Now an expert's saying that the famous Nefertiti bust is a 20th century fake:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hesdEvM5E_PC4GzRm3iHA9fAYdQg
For more ancient finds, including an amazing "millefiori" dish, go here:
http://news.aol.com/article/fake-nefertiti-bust/465482
I didn't get much sleep last night...but am hanging in there.
Hope you are, too.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Crime x the 20th Century
Here are the Top 25 Crimes, according to Time magazine:
http://www.time.com/time/2007/crimes/index.html
Crime may not pay...but it sure is interesting!
http://www.time.com/time/2007/crimes/index.html
Crime may not pay...but it sure is interesting!
Beautiful Day...But How Would I Know?
I'm mushing through the Klondike with Nellie Cashman this morning...
and trudging toward California, so I can be first at the goldfields.
(In other words, finishing up The Book.)
Wish me luck.
and trudging toward California, so I can be first at the goldfields.
(In other words, finishing up The Book.)
Wish me luck.
Monday, May 4, 2009
Monday...Spring!
aaahhhhh...
It's nice to be home.
The girls at the guild were wonderful. I enjoyed getting to know them -- and their pretty quilts -- very much. I also re-found a pattern company with amazing Civil War repro quilts: Bonnie Blue Quilts.
http://www.bonniebluequilts.com
Woke up this morning, went out to Home Depot and got a huge bag of potting soil, some perennials, and a $30 splurge: a four-foot climbing bush of gypsy red and yellow roses. The latter is going in a large copper planter I scored at King Soopers ($15). Doesn't that sound lovely?
This is a lot for chez Brick. I usually only buy a rosemary plant, some (more) perennials, a few petunias and a tomato plant or two. But I could just visualize those roses blooming softly at dusk while we sit out on the patio this summer...oh my.
And then, on the way home, I stopped to talk with our neighbor...who just happened to be toting out a garbage can full of daylily roots. Bingo.
A few are planted...but the rest, and everything else, has to wait until The Book is done. It's close...so close. It comes first. And the birds, the garden, the grass have to wait.
It's nice to be home.
The girls at the guild were wonderful. I enjoyed getting to know them -- and their pretty quilts -- very much. I also re-found a pattern company with amazing Civil War repro quilts: Bonnie Blue Quilts.
http://www.bonniebluequilts.com
Woke up this morning, went out to Home Depot and got a huge bag of potting soil, some perennials, and a $30 splurge: a four-foot climbing bush of gypsy red and yellow roses. The latter is going in a large copper planter I scored at King Soopers ($15). Doesn't that sound lovely?
This is a lot for chez Brick. I usually only buy a rosemary plant, some (more) perennials, a few petunias and a tomato plant or two. But I could just visualize those roses blooming softly at dusk while we sit out on the patio this summer...oh my.
And then, on the way home, I stopped to talk with our neighbor...who just happened to be toting out a garbage can full of daylily roots. Bingo.
A few are planted...but the rest, and everything else, has to wait until The Book is done. It's close...so close. It comes first. And the birds, the garden, the grass have to wait.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Sliding Into the Weekend
Almost done in Humble, TX...one more (very busy) day of appraising, then I jet home to Colorado...and Husband's waiting arms!
No more lounging about in the warm air, either. Husband says it's been close to freezing again. This weird Colorado weather -- we get enough warmth that the plants start to come up, and Mother Nature slams the door again on their hopes. Weird.
One Frugal Girl is cleaning out her leftovers:
http://onefrugalgirl.blogspot.com/2009/05/fridge-full-of-leftovers-and-most.html
Notes from the Frugal Trenches has been struggling with health issues, not to mention a snotty receptionist...check, and you'll see:
http://www.notesfromthefrugaltrenches.com
I love this cheerful Brit's blog. She's been sounding a little discouraged lately, for good reason.
Nellie Cashman and Nancy Kelsey want to go HOME to my editor; they've let me tweak their stories long enough. And a few hours need to be spent in the California Gold Rush before I go to my other work this morning. Have a good time in your weekend.
No more lounging about in the warm air, either. Husband says it's been close to freezing again. This weird Colorado weather -- we get enough warmth that the plants start to come up, and Mother Nature slams the door again on their hopes. Weird.
