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Bacon’s Castle: 350th Arthur Allen House Anniversary, Surry, Virginia

It's interesting how the buildings and the grounds were designed as a whole. There's the castle smack at the center and trees and then buildings placed symmetrically on the sides of the alley. Then the trees around the castle. Not all of them ...

Mira, on 08/22/2015

Coffee-Themed Valentine's Cards

I like my coffee in many variations. What I don't like is coffee through regular percolators because it goes hot through plastic parts. I like good straight espressos, cappuccinos, lattes, spiced coffee... I don't think I've tried any coffee ...

Mira, on 08/22/2015

Fun Christmas Gifts for a Three-Year-Old Girl

I'm often wondering how these kids will be as young adults. I worry that too many of them are exposed to the pleasures of technology before they learn to embrace the natural world. But other than that, I think it's good to teach them languages ...

Mira, on 08/22/2015

Coffee-Themed Valentine's Cards

Mira, The paired mugs and the coffee quote "Coffee..so I can find my mind" are so enchanting! Thank you for all the ideas and options! P.S. What kind of coffee do you favor?

DerdriuMarriner, on 08/22/2015

Pies for Christmas and Thanksgiving Family Dinners

Game pie is very tasty. It can contain venison, wild boar, hare, partridge, grouse, pheasant, or anything else obtained by shooting.

frankbeswick, on 08/22/2015

Fun Christmas Gifts for a Three-Year-Old Girl

Mira, The image of your niece making cabbage rolls is enchanting! The chef's kitchen, slide, and wheelbarrow look like such great cooking, exercise, and gardening fun. It's also so important to find the best learning tablet since so many pre ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 08/22/2015

Grizzly Bear Coins from Canada

blackspanielgallery, It's nice to know -- though no surprise -- that the Royal Canadian Mint has quality standards which it maintains through quality control. It means that coin recipients have something worth owning and passing on to future ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 08/22/2015

St. Nicholas Abbey: Jacobean Great House of St. Peter Parish, Barbados

blackspanielgallery, One of the draws of Drax Hall Estate is that its exteriors and interiors are far less visited than Bacon's Castle and St. Nicholas Abbey. So there's the persuasive attraction of feeling super-special and of sharing in a ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 08/22/2015

St. Nicholas Abbey: Jacobean Great House of St. Peter Parish, Barbados

Mira, Drax Hall isn't open to the public other than when it's its turn to be included on the Barbados National Trust's Open House Programme. So it's difficult to compare with Bacon's Castle and St. Nicholas Abbey, whose exteriors and interiors ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 08/22/2015

Bacon’s Castle: 350th Arthur Allen House Anniversary, Surry, Virginia

Mira, Yes! The gardens and the house are stunning. There was another Jacobean architecture-styled house in the United States, the Custis House in Williamsburg, but it no longer exists. So it's down to three very early examples: the Arthur Allen ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 08/22/2015

Pies for Christmas and Thanksgiving Family Dinners

I read Veronica's interesting comment and am writing here to ask her to consider posting her pastry recipe! Pastry is so difficult to get right. Of course, different people will like different things, but since she makes so many kinds of pie, ...

Mira, on 08/22/2015

Pies for Christmas and Thanksgiving Family Dinners

Thanks for the comment

blackspanielgallery, on 08/22/2015

Regrow Your Broken Or Damaged Teeth - What Dentist Don't Want You To Know! Comprehensive Info

Wow, this is incredibly informative, thank you so much for taking the time to write and update this Jerrico. I started to investigate a few months ago about this topics, because after braces ...

Guada, on 08/22/2015

Reasons For Not Writing On Content Farms

My traffic to my websites is soaring and has soared from the beginning. Most of my traffic is from Google. My sales are up as well. Google does not like Content Farms.

LindaSmith1, on 08/22/2015

A Nature Lover's Slice of Paradise: Purtis Creek State Park, Texas

Thanks!

swampnut, on 08/22/2015