Lea, a San Diego native, has discovered much during her adventures in the dramatic, colorful and wild desert environment. She creates living philosophical worlds that echo the formal variations seen in natural systems. These themes are explored through individual works, full-scale, ambitious mixed media installations, group projects, and solo exhibitions using a wide variety of both digital and traditional media. She has exhibited throughout the US as well as inter-nationally in Bangkok, Thailand. She holds an MFA from the University of New Mexico. Anderson is currently a full time Professor of Studio Art at Central New Mexico Community College. A recipient of numerous awards, for her artwork, she was also awarded "Albuquerque Local Treasure" in 2010. In 2013, Anderson was guest curator for the exhibition Flatlanders and Surface Dwellers at 516 ARTS in Albuquerque.
Ruth began drawing at an early age and painting in oils at the age of ten, at her childhood home in Fresno, California. She has won numerous fine art and design awards throughout her life and was highly influenced by the west coast artists of Carmel, CA as a teen, taking instruction from some of them in oils and watercolor. An art major in college, Ruth had a lengthy successful career as a graphic designer in her adopted state of New Mexico where she has lived for 38 years. In addition, she taught graphic design and desktop publishing for several years at a local art college. She has painted in various mediums since childhood, concentrating on oils for many years, but almost completely transitioning over to watercolor in 2009, finding it to be an exciting, fast medium in which to work. She is now a frequent top-award winner and Signature Member of the NM Watercolor Society, as well as a Signature Member of the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies. Her work can be found in collections throughout the United States.
Ivan is an emerging artist based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He received his MFA from the University of New Mexico in 2012. Solo and group exhibits include 516 Arts, the John Sommers Gallery, the Harwood Art Center and the Bright Rain Gallery. His awards include The Phyllis Muth Scholarship for Fine Arts, The Harry Nadler Memorial Fellowship Award and The Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship at Yale University. Ivan is currently teaching art as an adjunct faculty member at Central New Mexico Community College and at the Harwood Art Center and previously taught at The Southwest University of Visual Art and The University of New Mexico. Before focusing exclusively on his art he worked as an Analyst Programmer at the University of New Mexico.
Denali Brooke received her BFA at the University of Arizona in 1987. She returned to school for a Masters in Social Work at Arizona State University. Returning to art in 2006, she took up painting in pastel full time in 2009. Denali's love of people is expressed in the visual narrative present in her figurative painting. Her strength lies in painting from direct observation. She is an award-winning artist, recently exhibiting in the 2015 International Association of Pastel Societies Show and teaching plein air painting in Spain, 2014. Her pastel paintings can be viewed at denalibrooke.com.
Maria is a graduate of Rutgers University and also completed studies at the Art Students League of New York City. During her student years she was fortunate to enjoy the guidance of master pastelist Albert Handell, and renowned drawing and anatomy instructor Micael Burban. Since moving to New Mexico in 1999, she has concentrated on drawing and painting the beauty of the local landscape as well as its people. www.maria-cole.com.
A native of the Pacific Northwest, Frank Fuchs spent his childhood playing in orchards and camping with his family in the Cascade Mountains and on the shores of the Pacific Ocean. After touring Europe and North Africa, he married a New Mexican and moved to Albuquerque to study architecture and art at the University of New Mexico. He received a Masters Degree in Architecture with distinction. A registered architect, Frank has worked throughout the United States and in China. Frank is an artist who is equally at home painting with watercolors and oils. His landscapes, still-lifes and portraits reflect his love of the places and peoples where he has lived and traveled. His paintings are in private collections throughout the western US. He has shown and received awards in many juried exhibitions including the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies, New Mexico Watercolor Society, Masterworks of New Mexico, New Mexico State Fair, and The Los Alamos Art Center.
Nancy received her MFA in painting and drawing at the University of New Mexico in 1990. She has taught painting and drawing at all levels from young beginners to advanced graduate students in university and college programs, community centers and privately. She was the director of the Painting Department at Colby College in Maine and was on the Board of Trustees for the Colby Art Museum. She both attended and was Dean of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Her paintings portray intimate, internal environments of abstract forms that reference the natural world.
Vasili was born in 1952 in Chicago, Illinois and has drawn and painted his entire life. "As a first generation Greek American, my appreciation for classical form and design has distinguished my work in the art community. Representational art, with a romantic twist, is how I can best describe my approach. I draw my inspiration from nature and I paint what I feel. My goal is to reveal the interior mysteries of the world, thereby engaging viewers. "Pastel is his medium of choice, with techniques derived from a lifetime of working in various disciplines. His formal exposure to art came in 1964 when invited as an honoree by the Chicago Youth Organization at Ox Bow & the School of the Art Institute of Chicago...that single experience changed his life forever. Vasili also studied at the American Academy of Art under Irving Shapiro and Bill Parks. He has taught illustration art at Chicago's Columbia College. He currently teaches art classes and workshops at the New MexicoArt League and critiques at UNM's School of Architecture. Vasili is Signature member in both, the Pastel Society of New Mexico and the Pastel Society of America. He continues to lecture and conduct public demonstrations where he advances the art of pastel painting.
Julia Lambright was born and raised in Russia. She received an MFA with Distinction in painting from the University of New Mexico where she currently is an adjunct professor in studio art. Working primarily in oil in the past, her focus over the last decade has been rooted in traditional egg-tempera painting, a knowledge which she acquired from masters in Russia and the US. While searching for a personal spiritual experience, Lambright began exploring iconographic canons, formulas, and techniques of 17th century icon painting. Being influenced by the icon's visual aesthetics and its technical construction, Julia integrates and transforms its principles into a contemporary form of art making.
Lerma is a New Mexico native and has been making paper for the past twenty years. Her art works involve the process of accumulation which often contain thousands of pieces of paper in each finished piece. For her paper works, she individually watercolors, or paints with was, or casts the papers into forms before the piece is assembled. The art always involves the transformational quality that occurs as that single unit of paper accumulates and morphs into a unified mass of color and movement.
Laura received her BFA and MFA from The School of Visual Arts in NYC . Her profession as a woman in the arts has spanned over thirty years. In 2008 she relocated from New York to New Mexico. A published illustrator, her work has been exhibited in NewYork, New Jersey and New Mexico. She has taught drawing at Santa Fe Community College as well as Creative Journaling and Monotypes at UNM and SFCC Continuing Education. Laura is inspired by the way that sunlight creates ever changing shadows or illuminates intricate details and reflections and she strives to achieve color and pattern created by the arrangement of elements as well as organic conditions in her work.
John received a BA in art from the University of Texas (Austin) with a concentration in the areas of Commercial Design and Illustration. John began a career in painting after a 23-year career in the commercial art world. He works in several mediums to paint a variety of genres and has an affinity for painting miniatures, referring to them as "art concentrate". John has won several awards for his paintings and is currently represented in galleries in New Mexico. His miniatures are represented at the Watermelon Gallery in Cedar Crest, NM.
Albert Einstein said, "The mysterious is the most wonderful thing we can experience. It is the basis for all art and science." The technology which science has created has made us prosperous and comfortable - and we hold it in high regard. But, we should not elevate science at the expense of art; there is a great part of our life which can't be put into any formula. My goal as an artist is to explore these enigmatic ideas and illuminate those things which make life rich and valuable. Paul's awards and honors include: International Assoc. of Pastel Societies, Master Circle, 1011 juror, Judge, Santa Fe Contemorary Spanish Market, 2011; Artist in Residence, Grand Canyon NP, Summer 2010; Door County Plein Aire Invitational, 2010; Distinguished Pastellist, Pastel Society of NM and many many more.
