Victoria, casa em Cape Town

<div style="text-align: center;"><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="PT-BR"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Victoria 73 é uma casa contemporânea à beira-mar, na villa em Cape Town, África do Sul, desenhado por SAOTA (Stefan Antoni Arquitetos Olmesdahl Truen). Um conjunto que fica entre Bantry Bay e Clifton, a casa simboliza luxo, elegância e vida ao ar livre. O terraço tem as partes cobertas e descobertas que são as áreas mais bonitas da casa, perfeito, um sonho!!!</span></span></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669637675875512322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl2gctyi89KKGBvjjpa8mLJXaXfd0SPafN-z8ACLeLXvxt2Hee9Ts0KAU_jLAjlLayKzgKBfF3rv69BPcNGui3S6T1AAhSvS-4Z0ZTmuqt8UDY8Tkib1i1v4y5-GCdHNL_GDPStBfbkcdk/s400/Contemporary-Seaside-Villa-Cape-Town_1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" /><br /><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669637944771876178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJrWZTJqGz0vVjIjgwA_igXY_GugnJqJ6Lu_zTj8Wwo-lPxlChHgtNYKrk6kYOVMoU7KTeoanZu5-iS_B_ooBOaS2AHUPYSFwISPtgmB3HNTqrs2xC_p2mX7YMyLD67Ki6IGJdnpqpuLmr/s400/Contemporary-Seaside-Villa-Cape-Town_8.jpg" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; 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Victoria, casa em Cape Town

Victoria 73 é uma casa contemporânea à beira-mar, na villa em Cape Town, África do Sul, desenhado por SAOTA (Stefan Antoni Arquitetos Olme...

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Trick Or Treating in England + Post Of The Month Club

