Benji: The Driving Diaries Part Deux. — Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Jump to the full entry & travel map Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 26/5/10 – Tanzania Well it was time to leave Malawi and make our way to Tanzania. It was a very auspicious start with us going along the road works in pouring rain and we had a whole bunch of other vehicles to get pet past, but the locals were telling us to go ahead, when all of a sudden out truck got stuck in the mud right by another big truck. Things weren’t looking good and I wondered how we were going to get out of this one
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Benji: The Driving Diaries Part Deux. — Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Jump to the full entry & travel map Chiang Rai, Thailand This morning we travelled north again to a town called Chiang Rai where we went to the Hill tribe museum run by the PDA (Population and community Development Association). At the museum we were shown a video of what to expect from the next three days of trekking and also told us about the hill tribe people and their cultures and also what we should and shouldn’t do while there, for example, me and women (including married couples) do not sleep in the same rooms
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Hill tribe museum and 1st night home stay — Chiang Rai, Thailand
Jump to the full entry & travel map Athens, Greece Fantastic breakfast at the hotel — up on the 10th floor with a view to the acropolis. The we all had a wander through the Plaka to the base of the acropolis. A short bus tour let everyone get their bearings and gave us a better idea how things connected to one another
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Lovely day of wandering — Athens, Greece
Gina Sekelsky from lettergirl and Rich Inner Life shows her most recently completed sewing project - a handstitched cardigan covered with a favorite quote from Maya Angelou. The simple lines of the cardigan are the perfect background for the words of the quotation. The little bits of chartreuse peeking through here and there are utter perfection. Read more about her project and see…
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Lookie what she made: Maya Angelou cardigan
Last week I mentioned in a post the Degenerate Flame Off being held at Cornerstone Glass in Eugene, OR May 28th-30th. Well, it’s come and gone but you’ve got to check out the slide show over in the Cornerstone web site . It looks as though a good time was had by all
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Degenerate Flame Off at Cornerstone Glass Has Happened!
Karen from Dear My Kids and Dear My Kids Easywear is giving away four of her patterns on From an Igloo. (One pattern each to four winners.) As the mama of a school-aged girl, I’m thrilled that she now has bigger sizes available. Go to From an Igloo to get the details and enter the giveaway . Deadline is Saturday, June 5th, 2010 at…
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Giveaway: Dear My Kids pattern
Vanessa from Crafty Gemini shares a free video tutorial walking you through the steps to create a pillowcase dress. This is a simple dress, easy for beginning sewists. She also sells a print version of the tutorial along with a pattern for $3.00 US. Go to the free video .
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Video tutorial: How to make a pillowcase dress
The issue of child slavery is a real problem that is facing the United States today.
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Every Parent's Worst Nightmare: How To Protect Your Children Against The Crime Of Human Trafficking
“By making the grid smart, we make it more efficient and more accommodating of renewables, and we’re able to cut down on the amount of carbon we emit to generate the electricity we need,” said [research scientist] Rob Pratt.. Having a smart grid would have substantial benefits for the fight against climate change, says a recent report , summarized here in video format (more details here ):
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Adding information to energy to counter climate change
image by Paper Crafts Visit the Paper Crafts Card Creations 8 website section to download free PDF’s to make a dog shaped card, and paper piecing patterns for a rocket ship, car, strawberry and holiday images. Click here for downloads
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Freebie: Paper Piecing Patterns
More of the, while I was at Bullseye story…we spent some time doing some kiln casting. Very interesting stuff and I have to say, it has my mind reeling with ideas. In our class we had two figures to use to caste.
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Kiln Casting a Pyramid
A post over at Time NewsFeed asks if “Quit Facebook Day” is a bust. Well, I didn’t know it was happening in the first place, and I’m online for like every waking hour.
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I Didn’t Get The ‘Quit Facebook’ Memo
Illustration: Chinese Ornament from Owen Jones The Grammar of Ornament 1856 Although Owen Jones was to publish a volume entirely dedicated to Chinese ornament in 1867, The Grammar of Chinese Ornament , he had included only a slim chapter on the subject in his 1856 volume The Grammar of Ornament . The earlier chapter was a much smaller affair than the 1867 book, but was also relatively small compared to some of the other chapters in the book. Only four colour plates were included along with one page of text.
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Owen Jones and Chinese Ornament
Tif from T. Matthews Fine Art shares a tutorial on her blog for making this 3-D fabric flower wall art piece. What a fun way to add a splash of color to your walls! Get the how-to .
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Tutorial: 3-D fabric flower wall art
“…from the point of view of technology, a code generated within a digital computer is now self-replicating as the genome of a line of living cells. From the point of view of biology, a code generated by a living organism has been translated into a digital representation for replication, editing, and transmission to other cells.” – George Dyson in response to Craig Venter’s announcement of “synthetic” life. Commentary via John Robb : “Now that we have a self-replicating biological platform (yeast — likely one of many different platforms that will be floated over the next couple of years) that can accommodate a completely synthetic genome, the race in on: towards an abundance in nearly every material or process that can be enabled via biological means
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Craig Venter synthetic life fallout: P2P pharmaceuticals and fuels?
You may feel that your art isn’t selling as well as you’d like. Take a moment to review these 7 key points about remembering to persevere in this week’s Art Marketing Action podcast–an audio version of the newsletter/post of the same title
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Art Marketing Action Podcast – Remember to Persevere
by Eugenia Topina Eugena Topina of Eugena’s Creations has this easy to follow tutorial for a bullseye and leaf cane up on her website. Click here to go to the tutorial! Technorati Tags: Eugena’s Creations , tutorial , bullseye cane , leaf cane
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Bullseye and Leaf Cane Tutorial
Nikki from Lilybug Designs made this girlie-girl bed canopy for her daughter’s room in reponse to her daughter’s declaration that her room was not “fancy enough.” With the pink tulle and the feathers, I bet she doesn’t say that now! Is your own daughter’s room not “fancy enough”? Nikki gives the how-to so you can make your own. Go to the…
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image by My Favorite Things Join Kim with My Favorite Things stamps for an informative video on how to watercolor your stamped images. Click here for the video
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Tutorial: Water Coloring Your Stamped Images
Ellie from Bustle and Sew shares a free pattern on her blog for the cute little Scottie dog that she used to applique the cover of this throw pillow. What an absolutely sweet design! Read more about her project and get the free pattern .
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Free pattern: Scottie dog appliqued throw pillow