Remembrance Day

Posted by Happy Homemaker UK<br /><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Poppies, poppies, poppies everywhere </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you are walking around the streets of England right now, you cannot help but notice many wearing </div><div style="text-align: center;">paper red poppies in their button holes or driving with an affixed plastic poppy on their grille</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/AVvXsEjj3dC4bh36ho9iNhS8dyGIiwhbxHEYVu7p7fstEMRMJt_Fe2MCCQEs0mwAcfD9UQLqe_qzkemlEX_zdZIigWHJ9DoOPVCzeTi-DUMlNaGcOexb1PGZiIRGTEMGXo4MpjAZ-EF1inXl3kI/s1600/DSCN5688-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj3dC4bh36ho9iNhS8dyGIiwhbxHEYVu7p7fstEMRMJt_Fe2MCCQEs0mwAcfD9UQLqe_qzkemlEX_zdZIigWHJ9DoOPVCzeTi-DUMlNaGcOexb1PGZiIRGTEMGXo4MpjAZ-EF1inXl3kI/s400/DSCN5688-1.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">[ personal photo ]</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Aside from the date being 11/11/11 { love that! } </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">today is Remembrance Day, </div><div style="text-align: center;">a memorial day observed in many Commonwealth countries  </div><div style="text-align: center;">to remember those in the armed forces who have died serving their countries since World War I</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">{ the official end of WWI was 11 November 1918 at 11am } </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">As a sign of respect at 11am, </div><div style="text-align: center;">many English will take a two minute moment of silence today as they do each year as a sign of respect</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A team of about 50 people, mostly disabled former British military personnel, </div><div style="text-align: center;">work all year to churn out millions of paper poppies to sell in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland</div><div style="text-align: center;">{Scotland makes their own} </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Formed in 1922,</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Royal British Legion Poppy Factory is located in an old brewery in Richmond, just outside London</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Remembrance Poppies are sold on the street by volunteers at the cost of a donation</div><div style="text-align: center;">and worn by the general public, TV presenters, celebrities, the Royal Family, and politicians</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/AVvXsEiumZXWiq3smo6uc_wSLATsY_4zhQ8nJqJQjhjhZrWanJ3_dbaoUILK1w1SD6izhy1i3befjD0oh3dRkrHvRmqfPTRo8uo8BvrSuy1l93kVyztNqH9EiM83k6Iuj3K4BfU3IsSlauFTyXs/s1600/watson460_1759975b-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiumZXWiq3smo6uc_wSLATsY_4zhQ8nJqJQjhjhZrWanJ3_dbaoUILK1w1SD6izhy1i3befjD0oh3dRkrHvRmqfPTRo8uo8BvrSuy1l93kVyztNqH9EiM83k6Iuj3K4BfU3IsSlauFTyXs/s400/watson460_1759975b-1.jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />Emma Watson wears a Poppy to the world premier of 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I' in London last year<br />[<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/8127636/Emma-Watson-dazzles-fans-at-Harry-Potter-premiere.html"> The Telegraph</a> ]</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Funds collected go to charities providing financial, social and emotional support </div><div style="text-align: center;">to those who have served or who are currently serving </div><div style="text-align: center;">in the British Armed Forces and their dependents</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It all began with the wartime poem 'In Flanders Fields' written by Canadian doctor John McCrae and</div><div style="text-align: center;">first published in 1915 in the London-based magazine <i>Punch</i> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>In Flanders fields the poppies blow</i> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Between the crosses, row on row...</i> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i> </div><div style="text-align: center;">This poem refers to the corn poppy/ Flanders poppy (Papaver rhoeas),  </div><div style="text-align: center;">the first plant to grow in the churned-up soil of soldiers graves in Belgium and northern France during WWI</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">{ and one of my all-time wildflower favs }</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/AVvXsEi8VhpAxdC3IdRl4W_J9IbFXoWq-ymZ-exiCsxoReT0lFkYIZHuaJsp7wIlySPjnNJM7VgylVR16j1jnuIXRipvv7Q5b8-JbgYpuVzWCLw1NgbldDi9tyT8FzIfVhzUKOrM5G-3CIhglXQ/s1600/400px-Field_poppy_%2528Papaver_rhoeas%2529_in_meadow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8VhpAxdC3IdRl4W_J9IbFXoWq-ymZ-exiCsxoReT0lFkYIZHuaJsp7wIlySPjnNJM7VgylVR16j1jnuIXRipvv7Q5b8-JbgYpuVzWCLw1NgbldDi9tyT8FzIfVhzUKOrM5G-3CIhglXQ/s320/400px-Field_poppy_%2528Papaver_rhoeas%2529_in_meadow.jpg" width="213" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flanders Poppy<br />[ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papaver_rhoeas">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;">In 1918, American YWCA worker Moina Michael was inspired by the poem </div><div style="text-align: center;">and vowed to always wear a red poppy as a symbol of remembrance for those who served in war </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">She appeared at the YWCA Overseas War Secretaries' conference </div><div style="text-align: center;">with a silk poppy pinned to her coat and distributed 25 more to those attending </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">At this conference, Frenchwoman Anna E Guerin was inspired to send artificial poppies to London in 1921</div><div style="text-align: center;">which were adopted by the Royal British Legion shortly thereafter</div><div style="text-align: center;">The rest is history</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Although this poppy-wearing tradition was started by an American, </div><div style="text-align: center;">it is not practiced in the United States</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I must say it is nice to see a garden of poppies walking around the streets on lapels and cars</div><div style="text-align: center;">What a wonderful way to remember the men and women of the armed services who sacrifice so much</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And it is a reminder that you never know when you can start a worldwide trend :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">{ Free 2-hour RBL Poppy Factory Tours are offered in Richmond <a href="http://poppyfactory.org/">here</a> }<br /><br /></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">P.S. Thanks to Paul of <a href="http://fromsheeptoalligators.blogspot.com/">From Sheep To Alligators</a> for pointing out that Richmond is in London.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Sources: </span><a href="http://golondon.about.com/b/2011/11/03/remembrance-sunday-2011.htm?nl=1" style="font-size: small;">Go London</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">, </span><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6133312.stm" style="font-size: small;">BBC</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/5338616.stm" style="font-size: small;">1</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6085132.stm" style="font-size: small;">2</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" style="font-size: small;">Wikipedia</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice_Day" style="font-size: small;">1</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppy_appeal" style="font-size: small;">2</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/35/2FD701A88E1AB920883327F28E3E4BF9.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>