Posted by Happy Homemaker UK<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">In Ireland and Britain<br />during the Middle Ages on Hallowmas { November 1 }<br /> people went door-to-door in costume<br />receiving food in return for prayers for the dead<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaNB95ndlcO9Ur0U106Y14ajv6y0Fp5Gy27J8TVHXHhBFlKmaYrqPyBVTnHloyRQt-tESHYjDl2I9UDjpMith3nxlThlaPiV-CyuekCXUGKEO21yva9EIuBPWVZOCsmbo6MouT1Q-lA5Q/s1600/DSCN5788-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaNB95ndlcO9Ur0U106Y14ajv6y0Fp5Gy27J8TVHXHhBFlKmaYrqPyBVTnHloyRQt-tESHYjDl2I9UDjpMith3nxlThlaPiV-CyuekCXUGKEO21yva9EIuBPWVZOCsmbo6MouT1Q-lA5Q/s640/DSCN5788-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />Fast-forward to 1895<br />for the first record of '<i>guising</i>' in Scotland,<br />where children in disguise visited neighbors<br /><br />performing a poem, song, or joke<br />to receive cake, fruit or money for their efforts<br />{ practiced later in Ireland too }</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />They carried lanterns made of scooped-out turnips<br />{ which was on the menu the following day }<br /><br />First record of guising in North America was in<br />1911<br /><br />Some point before 1940, guising evolved to 'trick-or-treating'<br />on Halloween night in the western US and Canada<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDqB6lfH46pNosOpUpQfK1rllD2p6N70Fso59jSpn8tFZhjjgfrlYSAZ6iYxyJye2jzwrN9VovYMj2LDbqkIdXfoDIZSMAMc3sPrFGPHdzU1piPCGeb30jtQUvkbnnQZYKgEsIBVAHmp0/s1600/DSCN5729-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDqB6lfH46pNosOpUpQfK1rllD2p6N70Fso59jSpn8tFZhjjgfrlYSAZ6iYxyJye2jzwrN9VovYMj2LDbqkIdXfoDIZSMAMc3sPrFGPHdzU1piPCGeb30jtQUvkbnnQZYKgEsIBVAHmp0/s640/DSCN5729-6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />Although this annual US event of<br />asking for candy without a performance was stalled<br />by sugar rationing from 1942-1947 due to World War II,<br /><br />trick-or-treating picked up steam<br />with the mass production of costumes<br />and attention given to it in children's magazines and radio shows<br /><br />firmly establishing it in American pop culture by 1952<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJDEpJdxM-N0pXfIU9R9A6MlzX7U4JXaCnWjDZDAhyphenhyphen7295M1T80a1TQEpp9NGcHnGqpEkOVvRJ81Jj-25k4iu8Bw_h3WKGd2rqYBeWUwN4Kt6O6gGJmfD9i211C19q6hDw344AknJucVs/s1600/DSCN1145-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJDEpJdxM-N0pXfIU9R9A6MlzX7U4JXaCnWjDZDAhyphenhyphen7295M1T80a1TQEpp9NGcHnGqpEkOVvRJ81Jj-25k4iu8Bw_h3WKGd2rqYBeWUwN4Kt6O6gGJmfD9i211C19q6hDw344AknJucVs/s640/DSCN1145-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Carving pumpkins is an American tradition, as pumpkins are native to America</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">{ and bigger than turnips }</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">'Trick-or-treating' in England is viewed as an American export<br />and not necessarily a welcome one</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In 2007 the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7067804.stm">BBC News</a> wrote<br />the 'authentically ancient festival' of Halloween<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">'<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">has been hijacked by trick or treating' </span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">and cited</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">the 1986 House of Lords debate about</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #464646; font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">trick-or-treating being not a tradition, </span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but American for begging</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">{ Yikes! }</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Do you know how many houses I've seen decorated for Halloween in England this year?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Zero</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZwtz1ofxBG3mgmIX3gBYIfIX3aT9xAgL_EWOb5Rj9rNJovOXsehiDD3cbJOHfkPIpiriozWC0CX5pc6UWg6RroMAjkMZaRP4kawpdiz_AgMezTGduIFM88Cbz2KZFxjCBJk9kjh_Qbpg/s1600/DSC_0535-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZwtz1ofxBG3mgmIX3gBYIfIX3aT9xAgL_EWOb5Rj9rNJovOXsehiDD3cbJOHfkPIpiriozWC0CX5pc6UWg6RroMAjkMZaRP4kawpdiz_AgMezTGduIFM88Cbz2KZFxjCBJk9kjh_Qbpg/s640/DSC_0535-4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I believe Halloween is more of a dark occasion here,</div><div style="text-align: center;">which makes the older generations nervous about bad behavior<br />in a society that closely guards its privacy<br /><br />Last year I saw 'No Trick Or Treaters Here' fliers distributed for posting on doors<br />{ but none this year }<br /><br />To indicate trick-or-treaters are welcome at a home,</div><div style="text-align: center;">a pumpkin or lit candle will be outside the front door</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />I have to say, just since last year there seems to be<br />increased lightening and acceptance of this event<br /><br />evidenced by more Halloween displays in store windows<br />and a whole half-aisle dedicated to bagged candy, costumes, and knickknacks<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhw5VMznzzD_gARKl2Qc3plxo3Cnr-aCaY8X8kR_bSlJ9Ja9CXeDKCSw_z9MnFt1I-IyVuF00RdR6g_CjbygjYGFuDuo3oC6Ub5ntgpsRDm3cxQwhm4jxHHqZbnbN3Q7u_qTB2jXK3xYw/s1600/DSC_0004-37.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhw5VMznzzD_gARKl2Qc3plxo3Cnr-aCaY8X8kR_bSlJ9Ja9CXeDKCSw_z9MnFt1I-IyVuF00RdR6g_CjbygjYGFuDuo3oC6Ub5ntgpsRDm3cxQwhm4jxHHqZbnbN3Q7u_qTB2jXK3xYw/s640/DSC_0004-37.