that ‘call’, like songbirds.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">This also fits with the theme that the first 6 birds in the song were common ‘eating’ birds that frequented the dining table at that time.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">There was even a chef’s ‘trick’ where live blackbirds were put inside a pastry crust, and quickly cooked so that when the pie was cut into the blackbirds were still alive and flew out of the pie, to the delight of all the diners.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I doubt the birds were too thrilled.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Do not try this at home.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcfSfy6FdFlhZ_RIBQ4PgxOCTiQ_omAbWVerzFRvgHgPid5PGsNYiZNhQwNhw9kcGs4RMz1hTtLJYtJ5LDdNQALVbbJkaHHwHkZlEmcCQz7__cevTjVAaq2NLckQE1Vj5szo98fnh1spD0zZlVoviFaLXlHUWbfAeZ-f375t0xiAGg7rdH8fPTncK3/s640/88F93858-170D-41F8-A4FB-EAB9CD0DC1D1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="427" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcfSfy6FdFlhZ_RIBQ4PgxOCTiQ_omAbWVerzFRvgHgPid5PGsNYiZNhQwNhw9kcGs4RMz1hTtLJYtJ5LDdNQALVbbJkaHHwHkZlEmcCQz7__cevTjVAaq2NLckQE1Vj5szo98fnh1spD0zZlVoviFaLXlHUWbfAeZ-f375t0xiAGg7rdH8fPTncK3/w268-h400/88F93858-170D-41F8-A4FB-EAB9CD0DC1D1.jpeg" width="268" /></a></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;">Uploaded by Tina Horn.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;">Irenagasha Photography</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">People around the world still eat songbirds, especially in the Mediterranean.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">11-36 <i>million</i> songbirds are killed or captured every year.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">In Italy alone 5 <i>million</i> songbirds are killed every year. This has caused many species to be placed on endangered lists.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgORUvhbPc88knEYYogosBmfeG8LAKpPSv8YUjeeedj6KrX7pT60fbbEMhAsKFg3W5RGKK0tBMJn30Ndi6P5b3R7MTCEko4e3tA9Ybnzp1J_8Pjlp_2CUrfshrfSP7hEgz9fqBGTMxb869M2k1js3CIa7T3Db_OWmBGNk46TpxDuH_fCZNKUptmboCv/s400/2C9B4D86-736E-446F-8899-503C948BF39B.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="271" data-original-width="400" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgORUvhbPc88knEYYogosBmfeG8LAKpPSv8YUjeeedj6KrX7pT60fbbEMhAsKFg3W5RGKK0tBMJn30Ndi6P5b3R7MTCEko4e3tA9Ybnzp1J_8Pjlp_2CUrfshrfSP7hEgz9fqBGTMxb869M2k1js3CIa7T3Db_OWmBGNk46TpxDuH_fCZNKUptmboCv/w640-h434/2C9B4D86-736E-446F-8899-503C948BF39B.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">From an article by Gil Michelini, 12/2011</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Next I have an origami bird for you to make. These would make charming additions to your Christmas decorating.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJH9Bt16cFdOB_IK4-KVt5duW2CoS5qVsCKQZdRPa5RtJGSbZaBaNqbHRCrtUj-jEapMDTkx4_8Nc83TaIeC0lzsjrlCb6NXt7V0fodKnpXM7YTI9LmK36eJUwmNrbqQ4i6PhzhDUj2Q9DQvmPFzEnfeOYVoMDA1VYnBNLtrGInGuqEuwR8pI92Ne-/s1129/70CB3A69-A028-4CC7-99C6-F65550B0DA3D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="736" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJH9Bt16cFdOB_IK4-KVt5duW2CoS5qVsCKQZdRPa5RtJGSbZaBaNqbHRCrtUj-jEapMDTkx4_8Nc83TaIeC0lzsjrlCb6NXt7V0fodKnpXM7YTI9LmK36eJUwmNrbqQ4i6PhzhDUj2Q9DQvmPFzEnfeOYVoMDA1VYnBNLtrGInGuqEuwR8pI92Ne-/w418-h640/70CB3A69-A028-4CC7-99C6-F65550B0DA3D.jpeg" width="418" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: medium;">Kunihiko Kasahara, paperflowers2</span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">While it says ‘dove’ I think it could be any bird.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Here is a nice simple line drawing you can use for many different types of crafts-</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOwzq80yOGxNYTcYvg35vftMx99ARRbuPaz7j_CJByIjCv8Q4ZYRcyyIeFM6ikwaofy8tI7MGEwdSeF3DAht5EeavYlVRCH4AT9CY2flxRJ0m7ZzU6hhmel2GrmpAgBBsD0rpyURTjlCP1yWHPQr4NP6j_dFltMVjtK7wqx9RNnFXARpGG2bDlhCs3/s600/1250160B-01B3-437C-9953-60FF34432EDE.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="503" data-original-width="600" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOwzq80yOGxNYTcYvg35vftMx99ARRbuPaz7j_CJByIjCv8Q4ZYRcyyIeFM6ikwaofy8tI7MGEwdSeF3DAht5EeavYlVRCH4AT9CY2flxRJ0m7ZzU6hhmel2GrmpAgBBsD0rpyURTjlCP1yWHPQr4NP6j_dFltMVjtK7wqx9RNnFXARpGG2bDlhCs3/w400-h335/1250160B-01B3-437C-9953-60FF34432EDE.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">That’s it for day 4!</span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><i>‘Til next time,</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><i>Inkspired</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8smPlFdC_s8N4zWFlTqct7qXD80oV_UtmYaL7SMJzD3z3AW3N33wUMGayrIV9ycxOcJgmeRZkYnck8BXM_ixa-L1Cf92TkDZ3sOUsd11z7YEjWNbC5ewm83vdStj8GyVALfKzbXXTLQrMJ9reyVLjNxu8Bq7cucS7Y9pFUlmV-UibWlFEbAJw-4DO/s1040/7939C92B-7068-4802-B620-35F9D5F61AEA.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8smPlFdC_s8N4zWFlTqct7qXD80oV_UtmYaL7SMJzD3z3AW3N33wUMGayrIV9ycxOcJgmeRZkYnck8BXM_ixa-L1Cf92TkDZ3sOUsd11z7YEjWNbC5ewm83vdStj8GyVALfKzbXXTLQrMJ9reyVLjNxu8Bq7cucS7Y9pFUlmV-UibWlFEbAJw-4DO/w278-h400/7939C92B-7068-4802-B620-35F9D5F61AEA.jpeg" width="278" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><i>In addition to websites I looked at and are listed on Days 1-3, here are some more:</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">blog.nature.org</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Etsy.com</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">lincolnshireworld.com</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Merriam-Webster</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Oxford English Dictionary </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">The Guardian, article by Peter Armenti </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Naturalist Jim Hurley</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">blogs.loc.gov</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhddbi0vXHIXhnI7WxzqqX2OmnGixF1nAydyoDJ0Eo49BW51rNkWM7Bkas3B-F4a-8Ww93xCopDkL1_ceBstUheNFB7QX9fy81DXSpvSkmBFrVjKvSN-9Qz92Qysav92lPJxvPBBaG6mHcSwSE0HNoShmN4z5wSeAOxi72HlPcO7umKQ0mRyKVPFjaP/s550/C77EFF17-DAAA-489B-BB63-AD52683CF786.