okay my cat had 4 kittens what do you think of these names
the black kitten is : jazz
the calico kitten is : dolly
the grey and white kitten : mystery
and the light grey kitten with a dark tiger stripe is : lilac
what do you think ?
Names ? what do you think ?
Good enough. At least you didn't give them dopey theme names.
Reply:I love all the names that you have chosen. Keep 'em!
Reply:i like them
Reply:LILAC , The stripy kitty should be TIGGER. Do lilacs have stripes? NO! But tiggers do!
Reply:Those names work.
I'm rather partial to Groucho, Chico, Harpo and Zeppo.
Reply:good names i like them
Reply:If the black one is female, how about Jazzy or Jasmine? Jazz is fine for a male.
skin disease
Friday, November 6, 2009
Figures of speech--can u notice them in this novel and poem!?
William Shakespeare - Sonnet 18
Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day?
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? a
Thou art more lovely and more temperate: b
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, a
And summer's lease hath all too short a date: b
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, c
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; d
And every fair from fair sometime declines, c
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd; d
But thy eternal summer shall not fade e
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; f
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, e
When in eternal lines to time thou growest: f
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, g
So long lives this and this gives life to thee. g
Oscar Wilde's novel the Picture of Dorian Gray, Chapter 1 – ‘the studio was filled with the rich odour of roses’.
The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden, there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn.
From the corner of the divan of Persian saddle-bags on which he was lying, smoking, as was his custom, innumerable cigarettes, Lord Henry Wotton could just catch the gleam of the honey-sweet and honey-coloured blossoms of a laburnum, whose tremulous branches seemed hardly able to bear the burden of a beauty so flame like as theirs; and now and then the fantastic shadows of birds in flight flitted across the long tussore-silk curtains that were stretched in front of the huge window, producing a kind of momentary Japanese effect, and making him think of those pallid, jade-faced painters of Tokyo who, through the medium of an art that is necessarily immobile, seek to convey the sense of swiftness and motion. The sullen murmur of the bees shouldering their way through the long unmown grass, or circling with monotonous insistence round the dusty gilt horns of the straggling woodbine, seemed to make the stillness more oppressive. The dim roar of London was like the bourdon note of a distant organ.
In the centre of the room, clamped to an upright easel, stood the full-length portrait of a young man of extraordinary personal beauty, and in front of it, some little distance away, was sitting the artist himself, Basil Hallward, whose sudden disappearance some years ago caused, at the time, such public excitement and gave rise to so many strange conjectures.
Figures of speech--can u notice them in this novel and poem!?
These are the main figures of speech and their definitions.
Method: open the link below and click on different links highlighted on the left. You'll access many others belonging to each category/class. Read them closely and try to see if you can identify them in Shakespeare and Wilde's pieces you have asked about.
"Figures by Type with Link Definition"
Tropes figures which change the typical meaning of a word or words
Metaplasmic Figures figures which move the letters or syllables of a word from their typical places
Figures of Omission figures which omit something--eg. a word, words, phrases, or clauses--from a sentence
Figures of Repetition (words) figures which repeat one or more words
Figures of Repetition (clauses and ideas) figures which repeat a phrase, a clause or an idea
Figures of Unusual Word Order figures which alter the ordinary order of words or sentences
Figures of Thought a miscellaneous group of figures which deal with emotional appeals and techniques of argument.
Good luck with the assignment
computer
Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day?
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? a
Thou art more lovely and more temperate: b
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, a
And summer's lease hath all too short a date: b
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, c
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; d
And every fair from fair sometime declines, c
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd; d
But thy eternal summer shall not fade e
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; f
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, e
When in eternal lines to time thou growest: f
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, g
So long lives this and this gives life to thee. g
Oscar Wilde's novel the Picture of Dorian Gray, Chapter 1 – ‘the studio was filled with the rich odour of roses’.
The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden, there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn.
From the corner of the divan of Persian saddle-bags on which he was lying, smoking, as was his custom, innumerable cigarettes, Lord Henry Wotton could just catch the gleam of the honey-sweet and honey-coloured blossoms of a laburnum, whose tremulous branches seemed hardly able to bear the burden of a beauty so flame like as theirs; and now and then the fantastic shadows of birds in flight flitted across the long tussore-silk curtains that were stretched in front of the huge window, producing a kind of momentary Japanese effect, and making him think of those pallid, jade-faced painters of Tokyo who, through the medium of an art that is necessarily immobile, seek to convey the sense of swiftness and motion. The sullen murmur of the bees shouldering their way through the long unmown grass, or circling with monotonous insistence round the dusty gilt horns of the straggling woodbine, seemed to make the stillness more oppressive. The dim roar of London was like the bourdon note of a distant organ.
In the centre of the room, clamped to an upright easel, stood the full-length portrait of a young man of extraordinary personal beauty, and in front of it, some little distance away, was sitting the artist himself, Basil Hallward, whose sudden disappearance some years ago caused, at the time, such public excitement and gave rise to so many strange conjectures.
Figures of speech--can u notice them in this novel and poem!?
These are the main figures of speech and their definitions.
Method: open the link below and click on different links highlighted on the left. You'll access many others belonging to each category/class. Read them closely and try to see if you can identify them in Shakespeare and Wilde's pieces you have asked about.
"Figures by Type with Link Definition"
Tropes figures which change the typical meaning of a word or words
Metaplasmic Figures figures which move the letters or syllables of a word from their typical places
Figures of Omission figures which omit something--eg. a word, words, phrases, or clauses--from a sentence
Figures of Repetition (words) figures which repeat one or more words
Figures of Repetition (clauses and ideas) figures which repeat a phrase, a clause or an idea
Figures of Unusual Word Order figures which alter the ordinary order of words or sentences
Figures of Thought a miscellaneous group of figures which deal with emotional appeals and techniques of argument.
Good luck with the assignment
computer
Finding my perfect mobile phone...?
I'm having problems finding a new mobile phone - there are just so many to choose from!
I've looked on a lot of the "mobile comparing" type sites but none of them seem to focus on style/colour as well as features such as battery life (which is the most annoying thing with my current phone).
The most important features I guess would be a good camera phone (good resolution and high (ish) MP) as well as a good battery life. I'd also require the usual specs such as bluetooth, mp3 player, games, organiser type apps and vibration alert. I'm not fussed about internet access or email as I don't use my phone for that. Also, I'd like a phone that can come in different colours as I'm a girlie girl (lol) who is after a pink/lilac kinda colour ;) but that's not that important. I'm gonna get a sim free phone so I'm not bothered about tarrifs/contracts.
If anyone can recommend a phone, I'd be very grateful. There are only so many phone specs you can read before going insane, lol.
Thank you. xxx
Finding my perfect mobile phone...?
Hello Moto! Your CELL MATE reckons the Motorola Pebl V6 is a girl thing! So hon check this out, enter a simple search and Goto :- Pebl V6 Scroll down to Mobile Gazette and bookmark the site!
Reply:I'd go for the pink samsung x830i It's got a 1.3 megapixel camera and is a really cool looking phone. I think it's only available on orange in pink but if you go to carphone warehouse all their phones are unlocked so you can use different sim cards.
Reply:what about the lg shine maybe that would work for you also go and checkout these review sites
Reply:Ive seen this type of question before and I answered the same way too. Life is too short to worry about phones. Just grab one. The last thing you want to worry about is battery life and such stuff. Thats why "they" manufacture it and "we" buy it. Get me?
Reply:Describing what you want it to do it's gotta be the Nokia N95 - I absolutely Love mine.
Reply:try looking at the LG shine Pink - very pretty phone and it's got pretty good stats with it too
Reply:Assuming that you wouldnt mind verizon check this phone out, it has everything you need.