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />Although most English parents never trick-or-treated as children,<br />it seems to be catching on and their children are enthusiastic about it</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Children's costumes are scary or gory</div><div style="text-align: center;">- skeletons, witches, ghouls -<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">nothing 'cute' like a puppy dog<br />and no Disney characters<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEJTElaOIl0wJLTo8bq2mgS3-XkWlVJraMnVEt0W5kZSvJjkYLvVp0X07-lnBzzrfWv5lGLKJ4S407_PJNhZpITn7W6sON-yX5giDDe1pT0hXkT8pHfWF-X30C5X-Mv7dVxfvcVdqnQ_w/s1600/DSCN5795-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEJTElaOIl0wJLTo8bq2mgS3-XkWlVJraMnVEt0W5kZSvJjkYLvVp0X07-lnBzzrfWv5lGLKJ4S407_PJNhZpITn7W6sON-yX5giDDe1pT0hXkT8pHfWF-X30C5X-Mv7dVxfvcVdqnQ_w/s640/DSCN5795-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Many houses have spooky 'fog machines'<br />{ well, ventilation for boilers, actually }</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />And I noticed their trick-or-treat bags are quite small,<br />humbly not expecting much<br />{ some Americans bring pillowcases to fill in the US }</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />English neighbors typically give one piece of candy or one coin<br /><br />This year a few trick-or-treaters rang our doorbell Saturday<br />and a few more will tonight { Monday }<br /><br />I expect only one-eighth of the houses on our street will participate<br />when we trick-or-treat tonight with friends<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQbkvd99WikPaC42ydRhOaWf3g79i5BHENN8PgFzwHBGp_PaywYWHfKE-irpr-9v38RV4YhNJetJMWxpxjz8zr3yxKUx6VvyT04rGtY4-leeJF3eA9WYjhUz-IVB6QGRi9G5yDo59gMVI/s1600/DSCN5212-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQbkvd99WikPaC42ydRhOaWf3g79i5BHENN8PgFzwHBGp_PaywYWHfKE-irpr-9v38RV4YhNJetJMWxpxjz8zr3yxKUx6VvyT04rGtY4-leeJF3eA9WYjhUz-IVB6QGRi9G5yDo59gMVI/s640/DSCN5212-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />American readers are probably thinking<br />how nice it must be to avoid the heavy commercialization of Halloween,<br /><br />but with no Thanksgiving in England<br />you can bet Christmas paraphernalia has been for sale since the beginning of October!<br /><br />Happy Halloween, y'all :)<br /><br /><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">- all photos by me -</span></i><br /><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Source: Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trick_or_treat">1</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween">2</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_costume">3</a>. <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7067804.stm">BBC</a>, <a href="http://www.rampantscotland.com/know/blknow_halloween.htm">Rampants Scotland</a></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Linking to: <a href="http://www.misselaineouslife.com/">MissElaineOusLife</a> </span><br /><br />* Postscript: I want to mention that in the US, this holiday has nothing to do with remembering loved ones that have passed. Halloween is almost synonymous with trick-or-treating, which commonly is a festive community affair of seeing your neighbors :) Teenagers will go with friends to haunted houses for a giggly scare; adults may attend parties. Halloween has a really fun vibe to it and generally loved by everyone. Unfortunately the innocent gaiety of trick-or-treating may not have been exported with this American tradition...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">***</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;">Welcome to October's Post Of The Month Club!</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;">I am pleased as Halloween punch you are here :)</div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; text-align: center;">Time for our meet & greet</div><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">* Bloggers, link up your best post of the month *</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><i>And see, you've already done the work</i></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;">* Share the love by dropping by a few other blogs and say 'hi',</div><div style="text-align: center;">if you can *</div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">* Would you mind adding my button to your lovely sidebar or post<br />so more can join the fun next month? *</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><center style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i973.photobucket.com/albums/ae214/HappyHomemakerUK/HappyHomemaker20111-39a-1.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 110, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(255, 110, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 110, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(255, 110, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;" /><center></center></center><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Yep, we'll do this the last day of each month</div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">* Don't forget to become a follower here too *</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">Happy November blogging, you warm autumn ray of sunshine, you</div></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">P.S. 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Trick Or Treating in England + Post Of The Month Club

