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1. Rounded Corners: There is something about Rounded corners which make Photos look very cool. So here's how you can give your photos rounded corners:
Now select the 'Rectangle Select Tool'. It is in the GIMP Tools window. Now select entire image or the part of the image you want to round off. Now go to menu Select > Rounded Rectangle.... A box would pop up asking you to specify the radius in percentage. 50 is the default value. I'd recommend something like 15-20.
Next right click on the image and go to 'Select' in the menu and then click on 'Invert'. Now hit the delete button. Now hit Ctrl+S to save your creation. Here is an example.
Now this is VERY important. After selecting the proper image part, you should right click on the image and click on 'Select' in the right contextual menu. Now click on the 'Invert' in the sub menu. Now hit delete button on your keyboard. Cool, You have successfully kicked out the dog! But still there is the ugly white space around the part the dog once existed. So go to the menu, Image > Autocrop Image. This will get rid of the white space.
simply use the Crop Tool from the Tools, it is above the 'Text Tool' it can do the work in a better way.
[Thanks Borge]
6. Adding text
Use the text tool to add some text. You will get a new text layer which you can also see if you look at the layers dialog. You can use the move tool to move the text where you like to have it. Then merge it with the white layer below by choosing Merge Down from the Layer menu. You should now have one layer with black text on white background. Using Layer -> Colors -> Invert you will achieve something like the picture above.
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Friday, September 25, 2009
He was troubled but also troubling. Paranoid, with an acute persecution complex, he reinforced his bedroom and equipped his palace in Paris with secret passageways. It seems that Brunswick once said that, «were not for his enormous wealth, he would already be in an insane asylum».
Due to his escapades he was dethroned and chased from his country in 1830 and lived for a while in Paris.
Three years before his death he came to live in Geneva and stayed in one of the hotels. When he died, he gave all his money to the city of Geneva in exchange for the construction of this mausoleum, built in 1879 (on Quai du Mont-Blanc) by architect Franel on the model of one in Verona, Italy. The city used the money to build the golden gates of Parc des Bastions and the city's opera, the Grand Theatre.
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Wow what an interesting story. Sounds like quite a character! Beautiful photos. I love the light in them.ReplyDelete
Merci Rosa, pour ces belles photos et les explications.ReplyDelete
Je suis rouge de honte car c'est un monument que je connais depuis mon enfance et je ne savais rien de ses origines
Un petit tour aux bords du leman avant le weekend. C'est sympa ca Rosa.ReplyDelete
What a beautiful country you live in Rosa! :)ReplyDelete
Beautiful photos Rosa. Now, I miss Switzerland.ReplyDelete
What an interesting story. Secret passages ways - you could write a mystery story there.ReplyDelete
what a nice piece of art, and quite a character that Duke, very beatiful photos Rosa,ReplyDelete
Those pictures are marvellous. Specially the second one wich reminds me of the Albert Memorial in London. I could spent days admiring it. The one you pictured seems as fascinating.ReplyDelete
How gorgeous! What an interesting history behind the monument.ReplyDelete
What really nice pictures Rosa! love them, gloriaReplyDelete
Nice history, cheers
Thank you for sharing this very interesting bit of history Rosa! He does sound quite eccentric!ReplyDelete
So interesting, and what an ornate monument. Love the back side view of the winged creature.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous Rosa!ReplyDelete
We just don't have things like this beautiful around our town.
That's an amazing story and pictures! I wish one day to visit Geneva, hopefully before I am too odl :-pReplyDelete
Fierté dans le ciel, merci! Bises et bon week endReplyDelete
rili want to visit switzerland now.. beautiful!! :)ReplyDelete
Wow thats wonderful clicks...ReplyDelete
Very nice story and the pictures as just amazing...love the details :-)ReplyDelete
Very beautiful sculptures and interesting story. Have a nice weekend.ReplyDelete
Merci pour ces photos et ce ciel magnifique.ReplyDelete
Merci pour les belles photos, que j'aime. Bon week-end!ReplyDelete
I can't help but feel sad when I hear of talented people that are so obsessed with fears. Still, he was able to leave a legacy of beauty.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the pictures and history lesson, Rosa! Have a great weekend!ReplyDelete
What a gorgeous monument with such an interesting history. Beautiful pictures!ReplyDelete
Nice photos! I remember walking past the mausoleum several times while visiting Geneva a few years ago.ReplyDelete
Have a nice weekend, Rosa!