Motorola Q9
http://estore.vzwshop.com/qmusic/
Reply:Go for the lg chocolate pink =]
i have a black lg chocolate and i love it! ive had it since april x
Reply:try nokia 6131 its a flip fone and has everything you want, itis only in black though. try ebay for a reconditioned one, much cheaper ! i have one and was so impressed, i got my bruv 1.
Reply:I've just bought an O2 XDA Trion - best mobile I've ever had!
dental
I've looked on a lot of the "mobile comparing" type sites but none of them seem to focus on style/colour as well as features such as battery life (which is the most annoying thing with my current phone).
The most important features I guess would be a good camera phone (good resolution and high (ish) MP) as well as a good battery life. I'd also require the usual specs such as bluetooth, mp3 player, games, organiser type apps and vibration alert. I'm not fussed about internet access or email as I don't use my phone for that. Also, I'd like a phone that can come in different colours as I'm a girlie girl (lol) who is after a pink/lilac kinda colour ;) but that's not that important. I'm gonna get a sim free phone so I'm not bothered about tarrifs/contracts.
If anyone can recommend a phone, I'd be very grateful. There are only so many phone specs you can read before going insane, lol.
Thank you. xxx
Finding my perfect mobile phone...?
Hello Moto! Your CELL MATE reckons the Motorola Pebl V6 is a girl thing! So hon check this out, enter a simple search and Goto :- Pebl V6 Scroll down to Mobile Gazette and bookmark the site!
Reply:I'd go for the pink samsung x830i It's got a 1.3 megapixel camera and is a really cool looking phone. I think it's only available on orange in pink but if you go to carphone warehouse all their phones are unlocked so you can use different sim cards.
Reply:what about the lg shine maybe that would work for you also go and checkout these review sites
Reply:Ive seen this type of question before and I answered the same way too. Life is too short to worry about phones. Just grab one. The last thing you want to worry about is battery life and such stuff. Thats why "they" manufacture it and "we" buy it. Get me?
Reply:Describing what you want it to do it's gotta be the Nokia N95 - I absolutely Love mine.
Reply:try looking at the LG shine Pink - very pretty phone and it's got pretty good stats with it too
Reply:Assuming that you wouldnt mind verizon check this phone out, it has everything you need.
Motorola Q9
http://estore.vzwshop.com/qmusic/
Reply:Go for the lg chocolate pink =]
i have a black lg chocolate and i love it! ive had it since april x
Reply:try nokia 6131 its a flip fone and has everything you want, itis only in black though. try ebay for a reconditioned one, much cheaper ! i have one and was so impressed, i got my bruv 1.
Reply:I've just bought an O2 XDA Trion - best mobile I've ever had!
dental
Poetic devices-what could they be in these texts!?
William Shakespeare - Sonnet 18
Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day?
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? a
Thou art more lovely and more temperate: b
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, a
And summer's lease hath all too short a date: b
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, c
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; d
And every fair from fair sometime declines, c
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd; d
But thy eternal summer shall not fade e
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; f
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, e
When in eternal lines to time thou growest: f
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, g
So long lives this and this gives life to thee. g
Oscar Wilde's novel the Picture of Dorian Gray, Chapter 1 – ‘the studio was filled with the rich odour of roses’.
The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden, there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn.
From the corner of the divan of Persian saddle-bags on which he was lying, smoking, as was his custom, innumerable cigarettes, Lord Henry Wotton could just catch the gleam of the honey-sweet and honey-coloured blossoms of a laburnum, whose tremulous branches seemed hardly able to bear the burden of a beauty so flame like as theirs; and now and then the fantastic shadows of birds in flight flitted across the long tussore-silk curtains that were stretched in front of the huge window, producing a kind of momentary Japanese effect, and making him think of those pallid, jade-faced painters of Tokyo who, through the medium of an art that is necessarily immobile, seek to convey the sense of swiftness and motion. The sullen murmur of the bees shouldering their way through the long unmown grass, or circling with monotonous insistence round the dusty gilt horns of the straggling woodbine, seemed to make the stillness more oppressive. The dim roar of London was like the bourdon note of a distant organ.
In the centre of the room, clamped to an upright easel, stood the full-length portrait of a young man of extraordinary personal beauty, and in front of it, some little distance away, was sitting the artist himself, Basil Hallward, whose sudden disappearance some years ago caused, at the time, such public excitement and gave rise to so many strange conjectures.
Poetic devices-what could they be in these texts!?
sonnet 18:
William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 is one of one hundred fifty four poems of fourteen lines written in Iambic Pentameter. These sonnets exclusively employ the rhyme scheme, which has come to be called the Shakespearean Sonnet. The sonnets are composed of an octet and sestet and typically progress through threequatrains to a concluding couplet. It also contains figurative language and different poetic devices used to create unique effects in his sonnets. Shakespeare’s sonnets consist of words constructed in a certain manner or form, thoughts, emotion and poetic devices. One way to interpret the sonnet is to think of “thee” that Shakespeare is referring to as a person. Following that line of thought the sonnet could read that Shakespeare is in love with someone who is consistently beautiful. He tries to compare this person to summer but summer is not as beautiful or constant. This person in Shakespeare’s eyes will never grow old and ugly and not even Death can finally conquer this Fair Youth.
LINE BY LINE
In line 1, he starts the poem with a question. He asks if he should compare the person to a summer’s day but ends up not doing so realizing that the person is superior. In the following 7 lines of this sonnet, he begins to show the differences between the person and a summer’s day. He explains that the person’s characteristics is moderate and comfortable and has favorable qualities in line 2. “Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,” (line 3) means that the rough winds of the summer can destroy the buds of the flowers and his particular person has no such trait. In the forth line of the sonnet, Shakespeare justifies how summer is too short and how his lover’s beauty does not end like this specific season does. In the next two lines, lines 5 and 6, the superb poet interpret the summer’s temperature. He explains how the summer can be extremely hot and uncomfortable. He also describes how the sun can be dulled due to the covering of clouds. It can obscure or shadow the earth, unlike the shining beauty of his lover. Although Sonnet 18 is an extended metaphor, line 7 has a literal meaning that explains itself: “And every fair from fair sometime declines,” With fair meaning beautiful, he is saying that everything that is beautiful must come to an end and that all beauty fades except the one of his lover. The next line is an example of the reasons why beauty fades. Chance makes beauty fade by something dreadful happening. He says that natures changing course untrimmed meaning that the seasons changing direction, path or time can deteriorate beauty. In line 8, the turning point of the sonnet, Shakespeare specifies that something is changing by using the simple word But. He goes on to explain that the person’s beauty will not die. He itemizes eternal to mean that the person’s charm will live forever. You are not going to lose possession of that beauty that you own, Shakespeare explains in line 10. In the eleventh line of the sonnet, he says that Death won’t be able to brag that he has possession of the persons beauty. In other words, the beloved will never die. At the end of the sonnet, he writes about “eternal lines” which symbolizes that the beloved’s beauty will grow in this poem forever. In the last two lines of this poem, lines 13 and 14, the poet means that as long as people read this poem, that the beloved’s beauty will live. He also describes how the person will live in the spirit and beauty of the poem. It could also represent the poem itself, which keeps the person beautiful forever. This sonnet has a basic form or structure. In this sonnet there are fourteen lines divided into two clear parts, an opening octet which has 8 lines and a closing sestet which has 6 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefgg. The octave presents the narrative, states the proposition or raises a question. The sestet drives home the narrative by making an abstract comment, applies the proposition, or solves the problem. In Sonnet 18 the octave says that the beloved is better than a summers day. It develops the idea of this sonnet. The sestet then explains why the beloved is better than a summer’s day. The sestet also states that the lover will live forever. Instead of the octave and sestet divisions, this sonnet characteristically embodies four divisions. Three quatrains of four lines each with a rhyme scheme of its own, and a rhymed couplet. In this case, the rhyme scheme of the quatrains is: abab cdcd efef gg. The couplet at the end is usually a commentary on the foregoing. Some types of poetic devices that are frequently used in this love poem are meter, rhyme, assonance, consonance, repetition, end %26amp; internal rhyme and alliteration. Meter is a sort of up down bouncy ball type of sound that goes along with the line of poetry. It has accents and unaccented syllables. Alliteration works by repeating one or more letters at the beginning of a word throughout a line. Some examples of alliteration (shown in italics in the sonnet above) in this sonnet is spread out in all fourteen lines. Words like shall summers, thee to, thou temperate, art and, more more, do darling, and all a, summers short, sometime shines, too the, hot heaven, fair from fair, summer shall and time thou are all examples of alliteration. Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds. Examples of assonance (shown in bold in the sonnet above) are spread throughout sonnet 18. Words such as compare summers, rough buds, sometime declines, in his, thou grow’st, breathe see and lives his gives are all assonance. Consonance, which means that the final consonants agree, is also used in this specific sonnet. Some consonance examples (shown underlined in the sonnet above) are compare more, winds buds, is his, fair fair, eternal shall, that ow’st, when in, men can, and lives this this are some good examples of consonance. We also have end rhyme used in this Shakespearean sonnet such as day may, temperate date, shines declines, dimmed untrimmed, fade shade, ow’st grow’st, and see thee (shown in a script font in the sonnet above). Internal rhymes are also used such as: Lines 1 and 2, thee and lovely. We also have lines 3 and 4, do and too. Another example of an internal rhyme is heaven and complexion and is his from lines 5 and 6. Repetition is very common in this sonnet. In line 2 we have more and more, in lines 4 and 5 he also shows too and too. In lines 6 and 7 and and %26amp; fair fair. Towards the end of the sonnet, lines 10,11 and 12 show nor nor and thou thou. The rhymed couplet has three repetitions which are so long, so long, can, can and this, this. Although William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 is an extended metaphor, there are other examples of figurative language throughout the poem. In this sonnet, we have figurative language such as metaphor, conceit, personification, antithesis, synecdoche or they just remain self explanatory (literal). The conceit, controlling idea, of this poem is in line one when Thee is being compared to a summer’s day, which is also a metaphor. Antithesis is shown in line 14 when Shakespeare says “So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.” This is the balancing of contrasting terms. An example of synecdoche is in line 12 when “lines” is referred to as the whole poem. Examples of personification are seen in lines 3, 4, 5, 6, 11 and 14. In the third line, Shakespeare says “darling buds” giving human attributes to a flower. In line 4, summer is given a life like quality to rent or to lease. The sun in line 5 is referred to as the eye of heaven. The sun is being compared to a face having a gold complexion in line 6. In line 11 Death is being compared to a braggart giving Death a human quality. In the last line of this sonnet, the poem itself is being compared to a living thing. Although all the lines just mentioned are examples of personification, they are all metaphors as well. Lines 7 and 13 have both literal meanings. These two lines are self-explanatory and mean what they say. The remaining lines 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 12 and 13 are all metaphors because throughout those lines, the beloved’s beauty is being compared to the summer. Iambic Pentameter is essentially the meter or the basic rhythm of Shakespeare’s sonnets. Love is an intangible thing, and emotion, it can have no real definition, because it can mean so many things depending on the situation. I enjoyed this sonnet because Shakespeare had the ability to show his poetic skills in appropriating metaphors and conceits in clever ways, so that the poem becomes, not just a tribute to the beloved but also a testament to his great skill as a poet.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Wilde rejects the existence of a homogeneous audience and discriminates between his audiences. The Picture of Dorian Gray seems to contain various coded references to a homosexual subculture. To exemplify this, one might refer to the passage where Dorian Gray thinks about the "noble and intellectual love" which Basil bore him:
The love that he bore him -for it was really love- had nothing in it that was not noble and intellectual. It was not that mere physical admiration of beauty that is born of the senses, and that dies when the senses tire. It was such love as Michelangelo had known, and Montaigne, and Winckelmann, and Shakespeare himself. Yes, Basil could have saved him.[58]
Names like Winckelmann and Michelangelo must have evoked a homosexual or at least a homosocial milieu to the initiated.
The variety of codes which Wilde made use of in The Picture of Dorian Gray explain why one reviewer referred to the homosexual scandal of perverted telegraph boys[59], while some clergymen praised Oscar Wilde in their sermons for having written a laudable parable about the corruption of an innocent youth. As there is no longer a homogeneous audience, we learn that textual authority only applies to a small élite of initiated and can, therefore, not claim universality.
Refer to this link below for more:
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Reply:i'll tell you some poetic devices and then you can look to see if they're there:
alliteration (placing words together that start with the same phonetic sound)
metaphors(saying something like 'the pillar of society', when a person isn't literally that)
oxymorons (placing contrasting adjectives together, like 'beautiful ugly sofa')
iambic pentameters (the rhythm i believe your sonnet is in, with alternated stressed syllables)
abstract nouns (like Death and Beauty)
assonance (half-rhymes)
so look through those and see if you can spot them in the texts
Reply:what is apoetic devise tell me that and i could find i love poetry
Payday Loan
Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day?
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? a
Thou art more lovely and more temperate: b
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, a
And summer's lease hath all too short a date: b
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, c
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; d
And every fair from fair sometime declines, c
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd; d
But thy eternal summer shall not fade e
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; f
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, e
When in eternal lines to time thou growest: f
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, g
So long lives this and this gives life to thee. g
Oscar Wilde's novel the Picture of Dorian Gray, Chapter 1 – ‘the studio was filled with the rich odour of roses’.
The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden, there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn.
From the corner of the divan of Persian saddle-bags on which he was lying, smoking, as was his custom, innumerable cigarettes, Lord Henry Wotton could just catch the gleam of the honey-sweet and honey-coloured blossoms of a laburnum, whose tremulous branches seemed hardly able to bear the burden of a beauty so flame like as theirs; and now and then the fantastic shadows of birds in flight flitted across the long tussore-silk curtains that were stretched in front of the huge window, producing a kind of momentary Japanese effect, and making him think of those pallid, jade-faced painters of Tokyo who, through the medium of an art that is necessarily immobile, seek to convey the sense of swiftness and motion. The sullen murmur of the bees shouldering their way through the long unmown grass, or circling with monotonous insistence round the dusty gilt horns of the straggling woodbine, seemed to make the stillness more oppressive. The dim roar of London was like the bourdon note of a distant organ.
In the centre of the room, clamped to an upright easel, stood the full-length portrait of a young man of extraordinary personal beauty, and in front of it, some little distance away, was sitting the artist himself, Basil Hallward, whose sudden disappearance some years ago caused, at the time, such public excitement and gave rise to so many strange conjectures.
Poetic devices-what could they be in these texts!?
sonnet 18:
William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 is one of one hundred fifty four poems of fourteen lines written in Iambic Pentameter. These sonnets exclusively employ the rhyme scheme, which has come to be called the Shakespearean Sonnet. The sonnets are composed of an octet and sestet and typically progress through threequatrains to a concluding couplet. It also contains figurative language and different poetic devices used to create unique effects in his sonnets. Shakespeare’s sonnets consist of words constructed in a certain manner or form, thoughts, emotion and poetic devices. One way to interpret the sonnet is to think of “thee” that Shakespeare is referring to as a person. Following that line of thought the sonnet could read that Shakespeare is in love with someone who is consistently beautiful. He tries to compare this person to summer but summer is not as beautiful or constant. This person in Shakespeare’s eyes will never grow old and ugly and not even Death can finally conquer this Fair Youth.