Posted by Happy Homemaker UK In Ireland and Britain during the Middle Ages on Hallowmas { November 1 }  people went door-to-door in costume ...

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Almofadas

<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; ">A maneira mais fácil de decorar e de mudar a decoração de um ambiente, são as almofadas. A variedade de tecidos, formas, texturas, desenhos e cores, é infinita. A sala pode mudar de estilo com forme as estações, no verão as mais leves e coloridas e no inverno, as com tecidos mais pesados e escuros.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 18px; font-family:Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668520061221016370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4SaVkf9kZ6Kn6B8qWBOGo3qLTqFpCmAlC2dW3xmXl9n8tj_9-gJNiT2BwcNX-Uwc8up0pDJ3q3Fcd52PMYxWGdibJUpS1JWafP6utJFt3ryFbh__pDZC4mkz_OFW3eB1Hw2t9lIMQnpjc/s400/395611879_d8ss9wsl_c.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" /></span></div><div><br /></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668509344391792658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPodXsl2Xhen6r7fVPJpvDQ-5fk6PIis021VoqydjQaWGeJunTB9QYoN3VFt4hn2tGM7rAbUm78BJ3jF8PjsHs_quBVhlA1_8aXIm3Kz0GrW-EYiZPIV4AOmD7aSI6QOWYox8N9t8cpSOC/s400/94-dunham-guestbedroom-1108-xlg-96600914-8852848.jpg" style="display:block; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div>

Almofadas

A maneira mais fácil de decorar e de mudar a decoração de um ambiente, são as almofadas. A variedade de tecidos, formas, texturas, desenhos ...

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Cinza e Branco

<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; line-height: 22px; ">O branco e o cinza é uma combinação perfeita, pelo seu contraste e por serem de tons neutros. O cinza é fácil de combinar com qualquer outra cor, além disso, os ambientes ficam super elegantes e muito aconchegantes, desde o tom de cinza mais claro até o mais escuro.</span></div><div><p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; line-height: 22px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:small;">Mesclando com objetos e móveis coloridos, a decoração fica mais contemporânea e moderna.</span></p><p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; line-height: 22px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;font-size:small;"><br /></span></p></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668144517985787234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCHr3W6NHLp9geZTecOgnRuYjNcHjAjEH_GpnRKvlcnDlZ2z4bqyZfWd1cemV_Axxe0hJW6aQr8kBzViwZ4nJqRQBQi_yb2wUXBivo85WleF3tirWlY4Cv_uK9if3A8LTNe4yg3G74thqv/s400/282932050_V9AK9wL4_c.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668170084993094834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5a9GlGfSWU75nKhw5ZTNCeo1D9_o-D48aJy-4lnGjHVyqJYgNzxel4ZSsnMP3bIuDCArSBZ-5HyNNbmk8b-Sr4_TglqCNEME1KeyoMVyBS6dXh-NJMlQ_7lzyfidtVUmjoS0O4fpd-m59/s400/330334178_CL4NqNir_c.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 368px;" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Esse sofá é tudo!!!</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdulpH0KqzevyBVcopqTFuOM58EsGYRWXQFvEcTFNLtxy8OCjmXrV87TztnKCUFE2Dcv9KHGkB-8tMA_cqELHE7-EwvfdHU6qnYZv3oR7rzT2MNpX2f7A4B-VOzbsGnL8h9kQDPmPGgzWl/s1600/388142185_c3BZMvL5_c.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdulpH0KqzevyBVcopqTFuOM58EsGYRWXQFvEcTFNLtxy8OCjmXrV87TztnKCUFE2Dcv9KHGkB-8tMA_cqELHE7-EwvfdHU6qnYZv3oR7rzT2MNpX2f7A4B-VOzbsGnL8h9kQDPmPGgzWl/s1600/388142185_c3BZMvL5_c.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668144644413123218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdulpH0KqzevyBVcopqTFuOM58EsGYRWXQFvEcTFNLtxy8OCjmXrV87TztnKCUFE2Dcv9KHGkB-8tMA_cqELHE7-EwvfdHU6qnYZv3oR7rzT2MNpX2f7A4B-VOzbsGnL8h9kQDPmPGgzWl/s400/388142185_c3BZMvL5_c.jpg" style="text-align: center;display: block; 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Cinza e Branco

