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[EN] Somebody's got to watch out for all this stuff. I think he's doing quite well. (On loan from my son)
[DE] Jemand muss ja auf das ganze Zeug aufpassen. Ich glaube, er macht das schon ganz gut. (Leihgabe meines Sohnes)
The Thinker, reflecting on Mother Nature, extinction and the history of our planet. A portrait of Andre Sanganoo-Dixon with a 3D printed replica of the dinosaur skull of the Natural History Museum’s iconic Diplodocus carnegii. London, UK. May 09, 2019. Photo: Edmond Terakopian
Problems are the part of one's life. But there's no problem without any solution. Each problem has a solution,sometimes the number is more than one. Only thing we need to do is think. Think about the problem,think about the paths that can make the matters easier,and the solution will come out by itself.
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I admit that I love baking. I think I'd do it every day if I had the money and enough people to eat the goods. ;-) It wasn't always that way... I grew up helping my dad more than my mom, as in those days I would have rather been outside with the animals - watching baby piglets be born, racing around the yard with the dog, playing games that involved spears and nunchucks with my brother (yes, I just referred to my brother as an animal... haha). But once I hit college and veterinary school, I found myself enamored with the process of baking: the recipes, the careful combination of ingredients, the smell of cookies and cakes in the oven, and, best of all, the delighted and occasionally impressed faces of my friends as they took their first bite.
Let me also say that I don't have the same relationship with cooking. That is still a chore, though I manage to do it fairly well now.
In any case, this is a recipe that should be shared, because these are perfect fall cookies - pumpkin. They are light and fluffy and moist, almost like a cakey cookie, and they pair up wonderfully with apple cider. So, here you have it. I usually double the recipe so that I have enough to give away.
Pumpkin Cookies
1/2 cup margarine (1 stick, softened)
1 cup sugar
1 cup canned pumpkin
1 egg
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp baking powder
Combine margarine, sugar, pumpkin and egg. Beat until fluffy. Combine all dry
ingredients, add to wet, beat until blended. Drop by teaspoons onto greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-15 minutes. (Be careful, and pull them out before the bottoms start to brown up too much.)
Frosting
3 tablespoons butter/margarine
3 cups powdered sugar
3-4 tablespoons of milk
1 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla
Combine butter, sugar and milk in bowl and beat, adding more milk if needed to make desired consistency. Add vanilla at end.
And there you have it. For the double batch I use just one whole can of pumpkin, even though there's only about 1 3/4 cups in a whole can, and it turns out fine. Because of the frosting the cookies tend to stick together if you pile them in a container, so it's best to keep them in the fridge if you do that. Oh, and of course you can add things to them, like chocolate chips or nuts or raisins, but I prefer the pure fluffy texture of an unaltered cookie.
Enjoy!
Rainy dreary weather has me yearning to photograph some of the many warblers I hear singing in my yard. Unfortunately, they don’t seem to want to come out and play either. As a result, I drift back looking at some of the photos I’ve taken over the past 6 months. Instead of a drab grey day, I think pink will do. This Roseate Spoonbill was more than happy enough to pose during my visit to Peaceful Waters Sanctuary. I always enjoy this quiet little retreat. #RoseateSpoonbill
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The Thinker (French: Le Penseur) is a bronze sculpture by Auguste Rodin, usually placed on a stone pedestal. The work shows a nude male figure of over life-size sitting on a rock with his chin resting on one hand as though deep in thought and is often used as an image to represent philosophy. There are about 28 full size castings, in which the figure is about 186 centimetres (73 in) high, though not all were made during Rodin's lifetime and under his supervision; as well as various other versions, several in plaster, studies, and posthumous castings, in a range of sizes. Rodin first conceived the figure as part of his work The Gates of Hell commissioned in 1880, but the first of the familiar monumental bronze castings did not appear until 1904
A little different than Rodin's famous sculpture. I'm not sure what artist made this one that sits prominently on the campus of Bowling Green State University.