LINE BY LINE
In line 1, he starts the poem with a question. He asks if he should compare the person to a summer’s day but ends up not doing so realizing that the person is superior. In the following 7 lines of this sonnet, he begins to show the differences between the person and a summer’s day. He explains that the person’s characteristics is moderate and comfortable and has favorable qualities in line 2. “Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,” (line 3) means that the rough winds of the summer can destroy the buds of the flowers and his particular person has no such trait. In the forth line of the sonnet, Shakespeare justifies how summer is too short and how his lover’s beauty does not end like this specific season does. In the next two lines, lines 5 and 6, the superb poet interpret the summer’s temperature. He explains how the summer can be extremely hot and uncomfortable. He also describes how the sun can be dulled due to the covering of clouds. It can obscure or shadow the earth, unlike the shining beauty of his lover. Although Sonnet 18 is an extended metaphor, line 7 has a literal meaning that explains itself: “And every fair from fair sometime declines,” With fair meaning beautiful, he is saying that everything that is beautiful must come to an end and that all beauty fades except the one of his lover. The next line is an example of the reasons why beauty fades. Chance makes beauty fade by something dreadful happening. He says that natures changing course untrimmed meaning that the seasons changing direction, path or time can deteriorate beauty. In line 8, the turning point of the sonnet, Shakespeare specifies that something is changing by using the simple word But. He goes on to explain that the person’s beauty will not die. He itemizes eternal to mean that the person’s charm will live forever. You are not going to lose possession of that beauty that you own, Shakespeare explains in line 10. In the eleventh line of the sonnet, he says that Death won’t be able to brag that he has possession of the persons beauty. In other words, the beloved will never die. At the end of the sonnet, he writes about “eternal lines” which symbolizes that the beloved’s beauty will grow in this poem forever. In the last two lines of this poem, lines 13 and 14, the poet means that as long as people read this poem, that the beloved’s beauty will live. He also describes how the person will live in the spirit and beauty of the poem. It could also represent the poem itself, which keeps the person beautiful forever. This sonnet has a basic form or structure. In this sonnet there are fourteen lines divided into two clear parts, an opening octet which has 8 lines and a closing sestet which has 6 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefgg. The octave presents the narrative, states the proposition or raises a question. The sestet drives home the narrative by making an abstract comment, applies the proposition, or solves the problem. In Sonnet 18 the octave says that the beloved is better than a summers day. It develops the idea of this sonnet. The sestet then explains why the beloved is better than a summer’s day. The sestet also states that the lover will live forever. Instead of the octave and sestet divisions, this sonnet characteristically embodies four divisions. Three quatrains of four lines each with a rhyme scheme of its own, and a rhymed couplet. In this case, the rhyme scheme of the quatrains is: abab cdcd efef gg. The couplet at the end is usually a commentary on the foregoing. Some types of poetic devices that are frequently used in this love poem are meter, rhyme, assonance, consonance, repetition, end %26amp; internal rhyme and alliteration. Meter is a sort of up down bouncy ball type of sound that goes along with the line of poetry. It has accents and unaccented syllables. Alliteration works by repeating one or more letters at the beginning of a word throughout a line. Some examples of alliteration (shown in italics in the sonnet above) in this sonnet is spread out in all fourteen lines. Words like shall summers, thee to, thou temperate, art and, more more, do darling, and all a, summers short, sometime shines, too the, hot heaven, fair from fair, summer shall and time thou are all examples of alliteration. Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds. Examples of assonance (shown in bold in the sonnet above) are spread throughout sonnet 18. Words such as compare summers, rough buds, sometime declines, in his, thou grow’st, breathe see and lives his gives are all assonance. Consonance, which means that the final consonants agree, is also used in this specific sonnet. Some consonance examples (shown underlined in the sonnet above) are compare more, winds buds, is his, fair fair, eternal shall, that ow’st, when in, men can, and lives this this are some good examples of consonance. We also have end rhyme used in this Shakespearean sonnet such as day may, temperate date, shines declines, dimmed untrimmed, fade shade, ow’st grow’st, and see thee (shown in a script font in the sonnet above). Internal rhymes are also used such as: Lines 1 and 2, thee and lovely. We also have lines 3 and 4, do and too. Another example of an internal rhyme is heaven and complexion and is his from lines 5 and 6. Repetition is very common in this sonnet. In line 2 we have more and more, in lines 4 and 5 he also shows too and too. In lines 6 and 7 and and %26amp; fair fair. Towards the end of the sonnet, lines 10,11 and 12 show nor nor and thou thou. The rhymed couplet has three repetitions which are so long, so long, can, can and this, this. Although William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 is an extended metaphor, there are other examples of figurative language throughout the poem. In this sonnet, we have figurative language such as metaphor, conceit, personification, antithesis, synecdoche or they just remain self explanatory (literal). The conceit, controlling idea, of this poem is in line one when Thee is being compared to a summer’s day, which is also a metaphor. Antithesis is shown in line 14 when Shakespeare says “So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.” This is the balancing of contrasting terms. An example of synecdoche is in line 12 when “lines” is referred to as the whole poem. Examples of personification are seen in lines 3, 4, 5, 6, 11 and 14. In the third line, Shakespeare says “darling buds” giving human attributes to a flower. In line 4, summer is given a life like quality to rent or to lease. The sun in line 5 is referred to as the eye of heaven. The sun is being compared to a face having a gold complexion in line 6. In line 11 Death is being compared to a braggart giving Death a human quality. In the last line of this sonnet, the poem itself is being compared to a living thing. Although all the lines just mentioned are examples of personification, they are all metaphors as well. Lines 7 and 13 have both literal meanings. These two lines are self-explanatory and mean what they say. The remaining lines 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 12 and 13 are all metaphors because throughout those lines, the beloved’s beauty is being compared to the summer. Iambic Pentameter is essentially the meter or the basic rhythm of Shakespeare’s sonnets. Love is an intangible thing, and emotion, it can have no real definition, because it can mean so many things depending on the situation. I enjoyed this sonnet because Shakespeare had the ability to show his poetic skills in appropriating metaphors and conceits in clever ways, so that the poem becomes, not just a tribute to the beloved but also a testament to his great skill as a poet.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Wilde rejects the existence of a homogeneous audience and discriminates between his audiences. The Picture of Dorian Gray seems to contain various coded references to a homosexual subculture. To exemplify this, one might refer to the passage where Dorian Gray thinks about the "noble and intellectual love" which Basil bore him:
The love that he bore him -for it was really love- had nothing in it that was not noble and intellectual. It was not that mere physical admiration of beauty that is born of the senses, and that dies when the senses tire. It was such love as Michelangelo had known, and Montaigne, and Winckelmann, and Shakespeare himself. Yes, Basil could have saved him.[58]
Names like Winckelmann and Michelangelo must have evoked a homosexual or at least a homosocial milieu to the initiated.
The variety of codes which Wilde made use of in The Picture of Dorian Gray explain why one reviewer referred to the homosexual scandal of perverted telegraph boys[59], while some clergymen praised Oscar Wilde in their sermons for having written a laudable parable about the corruption of an innocent youth. As there is no longer a homogeneous audience, we learn that textual authority only applies to a small élite of initiated and can, therefore, not claim universality.
