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Corona virus mini quilt. I was inspired by the Rainbows the kids were putting in their windows, so I made a little quilt to put in mine. Stay home, stay safe.
Stayed home from work today due to the snowstorm. I wa good though and spent time going through papers for tax time..... ugh!
Of course I had to take a break and play with the boys in the snow, too! We had a blast playing catch, keep away and tug of war. Hard to believe Josh is now 10 and Ralph is 9.
It's nice to have a fenced in area of the yard now so the boys can play and run as much as they want and we don't have to worry about them.
"If you won't stay home for your sake,
stay home for Mine."
Thank you to the numerous Food delivery, Market, Emergency and especially the Healthcare workers that are shielding so many other people from this Pandemic.
You are amazing and i hope you know it.
I especially hope that the petitions for Nurses and Doctor student loan debt is wiped clean. Stay inside, stay safe.
... well what else can you do when it's been raining all day... even though my waistline will object... I hope my girls will be enjoying some of them later on when I pop over to pick up some shopping my daughter's got for me... social distancing is taking its toll- especially with the grand-daughters. Stay safe friends.. Another 3 weeks (at least) of lock down here in UK.
6 of 6: A quiet day for Brontë...or so she thought, continued…
Brontë: "Well you and Rumer certainly have your share of dramas...Maybe this is a good time, with this delay, to think about whether it is such a good idea for you to go to the opening of the gallery...Just think about it, you know it'll upset Rumer, speaking of which, where is Rumer?"
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Brontë is a The Girl from I.N.T.E.G.R.I.T.Y. Poppy Parker (2014, W Club Upgrade doll) wearing a vintage Pak Barbie gathered skirt (1962-1963) with a SquishTish blouse (August 2018). You can visit SquishTish at: www.squishtish.com/products
Brontë's glasses are from a Katherine Johnson Barbie (2018).
Mädchen is a Groovy Poppy Parker from the Style Lab Collection, "Poppy Parker: She's a Real Doll!" (2019, IT Live from Fashion Week Convention) wearing a cardigan by daffodilscreations on Etsy, a little "no name" top from ebay, and the bottoms of a babydoll from a Pillow Talk Poppy Parker (2009) and Momoko Cowgirl boots.
In these pictures:
The bicycle is a Roadmaster Luxury Liner (I added the basket).
Walls are Michael's scrap book paper.
The floor is by DreamStudioDollHouse on Etsy:
www.etsy.com/ca/shop/DreamStudioDollHouse/items
Pink Barbie Box is a Bandai Gashapon Barbie Mini Doll Collection miniature (2003).
Vintage miniature Barbie (in Brontë's pocket) is from a Day at the Fair # 1911 outfit (1965-1966).
Photo in vintage (green) Esco slide mount: "A Castle in Disneyland, Cal." 1962, photo in vintage (red) Esco slide mount: "An Empty Movie Theater, N.Y.C." 1971, photo in vintage (blue) Esco slide mount: "A house on a Hill, Hollywood, Cal." 1963, all are by Diane Arbus (1923-1971).
Stay snug and safe everyone!
the girls and I stayed home; he didn't get home until the evening. I couldn't resist crazy scissor hands. it's so hard to wait for downton abbey, which is so ridiculous to say. she's blazing through the witch of black bird pond it's hard to keep up.
I stayed home on Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day (WPPD) and photographed things close at hand.
Snack-time on WPPD.
Le Bambole Mk. VIII, "The Pin-Debonair Pinhole Camera". Kodak Ektar 100.
Stayed home and made up a batch of soup for those up-coming cold days. Set on a placemat hand-made by my quilting friend Diane.
A goal I made for myself this year was to read "The Fairie Queene". Well - I did it! If you are not familiar with it then I won't try and educate you right here. BUT ... with 6 + "books" of 12 cantos each, with each canto of maybe 50 stanzas of nine lines of verse each ... it is a chore to get throguh. but WOW - it"s wonderful and quite entertaining. I didn't read it all at once, I can only take so much of it at a time as the language is tough as you can see in the next photo. However I am very proud of myself and quite satisfied having accomplished this task.
Uploaded for fun. Im sick and stayed home from school so i was going through all my photos and i like this one. I may try to take pictures today for my 365.
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I stayed home on Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day (WPPD) and photographed things close at HAND.
Toss me a line, will yah - but please don't leave me dangling. :)
Le Bambole Mk. VIII, "The Pin-Debonair Pinhole Camera". Kodak Ektar 100.