O branco e o cinza é uma combinação perfeita, pelo seu contraste e por serem de tons neutros. O cinza é fácil de combinar com qualquer outra...

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Listy Loo Strikes Again

Posted by Happy Homemaker UK<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Let's take something you are totally <i>not</i> interested in - say, The Dictionary</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">But did you know that before dictionaries were in the hands of most,</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">people in England wrote phonetically?</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">You can see how this would be problematic</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">when pronunciation of words varied so much within the country,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">even within London</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">(and explains why I have trouble reading old English literary works)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUj5HqISbOfa0JsZXnNXyYAK6aEtJp0we7N2tnet7iT9X5UjlClH1pBpeK0FAMTAWPjGJLCe8hQ60x3B-0xIeQCXNKmYEx5S3rFQxFLH53GWui-9FdrRC9mygO_EA-yvFZmht84V3A7zQ/s1600/DSC_0008-225.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUj5HqISbOfa0JsZXnNXyYAK6aEtJp0we7N2tnet7iT9X5UjlClH1pBpeK0FAMTAWPjGJLCe8hQ60x3B-0xIeQCXNKmYEx5S3rFQxFLH53GWui-9FdrRC9mygO_EA-yvFZmht84V3A7zQ/s640/DSC_0008-225.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">in Wiltshire</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Samuel Johnson's <i>A Dictionary of the English Language</i> (1755) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">is hailed as the first modern English dictionary, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">written with reliable text references and arranged alphabetically, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">instead of by topic as organized previously</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It was the standard dictionary for 150 years </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">until the <i>Oxford English Dictionary</i> was published in 1928</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Taking nearly 50 years to complete,</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">the <i>OED</i> is the most trusted English language dictionary today, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">revised and updated every three months</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">In the US, most Americans are familiar with Noah Webster, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">the father of the American Dictionary</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">{ think Webster Dictionary }</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">After twenty seven years of writing </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">and learning twenty-six languages </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">to evaluate the etymology of words,</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Webster published </span><span style="line-height: 19px;"><i>An American Dictionary Of The American </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><i>Language</i> in 1828</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPUpbFAXph30TJ1K6T1ZTIc_M_P2YHdDMWPBmYHPIsQ8MGpnjUzMPZ7HmP3ta-iFOO1CHPF2AZ-XJ4BvepPSen5BH1em_JQR19YNoaitT5DocZoAcBXsKd7-OQ5RYmf6GoZXnXGfZzkRg/s1600/DSC_0028-16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPUpbFAXph30TJ1K6T1ZTIc_M_P2YHdDMWPBmYHPIsQ8MGpnjUzMPZ7HmP3ta-iFOO1CHPF2AZ-XJ4BvepPSen5BH1em_JQR19YNoaitT5DocZoAcBXsKd7-OQ5RYmf6GoZXnXGfZzkRg/s640/DSC_0028-16.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Winston Churchill indulged his passion for writing and painting here at his home, <a href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-chartwell/">Chartwell</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Previously a teacher, Webster found </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">English spelling rules </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">unnecessarily complex, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">too aristocratically British, and with the need to be controlled by the people</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Therefore, h</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">e intentionally accentuated differences in meaning and pronunciations of some words</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">One hallmark was altering the spelling of words such as 'colour' with 'color', 'centre' with 'center'</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">Webster added American words such as 'skunk' and 'squash' not found in English dictionaries</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">And interestingly, Webster