Somehow I can't remember this monument, I'm ashamed to say but your pictures are beautiful and make me want to return to Geneva soon.ReplyDelete
Très joli monument! J'en découvre des choses ici...ReplyDelete
Bon week-end!!!
je vais svt à geneve pour le boulot ;j'irai voir next time cheers !PierreReplyDelete
Je suis d'accord pour te suivre dans toutes tes escapades.ReplyDelete
I like the last picture, nice detail.ReplyDelete
The Brunswick Monument is the first things I ever saw in Geneva, and I still think among the most beautiful. I never knew it had such an interesting story behind it.ReplyDelete
Very interesting story and lovely photos!ReplyDelete
.. je te dis que je pratique mon anglais lorsque je passe ici lol!!!!!ReplyDelete
..merci pour tout Rosa;)
All of the DB'ers are brave for this one. Puff pastry is not easy. So impressed!ReplyDelete


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Friday, January 27, 2012
Louvre bookstore
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I own one of the older Kindles (without color, but with 3G) and love it for novels, etc. It is perfect for reading in bed, the Metro, etc. I use it for "word" books, but still have to have my art books or other with images on paper. I also love how the Kindle isn't backlit. I hope you love yours as much as I love mine. Also, if you are interested in classics, there are tons of those available free.ReplyDelete
I am an accidental iPad reader....got my iPad for other reasons..." I love REAL BOOKS". Ha! I love the ability to read a preview, carry multiple books plus email and other stuff all in one light piece it the real advantage to the e-reading is that, when I read in bed at night and fall asleep, the iPad turns of the light for me!ReplyDelete
I'm with you ...I LOVE bookstores but did get a KOBO reader for the subway...much lighter and for me only for the books I'd read then pass on or pile up somewhere....still love big picture books and anything about Paris!!ReplyDelete
I took my iPad2 with me to London and Paris in July 2011. Frustrated in London. All Starbucks had me buy one of their gift cards before they would activate my iPad2. Same for hotel. $30 per day! Paris hotel was Free but not much use on the streets. BUT, I am addicted to my iPad2 even tho I want to hold a book in my hands still......both FOREVER.ReplyDelete
- Geri, NJ10:46 AM
Firstly, your watercolor is great! I agree, most especially, I could never give up the experience of sitting down with an art book. The Nook is very convenient, but also, it can pretty silly; for instance, my book would never, ever turn a page without my permission! Also...sometimes, I end up all the way back and the beginning of a book and woe to me if I did not place a bookmark!ReplyDelete
Thanks Geri,
for the BOOKMARK TIP
All Kindle tips are most welcome.
Denise I don't think you need to do that with the Kindle 'cloud' but I'm not sure.
My iTouch was useless in Paris :(
I'm currently test-driving a Kindle from the library here at the University. It really is great for reading in bed, that's for sure. Liking it very much!ReplyDelete
I am addicted to the tactile pleasure of a real book!ReplyDelete
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May I just mention that I love, love, love your drawing, it is a heartwarming image! And I say that even though my heart feels for the book that has to carry the cup of tea or coffee or hot chocolate. I could not bring myself to rest a cup on a book (book have feelings too, you know).
I am sorry for having called your watercolor a "drawing" - please forgive me. xxx
Afraid I am still just too wary of all that new technology when it comes to my major love, the reading of REAL books.ReplyDelete
BUT...no doubt, the times they are a-changin'! And I can't imagine ever giving up my Art books.
That book store is causing me palpitations.ReplyDelete
My husband is getting a kindle for nightime reading, and he will report to me. I am a holdout; but I do see the convenience of one.
Then seem too big to me. Do you find that?
I'll never give up the sensual experience of "real" books, but I got a KindleFire for Christmas and I do like it. I would prefer the older Kindle for novels, though - it's easier on the eyes because it's not backlit. I spend all day on the computer at work, and the last thing I want to do at night is have more of that. I've been considering getting the older version for night reading.ReplyDelete
Well, I finally got one a year ago, as I commute, it's much less to carry. At first I missed my real books, and still read some in paper. Sadly, the more I read on the Kindle, the more I LOVE it ... so easy to hold and turn pages, and adjust the type font and size to exactly what works for me.ReplyDelete
Most people say they read much faster on a reader, Kindle is rated best on your eyes. I do read really fast on the Kindle, and I hate that I love it so much. Oddly, I sometimes buy the book from my independent seller AND on the Kindle, because I want these bookstores to stay around. I always bookmark my last read page (menu, add a bookmark) .. and then menu (view my Notes & Marks and delete the previous bookmark) ... probably a little OCD, but I like it tidy.
Lots of classics are free, I have read some Jane Austen free. You can scout around. I think travel books would be great on the Kindle, as I have to leave some of my favorites behind. I wonder how many are available, will check it out.
Good luck .. enjoy ... but we have to keep our bookstores alive. Kindle is the only reader that you cannot purchase a book through your bookseller (most independent sellers are getting on board, they get a little cut if you order through them.)
Hi, Carol!ReplyDelete
Lovely watercolor!
I've had my Kindle for about a year now and, while I will NEVER give up "real" books, I love it for many reasons.
Travelling as I do for seven months of the year, I would never be able to carry all the print books I would need. With the Kindle, I'm all set, and can download more as needed.
