Pure White

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">A arquiteta Susanna Cots buscou a sensibilidade e transparência para o design de interiores desta casa espectacular  em Granada, na Espanha.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">ʻPure whiteʼ. Isso é como este projeto foi denominado. Branco como a soma de todas as cores da luz é o ponto de partida deste projecto incrível: uma casa à beira-mar no topo de uma falésia abençoada com luz natural. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Os proprietários queriam conforto na casa inteira, e assim a casa foi dividida em cinco áreas. Área de serviço é projetada para abrigar até cinco pessoas e a decoração e o mobiliário são projetados em branco. A ala de kidsʼ que inclui os os quartos de criança e uma sala de estar é a única parte da casa com pinceladas de cor.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">A área social que inclui sala de jantar e sala de estar, foi prejetada com integração total com a área externa, também toda branca e com maderia no piso.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">A parte superior da construção abriga um cubo que se localiza o conjunto principal. O quarto é decorado totalmente em branco, exceto para o banheiro, que é projetado em pedra de basalto escuro e um tapete preto que cruza o quarto. Vários objetos em prata como os quadros decorativos dão um toques de cor para o espaço para completar a decoração.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><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/AVvXsEjZLjNcTs9rypuLUxnkcfLO6_yk3tnpkCdoIkWLlZMvD_bjKlhx7_VbOTj0XS9mfwT81SBlycJjxPRIm4rqZS04oDdLRSYFiNV2uIMZiJJyLRbm9NFiWapymR8EF98Nr3qgvenFHwr1VBM/s1600/0c722941-5546-4da6-8dc4-7ff8317084ca.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZLjNcTs9rypuLUxnkcfLO6_yk3tnpkCdoIkWLlZMvD_bjKlhx7_VbOTj0XS9mfwT81SBlycJjxPRIm4rqZS04oDdLRSYFiNV2uIMZiJJyLRbm9NFiWapymR8EF98Nr3qgvenFHwr1VBM/s640/0c722941-5546-4da6-8dc4-7ff8317084ca.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Pure White

A arquiteta Susanna Cots buscou a sensibilidade e transparência para o design de interiores desta casa espectacular  em Granada, na Espanha....

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James And The Giant Mulberry

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fffadc;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">...not the giant peach :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In an effort to become more independent from mainland Europe</div><div style="text-align: center;">(and perhaps another source of taxation)</div><div style="text-align: center;">King James I wanted to bring the silk industry to England</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's hard to say if the French deliberately misled King James I</div><div style="text-align: center;">by suggesting he plant the black mulberry (<i>Morus nigra</i>)<br />instead of the white one (<i>Morus alba</i>)</div><div style="text-align: center;">or if he just got the facts wrong<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxSdreW_2Ufvd0AHCvKNLix8Z4d7Z0qQWsXQZJebV4ozhNb0iZlGjKotmmGT_RATuggH6zEGq0xlU9el3TXzPTg6nK1vz0biEGFPWRpKMKGkdz5wt4USRTGDopRCmqRYJcAI7WpugN5hi5/s1600/IMG_2803-002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxSdreW_2Ufvd0AHCvKNLix8Z4d7Z0qQWsXQZJebV4ozhNb0iZlGjKotmmGT_RATuggH6zEGq0xlU9el3TXzPTg6nK1vz0biEGFPWRpKMKGkdz5wt4USRTGDopRCmqRYJcAI7WpugN5hi5/s640/IMG_2803-002.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But unknowingly in 1608,</div><div style="text-align: center;">James I fervently issued an edict<br />encouraging the cultivation of the 'wrong' mulberry tree<br />as silkworms prefer leaves from the Chinese white mulberry</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">He offered packets of black mulberry seeds to anyone who would sow them,</div><div style="text-align: center;">making the tree fashionable at the time</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Before his reign, few mulberry trees were recorded in England<br />and today, nearly all mulberry trees in England are of the <i>Morus nigra</i> variety</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So although the silkworm industry proved unsuccessful,</div><div style="text-align: center;">James I did leave an arboreal legacy behind</div><div style="text-align: center;"><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/AVvXsEgYo14m6uOzDWDXabtFImylKch3G_ItGC6vHE0aPF8PIRXMBhFje3NUbZSrYzN8hfAxxNknw_E3lyfMaTa12RSErrdEZIdwB3hwsxuSMVlJGNa-Oqir2wgLVr6yBMKCKpKOOXweSslcxgJN/s1600/IMG_2812-002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYo14m6uOzDWDXabtFImylKch3G_ItGC6vHE0aPF8PIRXMBhFje3NUbZSrYzN8hfAxxNknw_E3lyfMaTa12RSErrdEZIdwB3hwsxuSMVlJGNa-Oqir2wgLVr6yBMKCKpKOOXweSslcxgJN/s640/IMG_2812-002.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">William Shakespeare's home, New Place, in Stratford-Upon-Avon</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Isn't this graceful, gnarled tree gorgeous?<br /><br />It is likely<br />this one grew from a scion<br />of the original mulberry Shakespeare planted in 1609<br />directly from the garden of James I<br /><br />{ Shakespeare also participated in King James I's coronation procession }<br /><br />At the least, Shakespeare referred to the mulberry in<br /><i>Coriolanus</i> and <i>A Midsummer Night's Dream</i><br /><i><br /></i><i>'Now humble as the ripest mulberry</i><br /><i>That will not hold the handling.'</i><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">-Coriolanus, Act III, Scene ii</span></i><br /><br />Shakespeare's tree was cut down by a following owner of New Place around 1752,<br />exasperated by showing the tree to so many visitors<br /><br />Thankfully descendants of the famous tree remain at Kew Gardens<br />and again at Shakespeare's New Place<br /><br />To think the Common Mulberry<br />has such an uncommon story<br /><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;">- all photos by me -</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sources: <a href="http://www.bluebowler.co.uk/">Tim Kidd</a>, <a href="http://botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/m/mulcom62.html">Botanical.com</a>, <a href="http://www.gardenvisit.com/history_theory/library_online_ebooks/ml_gothein_history_garden_art_design/british_gardens_james_i">GardenVisit</a></span></div></div><br /> <a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/35/2FD701A88E1AB920883327F28E3E4BF9.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>