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Reply:i'll tell you some poetic devices and then you can look to see if they're there:
alliteration (placing words together that start with the same phonetic sound)
metaphors(saying something like 'the pillar of society', when a person isn't literally that)
oxymorons (placing contrasting adjectives together, like 'beautiful ugly sofa')
iambic pentameters (the rhythm i believe your sonnet is in, with alternated stressed syllables)
abstract nouns (like Death and Beauty)
assonance (half-rhymes)
so look through those and see if you can spot them in the texts
Reply:what is apoetic devise tell me that and i could find i love poetry
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How can u analyse these literary text!what elements and devices u can find?
William Shakespeare - Sonnet 18
Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day?
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? a
Thou art more lovely and more temperate: b
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, a
And summer's lease hath all too short a date: b
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, c
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; d
And every fair from fair sometime declines, c
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd; d
But thy eternal summer shall not fade e
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; f
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, e
When in eternal lines to time thou growest: f
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, g
So long lives this and this gives life to thee. g
Oscar Wilde's novel the Picture of Dorian Gray, Chapter 1 – ‘the studio was filled with the rich odour of roses’.
The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden, there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn.
From the corner of the divan of Persian saddle-bags on which he was lying, smoking, as was his custom, innumerable cigarettes, Lord Henry Wotton could just catch the gleam of the honey-sweet and honey-coloured blossoms of a laburnum, whose tremulous branches seemed hardly able to bear the burden of a beauty so flame like as theirs; and now and then the fantastic shadows of birds in flight flitted across the long tussore-silk curtains that were stretched in front of the huge window, producing a kind of momentary Japanese effect, and making him think of those pallid, jade-faced painters of Tokyo who, through the medium of an art that is necessarily immobile, seek to convey the sense of swiftness and motion. The sullen murmur of the bees shouldering their way through the long unmown grass, or circling with monotonous insistence round the dusty gilt horns of the straggling woodbine, seemed to make the stillness more oppressive. The dim roar of London was like the bourdon note of a distant organ.
In the centre of the room, clamped to an upright easel, stood the full-length portrait of a young man of extraordinary personal beauty, and in front of it, some little distance away, was sitting the artist himself, Basil Hallward, whose sudden disappearance some years ago caused, at the time, such public excitement and gave rise to so many strange conjectures.
How can u analyse these literary text!what elements and devices u can find?
As I said earlier, you seem to be getting worked up and probably this assignment is quite a nagging pimple in the posterior:
Try this method:
These are some choice definitions of literary techniques. Read the definitions closely and try to identify in Shakespeare and Wilde's pieces:
Figurative Language- A way of using words beyond their regular meanings in order to make a fresher description
Simile-A comparison between two unlike objects using like or as
Metaphor- A direct comparison between two unlike objects
Person%26lt;/span%26gt;%26lt;/u%26gt;%26lt;span style="font-family:Rockwell"%26gt;i... Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects
Inversion- Reversing the natural order of words in order to place emphasis or help with the rhyme scheme
Alliteration- Repetition of a consonant sound in a line of poetry
Assonance- Repetition of a vowel sound in a line of poetry
Onomatopoeia- Words that sound like what they mean
Connotation- The feelings, thoughts, and emotions associated with a word
Denotation- The literal or dictionary definition of a word
End Rhyme- Words that rhyme at the ends of the lines of poetry
Internal Rhyme- Words that rhyme within lines of a verse
Rhyme Scheme- The pattern of end rhymes in a stanza of poetry
Hyperbole- An exaggerated statement to heighten effect
Rhythm- The pattern of stressed (-) and unstressed ( ) syllables in poetry
Diction- A writer’s choice of words
Speaker- The speaker in a poem is not necessarily the author
Imagery- Language that appeals to the senses
Repetition- A sound device used to place emphasis, or help with rhyme scheme and rhythm
Allusion- A reference to a place, character, or event
Symbol- Any person, place, or thing which has meaning in itself but which is make to represent, or stand for something else
Limerick- A nonsense poem with the rhyme scheme: aabba
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Soles
Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day?
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? a
Thou art more lovely and more temperate: b
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, a
And summer's lease hath all too short a date: b
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, c
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; d
And every fair from fair sometime declines, c
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd; d
But thy eternal summer shall not fade e
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; f
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, e
When in eternal lines to time thou growest: f
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, g
So long lives this and this gives life to thee. g
Oscar Wilde's novel the Picture of Dorian Gray, Chapter 1 – ‘the studio was filled with the rich odour of roses’.
The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden, there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn.
From the corner of the divan of Persian saddle-bags on which he was lying, smoking, as was his custom, innumerable cigarettes, Lord Henry Wotton could just catch the gleam of the honey-sweet and honey-coloured blossoms of a laburnum, whose tremulous branches seemed hardly able to bear the burden of a beauty so flame like as theirs; and now and then the fantastic shadows of birds in flight flitted across the long tussore-silk curtains that were stretched in front of the huge window, producing a kind of momentary Japanese effect, and making him think of those pallid, jade-faced painters of Tokyo who, through the medium of an art that is necessarily immobile, seek to convey the sense of swiftness and motion. The sullen murmur of the bees shouldering their way through the long unmown grass, or circling with monotonous insistence round the dusty gilt horns of the straggling woodbine, seemed to make the stillness more oppressive. The dim roar of London was like the bourdon note of a distant organ.
In the centre of the room, clamped to an upright easel, stood the full-length portrait of a young man of extraordinary personal beauty, and in front of it, some little distance away, was sitting the artist himself, Basil Hallward, whose sudden disappearance some years ago caused, at the time, such public excitement and gave rise to so many strange conjectures.
How can u analyse these literary text!what elements and devices u can find?
As I said earlier, you seem to be getting worked up and probably this assignment is quite a nagging pimple in the posterior:
Try this method:
These are some choice definitions of literary techniques. Read the definitions closely and try to identify in Shakespeare and Wilde's pieces:
Figurative Language- A way of using words beyond their regular meanings in order to make a fresher description
Simile-A comparison between two unlike objects using like or as
Metaphor- A direct comparison between two unlike objects
Person%26lt;/span%26gt;%26lt;/u%26gt;%26lt;span style="font-family:Rockwell"%26gt;i... Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects
Inversion- Reversing the natural order of words in order to place emphasis or help with the rhyme scheme
Alliteration- Repetition of a consonant sound in a line of poetry
Assonance- Repetition of a vowel sound in a line of poetry
Onomatopoeia- Words that sound like what they mean
Connotation- The feelings, thoughts, and emotions associated with a word
Denotation- The literal or dictionary definition of a word
End Rhyme- Words that rhyme at the ends of the lines of poetry
Internal Rhyme- Words that rhyme within lines of a verse
Rhyme Scheme- The pattern of end rhymes in a stanza of poetry
Hyperbole- An exaggerated statement to heighten effect
Rhythm- The pattern of stressed (-) and unstressed ( ) syllables in poetry
Diction- A writer’s choice of words
Speaker- The speaker in a poem is not necessarily the author
Imagery- Language that appeals to the senses
Repetition- A sound device used to place emphasis, or help with rhyme scheme and rhythm
Allusion- A reference to a place, character, or event
Symbol- Any person, place, or thing which has meaning in itself but which is make to represent, or stand for something else
Limerick- A nonsense poem with the rhyme scheme: aabba
Best of luck
Soles
(for girls) what type of eye shadow do you wear and what colors do you think are Pretty?
Do you think blue eye shadow is tacky? Does anyone here wear shimery light purple(lilac) shadow? I have light green eyes and i want to know what colors would compliment my eyes?
(for girls) what type of eye shadow do you wear and what colors do you think are Pretty?
