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Saturday, we had a fantastic time at a blogger get together at Larry & Bev's home, also known as "Almost Heaven". Having been there, I can attest to the fact, it is truly, "Almost Heaven". Their home is tucked away on a quiet inlet on a reservoir in the Smoky Mountain foothills. See that cute little dock in the middle?
It's not so little. It's more of a party barge than a dock. It seats 25, has a fridge, sink and tons of counter space and we had so much fun, food, and friendship. It was wonderful getting to spend the day with our magnanimous hosts, Larry and Beverly of Big Dude's Eclectic Ramblings, Sam and Meakin of My Carolina Kitchen, Katherine and AJ of Smoky Mountain Cafe, and six assorted kids.
The food was excellent, as expected, but we could have all made great food at home. The memories I will cherish was the fun we all had together. I could go on for hours and still not capture the socializing & hilarity that went on. You know all of those people that got to go to Camp Blogaway last month? I no longer envy them!
I didn't do a great job remembering to take pictures but my 3 favorite pics are of the kids after they had been in the water for about 5 hours at this point. These were taken within 60 seconds of each other.
Thank goodness Katherine's daughter Lauren had a boat license.
She could transform this....
Into this, with a twist of a jet ski throttle!
It was a small event but I would not trade it for the world. I can not WAIT until we get together again. Our club house and pool will have a tough act to follow whenever Alexis and I host one of these! Larry, can you fit your jet ski or your boat in a 6' deep pool?
Now on to tonight's dinner. It was awesome too and even Brett's picky eater girlfriend loved it.
Arroz con Pollo
Source: Adapted by Nibble Me This from Joy Of Cooking (97 version)
1 whole chicken, cut into wings, thighs, legs, and boneless breasts
2 Tbs poultry seasoning (click for the recipe I use)
1 Tbs black pepper, ground
1 ea yellow onion, half of it diced, half of it sliced
1 ea green bell pepper, half of it diced, half of it sliced
1 ea Anaheim pepper, roasted, peeled, seeded and diced
2 cloves garlic, peeled but left whole
4 oz smoke ham, diced
2 cups long grain rice, uncooked
1 clove garlic, peeled and minced
1 Tbs paprika
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
3 cups chicken stock
1 can diced tomato, drained (didn't have any fresh)
1 sprig fresh oregano, chopped
1 cup green peas (fresh or frozen thawed)
1/3 cup roasted red peppers, sliced
1/3 cup brine cured olives, pitted and chopped (These applewood smoked ones are AMAZING)
Preheat a cast iron skillet direct heat over at 350f fire. (That would be medium high on a stove top.)
Season the chicken pieces with the poultry rub and pepper. You could just use salt and pepper but I like the extra layering of flavor.
Add about 2-3 tablespoons of bacon grease or butter to the skillet and then brown the chicken pieces on all sides, which should take about 10 minutes. Remove the chicken pieces to a plate and reserve 2-3 tablespoons of the pan drippings in the skillet.
Add the peppers, onions, whole garlic cloves, and ham to the skillet and saute about 5 minutes. The reason I slice some and dice some of the pepper and onions instead of just dicing it all is that I like how the longer pieces look in the final dish. I do the whole cloves of garlic because diced garlic would burn during this stage but I want the flavor in there.
Add the rice to the veggie mixture and stir, tossing until the rice is well coated. Saute for 1-2 minutes until rice gives off a nutty aroma and starts to brown. Stir in the minced garlic, paprika, salt, and pepper.
Add the stock, tomatoes, and oregano, stirring with a wooden spoon to deglaze all the goodies from the bottom of the pan. Return the chicken to the the skillet, cover, reduce heat to 275f to 300f (medium on stove top), and let simmer for 20 minutes. I was having a little of a hot spot in the back of my Egg last night so I turned the skillet a quarter turn every 5 minutes or so.
I had a bit of a time trying to get the Egg back down to 275f but it seemed okay at 300f.
After the 20 minutes, I stirred in the olives, red pepper, and peas. I covered it and cooked another 5 minutes, just to heat through.
Remove and serve family style.Did this dish gain anything from being cooked by live fire on the Big Green Egg versus on a stove top? Not really, but there were some advantages for me:
- I didn't heat the kitchen up.
- I got to enjoy the sun going down as I cooked.
- When the dish was done, I thought the chicken needed a touch more color so I grilled it for about 60 seconds and put it back in the skillet.
- I got to play with fire!


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Thursday, April 22, 2010
A few random things about me
127 comments:
- Stephanie said...
I did the same thing when we rescued our cat, sophie! I had never had a cat before in my life, and my whole family is allergic--lucky for me I am not!
- April 22, 2010 at 4:50 PM
- Bumpkin on a Swing said...
My favorite part Katie is the part about riding the subway to see the people.
Whenever I was in Chicago the only time I have been to a big city, I wanted to just stand at the window whereever I was and see the people. When we go to New Orleans I sit Indian style right in the middle of Jackson Square and do just this. I believe I am closer to peace there than anywhere on earth. You and your photography are amazing, and I duplicated your baskets at my park last week. - April 22, 2010 at 4:57 PM
- Simply Mel {Reverie} said...
#6 and #8 ~ you are absolutely wonderful!
- April 22, 2010 at 5:00 PM
- Katie said...
Depression runs in my family too:). Luckily, we can all rise above it. Love life!
- April 22, 2010 at 5:01 PM
- keishua said...
I crave food base on looks. I am weird about texture too-no soggy bread!
- April 22, 2010 at 5:02 PM
- HappyKathy said...
I seriously LOVE this post~
- April 22, 2010 at 5:08 PM
- Maria-Thérèse ~ www.afiori.com said...
I love reading facts like these about people :) Thank you for letting us in. Yay, I'm a vegetarian too and have been my entire life. Don't think I could rub a cat on my face and still breathe though. Sadly.
- April 22, 2010 at 5:11 PM
- Francesca said...
This is so lovely.
I don't see how you could ever be shy or depressed, you always seem so happy and outgoing! - April 22, 2010 at 5:12 PM
- Kate said...
Katie, I love your blog! I just had to comment that my name became "Spanke" the day I got married. :-) (Pronounced like Spanky) So me and Moo have that in common. Maybe I should change my name to Kate Moo?
Thanks for adding smiles to my week! - April 22, 2010 at 5:16 PM
- Hope Chella said...
You're awesome and your photos make me merry happy always :) xoxo
- April 22, 2010 at 5:17 PM
katie, i feel like i'm your long-lost twin (and my name is cathie tahaha)!
a lot of people in my family suffer from depression too. and i was terribly TERRIBLY shy when i was little! i still am kind of shy, as in, i have never raised my hand in class. ever.
and i too, love a genuine smile. a smile can make or break a day :] - April 22, 2010 at 5:28 PM
- Carlee said...
Your blog always leaves me with the biggest smile on my face! I love reading it at work; helps me get through the day. :)
P.S. I LOVE that your cat's name is Moo. I wish I'd thought of it! My cat's just Kitty. - April 22, 2010 at 5:29 PM
- With Love, Jamie said...
I love your grandma's name :)
- April 22, 2010 at 5:36 PM
- Ashley Serena said...
I'm so glad you aren't allergic to kitties. I sure am, and it's a bummer. But what a cute person you are! You bring color into everyone's lives. :)
- April 22, 2010 at 5:42 PM
- meowsk said...
You are the sweetest ever! Your photos bring a genuine smile to my face everyday. And as someone who combats depression I am grateful for that.
Ps. My cat, Lucy has a HUGE crush on Moo. - April 22, 2010 at 5:45 PM
- Georgia Jones said...
