I was obsessed with my RA in college. She was equal parts friendly and sarcastic, her humor was at times sophisticated and other times involved a lot of poop jokes. The first 30 days of 30. Outsize Influences in my life.

Plus their simple and grand European precedents. Personal, designed landscapes for food and ornament and social interaction. Monday, December 8, 2014. 1743 Benjamin Franklin on making wine from grapes. An Almanack For the Year of Christ 1743. By Richard Saunders, Philom. Franklin, at the New Printing-Office near the Market. 1730 Gentleman with a Glass of Wine by an unknown British artist. Sunday, November 30, 2014.

Sunday, January 11, 2015. I was talking with someone about renovating an old house a few months ago and I came to. Of the things I love about old houses are the details, sometime quirks, that they have. Darryl Carter, same room, different view. Some of my favorite details are shutters and moldings. Looks still has its original shutters.

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Mary Astor, Margaret Millar, and Celuloid Hell. I put it that the title character, Rose French, had seen her Hollywood career done in by age. They were covered, from floor to cei.

A wry take on life from an independent-minded horsewoman, long-time hostage to an old stone farmhouse with too much garden in South-West France. An Unexpected Visitor for Christmas. Friday, January 5, 2018. Christmas rolled in here on chilly billows of dense fog. Not that the animals expect the day to be any different from their usual routine and, with the exception of a heartier-than-usual dinner, neither do we. So, where was I? Really did appreciate the thought.

Hon Albert Gallatin Brodhead house in Jim Thorpe, PA. Chips Off the Old Block. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of the Lehigh Valley, PA. 8211; published in 1905. To view the home, click here. For more about Albert, please see this post.

Life at Sinclair 3168, Buenos Aires, and sometimes elsewhere. Blimey, blog I have neglected you terribly. Buenos Aires rat race views. Semolina monkey puzzle nut cookies. Yes, I sound like I float around in potato sacking, chewing.

Welcome to The Early Modern Commons. For blogs covering the period c. There are 426 active blogs listed in EMC, tagged by topic areas. List and descriptions of the tag topics. All the blogs included in this site.

Tales and Strong Opinions, From Maine, Regarding Architecture, Art, Books, Design, and Landscape. A beautiful Greek Revival house, built c. 1840 on ancestral land for the Glidden family of Newcastle, Maine, owners of an ocean sailing fleet of clipper ships. edges of the classic New England houses, making this an ever rarer exam. Of photographs of Maine Architecture is a must-visit.