That depends on your skin tone. I wear various blues that compliment my skin tone (aquas and turquoise). I love greens and tend to stick to those. A shimmery light brown would probably look nice with your green eyes. Check sephora for some tips.
Reply:Purple. Blue is tacky to me.
Reply:i like to wear light pinks and different shades of brown to accent my eyes, i think blues and some purples look tacky.
i see makeup as something to bring out my facial features not something to paint a new face with. you are what you are and you shouldn't be spending all your time with a mirror trying to get every ones approval - its shallow.
Reply:i love gold and silver but my skin tone is pale and i have blue eyes.
Reply:If your eyes are green purple would compliement them very well. Blue does bring out the green because of the contrast of the colors. Grey, soft browns, and natural tones would also enhances your color. :)
acne scar
(for girls) what type of eye shadow do you wear and what colors do you think are Pretty?
That depends on your skin tone. I wear various blues that compliment my skin tone (aquas and turquoise). I love greens and tend to stick to those. A shimmery light brown would probably look nice with your green eyes. Check sephora for some tips.
Reply:Purple. Blue is tacky to me.
Reply:i like to wear light pinks and different shades of brown to accent my eyes, i think blues and some purples look tacky.
i see makeup as something to bring out my facial features not something to paint a new face with. you are what you are and you shouldn't be spending all your time with a mirror trying to get every ones approval - its shallow.
Reply:i love gold and silver but my skin tone is pale and i have blue eyes.
Reply:If your eyes are green purple would compliement them very well. Blue does bring out the green because of the contrast of the colors. Grey, soft browns, and natural tones would also enhances your color. :)
acne scar
What literary techniques cn u identify in this text!by oscare wild?
The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden, there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn.
From the corner of the divan of Persian saddle-bags on which he was lying, smoking, as was his custom, innumerable cigarettes, Lord Henry Wotton could just catch the gleam of the honey-sweet and honey-coloured blossoms of a laburnum, whose tremulous branches seemed hardly able to bear the burden of a beauty so flamelike as theirs; and now and then the fantastic shadows of birds in flight flitted across the long tussore-silk curtains that were stretched in front of the huge window, producing a kind of momentary Japanese effect, and making him think of those pallid, jade-faced painters of Tokyo who, through the medium of an art that is necessarily immobile, seek to convey the sense of swiftness and motion. The sullen murmur of the bees shouldering their way through the long unmown grass, or circling with monotonous insistence round the dusty gilt horns of the straggling woodbine, seemed to make the stillness more oppressive. The dim roar of London was like the bourdon note of a distant organ.
In the centre of the room, clamped to an upright easel, stood the full-length portrait of a young man of extraordinary personal beauty, and in front of it, some little distance away, was sitting the artist himself, Basil Hallward, whose sudden disappearance some years ago caused, at the time, such public excitement and gave rise to so many strange conjectures.
As the painter looked at the gracious and comely form he had so skilfully mirrored in his art, a smile of pleasure passed across his face, and seemed about to linger there. But he suddenly started up, and closing his eyes, placed his fingers upon the lids, as though he sought to imprison within his brain some curious dream from which he feared he might awake.
"It is your best work, Basil, the best thing you have ever done," said Lord Henry languidly. "You must certainly send it next year to the Grosvenor. The Academy is too large and too vulgar. Whenever I have gone there, there have been either so many people that I have not been able to see the pictures, which was dreadful, or so many pictures that I have not been able to see the people, which was worse. The Grosvenor is really the only place."
What literary techniques cn u identify in this text!by oscare wild?
speaker: unreliable narrator
hyperbole:
clamped to an upright easel, stood the full-length portrait of a young man of extraordinary personal beauty,
metonymy:
You must certainly send it next year to the Grosvenor. The Academy is too large and too vulgar
myth:
the long tussore-silk curtains that were stretched in front of the huge window, producing a kind of momentary Japanese effect, and making him think of those pallid, jade-faced painters of Tokyo who, through the medium of an art that is necessarily immobile, seek to convey the sense of swiftness and motion.
visual imagery:
In the centre of the room, clamped to an upright easel, stood the full-length portrait of a young man of extraordinary personal beauty, and in front of it, some little distance away, was sitting the artist himself, Basil Hallward, whose sudden disappearance some years ago caused, at the time, such public excitement and gave rise to so many strange conjectures.
Personification/Metaphor:
The dim roar of London was like the bourdon note of a distant organ.
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From the corner of the divan of Persian saddle-bags on which he was lying, smoking, as was his custom, innumerable cigarettes, Lord Henry Wotton could just catch the gleam of the honey-sweet and honey-coloured blossoms of a laburnum, whose tremulous branches seemed hardly able to bear the burden of a beauty so flamelike as theirs; and now and then the fantastic shadows of birds in flight flitted across the long tussore-silk curtains that were stretched in front of the huge window, producing a kind of momentary Japanese effect, and making him think of those pallid, jade-faced painters of Tokyo who, through the medium of an art that is necessarily immobile, seek to convey the sense of swiftness and motion. The sullen murmur of the bees shouldering their way through the long unmown grass, or circling with monotonous insistence round the dusty gilt horns of the straggling woodbine, seemed to make the stillness more oppressive. The dim roar of London was like the bourdon note of a distant organ.
In the centre of the room, clamped to an upright easel, stood the full-length portrait of a young man of extraordinary personal beauty, and in front of it, some little distance away, was sitting the artist himself, Basil Hallward, whose sudden disappearance some years ago caused, at the time, such public excitement and gave rise to so many strange conjectures.
As the painter looked at the gracious and comely form he had so skilfully mirrored in his art, a smile of pleasure passed across his face, and seemed about to linger there. But he suddenly started up, and closing his eyes, placed his fingers upon the lids, as though he sought to imprison within his brain some curious dream from which he feared he might awake.
"It is your best work, Basil, the best thing you have ever done," said Lord Henry languidly. "You must certainly send it next year to the Grosvenor. The Academy is too large and too vulgar. Whenever I have gone there, there have been either so many people that I have not been able to see the pictures, which was dreadful, or so many pictures that I have not been able to see the people, which was worse. The Grosvenor is really the only place."
What literary techniques cn u identify in this text!by oscare wild?
speaker: unreliable narrator
hyperbole:
clamped to an upright easel, stood the full-length portrait of a young man of extraordinary personal beauty,
metonymy:
You must certainly send it next year to the Grosvenor. The Academy is too large and too vulgar
myth:
the long tussore-silk curtains that were stretched in front of the huge window, producing a kind of momentary Japanese effect, and making him think of those pallid, jade-faced painters of Tokyo who, through the medium of an art that is necessarily immobile, seek to convey the sense of swiftness and motion.
visual imagery:
In the centre of the room, clamped to an upright easel, stood the full-length portrait of a young man of extraordinary personal beauty, and in front of it, some little distance away, was sitting the artist himself, Basil Hallward, whose sudden disappearance some years ago caused, at the time, such public excitement and gave rise to so many strange conjectures.
Personification/Metaphor:
The dim roar of London was like the bourdon note of a distant organ.
good luck
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Can the proximity of an open bottomed compost bin cause damage to nearby plants and trees?
My plum tree (healthy until the compost was placed nearby), my camelia, and even some nasturtiums have become very unhealthy, the camelia nearly dead, the plum with dying branches. Even the nasturtiums have failed to thrive. Could this be caused by an imbalance in the soil due to leeching from the compost? I have moved the bin, and the camelia, but the tree looks very ill. What can I do to correct the soil if this is in fact so, and if not, any ideas what could be causing this? A neighbour's lilac tree also died this spring, only feet from this bin. It is normal garden and kitchen waste. Help please!!