Jeff Otis is an oil painter, living in Albuquerque, who is known primarily for his landscapes. Half his pre-adult life was spent in Europe where his interest in art was facilitated by the proximity of the world's greatest art museums. Landscape, expecially the dramatic vistas of the desrt Southwest, are his central focus. His style is representational and often accompanied by contrasts of light and shade as well as dynamic color harmonies. He attributes much of his development as a painter to great artists of the past such as Monet, Sargent, Millet and Sorolla. Contemporary artists having equally important influence include Wilson Hurley, Michael Lynch, Russell Chatham, Clyde Aspevig, Richard Schmid, Laura Robb and more. His work can be seen at Meyer Gallery in Santa Fe, Concetta D. Fine Arts in Albuquerque and Waterhouse Gallery in Santa Barbara. He is a Signature Member of Oil Painters of America and has won awards for his work in their exhibitions. His paintings are found in individual and corporate collections in the US as well as Japan and Europe.
Michael Ottersen was born in Massapequa, Long Island in 1956 and spent most of his youth in Norwalk, Connecticut. He attended Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia and spent three semesters studying in Rome in Tyler's overseas program. He later moved to New York City where he lived and worked for twelve years in magazine production and design, for publications such as Artforum, Art News, and Metropolis, while maintaining a studio and art career and beginning an exhibition history. In 1992 Michael moved to New Mexico where he worked in book design and illustration while still pursuing a fine art career. Later relocating to Seattle, Washington, Michael began teaching at various schools and colleges in the Pacific Northwest for the next nineteen years which included the Gage Academy of Art, Pratt Fine Art Center, the Northwest College of Art and Design and Kirkland Art Center. Recently returning to New Mexico, he continues to teach classes at The New Mexico Art League. His work is represented in Seattle at Season Gallery.
Originally from the east coast, Rachel Popowcer is a mixed media oil painter who received her BFA from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh and her MFA at UNM. She has exhibited her work extensively, and has participated in artist residencies such as the Vermont Studio Center. Her recent paintings and photographic works focus on color, composition, and symbolic imagery to deal with the chaos and boundaries inherent in everyday life. Rachel, currently adjunct faculty at CNM, created and teaches an art therapy class for the New Mexico Cancer Center, and also teaches private painting workshops; other positions have included the UNM Art Department, UNM's Continuing Education Program, The Harwood Art Center, The Albuquerque Museum, OASIS and more.
Coulter (Colt) Prehm (b. 1984) is a painter and draftsman who studied art with many of the top contemporary painters of the day though the bulk of his study has been with Tony Ryder who is a dear friend, teacher and mentor. His work has been displayed at galleries across the US and has been featured in numerous publications in the United States, Europe and Canada. Colt also operates the non-profit, Renaissance Life, offering free, full-length art tutorial videos and other resources to the public. Coulter resides in Santa Fe, NM with his wife, Liz.
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John was born in Illinois in 1960, and worked for more than 20 years as an illustrator. John attended classes in Chicago; at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, The Vitruvian Fine Art Studio, and in 2007, enrolled at Studio Escalier; a private art school and international arts colony in Argenton-Chateau, France, where he completed his initial classical training with instructors Timothy Stotz and N. Michelle Tully, and met their instructor Ted Seth Jacobs. While at Studio Escalier, John learned that Anthony Ryder had also been Mr. Jacob's student, and had a classical drawing and painting atelier in USA. John subsequently applied for and was accepted at The Ryder Studio School in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 2008. John continues to perfect his technique, form, and color, and in 2012, was honored to be chosen as the Teaching Assistant at the Ryder Studio School, and remains on the faculty there. John teaches workshops in Texas, California, and Oklahoma. He lives with his wife in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Cynthia graduated with a degree in fine arts, Texas Tech University. She spent a dozen years in New York, where she founded her own graphic design company. In 1993, Cynthia returned to New Mexico to pursue sculpture in the medium of cast bronze. This developed into major public and privately commissioned projects with her partner and husband Mark. By 2005, they had completed over 40 projects, including several large-scale works, such as the award-winning Senator Chavez Memorial at Civic Plaza and Lion's Share at the Albuquerque International Airport.For several years Cynthia's focus has been oil painting---enjoying the tutelage of Wilson Hurley and David Leffel. Influenced by these contemporary and other historical masters,she has developed her own style and metaphor, and has been invited to several competitions and exhibitions, including several gallery venues in Santa Fe, the Albuquerque Museum Miniatures Show and was Featured Artist for the New Mexico Symphony Benefit. www.cynthiarowlandstudio.blogspot.com and www.rowlandart-science.com.
A Chicago native, Mita Saldana received her BA from Columbia College Chicago where she developed her jewelry making skills as a silversmith. After many years of working with the rigid and hard materials of her craft she discovered the softness and give of paper and everything changed. Returning to Columbia College's brand new Book and Paper department she continued her education in the book arts. Mita moved to New Mexico and opened Against the Grain Center for Bookbinding. For over 23 years she has been repairing and restoring used and rare books, creating small editions, and teaching people how to make books, boxes and the related arts. In the past she has taught regularly at The Hispanic Cultural Center, Santa Fe Community College, The Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque Academy, and private studios and numerous retail locations across the state. Her work has been exhibited in both Illinois and New Mexico and she is one of the founding members of Libros: New Mexico Book Arts Guild.
Sarah Siltala paints utilizing a classical indirect layering technique in which transparent colors are thinly built upon each other like layers of stained glass. Influenced by Flemish and Venetian methods, this process produces a myriad of rich gemlike tones and a depth unattainable compared to the more common technique of direct, or alla prima, style painting. To paint in this manner requires the utmost patience, as each layer must dry completely before the next can be applied. As her paint layers build over time the play of light and shadow evolve, and the distinct personality of her subject matter begins to emerge. The result is an artwork with vibrant, luminous color, subtle texture, and a meditative quality. Sarah's paintings have an old-world elegance, yet the colors and compositions are quite contemporary. Her award winning paintings have been included in museum shows, featured in national art publications such as American Artist, American Art Collector, and Southwest Art Magazine. Her paintings were featured in AMC's hit show Breaking Bad, and most recently in The Book of the Bird, Birds in Art by Angus Hyland and Kendra Wilson.
A Minnesota native, Mary Sundstrom attended college at the University of New Mexico where she graduated with a Fine Arts degree in printmaking. Her experience encompasses art instructor, printer/collaborator, printmaker, with 40+ years exhibiting her work around the country, book illustrator with 17 children's book titles and an Audubon field guide series as well as numerous exhibit illustrations for the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science. Mary had been a 10 year member and instructor at New Grounds Printshop in Albuquerque which she and three partners recently purchased and are the proud new owners of Remarque Print Workshop LLC.
Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, Mary Sweet moved west to California where she studied art and received her AB and MA in Art at Stanford University. In California, her paintings were exhibited in juried shows in the Crocker Museum, Sacramento, Oakland Art Museum, and the Richmond Art Center Painting Annual Exhibition. She moved to New Mexico where she explored the art of woodblock printing and her work was exhibited at the Albuquerque Museum and juried exhibitions in San Francisco, St. Louis, Santa Fe, Tucson and Ft. Worth and others. "The landscape has always been my primary inspiration. As a child, I always loved hiking and camping. . . the land provides us with everything from sustenance to solace and yet we as a modern urban society have nearly lost our connections to it and nature. My paintings are a way of saying this what I say and its important and I want you to see it too." www.mfsweet.com.
Neecy Twinem is a fine artist, toy designer, academic professor and author/illustrator of over 31 children's books published in several languages. Twinem has been working as a professional illustrator, author and artist and instructor for over 24 years, as well as have given presentations at numerous school, libraries, conventions and conferences across the country. Her children's book, E is for Enchantment, A New Mexico Alphabet, was selected two years in a row for the New Mexico Governor's Book Program giving 1st graders across the state a copy of the book. Totaling over 68,000 copies. Twinem's fine art is found in numerous private and public collections around the country. She is Contributing Faculty at the Santa Fe University of Art and Design, Santa Fe, NM., as part of the Communication Arts department. In 2010, she developed a brand trademark titled, ZOMBIEZOO® including the design, manufacturing and release of a plush toy line and books, which has attracted international attention. Currently Twinem has partnered with Silo Media, Inc., to produce an animation series based on the ZOMBIEZOO® characters and content.