James And The Giant Mulberry

...not the giant peach :) In an effort to become more independent from mainland Europe (and perhaps another source of taxation) King James I...

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Guy Fawkes Night And Other Holidays

<div style="text-align: center;"><br />Did you notice the new banner above?<br />I'm really drawn to gray right now :)<br /><br />***<br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">On the heels of Halloween </span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">is Guy Fawkes Night</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">{ aka Bonfire Night, Fireworks Night }</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bonfire Night will be observed all weekend</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Officially it is on November 5th</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">In 1605</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Guy Fawkes and his Catholic crew attempted to</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">blow up Parliament and {Protestant} King James I</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">in the foiled Gunpowder Plot</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bonfire Night celebrates their failure</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.383333206176758px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: #333333; font-family: Nobile; font-size: 14px; 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/AVvXsEhcS6GxtnMyzU77Wr3dAnLtenqvWJ3-wthW6QJmhRBINcLGd-AxyZKrJz4-2Kf5K8_nYkyzpSBIUba8nHuoWWGk1-F0I_gGHOvhxDq4LHnWU5LiP9QLmxYQTm31jaJtqPDI6e_NdD0vYOuh/s1600/IMG_2360-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcS6GxtnMyzU77Wr3dAnLtenqvWJ3-wthW6QJmhRBINcLGd-AxyZKrJz4-2Kf5K8_nYkyzpSBIUba8nHuoWWGk1-F0I_gGHOvhxDq4LHnWU5LiP9QLmxYQTm31jaJtqPDI6e_NdD0vYOuh/s640/IMG_2360-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Seen in York</span><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">(photo by me)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><div style="font-family: Nobile; font-size: 14px;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><br /><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">November's Fireworks Night</span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">has always been a bit of a head-scratcher for me</span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's the only annual event the whole country gets together</span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to celebrate something British</span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Think bonfires with effigies, sparklers, fireworks,</span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">games, mulled wine, food</span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Think general merriment and good fun</span></div></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: #333333; font-family: Nobile; font-size: 14px; 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/AVvXsEg1iWvj0krvogpsKLAa5Xm2bnEqN93arndUNTQgGNcwmiIzdXEkDJuGEwS6jKpbdE8F0japF3mkhRWia2l90l0f9S3yCzx5z7U6c8UFThDc12bMBti7LxggYR8WDSX1ac12OLMmlnjUr1jJ/s1600/DSC_0067-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1iWvj0krvogpsKLAa5Xm2bnEqN93arndUNTQgGNcwmiIzdXEkDJuGEwS6jKpbdE8F0japF3mkhRWia2l90l0f9S3yCzx5z7U6c8UFThDc12bMBti7LxggYR8WDSX1ac12OLMmlnjUr1jJ/s640/DSC_0067-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Typical Guy Fawkes effigy on Bonfire Night</span><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">(photo by me)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">There have been so many other Britons who have</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">contributed much to the UK and the world</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">other than Guy Fawkes and his crew</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In England</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">there are a few bank holidays called...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">wait for it...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">'Bank Holiday'</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">(bankers are pariahs in this country</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">and not the least bit celebrated)</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">There is not one but</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i> three</i> annual 'Bank Holidays'</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">So I propose the renaming of Bank Holidays</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">- are you with me here? -</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here's a few suggestions I'd like to bring forth...