included technical terms from the arts and sciences </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">rather than just literary words</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">Truly transforming American English</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">At the time, Webster's dictionary was seen as radical and political </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">during a time of national identity crisis and instability </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">after American independence in 1776</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">Today, Webster dictionaries sit on the shelves in countless US homes and schools</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">Who could say the history of the dictionary was dull?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_4mBmQBoEdVBBCfos4K-xHyiLXjojOrDWHwwphoWnPVlbtJ68uJXou_fRDTW7i2Rhl2hXpO0nPxJdq3D3JusY0k5USKUEQF-WQNknfSFsXZQPlVRDSeU0Ps2xPwywCZFe3e4BKmxC__8/s1600/DSC_0077-311.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_4mBmQBoEdVBBCfos4K-xHyiLXjojOrDWHwwphoWnPVlbtJ68uJXou_fRDTW7i2Rhl2hXpO0nPxJdq3D3JusY0k5USKUEQF-WQNknfSFsXZQPlVRDSeU0Ps2xPwywCZFe3e4BKmxC__8/s640/DSC_0077-311.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">aka English Oak with its lobed (not sharp) leaves</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">I mention this because my 'Listy Loo' today is filled with</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">interesting words that hurled me to the nearest dictionary</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">Let's start with the adorable word, <b>Wendy house</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">It is a general term for a playhouse, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">named after the house Peter Pan builds for Wendy </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">in <span class="hwc" style="cursor: default; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">J.</span> <span class="hwc" style="cursor: default; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Barrie's</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 1.25em;"><span class="hwc" style="line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></span></span><span class="ital-inline" style="display: inline; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="hwc" style="cursor: default; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Peter</span> <span class="hwc" style="cursor: default; line-height: 1.25em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Pan</span></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;">Love it!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAcRFQ-q-9rPToSSvByjDS0sb2fkOHi3PToPRTom_U0qvQGqx5UeuZ8iKq7s4TU1yHyD35nXZ59hJBwAo8R59pghg2iU792s4qkuNs8bORQrbGA-hyJm7wv1Ntt0hO1jgoSRdo-YRJBtY/s1600/Capture66.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAcRFQ-q-9rPToSSvByjDS0sb2fkOHi3PToPRTom_U0qvQGqx5UeuZ8iKq7s4TU1yHyD35nXZ59hJBwAo8R59pghg2iU792s4qkuNs8bORQrbGA-hyJm7wv1Ntt0hO1jgoSRdo-YRJBtY/s640/Capture66.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Available from <a href="http://blueforest.com/">Blue Forest</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><b>Wattle and daub</b> is the interweaving of twigs </span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">plastered with a mixture </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">of clay, lime, water { and sometimes straw } </span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">to form a wall of a building</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">England's period timber framed houses were often made of wattle and daub</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">It became less popular by the 17th and 18th centuries </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">due to </span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">the popularity of brick and stone construction</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">the risk of fire</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">and the problem of criminals breaking through a wall</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">{ yikes! }</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">It remains </span>architecturally charming to me</span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM-rqt68zWHOfhLTtvHTCF1xDzOSIPyoQETcuzMtvw67PvDpbvofINVOcA8gzduTJRxfeelsNIZMiSrowquOGOVxpLuJfu_aA62T2E_n4F_fZmm8jDIN4nU5vhmDlMrTy9ZZtB7bAMui0/s1600/DSCN3825-2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM-rqt68zWHOfhLTtvHTCF1xDzOSIPyoQETcuzMtvw67PvDpbvofINVOcA8gzduTJRxfeelsNIZMiSrowquOGOVxpLuJfu_aA62T2E_n4F_fZmm8jDIN4nU5vhmDlMrTy9ZZtB7bAMui0/s640/DSCN3825-2.