Just collected the loaner car this morning, 27 November 2021, after staying home the last four weeks. SO thankful that a kind friend came with me and drove it back to my place. I don't think I will be driving it further than the local shops, though. Horrified to see that the car is bright, bright red with big signs all over it saying that it is a loaner! Talk about standing out on the road! On top of that, it is like an ice rink (black ice) outside this morning! You have to be really careful when walking, and if you don't have to go out, it's safer to just stay home.
Sadly, Gottlob Schmidt died on 3 December 2018 at the age of 94. I feel honored to have met this amazing, generous man in 2016.
hannafuneral.ca/tribute/details/72/Gottlob-Schmidt/obitua...
"Generosity comes in all shapes and sizes. On 30 July 2016, six of us from Calgary had the honour of meeting a 92-year-old gentleman who has lived most of his long life on a huge area (380 hectares, 939 acres) of beautiful land near Hanna, Alberta. Though Gottlob Schmidt (known as Schmitty) has now moved into town (Hanna), he is not far from his beloved land and still loves to spend a lot of time there. My friends and I understand why. This untouched land is not only beautiful to the eye, with its undulating hills with small, scattered pockets of Aspen woodland, but it also hides all sorts of natural treasures, including the wildlife that enjoys this native grassland. There are so few areas of native grassland left in Alberta, so each one is very precious. Schmitty told us that he has never seen his land looking so green! Perhaps not too surprising, as we have had so much rain recently, usually accompanied by thunderstorms. In fact, the rain started on our return journey to Calgary and I was driving from our meeting place back to my house in torrential rain. I found a good scattering of small hailstones covering my lawn, too.
This is where the word 'generosity' comes in. Two years ago, Schmitty donated all his land to Alberta Parks, along with certain strict regulations (listed on a link below) on how the land was to be used. He was very warmly recognized for his extreme generosity. The Park is known as Antelope Hill Provincial Park and, when Schmitty is no longer able to visit and enjoy his old, family homestead, the Park will be opened to the public. For now, it remains his own, private property.
The highlight for us was meeting Schmitty himself. I can only hope that I might be lucky enough to be in half his shape if I ever reached that age! It was an absolute delight to spend a little time with this man with the big heart, when we first arrived and again later in the day, when it was time for us to head back to Calgary. We also got to meet Schmitty's good neighbours, Donna and Ken.
www.albertaparks.ca/media/5788002/antelope-hill-pp-fact-s...
calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/you-can-thank-this-man-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIVVBdkoUVY&feature=youtu.be
My friends (specialists in mosses, lichens and liverworts and other things) and I, were given permission to spend the day there, to list all our findings. Our time was spent climbing one main hill and walking part way around it, calling in at several of the small areas of woodland. This bright yellowy orange fungus was hidden with others within the trees. These were the other highlight for me! It is quite rare that we come across one of these Amanita Muscaria mushrooms, and it is so exciting and such a treat when we do! Of course, it's just a "fungi nut" talking, ha. They are so attractive, especially at the earlier stage when the cap is like a round ball, covered in white flecks, but also poisonous! I will add a previously posted photo of the earlier stage in a comment box below.
"A large conspicuous mushroom, Amanita muscaria is generally common and numerous where it grows, and is often found in groups with basidiocarps in all stages of development. Fly agaric fruiting bodies emerge from the soil looking like a white egg, covered in the white warty material of the universal veil... Amanita muscaria poisoning occurs in either young children or people ingesting it to have a hallucinogenic experience... A fatal dose has been calculated at an amount of 15 caps. Deaths from this fungus A. muscaria have been reported in historical journal articles and newspaper reports. However, with modern medical treatment a fatal outcome because of the poison of this mushroom would be extremely rare."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_muscaria
Various plants were good to see, too, including about four Prairie Crocuses that were still in bloom. I hadn't seen Skeletonweed for a long time, but there were quite a few small clusters of it. A new plant to me was a tall one with white flowers - White Evening Primrose (seen in my next photo). The occasional gorgeous wild Rose made a bright splash of colour, too.
Of course, for me, any visit to a ranch would not be complete without wandering by any old barn/shed/cabin. Another find was a beautiful, old, glass doorknob on one of the sheds.
On our return walk back to the cars, I suddenly spotted a huge, green caterpillar on the trail. A Tomato hornworm. It had been years since I saw any kind of huge, green larva and, though not my favourite things, I was glad to get a photo of it.
After a few hours of exploration, the only things that we were so happy and relieved to leave behind were the mosquitoes! Never had I seen so many of them - the air was filled with these tiny, blood-sucking insects that followed us every step of the way!