Free samples! I can "test drive" a book before making a purchase-or-not decision. I have two "collections" for these--"Samples Read" and "Buy?" In the first go the books I'm not buying but which I want to check out of the library when I get back to the States. In the second go the books for which I have not made a definite purchase decision.
As others have mentioned, there's a lot of free content out there, most notably Project Gutenberg.
I also like the ability to load pdfs. I can scan sections out of travel books for instance and then load them to the Kindle.
Have rambled on enough. I don't think you'll be sorry for the purchase! Good luck, and have fun...
I succumbed to the Kindle about a year ago for text only. (the on-line dictionary is an awesome tool)ReplyDelete
But - no electronic device will ever replace the pleasure of paper for an illustrated book of any kind :)
If I hate a book, I throw it across the room.ReplyDelete
Probably shouldn't do that with a Kindle (and an Irish temper...)
I really don't like Kindles. At work and as a student I am constantly reading on a screen so the last thing I want to do is read a screen when it time to relax with tea.ReplyDelete
There is also something public about reading books while in a park or subway. You are revealing a part of yourself to the people in the environment. Maybe this is something I just pay attention to as a writer, but I like it.
I like the feel of books, the look of them in my office or room. They are irreplaceable for me.
Plus I heard that people who read on paper, rather than a screen have 10% more comprehension capabilities than those who just read on a screen.
The Wanderfull Traveler
Not much new to add to these interesting comments. I could give away all of my possessions with the exception of my books, which I will continue to buy. But my iPad reader is the perfect solution for a) the daily commute (newspaper, email, novel all in one - though being a nosy person I agree with Murissa Maurice that I do like to see what OTHER people are reading!) and b) those holidays where you used to load down your suitcase with a ton of books, then panic in case you ran out and there's no decent English bookshop & your holiday's ruined, etc. The point is, it doesn't have to be an either/or, does it? Good luck with the Kindle!ReplyDelete
I don't think you will regret your purchase:)ReplyDelete
I LOVE to hold a real book..But having so many in one little spot..while traveling..or in an appointment's office..Is the cream of the crop.
A recipe book is best viewed ..on real pages..I am certain Museum and art books also:)
My friend was at the Louvre yesterday..and d'Orsay..one of her faves today..she is so sweet to tell me what she is doing..in such a nice way:)She was at Sennelier also and will go back..she is a great artist like you.
I was at Chapters today(Cdn type Barnes and Noble..) I get such a great feeling in a book store.
Sign up for the deal of the day..i have bought several..I just read Entangled that was $0.00 cents and I loved it..don't forget you in the US have access to a library card..that lets you book out books VIRTUALLY for a 14 day period..It is great.You take it out..online and return online..Just get a library card..Not here yet ..I even emailed MTL..:(That I heartily suggest you do:)
Your watercolor is beautiful..You could even make a Kindle look great..
On another note..reading in bed w/ a Kindle is great.
If you have physical hand .. or some motor coordination challenges..it could be even great.
In reading the Language of Flowers..I wanted to have the dictionary of flowers and felt sorry I could not photocopy..one search on Google..and I could print up the whole Flower dictionary via a PDF file.
It will never replace books..But many easily can spend this in a resto for a meal..non?:)
And you keep it:)
Good for you..Hope you like it very very much.
I'm still holding out and reading real books. I do have an ipad and have downloaded some free Sherlock Holmes but not managed to read any of it. I can certainly see the value of a kindle for travelling. I'm a dreadful one for packing lots of books- they are heavy in your suitcase and take up heaps of room. Guide books. Novels to read on the plane. What if I finish all those books, and then need another one to read?ReplyDelete
I love my Kindle Fire. I've always been a book lover, and that will continue, but there's something I love about the Kinde. It's great being able to download free books, and I've found some I really enjoy.ReplyDelete
I downloaded a book onto iBooks on my phone, it is great when I want something to read but don't want to carry something around.ReplyDelete
I have the basic, classic Kindle and I love it. So great to read in bed, light, have larger text, etc. It won't replace art books etc, however I am thrilled with the Kindle. I must learn how to Bookmark Ha!ReplyDelete
Art by Karena
Oh I love that painting. Love the tea cup on the books. I am afriad I am a hold out. I LOVE my books to much. I am having enough problems with electonics at the moment to add one more thing. :)But a good friend of mine LOVES HER Kindle. She gets more free books on it. They will go broke with her I fear. :))ReplyDelete
I am with so many of the folks here, I was a holdout, then I found out all that they can do, free books, pdfs, long articles from on line (like the history articles at Colonial Williamsburg) and it is so like and I can have dozens of books with me wherever I go. Mine is the TOUCH, I am in love, but also delight in *real* books when there are illustrations or physical delights to the book. Yes, we can have both.ReplyDelete
I too love "real" books, but there seem to be many converts to the e-readers. I could be missing something :)ReplyDelete
For reading I prefer in this order: real book, Kindle, IPad. The Kindle is wonderful for travel. I have the kind that you can download from anywhere in the world. When we were in Costa Rica in a torrential downpour, I downloaded Maugham's "Rain" for really getting into the mood of the story. It was great. I had lots of other things already on it but it's nice to be able to get a book 3 seconds after you think of it. I don't like reading on the IPad because it's hard on the eyes. However, I read a lot of blogs, and the "reader" option on the IPad makes that very easy.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous9:53 PM
One of my coworkers who doesn't even use HIS cell phone LOVES his kindle for commuting in on long island railroad. He rads his ny times & novels. Me? I am an apple freak from way back so I have an iPad. Love it, but a bit heavy.ReplyDelete
Xxoo gail
Carol, I think it will be a very long time before I use a Kindle or other electronic bookie thingy. I really do love books. I like the look of them, the feel of them, the smell of them.ReplyDelete
Lots of your prior comments have spoken of the ease to taking along a Kindle when traveling. Guess I just need to find that way to go traveling soon, so that I'll gain appreciation of these thingies.
