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Christmas on Zazzle
The person owns the design, and can place it on any product. If the seller does not have the design on something else a inquiry can often lead to having it done. I refused once, but the product was postage stamps. Yes, Zazzle allowed postage ...
blackspanielgallery, 5 hours ago
Leo the Fourteenth
We not only have a new Pope, but have two archbishops. One is aging out, and his replacement is already here. The new archbishop will completely take over once the clergy abuse case is over. Somehow, people who are accusing clerics of other ...
blackspanielgallery, 8 hours ago
Guide to Sourdough Bread Using Cups, Ounces and Spoon Measurements
The recipes are delicious!
But which do you prefer: Dutch oven or oven or something else?
DerdriuMarriner, 8 hours ago
Christmas on Zazzle
The third subheading, Can the Design from One Item Be Used on Other Items?, ends with the observation that "Remember, if you ask the person who created the design it might be possible to put that design on another product."
Is that permission ...
DerdriuMarriner, 8 hours ago
Religious Gardens
The second subheading deals with edible gardens.
Did community diets or religious beliefs and traditions or both drive which plant dwelt there?
DerdriuMarriner, 8 hours ago
Religious Gardens
Great insightful piece.
blackspanielgallery, 1 day ago
Wedding Welcome Sign Ideas
dustytoes, She does stay very VERY busy! She's a mover and a shaker. I only wish she had more free time to hang out with me. We do get our quality time in when she's not directing the hustle and bustle of a HUGE wedding or other event.
katiem2, 3 days ago
Guide to Sourdough Bread Using Cups, Ounces and Spoon Measurements
dustytoes, Glad to hear you will be enjoying sourdough bread. It is a good and healthy bread to enjoy.
katiem2, 3 days ago
White Nosed Coati (Nasua narica): New World Ringtail With Noxious Scent Glands for Defensive Volleys
For those wondering about Richard Lydekker's description of the white-noted coati's snout as "upturned and . . . capable of a considerable amount of motion" in the caption for the illustration of Nasua nasica by Victorian era natural history ...
DerdriuMarriner, 7 days ago
Ring-Tailed Ground Squirrels (Notocitellus annulatus): Mexican Mammal Drawn by Jean-Jacques Audubon
For those wondering about stone lithographer William E. Hitchcock:
Pennsylvania-born William E. Hitchcock (ca. 1822-May 30, 1906) lithographed primarily for Peter S. Duval and John T. Bowen, according to Philadelphia on Stone Biographical ...
DerdriuMarriner, 7 days ago
Ring-Tailed Ground Squirrels (Notocitellus annulatus): Mexican Mammal Drawn by Jean-Jacques Audubon
For those wondering about the depictions of two ring-tailed ground squirrels as Annulated Marmot Squirrel (this post's ninth image):
The squirrels were illustrated by French-American artist, naturalist and ornithologist Jean-Jacques Audubon ...
DerdriuMarriner, 7 days ago
Ringtail Panda (Ailurus fulgens): Red Cat-Bears of Mountainous Southwest Asia
For those wondering about the illustration of the ringtail panda by Dutch zoological illustrator Joseph Smit (this post's 10th image):
The depiction by Joseph Smit (July 18, 1836-Nov. 4, 1929) appears opposite page 507 as an illustration for ...
DerdriuMarriner, 7 days ago
Giant Pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) and Green Organic Panda Dung Tea of Sichuan Province in China
For those wondering about the giant panda series of children's books by Jon J. Muth:
The giant panda Stillwater series presently (October 2025) comprises eight children's books by American illustrator and writer Jon J Muth (born July 28, ...
DerdriuMarriner, 7 days ago
Giant Pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) and Green Organic Panda Dung Tea of Sichuan Province in China
For those wondering about Scott Gustafson's illustration of a giant panda (this post's ninth image):
Chicago,Illinois-based American artist Scott Gustafson (born Dec. 7, 1956) has illustrated magazines and children's books and has accepted ...
DerdriuMarriner, 8 days ago
Ruth Harkness and the First Live Wild Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) in the United States of America
For those wondering about photographs of the giant panda taken by Kermit Roosevelt, as mentioned in this post's fourth image:
Theodore Roosevelt III (Sep. 13, 1887-July 12, 1944), often known as Theodore Roosevelt Jr., and Kermit Roosevelt Sr. ...
DerdriuMarriner, 8 days ago