You really spread joy to me, and many others I am sure, through your work and just being you. Thank goodness you are not in the back of a post office, although, I'm sure you would brighten it up!
- April 22, 2010 at 5:46 PM
- Liesl said...
I love this post and think I might have to do the same! What wonderful things about yourself...thanks for sharing, Katie!
Liesl :) - April 22, 2010 at 5:47 PM
- Paula said...
i wanna rub moo all over my face too!! :)
- April 22, 2010 at 5:48 PM
- AmyBean said...
I totally understand what you mean with #7. I've dealt with depression all my life, so to combat it I seek out the brightest, most colorful images I can find. :)
- April 22, 2010 at 5:49 PM
katie, I love that picture of you! So beautiful.
Thank you for all the colourful images you share - they always brighten my day. i'm so glad that you do this instead of working in the back of a post office :o) - April 22, 2010 at 5:52 PM
This post made me smile, you beautiful, beautiful person!
- April 22, 2010 at 6:01 PM
- Stephanie said...
Katie - i had fun reading EACH and every single one of yours! They're so interesting and unique.
- April 22, 2010 at 6:09 PM
- Alycia said...
fun post! i lol'd at how you rubbed moo over your face :)
- April 22, 2010 at 6:22 PM
- Unknown said...
you really are a great person. Indeed!
- April 22, 2010 at 6:25 PM
- MeeshOne.Love said...
you are the best katie ever!!
- April 22, 2010 at 6:30 PM
- Melissa~ said...
I don't have a subway in my town, but when I go to a city next to my town, wich has a subway I do the same thing that you do. Is one of that little cool things in life.
WHat can I say? I love know more about you, and now I love you more my friend, I know that I don't know you in person and all that, but I really feel you has a friend. A friend makes you smile and makes your live happier, you do that, so you're my friend.
Kisses Dear! - April 22, 2010 at 6:44 PM
- colormekatie said...
Awww you're so sweet Melissa! I see you as my friend as well although we've never met! =)
- April 22, 2010 at 6:48 PM
- Unknown said...
This post IS wonderful. I am so glad that I know you a little bit more! You are so beautiful!
- April 22, 2010 at 6:55 PM
- Jacqueline said...
OMG number 8 and number 4 made me crack up!
Love and Turtledoves,
Jaco - April 22, 2010 at 7:08 PM
- 10Yen said...
thank goodness i am not the only one that breaks out into giggle fits! yay!
- April 22, 2010 at 7:21 PM
- Erin said...
I loved this post! Thank you for sharing with us. You blog always makes me smile! Such beautiful pictures. :)
- April 22, 2010 at 7:46 PM
- Sue said...
Well, you certainly help with any twinge of depression I might have:)
Sue - April 22, 2010 at 7:56 PM
- linnykins said...
Cat towel! Hee hee.
- April 22, 2010 at 7:58 PM
- Lulu said...
it's really nice to hear people acknowledge depression as an illness, i've suffered a lot from it and it's people like you who cheer me up at times when not much can. your images definitely make a difference. they're so colorful and brilliant! and your blog makes me smile =]
- April 22, 2010 at 7:59 PM
- colormekatie said...
Awww thank you so much Lulu. That's so nice to hear!
- April 22, 2010 at 8:03 PM
i actually am allergic to cats, but i've had them my whole life. i love the two i have now like you love moo! and i've just learned to deal with it no matter what it takes. some days are way worse than others, allergy-wise, but it's so worth it. i couldn't live without them.
- April 22, 2010 at 8:12 PM
i'm glad you're updating this more. i love your posts. and you got moo at the shelter? good for you!!! how could anyone give him up though? he's so darling.
- April 22, 2010 at 8:39 PM
- Hannah said...
You seem like such a sweet person.
All of these little tidbits of information are adorable, as are the pictures that go with them.
All of your posts make me smile. - April 22, 2010 at 8:47 PM
- Johanna said...
Hello Katie, I just want to give a lots of thanks to you for this wonderful blog. I found it three days ago, now i have to take a look everyday, to see if theres an update. All the colors are wonderful, and all the creativity that you spread.
I gave you a link in my blog. Hope your fine with that.
Lots of hugs, from Johanna in Sweden! - April 22, 2010 at 8:53 PM
- home lighting said...
I love following your blog it is great!
- April 22, 2010 at 8:57 PM
I think ur an absolutely wonderful person Katie :) ever since I bumped into ur blog, every post u made never failed to make me feel warm inside, especially seeing Moo doing silly things! lol reminds me of my cat which is not with me right now cause I can't keep him here :( thank u for spreading joy even though we're thousands miles away.. :) God Bless! - izeywoot
- April 22, 2010 at 9:42 PM
- Quindome said...
You are the cutest, only second to Moo. - April 22, 2010 at 9:56 PM
- HAYHAY said...
Thanks for spreading the sunshine... I love your ability to bring out the child in people... and I like you:)
- April 22, 2010 at 10:53 PM
- Sarah Grooms said...
This is what I want to show people who argue that art has no real value. It does. It's vitally important, in fact. Anyone can see that from your blog alone. It truly makes a difference in this world. Thanks for the stories, and as always, your wonderful, positive images. :)
- April 22, 2010 at 11:10 PM
- colormekatie said...
That's so sweet Sarah, thank you!!
- April 22, 2010 at 11:14 PM
- Gwen said...
Oh Katie, you are so cute.
- April 22, 2010 at 11:26 PM
- Lesa said...
I have depression and trust me, your blog always brightens my day :]
Thank you for being so wonderful! - April 23, 2010 at 12:00 AM
- abb said...
I'm smiling now. Thank you for that! :)
- April 23, 2010 at 12:05 AM
- Gali said...
What a lovely, happy post!
- April 23, 2010 at 12:44 AM
- Jim said...
You make me smile. Not a "I'm smiling" smile....but one that creeps up on you until you don't realize you are smiling but then all of a sudden, you realize you're smiling. This was a great post. I won't go into details about how awful my day was (things you see on TV and change the channel) but I really needed this. Thanks. :)
- April 23, 2010 at 1:02 AM
- wodedrawling said...
You're a really interesting person who is very inspiring!
P.S. I think Moo is a more fitting name for Mr.Cat than Spanky. :) - April 23, 2010 at 1:23 AM
- seashmore said...
I'm the same way as #5 about craving food based on texture!
- April 23, 2010 at 2:24 AM
i <3 you even more Katie! you're awesome!;)
- April 23, 2010 at 2:35 AM
- Sam said...
:D I love your blog!
I have a random question though, where do you buy your clothes? They're always cute and colorful! :D - April 23, 2010 at 3:43 AM
- Ms Unreliable said...
#4 is absolutely hilarious...
#7 is truly inspiring. Your work brings so much joy and happiness, so you most definitely succeed. Thank you.
xx Kit - April 23, 2010 at 4:01 AM
- T. said...
Adorable <3
And I LOVE how open you are about the things that make you happy - and even more how it's not at all about some strongly individualistic attitudes, but your happiness really quite often comes from others (and what they do), and you are not afraid to admit it :) and I seriously think that is the most beautiful thing in the world... - April 23, 2010 at 7:49 AM
- Allie said...
I was actually the same way when I was little (selectively mute). No real reason for it. Maybe it's a creative person thing?
- April 23, 2010 at 8:15 AM
- Lily said...
helloooooo Katie! i believe my sister has emailed you about our pets. (i didn't even know she was a reader of your blog!) thanks for replying to her. she loves your blog so much.
i want to thank you for being such an inspiration. ever since i started reading your blog, i've been a different person. i hope one day we will be able to run into each other on the subway and giggle together! i've been doing a lot of that lately & smiling at everyone! ;) - April 23, 2010 at 9:34 AM
- leigh said...
i also crave food by texture!!
love love love your blog. it make me happy ;) - April 23, 2010 at 9:38 AM
- Melinda said...