I do agree your painting is lovely. xo
I do louvre my iPad for reading in bed. sure beats trying to hold up a hefty tome! I think eventually there will be more art books available too. I hope since sometimes I want to just look at art. My son & several of my friends have Kindle Fire & lorefer it to iPad. I will never give up real books tho!ReplyDelete
I loved the stacked books with cup & macs. table by my chair always looks like that, sans Mac: (
Oops I meant $0.99 or $1.99..sorry.. but every day Amazon emails you the deal of the day..ReplyDelete
Ok..that's enough from me:)Bookmark is easy..just push the button and a list comes up..I also like that you can make collections..Like: Read Books etc..
I love books, too, Carol. It'd be fun to try and e-reader but I also relish the look of books on the shelf or coffee table. Have a wonderful weekend!xxReplyDelete
I agree Annechovie...ReplyDelete
But I would SO relish getting rid of the stacks of books on top of the bookcases and everywhere else around here...
So glad to see all the comments about loving real books first, then e-readers. I do agree they are great for travel. But I work in a small, independent bookstore and there's nothing like the real thing! Carol, if you come to Maine again next summer, I hope you'll stop by the store.ReplyDelete
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- Anonymous3:45 PM
I do love that Louvre bookstore...as well as so so so many others! Don't like that books are heavy, especially when luging new ones home from France or Quebec, but I just love paper books!!Thanks for your post about photographing people. Gave me a lot to think about as I love sketching people...ReplyDelete
electronic gadgets come and go, but NOTHING will ever beat books for me. I'm a true dinosaur ;-)ReplyDelete
Call me a laggard but I don't have a Nook or a Kindle. I do have a smart phone and a laptop but no Ipad.ReplyDelete
Works for me.
GREAT blog....love your posts.ReplyDelete
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It was a good movie. I don't think it was a great movie. 7 out of 10. Sorry?
And I don't mean about the length although it was certainly too long for my taste, but the length wasn't the problem. Let's not start there though. Let's start with the women. Because, well, I've not received one email from anyone hahaha-ing about how sh-t Anne Hathaway was at Catwoman. She was not sh-t. She was great. She wasn't Michelle Pfeiffer's disaffected, world-weary Selena, nor was she Halle Berry's campy whip-snapper. She was minxy and playful and sweet, selfish, sexy, smart, complicated, and God the way she looked in that suit was all kinds of sick. And, given that we've been debating it for months, how did Christopher Nolan write this girl? Well, she bailed on Batman all the time, sold him out, steals his belongings, and saved his ass near the end there with Bane, didn't she? Of course he saved her too. But I appreciate that in this story what they needed from each other wasn't forced. Bruce's problem with women is that he glorifies them in perfection. Rachel was a selfless civil servant, Miranda Tate an environmental crusader. What he avoids in love is the duality that he finds a hard time confronting in himself. There's a nice symmetry here, especially in that it concludes the trilogy.
As for Marion Cotillard's Miranda - it's obvious why Nolan chose her, and waited for her, for the part. In many ways, Miranda is Inception's Mal. Soft and vulnerable, but angry and self-destructive, cleverly deceitful and still, irresistible even as she's driving a knife into his side. Ironically though, Miranda's great reveal as the film's master villain, while certainly plot twisty and awesome in that moment (even though I think she received some really poor direction when she dies - GROSS overacting, non?), essentially became Bane's emasculation.