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="387" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhddbi0vXHIXhnI7WxzqqX2OmnGixF1nAydyoDJ0Eo49BW51rNkWM7Bkas3B-F4a-8Ww93xCopDkL1_ceBstUheNFB7QX9fy81DXSpvSkmBFrVjKvSN-9Qz92Qysav92lPJxvPBBaG6mHcSwSE0HNoShmN4z5wSeAOxi72HlPcO7umKQ0mRyKVPFjaP/w281-h400/C77EFF17-DAAA-489B-BB63-AD52683CF786.jpeg" width="281" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Courtesy Thingsesque<br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><i><br /></i></span></span></p>Inkspiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454530754439546966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097634769099879241.post-58002869543267669192022-12-10T23:36:00.000-07:002022-12-10T23:36:24.301-07:0012 Days of Christmas Day 3<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>On the third day of Christmas</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>my true love gave to me</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>3 French hens…</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE-Mz4ahAUx4HHgPG-Bq6gYQfApc43mrzEcfX8WrDNqJ1FEIdJx5zFTXksQk3OxlLgcyoI8i1XTHLxlqyw_Hvk800GS5dFJbEfXV-G-DqUjz_jjyIaXhOS0dIH4j9Hi1vfetgtmGsEjS_8RpTOttcuiOulUIDOfrbfHo3wWXvPBHFr50Xb-D_iOVab/s600/CD627BA3-599D-48D2-A07D-1CCC77755A17.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE-Mz4ahAUx4HHgPG-Bq6gYQfApc43mrzEcfX8WrDNqJ1FEIdJx5zFTXksQk3OxlLgcyoI8i1XTHLxlqyw_Hvk800GS5dFJbEfXV-G-DqUjz_jjyIaXhOS0dIH4j9Hi1vfetgtmGsEjS_8RpTOttcuiOulUIDOfrbfHo3wWXvPBHFr50Xb-D_iOVab/s320/CD627BA3-599D-48D2-A07D-1CCC77755A17.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">By Sandra Boynton</div></span><i style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large; font-weight: bold;"><br /></i><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(230, 145, 56);">So, what exactly is a French hen?</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(230, 145, 56);">Or is it supposed to be</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(230, 145, 56);"><i>3 fat hens!</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(230, 145, 56);"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX_3iF11xbYFXrH1o4nxV7k7shAdrLJHDdv1XLDAy8Zb-yUDI_t8TIsGF0OJtAxuU_JEzbhEdLDs2-YaH1wfM-UZMhWIVHfk6LtMEf7hnUOTgJVFpfwKHzMccDqmXlY_88fiJpfF249AvedMKNUKWhfvbw9TSu5O-qFWCEzDNyRbqYN0sCwCSCxeJd/s499/D6FF0725-94EE-4222-BC29-9DA3E6C678C5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="499" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX_3iF11xbYFXrH1o4nxV7k7shAdrLJHDdv1XLDAy8Zb-yUDI_t8TIsGF0OJtAxuU_JEzbhEdLDs2-YaH1wfM-UZMhWIVHfk6LtMEf7hnUOTgJVFpfwKHzMccDqmXlY_88fiJpfF249AvedMKNUKWhfvbw9TSu5O-qFWCEzDNyRbqYN0sCwCSCxeJd/w400-h269/D6FF0725-94EE-4222-BC29-9DA3E6C678C5.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Fine Art America</div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(230, 145, 56);"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">In 1864 the rhyme said ‘fat hens’!</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(230, 145, 56);"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;">Since the first printed version in 1780</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(230, 145, 56);">there have been 20 or so different </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(230, 145, 56);">versions of the rhyme/song.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKrIip1pjKfuuAR1OdrKemHCeGHAZe1sfTNQcKHtqjMlBEjcF-hBoAkoCABB4ftJrIMRcuZUpEp3i4cWfCrVMxuE7x7KM6tVKEkLVKdrXC3uXh2steiWQMOOQsrw-qjnV_MK8gzJyACMdKXm-4gxIFaJlSOxu6Q73QMiZEScGHT4bJERWHMTjMvFLO/s738/45458408-57B9-48E5-9BF1-0CD4DDDC9767.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="570" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKrIip1pjKfuuAR1OdrKemHCeGHAZe1sfTNQcKHtqjMlBEjcF-hBoAkoCABB4ftJrIMRcuZUpEp3i4cWfCrVMxuE7x7KM6tVKEkLVKdrXC3uXh2steiWQMOOQsrw-qjnV_MK8gzJyACMdKXm-4gxIFaJlSOxu6Q73QMiZEScGHT4bJERWHMTjMvFLO/w309-h400/45458408-57B9-48E5-9BF1-0CD4DDDC9767.jpeg" width="309" /></a></div><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Etsy.UK</div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);">The 1877 version has the 2 turtle doves as</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">‘<i>2 French hens’.</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Wonder if there were 3 turtle doves then?</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">That makes no sense!</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVrqQrlYmPfOhldwnpmlUT4MXgYLhPOiwBDCyJMwuW91RGfKsSKPh4giiOdqd20_sI6vYFCMOcEn8AffP8lv4KKwuiiOQlnc0owozfyJ75USSFaaSaEj-GiKcjEYoL_HzAWamkdWihQ8h97bxUEc5oNuqip8e3ZT6fJLXqS6kZutFIDrFtFKGP3T3w/s400/8D0A5E9F-6938-4DAF-A553-A3C95507E2BB.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVrqQrlYmPfOhldwnpmlUT4MXgYLhPOiwBDCyJMwuW91RGfKsSKPh4giiOdqd20_sI6vYFCMOcEn8AffP8lv4KKwuiiOQlnc0owozfyJ75USSFaaSaEj-GiKcjEYoL_HzAWamkdWihQ8h97bxUEc5oNuqip8e3ZT6fJLXqS6kZutFIDrFtFKGP3T3w/w400-h400/8D0A5E9F-6938-4DAF-A553-A3C95507E2BB.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">By LoriLynn Simms</div></span><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Back to ‘where did these hens come from?’