You are such a sweet person, Katie! I really enjoyed this post and getting to learn more about you.
- April 23, 2010 at 9:49 AM
- look a little closer said...
love this post! :) thanks for sharing and it's so great to have more creative, positive lights in the world!
i'm so glad you became a photographer because your photos are so inspiring for everyone!
much love. :)
kk - April 23, 2010 at 9:52 AM
- Vanessa said...
This post made my morning!
My family suffers from depression too. It's funny because photography is on of the things that has saved me in times of dark depression, especially after having my babies. I can definitely relate. - April 23, 2010 at 10:03 AM
- Unknown said...
This post put a genuine smile on my face this morning. Thanks Katie! =)
- April 23, 2010 at 12:03 PM
- Bethany Susan said...
ahahahhaaaaaa that straw cat petting story totally made my day!
- April 23, 2010 at 12:14 PM
- Meaggie Mae said...
Pretty much all of the women in my family suffer from depression, including myself, however due to the same positive outlook and sunny disposition that you seem to have I generally don't say that I "suffer from depression", I like to say that I "live with depression"...it sounds more friendly that way!!
And like you my career choice(s) stem from my desire to make people smile and feel all warm and tingly!
It's refreshing to see others explore and display their sunny-ness...Keep it up! - April 23, 2010 at 12:29 PM
- Venassa said...
You my dear as fascinating. I'm glad you didnt end up working in the back of a post office.
- April 23, 2010 at 1:39 PM
- Sarah said...
Heeey Katie!
I really love your blog!
It's so colorfull and full of Moo!
I have a cow-cat too and he's very funny. He also sleeps in yoga posture, and he always shows his teeth.
I wish I could do things with paper the way you do!
Keep going!
Hug, Sarah - April 23, 2010 at 2:53 PM
- . s h e r r y * said...
You are SO cute! #4 and #8 made me laugh. :):) I'm visiting NY for a couple days in May. Super excited to be checking out Brooklyn too!!
- April 23, 2010 at 3:55 PM
- plumpdumpling said...
I sometimes stay on the subway an extra stop just because my book is that good. It's sad that right now, that book is part of the Twilight series.
Also: OMG, please tell me that is not your FACE on the FLOOR. Any part of me that's OCD is dying inside. - April 23, 2010 at 4:35 PM
- Lívia said...
you and your grandmma are the cutest people ever!! :))
would you shoot a wedding in Brazil? haha. I would love to hire you, Katie :) (but i wont get married so soon, though.) - April 23, 2010 at 4:44 PM
- C'est La Vie said...
haha when i was little i was SOO shy!! my mom tried signing me up for EVERYthING and i wouldn't do a thing, just hide in the corners
- April 23, 2010 at 6:10 PM
- Vera said...
OMG!! I love how honest you are about your life!
- April 23, 2010 at 6:33 PM
- Juliette Crane said...
i have allergies and wish i could have a cat or dog. i might just need to take a trip to the shelter and try what you did :)so glad it worked and now you have Moo.
- April 23, 2010 at 9:05 PM
i love this! thank you for sharing. :)
you've totally inspired me to write my own "random things about me" post!
http://barefootandvintage.wordpress.com - April 23, 2010 at 9:07 PM
- Unknown said...
THAT was a great post. :)
- April 23, 2010 at 9:13 PM
- Molly said...
wow. Absolutely L<3VE this post!!! So funny and unique, just like your blog :)
- April 23, 2010 at 9:55 PM
moo does really looks like a clean piece of white towel alright!
- April 23, 2010 at 10:17 PM
- Yoli said...
What a fun blog you have here.
- April 23, 2010 at 11:35 PM
I was the same way as a kid. I wouldn't even say "Here" during roll call in school. Haha!
And Moo is a MUCH better name than Spanky.
=) - April 23, 2010 at 11:45 PM
- Dominica said...
#4 Couldn't help but smile .... haha
Love these posts ; we should start tagging again ... - April 24, 2010 at 2:04 AM
- KimL said...
to answer #11...you. You are the only thing cuter. I love your blog, and you make me smile. Thank you!
- April 24, 2010 at 10:19 AM
- tifsong said...
i adore you so whole-heartedly.
love TIF
http://tifsong.blogspot.com - April 24, 2010 at 10:19 AM
- Tawni said...
I really like number 5! Who would ever eat boring looking food...
x. - April 24, 2010 at 10:39 AM
- justbloglah said...
Really feel extremely good by just looking at all these feel good photos. Thks.
- April 24, 2010 at 10:55 AM
- muchlove said...
You are absolutely wonderful. I wish you were my best friend.
- April 24, 2010 at 11:48 AM
- Viv said...
Love these! We have a lot in common actually! #1, #2, #3, #6, #10. I am also a vegetarian, but I can easily and with no guilt whatsoever kill bugs, especially mosquitos, because if I don't they will soon bite me on the face. Love your photos. Hope to meet you on the subway! =)
- April 24, 2010 at 12:47 PM
- Con All the Brio said...
I am the exact same way about food! I didn't know others were like this! Everyone thinks I'm crazy because I could eat those Balance bars for the rest of my life. They taste a little strange, but their texture is sooo good.
- April 24, 2010 at 2:16 PM
- Raptor Plateado said...
i loved katie!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!! greetings!!!
- April 24, 2010 at 2:33 PM
- Pink Blog said...
I LOVE that photo of the alphabet mat. It is so colorful and fun :D
- April 24, 2010 at 2:55 PM
- JennV said...
I stumbled upon your blog in one of my wanderings the other day and have fallen in LOVE with it! So bright and colorful! I've looked all the way back to the beginning and enjoyed the entire thing! I'm soo stinkin glad to see this gem out there in the blogosphere!
Southern Hugs! - April 24, 2010 at 3:22 PM
When I was little, about 5 or 6, I hid all of the flyswatters in the house, and cried for two hours when my grandmother killed a fly. I told her that I was going to start a fly rescue and save all the flies in the world and keep them in my fly rescue and take care of them. And that instead of killing flies, people could put them in a jar and bring them to me, so I could save them in a happy environment. Now I'm 21, and I don't have a fly rescue. But I also don't own a fly swatter.
- April 24, 2010 at 3:45 PM
you are so amazingly honest and true to yourself. i wonder how someone can come to find their own identity and embrace it just like you have and are.
i feel like there is hope for me since all i ever hear is "that girl is so passive and quiet..etc" - April 24, 2010 at 4:22 PM
- Julie @ Knittlebits said...
Katie, there is a reason my feed reader has a category named "Happiness". And another very, very good one as to why yours is the only blog in that category. Your writing, pictures, energy and life bring me such joy. Thank you.
- April 24, 2010 at 6:09 PM
- ксенон said...
I like yout blog, this is nice article. I will add it to my RSS feed. Thanks.
- April 24, 2010 at 6:38 PM
- Amy said...
So glad you don't work in the back of a post office. I was incredibly shy when I was younger too--so much so that I was forced to stay the whole day in kindergarten just to socialize more.
I'm curious about the story behind your grandma's name ;)
x Amy - April 25, 2010 at 1:31 AM
- * said...
I'm new to your blog. And Smitten.
It is both visually stunning & has heart like, everywhere. Swoon.
