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Belgian arch bridge

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:00:00 -0500

This bridge was built at last year's Belgian Jamboree, by members of Ploeg Technieken, who have featured previously with the cloverleaf lashing. Kim notes that this was built 'only with manpower, no cranes, winching ... just people with hands ;-) 'Th

Basilica de San Martin de Tours

Richard Macalintal — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:39:00 -0500

Minor Basilica de San Martin de Tours (Taal Cathedral) is considered as the largest in Asia and biggest church in the Philippines. San Martin de Tours is the Patron Saint of Taal with the feast day every November 11th of the year.The church was first

McDonald’s Malaysia: Golden Arches Over The South China Sea

EverythingEverywhere — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:37:59 -0500

Ayam Goreng aka Friend Chicken This post was nine months in the making. Just as Malaysia is split into two distinct parts, my visit to Malaysia was separated by over half a year. I visited Sabah and Sarawak on Borneo in January and I visited Penins

Great Blue Heron Watercolor Seascape Painting

Bunny Griffeth — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:15:00 -0500

Finished this week, this great blue heron watercolor seascape painting is a small 5 X 7" done on Arches 140 pound paper. This is a Wet Canvas weekend drawing event reference photo. Thought for today...... in line with the Jan Phillips video from y

Web Design For Small Business

Osdindia — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:29:00 -0500

Any type of web development project is going to be an important, necessary, and pricey job. This is especially true for small businesses, who are dependent upon new clients to keep their services up and running. One way to “sink and reel” new cli

Summer's at an End....

01sassy — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:23:00 -0500

Unless of course we get a lucky break and get an Indian Summer - maybe????But what a fitting challenge theme from Gothic Arches, and I had just the stamps in mind from My Favourite Things. I created a chalked background and then layered stamps and pa

What Your Arches Are Telling You

yuccalab — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:32:40 -0500

With boot season in full swing, we thought we would provide a little guide for the often mis-understood piece of foot anatomy: The arch. We cut, trim, polish, and paint our nails to no end, but most of us fail to understand that the arch is an e

LEGO Taj Mahal

Doug K — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:03:00 -0500

LEGO Exclusive Taj MahalBuild the breathtaking Taj Mahal!The famous Taj Mahal jewel of India is known all over the globe for its incredible beauty and elegance. Now you can recreate this modern wonder of the world for yourself! Designed for experienc

White Flower Watercolor Painting

p conyers — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:42:00 -0500

White flower watercolor painting measures 8 X 10", on arches 140 pound paper. I had originally done the background in black, sea green and blue.... but found it too bland. When I added the magenta, it gave it a richer color. This is from the weekend

Evan's Twenty Two Year Portrait!

carol carter — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:14:00 -0500

Okay guys... here it IS-- a small tutorial on how i paint a portrait.as many of you know.. i am painting a portrait a year... of my son. this is his 22nd portrait!i feel privileged and honored to capture him as he marches from childhood to adulthood.

HOW TO - Pizza earth oven

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:15:11 -0500

Instructables user fritz.bogott made this very fancy earth pizza oven, and documented every step of the way. He writes: After several years of baking in North House Folk School's wood-fired brick oven, I decided to build an oven of my own. I went

Can you guess where this is?

jacqui — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:27:00 -0500

This was us earlier at one of my favorite tourist spots here in Sunny Airport Town. Can you guess where it is? Look closely at the red and white boxes with little golden arches on them.We popped in to get an ice cream sundae this evening on our way t

White Flower Watercolor Painting

Bunny Griffeth — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:26:00 -0500

Seascape Watercolor "Sailing in to New Harbor"

Bunny Griffeth — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:55:00 -0500

New seascape watercolor measures 11 X 13", done on Arches 140 pound paper. The spot for this painting was one of those rolling green hills of Block Island, Rhode Island, at the end of the day sailing in to New Harbor for the evening. Thoughts about

A Boy and His Truck

Judy M. — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:46:11 -0500

About the Painting: Medium: Watercolor on Arches 140# Cold Press Paper Size: 12 x 9″ Currently double matted and framed to 16×12″. To see this painting framed, please visit my website WatercolorDesigns.com. Price with frame: $125.0

Ruby Temptress

Gemma Wiseman — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:23:00 -0500

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Dromana Hub Shopping Centre, Mornington Peninsula~Ruby Tuesday prompt~Dromana Hub Shopping Centre is sporting a new coat of paint. Gone are the sea blues and sand yellows. Now there are two ruby entrances and a few colour contr

Volcano! announces European tour + album out TODAY

welikeitindie — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:30:00 -0500

The 3 weirdos of Volcano! release their new and sophomore album Paperwork today and have announced a series of European shows in support.October15 Debaser Malmö, Sweden17 Revolver Oslo, Norway18 Debaser Slussen, Stockholm19 Loppen Copenhagen, Denmar

Crocodile Needlefish (Tylosurus crocodilus)...