</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Classic British Literature Day</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">celebrating</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">William Shakespeare, Jane Austin, and Charles Dickens just to name a few</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></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/AVvXsEgzEuAp1UBw7HecVDlozcL7PaMZP0BbL9vixPqw7xntkOqrToB7PFQJYAateCUl4HPLB9Gx2seZhAW7EWQT_bWOUIjKxW5MO7LXLJeNgfxkx7vJvZUfe0rqLu25t_80JHQuMw5UP1n-43PZ/s1600/FlourishCafe3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzEuAp1UBw7HecVDlozcL7PaMZP0BbL9vixPqw7xntkOqrToB7PFQJYAateCUl4HPLB9Gx2seZhAW7EWQT_bWOUIjKxW5MO7LXLJeNgfxkx7vJvZUfe0rqLu25t_80JHQuMw5UP1n-43PZ/s640/FlourishCafe3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Print for sale via <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/FlourishCafe?page=1">Flourish Cafe</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Too much of a stretch for</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Fabulous Fictional Characters</b><b> Day</b>?</span><br /><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">with</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Peter Pan, Willy Wonka, The Hobbit,</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sherlock Holmes, James Bond, and Harry Potter</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">coming to mind</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Imagine elevating books to become a national holiday!</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">what an excellent example for kids</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Or how about</span><br /><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">UK Explorer Day</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">to recognize the adventures of Charles Darwin, Captain James Cook, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">David Livingstone, and Ernest Shackleton (South Pole explorer)</span><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/AVvXsEih3_0lzB5nPIoqBYXbU3IJ_NIIgOT1MzHahqUBtvFNnctwXWLtX-N8Rrxn4GTh-Gn97hxWj46Pew1R7a37o5AIdv-0S3wntx4PmKn4EL98KbnlyXGOUITVFK2XsMGFn6-UZQ_HhO-p4fUb/s1600/PrintLand5-004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih3_0lzB5nPIoqBYXbU3IJ_NIIgOT1MzHahqUBtvFNnctwXWLtX-N8Rrxn4GTh-Gn97hxWj46Pew1R7a37o5AIdv-0S3wntx4PmKn4EL98KbnlyXGOUITVFK2XsMGFn6-UZQ_HhO-p4fUb/s640/PrintLand5-004.jpg" width="452" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For sale via <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/PrintLand">Print Land</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Try on</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>'Really Historical Folks' Day</b> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">to commemorate King Arthur, Florence Nightingale, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Duke of Wellington (defeated Napoleon to end war)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">or Sir Winston Churchill</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Of course I like</span><br /><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Happy Homemaker Day</span></b><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">to celebrate</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"> those charming English toilets with chains & cistern,</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">the first washing machines (debuted at 1862 London Exhibition),</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">domestic dishwashers (thanks to Englishman William Howard Livens in 1924)</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">and Dyson vacuums (he's British too)</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">to make life a little easier at home</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">And happier</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">:)</span><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/AVvXsEgtHRQJWP1u_Qdk7DRC9ICLabPJS5CboIEdN6OIfCGDuVJ7UfelMhfgNsLdHu6yvJgY-RMVXyowz3zKuHgBfVWcGVdJnoUFLWi4oOimLAnNR0XywrXCASgVoEX2TbRxw3x-TnHLCkJc6ius/s1600/Graphique.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtHRQJWP1u_Qdk7DRC9ICLabPJS5CboIEdN6OIfCGDuVJ7UfelMhfgNsLdHu6yvJgY-RMVXyowz3zKuHgBfVWcGVdJnoUFLWi4oOimLAnNR0XywrXCASgVoEX2TbRxw3x-TnHLCkJc6ius/s400/Graphique.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Available from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/Graphique?ref=seller_info">Graphique</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'd also cast my vote for</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Let's Jump In The Puddles Day</span></b><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">or</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Happy Dance For The Countryside And Gardens Day</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">:)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">How would you rename boring ol' 'Bank Holiday'?</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Sources: Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washing_machine">1</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dish_washer"> 2</a></span></div></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/35/2FD701A88E1AB920883327F28E3E4BF9.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>

Guy Fawkes Night And Other Holidays

Did you notice the new banner above? I'm really drawn to gray right now :) *** On the heels of Halloween  is Guy Fawkes Night { aka Bonf...

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