</div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">The scientific name for chicken is </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4);"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Gallus gallus</span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4); color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> in Latin.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4); color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">The Romans (who spoke Latin) called France ‘Gaul’ and the French people were ‘Gallic’.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4); color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Gallus and Gallic sounded so similar </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4); color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">that ‘French’ and ‘chicken’ became entwined-</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4); color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Linguistically speaking that is!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhhmfyoqzEwvEqhoZb9G_72MZZfISnuLrjjU6iWN2oOnKxhnl6R7FkcjTYkU2DLLl4VEjjYUE93zJaiyuqb-vedKyZSI4b2I7-gRTuN1p5f5EgHEj9oAJxgHbkYsgc54aBh7t4Y2XJmcGmEMeE_UN8aXTyhnJbr8WyYrfWJNLw6Q_M-Y_IHu1SNm6c/s1024/5E8AAAD1-AB68-42C1-8A79-09E3EB841F5F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhhmfyoqzEwvEqhoZb9G_72MZZfISnuLrjjU6iWN2oOnKxhnl6R7FkcjTYkU2DLLl4VEjjYUE93zJaiyuqb-vedKyZSI4b2I7-gRTuN1p5f5EgHEj9oAJxgHbkYsgc54aBh7t4Y2XJmcGmEMeE_UN8aXTyhnJbr8WyYrfWJNLw6Q_M-Y_IHu1SNm6c/w400-h400/5E8AAAD1-AB68-42C1-8A79-09E3EB841F5F.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">One two three</div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Then the Holy Roman Church picked things up and Middle Age churches in France often have their church bell towers adorned with roosters!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPF-UZ3Y0u2zVX3qPE_89qelQqcFjpvSNajrkspxsWl8xZ157DbqIWj-NP4RepQx2qnziweifR_RiIst5SZUR6uKmUIkTruMeqym1qkEzFHjiLaFLntXX5vLjMAffFeI7Qwsv-JLjKIlAef6301xLEHLha9M0-WZN5NbIzUVqo12NWPkOA-AZPVOIl/s570/B26DBEA3-8944-4050-BB32-783C6FCAF231.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="570" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPF-UZ3Y0u2zVX3qPE_89qelQqcFjpvSNajrkspxsWl8xZ157DbqIWj-NP4RepQx2qnziweifR_RiIst5SZUR6uKmUIkTruMeqym1qkEzFHjiLaFLntXX5vLjMAffFeI7Qwsv-JLjKIlAef6301xLEHLha9M0-WZN5NbIzUVqo12NWPkOA-AZPVOIl/w400-h400/B26DBEA3-8944-4050-BB32-783C6FCAF231.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;">…and so we have 3 <i style="font-weight: bold;">French </i>hens for Christmas.</div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(230, 145, 56);">Some people use this as an argument that the original rhyme was from France.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(230, 145, 56);">Who knows?</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBKUnu7UssSsZ1c3QGBrsZDT2XaHZvtvPqaYl9wW8_q7FkOP8KbrFdYekrUYV1RTtdeLmFafbkIMmK_vX9V33KNfaJm7QC4yk5FoCqrejEi8qBeBFzsYOrPOLZVvn9On6bIn6YQKRvF5sRv_9rgcs9tBmL93XDDsWF3MlfHcuELB0QE3jKkmDCxe79/s512/114B776B-1766-439A-B5FD-4A962E6E375E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBKUnu7UssSsZ1c3QGBrsZDT2XaHZvtvPqaYl9wW8_q7FkOP8KbrFdYekrUYV1RTtdeLmFafbkIMmK_vX9V33KNfaJm7QC4yk5FoCqrejEi8qBeBFzsYOrPOLZVvn9On6bIn6YQKRvF5sRv_9rgcs9tBmL93XDDsWF3MlfHcuELB0QE3jKkmDCxe79/w640-h640/114B776B-1766-439A-B5FD-4A962E6E375E.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: georgia;">Zazzle</span><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(230, 145, 56); color: #e69138; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(230, 145, 56);">Let’s play with chickens now-</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj82aYUvwIaAVp5fKrnSDvhgjSzGBMh1R9FpQpiFajH8uLfcraQod0mTB8HPsMZqRWYYsF9JwmeaAHxfnoLmNP8DWEiEkj7btJdP2vjRdUReyTsVfbKRPydMbtdHEw6ocNQTqECwczYxaGTJt-95BhdgsxJl01OUI6KfBXd4tZ35IHlCyC0DRQGjmMw/s1000/5B13C26A-4767-44E4-BD4E-5A98489BF2C1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="711" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj82aYUvwIaAVp5fKrnSDvhgjSzGBMh1R9FpQpiFajH8uLfcraQod0mTB8HPsMZqRWYYsF9JwmeaAHxfnoLmNP8DWEiEkj7btJdP2vjRdUReyTsVfbKRPydMbtdHEw6ocNQTqECwczYxaGTJt-95BhdgsxJl01OUI6KfBXd4tZ35IHlCyC0DRQGjmMw/w456-h640/5B13C26A-4767-44E4-BD4E-5A98489BF2C1.jpeg" width="456" /></a></div><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Chicken. Sketches by Rikke Lindskov</div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #e69138; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRi8aVrukWM8FI1iwdgIMjksRUUmlceQAG1lE7Au_aOXs7dK9pmAXBAD_gY5l-Jct7Pc4uNNqXYuel4gy5TQZpmZe1mLc0Kz4WKchYfcYv6txbFL76OUuYpeEMHzJALvSqKd6IZtSY6D1KitwJGdpRaYtxUdmSNX3vmWQbDEVY3to4HaWfwRkLPYt7/s1010/F97740C0-D00C-4F3E-81E9-5B3FF07D1B7B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1010" data-original-width="850" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRi8aVrukWM8FI1iwdgIMjksRUUmlceQAG1lE7Au_aOXs7dK9pmAXBAD_gY5l-Jct7Pc4uNNqXYuel4gy5TQZpmZe1mLc0Kz4WKchYfcYv6txbFL76OUuYpeEMHzJALvSqKd6IZtSY6D1KitwJGdpRaYtxUdmSNX3vmWQbDEVY3to4HaWfwRkLPYt7/w336-h400/F97740C0-D00C-4F3E-81E9-5B3FF07D1B7B.jpeg" width="336" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(230, 145, 56); color: #783f04; font-size: large;">HowToDrawEasy.net</span></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(230, 145, 56);">Practice away until you can draw some great hens.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(230, 145, 56);">Now you can decorate envelopes,</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(230, 145, 56);">or use fabric markers and make a custom t-shirt. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaLpktxwbesOnMt-RiSKudqT-75hy0lKwN17yii1Y-LfFDp-6b5AL6N1u7EunaUiUM1RmCPA8FTBu_1f1HLL6_DBSesa-xlxCuLSWqfUkMTPEionz_8a8jsKydde_hTLhi-9dTksh10t4cPgZ6AbpGSkw7zZ8ynK_8KJDMPJ8cdX7p9Cyb_plb9ITV/s1203/B4E12720-923F-453D-9D3B-88DA4652C420.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1203" data-original-width="850" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaLpktxwbesOnMt-RiSKudqT-75hy0lKwN17yii1Y-LfFDp-6b5AL6N1u7EunaUiUM1RmCPA8FTBu_1f1HLL6_DBSesa-xlxCuLSWqfUkMTPEionz_8a8jsKydde_hTLhi-9dTksh10t4cPgZ6AbpGSkw7zZ8ynK_8KJDMPJ8cdX7p9Cyb_plb9ITV/w283-h400/B4E12720-923F-453D-9D3B-88DA4652C420.jpeg" width="283" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(230, 145, 56);">Or make unique book covers for friends.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(230, 145, 56);"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj73ln9QdTLwAW9byq4eYxbJjDlpx8TBUpaWlYlMyC45Pk-Bo8yZQP1KyaE7kp_R9-hRw7u6L8o-P8m-sa_cG5DcMnhnsEJSeNJ_i6gryjS-q62EzInCYt4LmkEBLFTyqk_72zVjBWasliefUz8RpQIBWz3O2ORSE7ebBgq0XEU8IO7bQFVfxAkp5lX/s747/7B116EFB-9E1C-44A8-92BC-3CC3C3E7FBC5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="747" data-original-width="588" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj73ln9QdTLwAW9byq4eYxbJjDlpx8TBUpaWlYlMyC45Pk-Bo8yZQP1KyaE7kp_R9-hRw7u6L8o-P8m-sa_cG5DcMnhnsEJSeNJ_i6gryjS-q62EzInCYt4LmkEBLFTyqk_72zVjBWasliefUz8RpQIBWz3O2ORSE7ebBgq0XEU8IO7bQFVfxAkp5lX/s320/7B116EFB-9E1C-44A8-92BC-3CC3C3E7FBC5.jpeg" width="252" /></a></div><span><div style="color: #783f04; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Your crochet</div><div style="color: #783f04; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Lk7TnkIFk1WLjdN4gp4c3iQEeTrSsoUUZtCTDE30mJk8yHcy0z6reYtdMlb1fa4dxFejB2fet34z1xsrA02e1UJ9_S8G23h1MY-AhoUg8MAR5mpIEt1CLeRNrak8osk5c7DfsQdlwPM9TpSOy_cBoX7wQKyITcVtV7Z2sBcvxKXx9zcaUCREmqeS/s545/BCE6358D-3E6E-42A4-96C4-89888CDF2A8C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="214" data-original-width="545" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Lk7TnkIFk1WLjdN4gp4c3iQEeTrSsoUUZtCTDE30mJk8yHcy0z6reYtdMlb1fa4dxFejB2fet34z1xsrA02e1UJ9_S8G23h1MY-AhoUg8MAR5mpIEt1CLeRNrak8osk5c7DfsQdlwPM9TpSOy_cBoX7wQKyITcVtV7Z2sBcvxKXx9zcaUCREmqeS/w640-h252/BCE6358D-3E6E-42A4-96C4-89888CDF2A8C.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: #783f04; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #783f04; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Sova-Enterprise</div><div style="color: #783f04; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #783f04; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I have to add in a shape to Zentangle with </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">and a coloring page too-</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBHN2wcFLKB85rbpQcYDv0MUJgLMTqvYBlgfS1qd8tDY_m87xxj6VXeJyKU0rFWm7RVMSsW5R0pgGRCXAWPKfqokCPKuXdZcuB_BQroU-0hN5GfAXVqmmcTqsERjWznCi64KGape2gXRRzTUTylFXon0WWN1F_wk6N_7YwT4F4qbcRcRKKcP8-SDAi/s960/71B00E3C-5A23-44F9-9346-AD79B6BF1E26.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="820" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBHN2wcFLKB85rbpQcYDv0MUJgLMTqvYBlgfS1qd8tDY_m87xxj6VXeJyKU0rFWm7RVMSsW5R0pgGRCXAWPKfqokCPKuXdZcuB_BQroU-0hN5GfAXVqmmcTqsERjWznCi64KGape2gXRRzTUTylFXon0WWN1F_wk6N_7YwT4F4qbcRcRKKcP8-SDAi/w341-h400/71B00E3C-5A23-44F9-9346-AD79B6BF1E26.jpeg" width="341" /></a></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">By Giam, Pinterest</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUe6KIp9k3Yuhioz16z39VZX5UWmgyM4DTtU9alS7qS3dnQpBt68UXT-DaZ837yn3oPPGYaLCZyqVkvQX9jUcJjt900LZt3R4gv845bhHDziK6_TMa6dTNA7wLZrEORCmVPApAlarI3tu_SVD-TTW0KXWZ97vVBY2oOKNz4rtieCNvLMvLx7E24N4y/s712/A63C9DA1-2899-4EFD-9986-DA8D91040A19.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUe6KIp9k3Yuhioz16z39VZX5UWmgyM4DTtU9alS7qS3dnQpBt68UXT-DaZ837yn3oPPGYaLCZyqVkvQX9jUcJjt900LZt3R4gv845bhHDziK6_TMa6dTNA7wLZrEORCmVPApAlarI3tu_SVD-TTW0KXWZ97vVBY2oOKNz4rtieCNvLMvLx7E24N4y/w494-h640/A63C9DA1-2899-4EFD-9986-DA8D91040A19.jpeg" width="494" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I love this next art piece made from paper scraps:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYHHgv87XapyCfxwmgy5-ZsY7usSR1oxtRKC2Aw20nT0vNytYLdO3O05pmYVwl9NoRzGZ8IslEh65VKCnouCzakIGsLVwp8wqRLZ1hNvB1o5qK7xlgesHNCxKiX0Bk6ZBqtOHmN3NtcB-vYjqosVDc7p2ZZ4uGsf0BS5u8ar5-eNEEwa1p7oPsf1is/s400/B0152E27-1476-4B26-8AB7-68C8D4C8A916.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYHHgv87XapyCfxwmgy5-ZsY7usSR1oxtRKC2Aw20nT0vNytYLdO3O05pmYVwl9NoRzGZ8IslEh65VKCnouCzakIGsLVwp8wqRLZ1hNvB1o5qK7xlgesHNCxKiX0Bk6ZBqtOHmN3NtcB-vYjqosVDc7p2ZZ4uGsf0BS5u8ar5-eNEEwa1p7oPsf1is/w640-h640/B0152E27-1476-4B26-8AB7-68C8D4C8A916.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Uploaded by Joletta Brooks, Pinterest</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">That’s it for today!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>‘Til next time,</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(230, 145, 56);"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>inkspired</b></i></span><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(230, 145, 56);"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(230, 145, 56);">In addition to the last 2 blogs’ websites listed, I also checked out these sites:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(230, 145, 56);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(230, 145, 56);">americanornithology.org</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(230, 145, 56);">Christianity.org</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(230, 145, 56);">preppygirlonthefarm.blogspot.com</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(230, 145, 56);">almanac.com</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(230, 145, 56);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #e06666; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKxsPw5gl_WGpXdns6ohcATDQHFyH8rOVycWfkPFqegGc6rz3EDuwo_Uk3JI5dOfJ8-lN7PKsiiolI8HrbdBXdsNq2yOuldgCaZPjuG4vbP3enTAZfrLEO7kWMF2qmk6y8ZH_3w60OjRcMkZEqrRjLTXFzxY8-xPCdEKGkmhyHwzwTTdTpOgWAUKtK/s640/8211961D-0B3E-4638-AC79-E7AAD0F01335.