Chandler Wigton was born in Durango, CO in 1985. He studied art and history at Fort Lewis College in Colorado, graduating in 2008, and went on to earn his MFA in Painting from Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA in 2013. He spent his first year of graduate school living and working in Rome, Italy. Wigton employs drawing, collage, and painting to interpret his abstract experiences with places, books, and stories. Wigton has shown in Colorado, New Mexico, Rome, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Peru, and has been featured in New American Paintings twice: in the 2015 West issue and the 2013 MFA issue.
Dawn is an inspiring and generous teacher who is passionate about encouraging each person to find their own unique way of using the pastel medium to express themselves. She creates a culture of sharing and joyful exploration in each workshop that encourages each person to take risks, to constructively self-critique their work, and to identify meaningful themes to pursue in their art. Dawn is a signature member of the Pastel Society of America, a respected art judge and juror, author of Pastel Innovations, and has made 6 instructional videos. Her work is known for its powerful energy and expressive way of combining realism with abstraction.
Teresa Oaxaca is an American born artist based currently in Washington D.C. She is a full time painter whose works can be seen in collections and galleries throughout the US and internationally. Her talent has been recognized and rewarded by museums and institutions such as the American Museum of the Cowboy, The former Corcoran Gallery of Art, The Art Renewal Center, The Elisabeth Greenshields Foundation, the Posey Foundation, and The Portrait Society of America and the Museu Europeu D'Art Modern in Barcelona. Her training includes a four-year diploma at the Angel Academy of Art (Florence Italy, Graduate studies at the Florence Academy, an Apprenticeship with Odd Nerdrum in Norway, and studies at the Art League of Alexandria VA where she trained with Robert Liberace, Paul Lucchesi, and took many other courses. Currently she teaches workshops around the United States and in Europe.
Doug Dawson was born in Oak Park, Ill. He attended Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota and Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. He has taught art for Colorado Institute of Art, Colorado Christian University, and The Art Students League of Denver. Doug Dawson has exhibited with and/or received numerous awards from a number of different art organizations, including but not limited to: The Pastel Society of America, American Watercolor Society, Knickerbocker Artists, The National Academy of Western Art, Southeastern Pastel Society, Pastel Society of West Coast, Audubon Artists, Kansas Pastel Society, Allied Artists, the Pastel Society of the Southwest, the Pastel Society of New Mexico, the Pastel Society of Oregon, the Pastel Society of Colorado, and the International Association of Pastel Societies. To honor his achievements, he was given the title of Master Pastelist by the Pastel Society of America (NY, NY) in 1985 and awarded the title of Master Circle by the International Association of Pastel Societies in 2005 (California).
Born in 1976, Kerry Dunn began drawing at the early age of five when sitting on his fathers' lap he watched his Dad doodle a sketch. In 1999 he graduated from Ringling School of Art and Design with a major in illustration. Dunn later moved to New York City to attend the famed Art Students League of NY in search of a teacher. During his time there he met Nelson Shanks, an internationally renowned portrait painter. Later that year he was invited by Mr. Shanks to move to Philadelphia to be a part of the new painting school that Shanks was opening. Studio Incamminati, a school of traditional drawing and painting methods. Mr. Dunn now lives and works in Philadelphia and teaches at Studio Incamminati as part of the core faculty and travels the county teaching his own workshops. Many of Mr. Dunn's current works are available at Haynes Gallery.
Sterling began teaching his style of painting in 1993. His workshops are attended by hundreds of people annually in the U.S. and Canada. In 2001 he was featured artist in Watercolor Magic Magazine. In 2007 he was awarded signature member status in the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolor and designed a signature set of brushes and a watecolor palette that are marketed internationally. In 2010 he was awarded signature membership status in the esteemed Transparent Watercolor Society of America. He is the author of the North Light book, "Creating Luminous Watercolor Landscapes: A Four Step Process," and is a contributing artist in numerous other publications. His paintings are in private collections throughout the world.
Dawn is an accomplished pastelist, mixed media painter, juror, and teacher. Passionate about drawing and mark making, she is always in pursuit of innovative ways to express and teach interpretations of mood and energy. Her classes are focused on exploration rather than specific technique, and her presentation of material makes learning fun, engaging, and powerful. Dawn comes from a background of graphic design, and has been teaching for 25 years. She is a signature member in good standing of the Pastel Society of America and the West Coast Pastel Society. She is also a member and part time instructor for Central Oregon Community College and the Atelier 6000 Printmaking studio in Bend, Oregon. Her studio is located in Terrebonne, Oregon.
Tom is a resident of Central Florida and has been commissioned by government agencies, corporations, environmental groups, clubs, and private collectors. In answer to popular demand, he typically produces his watercolor landscapes in a series of three or five paintings around a specific theme. His art can be found internationally in many private and corporate collections, including commissioned paintings displayed in the Florida State Capital Building, Walt Disney World Corporation, Marriott Corporation, Omni Corporation, and museums. Tom's work has been featured in many books and on magazine covers as well as posters and brochures.
Jan Denton is an award-winning botanical watercolor painter. She has received a number of commissions for her work, and is an active member of the American Society of Botanical Artists. Jan has a BA in Fine Arts from California State University, and a Certificate in Botanical Art and Illustration from the Corcoran College of Art + Design and the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C. In 2006 she co-produced "Botanical Treasures of Lewis & Clark," an exhibit of original works displayed at the Corcoran Gallery. Shortly after moving to Santa Fe from DC in 2007, Jan began teaching classes on "Painting in the Style of O'Keeffe" for the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Her many private collectors include Jamie and Phyllis Wyeth. Her work can be viewed online at www.jandenton.com.
Cathrine was born and raised in Germany. In 1994 she moved to the United States. She has been teaching art to children and adults for over 16 years in schools as well as her private studios. Besides teaching, Cathrine devotes most of her time to figure drawing and painting, which has become her passion, and is reflected in her distinct emotional and personal artwork. Cathrine now lives and works in Carlsbad, CA. Since her first show in 1985, her artwork has been widely exhibited in Germany, Italy and the U.S. She has international collectors from Germany, Namibia, Canada, United States and Japan. If you would like to know more about Cathrine, her work and upcoming shows, please visit her website at www.edlinger-kunze.com.
Natalie, a founding member of Studio Incamminati and a graduate, received Best Portrait award in the Philadelphia Sketch Club's annual Small Works exhibition for the third consecutive year. Her still life paintings received several Honorable mentions in the Portrait Society of America's Members Only competition. She was also awarded a Certificate of Excellence from the Portrait Society in 2009. Her recent project, "Portraits of Promise: One Hundred Alla Prima Portraits of American Teenagers," was exhibited at Gloucester County College. Her work has appeared in numerous exhibitions and she currently exhibits at The Rutledge Street Gallery, Camden, South Carolina. Natalie holds a teaching certificate from the Moore College of Art.
Teresa has been painting portraits and figures for over 10 years. Her abilities took off in 2005 when she enrolled in a traditional oil painting school in Florence, Italy. She spent a summer apprenticing with the renowned painter and new "Old Master" Odd Nerdrum in Stavern, Norway, in 2008. From 2010-2012 she studied with Robert Liberace at the Art League in Alexandria, VA. Her awards include placing second in the Portrait Society of America's Competition in Atlanta, Georgia. She has been a Finalist several years in a row for still life and portrait painting in the Art Renewal Center's Annual Salon Competition. Since 2010, she has resided in the Washington D.C. area.
Jordan Wolfson received his MFA from Yale University School of Art. Jordan has exhibited extensively throughout the U.S. and abroad and has received numerous awards including the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, the Ingram Merrill Foundation Grant and a Purchase Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He was a fellow of the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts and the Ballinglen Art Foundation in Ireland. Jordan is represented by DFN Gallery in New York City, Michele Mosko Fine Art in Denver, and Rothschild Fine Arts in Tel Aviv. Along with his career as a professional artist, Jordan finds great inspiration from his work as a teacher. He currently teaches privately in Boulder, Colorado, and the Art Students League in Denver.


