A smile - Tag I’m it!
A smile is a window on your face to show your heart is at home.
Thank you for including me in the tag game, but as you can see I am not a very good player, I don’t know who to tag now? Any volunteers? LOL :o)
1. Link to the person or persons who tagged you.
http://motivart.wordpress.com/
http://oregonfineartgallery.blogspot.com/
2) Post the rules on your blog (see bottom)
3) Write six random things about yourself.
- I am a daydreaming night owl
- Love to watch Criminal Minds
- Always curious
- Coffee with milk, no sugar please
- I am a geek chick @ heart LOL
- Love the ocean
- not so good at playing tag LOL, see oops that’s 7, I’m done :o)
The rules:
1. Link to the person or persons who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Write six random things about yourself.
4. Tag six people at the end of your post and link to them.
5. Let each person know they’ve been tagged and leave a comment on their blog.
6. Let the tagger know when your entry is up.
Happy Halloween
What do birds give out on Halloween night?
Tweets…
** Fractal Friday & Weekly FFF will return next week :o)
Hodge Podge Day
Pashmina
photo from www.kathmanduaffairs.com website
I came across a new word today . . . PASHMINA
In text it said something like, “I remembered I had a pashmina” and I thought, what??? I had to read on. So now I know what Pashminas are. (see photo above and read more about it & them on the kathmanduaffairs.com website.
It’s a lovely word, with a nice ring to it, also very exotic sounding, especially when you say it slowly. :o)
Regent Sun
Date photographed: July, 1995, arriving at Halifax. Image credit: www.chesterahoy.com
Whatever happened to the Regent Sun?
She was the last ship I worked on in 1991, and I was curious to find out if she had been refitted and was cruising under a new name . . . or what?
Name / Owner: REGENT SUN Regency Cruises, reg: Nassau.
Year built / Builder: 1964, Chantiers de l’Atlantique, St Nazaire, France.
Details: 25,338 gt, 628 ft x 81.4 ft. Main engines: Four Parsons-Chantiers turbines producing 25,000 shp driving twin screws for a service speed of 20 knots. Cruising accommodation for 816 passengers (as originally built, 72 first class and 1018 tourist class passengers).
History: Completed as the SHALOM for Zim Israel Line’s Haifa to New York service. Sold to German Atlantic Line in 1970 for Hamburg to New York service as the HANSEATIC. Sold again to Home Lines in 1973 when renamed DORIC. Returned to service after a major rebuild in 1974, cruising from New York to the Caribbean. Sold to Royal Cruise Line, renamed ROYAL ODYSSEY in 1981 and given another refit. Sold to Regency Cruises in 1988 with the above name. Laid up at Tampa later in 1995 when Regency collapsed. Moved to Grand Bahama in 1997 but plans to convert her into a floating resort fell through and she was moved to Freeport sold first to Tony Travel & Agency as the SUN and then to International Shipping Partners as SUN II during 1998.
“Left Freeport June 7, 2001 as the SUN under tow to breakers in India. Reported to be taking on water and to have a list of 34 degrees when off Cape St. Francis, South Africa on July 25, 2001; sank at 7.05 pm local time.”
I was sad to read this snippet above from www.chesterahoy.com’s website, very sad indeed. She was a sleek and very solid ship.
KIWIS
above images from wikipedia website
I was slicing a kiwi this morning and thought to myself, . . .hmm what do these fruits grow on I wonder? Bushes, Trees, Vines? . . . kiwifruits grow on VINES!! :o)
Happy Canada Day!
LOOK AND FEEL CANADIAN BREATH SPRAY
see more, read more: here
Summer Schedule
I’ll be switching over to a bit of a Summer Schedule starting today, . . . my postings will wind down somewhat as I take some time to enjoy the birds and the bees :o)
Happy Summer!!
Here’s a list of DIGITAL mags & stuff for your reading and viewing pleasure!
Digital Arts Magazine
Computer Arts Magazine
Photoshop User MagazineNAPP - National Association of Photoshop Professionals - become a member
New Digital Painting Masterpieces Flickr Group for the Lark Book!
Here’s a clue or two
Clue #1 photo above
Clue #2 English translation for French word: CLOU
. . . any guesses? (please drop ‘em in the comment box)
Pop by tomorrow to find out what this fellow is really doing!! :o)
Guess what this fellow is doing?
Any idea what this fellow could be doing? . . . hmmm?
Leave your guess in the comment box, OR
Check back tomorrow for another clue!! :o)
Robert Crumb
Long day, now for some light reading….Robert Crumb, Volume 4 - Mr. Sixties!
See ya on the flip side :o)
Online plagiarism, content protection
This might seem a bit off-topic but I came across a few websites lately who displayed a little banner that stated:
“Page copy protected against web site content infringement by Copyscape”
“Do not copy content from the page. Plagiarism will be detected by Copyscape.”
Being a curious person, I googled them to fine out what their service was all about. You enter the URL (website address) you would like them to check and they return content matches. They provide both a free and paid service.
Here is their website: www.copyscape.com
& you can also read more on the wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyscape
Spot of tea?
I am a coffee drinker, milk no sugar please. But my daughter has a liking for flavoured teas. So everytime I go shopping I look for those sampler packs, you know the boxes that have an assortment inside. So far she has not really liked the ones I have picked up, too minty, too fruity, too bland!! I wonder if this one might steep her interest?
image from The REPUBLIC of TEA website
“Heaven Scent. Forming a perfect union, fragrant jasmine is married with tender White Tea buds, imparting a heavenly aroma for an exalting cup.”
If you have any recommendations, suggestions, please leave a little comment below!
see more, read more: here
