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Lighthouses of Ireland: Sentinels of the Sea Documentary
My product line accents the Fanad lighthouse even as other puzzles advance other Irish lighthouses.
Are there avid Irish- and other-lighthouse puzzle collectors?
My collection begins with Baily, Fanad, Fastnet, Galleyhead, Hook Head and ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/27/2024
Five Annuals That Attract Hummingbirds: Phlox, Garden Balsam, Jewelweed, Nasturtium, Tree Tobacco
My wildlife mapping assures me of area hummingbird presences even as the COVID-shutdown and the post-COVID-shutdown ambiances astound me with firefly, wild-onion and wild-strawberry absences.
The back yard still attracts hummingbird ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/27/2024
Book Review: The Illustrated Theory of Everything by Stephen W. Hawking
This book review is, since Wednesday, March 14, 2018, dedicated to the memory of Dr. Stephen Hawking (Jan. 8, 1942-Mar 14, 2018), with thanks for all the astrophysical truths that he manifested as simple truths for household-word-recognition ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/27/2024
Macaroni and Cheese Cupcakes Topped With Mashed Potato Frosting
Those who adore a macaroni-and-cheese main course perhaps appreciate macaroni and cheese cupcakes with mashed-potato frosting for the dessert course.
But does this dessert not only appeal to macaroni-and-cheese adorers but also to mashed ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/27/2024
21 Most Valuable Career Skills: Career Development, Guidance, Planning
Thank you for your comment below, Dec. 29, 2023, in answer to my previous, same-day observation.
How appropriately and astutely "Sadly missed" applies to Elementary (and in fact to the other series cancelled before their time: Elementary, ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/27/2024
Silphium Rediscovered
Thank you for your comment below, in answer to my previous observation and question.
Wheat adaptability intrigues me.
Is it the only adaptable grain or is such adaptability all part of -- ;-D -- being a grain?
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/27/2024
The Sliding of Solway Moss
Thank you for your comment below, on Jan. 23, 2020, in answer to my previous observation and question.
The library system does not have the Bellamy book even as some online sources drew me to some interesting bog-general, Solway Moss-specific ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/27/2024
Silphium Rediscovered
Mediterranean plants are suitable for low fertility soils. Some plants are adaptable, such as wheat, which grows well in the Mediteranean region.
frankbeswick, on 09/27/2024
Dark Gold: Garden Compost
No. They are both useful.
frankbeswick, on 09/27/2024
Forty One Years, One Walk
I doubt it. Of my three sons the eldest has artistic talent , the second is an excellent journalist, but has a sales job that sucks up his time, and the third is a civil servant who is so good at writing reports that he has a training role ...
frankbeswick, on 09/27/2024
A Colorful Journey: Comparing and Contrasting Mexican Folk Art With Polish Folk Art
Your product line of pillowed Mexican and Polish folk-art colors and designs appeals to me.
Are the designs just available as comfortable pillows and frame-able art or are there bedspreads, curtains and tapestries?
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/26/2024
Are Border Collies Really the Smartest Dog Breed?
Your conclusion that "Whether it's a Border Collie, a Poodle, a Golden Retriever, or a mixed breed from the local rescue shelter, each dog has its own unique way of being absolutely brilliant." appeals to me.
Have you seen the 2018 film Alpha?
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/26/2024
Rosewell: Early Georgian Architecture in Gloucester County, Virginia
Perhaps the roof telescope corner acts as most symbolic of what could have been had the Rosewell decline not happened.
Some 18th-century houses had rooftop gardens even as some others had telescope corners and still others had both.
Might it ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/26/2024
Exploring Traditional Japanese Tapestry Landscape Art: A Window into Nature’s Serenity
Your product line presents lovely nishiki brocaded functionally and ornamentally.
Nishiki tapestries perhaps, as with European tapestries, protected house beds, doors and walls.
Would there be such a line along with the above-featured products?
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/26/2024
Forty One Years, One Walk
Icelandic copyright lawyer, copyright-law university professor, fictionist and poet Ragnar Jónasson recently had an honorable mention for his poem Segðu mér eitthvað fallegt ("Tell me something beautiful") from the annual poetry competition ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/26/2024