This is the kind of house story I love to hear because it has a happy ending! The Wilkins-Heath House is a painted Queen Anne Victorian that was built in the 1880s but had fallen into serious disrepair by the 1980s.
It's been restored from top to bottom and is now for sale in Austin's historic Travis Heights neighborhood. Realtor Nanette Labastida told me the history of the house and is sharing some of the before and after photos with us today.
Keep scrolling to learn all about the Wilkins-Heath House and its meticulous restoration!
The original homeowners were sisters Sarah "Sallie" Day and Virginia Alma Day Wilkins, who lived in it with Alma's husband Frank and their son Rochester. Frank was a radio salesman, Alma was a housewife, and Sallie was a music teacher.
As the 1920s approached, the sisters decided to build a more modern Arts and Crafts bungalow nearby and sold the cottage to the Benjamin Franklin Heath family (hence the name, the Wilkins-Heath House).
But in a stroke of luck for the house, the current owner Melanie and her boyfriend Patrick, who was an architecture student at the time, were restoring the house next door and decided to rescue this one, too.
They restored the original front door, and it's a beaut.
rooms and all the work that must have gone into them.
"The kitchen features stainless appliances, zinc counters and Marmoleum flooring.
Sadly, Pat died in 2000 before the renovation was complete.
Finishing the attic gave the house a lot more living space with a new bedroom and bath.
"Must love foxes! A family of them has lived here for generations and they can be seen at times if you're quiet." How cute are these guys? You can see more pics of them on the Wilkins-Heath Facebook page.
I've got my fingers crossed that she'll get one!
And turn it into this?
Many thanks to them for sharing this wonderful house story with us! For more photos and information, check the Gill Agency listing with Nanette Labastida, the house's Facebook page, and designer Candace Volz's website.
Wow…what an act of love! What a beauty of a place! And I was reading the story, I wanted to know why/how the young architecture student died. sad.
My sister is a prof at UT + lives in a gated (yawn) community in Austin.
If I was Queen, I would insist she buy this home + move there, stat!
Oh, + another thought: this kind of thing makes my project seem a tad lame.
Let's face it. This renovation makes MOST other house projects look lame. Ha. I can't even imagine the amount of work that must have gone into this!
Oh, this just makes my heart happy to see such an olden beauty restored. It's gorgeous! I love Austin! My daughter went to UT and met her hubby there!
Shame about the 3 story block of flats next door !
So true, but it does fit in with the "Keep Austin Weird" neighborhood feel. There are many beautifully restored historic homes in Travis Heights next to tiny bungalows, modern contemporary rectangular buildings, new builds on previously empty lots, and even a double-wide trailer on this street! I believe many of these old homes had a lot of acreage that families later split off into smaller lots and sold at high value, so fortunately not all properties rose from the ashes of another!
I lived in one of those flats for three years overlooking the front yard of this home. It was beautiful, and the only way I could afford to live so close to downtown in such a unique and spectacular neighborhood!
Interesting to hear more about the neighborhood. Thanks, Tanya! I grew up in a similar kind of older neighborhood that was a mix of houses and apartments, etc.
Fantastic restoration! Quite shocking to see the before/after photos.
Looks like the house from "UP!" 🙂 Seriously, this is an amazing restoration. You can see the love that went into it. Love the wallpaper in the powder room. While I'm a fan of modern, I think the kitchen is a little too extreme for this house. Maybe it's the industrial aspects of the design (the exposed metal shelving and restaurant-grade furniture) that throws it off for me. All in all, it's a beautiful property. I wonder what the price is, as it's not in the listing.
What a wonderful labor of love to bring this house back to such a beautiful home. This young couple are true visionaries and it is heartwarming to know this home will be admired and enjoyed for many, many years to come. I am truly sad to read of the passing of the young man before he was able to see the home completed.
It's mind boggling to contemplate the amount of work that went into this. They did a great job and I especially love the blue ceiling in the kitchen.
Someday, I would love to buy a derelict house and restore it.
This was a such a heartwarming story and such a bittersweet ending. To finish this labor of love in his memory just warms my heart.
Mine, too. Pretty amazing to leave a legacy like this behind. I admire people who fight to protect historic buildings against all odds!
Wow, wow, wow!!! That is an amazing restoration – one of my favorites on this site so far! Absolutely gorgeous. I hope it sells to someone who appreciates it!
What a great story. I LOVE when people rescue old houses before they are torn down.
What an amazing and fantastic restoration! So well done. I don't think I would have had the vision to see that result. I was a bit sad to see a modern kitchen but I am sure they had their reasons for that. Love the blue ceiling in the kitchen though. How sad that the young man died and didn't see it finished.
Sweet house and even sweeter story. What they have done here is nothing short of miraculous!
If you look to the right of the house, you can barely see a white brick three story 40-unit apartment complex. I rented there for 3 years and my bedroom window overlooked the front yard of this beauty! Thanks for sharing the history. I always loved it before, but I have a renewed appreciation for it now!!
What an amazing and inspiring restoration.
This is one of my favorite before and afters you've featured. What this couple did to this house truly remarkable and it's so nice to see homes like this restored. Let's hope whomever buys this house will take great care of it.
Absolutely beautiful restoration. But I'm afraid I'm at a loss as to why anyone would put such an ultra modern, futuristic kitchen in a house with so many wonderful historical details. It reminds me of a kitchen I might see at the Jetsons' house. That was disappointing.
I enjoy seeing older homes that are lovingly restored. This one reminds me of Nicole Curtis on Rehab Addict. Not a house I would want to live in, but they did a lot of hard work and that certainly gets my respect.
Wow, absolutely wow! What dedication and vision to save & restore this..awesome people – awesome work! Also like the eclectic furnishings – feels homey & not stuffy. Can I hear hallelujah that the gorgeous wood was never painted! I wish people would refrain from slapping plasticky chemical paints on beautiful vintage wood. Paint the cheap stuff not the real woods. And very cool that endangered birds & foxes have a home there, too.
This story is so sad and beautiful. Thank you for all your work and dedication, Patrick.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. To all those that took the time, money and energy to remodel such a home are such preservers of history and should be honored across our country. Too often these result in a bulldozer. Too often a piece of history gets lost. I LOVE this.
Love this! Inspiring. Thank you for sharing it!
What a beautiful labour of love, so heartening to see when people take the trouble to sympthetically restore what may have been torn down and lost forever. Great work.
This house is currently listed for $1,350,000. It has come down some from its original listing price. I know because I spend a lot of time on "historical houses for sale" real estate sites. I think it's obscenely high, but that's today's Austin for you. I did enjoy reading the story behind the restoration, and it makes me a little softer towards what they are asking, knowing what they went through.
I am obsessed with old houses, and have spent quite a lot of time searching for one to restore. For various reasons too long to go into, we settled for rescuing one that was going to be torn down if not moved and "moved" it by having it dismantled (again, various reasons I won't go into), and plan to meticulously rebuild it on some acreage we purchased in the Texas Hill Country. Unfortunately, that process can't start until we have more time (retire) and more money (lottery? 🙂 ) Hopefully, it WILL happen!
I love this site, which I have "rediscovered" after a few years absence.
This house reminds me of our old house we're trying to sell. Completely remodeled, everything is brand new, but the finishes are very traditional. A lot of beautiful woodwork, and everything solid wood, including all solid wood kitchen cabinetry and top of the line appliances and soapstone.
Ugh, that just kills me that they don't appreciate those kinds of details. Post the link to your listing if you want and maybe someone here will!
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The buyout that would create the world's largest integrated pesticides and seeds company.
(AFP) The European Commission said on Tuesday it was opening an in-depth investigation into the proposed $66-billion (€56 billion) takeover of US seed and pesticide supplier Monsanto by Germany's Bayer, citing concerns it may reduce competition in key products for farmers.
"Seeds and pesticide products are essential for farmers and ultimately consumers," EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said. "We need to ensure effective competition so that farmers can have access to innovative products, better quality and also purchase products at competitive prices."
After a months-long pursuit in which it raised its offer price several times, Bayer won over Monsanto's management in September 2016 for the buyout that would create the world's largest integrated pesticides and seeds company.
But the deal has provoked criticism from environmental groups, because of Monsanto's long history of promoting genetically modified crops.
The European Commission expressed concern that Bayer produces one of the few alternatives to Monsanto's product glyphosate, which it said is the most sold non-selective herbicide in Europe.
It also noted that both firms have large market shares in vegetable seeds and several field crops where their products compete against one another.
The European Commission also said Bayer was one of the few competitors to Monsanto in several markets for developing traits in plants, such as tolerance to herbicides.
It said the two companies made commitments to address some of its concerns in July.
"However, the Commission considered these commitments insufficient to clearly dismiss its serious doubts as to the transaction's compatibility with the EU Merger Regulation," it said in a statement.
The Commission said it would take a decision on the merger by January 8.