This, perhaps, was, at least to me, the disappointment of The Dark Knight Rises: Tom Hardy. Not exactly Tom Hardy, but how Tom Hardy was wasted on this character. First of all, that voice box was a joke. Some of his intonations were so Yoda-y, I actually laughed, only to be glared at by the nerd sitting next to me. What? It was terrible. As was that f-cking mask that ended up obscuring most of his eyes too. Which meant that he could only really "act" in one scene through the entire film. Those were the eyes that cried from love. For Miranda Tate. His boss. And so we learned that Bane was acting out of love. As the strong arm of his vengeful lover. And therefore not terrifying at all. I saw The Dark Knight Rises and Savages back to back. Savages was a f-cking disaster. But I tell you, Benicio Del Toro is a lot more frightening as a bad guy than Tom Hardy was allowed to be as Bane. Frankly, aside from that one tender scene between him and Marion Cotillard, I'm not sure the rest of it had to be Hardy at all. You just needed a 'roided up dude with a bald head.
Is it fair to compare Bane to The Joker? Is it fair to compare performances? Well... yes. Beyond the origin story, or the first film when Bruce begins his Batman journey, every other story is centred on tension and conflict. The fight is only as good as the adversary. Batman needs a formidable adversary. He only exists because of his adversary. This is why The Dark Knight was a masterpiece. Because the adversary became a legend.
And not just because Heath Ledger was so incredibly transcendent in the role but also because The Joker's motivation made us uncomfortable. He didn't want money. He didn't want to destroy for personal gain. What he wanted was to expose the true nature of the human condition. The Joker's position is that we are fundamentally dark and damaged. That our selfish impulses inform our decisions, and that those decisions fracture instead of unite. When The Joker wreaked havoc on Gotham, it was a social experiment. Which was what made it more than just a superhero movie. This wasn't simply a madman with potions and bombs. The Joker was a human behavioural scientist who used violence as a catalyst to prove his hypothesis. What was unsettling about Batman's victory over The Joker then was that in defeating him, he proved The Joker right.
How do you match that? In The Dark Knight Rises, they tried. And there was some potential. We all would have seen the similarities between Bane's destruction of the economic hierarchy with what happened so recently during Occupy Wall Street, right? What does a new world order actually look like? We didn't really get to see. During the Rule of Bane, when everyone was on lockdown, there was barely enough time to observe how the citizens were coping. Alternatively the Resistance Movement was a very, very clever detail, with Blake communicating via sewer system to the cops trapped underneath, and the complicated and unexplained hookup with the outside army delivering supplies into the city, but exploring that further would also have been too much plot in a plot that was already too much. In the end, it all boiled down to ...Daddy Issues.
To tell you the truth, I had a hard time caring after that.
It's an enjoyable, entertaining movie. And it has a lot of super crazy fun wow moments. But a truly great movie, and it was capable of being one, needs to offer something truly special, truly insightful. It's kind of what we've come to expect from Nolan anyway, isn't it?
Some other observations:
-Commissioner Gordon's devotion to the Batman and his undying faith in his hero's abilities remains one of the strongest elements of this franchise. Gary Oldman plays this part with a youthful innocence that is incredibly endearing and moving. It's not Batman who is the antithesis of evil in these stories. It's Jim Gordon. Jim Gordon IS Hope. And Oldman's work in conveying this is criminally underappreciated.
-Wasn't really feeling JGL. I mean... that was totally telegraphed, right? Who he'd become?
-How beautiful was Cillian Murphy? The way they shot him from below like that? I've never found him so attractive.
-I've also never been more attracted to Christian Bale. He was hot this time around. And a little funny too. And, um, his chemistry with Anne Hathaway was... palpable, right?
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I am trying to figure out ways to integrate this attitude into our American lives. Lilah still finds great happiness in imaginary play and collecting twigs and flowers. Otis now goes to our local middle school and only gets in the car once in while. Paul and I are trying to limit our commitments and spend lots of time at home enjoying our kids. Little things.
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Rach and Justin invited a slew of us to spend the day with them. It was true Indian summer. The leaves had started falling, a bit of crispness cooled the air while still being warm enough for kids to swim, pluck juicy concord grapes from the vine, and pick apples... Life is good.
I like how uncomplicated this apple tart is - just apples on buttery pastry with a sprinkle of sugar. Simple pleasure. But I also enjoyed gussying this apple tart up a little bit with a drizzle with Homemade Caramel Sauce and voila .... Caramel Apple Tart, anyone?
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(printable recipe)
- 1/2 recipe flaky pastry dough
- 2-3 pounds apples
- 2 tablespoons Turbinado sugar
- Homemade Caramel Sauce (optional, but highly recommended)
Prepare your dough as per the instructions here. A couple of notes:
First, you only need half of the recipe for the pastry dough for this recipe. Have fun making a tart of your choice with the other half.
Second, please don't roll the dough too thin or the edges get pretty charred before the apples can cook all the way. (Tanis suggests rolling the dough into a 16x11 inch rectangle. I had more success when I made a thicker 11x6 inch oval of dough.)
Place the rolled out dough (on a parchment-lined baking sheet) into the fridge while you prep your apples.
Preheat oven to 375.
