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Thinking About Painting Your Walls Pink?
A traditional belief that activates a traditional trend is the harmonious appearance of pinks with grays. That association supposedly drives -- at least traditionally, as late as the late 20th century -- color matches in expensive eateries and ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/10/2023
The Origins of the Irish: a review
None at all.
frankbeswick, on 07/09/2023
The Origins of the Irish: a review
It had to have been quite overwhelming to lose inheritances in so many ways, even through forced marriages.
It's a bit surprising to me that such a measure was not thought of before King John. King William I and -- particularly if the worst ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/08/2023
A Forest for the Future
I don't think that there is any east and west pond division on this matter.
frankbeswick, on 07/08/2023
A Forest for the Future
Online sources indicate that eryri does not mean "place of eagles." They list as an accurater meaning "highlands." They note that eryri traces to the word eryr, as a "highland, ridge, rise, or upland region" relative of the Latin word oriri for ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/08/2023
The Origins of the Irish: a review
John initiated a system whereby Saxon heiresses were forced to marry Normans, which shows that Saxons were not entirely spent. But people were thinking of themselves as English. But that did not prevent Saxon resentments, hence Saxon ...
frankbeswick, on 07/07/2023
Frances Brundage, an artist of picture books and postcards
Some images have Frances' signature even as others have no such authorship indication.
Were there any serious contenders to copying Frances' style so well as to confound even experts?
Would it make a difference if a Brundage collectable lacked ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/07/2023
Thinking About Painting Your Walls Pink?
The laundry room looks attractively and logically arranged.
But I wonder about the structure on the wall right of the stackable dryer and washer. Would that be some kind of door or some kind of window blinds?
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/07/2023
The Origins of the Irish: a review
Matilda was considered Norman even as her husband Geoffrey, who always wore broom blossom (planta genista), was Angevin, correct?
How were the Angevins/Plantagenets viewed by the Normans, and how were the Normans viewed by the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/07/2023
The Origins of the Irish: a review
Whilst I agree with the corruption theory, I disagree about the idea of Saxon involvement. The Saxons were a spent force by this time. It was 150 years after the Norman invasion and in fact, John was John Plantagenet, a Plantagenet King. Not ...
Veronica, on 07/07/2023
The Origins of the Irish: a review
Certainly, but thevwholevstory reeks of corruption.
frankbeswick, on 07/07/2023
Frances Brundage, an artist of picture books and postcards
It looks like Frances' mother lived from 1820 to 1907. It also looks like Sarah outlived her husband, but not her daughter.
Might Sarah have lived with her daughter even after the latter's marriage to William Brundage?
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/06/2023
Thinking About Painting Your Walls Pink?
The image with the Bathroom subheading has quite an attractive bouquet on the wall.
Is the bouquet painted onto the tiles or is it something like an adhesive, see-through poster that sticks onto the tiles?
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/06/2023
The Origins of the Irish: a review
It can be elucidatingly pertinent to consider what the sources are for the loss of the Royal Treasure as King John was crossing the Wash.
How do we know about that loss? Is the source King John or someone within his coterie? Might it not ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/06/2023
The Origins of the Irish: a review
The Wash is shallow. The wreckage of wagons would easily stand out, but there was no wreckage found and no treasure.It had been, in colloquial English, nicked.
frankbeswick, on 07/06/2023