What I See

Posted by Happy Homemaker UK<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhASfZoHyblt2_BjdHsII7n0QphyphenhyphenNKk85sCqawrfQxu297AnZ21A-Fg2hqIsjXSLTkjsRp5tSU79inD_YRkzJbtXxg37i3uMRXWab99noQ497z0wvuEDV8X5EoMbsAGmn8g2159Nqef5DM/s1600/DSCN5806-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhASfZoHyblt2_BjdHsII7n0QphyphenhyphenNKk85sCqawrfQxu297AnZ21A-Fg2hqIsjXSLTkjsRp5tSU79inD_YRkzJbtXxg37i3uMRXWab99noQ497z0wvuEDV8X5EoMbsAGmn8g2159Nqef5DM/s640/DSCN5806-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snapshot of yesterday</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The last trees shed their leaves </div><div style="text-align: center;">as darkness falls early</div><div style="text-align: center;">and constant moisture drips from the air</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Like squirrels preparing for winter,</div><div style="text-align: center;">we hunker down with chunky sweaters,</div><div style="text-align: center;">a cozy fireplace, warming soups,</div><div style="text-align: center;">& family games</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">- photo by me -</span></i><br /><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">{ Congratulations to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 22px;">Chania from </span><a href="http://razmatazblog.blogspot.com/">Razmataz</a> for winning the enamel sign giveaway. And many thanks to <a href="http://ramsign.com/">RamSign</a> for providing the goods! }</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i></div></div><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/35/2FD701A88E1AB920883327F28E3E4BF9.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" />

What I See

Posted by Happy Homemaker UK Snapshot of yesterday The last trees shed their leaves  as darkness falls early and constant moisture drips fro...