PS: Your photography & construction paper wall art is a perfect solution to the blah of my small suburban desert home. Thank you for your inspiration! - April 25, 2010 at 2:18 AM
- Laura Elizabeth said...
you're so ::cute::!!
i ran across your blog not long ago and it was so happy & inspiring that i caught myself getting teary eyed.
you're a delight, katie!
xoxo - April 25, 2010 at 11:49 AM
- Michelle Dylan Lagerfeld said...
Your blog makes me sooooo Happy!! !! Thank you for spreading positive energy all 'round!!!
- April 25, 2010 at 12:53 PM
- Galapril said...
My biggest dream is, and have always been, to be an artist. To photograph, paint, laugh, color, dance, draw, sew, play, create and to fly. Sadly i've always been afraid of it, being shy, being sad, depressed and tired. I never believed. It touches me very much to read, that you used to be shy and that many people you know suffers from a depression. You make me believe that things a possible, and you are such a great inspiration to me. Tomorrow i will buy some coloured paper, and put up hearts and circles in my very depressing and grey neightbourhood. Thank you so much!
- April 25, 2010 at 3:24 PM
you're not the only crazy one. I'm always getting giggle fits in the elevator at my dorm :-P
- April 25, 2010 at 3:37 PM
- Unknown said...
I was down today and you made me better!
Thank you for this! And all your happy pictures and thoughts!
Much love!
Victoria - April 25, 2010 at 6:26 PM
- Ashleigh said...
I crave food based on texture too!
Happy Weekend :) - April 25, 2010 at 6:28 PM
The world needs more people like you! You always give me such a happy feeling in my heart. You have such a gift and lovely soul.
- April 26, 2010 at 1:58 AM
Your pictures are awesome.. They are a great antidepressant, for me (suffering from depression for years) it does wonders :)
All the best! xoxo - April 26, 2010 at 3:10 AM
- whoisnell said...
#10 i do that alot too whenever i'm driving in my car or stumbled upon something really nice while window shop or enjoying my indulgence of coffee or anything sweet by myself in a cafe...
- April 26, 2010 at 3:15 AM
- Rae said...
Long time listener, first time caller. Just kidding.
Ahh, attack of the public giggles!!
I was a quiet, reserved kid too, so I read a lot and observed everything. I see those years as my cocoon years, where I was learning what I needed to know to emerge strong enough to navigate the winds and flowers in life.
Katie, I live in Cleveland, but I visited some friends in Brooklyn this weekend. I looked for you on the street or a sign of your art, but I'll have to come back again someday! Love the blog. - April 26, 2010 at 9:33 AM
- Raptor Plateado said...
WOW your real life is interesting, everything I read makes me feel more identified with you and being your fan ... thanks katie're a fine person
- April 26, 2010 at 10:53 AM
- Jiinxsay Saoirse Phoenix (Fauveling-Storm) said...
thank you sooo much for sharing yourself with us!
i LOVE that your kittie is named MOO~ because my oldest daughter Serena & i have this thing where instead of "hi" or "bye" on the fone, we say, "moo" :)
i absolutely adore your gramma's name!!!
was that her REAL name? starting with BABY? sweetest everrr!
you are a truly lovely soul & i am sooo glad i found a link to your blog.
i hope you have a "follower" thingie, cuz i'm jumpin on board for your positive, beautiful, uplifting blog <3
i wonder if there would be a way to create a thing where folks could choose one of your pics & have it in their blogs & when you click on it, it brings you to YOUR blog :)
plz let me know if that ever happens!
have a glorious day!
<3 Jiinxsay - April 26, 2010 at 10:57 AM
- Megan Marie said...
Inspiring! Thanks!
- April 26, 2010 at 1:05 PM
- d440 said...
I just want to say your blog certainly put a smile to the start of a gloomy day. Cheers from Sydney!
- April 26, 2010 at 6:58 PM
I love pt 7 because your blog/pictures have truly brought some positive and good images into the lives of many, mostly just me:) This is one blog i visit everytime i feel sad, abt work, family or love.
Thank you for the wonderful work! :) - April 27, 2010 at 3:49 AM
so great!I love how your post always have a feel good vibe about them.
- April 27, 2010 at 5:22 PM
- Susan said...
Wow! I LOVE THIS POST! It's fun! I love what you share with the world! You remain sincerely an inspiration to me.
I suffer with depression too, as do most of my family members, and I have found that my photography is a major combatant for that. It is so wonderful to photograph joy... it's hard to feel sad when you get to spend time with people!
Thank you again! Love it! - April 27, 2010 at 9:14 PM
- Jasmine said...
I love this post, its so genuine and honest =)
- April 28, 2010 at 7:15 AM
- Nori said...
I did some of your stuff too.
I used the people cut out on paper airplanes and boats for our summer theme at church. People loved it :)
I also did the heart kisses for my boyfriend. I did another version of it, raining hearts. I wore a red trench coat with red umbrella :P - April 28, 2010 at 10:48 PM
- Geisslein said...
love your grandmothers name! such a lovely name! Hope your day is a very lovely one today! sunny greetings from germany, geisslein
- April 29, 2010 at 6:23 AM
- paperseed said...
Thank you for sharing and opening up this side of you to your readers. It makes us feel trustworthy and special. :-)
- April 29, 2010 at 3:30 PM
- kate said...
When we adopted our cat Baxter, he was named Spanky too! He looks like an orange Moo. Who are these crazy people naming lovely fluffy cats something as ridiculous as Spanky?!
- April 29, 2010 at 9:58 PM
Love the name Baby Katz.. in German it would mean baby cat...so cute
- April 30, 2010 at 4:16 PM
Whenever i'm feeling depressed, i go on your blog and your photos and blog posts make me feel happier. Thank you so much and your photos inspire me so much.
I think you're absolutely brilliant! - May 1, 2010 at 3:18 AM
- L´ou said...
I think you definetly achieved your objective!
Im not your relative (of course! I´m Argentinian) But I suffer from depression too, and watching your works makes my anguish fly away! and it´s really inspiring!
Thank you for drawing a smile on my face everyday! - May 4, 2010 at 2:23 AM
- Heather Feemster said...
You're pretty fricken cute, great photos!
- May 4, 2010 at 6:00 PM
Katie, your food texture craving has intrigued me. I have a 6 yr son who, I believe, likes food based on texture. I can't "figure" it out (like, if he likes crunchy over soft). When I ask how it tastes, it's "lumpy" or "hard," not sweet or sour. Of course, you are not exactly like my son, but could you shed some light for a confused mom?
- May 14, 2010 at 11:15 PM
- Unknown said...
so sweet Katie
- May 24, 2010 at 4:18 AM
i just want to say thank you ! :D
everything here just make me :D deep down up in out - August 12, 2010 at 8:52 AM
Its so amazing what you do, I suffer from depression, and always struggle to rise above it, and to see how it runs in your family, and yet defy it by proving to be one of the happiest, creative, proactive people I have ever seen, is really inspirational to me, thank you : )
- November 28, 2010 at 4:47 PM
- nadia said...
i don't think you will see this but...
i believe is worth saying anyway.
i have depression. and your pictures works for me way better than my medicine. you're one of the people in my 'people who inspire you' on facebook.
you inspire me and your pictures makes me feel good when i'm depressed. thank you. god bless you. - August 31, 2012 at 1:08 AM


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Cycling is safe for children in this residential street because there is no through traffic at all |
So, here I am trying to set the record straight. To me, these aren't so much excuses that individuals use to explain why they don't personally cycle, but excuses made even by existing cyclists for why it is that they think their country is different to the Netherlands. It seems rather odd to me that even people who campaign for cycling in their own country would prefer to make an excuse for why it doesn't happen rather than work towards a higher level of cycling, but that's how it is. It's easy to fall into a trap of believing that there is a fundamental difference in the people, the geography, the weather, or whatever.
