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{{{hugs}}}} I get where you mean.

Apparently there was a politician in America suggesting the guillotine, as an alternative for lethal injection last week. I'm not sure how much of that was headline grabbing.

@Sheri you bring up a good point, protecting our kids and let us not forget our pets from harm, is atop the list of important things we all must keep in mind.
After all the sights, sounds and magical allure of a water feature such as a fishpond, waterfall, stream and fountain captivate not only adults, kids and pets also find them hard to resist.
Your comment reminds me of a problem a good friend of mine was having with her neighbor’s tomcat. That damned cat, was finding it great sport, getting into her fishpond, killing her prized, let us not forget expensive Koi fish.
As for kids, my five-year-old daughter could lay on her belly for hours watching the brightly colored fish in the pond without bothering them. Many times the fear we have of something bad happening. Over shadows the many positive learning experiences, however, I believe we will all agree discretion is the better part of valor.
The truth of the matter, I know of no safety precautions that a child’s imagination, creativity and resourcefulness could not circumvent when he or she have a mind too. Fences make good neighbors as they say, but kids love to climb fences :)
Thanks for looking out for the kidos, Mike

This is great advice that struck a cord with me as I buy way to much stuff to make my kids happy and quiet while shopping. Now i realize the power of allowance not to mention the smart money lessons. Teachable moments...

Does this give you any coverage like foundation does? How does BB cream replace the coverage you get with regular makeup? I want to use this but need coverage.

I hope I helped:)
Thanks!

I'm glad Bryan is doing fine.

In Europe....Countries east of Italy...a few years ago.

You can't be sorry as much as I am, that I'm pretty sure. Was gruesome to say the least.

My jaw is on the floor here. Where on Earth did you see people executed by having their heads cut off with knives? :o

That aside, thank you for your information here. It does make this even more horrifically real than before.

I'm sorry that you have had to witness such things. :(

I guess that I'm doing gunshots and firing squads next then?

I have seen a few beheading (not for my pleasure) but never the guillotine. Some were done with axe, others with large hunting knives, some beheading were resulting of shrapnel wounds. Depending the person, and I guess his/her nervous system, some appears to die immediately (I assume nervous shock, brain shut down -I was told some people committing suicide by jumping from high building died even before touching the ground from heart failure-) but others had body movements (hands, harms, legs) for a few seconds (less than 5 seconds I guess). Never saw anything on the face but I was not really looking for that matter.
The people killed by knives/machete presents extreme pain on their face and most of the time you could hear the blood in their throat, nothing very fancy I can assure you.
I guess the guillotine was better as the cut was faster than let say an axe. There's a lot of documented stories about failure with axe and swords, especially during the middle age. So in that sense, sure it would have been better.
From what I know about the subject, the only fast, and painless as possible, way seems to be a bullet in the brain. People just drop.

Antique coke machine - Beach Boys - good memories.

Thank you katiem2. Yes, my animals keep me going.

That's an interesting snippet there, Tolovaj. Not one that I knew either. Thank you for sharing that :)

Thank you @Mladen and @brl I was hoping that Hunger Games fans would enjoy this tutorial. I was inspired to make the origami after reading the book.

Yes rolled oats can add a chunkier texture to the topping - thats very nice too. Thank you Sheila.

Thank you @2uesday, Tolovaj and Sheilamarie I think the Jungle theme is an adorable one for babies and young children.