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:43:00 -0500

Now here's a fish picture I know I haven't posted before. It's a Crocodile Needlefish. These guys get up to about 3 feet in length, maybe a bit more, and we see them from time to time diving as they are soliciting cleaner wrasses to pick the parasi

Bushy eyebrows are back - Los Angeles Times - 24Olsen

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:26:24 -0500

SOURCE: "ashley olsen" OR "mary-kate olsen" - Google NewsBushy eyebrows are backLos Angeles Times, CA - 45 minutes ago... while other fair-haired celebs such as Sienna Miller and Mary-Kate Olsen have been darkening their arches to g

New Mini One Cooper bodykits and styling

cartuningguide — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:14:50 -0500

This Mini Cooper S has had one hell of a makeover. It has a full bodykit and fantastic mother of pearl effect paint job. With its revised grill and flared arches and the custom retro mini looking round rear lights we have a serious looking show class

SOME GREAT BOOKS FOR THE BEGINNING MURAL ARTIST

Karen Hetzer — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:47:00 -0500

Because I am a self taught artist, books were (and still are) an invaluable resource for me, and I'd like to share some of them here. Most of them I have purchased but you can find a lot of them at your local library as well. These I've linked the t

Getty Mountain

Trulyfool — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:19:00 -0500

Human clusters children the placeFloors, walkways, marbleize, monumentalate.One's foot-arches, extenuated hams,Require the sitting, the terraced concrete stream bed.Sculptural rest beneath the re-bar stalks --Sheaves of them -- hung with bouga

Finding High Heels That Won't Kill Your Feet

yuccalab — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:58:45 -0500

In continuing our self-help posts, we thought we would offer a little fit advice for those that succumbed to the skyscraper heel trend that flew through the fashion world this summer. What to look for when shopping for high-heels: The Right Paddi

Gorilla, Animal Artwork Watercolor

Bunny Griffeth — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:07:00 -0500

This new artwork, a gorilla in watercolor, is a 5 X 7" on Arches 140 lb paper, from a reference photo for the weekend drawing event at Wet Canvas. The challenge was to use two complimentary colors - so I chose yellow and purple, and once I started

Which are the BEST PLACES to HAVE SEX?

maakadoodh — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:38:00 -0500

Are you always complaining that your sex life is running out of steam? Well, what’s stopping you from getting adventurous and innovative? Charge up your sex life using this list of the 10 craziest places to fool around...or you could get inspired a

HiTech Stadium becomes NFL Flagship

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:17:32 -0500

The old saying goes that “everything is bigger in Texas.” Well, that couldn’t be more true for the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium which promises to be the largest stadium ever built, with the largest support arches ever constructed, and doors tha

Museum 1 2 3 and Museum Shapes

Jessica Camis — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:24:00 -0500

Welcome to Art Book Friday! I’ve already told you about a great board book that uses art to teach colors. Today I want to share two picture books with you: one that teaches numbers and one that teaches shapes.Museum 1 2 3 was created by the Metropo

THE MUNDANE MONTH OF BLOGGING™ - DAY 28

Michael Psycho — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:46:00 -0500

You know, sometimes I think that I have too many shoes, and then I realize that I'm thinking that way because I only have two feet.I tend to favor comfortable shoes as I get older that seem to expand in size as the years go by. I could have sworn tha

Five Rules Of Healthy Shoe Shopping

yuccalab — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:51:28 -0500

We at here at Shoeflair are constantly are on the look-out for tidbits that help our readers with their shoe shopping experience. With all that we write about the latest and greatest styles from exotic designers the world over--finding the perfect

Evensong in Leominster

Feo — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:44:00 -0500

I went to church while I was out and about this summer. That’s ‘to church’ rather than ‘to a church’, just to be clear about it. I do the latter quite a lot, checking out the architecture, browsing the gravestones. But apart from weddings a

annelize & riaan engagement session

Annemari — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:35:13 -0500

I had an engagement shoot with the lovely Annelize and Riaan on Saturday morning. They decided that would like to go to Wilderness and so we started our session at Lientjiesklip and walked all the way to the three arches under the highway, up to the

Major Motorcycle Gang Rally Held In Region

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:00:15 -0500

Between August 21st and August 24th, law enforcement staff from Canyonlands and Arches, assisted by personnel from Glen Canyon, Black Canyon, Hovenweep, Natural Bridges and Glen Canyon, joined other regional law enforcement officers – a total of 20

What to Order

Sheryl — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:18:00 -0500

Papa Wins is going to Manila for the weekend. I have to think of something that he could buy for us (as pasalubong!) that is not available here. Leelai ordered a Thomas and Friends toy. She ordered "Gordon" specifically. I asked her why, a

Cool Spaces: Trinity Church

thegirlnextdoor2u — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:41:00 -0500

Funny how you live in the City for years and every day, pass the same buildings, some of them famous enough to be visited by thousands of tourists a year, and one day, you decide, hey, I feel like going in, and you do, and you find that a sanctuary f

Floral Arrangements - Choosing The Right One

Chris Simpson — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:30:14 -0500

There are many different types of floral arrangements which are designed to be used in wide variety of situations. From wedding bouquets to table center pieces and party floral decorations, floral arrangements are an excellent way to express your fee

Floral Arrangements - What Goes Where

Chris Simpson — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:47:24 -0500

Afternoon Delight

A. Secret — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:15:00 -0500

He knows where she's going as she's leavingShe is headed for the cheatin' side of townSo you send me off to lunch, off to meet him, with three little words..."Think of me"Perhaps when I climb into his lap and his big paws slide up under my shirt and

New Audi TT RS

Rony — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:17:29 -0500

New Audi TT RS is equipped with a new 5 cylinder engine volume of 2.5 litres capacity of around 350 hp. Distinctive features new items are aggressive front bumper, light discs huge dimension, extended wheel arches, new rear-view mirrors, powerful bra

ROMANDIE.

dontpanic — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:20:00 -0500

Communiqué de presse du Romandie. J'informe, car je bosse quand même là-bas parfois. Introduction Construction, rigueur et structure, sont les trois vecteurs de communication au départ de la réflexion de la nouvelle image du club Le Romandie.

Panda Watercolor Painting

Bunny Griffeth — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:16:00 -0500

This Panda watercolor painting measures 11 X 15 on Arches 300 lb paper. The background of bamboo was done using a Chinese painting technique....wanted to make sure this cute guy had plenty of bamboo to eat!From "Chinese Brush Painting Techniques", a