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="382" data-original-width="640" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKxsPw5gl_WGpXdns6ohcATDQHFyH8rOVycWfkPFqegGc6rz3EDuwo_Uk3JI5dOfJ8-lN7PKsiiolI8HrbdBXdsNq2yOuldgCaZPjuG4vbP3enTAZfrLEO7kWMF2qmk6y8ZH_3w60OjRcMkZEqrRjLTXFzxY8-xPCdEKGkmhyHwzwTTdTpOgWAUKtK/w400-h239/8211961D-0B3E-4638-AC79-E7AAD0F01335.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #783f04;">Faverolle hen and rooster</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #783f04;">Flickr</span><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(230, 145, 56); color: #e06666;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(230, 145, 56);"><br /></span></span></div></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(230, 145, 56); color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(230, 145, 56);"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(230, 145, 56);"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(230, 145, 56);"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(230, 145, 56);"><br /></span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(120, 63, 4); color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(230, 145, 56); color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(230, 145, 56);"><i style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></i></span></p>Inkspiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454530754439546966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097634769099879241.post-76744761303771828082022-12-07T21:29:00.002-07:002022-12-07T21:29:57.269-07:0012 days of Christmas Day 2<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"> <i>Two turtle doves…</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #6fa8dc; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaNzSP68JhlZ6jvPsHODPPgch3C9pI_zLzUaoGhybEDL2Vn_oBrfaSjbakPhlU3Mp9FWP6xHO_6_i-JUbdprkGaPoGWZeMuSlil2t_plbbMy6mjKVrVwTP5lg-8Mb3ts70_O0BDhPMWYxIsgPKWLhOhhnncGzC33suZd9jpGbnzVt38am0BM7Ttafb/s640/40AB348B-8B5A-4703-A52C-3688F06F3F60.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaNzSP68JhlZ6jvPsHODPPgch3C9pI_zLzUaoGhybEDL2Vn_oBrfaSjbakPhlU3Mp9FWP6xHO_6_i-JUbdprkGaPoGWZeMuSlil2t_plbbMy6mjKVrVwTP5lg-8Mb3ts70_O0BDhPMWYxIsgPKWLhOhhnncGzC33suZd9jpGbnzVt38am0BM7Ttafb/w400-h400/40AB348B-8B5A-4703-A52C-3688F06F3F60.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;">African Ring-Neck Doves</div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: verdana;">Photo credit: J. Washington</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 129, 142);"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 129, 142);"><i><b>‘On the second day of Christmas</b></i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 129, 142);"><i><b>My true love gave to me -</b></i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 129, 142);"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><b>Two turtles doves…’</b></span></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 129, 142);"><i><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 129, 142);"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimYBH0Cs9_UsWGlhE5Hnl3BfzdlyMDALYXdg9YTKM4HGAziC2yxP6zopkiyYHi8oX5qhDaRoBdWQTOgtMFXtgdONsuOxB1KfS7yDG6i01gdcfs7EwYN2FanoiWx2lUyAiDuv2SRz3p-D5QJga3GYlOP_MTKohtWYAV-QjQn7SltOB-RDHiXF1vB8cW/s960/EECE42DF-3F59-455A-8165-BA51E15B4DEE.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimYBH0Cs9_UsWGlhE5Hnl3BfzdlyMDALYXdg9YTKM4HGAziC2yxP6zopkiyYHi8oX5qhDaRoBdWQTOgtMFXtgdONsuOxB1KfS7yDG6i01gdcfs7EwYN2FanoiWx2lUyAiDuv2SRz3p-D5QJga3GYlOP_MTKohtWYAV-QjQn7SltOB-RDHiXF1vB8cW/w480-h640/EECE42DF-3F59-455A-8165-BA51E15B4DEE.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;">Painting by Kerri Kimbriel</div></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 129, 142);"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Doves have been mentioned in literature since ancient times. King Hezekiah talks of them in early Judean literature. King Solomon and King David wrote poetry in the Old Testament that included comparisons with doves.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 129, 142);"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #134f5c; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjKsCILxze-T80qpG8IGIoOq-S6F7eym78LSlyDWuLnFKdJb2xoURCRmdREG50Vm0RwyriYvhuKhJuqErfCZn9RtEFnC5ubvzQJYDLOmnwzfY88ZADs2kW0GUU_7CjaOov6uOh0tm1sAnuqXxga0cQ0ng3CNlpv578sKIt97A6Ff5MNqQh8TJv2O00/s513/1DE298C7-EAB5-405E-AB82-2C6F858AE718.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="343" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjKsCILxze-T80qpG8IGIoOq-S6F7eym78LSlyDWuLnFKdJb2xoURCRmdREG50Vm0RwyriYvhuKhJuqErfCZn9RtEFnC5ubvzQJYDLOmnwzfY88ZADs2kW0GUU_7CjaOov6uOh0tm1sAnuqXxga0cQ0ng3CNlpv578sKIt97A6Ff5MNqQh8TJv2O00/w268-h400/1DE298C7-EAB5-405E-AB82-2C6F858AE718.jpeg" width="268" /></a></div><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;">Courtesy stampscoinsnotes.com</div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 129, 142);"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Doves were used as sacrificial offerings </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 129, 142);"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">because they were considered pure.