Remembrance Day

Posted by Happy Homemaker UK Poppies, poppies, poppies everywhere If you are walking around the streets of England right now, you cannot hel...

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Some serious soul-searching...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>I was discussing art with a client once, and I was showing her the different things I'd done in the past. There were huge abstracts and floral works on canvas, delicate watercolours on paper, graphic black and white pieces, and a few figurative bits and bobs. She commented that she'd never guess they were all done by the same artist. Which, if I'm honest, threw me a little bit. Did that mean I was too scattered in my approach? Did it all look a bit hit and miss? Should I work on developing a particular 'style' and stick with it? I'd never really though about it too much before, and had always just painted what I liked, whatever that may be. Which seems completely natural to me, but maybe that's not the best way to approach this business. I mulled it over for a while, trying to decide what to do.<br /><br />Then, a discussion with a friend put things in a whole new perspective. We both often joke that we really need a good half-dozen houses, just so we can decorate them in all the styles we like. Breezy and beachy, clean and modern, heritage, country....they all hold a certain appeal, and I could quite happily live in my version of any one of them. So why not art? Who's to say I need to stick to one style - surely there are no rules? I like to rotate my paintings with the seasons; darker, moodier pieces for winter, fresh and bright for summer. And why not combine lots of styles into one glorious mish-mash? I decided to go in search of the best examples of this approach, and think these pics prove without a doubt that 'eclectic', although done to death, really is rather fabulous when done right.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu1YVoLU26edGWa0bfSuwL-1mtMK3pwIS_fLWLAHM56htk247c9rzTODuyWw7iq3pDyrNARAG2AWpT1NIpPIZfOnfQSn_QoHGGTJv3O4ipammF5UHGBXmlImPj4Qut5BCzL4Mb1Wp8cGCs/s1600/103558795il1162332774.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu1YVoLU26edGWa0bfSuwL-1mtMK3pwIS_fLWLAHM56htk247c9rzTODuyWw7iq3pDyrNARAG2AWpT1NIpPIZfOnfQSn_QoHGGTJv3O4ipammF5UHGBXmlImPj4Qut5BCzL4Mb1Wp8cGCs/s640/103558795il1162332774.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBOQ1KZWz0xy2DZc02u12FhhA6ijMH8K506Dd3I_pDi21mZiY2w8YfMuFjg3TIbW-hroUSdvtkPvTf1-r06nUGh5pX00ej8BYovAQtp9c6JJNpXh3ApTpQG_ppl-lggJ6KJkKS134u2U4n/s1600/622862762_bvjhA-M.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp3zH9l3VzuoNfytifxjY1QX8efQpKHiE1epPIhPb4Vh-LG9obgxxgCKvZO0Bvw1nZkZIa0i1ylkQM5VXx8x3XqmlbwfPq8CJJS9hZoLX-qBU-LgdsW0jQbCF-YWUQSUdYRNxPzjFrI4VQ/s1600/lonny2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp3zH9l3VzuoNfytifxjY1QX8efQpKHiE1epPIhPb4Vh-LG9obgxxgCKvZO0Bvw1nZkZIa0i1ylkQM5VXx8x3XqmlbwfPq8CJJS9hZoLX-qBU-LgdsW0jQbCF-YWUQSUdYRNxPzjFrI4VQ/s640/lonny2.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />So, I'd love to hear what you think? And if anyone is a marketing-guru extraordinaire, then I'd also love your thoughts from a business perspective. But at the end of the day, I am who I am, and this is how I work.<br /><br />Thanks guys, you're the best. Hit me with your best advice...I'm ready.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85794/shatay01/57292ae3db79c6d939a1f2a85508a076.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">sorry, but lots of these images were saved ages ago...long before I was savvy enough to record the source. I know a few are courtesy of Lonny and Rue magazines, and some via realestate.com.au. If anyone knows more, please let me know and I'll credit accordingly. Thanks!</span>