Peel and core apples and slice them thin. Take the prepared dough from the fridge. Lay the apples on the dough in long layered rows. ( If you aren't going to serve your tart until later, Tanis suggests covering the prepared tart in the fridge for up to 8 hours.)
Sprinkle Turbinado sugar over the apples and pastry. Bake in the oven for 30-40 minutes until the pastry is golden brown and the apples are tender.
We found the tart to be most delicious when served warm and drizzled with caramel sauce. When we ate the leftovers, we'd quickly warm up a slice in the oven before noshing.
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- Emma's quince and apple pie
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Velvet Dreams
But SIGH. I can't help it. 'Tis the season that gets me longing for red lace frocks (remember the epic red lace dress project last year?) and mulberry-colored velvet ensembles. My lovely silk velvet is hanging around (literally) and taunting me (not literally, that would be weird). And I found the perfect pattern for my velvet.
etsy, and could not resist. It's perfect for velvet, with its soft pleats and folds.
I even made a bodice muslin in the wee hours the other night, when I should have been sleeping.
Readers, I certainly don't have time to make the dress as pictured for Christmas. But maybe I could make the bodice and slap a circle skirt on it? That would be lovely and quicker. Or perhaps (considering this will be a casual family Christmas), I will work on it in the new year. Velvet is appropriate for January and February too, right?
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It would look lovely on Valentine's day! The circle skirt is a good idea too.ReplyDelete
Perfect excuse for a Special Valentine's Date!ReplyDelete
(or just wearing around, I'm tempted to wear my new red dress as shirt since the skirt can bunch up into a nice bloused edge with jeans.)
Very pretty dress & an impressive muslin you have made.ReplyDelete
I would love to know how to make that muslin, for me that would be a great tutorial class! To see a dress & know how to duplicate it would be fabulous Gertie
Yes, I agree with the other comments; make it for Valentine's day!ReplyDelete
The pleating in the bodice would not be complemented adequately with just a circle skirt, it should have the pleating.
- AnonymousDecember 15, 2011 at 12:23 PM
Start it now and have it ready for next Christmas! Less stress next year! Disclaimer: I am a crazy planner/anti-procrastinator who begins thinking of Christmas presents in January.ReplyDelete
Totally appropriate for February! Make a Valentine's date out of it.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 15, 2011 at 12:28 PM
I love that pattern. I just got a lovely vintage dress pattern I will make after the Holidays! Happy Sewing!ReplyDelete
I definitely get tempted to take on a massive project during a crunch time like this. I just decided embroidering a family portrait ornament instead of sending a card would be a great idea... for everyone. Sigh.ReplyDelete
I think you should schedule it to get started now, and get it finished for V-Day.
I hear you on the no events to wear fab Christmas dresses to thing. I have one event that I can wear the Christmas Crepe dress I made last year to and I'm still horribly over dressed. And somebody decided to make matching cheesey t-shirts for everyone to wear this year. *sigh*ReplyDelete
If you don't make the skirt this time consider it for another project. It's so pretty and I bet would flatter, smoother in front with nice shape.ReplyDelete
Oh sometimes I wish I weren't a short, round shaped gal.
The thing I love about red dresses is that they can be worn for Thanksgiving (with brown accessories), Christmas, Valentine's day, and for special dinners out. Have fun!ReplyDelete
I have to agree with the others. Perfect pattern and it needs to be made. Can you hear the chanting? Vel-vet, Vel-vet, Vel-vet!ReplyDelete
Velvet and circle skirt could be tricksy - the nap will do a 90 degree flip and catch the light in strange ways. Could be quite exciting of course!ReplyDelete
Is it ever not appropriate to look lovely (and you would with that dress)? I say give yourself the time to do it right. A dress like that you can wear over many years.ReplyDelete
Velvet has a directional nap, so the nap would hang in different directions on the pieces of circle skirt. The effect might be really interesting or not the right thing at all. You might want to do a small scale test with scraps first.ReplyDelete
As long as it's cold outside, velvet is appropriate. So, no velvet here in S FL...ReplyDelete
I have been dreaming of an emerald green velvet dress for myself for weeks now. No, it will not happen before Christmas, but I want it so bad I don't care when it gets done as long as it becomes real one day in my closet. If you make it, the occasion will come.ReplyDelete
I think you should take your time and make the skirt. I really like the whole dress with the skirt!ReplyDelete
I think it would be gorgeous with a circle skirt and totally appropriate for all of winter!!ReplyDelete
I love it! I also have velvet litterally calling me also! Hmmmm.........should I????ReplyDelete