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 129, 142);"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Shakespeare even featured a turtle dove in his poem ‘<i>The Phoenix and the Turtle’.</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 129, 142);"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">It wasn’t a reptile he was referring to,</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 129, 142);"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">but a turtle <i>dove</i>!</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 129, 142);"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWrGmiHD2a4KjofofwlaFUbGNkuIMqvdz5HMc9-Q8VrBVWzgl2Fik9h4ZMUwwPlXxpWio31aKB2LH1CrjR0cmeDwnkGMgKErNpS9kTx7b4SGJ4ZyHf8rMd2N5-Yv-mGGd5oC8JwojM503XERnwqOV5pHI-BqClXkoib6fCC6vOhD4RwV_-9D2Yoq_x/s604/2501A5B9-099B-423E-8804-55BAC57137B8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="548" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWrGmiHD2a4KjofofwlaFUbGNkuIMqvdz5HMc9-Q8VrBVWzgl2Fik9h4ZMUwwPlXxpWio31aKB2LH1CrjR0cmeDwnkGMgKErNpS9kTx7b4SGJ4ZyHf8rMd2N5-Yv-mGGd5oC8JwojM503XERnwqOV5pHI-BqClXkoib6fCC6vOhD4RwV_-9D2Yoq_x/w363-h400/2501A5B9-099B-423E-8804-55BAC57137B8.jpeg" width="363" /></a></div><span><p style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 129, 142);"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><div style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;">Courtesy Monjuri Jannat</div><div style="color: #134f5c; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;">So what is the history of this favorite Christmas-time song?</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6kyeGGsw3e7q18VSslRSPIxmmVVn0O-JLF0at_Mi3GBuq0TG998AXAseRy0eSxvjT7dRkrDzShTs7VeiIX9LSw0ohooYPqeqzU5SMqE_gpl19AbLOH5jR4dajEyelRkB5U-2ly7kV-vgGOwiceFQzUHC5DSxWmewGCMyDTQvyBrkyg75UmftCBfek/s570/FD43F53A-468C-473E-BD74-CE14E9FF1D96.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="570" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6kyeGGsw3e7q18VSslRSPIxmmVVn0O-JLF0at_Mi3GBuq0TG998AXAseRy0eSxvjT7dRkrDzShTs7VeiIX9LSw0ohooYPqeqzU5SMqE_gpl19AbLOH5jR4dajEyelRkB5U-2ly7kV-vgGOwiceFQzUHC5DSxWmewGCMyDTQvyBrkyg75UmftCBfek/w400-h400/FD43F53A-468C-473E-BD74-CE14E9FF1D96.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #351c75;">For sale on Etsy</span><br /><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;">I was surprised after doing some research.</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;">I had always heard that it was a song to help children remember Catholic catechism during a time of Catholic persecution in England.</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Partridge in a pear tree</span> </i><span style="color: #3d85c6;">stood for </span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;">Jesus on the cross,</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="color: #990000;">2 turtle doves</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> stood for </span></i></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;"><i>the Old and New Testaments,</i></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;"><i>Etc.</i></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPbgbqM54hofoC_0qDH0fRDSZemnWOv9iW6KQ3A0SY0FYvJBmzeOPZ8B246uvlGkjbmYVuCohA1ukkX7yjTTkT_j5E_YSUnkuww2ggBfDQQNwObKn05NBrPZT6S8FO1JSC7uojUQUe6aSGl0zuNTi8NxAPApPSChz8Laayk4rEe9pmyhfZCUwE5xJU/s1000/E1F2DB57-56AC-446E-AE87-57D257587BA5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPbgbqM54hofoC_0qDH0fRDSZemnWOv9iW6KQ3A0SY0FYvJBmzeOPZ8B246uvlGkjbmYVuCohA1ukkX7yjTTkT_j5E_YSUnkuww2ggBfDQQNwObKn05NBrPZT6S8FO1JSC7uojUQUe6aSGl0zuNTi8NxAPApPSChz8Laayk4rEe9pmyhfZCUwE5xJU/w400-h400/E1F2DB57-56AC-446E-AE87-57D257587BA5.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">By NVillustration on DeviantArt</span><br /><i style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;"><b><br /></b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Wrong!</span></b></i></div></span><span><div style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;">Let’s think about it.</span></div><div style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;">Protestant and Catholic believe in many similar theologies.</span></div><div style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;">They both believe in:</span></div><div style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;">1) Jesus on the cross</span></div><div style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;">2) Old and New Testaments</span></div><div style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;">3) Faith, hope & love</span></div><div style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;">4) Apostles Matthew, Mark, Luke & John</span></div><div style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;">5) the Torah or the Pentateuch</span></div><div style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>(first 5 books of the Old Testament)</i></span></span></div><div style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Etc.</span></div><div style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Why make a hidden meaning rhyme?</span></div><div style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3d85c6; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmISPYpoLNdYl1nQ0Q-dcn-cjlCbwePCa5OWUu88n3im4D8O3GSczYBN14VlcJeXS9vWj5VMCXh5s93vxnyciSrfIh4uNkK_JvFoDu4jDUzWPH_QDtoa6KtVUehibRXeFQ1rcKZzxjXYDmKYK7v_iiaQz7lXRtdIxFwp6VSfH4MGN6q8KAC4xuwF6A/s569/5CDE3271-BC10-462E-9E65-683FB3807F00.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="557" data-original-width="569" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmISPYpoLNdYl1nQ0Q-dcn-cjlCbwePCa5OWUu88n3im4D8O3GSczYBN14VlcJeXS9vWj5VMCXh5s93vxnyciSrfIh4uNkK_JvFoDu4jDUzWPH_QDtoa6KtVUehibRXeFQ1rcKZzxjXYDmKYK7v_iiaQz7lXRtdIxFwp6VSfH4MGN6q8KAC4xuwF6A/w400-h391/5CDE3271-BC10-462E-9E65-683FB3807F00.