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• Picking Flowers

  
  Children's / Fantasy Illustrations — Authority: 442
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  5 hours ago

• Lack of Australian emergency warning standard risks lives

  
  Net Traveller — Authority: 434
  For this bushfire season a new Australian National Emergency Warning System has been introduced. Unfortunately there appears to be no standard issued for the formatting of the messages and no harmonisation with other warning messages. As a result this will make it difficult to relay the messages quickly and reliably ...
  12 hours ago

• Cartoon - Victoria and Prince Albert

  
  Victorian Paintings — Authority: 442
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  18 hours ago

• Bed and Breakfast: The Victorian Guest House

  
  littleindiana.com — Authority: 116
  From the instant I saw The Victorian Guest House in Nappanee, Indiana, I was giddy with excitement and couldn’t wait to get inside!  Gabled and turreted, we somehow managed to drive right by the very large Nappanee, Indiana bed and breakfast.  Oops.  My navigating skills may leave something to be desired. ...
  22 hours ago

• Jeff Howells DIY advice: sandstone treads

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 975
  Jeff Howells top tips for waterproofing sandstone treads on external steps.
  23 hours ago

• Making the Most of a Bad Situation: Finds at a Flea Market

  
  Collectors Quest — Authority: 496
  Hubby and I set up a booth at a flea market this weekend. We were pleased to do so, especially since it was an indoor sale and we had dealt with the outdoor issues all summer. Rain, humidity, wind, these were all problems we had encountered with our other sales. But alas, this turned out to be a fabulous weekend to be ...
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• Tin Alley’s Out of Control

  
  Oz Music Scene — Authority: 430
  Tin Alley have hit the ARIA Charts with the release of their new single “Out of Control.” The song’s sitting at number 43 on the ARIA singles charts and number 7 on the ARIA Australian singles charts in its debut week. The song’s also topped the Top 40 and Rock Singles charts at BigPond Music. “Out of ...
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• Appreciating Veterans at a Bed and Breakfast

  
  Bed & Breakfast Blog. B&B Industry News, Special Events, Packages and Inn Listings for Innkeepers and B&B Travelers. — Authority: 108
  Honor Code - Did you know that a shoe store owner helped turn Veteran’s Day into what it is today?   In the early 1950’s, Al King started a campaign to change Armistice Day, (a day of remembrance to honor those who served in World War I) into a holiday for all war veterans.   Eventually, Congress signed a ...
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• Magic lantern magic!

  
  Caroline's Miscellany — Authority: 125
  On Saturday the British Library held a day of events to accompany its excellent Points of View exhibition, including a magic lantern show. With my enthusiasm for period entertainments , I booked a ticket right away! Professor Mervyn Heard is a leading researcher and collector of magic lantern slides and ...
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• REPULSIVE BUT RIGHT, ROMANTIC BUT WRONG: AN AESTHETIC DELUSION

  
  mardecortesbaja.com — Authority: 125
  Hundreds of years from now, when historians look back at the intellectual life of the 20th Century, I think they will be struck by two extraordinary, almost inconceivable delusions, one aesthetic and one political. In this post Ill discuss the aesthetic delusion, which involved the violent reaction against the art of ...
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• Some fireplace owners nevertheless like using firewood as it inspires feelings of relaxation and nostalgia

  
  Neversomeday.com — Authority: 158
  The look of fireplaces is able to bring back sweet and nostalgic memories of families gathering around the lounge when the weather is just too cold for outside activities. Fireplaces are definitely functional but most often, fireplaces are also assembled for cultured applications. Folk started to understand the ...
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• Victorian Slang of the Week

  
  Slip Into Something Victorian — Authority: 108
  Action: gambling activity, as in “now that’s my kind of ‘action’”.  Used in 1887 but appears to be used mostly in the 20th century.  As always, this is for writing.  In actual speech, especially at a gaming table or among gamblers, it may have been used for often.
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• Court told how savagely India-born doctor was attacked (Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  Melbourne, Nov 9 (IANS) India-born doctor Mukesh Haikerwal was so savagely attacked here with a baseball bat a year ago that shocked witnesses heard his skull crack, an Australian court heard.The former head of the Australian Medical Association (AMA) was struck on the head four or five times with the bat in a park at ...
  2 days ago

• Margaret Perkins Briggs

  
  Beautiful Century — Authority: 125
  Margaret Perkins Briggs , originally uploaded by myvintagevogue .
  2 days ago

• Win Us! Trois chats du peeps cleanere!

  
  Small Expectations — Authority: 128
  I love these  Chenille Cats Christmas Ornaments by Stephanie of   Old World Primitives  with Victorian cat heads, fat huggable bear bodies (not too hard or youll crush them!) and a lot of funness going on who could resist! I had to have them and now you can too! Simply visit Stephanies etsy shop and leave ...
  2 days ago

• Jugend magazine gallery

  
  Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog — Authority: 669
  How much more fabulous can it get? There’s a whole website devoted to the magazine Jugend (19th century and early 20th century), with galleries of covers, ads, and histories. Posted by Jaleen Grove on Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog | Permalink | No comments Tags: art nouveau , arts and ...
  2 days ago

• The Victorians Might Have Loved Thrift Shopping

  
  The Thrift Shop Romantic — Authority: 113
  As I came away with a bundle of unique goodies from the Red White and Blue thrift store this weekend, I realized: the Victorians might very well have loved thrift shopping. I mean think about it: they enjoyed changing up things in their homes regularly, and transforming hard furnishings with layers and layers of ...
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• Scrooge (1935)

  
  Cinefantastique Online — Authority: 415
  This early sound adaptation of Charles Dickens immortal A Christmas Carol (1843) is slow in pace and static in execution, of interest to film historians and completists.Related posts: A Christmas Carol (1843) When “ho-ho-ho” gives way to “horror” Box Office: Treasure still tops
  2 days ago

• Weekend Assignment #292: The Oldest Thing

  
  Ellipsis — Authority: 421
  From For Ellipsis "Theres one advantage in being 102... no peer pressure." -Dennis Wolfberg Weekend Assignment #292: Whats the oldest thing in your house or apartment? Extra Credit: Is there anything from your childhood that youve managed to hang onto all these years? -Karen, of the blog, Outpost ...
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• Austen-esque

  
  Aspire2 Blog — Authority: 426
  When one of my supervising profs in my PhD program handed me a list of works to read, that list included about six pages of single-spaced titles. After I recovered, I hopped on the internet and looked up everything I’d not yet read on Netflix. Anything produced in movie form, I stuck in my queue. That way, I ...
  2 days ago

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