just gorgeous! It will be beautiful no matter when you finish it. I don't believe you will be able to wait.ReplyDelete
Silk Velvet and Gertie's circle skirt... just finished a beautiful black silk velvet skirt for my great niece, Anne, age 7. Used the recommended horsehair and a 1948 McCalls pattern supplemented with your article.... YES IT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR!!!!!ReplyDelete
Oh I do know what you mean! I have absolutely no parties that would require it, but I have been haunting the velvet/taffeta section of my LFS for two weeks and dreaming of incredible dresses. Would it be too weird to make one and wear it doing the dishes on a Tuesday night? Might make it more festive, yes?ReplyDelete
I got tired of waiting to wear the clothing that I love, so earlier this year I gave myself lifetime permission to overdress whenever I feel like it. The results: I'm having much more fun with my wardrobe, I get lots of compliments and I feel happy and fun when I go out. So, I say, do it and wear it whenever/where ever your heart desires.ReplyDelete
I know exactly where you are coming from Gertie, I've got a couple of half finished projects hanging around and a beautiful piece of red shantung whispering to me to make him into a dress....for what? who knows. Buts its always the season to look pretty is my motto! Do it!(But not in the wee hours of the night because then the prettiness might be eclipsed by the bags under your eyes!)ReplyDelete
All your ideas for velvet would be great. That bodice is so beautiful, that making that piece to wear with a circle skirt, seems the way to go to me, for quicker gratification. Plus it might take the fanciness down just a notch wear you could wear it a lot over the next few months.ReplyDelete
Yes, It would be a perfect dress, for Valentines, or Burns Night, or have a date with my fellow night... Go for it. Just so we can see it!ReplyDelete
I am not one to restrict a material or color to any specific season or holiday. I say make it and wear it for any occasion, special or not! Beautiful pattern choice for your lovely red velvet.ReplyDelete
Lovely! And remember the creative gift we give ourself (making something that makes our heart sing) is a gift that spreads to those we love! Can't wait to hear what you decide!ReplyDelete
Wow, so exciting to see someone else enjoying this pattern! I found it at an estate sale, cut out in my size in a gorgeous navy printed silk. (An epic sale, the woman had been a home ec teacher and had an entire wardrobe of quality handmade clothes from the early 60s. I got 4 outfits!) The problem is, I've been too scared to sew it up for fear I'll ruin it! The underarm gussets scare me. Do you have a tutorial on this subject, or could you possibly do one in the future?ReplyDelete
- Lynn Mc.December 15, 2011 at 5:49 PM
I can picture you in your fancy holiday dress on New Years Eve, drinking Champagne.ReplyDelete
Happy New Year!
Gertie...(whom I consider a "friend-in-my-head"...)ReplyDelete
I beg you not to 'slap' anything having to do with that lovely velvet! Your pattern choice will be exceptional in that velvet (where oh where do you find these patterns?!.....love them!)...a circle skirt wouldn't be as perfect.
If you begin now, taking (one stitch at a time), (one of my personal mantras) it certainly could be ready by New Years Eve...one of my favorite holidays!
I'll be following you!...
Remember to get some rest!...
- AnonymousDecember 15, 2011 at 7:26 PM
I have beautiful dark blue velvet I have no idea what to do with. Sigh.ReplyDelete
Oh, hooray! It's going to be gorgeous, and totally appropriate for 1. Valentine's day, 2. fancy dates, and 3. sitting around being fancy *just because.*ReplyDelete
I have a crazy Christmas party dress in the works too, despite having really no occasion to wear it. Twins!
I love the idea of that bodice on a circle skirt! I am filled with Christmas Party dressing ideas, without any functions to Christmas up for! I have 2 skirts made of vintage poinsettia tablecloths already and a circle skirt with holly and mistletoe in the works.ReplyDelete
I am not sure about circle skirts and Nap though, so consider carefully before you cut. I will read the rest of the comments now...so don't judge me if EVERYONE has said exactly the same thing. Happy Holidays. (And Mulberry velvet is always appropriate. ;) k.ReplyDelete
A circle skirt in a beautiful velvet... eh... I don't mean to be rude but please take a deep breath and re-examine that line.ReplyDelete
Nap! 'Fabric with nap' and 'circle skirt' are usually mutually excluding.
That said, it's a great dress and it may work well in velvet when made in its original shape (although I'd be worried about the bulk of two skirt layers with pleats in a voluminous fabric like velvet, but of course, I don't know how heavy your velvet is and how it drapes)
It is a lovely dress. However, are you sure velvet is good for a circle skirt? Won't the nap go different ways on the sides and front/back? Can that be seen?ReplyDelete
So pretty. And need I say we have that pattern?ReplyDelete
Slap a circle skirt on it?ReplyDelete
Now you're talk'n dangerous--like you can make anything!