Busting these myths is a part of what needs to happen if cycle campaigners elsewhere are to start to campaign more effectively. Asking for half measures won't do it. You need to ask for the best possible conditions for cycling if you want cycling to become a mass activity as it is in the Netherlands.
Recently I've started to refer to these as "myths and excuses", and included links to each type of "excuse" on the right hand side of the blog.
Here they are again, with longer descriptions. Click on the provided links either in or after each topic to find the references for each statement made here.
The Netherlands also once had "not enough space" for cycle-paths. Click to find out how this street looks now |
Providing for cyclists is too expensive. It's simply not true. Providing infrastructure for cyclists is actually incredibly cheap in comparison with providing infrastructure for the same people to make all their journeys by car. In the Netherlands it has been shown that even the relatively lightly used intercity superhighways are cheaper to build than not to built. What's more, it leads to other savings. For instance, in the health service, and even gives companies a competitive advantage over those from other nations.
Our population is too spread out. This is a favourite of Americans and Australians, who believe that their large countries lead to their population making far longer journeys. Thje maximum distance you could travel is of course larger in a larger country. However, average (median) journey lengths don't vary very much. The reason why is that practical everyday journeys (to school, shops, work) are constricted more by time than by distance in itself. Even in America, 40% of urban journeys are 2 miles under.. If you compare the whole of the country of Netherlands with cities in other places then the population density argument completely reverses, yet the Netherlands still has a much higher cycling rate.
We have hills. This is a plea heard often from people who imagine that the Netherlands is completely flat and that that is the reason for people cycling. It's not as simple as that. In a flat country, headwinds are phenomenal, so it's not really so big a gain for cyclists as is often imagined.
Headwinds are something that people who live in the area of the UK called Holland, which is just as flat as the Netherlands, also know. However, they don't cycle any more than people elsewhere in the UK because they don't have cycle-paths and their towns have been developed to exclude cyclists.
What's more, not all of the Netherlands actually is that flat. In fact, the Amstel Gold cycle race is held here and that race is famous for its vicious hilly course. It takes places in Limburg, a hilly province in the Netherlands. Elsewhere in the Netherlands, it's not unknown for artificial hills to be constructed because cyclists like to ride over them.
Also bear in mind that Switzerland achieves a much better cycling rate than many other countries despite the fact that it's rather mountainous. Switzerland's cycling infrastructure is good, but not wonderful. If it had better infrastructure then it probably would also have more cycling.
It's quite reasonable to assume that people will cycle less in truly mountainous places, but if your area is less hilly than Switzerland and you have less cycling than Switzerland, think about the reason for this. It's not the hills.
Trondheim in Norway is a very hilly city. In fact, it's the only city in the world where a permanent mechanical lift has been installed to help cyclists climb a hill. Trondheim is also a very cold place in winter. Nevertheless, Trondheim is investing heavily in cycling and plans to double its existing 8% cycling modal share in the next few years. Growing cycling requires good infrastructure. That's the same anywhere.
Finally, if you're making this excuse from the UK, bear in mind that in Britain in 1949, over 30% of total road distance travelled was by bike. That's a higher proportion than is the case here in the Netherlands now. The geography of Britain hasn't changed, but the road conditions have. That's why people no longer cycle.
Our distances are too great. Actually, as I mentioned before, they're not. It often surprises people to find out that the Dutch have the longest commutes in Europe. Of course, sometimes shorter distances elsewhere can feel like they are too long to cycle if the conditions that cyclists face are unpleasant.
It took decades in the Netherlands. Actually, it took about 15 years. However, what's your point ? The problem is not actually making a proper start. People have been making this excuse that it takes too long for far more than 15 years, when they could instead have been working towards making real progress and now have something similar to what the Netherlands has. Catching up requires starting the process of building good cycling infrastructure, continuing the process rather than viewing it as something for the short term, and improving the standards over time so that the experience of cycling continues to improve. That's what The Netherlands has done. Any other could do the same, but it does require commitment.
It's because of the price of gas. Yes, running a car is more expensive here than in America or Australia. However, it's not much different at all from the UK. America, Australia and the UK have the same 1% modal share for cycling. So don't wait for higher petrol prices, or higher car parking charges, in order to make people cycle. Cycling should be made into a more attractive option for everyone and then it can be a positive choice that people make. The Netherlands is absolutely not anti-car.
It's the weather. What amuses me about this one is that people use it in all directions at once. Either it's too cold in their country, or it's too hot in their country. In at least one example, the complaint was that their city was too cold relative to the Netherlands, even though had on average warmer winters than the here. Our weather varies by a surprising extent. In the three years that we've lived here, daytime temperatures have varied between -12 C (10 F - much worse if you include wind chill, which I don't) and +38 C (100 F). People don't stop cycling in either extreme. Commuters still go to work, all sorts of people still go shopping and the children still cycle to school. However, recreational destinations do change. People are more like to cycle to go skating when it's cold and to the beach when it's hot.
Actual professional cycle-race on the television in The Netherlands. Yes, this is a cycle-path. And yes, that's a genuine Dutch hill |
So, why is it that so many people choose to cycle here, when they wouldn't if they lived elsewhere ? That's simple. The Dutch did all of this. And in particular, took care of this.
Update 15/2/11
Quite a few people pointed out other "excuses" in the comments, and I made a comment answering some of them. Here's a slightly edited version of that text:
"Our streets are too wide" and the closely related "You can't drive in medieval cities in the Netherlands". This is about claiming that cities elsewhere are too new to incorporate cycle infrastructure. It's exactly the opposite of what the "too narrow" people claim. The latter, "medieval", variant can be credited to a strange chap whose only experience of the Netherlands was on a train journey in the 1930s. Anyway, again it's nonsense. Some cities in the Netherlands do indeed have centres which date from medieval times. However, other cities and towns have been established right through history, including one of the very newest cities in the world which was established in the 1970s on land which had been sea bed until a short time previously. Plenty of space for wide roads there. However, all Dutch cities, no matter how old or new, are great for cycling in.
"You'll have problems at intersections". Not if well designed. I've examples of quite a few.
"Mass cycling is for poor countries"? Try looking here. Propelling yourself by consuming imported oil is detrimental to the economy. Cycling makes your country's economy stronger.
"Segregationists are splitters". What is this ? A playground squabble ? What I find most amusing about this accusation is the idea that cyclists haven't been split on many issues for ages. What's more, cyclists in low cycling countries are about as split as they possibly can be from the mainstream. Achieving a higher cycling rate re-integrates cyclists into society, which is what you need if you want to see cyclists being taken seriously on all levels, including in the event of crashes between motorists and cyclists.
"It doesn't matter what non-cyclists think". Hilarious. If that's what you believe then don't expect ever to grow the cycling rate. Growth can only come by convincing non-cyclists to take up cycling. If you don't take into account why people don't cycle (this is the reason) then you won't ever grow cycling.
If cycle paths are built "we'll be banished to dangerous crap forever". Isn't that the problem now ? That the roads which "cyclists" ride on are "dangerous crap" so far as everyone but very enthusiastic cyclists are concerned ? Cycling has reached its lowest possible ebb in the English speaking world. Whatever direction campaigning takes, to end up with a worse situation than a mere 1% of journeys being by bike, as at present, is rather unlikely. There is, almost literally, nothing to lose.
"Weren't the Dutch government always supportive of cycling" ? Actually, no. In the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s cycling in NL declined rapidly while the government prioritized road building and cars. I've several examples on the blog, also before and after photos of Dutch cities. In the 20th century, Dutch cities followed the same path as those elsewhere, transforming themselves to be ever more car centric. This was followed by a second revolution in which much of the harm was undone. Copy from successful Dutch city centre transformations.