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Q: how to check which button is clicked and show result in onActivityResult in same activity?
What i am trying to do is that i want to display image in two different imageview but i am not able to set the selected image for particular image view right now i have two image view and two button... here is my code

this is my buttons
 setImage.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            imagePicker.pickImage(ScrollingActivity.this, "Select your image:");
        }
    });

    setImage2.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            imagePicker.pickImage(ScrollingActivity.this, "Select your image:");

        }
    });

here i am displaying the image but image shows only in profileimage
  protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
    bitmap = imagePicker.getImageFromResult(this, requestCode, resultCode, data);

    // Now image is not displaying
    if (requestCode == imageSelect) {
        if (bitmap != null) {
            profileImage.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
            setImage.setVisibility(View.GONE);
        }
    } else if (requestCode == imageSelect2) {
        if (bitmap != null) {

            profileImage2.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
            // setImage2.setVisibility(View.GONE);
        }
    }

    InputStream is = imagePicker.getInputStreamFromResult(this, requestCode, resultCode, data);
    if (is != null) {
        Toast.makeText(this, "Got input stream!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        try {
            is.close();
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            // ignore
        }
    } else {
        Toast.makeText(this, "Failed to get input stream!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }
    super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
}

A: Try to give different requestCode for both the image and handle based on that in onActivityResult()
Add one more param in you imagePicker.pickImage
Instead of:
public void pickImage(Activity activity, String value)

change to:
public void pickImage(Activity activity, String value, int requestCode)

give different request code for each image. So that based on request code you can do action in onActivityResult()
In your onActivityResult() you should check the request code for the first image too
if (bitmap != null  ) {
    if(requestCode == imageSelect1) {

        profileImage.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
    } else {
        profileImage2.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
    }

}

A: There are several ways to overcome your problem.
first:
set tags for your buttons in your layout xml properties and you can get those tags by using followin:
button.getTag();

it will return your entered tag in xml view properties.
second:
you can add another argument to your onActivityResult function that it's value specifies which button had been clicked.

A: I just set the request code to each button
setImage.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            imagePicker.pickImage(ScrollingActivity.this, 1);
        }
    });

    setImage2.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            imagePicker.pickImage(ScrollingActivity.this, 2);

        }
    });

And just use "If else" in onActivity
  if (requestCode == 1) {
        if (bitmap != null) {
            profileImage.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
            setImage.setVisibility(View.GONE);
        }
    } else if (requestCode == 2) {
        if (bitmap != null) {

            profileImage2.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
            // setImage2.setVisibility(View.GONE);
        }
    }

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Die Calderstones stehen im Calderstones Park, im Ortsteil Allerton, in Liverpool. Sie sind die einzigen Reste einer verzierten Megalithanlage vom Maeshowetyp in England. Sie stehen jetzt in Gewächshäusern, um sie vor den Elementen zu schützen.

Felsritzungen aus dieser Zeit sind äußerst selten. Die Calderstones bilden neben Knockmany in Nordirland, Maes Howe auf Orkney sowie Barclodiad y Gawres und Bryn Celli Ddu in Wales die kunstvollste Dekoration aller Passage Tombs in Großbritannien. Vergleichbare Anlagen dieses Typs sind ansonsten in Irland (z. B. Newgrange und Knowth) anzutreffen.

Die mit Felsritzungen wie Bögen, Cup-and-Ring-Markierungen, Fußabdrücken, Spiralen und konzentrischen Kreisen versehenen Steine waren Teil der aus dem Neolithikum stammenden Anlage. Die sechs Steine aus weichem lokalem Sandstein haben Höhen zwischen 2,4 und 1,0 Meter.

Es ist überliefert, dass etwa um 1800 grobe Urnen aus Ton, mit menschlichen Knochen entdeckt wurden. Bei einer Straßenverbreiterung wurden große Steine, einige davon verziert, gefunden. Im Jahre 1845 wurden die Steine in einer niedrigen Ringmauer auf einer Verkehrsinsel am Eingang zum Park aufgestellt. Zu ihrem heutigen Standort gelangten sie im Jahre 1954.

Ein Besuch der Gewächshäuser/Steine kann nach vorheriger Anmeldung erfolgen.

Siehe auch
 Robin Hood's Stone

Literatur
 Ron Cowell: The Calderstones: a prehistoric tomb in Liverpool, Merseyside Archaeological Society, 1984

Weblinks
 Beschreibung engl. und Bilder

Archäologischer Fundplatz in Liverpool
Megalithanlage in England
Kultplatz
Passage Tomb