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Courtesy: Not On The High Street</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Let’s enjoy it for what it most likely started out as -</span></div><div style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">A children’s ‘Memory-and-Forfeit’ game.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">This game was played in 1800’s England.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Everyone sits in a circle.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">The first person starts with up to 3 verses.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">The next child repeats the 3 and adds 1 more.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Each person recites the verses before and adds one more, until someone forfeits-</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>(Messes up a verse!).</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Then it’s either give a kiss</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">or give a piece of candy!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6L0jkPtgYQPtJI97VM1nMExqDo9QvzslWmj99X8hxbvpoMhVkPg9l9bGmACkSfU7z8AHgEnvpavL8K0dKZecmVYgN-_MhC3aPCWVVor60LpBFeZyC5Gep7ACaVt4z2hjJBqtXxrKywrAGTVnxMdrj6Ttyv09_8LocuomWperLJVpcZZzaYzmRqxZj/s640/1F229C2B-835A-40B7-B62C-B91CADA959EE.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="427" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6L0jkPtgYQPtJI97VM1nMExqDo9QvzslWmj99X8hxbvpoMhVkPg9l9bGmACkSfU7z8AHgEnvpavL8K0dKZecmVYgN-_MhC3aPCWVVor60LpBFeZyC5Gep7ACaVt4z2hjJBqtXxrKywrAGTVnxMdrj6Ttyv09_8LocuomWperLJVpcZZzaYzmRqxZj/s320/1F229C2B-835A-40B7-B62C-B91CADA959EE.jpeg" width="214" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Here are some fun things to do with two turtle doves -</span></div><div style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Doodle away inside this simple line drawing and create a masterpiece!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3d85c6; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUIjb_EAkmR9uMR95a1rmQTrZMNt0Z4fh0WNv6ts2HUTzYH9gk0JuCjqAnFy0NCoAV1ovp8bi580HkTBugjgFjwUqxJtkTnCD9emXY5Z2v0XN0H7sxCt0-ObhzXRQOjRjIfIjihz1H-qIU_fuKXNcnGecWmpEhwSoGJa6UxQ9rcIMeOAE72sxOOk7N/s655/1D2DBCB2-2E5C-41DD-822E-67ECE41B95BC.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="655" data-original-width="474" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUIjb_EAkmR9uMR95a1rmQTrZMNt0Z4fh0WNv6ts2HUTzYH9gk0JuCjqAnFy0NCoAV1ovp8bi580HkTBugjgFjwUqxJtkTnCD9emXY5Z2v0XN0H7sxCt0-ObhzXRQOjRjIfIjihz1H-qIU_fuKXNcnGecWmpEhwSoGJa6UxQ9rcIMeOAE72sxOOk7N/w290-h400/1D2DBCB2-2E5C-41DD-822E-67ECE41B95BC.jpeg" width="290" /></a></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: medium;">Thomaslefever, Pinterest</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Here’s another one:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiacUef0f_4gWqCTal5ikhKANHiESCTDUfHKqqxw5GYIAN3oGpEIJoXpYnEIk6MEevUJInTL3kpR2nWYqzWBMnSAE0WhbNkQ1bLwKiOF1yaW4ABDDTEma1ikeQ7HxSY06OQxuxzrIbM8QzgFfLsW8JZieesEm_e76OKzm_r4_PhuFoD9rH67ON4OAo/s794/01186333-E471-447C-B37E-A4A141956ECD.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="794" data-original-width="581" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiacUef0f_4gWqCTal5ikhKANHiESCTDUfHKqqxw5GYIAN3oGpEIJoXpYnEIk6MEevUJInTL3kpR2nWYqzWBMnSAE0WhbNkQ1bLwKiOF1yaW4ABDDTEma1ikeQ7HxSY06OQxuxzrIbM8QzgFfLsW8JZieesEm_e76OKzm_r4_PhuFoD9rH67ON4OAo/w293-h400/01186333-E471-447C-B37E-A4A141956ECD.jpeg" width="293" /></a></div>GZ blog<br /><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Why not trace it onto a piece of clear plastic, like the front of ornament boxes.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">Then glue on squares of colored tissue paper. Punch a hole in the top</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198);">and hang in a window.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198);">Pretty!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198);">Here’s a cute cookie idea:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3d85c6; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOrCFmoz-AfShry07PfSXI5-YnJwDB55Up0pNzXwHj73i10l71SnS7O1KP47seLB4OGhjjfwcDyqiV-qVUt_VuT26c1DCPRKZGS9ww89DNhRyhMUDoTRD-ovniiuBwpn2hdAhxdRAGCZ1iqDoe7Rlx1FEj6CT2_U8RzPT31HZOhPFlPohHkCxPguPn/s2133/1F1CF8D6-828D-4D89-93D2-F42A084DDB9C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2133" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOrCFmoz-AfShry07PfSXI5-YnJwDB55Up0pNzXwHj73i10l71SnS7O1KP47seLB4OGhjjfwcDyqiV-qVUt_VuT26c1DCPRKZGS9ww89DNhRyhMUDoTRD-ovniiuBwpn2hdAhxdRAGCZ1iqDoe7Rlx1FEj6CT2_U8RzPT31HZOhPFlPohHkCxPguPn/w360-h640/1F1CF8D6-828D-4D89-93D2-F42A084DDB9C.jpeg" width="360" /></a></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: medium;">By Little Wonderland, Pinterest</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">Like to play with felt? Here you go!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXf_-YF3TkpHVEI23-LLCcd900pw22rf6CbpELi-XzEda1CMcvnDV48093TbIotrFo5SshzV6CqJ4NX8-Tei0leM9NSujINOLKtD1jTEPFBEewPWmr5h_J3w-rtUre3vghqKBA07gKRbLSkSq9VVrtA_qUiFG7ep4nWSNFaTcLaR8BvR8gpM04wjrV/s639/33FF3E49-25E3-4532-A2E3-153D6F4A38A2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="639" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXf_-YF3TkpHVEI23-LLCcd900pw22rf6CbpELi-XzEda1CMcvnDV48093TbIotrFo5SshzV6CqJ4NX8-Tei0leM9NSujINOLKtD1jTEPFBEewPWmr5h_J3w-rtUre3vghqKBA07gKRbLSkSq9VVrtA_qUiFG7ep4nWSNFaTcLaR8BvR8gpM04wjrV/s320/33FF3E49-25E3-4532-A2E3-153D6F4A38A2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ToQRgBDs7xDvaEfZYQchZnZZMhSGnPfjkEhNqKtQMX1_JEiC-ypBKu6T-XDLU72EF43rx3rfLWBt0JKs9QjhtFY_UQG3Jw5lHrlezuy-zX1_wwoYBS7a-FbWWQP3eMCldMDdd33Ggk9B8Dndp8iaNgvsd0aGKcps95wbGw56N0v9jtcrHFsJuG9F/s480/AD5FD26C-CDFE-481C-8FCE-7DB40A145AAD.