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">'Wattle and daub' likely used in this timber framed home</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><b>Fairy cakes</b> are similar to the American cupcake</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">often with flat hard icing</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbsXW3fQHqYr1xdwpG7wlbFU7GVLhXil4-QXcnUTTLWfsW5aXW8R0Hw9oqfIaUWP6ukuRY2D5hKUh8HabfNNO-37h9Ksi9HC49A88WtqniCD5k7rY2RHSuub_9jT_AKAbExqzkHfTc5QE/s1600/Capture009-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbsXW3fQHqYr1xdwpG7wlbFU7GVLhXil4-QXcnUTTLWfsW5aXW8R0Hw9oqfIaUWP6ukuRY2D5hKUh8HabfNNO-37h9Ksi9HC49A88WtqniCD5k7rY2RHSuub_9jT_AKAbExqzkHfTc5QE/s400/Capture009-1.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">by <a href="http://www.jessicascupcakes.com/">Jessica's Cupcakes</a> in Oxford</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">I was surprised how the <b>European Robin</b> looks so different from the American one,</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">so small & dainty and much revered in English folklore</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDS04ocOITETPAdzQc8Rfr7P3c1mPQvgUrx8PVvEkJyTKqtcXfkKxil4Qaw5HgkeY-SzhvCyrcZ_w92rGmApNUoZTmeOf6LgVqkoKpULl8iQTG_5AdL0eNTi-ZvSHSffaJt2JPKvNu8WA/s1600/372px-Erithacus-rubecula-melophilus_Dublin-Ireland+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDS04ocOITETPAdzQc8Rfr7P3c1mPQvgUrx8PVvEkJyTKqtcXfkKxil4Qaw5HgkeY-SzhvCyrcZ_w92rGmApNUoZTmeOf6LgVqkoKpULl8iQTG_5AdL0eNTi-ZvSHSffaJt2JPKvNu8WA/s400/372px-Erithacus-rubecula-melophilus_Dublin-Ireland+%25281%2529.jpg" width="247" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">via <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Robin">Wikipedia</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">The <b>Common Blackbird</b> is unrelated to the obnoxious New World blackbirds</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">These lackluster birds shine with their absolutely beautiful melodic song in early spring mornings</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">- a great way to start the day -</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj54MErS0y47WiSKCABJFdFqtTCLwM-bLxbjINypYSg1wNqiiHpF7zvd5VB_uYQA8_Z3WaAAIPjxE7fV9PGaDwyLyxOE1LdBjF0_AJWQGDbIcLbPcmE7lca5LY7NYIx7e6YZ2n_GMoXHgU/s1600/Blackbird_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj54MErS0y47WiSKCABJFdFqtTCLwM-bLxbjINypYSg1wNqiiHpF7zvd5VB_uYQA8_Z3WaAAIPjxE7fV9PGaDwyLyxOE1LdBjF0_AJWQGDbIcLbPcmE7lca5LY7NYIx7e6YZ2n_GMoXHgU/s400/Blackbird_2.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">via <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Blackbird">Wikipedia</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Not winning any health awards,</span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">I need to try a <b>Chip Butty</b> - a sandwich of french fries</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">common in Birmingham and northward</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVOBOUuQub3mIiV1oxOfHofaKfF4yLvYJSiO8RL3vrNtKs2UNA0FSxabvYN-9-nNNjHjA-EXoH5b76OrIe6Vw8vY82ftDDkmvwVELicKedTqy_sHR99G9qFzluDC48vx0RkbIAUNXjiSY/s1600/629px-Make-a-Chip-Butty-Intro.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVOBOUuQub3mIiV1oxOfHofaKfF4yLvYJSiO8RL3vrNtKs2UNA0FSxabvYN-9-nNNjHjA-EXoH5b76OrIe6Vw8vY82ftDDkmvwVELicKedTqy_sHR99G9qFzluDC48vx0RkbIAUNXjiSY/s400/629px-Make-a-Chip-Butty-Intro.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">via <a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Chip-Butty">wikiHow</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This interesting 'hatted' building is an <b>oast house</b>, designed for drying hops</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Not in use anymore, but really picturesque in the Kentish countryside</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkUcmmkc3ktlptOgWfb3iStTfZ_v9vdiwHZRZaJK58n6Lu_F8KP4-7koJ427u0wQd1LSEDXhdI4gpgj5PqOqCiP0nP4lMIvwp01VuLTf5yJQHq4B-xzxmwuNcmh1GRUn3tlDGQMwatcGA/s1600/DSCN5434-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkUcmmkc3ktlptOgWfb3iStTfZ_v9vdiwHZRZaJK58n6Lu_F8KP4-7koJ427u0wQd1LSEDXhdI4gpgj5PqOqCiP0nP4lMIvwp01VuLTf5yJQHq4B-xzxmwuNcmh1GRUn3tlDGQMwatcGA/s640/DSCN5434-5.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Oast House at <a href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-sissinghurst-castle/">Sissinghurst Castle</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">During the summer riots in London, I heard the troublemakers referred to as <b>YOB</b>s </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">You may have noticed this is 'Boy' spelled backward, </span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">to indicate the antithesis of what a good boy should be</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">-rude, obnoxious, violent, and stupid -</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Apparently</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"> it was coined in England in the 18th century </span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">when it was popular among the upperclass to speak backward </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Yob is still a word </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">used today</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">I love the idea of speaking backward to indicate an opposite meaning, don't you?