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It is a super fun app for children under five years.
The app plays over 50 free learning games anytime and anywhere with PBS Kids characters. The app is full of games that encourage your toddler to learn math, science, etc.
Some features include Daniel Wild Kratts, Tiger's Neighborhood, Sesame Street, The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!, Super Why, and Dinosaur Train.
Parent resources include learning more about a TV series, finding local PBS KIDS station schedule, downloading other PBS KIDS apps, managing storage amount, etc.
Elmo is full of videos, activities, and games. It is an educational app that teaches toddlers about sounds, letters, and words. The app is suitable for ages two to five years.
The engaging, multi-faceted app teaches alphabets.
One mode allows toddlers to choose a letter and trace it. The app plays three video clips of the items starting with the letter.
They can color the pictures of those items and the game also has options for playing hide and seek.
In another mode, a letter from a group can be identified. This letter not only plays its sound but also a related video.
A music note link plays one of the four video renditions of the alphabet song. In one version, Elmo invites the toddler to sing along.
Compatibility: Requires iOS 6.0 or later. Compatible with iPad.
The famous app has 750 million downloads worldwide. The app has a physics-based award-winning game. Your toddler would love to win gold stars and discover hidden prizes. Unlocking exciting new levels is fun. The little monster in the game has only one request… CANDY!
The app features a cute green monster called 'Om Nom'.
Players cut dangling ropes holding candy. The goal is to make the candy fall into the monster's mouth while collecting as many gold stars as possible.
The game is fun, relaxing, and challenging. The app is designed to spend free time in a healthy manner. The game can make the toddler more intelligent and sensitive to colors and blocks. The Luck Dip of London-certified app is ten category seller in over 40 countries.
Featured as in-store demo in Apple stores, it is 'kid tested and mother approved'.
Rotation Off makes it easier for beginners to solve puzzles.
Rotation On makes the pieces rotate, making puzzles natural and realistic.
Baby mode is animated puzzles that help the little one understand solved puzzles.
Compatibility: Requires iOS 5.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
AniMatch is a great fun app that comes with a button big enough for easy navigation. It is very simple and engaging. The little jiggle by the animals, when a successful match is made, peaks tots' interests. The puzzles in the app, featuring animal graphics and funny animal sounds, are easy to learn. The New York Times travel section has mentioned AniMatch as a great game to have on trips for restless toddlers. They can develop cognitive skills, memory, and concentration.
The app has four selections. Toddlers can match pictures to shadow images.
Toddlers can play animal bingo game, where they must pick the animal based on the voice made by the app.
Match shows a written word. The game features classic concentration card game.
Several buttons on the first page of the app feature other apps from the publisher.
The app comes with retina display graphics and native iPad support.
Toddlers get to know 31 different animals (10 in each game).
Compatibility: Requires iOS 4.3 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
It is an interactive educational app, teaching the alphabet and building vocabulary with adorable monsters. Each word features an interactive puzzle game.
The game features short animation illustrating talking letters and the definition of the word.
In total, the app features 100 words, letters, and words reacting to the 3D touch.
The specialty of this app is that it does not show scores or failures, making sure the little one can interact at his pace.
Note: You must be online while using the app and need enough disk space to see the words beyond G.
The app is an 'all in one activity center' for toddlers. Through the classic song, the little tots are exposed to different languages and instruments.
The app features 12 games with sing along, adorable graphics and sounds.
It has 11 beautiful verses of the classic rhyme "The Wheels On The Bus".
New version features 'play road trip'.
Toddlers can collect puzzle pieces to build vehicles.
Touch the screen to make the bus roll along the road, open the doors, and move the wipers.
Lyrics can be heard in English, German, Italian, Spanish, and French.
Note: This app is free to play, but it has in-app purchases for a few items. However, you can disable it.
The Super Why App allows toddlers to play four different mini-games based on spelling, reading, letters, phonics, and rhymes. It allows reading in the story telling game.
Each game features a different character from the Super Why! TV series.
Toddlers can handle the games' controls with ease.
A virtual sticker won from each successful game can be used in a design-a-scene bonus game.
This app was featured by Apple at the launch of the iPad2 and the Parents' Choice Silver Award winner.
The app includes interactive picture book with 15 delightfully simple games and activities. It reinforces basic concepts in math and art.
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Are You Coming?: Drag the dots to each other and try to combine them.
Tap Tap: Tap to create dots everywhere.
Get Inside: Try to get the little dot into the big circle and more.
Compatibility: Requires iOS 3.2 or later. Compatible with iPad.
The delightful, free app for toddlers is designed for the curious minds. It is a portal to YouTube. Toddlers can enjoy videos even on the big screen with Apple TV, Chromecast, smart TVs, or game consoles.
For easy exploration, the videos in the app are divided into Music, Shows, Learning, and Explore.
Videos also include intro to sports, games, animals, crafts, and more.
The app comes with big buttons, instant full-screen, and easy scrolling.
Toddlers enjoy their favorites such Thomas & Friends and Talking Tom, Sesame Street, on-line hits such as Mother Goose Club, TuTiTu, Stampylonghead, and a lot more.
They can watch them offline to avoid ads.
Parental control features such as timer, blocking channels, and disabling search features are available.
Note: The channels and videos are subject to change due to regular updates.
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Note: The YouTube Kids App is only available in the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Spain, and Canada (excluding Quebec). YouTube Kids is available with YouTube Red in the US, New Zealand, and Australia.
The interactive book app is designed for toddlers to explore pictures, personalize the story, and learn vocabulary. While the toddler explores the story, the parent can encourage literacy skills, teach vocabulary, and also own record narration.
As the toddler taps the monkey, it falls off the bed. The monkey then starts twirling around the head. It is then that a song commences. And the mommy monkey calls the doctor.
The app allows your toddler to play with colors, shapes, and also lets him create his own designs. The little one's artistic piece could be shared via Facebook, Twitter, SMS, or email.
The other features of the app include the provision of importing photo from camera or library, saving photo, selecting color pencil, customizing color, opacity, and brush size.
There are no instructions so let your tot use all his creativity!
Tap on your tool to start drawing, stamping, painting, or erasing.
The engaging app is full of surprises, witty, and quirky animations! With over one million downloads, the app is rated as "Absolutely adorable", "A wonderful app for all ages!" by USA Today.
The app is an interactive picture book featuring 21 hand-drawn animals with great animations, and playful, musical sounds for each animal.
It combines animations and humor with state-of-the-art technology.
The popular app is perfect for daily go-to-sleep ritual with cute animals, stunning narration, and lullaby music. The toddler watches all the animals going to bed, which lulls him into sleep.