Thanks so much, Heide, for driving Sandy and myself all the way out there - about a two and three-quarter hour drive. Much of the distance was on the same roads that I had driven last week with my daughter, but this was the first time I had ever been as far as Hanna and just beyond. Hanna now has a Tim Horton's, opened around three months ago : ) Thanks, Heide, too, for trying to find the old railway roundhouse - unfortunate that there was too much construction in the area, so one can't get to the roundhouse. And thank you so much, Peter, for arranging and organizing this wonderful trip! Most importantly of all, our thanks to Schmitty, who so kindly allowed us to share the special land that he has called home for so many decades. Our thanks for allowing us to spend the day there and, even more importantly, thank you for your great gift to all Albertans, with your incredibly generous donation of Antelope Hill Provincial Park."
Staying Home Covid-19 is here and we all have to stay at home to halt the spread of the virus. We photographers are reduced to taking pictures in the house, so here are a few things of interest.
Frozen Lockdown We are still under isolation conditions, despite the politico posturing, trying to make things that aren't true policy for the future.
No Alpine tunnels here, just the cold blast of reality captured for your edification.
Photographic Information
Taken on 1st May,2020 at 0928hrs with a Nikon Coolpix S3300 digital compact camera, post-processed in Adobe Photoshop CS5.
© Tim Pickford-Jones 2020
I discovered this relatively basic shirt on the Shein.com website back in May. The shirt was included in a charity sale, proceeds of which were donated to a United Nations fund set up to support the World Health Organization in the fight against the COVID-19 coronavirus.
It was very apropos that this shirt, with its "Let's Stay Home" message, was part of that charity sale. Yes, staying home is the pits. But with the virus still spreading like wildfire here in the U.S., it's the best thing right now. Or at the very least if you must venture out, wear a mask. It's better to take any precaution than to risk the health and lives of you, your loved ones, and total bystanders.
Oh, here I pair this shirt with my trusty PVC leggings and a determined look on my face that says, "Uh, uh, you're going nowhere."
Ohaiyoooo
The time is hard, and some peoples havent a good time , i know it willnot help but maybe i can bring you a little smiley on your face , be careful and stay at home
Love you ♥
Brontë. Staying home is a great time to read. Brontë to Samantha: "Where should I begin?" referring to one of their all-time favourite books...
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Brontë is a The Girl from I.N.T.E.G.R.I.T.Y. Poppy Parker (2014, W Club Upgrade doll) wearing an awesome t-shirt by LevitationFashion on Etsy, a pair of jeans from a Cherry Pie Picnic Barbie (2015) and Momoko sneakers. Brontë's glasses are from a Katherine Johnson Barbie (2018).
In these pictures:
Cabinet is from a Milady / Principessa / Galletti Dining Room
set (c. 1965).
Club chairs are from a Barbie’s New Dream House # 4092 (1964-1966).
Gloria table (repainted).
The floor is by DreamStudioDollHouse on Etsy :
www.etsy.com/ca/shop/DreamStudioDollHouse/items
Walls are Michael's scrap book paper.
The vintage map of the province of Gelderland, of the Netherlands, was produced by the Dutch makers of King peppermints, year unknown, 1960s?
Two Nikon cameras are from Glico Toys Time Slip series (2002-2004) (slightly bigger than 1/6 scale).
Other camera in cabinet is a keychain Lubitel 166 by Lomography.
Other camera is a keychain LC-A+ by Lomography.
Computer is from a set called "1/6 Scale Model Set Of 3 Notebook Mobile Phone Taplet For 12" Action Figure" on ebay.
Pink Barbie Box is a Bandai Gashapon Barbie Mini Doll Collection miniature (2003).
Miniature Barbie "Busy Gal" is a Bandai Gashapon Barbie Mini Doll Collection miniature (2003).
Miniature Barbie is a Hallmark Keepsake Barbie Travel Case & Mini Barbie (1999).
Vintage "How To Lose Weight" book (Incidently the answer on the back of the book is: "Don’t Eat" (!)) is from the Barbie outfits: Barbie Baby-Sits outfit # 953 (1963-1964) / Slumber Party # 1642 (1965) / Sleepytime Gal # 1674 (1966-1967).
Miniature deer is from Michael’s.
Miniature Hot Wheels is a "World's Smallest."
Miniature club chair, and paper doll Barbie are from a miniature of Barbie’s New Dream House # 4092 (1964-1966) AND:
Miniature Poppy Parker are by DutchBarbieWorld on Etsy:
www.etsy.com/shop/DutchBarbieWorld
Cat Mask from a Barbie Audrey Hepburn Breakfast at Tiffanys Cat Mask Outfit (1998).
Little white dolls in basket are "Salvaged Dolls" by Tim Holtz.
Miniature 1962 Barbie Dream House and books by me.
Re-Ments.
Photo in vintage (green) Esco slide mount: "A Castle in Disneyland, Cal." 1962 by Diane Arbus (1923-1971).