Can the proximity of an open bottomed compost bin cause damage to nearby plants and trees?
Maybe if it has some diseases in it, but normally no, it would help by giving the soil some of the nutrient and minerals lost used plants grow
Reply:Could be that the plants you wish to encourage are being upset by a change in Ph (acidity / alkalinity) due to the effect of the composting .... or it could be something else like drought or a leaking sewer. Determine the soil types and environment that your plants prefer. A soil testing kit might provide some clues or, empirically, try moving the compost bin and observe the results.
Reply:hmmm lets think logically here..you are composting household waste to use on your garden and you think it is already killing/making sick the plants nearby? I think it is likely your cause of sickness is something else! Maybe a cat's urine.....or something in the soil already?? I would take a soil sample down to your friendly gardening centre. Explain to one of them..I don't mean one of your high street ones..like B%26amp;Q I mean a real good old fashioned family type one where people know what they are talking about. If you are really worried it may be something coming up through the soil check with environmental health...it may be something to do with what is way down under your estate......maybe the waters/floods have brought something nasty to the surface???
Reply:This is most unusual unless you are putting something else in the compost bin to help it break down
Reply:I am no expert but I think open bottomed compost bins are not good in close proximity to any plant as the soil in the near area becomes very rich and causes plants to die . I have heard of this before , you need to get some concrete paving under your bin
Reply:if the pile is close enuff and big enuff, it could be the heat from it's 'cooking' or it's deep enuff to have cut off the oxygen available thru the soil surface to the plants..... move the pile....
Reply:I am sorry to read about your trees etc I have used one for many years with no effects on the plants and shrubs hiding it.
A thought is that if they did affect plants and shrubs they would'nt be so popular or given away by local councils
Reply:if you havent put some kind of chemical in the bin it should rot down ok without any danger to outside plants.
genealogy mormon
Can the proximity of an open bottomed compost bin cause damage to nearby plants and trees?
Maybe if it has some diseases in it, but normally no, it would help by giving the soil some of the nutrient and minerals lost used plants grow
Reply:Could be that the plants you wish to encourage are being upset by a change in Ph (acidity / alkalinity) due to the effect of the composting .... or it could be something else like drought or a leaking sewer. Determine the soil types and environment that your plants prefer. A soil testing kit might provide some clues or, empirically, try moving the compost bin and observe the results.
Reply:hmmm lets think logically here..you are composting household waste to use on your garden and you think it is already killing/making sick the plants nearby? I think it is likely your cause of sickness is something else! Maybe a cat's urine.....or something in the soil already?? I would take a soil sample down to your friendly gardening centre. Explain to one of them..I don't mean one of your high street ones..like B%26amp;Q I mean a real good old fashioned family type one where people know what they are talking about. If you are really worried it may be something coming up through the soil check with environmental health...it may be something to do with what is way down under your estate......maybe the waters/floods have brought something nasty to the surface???
Reply:This is most unusual unless you are putting something else in the compost bin to help it break down
Reply:I am no expert but I think open bottomed compost bins are not good in close proximity to any plant as the soil in the near area becomes very rich and causes plants to die . I have heard of this before , you need to get some concrete paving under your bin
Reply:if the pile is close enuff and big enuff, it could be the heat from it's 'cooking' or it's deep enuff to have cut off the oxygen available thru the soil surface to the plants..... move the pile....
Reply:I am sorry to read about your trees etc I have used one for many years with no effects on the plants and shrubs hiding it.
A thought is that if they did affect plants and shrubs they would'nt be so popular or given away by local councils
Reply:if you havent put some kind of chemical in the bin it should rot down ok without any danger to outside plants.
genealogy mormon
Sematic deviations, Phonetic parellelisms, what r they in sonnet18 of shakespear and in th novel of oscar wild
The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden, there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn.
From the corner of the divan of Persian saddle-bags on which he was lying, smoking, as was his custom, innumerable cigarettes, Lord Henry Wotton could just catch the gleam of the honey-sweet and honey-coloured blossoms of a laburnum, whose tremulous branches seemed hardly able to bear the burden of a beauty so flamelike as theirs; and now and then the fantastic shadows of birds in flight flitted across the long tussore-silk curtains that were stretched in front of the huge window, producing a kind of momentary Japanese effect, and making him think of those pallid, jade-faced painters of Tokyo who, through the medium of an art that is necessarily immobile, seek to convey the sense of swiftness and motion. The sullen murmur of the bees shouldering their way through the long unmown grass, or circling with monotonous insistence round the dusty gilt horns of the straggling woodbine, seemed to make the stillness more oppressive. The dim roar of London was like the bourdon note of a distant organ.
In the centre of the room, clamped to an upright easel, stood the full-length portrait of a young man of extraordinary personal beauty, and in front of it, some little distance away, was sitting the artist himself, Basil Hallward, whose sudden disappearance some years ago caused, at the time, such public excitement and gave rise to so many strange conjectures.
As the painter looked at the gracious and comely form he had so skilfully mirrored in his art, a smile of pleasure passed across his face, and seemed about to linger there. But he suddenly started up, and closing his eyes, placed his fingers upon the lids, as though he sought to imprison within his brain some curious dream from which he feared he might awake.
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? a
Thou art more lovely and more temperate: b
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, a
And summer's lease hath all too short a date: b
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, c
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; d
And every fair from fair sometime declines, c
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd; d
But thy eternal summer shall not fade e
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; f
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, e
When in eternal lines to time thou growest: f
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, g
So long lives this and this gives life to thee. g
Sematic deviations, Phonetic parellelisms, what r they in sonnet18 of shakespear and in th novel of oscar wild
Sematic deviation
- So long lives this and this gives life to thee
Phonetic parellelisms
- day/May and all the alternate end rhyme sounds
Reply:i need to email u as long as u cud help Report It
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From the corner of the divan of Persian saddle-bags on which he was lying, smoking, as was his custom, innumerable cigarettes, Lord Henry Wotton could just catch the gleam of the honey-sweet and honey-coloured blossoms of a laburnum, whose tremulous branches seemed hardly able to bear the burden of a beauty so flamelike as theirs; and now and then the fantastic shadows of birds in flight flitted across the long tussore-silk curtains that were stretched in front of the huge window, producing a kind of momentary Japanese effect, and making him think of those pallid, jade-faced painters of Tokyo who, through the medium of an art that is necessarily immobile, seek to convey the sense of swiftness and motion. The sullen murmur of the bees shouldering their way through the long unmown grass, or circling with monotonous insistence round the dusty gilt horns of the straggling woodbine, seemed to make the stillness more oppressive. The dim roar of London was like the bourdon note of a distant organ.
In the centre of the room, clamped to an upright easel, stood the full-length portrait of a young man of extraordinary personal beauty, and in front of it, some little distance away, was sitting the artist himself, Basil Hallward, whose sudden disappearance some years ago caused, at the time, such public excitement and gave rise to so many strange conjectures.
As the painter looked at the gracious and comely form he had so skilfully mirrored in his art, a smile of pleasure passed across his face, and seemed about to linger there. But he suddenly started up, and closing his eyes, placed his fingers upon the lids, as though he sought to imprison within his brain some curious dream from which he feared he might awake.
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? a
Thou art more lovely and more temperate: b
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, a
And summer's lease hath all too short a date: b
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, c
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; d
And every fair from fair sometime declines, c
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd; d
But thy eternal summer shall not fade e
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; f
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, e
When in eternal lines to time thou growest: f
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, g
So long lives this and this gives life to thee. g
Sematic deviations, Phonetic parellelisms, what r they in sonnet18 of shakespear and in th novel of oscar wild
Sematic deviation
- So long lives this and this gives life to thee
Phonetic parellelisms
- day/May and all the alternate end rhyme sounds
Reply:i need to email u as long as u cud help Report It
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Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray,can u find any devices?