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The interactive book combines little sets made of paper, 2D illustration, and animation. It is not a reading app, though.
The little one finds 13 different animals, including duck, dog, pig, cow, sheep, fish, pony, chicken, spider, cat, goat, rabbit, etc.
They can tap the rooms of the house and turn lights off to put the animals to sleep.
It features cause-and-effect lessons for toddlers, accompanying the soothing going-to-sleep music.
Language: English, French, German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Turkish, Spanish.
The app comes with the classic fable that tells the story of the industrious hen. Your toddler would learn about the value of hard work and teamwork by interacting with the scenes and characters in the story.
The app allows the little explorer to learn about the animals on the farm.
The kid-friendly narration makes the story more accessible than ever.
Your darling would love to read it again and again. There is an option to read the story in two ways, Read Aloud (listen to the narration) and Read It Myself (reads the story by self).
Compatibility: Requires iOS 4.2 or later. Compatible with iPad.
The app is a fun distraction for toddlers.
Gravity pulls the bubbles downward. Toddlers can draw bubble letters, shapes, and numbers.
As toddlers run their fingers over the screen, the bubbles fly through on the screen.
Pat the Bunny is the first interactive book of its kind and the best iPad app for preschoolers. Based on a book by Dorothy Kunhardt, the app is perfect for little fingers and little one's imaginations. It is particularly designed for preschoolers and toddlers with playful sound effects and impressive music.
The app has a play mode for toddlers to feed and interact with the bunny.
They can tap, swipe, and explore 14 interactive scenes.
The bunny becomes the toddler's interactive pet. You can here your darling's delightful giggles as he plays hide and seek with the bunny, catches butterflies, makes music in the kitchen and pops bubbles in the bath tub.
Sing, talk, and play with Carl. As your baby tickles, punches, and irritates Carl, he can hear the funny growls, laughter, and more!
Talk to hear him repeat your words.
Poke his eyes to hear him yell and shout.
If you forget him, he will grumble to remind you of him.
Carl is very polite as well. He says good bye every time you are about to shut the app.
Note: The app might encourage misbehavior.
This is one of the best educational apps for toddlers and irresistible too. It plays many different sounds to inspire little minds.
The toddler can choose from the extensive list of sounds such as trumpets, boats, trains, sheep, cats, horses, etc.
They can just tap a picture in one of the six categories: vehicles, domestic or farm animals, birds, wild animals, household items, and musical instruments.
The sound-touch features an intuitive interface, engaging learning, simple controls, quality sound recordings, photographs, and graphics.
It is optimized with latest mobiles, flawless use, and new bonus.
Note: A picture like a cobra (ready to strike) or growling voices of some animals might disturb your toddler.
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The app acts as a great tool for the toddlers to learn basic words. The toddler gets engaged and learns through the app.
It comes with 20 cards, spoken pronunciations in multiple languages such as English, French, Chinese, Spanish, German, Farsi, Greek, Russian, Hindi, Portuguese, Arabic, and Japanese, besides animal sound effects.
Flashcards teaches the names of animals, things, foods, and colors. Toddlers are also introduced to numbers, alphabet, and animal sounds.
The Moo, Baa, La La La! Digital book app will amuse toddlers. It is an interactive version of the classic board book by Sandra Boynton. The app is rated by Kirkus Star, Children's Technology Review Editor's Choice, and Common Sense Media – 5 Stars.
It has an appeal of a traditional pop-up book.
Each animal makes its unique sound. Touching the moon turns day to night.
Your little one can slingshot the running cats away from barking dogs.
Your darling touches a duck to hear its quack and brings another duck and the chain continues. So, touch the animals to hear them moo or oink or quack.
You can read it loud or the app reads out.
The app offers lively interactivity and thoroughly mesmerizing and delightful discovery. Characters in the app respond to touch with movement and sound. Toddlers can enjoy turning the tap water on and off as well as adjust the steam levels that fog the screen. They can, interestingly, write their name on the steam. They can also brush their teeth, besides doing a session of group exercises with ten pajama-clad animals (each animal exercises in its own way).
Help the piggy turn off the lights and rock yourself to sleep to the soothing sound coming from the music box, containing twinkling stars.
The gentle narration by British Invasion legend, Billy J. Kramer is simply amazing.
Tilt the device to watch things slide.
Make the animals move by touching, pulling, and turning them.
Realistic page turning interactions are highlighted.
Hear individual words pronounced with the tap of a finger or read them yourself.
All toddler-friendly iPad apps come with a safety code that says the content is age-appropriate. However, as a parent, you should monitor what your toddler is watching. Make sure you also limit the time your toddler spends on-screen.
What are the apps that you have installed on your iPad for your toddler? Does he love the games? Do share your opinion here.
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Do you want to learn everything about the Friesian Horse?
Do you want to learn everything about the Friesian Horse? This is your chance!
Join the education week in The Netherlands (Friesland) in the summer of 2019.
For already several years the KFPS organizes an education week about the Friesian Horse. This is every time a big success. There is a lot of knowledge about the Friesian Horse in the nice area of Friesland. Friesland is the beating heart of the Friesian Horse. The KFPS organizes the course in the English and German language. There will be several groups, with both their own language.
On this course we will teach you all the things you need to know about judging the Friesian Horse including the racial aspects, the conformation, structure of the legs, lameness and leg defects and the movements. KFPS will also give a guide to the order of inspections and have a presentation from a veterinary and farrier. All sorts of important information especially about the Friesian horse.
-	The course will take place from 15 till 19th of July 2019 around Drachten.
- The language will be in English and German (2 groups), we have course books in English and German language. Maybe the theory will be only In English, depending on the number of people.
-	The price for the course is € 425,-, that is including lunch and drinks for 5 days, the course book, certificates, welcome dinner, several clinics, an activity, and a dinner at the end of the week. But excluding the hotel costs.
The minimum for the course is 24 people, the maximum is 42 people.
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There are two things I can't have enough of: pom-poms and Mickey-shaped things! I am delighted to share a DIY that combines both. Keep reading to learn how to make this easy no-sew, pom-pom Mickey-shaped pillow.
This DIY pillow requires no sewing, only a hot glue gun and of course, lots of colorful pom-poms. I like making all my pom-poms with yarn and by hand, but pom-poms can also be found at most craft stores. This Mickey Pom-Pom Pillow instantly brightens up any room, and is sure to bring a smile to any Disney fan's face.
Trace the Mickey Mouse template onto the felt and cut it out. Repeat so that you have two Mickey Mouse shaped felt pieces.
Stack the felt Mickey Mouse shapes together and line the edges with pom-poms. Place the long pieces of yarn of the pom-poms in between the two layers of Mickey Mouse shapes to hold them in place.
Glue the edges of the felt Mickey Mouse shapes together, making sure the pom-poms are glued securely between the felt pieces. Leave a 3-4 inch opening.
Stuff with fluff. Glue together the remaining edge of the pillow.


