Archive for September, 2009

Do you know the Ragman?

I saw a strange sight. I stumbled upon a story most strange, like nothing my life, my street sense, my sly tongue had ever prepared me for. Hush, child. Hush, now, and I will tell it to you.
Even before the dawn one Friday morning I noticed a young man, handsome and strong, walking the alleys [...]

Can you help me find a painting?

Its a painting of a little girl and a young guy in ther house with a dark background. The Painter is R.Stanford. It like a seventeen or eightenth century painting. The little girl was wearing a nite gown with a bonnet hat and the guy was wearing black boots with dark pants and [...]

Best way to remove minor scratches?

I have removed all of the deeper surface scratches on my car with premium polishing compound with a random orbital buffer with a cotton bonnet. now i need to work on removing minor light scratches in the paint. the polishing compound is too abrasive and just makes more of these light scratches. so what is [...]

In your Easter Bonnet, with all the frills upon it …… Will you be the grandest lady in the Easter parade ?

Or Gent, of course !!
Have to make one for my 4yr old by Sunday……….weather looks a bit shite though so I may get away it……….not artistic at all me!

1940’s Baby Boom Project; Help and get 10 points(;?

okay, so. im doing an 1940’s project at school and i have to make ten artifacts about Baby Boom. I already have my ten;
Baby Diapers
Baby Carriages
Pacifiers
Clothes
Cradles
Baby Bottles
Toys
Accessories (bonnets, bows, etc.)
Baby Food (we have Gerber now; what did they have back then?! ha)
Cards (like, "It’s A Girl! It’s A Boy!" ‘Expecting..’ or baby showers in the [...]

car rattles from bonnet when going round junctions?

car started to do this after i had crashed (whilst going about 20/30mph) in the curb.its not effecting the driving of the car it just rattles at sharp corners and is getting quite annoying ! been told by a couple of people that is could be something knocking against something else? how much would it [...]

Is tying a bonnet on a guinea pig and sticking it in a stroller/pram considered animal cruelty?

Assuming the stroller is lined with comfortable blankets and the bonnet isn’t tight enough to choke him/her.
Don’t forget the corset you want to put on her. While you’re at it, you might as well get her a padded bra.

What is the subject of this poem by Emily DIckinson?

I’ll tell you how the sun rose,–
A ribbon at a time.
The steeples swam in amethyst,
The news like squirrels ran.
The hills untied their bonnets,
The bobolinks begun.
Then I said softly to myself,
"That must have been the sun!"
But how he set, I know not.
There seemed a purple stile
Which little yellow boys and girls
Were climbing all the while
Till when [...]

For the new modern mums out there…..?

Do you still use hand knitted garments for your babies or do you think its too old fashioned??
We have a tradition in our family for knitting, my grandma did for my little sisters and me, then my mum did, and they both taught me and now im doing a few items for my friend
Does anyone [...]

Have you bought your "Easter bonnet? Will all the frills upon it?" Or …..?

….are you going topless?
WITH!<—-I can’t type on Easter apparently.
I wear my Easter Bonnet and nothing else all year round.