</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">Perhaps my gibberish really means something?</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">And last, this unusual conifer originates</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"> from Chile</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"> and first planted in England during Victorian times</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">Its common name, the <b>Monkey Puzzle Tree</b>, </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">was given by a group of friends in Cornwall in 1850 </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">figuring it would be a puzzle for a monkey to climb</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">{ although I'm pretty confident monkeys don't live in Chile }</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQp90pUtpi9kSDkwj8M6g_jusfPPgrD003GwLJvJQMLneDTvAMlDjiaASWptruyKbklb9Le-EZ0W0VUdLZpJXk6PupJ1VYcKgcYQewv18JvFHJqF4BFQU5slxM_uz8DbsGT9UfcJesVrI/s1600/DSCN0045-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQp90pUtpi9kSDkwj8M6g_jusfPPgrD003GwLJvJQMLneDTvAMlDjiaASWptruyKbklb9Le-EZ0W0VUdLZpJXk6PupJ1VYcKgcYQewv18JvFHJqF4BFQU5slxM_uz8DbsGT9UfcJesVrI/s640/DSCN0045-1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Monkey Puzzle Tree at <a href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-leithhill">Leith Hill</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">I have many many more words on my list, </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">but I will stop here</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">leaving you wondering the meanings of </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><b>haw-haw (ha-ha)</b>, <b>cordwainer</b>, and <b>twee</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">- probably all known by my British readers - </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">:)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px;"><i>all photos by me unless otherwise stated</i></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px;"><i><br /></i></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sources: <a href="http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozideas/spfree17c.htm">Oz Ideas</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary">Wikipedia</a>, <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=yob">Urban Dictionary</a>, <a href="http://www.tonygraham.co.uk/house_repair/wattle_daub/WD-2.html#Heading192">Tony Graham</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araucaria_araucana">Wikipedia</a></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">***</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px;">See you Monday for <a href="http://happyhomemakeruk.blogspot.com/p/post-of-month-club.html">Post Of The Month Club</a></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://happyhomemakeruk.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i973.photobucket.com/albums/ae214/HappyHomemakerUK/HappyHomemaker20111-39a-1.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 110, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(255, 110, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 110, 0); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(255, 110, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px;" /></a><center><div style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;">And click <a href="http://happyhomemakeruk.blogspot.com/2011/10/giveaway-other-goodies-to-share.html">here</a> to see my current giveaway  :)</div><div style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;">Have an awesome day!</div><div style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">P.S. Excuse the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">inconsistent</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"> spacing between lines - I've been unable to fix it</span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><br /></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;">Linking to: <a href="http://www.chichomeschoolmama.com/">Monday Rewind</a></span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div></div></div></center></span></center></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/35/2FD701A88E1AB920883327F28E3E4BF9.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></span></a>

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