Swallows are a favorite bird wherever they fly, and among them North America's largest and most universally appreciated species is without a doubt the Purple Martin (Progne subis). Before Europeans ever came to North America, Native Americans in the South were known to hang hollow gourds as nesting boxes to attract these birds. The beneficial nature of Martins is well known: not only do they consume enormous quantities of insects that humans consider pests – among them horseflies, beetles, termites and grasshoppers -, they also aggressively drive away birds of prey as well as crows and thus were traditionally welcomed by farmers. Often soaring at altitudes of several hundred feet, Martins capture their prey exclusively on the wing; they quench their thirst on the wing as well, skimming the surface of ponds, lakes and rivers.
Iridescent purples and gun metal blues mark the plumage of the male Martin.
Although the range of the three subspecies of Martins covers most of the U. S. and sections of southern Canada, they tend to be rather uncommon. This is due in part to their very specific nesting requirements and to the fact that invasive species – European starlings and house sparrows – frequently outcompete Martins for preferred sites. Formerly found in hollow trees, Eastern Martins have almost exclusively shifted their nests to human created housing: apartment-like complexes on poles, rows of houses side-by-side, or, particularly in the South, hollow gourds. Like Chimney Swifts and Barn Swallows, Eastern Purple Martins have become dependent upon humans for nesting sites.
The plumage of females is lighter in color, predominated by shades of brown.
The… Indian is also fond of the Martin's company. He frequently hangs up a calabash on some twig near his camp, and in this cradle the bird keeps watch, and sallies forth to drive off the Vulture that might otherwise commit depredations on the deer-skins or pieces of venison exposed to the air to be dried. The slaves in the Southern States take more pains to accommodate this favourite bird. The calabash is neatly scooped out, and attached to the flexible top of a cane, brought from the swamp, where that plant usually grows, and placed close to their huts. Almost every country tavern has a Martin box on the upper part of its sign-board; and I have observed that the handsomer the box, the better does the inn generally prove to be.
All our cities are furnished with houses for the reception of these birds; and it is seldom that even lads bent upon mischief disturb the favoured Martin. He sweeps along the streets, here and there seizing a fly, bangs to the eaves of the houses, or peeps into them, as he poises himself in the air in front of the windows, or mounts high above the city, soaring into the clear sky, plays with the string of the child's kite, snapping at it, as he swiftly passes, with unerring precision, or suddenly sweeps along the roofs, chasing off grimalkin, who is probably prowling in quest of his young. Birds of America, John J. Audubon, printed 1827 – 1838.
Healthy Martin colonies indicate a healthy environment.
The next time you see a large flock of dark birds, look closely. Although often starlings, Martins, too, come together in the thousands and even hundreds of thousands, particularly in late summer as they prepare to migrate to South America.
For more information on the wonderful Kimiwan Nature Walk and Interpretive Center in McLennan, Alberta, please visit www.kimiwanbirdwalk.ca.
A really interesing summary. Thanks for sharing. Certainly one of my favourites too.
Thanks, Maureen. It's always nice to see people putting up nesting boxes to help these birds out.