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Guy Fawkes Night

Posted by Happy Homemaker UK<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I had plans of hiking near Chiddingfold yesterday</div><div style="text-align: center;">to capture the building of their annual bonfire</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But with mud and a grey sky that doesn't bode well for photography,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I skipped it</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq0-Bz3NdWbu_URi0Q9bKiPpC0q3HetijMWAvrzMfoWbC95R73bkoEV_K7jgZMgB7kXiuDOq-eQSubhrhWG8oApLcSutL6XLOWJhEi75v40lpvJ67Iw2BJmxzieEtIdmmgmxRhrc2jlWg/s1600/DSCN5812-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq0-Bz3NdWbu_URi0Q9bKiPpC0q3HetijMWAvrzMfoWbC95R73bkoEV_K7jgZMgB7kXiuDOq-eQSubhrhWG8oApLcSutL6XLOWJhEi75v40lpvJ67Iw2BJmxzieEtIdmmgmxRhrc2jlWg/s640/DSCN5812-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yesterday ended with sun and puddles</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Rain in England varies between </div><div style="text-align: center;">a gentle drizzle so soft you can't feel it</div><div style="text-align: center;">to a 'gully washer'</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Interestingly, thunder and lightning are rare</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Since we turned our clocks back last week</div><div style="text-align: center;">{ a week before the US }</div><div style="text-align: center;">the sky starts to darken at 3:30p</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Although <a href="http://happyhomemakeruk.blogspot.com/2011/10/trick-or-treating-in-england-post-of.html">Halloween</a> is not really celebrated here,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Guy Fawkes Night certainly is</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>'Remember remember the fifth of November,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Gunpowder treason and plot.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>We see no reason why gunpowder treason</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Should ever be forgot!'</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">{ first stanza of English nursery <a href="http://www.bonfirenight.net/remember.php">rhyme</a> }</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is THE holiday in England where people congregate </div><div style="text-align: center;">for bonfires, sparklers, fireworks, games, mulled wine, food, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and merriment</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Over the weekend</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">'Bonfire Night' will occur in backyards, schools and municipalities across England</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsVpM4J_VuVfuBfUFfPVk9sA-7gA81W8USbqm3SAUC56LYEv71dS02nog-VX9WKOwlwgCi7srrh30KdDLDff2TtlRtAFjvqTDha61v7MJEBUcikowf_APss1kaA14Y0y6PT_0mpqO9icI/s1600/DSC_0088-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsVpM4J_VuVfuBfUFfPVk9sA-7gA81W8USbqm3SAUC56LYEv71dS02nog-VX9WKOwlwgCi7srrh30KdDLDff2TtlRtAFjvqTDha61v7MJEBUcikowf_APss1kaA14Y0y6PT_0mpqO9icI/s640/DSC_0088-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Aside from 'one-off' occasions </div><div style="text-align: center;">{ i.e. street parties for the 2010 Royal Wedding }</div><div style="text-align: center;">Bonfire Night is the only holiday that brings people out of their homes</div><div style="text-align: center;">to mingle among neighbors and strangers</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bonfires are built with garden waste, furniture, fencing - whatever</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">An effigy of Guy Fawkes, like a scarecrow, is created </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is a tradition for children to show their Guy effigy to neighbors, </div><div style="text-align: center;">who may give them 'a penny for the Guy' who will soon be burned over the bonfire<br /><br />The fireworks curfew {11p-7a} is extended for Bonfire Night {midnight}<br />and likewise for Diwali, New Year, and Chinese New Year {1am}<br /><br />Sales of fireworks louder than 120 decibels are banned</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Although effigies and pyres sound dark and macabre,</div><div style="text-align: center;">it is a joyous and treasured tradition in England</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipRVG7Oqo-tPhGecikCK5PRlmZoy3kBJcGhL23qs1Yp9h3sp3Xgl1Nu2nFVWKVf5FaZAt1pkAvHn4FeVOyZW-VCr40LYQRr97hyphenhyphenS85qh7DRf3FqZp0C3Ra9f3r55S5J89TWSS8a52dzJI/s1600/DSC_0100-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipRVG7Oqo-tPhGecikCK5PRlmZoy3kBJcGhL23qs1Yp9h3sp3Xgl1Nu2nFVWKVf5FaZAt1pkAvHn4FeVOyZW-VCr40LYQRr97hyphenhyphenS85qh7DRf3FqZp0C3Ra9f3r55S5J89TWSS8a52dzJI/s400/DSC_0100-1.JPG" width="285" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Guy' at my neighbor's house</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In 1605, Guy Fawkes was a Catholic soldier who intended a coup known as the Gunpowder Plot</div><div style="text-align: center;">He and twelve others planned { and failed } to blow up Parliament to kill King James I of England<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Although some evidence implies Guy and his crew may have been <a href="http://www.bonfirenight.net/framed.php">framed</a>,<br />they were executed for the conspiracy</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7kw9PZGADXjooiU1yQXHAL_dlO7dp1QOv0MSdl6O3UER_r7UXidCWWYOlWojgI0wzqkSTcLeIzYpe_vNuRLFZ9GExbKpxhj9UahmRsW57sJ29Irrs6H-gawha3_6L4H9sHE2OT0CVJrI/s1600/homeguy.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7kw9PZGADXjooiU1yQXHAL_dlO7dp1QOv0MSdl6O3UER_r7UXidCWWYOlWojgI0wzqkSTcLeIzYpe_vNuRLFZ9GExbKpxhj9UahmRsW57sJ29Irrs6H-gawha3_6L4H9sHE2OT0CVJrI/s1600/homeguy.gif" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">caricature of Guy Fawkes<br />[ via Bonfire Night <a href="http://www.bonfirenight.net/">website</a> ]</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">King James I was also King James VI,</div><div style="text-align: center;">which confuses me no end</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkIAI12LAsi48fDyneLQA6-W97OfvamXW9x34gGaeA1Z_1_T2aRNWdBSGUoXbzj8TYyowstq4DZUhdX7mda4KyY3AJNLto_gcRmm3MpHDn14RW3JFBCaVv5VZhdgQWIT00q4lonKQS93U/s1600/414px-James_I_of_England_by_Daniel_Mytens.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkIAI12LAsi48fDyneLQA6-W97OfvamXW9x34gGaeA1Z_1_T2aRNWdBSGUoXbzj8TYyowstq4DZUhdX7mda4KyY3AJNLto_gcRmm3MpHDn14RW3JFBCaVv5VZhdgQWIT00q4lonKQS93U/s400/414px-James_I_of_England_by_Daniel_Mytens.jpg" width="276" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">King James VI and I<br />[ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_I_of_England">wikipedia</a> ]</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Born in Edinburgh Castle in 1566, King James VI's mother was Mary, Queen of Scots</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In 1586, James VI and Queen Elizabeth I of England became allies under the Treaty of Berwich</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">When James's mother was executed by Elizabeth I the following year, he became King of Scots </div><div style="text-align: center;">and later was named Elizabeth's successor in 1603 upon her death</div><div style="text-align: center;">thus inheriting the Kingdom of England { including Wales } in the Union Of The Crowns</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">{ Scotland and England were <i>politically</i> united in 1707 under Queen Anne }</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This made King James VI of Scotland also King James I of England </div><div style="text-align: center;">and the first Stuart monarch to rule England</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A Protestant, he commissioned the writing of the Authorised King James's Version of the Bible</div><div style="text-align: center;">which is celebrating its 400th anniversary this year</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9kLUtPVSq-tc2h2EBCIMBP3Nao1mKHA1wiRtsc4s4B2-W4nlPIWzVIjMNFIqUR-NTidc3oVXB7YHob1p5Xx961uRX_M1j4CnL2xj-tCL6-_ht2LxjjgHc6J9r7Aml9gDrgELvOzVVKS4/s1600/DSC_0135-123.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9kLUtPVSq-tc2h2EBCIMBP3Nao1mKHA1wiRtsc4s4B2-W4nlPIWzVIjMNFIqUR-NTidc3oVXB7YHob1p5Xx961uRX_M1j4CnL2xj-tCL6-_ht2LxjjgHc6J9r7Aml9gDrgELvOzVVKS4/s640/DSC_0135-123.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Most surviving original copies of the KJV Bible are housed</div><div style="text-align: center;">in universities and cathedrals in the UK and US</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But earlier this year a little church by the name of </div><div style="text-align: center;">St. Laurence Church in Hilmarton, England </div><div style="text-align: center;">discovered their copy to be one of the original 200 printings<br /><br />{ Imagine their delight! }</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I find it interesting that in a country overflowing with history,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Guy Fawkes Day is the only annual holiday </div><div style="text-align: center;">that puts a finger on an actual historical English event</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And with that history another tradition has formed in the Palace of Westminster:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In present day the Yeomen of the Guard searches the cellars </div><div style="text-align: center;">where the famous gunpowder was stored </div><div style="text-align: center;">before the Queen enters Parliament during her annual 'State Opening of Parliament'</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />Fascinating!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Have a wonderful weekend, wherever you are :)</div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i><br /><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">all photos by me unless otherwise noted</span></i></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Sources: Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Day">1</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_I_of_England">2</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorized_King_James_Version">3</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom">4</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain">5</a>, BBC <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/james_i_vi.shtml">1</a>, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-12647043">2</a>, <a href="http://www.bonfirenight.net/gunpowder.php">Bonfire Night</a>, <a href="http://www.fireworks.co.uk/buy/law.html">Fireworks UK</a></span><br /><br />  <a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/35/2FD701A88E1AB920883327F28E3E4BF9.png" style="background: transparent; 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Guy Fawkes Night