Did you know the human eye is able to differentiate more shades of green than any other colour? The belief behind this is one of evolution and survival when our early ancestors relied on being able to find food, water and life. We are reassured and feel safe when seeing green.
positive psychological qualities of green
When we see green our eye requires no adjustment. This is because it is at the centre of the colour spectrum, making green very restful, creating balance and harmony. It provides reassurance, restorative and refreshing. In nature the bright light fresh green represents new life and new growth.
It is the colour that represents universal peace and universal love, that of mother earth and the environment.
negative psychological qualities of green
Green, like any colour also has negative traits. Too much green or being surrounded by the wrong shade of green can bring up the feelings of boredom, lack of life and stagnation. It can also communicate rot and decay.
“Absolute green is the most restful color, lacking any undertone of joy, grief, or passion.
50 shades of green
There are so many shades of green from the bright yellow chartreuse, lime, cool jade green, emerald, forest, bottle, to the olive and khaki greens just to name a few.
Think this was August 2004 and a real motley collection of ageing vehicles, all cascaded from within First into Taunton.
Carlyle bodied Dart 46002 H802GDV was new to North Devon so really just a move within the old Cawlett Group. Sent down from First Centrewest was ex London Dennis Lance SLF 67311 ODZ8911, whilst the Lynx was 62726 G125HNP, drafted down from Midland Red West.
Had to rescue this a bit as the original shot was a bit over exposed because of the bright sunshine.
Sometimes it just seems so hard to do... Today I got lost on my photos and my thoughts, and the sunset and and the memories and the music coming through my headphones:
Meg Mucklebones scared the hell out of me as a child. It wasn't until adulthood that I was able to watch her scenes with my eyes open. Now you too may share in my terror, albeit in Lego form.
In order to rescue the last unicorn and the girl he loves, Jack must enter the fortress of Darkness. The castle itself is surrounded by a mysterious and ominous marsh. It is here he encounters the swamp hag Meg Mucklebones.
I was really hoping Lego would have given us the Battle Droid arm in Lime Green by now. So until I find a better solution, this will have to do.
This build utilizes some custom pieces from Brickforge and BrickWarriors.
This Lego character is from the 1985 Ridley Scott film "Legend."
I honestly didn't think Colleen and I were going to come home with a single doll on Thursday afternoon. After she got out of work, we headed to a pet supply store (now that my Jeep has been repaired and it's safe to drive on the highway). We always stop at Target on the return trip home, since it's literally on the way. I glanced at the website earlier in the week, wondering if we could catch sales while we were there. Sadly, there didn't seem to be any offers going on. I needed to get pet supplies this week though, so I couldn't put it off. When we arrived at Target, all the toy aisles were a MESS!!! I noticed when we walked into the L.O.L. section that there were sale tags EVERYWHERE!!! My mind was boggled by the half empty shelves and the misplaced dolls. We spent way more time in Target than usual, making sure to check every nook and cranny for any potential treasures. I was bummed out that Year of the Tiger tot and pet were sold out (they were just $3 each...and I've been hoping to buy them). Of course, we did manage to score four tots. I remember wanting the Arcade Heroes boys when the line first came out (but they were a pricey $21 for the Series 1, $15 for Series 2). I realized that their boxes display images of the character inside...so you don't have to worry about the surprise element. That's why I was able to buy two boys from the same series! You can see in this photo that someone had ripped the front of Bhaddie Bros' box open...poor guy (I pulled back the other two dolls' boxes to make sure I wasn't wrong about the boxes being character specific). The Series 1 boys were $6 each; Series 2 had been marked down to $4 each (there was another guy from this wave, but I opted to only buy the dolls I really wanted). I found one lone Remix Hair Flip girl by herself in the board game aisle. She was not quite $5 (marked down from $16). I was delighted when Colleen opened this box up at home and revealed Roadie...she's my favorite from the series! I rarely buy Barbies, but when these Cutie Reveal dolls came under my radar, I fell in love. I was bummed that the bunny and puppy were sold out. For some reason the kitten was still full priced...that's why I only bought panda Barbie. She was $7, marked down from $25 (I want the rest of the series someday when they are discounted). She might be my favorite find of the day...but I adore them all (it depends on who I'm currently admiring). I also included these little clay pieces that are meant for using with UV resin. I got them at Michael's for 50% off (they cost me $5). I love creating doll jewelry with UV resin, so it's always handy to have things like this around. It was so much fun acquiring this haul of dollies...the flea market has been a bust most of this year so far (and last weekend we couldn't go since my Jeep was being fixed).