(and what a sense of power that is too)
In a totally shameless plug, we have that pattern for sale, and I have ALWAYS thought it was the most.ReplyDelete
Definitely Valentines Day! I just recently found your blog and I love it. And you're a doll!ReplyDelete
thank you so much ^_^ReplyDelete
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Determination of stereoacuity thresholds and their inherent test retest reliabilities at various eccentricities with a monitor-based two-rod-test (2016)
Purpose To determine the stereo threshold and inherent variability with a monitor-based two-rod test at various eccentricities of the visual field. Additionally, to evaluate the duration of this procedure. Subjects and methods A pilot trial was conducted in five ophthalmologically normal subjects (2 male and 3 female) aged 21 – 23 years. Two black rods on white background, which appeared under an angle of 1° were presented in a viewing distance of 5.0 meters. The right rod was stationary, whilst the left rod appeared under a stereoscopic parallax, with an either proximal or distal displacement to the image plane. Threshold determination was assessed at seven eccentricities of the visual field by a staircase method. Eccentricities were 0° centrally, 5° to the right and left, 10° to the right and left and 15° to the right and left of the visual field. Proximal and distal displacement as well as the sequence of eccentricities were presented in random order. Stereo acuity was measured in two different sessions for four subjects and in five different sessions for one subject. For all sessions the duration was recorded. All sessions were separated by a time interval of at least 24 hours and no longer than 7 days. Evaluation was made by Wilcoxon test and Kruskal Wallis test at the 95% confidence level (CI) and the median was assessed for all thresholds. Results Stereo acuity declines with increasing eccentricities of the retina similar to visual acuity. While at 0° eccentricity thresholds were found to be lowest with (median) 5.0 seconds of arc ('') and the CI (0.5'', 30.5'') for all measurements, they increased to 112.2'' at 15° eccentricity to the left in proximal displacement. Distal it was 19.9'' centrally and 112.2'' to the right at 15° eccentricity with CI (0.5'', 30.5'') for all measurements. Repeatability of the threshold determination was found to be best at 0° eccentricity with proximal displacement showing the exact same result in the repetitive session and poorest repetition was found at 15° eccentricity to the left with distal displacement. Distal repeatability was worse than proximal. Median and CI of duration time was 5.3 (3.2, 8.3) minutes. Conclusion Stereo acuity thresholds are repeatable however increase with increasing eccentricity. Repetitions of the threshold determination do not vary considerably. The duration of these measurements indicates the monitor-based two-rod test as a fast procedure, that can be applied in future studies. The test program is limited by an imperfect algorithm and the stereoscopic images evoke cues, this should be reworked.


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The Kitchen Debate
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When we received a copy of Kenneth A. Kitchen's new book, On the Reliability of the Old Testament, we knew that we should review it. Kitchen is one of the world's leading scholars (he specializes in Egyptology), and the subject matter of the book—how historically accurate is the Bible?—is of central interest to many of our readers. We asked Ronald Hendel, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley and a columnist for our sister magazine, Bible Review, to review it for us.
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In the preceding article, Rami Khouri lays out the case for identifying Wadi el-Kharrar as the New Testament's "Bethany beyond the Jordan," the site where John baptized. There may be another piece of evidence strengthening that case—and it...
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Michigan teen carries his brother 40 miles for a cause
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- A Michigan teenager who wanted to raise awareness about cerebral palsy by walking 40 miles with his younger brother strapped to his back battled heat, rain, fatigue and more to finish the trek Sunday.
Hunter Gandee, 14, had been planning for weeks to pull off the walk, hoping to put a face on the muscular disorder that prevents his 7-year-old sibling, Braden, from being able to walk without help. But all his organizing couldn't prepare him for the conditions he faced as he packed the 50-pound boy over two days.
He even thought about giving up along the way.
"Honestly, yes, there was a point that we did consider stopping," Hunter said. "Braden's legs -- the chafing was getting pretty bad. We did have to consider stopping. It was at about the 30-mile point."
A phone call changed all that.
Hunter reached out to a friend, who said a prayer for the brothers. That, combined with some rest and a change in how Braden was positioned on his brother's back, helped the boys make it the final 10 miles.
It may have taken a bit longer than they anticipated, but the Gandees and more than a dozen of their family members and friends strolled up a winding road Sunday toward the University of Michigan's wrestling center.
At the top of the hill, Hunter lifted up Braden so he could touch a "Go Blue" banner erected for them near the walk's endpoint. The move was met with thunderous applause and cheers from those who had gathered to see the boys finish the trek.
Asked how he felt, Braden replied simply: "Tired."
Hunter said he was "more tired than I think I've ever been. My legs are pretty sore. But we pushed through it. And we're here."
More than 30 hours earlier, Hunter, with Braden securely strapped to his back, left the parking lot of Bedford Junior High in Temperance near the Ohio border. Just before their Saturday morning departure, well-wishers packed the gym for a send-off and the school band performed.
The boys' parents and two other siblings accompanied them on the walk. A caravan of cars and other walkers also joined in.
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"Whenever I'm going through something that's difficult and doing something that's hard, I see him and how he worked through it, and it just kind of pushes me through," Hunter told CBS News earlier.
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For Hunter, the walk was about doing something for his brother.
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