Posted by Happy Homemaker UK I had plans of hiking near Chiddingfold yesterday to capture the building of their annual bonfire But with mud ...

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Designer digs

I first came across the work of building designer <a href="http://dgbuilding.com.au/">Dion Gadd</a> when it was featured in <a href="http://queenslandhomes.com.au/">Queensland Homes magazine</a> a few years ago. Since then, it seems his work has gone from strength to strength, and with a recent win for the 2010 HIA-CSR Queensland Home of the Year, it looks like the sky's the limit. This latest home in Settler's Cove, Noosa, is a fabulous example of how to work with a sloping block, not against it - and the results speak for themselves.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_00O6ov1koE5aPwmqqGAV11DeARgn6W0sm6SzR42P8HZz3HETkgsyqPs7pMVVOYq9l-JP0TO3fLY4YeideSg90CW2tM5WN0DyzkgqtVbiT1516iZ376vdLi4KlAccHf7rf0py3czfhT84/s1600/12.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_00O6ov1koE5aPwmqqGAV11DeARgn6W0sm6SzR42P8HZz3HETkgsyqPs7pMVVOYq9l-JP0TO3fLY4YeideSg90CW2tM5WN0DyzkgqtVbiT1516iZ376vdLi4KlAccHf7rf0py3czfhT84/s640/12.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbUk7Ex-6GixCB0W-179NpoOIHSiyHK36WveK_LddnQLnyRacrDcCyqLdCY_rkVef_fXpHwOkNODyt_95h6wvEoJgD9HDnGeF-Sjzy246V-CVy5wz3Qt_-tliVKTRewulQBmWPYzPV_DEQ/s1600/settlers+cove+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbEIWF-u8nNFJs6vl_0br5qefHHwtd8cCqDgxhL4tR24L_Ihwc6OD1ew9MrNV-plMsY7_whTQAeK7FUN6sVUzX_lY7RcBSAmx5JAr0YjJVWP4w9zs8f4J58QpOx-u361ah-5-9p0p3MERD/s640/11.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I really like this take on the modern Queenslander. Many traditional elements are still featured; weatherboards, timber floors, and louvre windows, but it's all wrapped up in a contemporary, modern package. Very nice indeed. If you'd like to see more, head on over and visit the website <a href="http://dgbuilding.com.au/">here</a>, or <a href="http://settlerscove.com.au/">Settler's Cove</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">images courtesy <a href="http://dgbuilding.com.au/">dgbuilding.com.au</a> and <a href="http://settlerscove.com.au/">settlerscove.com.au</a></span></div>

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I first came across the work of building designer Dion Gadd when it was featured in Queensland Homes magazine a few years ago. Since then,...

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