Some serious soul-searching...

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New in Blue

I know I've said it a million times before, but I just can't go past the classic blue and white combo. Beachy or traditional, dramatic or dreamy, there's a blue to suit every mood. I'm working on lots of new and exciting paintings, and first cab off the rank is a piece in a lovely new shade of blue - French blue to be exact. Here she is:<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjecnUMmNb4VhR6q7k78UOzojiXKjWzpUG6sacxiR3lmNbh2JUxvHihxGscUkqJRgDIRxRhbER0yOKKECjpd15WsWiXpaiDKAwmk3UKGlv_xMNuLF28m6x3aJUcEXTBkhukyzQY4ZrUlb0H/s1600/seaweed+french+blue+on+white+background+watermarked.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjecnUMmNb4VhR6q7k78UOzojiXKjWzpUG6sacxiR3lmNbh2JUxvHihxGscUkqJRgDIRxRhbER0yOKKECjpd15WsWiXpaiDKAwmk3UKGlv_xMNuLF28m6x3aJUcEXTBkhukyzQY4ZrUlb0H/s640/seaweed+french+blue+on+white+background+watermarked.jpg" width="626" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">'Seaweed II in French Blue'</div><div style="text-align: center;">210mm x 297mm (8" x 11")</div><div style="text-align: center;">for sale <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/85459830/seaweed-ii-in-french-blue-new-colour">here in my Etsy shop</a></div><br /><br />ooh, and look how lovely she looks in Sig Bergamin's stunning beach house (allow me a little creative licence, ok?)<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQhzmFN4HRVDD8UMGhySwrcnzsbVHlghRVBIBVidZPeMnGaO-9k-1M-e5XIwgIbrn1BNT6igjmJ5cbh7KpTfYWXr5b49OImTFuZ_uVYQDJGG1NcmYg116Xwopd9NXMI_lPv0aJFnDdbs_1/s1600/my+art+in+sig%2527s+room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQhzmFN4HRVDD8UMGhySwrcnzsbVHlghRVBIBVidZPeMnGaO-9k-1M-e5XIwgIbrn1BNT6igjmJ5cbh7KpTfYWXr5b49OImTFuZ_uVYQDJGG1NcmYg116Xwopd9NXMI_lPv0aJFnDdbs_1/s640/my+art+in+sig%2527s+room.jpg" width="556" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> original photo of Sig Bergamin's work courtesy Elle Decor magazine</div><br /><br />I've just about finished a large version of this piece in denim blue (actually, I think the denim would look even better in Sig's place!) and also, I have a raspberry version on order too.<br /><br />Over the next couple of weeks, I have some really exciting new pieces to share with you all - some are new additions to my existing range...think more of my blue and white series, new sea corals, butterflies and feathers... and others are brand-spankin' new paintings in new styles and designs. Can't wait to share them with you all - of course, I'll reveal all as soon as they're ready.<br /><br />Catch you soon,<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85794/shatay01/57292ae3db79c6d939a1f2a85508a076.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>

New in Blue

I know I've said it a million times before, but I just can't go past the classic blue and white combo. Beachy or traditional, dramat...

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