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="360" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ToQRgBDs7xDvaEfZYQchZnZZMhSGnPfjkEhNqKtQMX1_JEiC-ypBKu6T-XDLU72EF43rx3rfLWBt0JKs9QjhtFY_UQG3Jw5lHrlezuy-zX1_wwoYBS7a-FbWWQP3eMCldMDdd33Ggk9B8Dndp8iaNgvsd0aGKcps95wbGw56N0v9jtcrHFsJuG9F/s320/AD5FD26C-CDFE-481C-8FCE-7DB40A145AAD.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="color: #351c75;">From Etsy</span><br /><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Let’s take a few drawing lessons:</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimXLpO_nFgmfvuuuKWQMOYWknWvxpZ-G2__hydwLmTHj1rIMU-YZ7CVVLlTvFKuQcc8NDAfMMhUlAH23rKU8p5NHrvJTRNMXTngNKwaia38wl6X_QShInpxWiZ9mg19nAxIiFDaphS1vV01UkNNHNjB46to5i9loXfaNKRo8wASL1CZfgnGVAoZfgU/s1132/66290683-9A8C-488E-8C0E-220877A3E91C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1132" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimXLpO_nFgmfvuuuKWQMOYWknWvxpZ-G2__hydwLmTHj1rIMU-YZ7CVVLlTvFKuQcc8NDAfMMhUlAH23rKU8p5NHrvJTRNMXTngNKwaia38wl6X_QShInpxWiZ9mg19nAxIiFDaphS1vV01UkNNHNjB46to5i9loXfaNKRo8wASL1CZfgnGVAoZfgU/w452-h640/66290683-9A8C-488E-8C0E-220877A3E91C.jpeg" width="452" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><br /></span></span></div><span style="color: #351c75;">Courtesy HOWTODRAWFORKIDS.COM</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBBQZLY1Qe7c1DcUBOY6k2HMySq1xVLA825dNk1Cd4lrR1gBmKM2PSxipw1mc-EFWIfbMaj0OZepF7ms5CAoqfAZByAIyxrbkWEVH6PeBE4nZ2Gjc4EuStgcXwMXOUZQkdLvlzrkyOl8vysetW7FtiCIaZoWGBftA6kF3B5vkzKQs-ZFnsOggKryro/s650/EA6F78A3-89E4-4B2C-92FE-4D02CEC9AD6E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="460" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBBQZLY1Qe7c1DcUBOY6k2HMySq1xVLA825dNk1Cd4lrR1gBmKM2PSxipw1mc-EFWIfbMaj0OZepF7ms5CAoqfAZByAIyxrbkWEVH6PeBE4nZ2Gjc4EuStgcXwMXOUZQkdLvlzrkyOl8vysetW7FtiCIaZoWGBftA6kF3B5vkzKQs-ZFnsOggKryro/w452-h640/EA6F78A3-89E4-4B2C-92FE-4D02CEC9AD6E.jpeg" width="452" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: medium;">Courtesy ActivityVillage.co.uk</span><br /></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #3d85c6; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #3d85c6;">Turtle Doves have many symbolic meanings. Just a few are love,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #3d85c6;">friendship, loyalty, loving kindness,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198);">fidelity and trust.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198);">Let’s make some origami doves</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198);">and give one to someone who has one of the above characteristics.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3d85c6; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTr5cxxFtKHKKMz0FiOpaMUTw_ck7fkmGdLD89SFq-kxQTG0dN72-m5h44WIE6fo6MBMBWN1P71YL_hE8lbYqMvLWl9vI7REf_7MMB82YYdVIDYXlMRHjMILkqCoC1u0pasgh81PdWazXqohXuTXJ9eyFoDNYD0Xoj9L92faMJ6khRCDX3ZMmhzBhF/s1024/E59B279B-0D5E-4EB9-A98C-794C401E9098.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="724" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTr5cxxFtKHKKMz0FiOpaMUTw_ck7fkmGdLD89SFq-kxQTG0dN72-m5h44WIE6fo6MBMBWN1P71YL_hE8lbYqMvLWl9vI7REf_7MMB82YYdVIDYXlMRHjMILkqCoC1u0pasgh81PdWazXqohXuTXJ9eyFoDNYD0Xoj9L92faMJ6khRCDX3ZMmhzBhF/w453-h640/E59B279B-0D5E-4EB9-A98C-794C401E9098.jpeg" width="453" /></a></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: medium;">Courtesy tavinsorigami.com</span><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">If those directions are too confusing, just type in ‘dove origami’ into your search engine and there are many similar instructions out there.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvMUB0oxSk0BGXbCPkD4Zw9NLvIHS-zK_6JFc-5vxZkBHhopr8oKWdyI0a1xan7WT2n4aY8rhx7-TIdz7JAKGrjzVp4H1jpWCzakKyI1kMfQ8TQjhw_Sg8qlCYRs1iGXjCV7zzycEj49PsTgpdzxnEpzBrYJhmqORDn8xF82mtac2Wt1cmcGGv5U76/s900/E96B7B0D-703D-458B-85A9-399043ADED7C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="670" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvMUB0oxSk0BGXbCPkD4Zw9NLvIHS-zK_6JFc-5vxZkBHhopr8oKWdyI0a1xan7WT2n4aY8rhx7-TIdz7JAKGrjzVp4H1jpWCzakKyI1kMfQ8TQjhw_Sg8qlCYRs1iGXjCV7zzycEj49PsTgpdzxnEpzBrYJhmqORDn8xF82mtac2Wt1cmcGGv5U76/w477-h640/E96B7B0D-703D-458B-85A9-399043ADED7C.jpeg" width="477" /></a></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: medium;">Courtesy PheeMcFaddell.com</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>That’s all for now!</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>‘Til next time,</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">inkspired</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">In addition to the last blog’s credits,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">here are a few more sites I checked out:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">ChristianityToday.org</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);">Coleswildbird.org</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);">Operationturtledove.org</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(53, 28, 117);"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></div></span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large; font-style: italic;"><br /></span><i style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: xx-large;"><br /></i><p></p>Inkspiredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454530754439546966noreply@blogger.com0