Bookcases Make This Reading Room

I love this room of bookcases. It's a wonderful reading room for one. I would add only a matching ottoman. Absolute heaven.
Book. Book. Book.

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The Authentic Tudors | National Portrait Gallery

Mary Nevill, Lady Dacre and her son, Gregory, Baron Dacre. Lady Dacre's life reads like an historical novel with a twist - a common tale of murder, plague, hanging and multiple marriages with this formidable lady bullying Henry VIII into doing what she wanted. Rare for a woman, Mary is placed on the left side of the pairing, a position traditionally reserved for male authority. The position may reflect her strength of character and power in the family and contemporary accounts indicate that Gregory was dominated both by his mother and later by his wife Anne Sackville. Oil on panel 1559, by Hans Eworth (1540-1573) the most talented painter working in England following the death of Hans Holbein. National Portrait Gallery, London. Please enlarge the powerful image to fully examine the Elizabethan period costumes worn by Mary 36 and Gregory 21.

I tried my best to get really interested in The Tudors on Showtime but just couldn't. I thought the actor playing King Henry VIII was just too slight of build to be believable. The Tudors in this double portrait have some meat on their bones.




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Sleeping Book Nook

Isn't this wonderful use of a small space? I think it is. I might require better reading lights but otherwise it's perfect. The juxtaposition of the gym foot locker and the antique old world painting works, doesn't it?
book lovers never go to bed alone




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Dead Celebrity Font | Helvistica

This made me laugh. Elvis would have loved having Helvetica, the 1957 sans-serif Swiss font turned into Helvistica.




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Baxter, the Miniature Dachshund

I want one of these! Isn't this the cutest puppy ever? The lady at the bank is always calling my dog Baxter instead of Webster.

Baxter Runs | Flickr




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Beach Day | Banned by Sign

Who's in charge here? What's a girl to do in a situation like this? Turn around and go back home? No Way!!! fun photo




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Harriet Beecher Stowe | On Architecture

This quote is still true in America for the most part. There aren't that many new houses being built that can stand the test of time either architecturally or structurally.

Harriet Beecher Stowe | 1811-1896 | American Author and Abolitionist




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Chickpea Burgers | Recipe | Vegan

I was reading a friend's Natural Health Magazine and I thought this recipe for Middle Eastern Chickpea Burgers sounded good. Too lazy to recopy, I snapped a few photos with my pocket camera. Sorry for the poor quality. Enlarge to read. Don't these sound easy and good? I always have cans of chickpeas on hand and brown rice too. 100 calories each. Yum. I think they'd be good without the bun too. I'm going to make them tomorrow for Meatless Monday.




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BE THE ONE to Help Restore America's Gulf

Watch this video and Sign the petition.




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Beatrix Potter Hated Publicity

I'm so glad she succeeded in becoming an old woman. On moving to the Lake District, Potter became engrossed in breeding and showing Herdwick sheep. She became a respected farmer, a judge at local agricultural shows and President of the Herdwick Sheep Breeders' Association. Read more . . .

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A Wonderful Video To Entertain You.

Hoedown from Rodeo from Eleanor Stewart on Vimeo.

This is absolutely amazing. I hope you will take the time to watch.
Have a great weekend, Rosemary.

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Mad Men Premier | Season 4 Begins | July 25

Tomorrow Night. Can't wait. Mark your calendar. Set your DVR. I'm going to see if I can find the last episode of Season 3 and watch it "On Demand" to refresh my memory. Mad Men | About the Show - AMC




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Exotic Serval Kitten Adopted by Ridgeback Dogs

Shakira the Serval kitten finds puppy love in her adoptive home "Peeking out from among these puppies this tiny kitten may look a little out of her depth but in fact she is right at home. Shakira, the five month-old Serval cat, was welcomed into this unlikely clan after she was rejected by her mother from a local zoo near Munich, Germany." She's right at home with this pack of Rhodesian Ridgeback dogs.

I love stories like this with happy endings, don't you?




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New Mexico Architecture with Blue Door

New Mexico Door.
This is lovely, isn't it? I've never been to New Mexico.




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Life's Little Instruction Book | Volume II | Page 16

I love the one about the three Rs. And the one about eating one daily meal together as a family too.

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