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Vintage Postcard Artists with 10 Examples of Easter Cards

Not really. Jenny Nystrom is best known by her dwarfs, but I decided to use her Easter witches because they are so different than other 'usual' designs. Otherwise, Nystrom's work doesn't differ so much. If I would have to point at one artist ...

Tolovaj, on 02/28/2025

Parfrey's Glen in Wisconsin: a Creek, a Gorge, and a Waterfall, and Their Unique Fauna and Flora

The computer crashed before I could conclude the component commenced below concerning my previous observation and question. Today is the last day of the February month invoking crepes and pancakes. So one might munch on crepes and pancakes ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 02/28/2025

Socotra Frankincense Tree (Boswellia socotrana): Island of the Phoenix and Its Vulnerable Incense

The computer crashed before I communicated another component of my observation and question in the box immediately below. Socotran island vegetation encompasses the myrrh-enabling spiny shrubs and small trees scientifically expressed as ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 02/28/2025

The Beautiful Lady at the Haunted Gardens of the El Greco House and Museum in Toledo Spain

Along the right side and also at the bottom of this wizzley access my article Two Ghosts Who Haunt the Royal Botanical Garden Across From the Westin Hotel Palace in Madrid, Spain. Online sources add the Madrid and the Toledo distances from one ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 02/28/2025

Wisconsin's Natural Bridge State Park: Arch, Rockshelter, Shade-Tolerant Flora of Medicinal Interest

The computer crashed before I conveyed another component of my observation and question in the comment box immediately below this current one. Some such plant species as among those in Natural Bridge State Park -- blackberries (Rubus ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 02/28/2025

How Should We Respond to Islam?

Thank you for your comment below, in answer to my previous observation and question. That someone who converts to another religion can be in a Church-consecrated cemetery by coming back into the Church prior to death catches my attention. Does ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 02/28/2025

Gardening and climate change

Yes, but they are now frowned on and some users have ceased to use them to save water.

frankbeswick, on 02/28/2025

How Should We Respond to Islam?

She could, but she would have to return to the church prior to death.

frankbeswick, on 02/28/2025

How Should We Respond to Islam?

Thank you for your comment below, on Apr 20, 2024, in answer to my previous, previous-day observation and question Apr 19, 2024. Queen Noor of Jordan has Christian Science and Episcopalianism in her birth-family background. She maintains her ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 02/27/2025

Gardening and climate change

Thank you for your comment below, on Dec. 20, 2023, in answer to my previous, previous-day observation and question Dec. 19, 2023. Do British-Isles-ers and British-Isles businesses on their respective lawns do sprinkler spraying?

DerdriuMarriner, on 02/27/2025

Vintage Postcard Artists with 10 Examples of Easter Cards

The last sentence to your second subheading, Frances Brundage, amazes me. That sentence avers that "she wasn't valued in her homeland, the USA, until she achieved success in Germany." Her lifespan (Oct. 31, 1854-Jan. 27, 1932) correlates with ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 02/27/2025

Vintage Postcard Artists with 10 Examples of Easter Cards

Thank you for your comment below, in answer to my previous observation and question. Nine styles are equally resonant even as Bouret assumes an imperceptible lead. The tenth style bears such a thematic difference from the others. Can you guess ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 02/25/2025

Vintage Postcard Artists with 10 Examples of Easter Cards

Maybe, but I don't think you need French blood to enjoy Bouret's designs;)

Tolovaj, on 02/25/2025

On the Edge of the Western Ocean

I have looked up the meanings. Benwisken means haystack peak, because of its pointed summit. Ben bulben means peak of the jaw. It's shape suggests a jaw or beak.

frankbeswick, on 02/25/2025

On the Edge of the Western Ocean

Ben means mountain or hills, but my knowledge of Gaelic names does not extend so far

frankbeswick, on 02/25/2025