"There's a lack of political support". I have a lot of sympathy with this. Of course there is a lack of political support in countries where cyclists are a minority. This is why it is a mistake to campaign only for "cyclists". Take note from the Netherlands. Successful campaigning here started by pointing out the deaths of children, not merely "cyclists". This removes the problem of cyclists being a minority. Everyone is concerned about children so it makes a lot of sense to campaign for children. This blog includes a number of articles about campaigning.
"Where there are no children cycling there is no need for this concern". Nice counterpoint, but children also die when walking, and in cars due to the way roads are developed and used in many countries.
What's more, car centric road design harms the development of children. Dutch children have an extraordinary amount of freedom of movement. That's all part of the reason why Dutch children are the happiest in the world. In fact, the top four countries for child well-being in this list from UNICEF just happen to also be the top four countries for cycling.
So, as it turns out you need cycle paths not only to stop children from dying when cycling, and not only for the sake of but also to help their development into healthy, happy adults. Personally, I find that quite a compelling argument.
There are a lot of stories about children on this blog precisely because children are important. Quite apart from anything else, they're the only source of future cyclists. If children aren't riding bikes, what chance does cycling have ? One of my favourite photos of local children is this one, of a girl riding home from school and with a few wobbles practising riding no hands as she went:
If you've not seen it before, take a look at the video of what our local primary schools look like.
I think "John in NH" makes a good point in the comments about wanting manuals and standards to be improved. Most road engineers in the Netherlands are just the same as those in the USA or anywhere else. They're not mavericks, they're simply competently doing their job, and following all the relevant guidelines. Most of the infrastructure exists simply because the standards have been followed.
However, even the very good CROW manuals from the Netherlands don't tell all that you need to know. In the Netherlands they are interpreted from within a Dutch context. Minimums really are treated as minimums. Different types of infrastructure described in the CROW manuals quite passively and without preference are not equally popular. This is why it's important not only to read the manuals but also to see what is really done on the streets.
Update 19/2/11
The excuses keep piling up, including a hilarious one which appeared in a comment on Dave Warnock's blog. Apparently, "it is a historical fact that the Nazis invented segregated lanes." Unfortunately for this "fact", Adolf Hitler wasn't born until four years after the creation of the first cycle path in the Netherlands. Also we should note that in the Netherlands "bicycle use declined considerably during the occupation". This was the result of tyres being rationed and in short supply: "Anyone wanting a new tyre needed to turn in the old one and demonstrate that he lived at least 5 km from his place of employment and needed the bicycle in order to cover that distance on a daily basis".
Besides, what kind of argument is this anyway ? Allegedly, Mussolini "made the trains run on time", but does that mean that all "right thinking" people should now prefer that they don't run on time ?
Now if these people used the same argument about motorways and cars then it might actually make sense. It's a matter of historical record that Hitler "enthusiastically embraced" the building of motorways as well as "demanding the production of a basic vehicle" so that as many people as possible could drive on them.
Update November 2011
The excuses keep rolling in:
"But we have driveways". Believe it or not, The Netherlands has driveways too. They are just designed differently.
"Cycle training will increase cycling". Sixty years of evidence tends to suggest that it won't.
"Cycle-paths would cause flooding / light-pollution / removal of trees". Next to the damage caused by building roads, these considerations are trivial for cycle-paths.
"I cycle so you could cycle too". People often think that because the conditions are good enough for them to cycle that everyone else would too, perhaps after a bit of training. Actually, this is not remotely true, and training has been shown to have little effect on its own. The reason is simple: training does not change conditions on the streets, and therefore does not improve subjective safety to the point that people want to cycle.
Update December 2011
"It's in the genes / blood / veins of the Dutch". Like many of the myths, this one is believed by some Dutch people as well. However, a survey on a Dutch website for expats revealed that when Dutch people leave the Netherlands one of the things they miss most is cycling. It has also been shown that when people of other nationalities come to the Netherlands they cycle far more than they would have if they had stayed in their country of origin. England has a region named "Holland" which is strikingly similar to the Netherlands. It's flat, they grow flowers, there are a lot of windmills and dykes. Many of the people who live there are the families of Dutch immigrants who helped to drain these low lands and turn them into fertile farms - the same process as happened across much of the Netherlands. However, almost no-one cycles in "Holland" despite having the same blood. Why ? Because conditions for cycling are terrible. There are no cycle-paths to speak of. The reason why both native Dutch people and other nationalities cycle more when they live in the Netherlands than when they live in other countries where cycling is less pleasant isn't "in the genes", the "blood" or the "veins". The reason is that the infrastructure here makes it possible. Subjective safety.
"Journeys are short in the Netherlands". It was also revealed recently that Dutch commutes are the longest in Europe, somewhat defeating the argument that the Dutch only cycle because their journeys are short.
Update January 2012
"Strict Liability makes the Dutch safe to cycle". Some people think that high levels of cycling in the Netherlands are due to "Strict Liability" or that "Strict Liability" must be in place to make cycle-paths safe. Another way of saying this is to express opinions that the main reason that cycling is safer in the Netherlands than in any other country is because laws are different. None of these things is actually true and this view is based on a misunderstanding . The policy which has lead to more and safer cyclists is called Sustainable Safety and it's about creating fewer dangerous conditions on cycle-paths, streets and roads.
Update January 2013
Another suggestion which I've been sent was "why should traffic grind to a halt to indulge your hobby". That bicycles get in the way of cars and slow them down is not a new claim. However, studies have shown that more cycling leads to fewer traffic jams. In the Netherlands, driving is not actually difficult at all. An IBM study of "commuter pain" showed that Amsterdam is about as annoying for commuting by car as is Los Angeles and Berlin. Amsterdam is a better place for driving than London, Paris, Madrid, Milan or Moscow, all of which are dominated by cars and don't have nearly so many bicycles as down Amsterdam. There are few truly anti-motoring policies in the Netherlands and no reason for cycling campaigners elsewhere to be "anti-car". If it is attractive, cycling sells itself. People cycle en-masse in the Netherlands because cycling is very attractive indeed, not because they are punished if they drive. Given decent conditions for cycling, even free car parking isn't enough to make Dutch people drive.
Another myth which seems to have gained popularity of late is that lower speed limits are all that it will take to make people cycle. There's nothing wrong with reducing speed limits in and of itself, however, the effect of this should not be overstated. The Dutch found that reducing speed limits was not effective enough on its own. Low traffic Dutch streets which have 30 km/h (18 mph) speed limits are attractive to cyclists not because they have a low speed limit, but because they have almost no cars on them. The Dutch not only have the most extensive network of low speed limit streets in the world, but also have unravelled routes for motorists from those for cyclists. This removal of cars is what makes streets subjectively safe and leads to cycling being an easy choice for people to make.
Update July 2013
People continue to promote the myths which are addressed above. This post is but a summary, but if you follow the links above you'll find the individual references for each statement made here.
Again I've seen comments about how supposedly unfriendly the Netherlands is for drivers. This is simply not a fact. Driving here is a pleasure and it's also very affordable relative to peoples' salaries. Policies which are "anti-car" are extremely difficult to find. The Netherlands is one of very few countries which actually offers tax incentives to commute by car. In how many other places do drivers have such a perk ?
August 2013
The "bicycle" on the left has a number plate. That's because it also has a two stroke engine mounted by the rear wheel |
The modern myth may have roots in simple misunderstanding. There is a class of motorized bicycle in the Netherlands which doesn't exist in the UK. They look a lot like normal Dutch bicycles and these do have a number plate at the back, but they also have a two stroke engine mounted by the rear wheel. They're no longer produced, having been replaced by electrically assisted bicycles with the same 25 km/h assisted speed limit.