One Frugal Girl is cleaning out her leftovers:
http://onefrugalgirl.blogspot.com/2009/05/fridge-full-of-leftovers-and-most.html
Notes from the Frugal Trenches has been struggling with health issues, not to mention a snotty receptionist...check, and you'll see:
http://www.notesfromthefrugaltrenches.com
I love this cheerful Brit's blog. She's been sounding a little discouraged lately, for good reason.
Nellie Cashman and Nancy Kelsey want to go HOME to my editor; they've let me tweak their stories long enough. And a few hours need to be spent in the California Gold Rush before I go to my other work this morning. Have a good time in your weekend.
Friday, May 1, 2009
New Bones Solve An Old Western Mystery
They finally found Everett Ruess...
I am glad the mystery of this dreamy wanderer has finally been solved...but a little sad, too.
He had such talent, and would have been interesting to follow as he matured.
Now we find out he was robbed by some Indians (what a petty reason to die), knocked on the head and his body stuffed in a crevice.
Part of me would prefer to imagine him forever wandering about the back canyons, sketching and thinking...and signing himself 'Nemo' as he goes. Never aging...mysteries are like that.
http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20090501/US.Finding.Everett.Ruess/
I am glad the mystery of this dreamy wanderer has finally been solved...but a little sad, too.
He had such talent, and would have been interesting to follow as he matured.
Now we find out he was robbed by some Indians (what a petty reason to die), knocked on the head and his body stuffed in a crevice.
Part of me would prefer to imagine him forever wandering about the back canyons, sketching and thinking...and signing himself 'Nemo' as he goes. Never aging...mysteries are like that.
http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20090501/US.Finding.Everett.Ruess/
Frugal, The Quilt Show...and more
Getting organized does help you be more frugal: Lynnae's got an excellent point!
http://beingfrugal.net/2009/04/30/a-look-back-one-must-be-organized-to-be-frugal/
Several times, I've re-purchased the same item because I needed it "now" and couldn't find it on the crowded shelves of Brickworks inventory. On one hand, we can always use the 'missing' stuff later. On the other, we're not able to use it when we can't find it.
Going on a trip helps with that. You make do with what you have.
I apologize about the gripefest a few days earlier...I like planes, but you are so STUFFED into them. I am starting to feel like a pimento.
Houston is an interesting place. Flat as a pancake, compared to home. Some flooding, too -- this week, they had 12 inches of rain in 12 hours. Wow! It's not bad in Humble, where I am. Some worries about the flu -- in fact, they shut down a few schools here to disinfect them. Lots of worries about the flu migrating over from Mexico, which is so close. Mostly just worries, though -- not reality.
Appraising is going well. Some lovely quilts here...and sterling work. But I feel a little sad at the dearth of hand quilting. Not much evident in the quilts hanging in the show. (One huge lovely exception that won the hand quilting award.) I understand this...I understand why. But it is still a touch sad.
It is strange, though, to enjoy so many beautiful flowers...palm trees...people in shorts strolling about...
and know that Sunday night, my favorite flowers were covered with 6 inches of snow.
Back soon. Welcome to those who got here from THE QUILT SHOW: My Crazy Quilts episode is running this week!
http://beingfrugal.net/2009/04/30/a-look-back-one-must-be-organized-to-be-frugal/
Several times, I've re-purchased the same item because I needed it "now" and couldn't find it on the crowded shelves of Brickworks inventory. On one hand, we can always use the 'missing' stuff later. On the other, we're not able to use it when we can't find it.
Going on a trip helps with that. You make do with what you have.
I apologize about the gripefest a few days earlier...I like planes, but you are so STUFFED into them. I am starting to feel like a pimento.
Houston is an interesting place. Flat as a pancake, compared to home. Some flooding, too -- this week, they had 12 inches of rain in 12 hours. Wow! It's not bad in Humble, where I am. Some worries about the flu -- in fact, they shut down a few schools here to disinfect them. Lots of worries about the flu migrating over from Mexico, which is so close. Mostly just worries, though -- not reality.
Appraising is going well. Some lovely quilts here...and sterling work. But I feel a little sad at the dearth of hand quilting. Not much evident in the quilts hanging in the show. (One huge lovely exception that won the hand quilting award.) I understand this...I understand why. But it is still a touch sad.
It is strange, though, to enjoy so many beautiful flowers...palm trees...people in shorts strolling about...
and know that Sunday night, my favorite flowers were covered with 6 inches of snow.
Back soon. Welcome to those who got here from THE QUILT SHOW: My Crazy Quilts episode is running this week!
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