Dolls in photo from left to right:
-2021 Cutie Reveal Panda Barbie
-2020 Arcade Heroes Series 1 V.R. Dude
-2021 Arcade Heroes Series 2 Dribbles
-2020 Arcade Heroes Series 1 Bhaddie Bro
-2020 Remix Hair Flip Roadie
Dating to the 1920s, IBM founder Thomas J. Watson summed his philosophy in a singular word. More on IBM THINK signs here.
[ by Lylah M. Alphonse, Senior Editor, Manage Your Life ]
[...]The Pew Research Center recently found that 40 percent of Americans think marriage is becoming obsolete. Another recent Pew study found that Millennials (people age 18 to 29) say they think being a good parent is way more than having a good marriage.
Once considered an imperative of sorts, traditional marriage is getting a second look—and research suggests that it may be coming up short. Instead of considering themselves to be happily married, some people are discovering that they're only "semi-happy," and their quest for fulfillment can lead them to extramarital affairs and divorce.
A semi-happy marriage is one of low conflict, low passion, and low satisfaction. "One minute, you love the stability and contentment. The next minute, you think it’s not the right marriage, and there are flaws in the marriage that are serious, even though there are also great things about the marriage," says historian Pamela Haag, author of "Marriage Confidential: The Post-Romantic Age of Workhorse Wives, Royal Children, Undersexed Spouses, and Rebel Couples Who Are Rewriting the Rules." In other words, "one minute you can't imagine staying, the next you can't imagine leaving," Haag says. "It’s these kinds of marriages that are 'low-conflict' but not all that satisfying that contribute the lion’s share to divorce court each year."
Her own 13-year-long marriage almost fit the bill. "Often, in my own case, I really can't tell if my marriage is woeful or sublime," she writes in her book. "Maybe I'm just so profoundly content that it feels like unhappiness, because nirvana is dull in this way, it lacks frisson." (She adds that she thinks her husband is "an amazing sport, and brave, to let me write about this topic of mixed feelings at all, even though a good number of husbands and wives have mixed feelings.")
Boredom can also cause major marital problems. A national survey of 3,341 people by advice website Good in Bed and Kristen Mark of The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction found that 25 percent of people are are bored in their current monogamous relationship, and another 25 percent admit to being "on the brink" of boredom.
“Boredom is basically like an attack on a relationship’s immunity system," says Ian Kerner, PhD, founder of Good in Bed and author of "Love in the time of Colic: A New Parents' Guide to Getting It On Again." "It’s not a coincidence that a fifth of respondents admitted to being unfaithful to their partner as a result of being bored."
While most of the women Haag interviewed said they felt lonely in their semi-happy marriages, men told her that they felt "trapped" or "penned in." It didn't seem to matter if they married "too young" or waited until they were older; what mattered was what people expected from their marriages. And for many, the traditional blueprint that their parents followed is simply no longer a good fit.
"It’s sometimes said that marriage is on the decline because our expectations are too high," says Haag. "I think it’s that our expectations for marriage may be too low—such that single people feel, perhaps rightly, that there isn’t much that marriage would add to their lives."
"My generation—people in their 30s, and 40s, and early 50s—are perhaps caught betwixt and between the old romantic ideals and the new post-romantic expectations," she adds.
Haag emphasizes the fact that she's a historian and not a marriage therapist, and says that she does not "endorse a particular marital style." In her book, she explores several suggestions for "forging a third way between melancholy persistence and divorce," ranging from slightly outside-the-box (rewriting your vows to more accurately reflect your life as it is now, for instance, or sleeping in separate bedrooms) to the extreme (redefining marriage as a temporary parenting agreement or giving the green-light to discreet extramarital affairs, among other things.)
Even so, people can still end up feeling only semi-happy. "There's a part of your soul that isn't nourished in marriage, and it's too big a part to live without," Haag writes. "You've tried, but you fear that you're in the wrong marriage, however wonderful your spouse may be."