March 2014
Today a London Labour councillor tried to suggest that Hackney's low rate of cycling is due to 'diversity'.
As I've pointed out before, in the Netherlands, cycling is inclusive of all:
- Immigrants from non-cycling nations cycle in the Netherlands as if they were natives of the second rung cycling nations.
- Disabled people cycle.
- Older people cycle.
- Children cycle.
In the Netherlands, people cycle for all the same reasons as Londoners drive cars.
The same councillor also made a bizarre remark about how she believes cycling does not encourage human interaction. UNICEF think otherwise. Cycling gives people freedom. This is particularly important for children and is one of the main reasons why Dutch children are considered to have the best well-being of any children in the world.
2015 update
"Dutch railway and bus stations are full of abandoned bikes". I made this video nearly two years ago showing that in fact this isn't the case:
Note that at many locations the parking is just as busy on weekends as in the week. At some the parking is significantly busier at weekends than on weekdays. This effect cannot be so easily observed at all locations. However the removal of "abandoned" bikes is actually very efficient in the Netherlands. So efficient that people quite often complain of their non-abandoned bikes have been "stolen" by the local government.
We can't copy the Dutch because of something entirely unrelated.
A new one in late summer 2015. If there's no really good reason not to emulate what has made the Netherlands successful in cycling, why not just go for an ad hominem attack instead ? The "Nazis and Hitler" argument advanced earlier is actually very similar to this one.
In this case the author suggested that a photo showed that the Dutch had "insensitivity to a minority" and this meant that they were likely also to be insensitive to other minorities and therefore that's a good reason not to emulate what really works in the Netherlands. In reality, Dutch cycling infrastructure benefits the entire population. People with disabilities, older people, and children are amongst the main beneficiaries and immigrants to this country find that they cycle far more after moving to the Netherlands than they did in their country of origin.
Update 2019
Dutch car ownership over time. This graph could just as well be about the US or UK or any country. Sadly, all are still heading in the same direction. |
Rather than making things up about the Netherlands, let us show you how this country really is.
A few days ago, the bike in the photo at the top, which belongs to the grand-child of one of our neighbours spent most of the day either being ridden along, or parked in the middle of, the street that we live in. No-one drove into it. No-one came close to doing so. That's what is needed if people are to feel confident about letting even very small children play outside: a very high degree of subjective safety. You can also see the answers to these "excuses" all at once.


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Silver Necklace with Green Rubys and Pearls
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Discover the beauty of handmade jewellery with our Silver Necklace featuring Green Rubys and Pearls. Made from high-quality 92.5 silver, each piece is crafted with utmost care to ensure you wear not just a product, but a piece of art. This necklace is Made in India, reflecting the tradition and craftsmanship of Indian jewellery making. Its elegance makes it the perfect choice for anyone who wishes to add a touch of luxury to their attire.
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Length - 32 inches with lock
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Material - Silver with Pearls and Semi-Precious Stones
Colour - Green and Pearl
HSN Code - 711311
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- Is this real silver jewellery?
- Absolutely, yes! Real silver jewellery with 92.5%+ silver in it.
- You'll also get Aadyaa certificate of purity along with your order.
- Is COD available? What are other modes of payment?
- COD (cash-on-delivery) is available in select pincodes and for orders upto INR 29,999.
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- How soon will I receive my order?
- If the products are readily available, you can expect the order to be delivered within 7 days.
- If one/more products are made-to-order, we will inform you about tentative date of shipping and delivery.
- For orders shipped outside India, typically 3 – 4 weeks are required for doorstep delivery considering custom clearance processes.
- You will also receive a WhatsApp message from us when your order is getting shipped out. It'll have a tracking link as well
- What is your return and exchange policy?
- We are so sorry but we do not have any return or exchange policy as such.
- We will surely assist you with as many photos as you'd want before placing the order but post ordering, we cannot process any returns or exchanges unless the product is damaged during the transit. And the same must be informed to us within 12 hours of delivery along with a photo.
- Do you customize jewellery?
- Yes, we love to customize jewellery in silver, pearls, stones.
- However, we do not copy or replicate any other brands' design as such.
- More info - https://aadyaa.com/pages/customizations
- Where do you make your jewellery?
- Country of Origin: India
- Creator: Aadyaa Originals Private Limited, Pune 411004, Maharashtra, India.
- I still have some questions about the size, weight and the final look of this jewellery. Can I call you?
- We will be happy to assist you with any queries regarding size, look, weight or any other matter as well!
- Kindly connect with us on +91.7219285508 either through regular call or through WhatsApp. We are available on this number everyday between 10 am to 8 pm IST.
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My friends, before I begin the expression of those thoughts that I deem appropriate to this moment, would you permit me the privilege of uttering a little private prayer of my own? And I ask that you bow your heads:
Almighty God, as we stand here at this moment my associates — my future associates in the Executive branch of Government join me in beseeching that Thou will make full and complete our dedication to the service of the people in this throng, and their fellow citizens everywhere. Give us, we pray, the power to discern clearly right from wrong, and allow all our words and actions to be governed thereby, and by the laws of this land. Especially we pray that our concern shall be for all the people regardless of station, race, or calling. May cooperation be permitted and be the mutual aim of those who, under the concepts of our Constitution, hold to differing political faiths; so that all may work for the good of our beloved country and Thy glory. Amen.
My fellow citizens:
The world and we have passed the midway point of a century of continuing challenge. We sense with all our faculties that forces of good and evil are massed and armed and opposed as rarely before in history.
This fact defines the meaning of this day. We are summoned by this honored and historic ceremony to witness more than the act of one citizen swearing his oath of service, in the presence of his God. We are called as a people to give testimony in the sight of the world to our faith that the future shall belong to the free.
Since this century's beginning, a time of tempest has seemed to come upon the continents of the earth. Masses of Asia have awakened to strike off shackles of the past. Great nations of Europe have fought their bloodiest wars. Thrones have toppled and their vast — vast empires have disappeared. New nations have been born.
For our own country, it has been a time of recurring trial. We have grown in power and in responsibility. We have passed through the anxieties of depression and of war, but to a summit unmatched in man's history. Seeking to secure peace in the world, while we have had to fight our way through the forests of the Argonne to the shores of Iwo Jima, and to the cold mountains of Korea.
In the swift rush of great events, we find ourselves groping to know the full sense and meaning of these times in which we live. In our quest of understanding, we beseech God's guidance. We summon all our knowledge of the past and we scan all signs of the future. We bring all our wit and all our will to meet the question: How far have we come in man's long pilgrimage from darkness toward the light? Are we nearing the light — a day of freedom and of peace for all mankind? Or are the shadows of another night closing in upon us?
Great as are the preoccupations absorbing us at home, concerned as we are with matters that deeply affect our livelihood today and our vision of the future, each of these domestic problems is dwarfed by, and often even created by, this question that involves all humankind.
This trial comes at a moment when man's power to achieve good or to inflict evil surpasses the brightest hopes and the sharpest fears of all ages. We can turn rivers in their courses, level mountains to the plains. Oceans and land and sky are avenues for our colossal commerce. Disease diminishes and life lengthens.
Yet the promise of this life is imperiled by the very genius that has made it possible. Nations amass wealth. Labor sweats to create — and turns out devices to level not only mountains but also cities. Science seems ready to confer upon us, as its final gift, the power to erase human life from this planet.
At such a time in history, we who are free must proclaim anew our faith. This faith is the abiding creed of our fathers. It is our faith in the deathless dignity of man, as governed by eternal moral and natural laws.
This faith defines our full view of life. It establishes, beyond debate, those gifts of the Creator that are man's inalienable rights, and that make all men equal in His sight.
In the light of this equality, we know that the virtues most cherished by free people — love of truth, pride of work, devotion to country — all are treasures equally precious in the lives of the most humble and of the most exalted. The men who mine coal and fire furnaces, and balance ledgers, and turn lathes, and pick cotton, and heal the sick and plant corn — all serve as proudly and as profitably for America as the statesmen who draft treaties and the legislators who enact laws.
This faith rules our whole way of life. It decrees that we, the people, elect leaders not to rule but to serve. It asserts that we have the right to choice of our own work and to the reward of our own toil. It inspires the initiative that makes our productivity the wonder of the world. And it warns that any man who seeks to deny equality among all his brothers betrays the spirit of the free and invites the mockery of the tyrant.
It is because we, all of us, hold to these principles that the political changes accomplished this day do not imply turbulence, upheaval, or disorder. Rather, this change expresses a purpose of strengthening our dedication and devotion to the precepts of our founding documents, a conscious renewal of faith in our country and in the watchfulness of a Divine Providence. The enemies of this faith know no god but force, no devotion but its use. They tutor men in treason. They feed upon the hunger of others. Whatever defies them, they torture, especially the truth.
Here, then, is joined no argument between slightly different philosophies. This conflict strikes directly at the faith of our fathers and at the lives of our sons. No principle or treasure that we hold, from the spiritual knowledge of our free schools and churches to the creative magic of free labor and capital, nothing lies safely beyond the reach of this struggle. Freedom is pitted against slavery; lightness against the dark.
The faith we hold belongs not to us alone but to the free of all the world. This common bond binds the grower of rice in Burma and the planter of wheat in Iowa, the shepherd in southern Italy and the mountaineer in the Andes. It confers a common dignity upon the French soldier who dies in Indo-China, the British soldier killed in Malaya, the American life given in Korea.
We know, beyond this, that we are linked to all free peoples not merely by a noble idea but by a simple need. No free people can for long cling to any privilege or enjoy any safety in economic solitude. For all our own material might, even we need markets in the world for the surpluses of our farms and our factories. Equally, we need for these same farms and factories vital materials and products of distant lands. This basic law of interdependence, so manifest in the commerce of peace, applies with thousand-fold intensity in the event of war.
So are we persuaded by necessity and by belief that the strength of all free peoples lies in unity; their danger, in discord. To produce this unity, to meet the challenge of our time, destiny has laid upon our country the responsibility of the free world's leadership. So it is proper that we assure our friends once again that, in the discharge of this responsibility, we Americans know and we observe the difference between world leadership and imperialism; between firmness and truculence; between a thoughtfully calculated goal and spasmodic reaction to the stimulus of emergencies. We wish our friends the world over to know this above all: we face the threat, not with dread and confusion, but with confidence and conviction.
We feel this moral strength because we know that we are not helpless prisoners of history. We are free men. We shall remain free, never to be proven guilty of the one capital offense against freedom, a lack of staunch faith.
In pleading our just cause before the bar of history and in pressing our — and in pressing our labor for world peace, we shall be guided by certain fixed principles. These principles are:
Number 1: Abhorring war as a chosen way to balk the purposes of those who threaten us, we hold it to be the first task of statesmanship to develop the strength that will deter the forces of aggression and promote the conditions of peace. For, as it must be the supreme purpose of all free men, so it must be the dedication of their leaders, to save humanity from preying upon itself.
In the light of this principle, we stand ready to engage with any and all others in joint effort to remove the causes of mutual fear and distrust among nations, so as to make possible drastic reduction of armaments. The sole requisites for undertaking such effort are that, in their purpose, they be aimed logically and honestly toward secure peace for all; and that, in their result, they provide methods by which every participating nation will prove good faith in carrying out its pledge.
Number 2: Realizing that common sense and common decency alike dictate the futility of appeasement, we shall never try to placate an aggressor by the false and wicked bargain of trading honor for security. Americans, indeed, all free men, remember that in the final choice a soldier's pack is not so heavy a burden as a prisoner's chains.
Number 3: Knowing that only a United States that is strong and immensely productive can help defend freedom in our world, we view our nation's strength and security as a trust upon which rests the hope of free men everywhere. It is the firm duty of each of our free citizens and of every free citizen everywhere to place the cause of his country before the comfort, the convenience of himself.
And number 4: Honoring the identity and the special heritage of each nation in the world, we shall never use our strength to try to impress upon another people our own cherished political and economic institutions.
Number 5: Assessing realistically the needs and capacities of proven friends of freedom, we shall strive to help them to achieve their own security and well-being. Likewise, we shall count upon them to assume, within the limits of their resources, their full and just burdens in the common defense of freedom.
Number 6: Recognizing economic health as an indispensable basis of military strength and the free world's peace, we shall strive to foster everywhere, and to practice ourselves, policies that encourage productivity and profitable trade. For the impoverishment of any single people in the world means danger to the well-being of all other peoples.
Number 7: Appreciating that economic need, military security, and political wisdom combine to suggest regional groupings of free peoples, we hope, within the framework of the United Nations, to help strengthen such special bonds the world over. The nature of these ties must vary with the different problems of different areas. In the Western Hemisphere, we enthusiastically join with all our neighbors in the work of perfecting a community of fraternal trust and common purpose. In Europe, we ask that enlightened and inspired leaders of the Western nations strive with renewed vigor to make the unity of their peoples a reality. Only as free Europe unitedly marshals its strength can it effectively safeguard, even with our help, its spiritual and cultural heritage.
Number 8: Conceiving the defense of freedom, like freedom itself, to be one and indivisible, we hold all continents and peoples in equal regard and honor. We reject any insinuation that one race or another, one people or another, is in any sense inferior or expendable.
Number 9: Respecting the United Nations as the living sign of all people's hope for peace, we shall strive to make it not merely an eloquent symbol but an effective force. And in our quest for an honorable peace, we shall neither compromise, nor tire, nor ever cease.
By these rules of conduct, we hope to be known to all peoples.
By their observance, an earth of peace may become not a vision but a fact.
This hope, this supreme aspiration, must rule the way we live.
We must be ready to dare all for our country. For history does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. We must acquire proficiency in defense and display stamina in purpose.
We must be willing, individually and as a Nation, to accept whatever sacrifices may be required of us. A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
These basic precepts are not lofty abstractions, far removed from matters of daily living. They are laws of spiritual strength that generate and define our material strength. Patriotism means equipped forces and a prepared citizen[ry]. Moral stamina means more energy and more productivity, on the farm and in the factory. Love of liberty means the guarding of every resource that makes freedom possible — from the sanctity of our families and the wealth of our soil to the genius of our scientists.
And so each citizen plays an indispensable role. The productivity of our heads, our hands, and our hearts is the source of all the strength we can command, for both the enrichment of our lives and the winning of the peace.
No person, no home, no community can be beyond the reach of this call. We are summoned to act in wisdom and in conscience, to work with industry, to teach with persuasion, to preach with conviction, to weigh our every deed with care and with compassion. For this truth must be clear before us: whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass in the heart of America.
The peace we seek, then, is nothing less than the practice and the fulfillment of our whole faith among ourselves and in our dealings with others. This signifies more than the stilling of guns, easing the sorrow of war. More than escape from death, it is a way of life. More than a haven for the weary, it is a hope for the brave.
This is the hope that beckons us onward in this century of trial. This is the work that awaits us all, to be done with bravery, with charity, and with prayer to Almighty God.
My citizens — I thank you.


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