(imagery, rhyme,
meter, theme, mood, and tone)
Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses,
The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden, there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn.
From the corner of the divan of Persian saddle-bags on which he was lying, smoking, as was his custom, innumerable cigarettes, Lord Henry Wotton could just catch the gleam of the honey-sweet and honey-coloured blossoms of a laburnum, whose tremulous branches seemed hardly able to bear the burden of a beauty so flamelike as theirs; and now and then the fantastic shadows of birds in flight flitted across the long tussore-silk curtains that were stretched in front of the huge window, producing a kind of momentary Japanese effect, and making him think of those pallid, jade-faced painters of
Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray,can u find any devices?
personication:
the honey-sweet and honey-coloured blossoms of a laburnum, whose tremulous branches seemed hardly able to bear the burden of a beauty so flamelike as theirs;
simile:
the burden of a beauty so flamelike as theirs
image:
gleam of the honey-sweet and honey-coloured blossoms of a laburnum,
figurative language:
tremulous branches seemed hardly able to bear the burden of a beauty so flamelike as theirs
mood:
fanciful, dreamlike
Tone:
suffocating bliss
good luck
Reply:Imagery-"tremulous" branches seemed hardly able to bear the burden of a beauty so "flamelike" as theirs
Rhyme-there came through the open "door" the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering "thorn."
Lord Henry "Wotton" could just catch the gleam of the honey-sweet and honey-coloured "blossoms" of a laburnum
whose tremulous branches seemed hardly able to "bear" the burden of a beauty so flamelike as "theirs"
Meter-?
Theme-Aesthetics, Beauty of Natural things
Mood - Flowery, Homage, Adoration
Tone-Cultured, Privledged, Higher class, Aristocratic
This is just off the type of my head. I had to look up each in the dictionary and try to apply the definitions to the excerpt, although I can't help you with meter.
Reply:Precious, you need to do your own homework.
Reply:The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Study Guides:
These links will give you a summary of the book, character analysis, plot and much more, so that you will be able to answer literary questions.
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitN...
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/doriangray...
http://www.novelguide.com/ThePictureofDo...
http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monk...
http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/t...
http://www.awerty.com/dorian2.html
http://www.bookrags.com/notes/dg/
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meter, theme, mood, and tone)
Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses,
The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden, there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn.
From the corner of the divan of Persian saddle-bags on which he was lying, smoking, as was his custom, innumerable cigarettes, Lord Henry Wotton could just catch the gleam of the honey-sweet and honey-coloured blossoms of a laburnum, whose tremulous branches seemed hardly able to bear the burden of a beauty so flamelike as theirs; and now and then the fantastic shadows of birds in flight flitted across the long tussore-silk curtains that were stretched in front of the huge window, producing a kind of momentary Japanese effect, and making him think of those pallid, jade-faced painters of
Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray,can u find any devices?
personication:
the honey-sweet and honey-coloured blossoms of a laburnum, whose tremulous branches seemed hardly able to bear the burden of a beauty so flamelike as theirs;
simile:
the burden of a beauty so flamelike as theirs
image:
gleam of the honey-sweet and honey-coloured blossoms of a laburnum,
figurative language:
tremulous branches seemed hardly able to bear the burden of a beauty so flamelike as theirs
mood:
fanciful, dreamlike
Tone:
suffocating bliss
good luck
Reply:Imagery-"tremulous" branches seemed hardly able to bear the burden of a beauty so "flamelike" as theirs
Rhyme-there came through the open "door" the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering "thorn."
Lord Henry "Wotton" could just catch the gleam of the honey-sweet and honey-coloured "blossoms" of a laburnum
whose tremulous branches seemed hardly able to "bear" the burden of a beauty so flamelike as "theirs"
Meter-?
Theme-Aesthetics, Beauty of Natural things
Mood - Flowery, Homage, Adoration
Tone-Cultured, Privledged, Higher class, Aristocratic
This is just off the type of my head. I had to look up each in the dictionary and try to apply the definitions to the excerpt, although I can't help you with meter.
Reply:Precious, you need to do your own homework.
Reply:The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Study Guides:
These links will give you a summary of the book, character analysis, plot and much more, so that you will be able to answer literary questions.
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitN...
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/doriangray...
http://www.novelguide.com/ThePictureofDo...
http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monk...
http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/t...
http://www.awerty.com/dorian2.html
http://www.bookrags.com/notes/dg/
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Transplanting shrubs?
can i transplant a lilac bush in the spring when there are leaves on it
Transplanting shrubs?
Yes, Lilacs are quite hardy. The nurseries in NE Illinois dig lilacs in spring up thru the 1st week of May. They start digging lilacs again during the last week of July thru fall. During this cautionary period (May, June, and July), you can transplant if you must, but you are taking a risk.
Reply:You probably could if you took great care not to let it dry out etc but you would be much better and have less risk to shift it when it is dormant.
Reply:Transplant it now.Do not wait untill next month.April is a good month to transplant the bush.Just remember to keep it watered untill it takes root (establishes)
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Transplanting shrubs?
Yes, Lilacs are quite hardy. The nurseries in NE Illinois dig lilacs in spring up thru the 1st week of May. They start digging lilacs again during the last week of July thru fall. During this cautionary period (May, June, and July), you can transplant if you must, but you are taking a risk.
Reply:You probably could if you took great care not to let it dry out etc but you would be much better and have less risk to shift it when it is dormant.
Reply:Transplant it now.Do not wait untill next month.April is a good month to transplant the bush.Just remember to keep it watered untill it takes root (establishes)
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There was a fragrence at bath and body works about a year or 2 ago it was a purple flower what was it?
NO it is NOT MOONLIGHT WHATEVER. I think it was lilac can someone confirm this
There was a fragrence at bath and body works about a year or 2 ago it was a purple flower what was it?
The lotion was called Love Spell. I remember that was almost all I wore in high school. And the guys loved it! It's one of those scents that you keep using long after the bottle is completely empty just because you can't ever get enough. Love Spell.
Reply:Q, I don't understand some of these people! " I don,t know but go to bath and body.com and I am pretty sure you will find it." If you don't know, then why are you answering?! Report It
Reply:freesia something?
Reply:I don,t know but go to bath and body.com and I am pretty sure you will find it.
Reply:Could have been Lilac, but more than likely it was Lavendar Flowers. I LOVED that scent, and was so upset when it was discontinued.
Reply:Love Spell IS Victoria's Secret... get it straight! Ugh!
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There was a fragrence at bath and body works about a year or 2 ago it was a purple flower what was it?
The lotion was called Love Spell. I remember that was almost all I wore in high school. And the guys loved it! It's one of those scents that you keep using long after the bottle is completely empty just because you can't ever get enough. Love Spell.
Reply:Q, I don't understand some of these people! " I don,t know but go to bath and body.com and I am pretty sure you will find it." If you don't know, then why are you answering?! Report It
Reply:freesia something?
Reply:I don,t know but go to bath and body.com and I am pretty sure you will find it.
Reply:Could have been Lilac, but more than likely it was Lavendar Flowers. I LOVED that scent, and was so upset when it was discontinued.
Reply:Love Spell IS Victoria's Secret... get it straight! Ugh!
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Perfect day for a woman true or false?
8:15
Wake up to hugs and kisses.
8:30
Weigh 5lbs. lighter than yesterday
8:45
Breakfast in bed, squeezed
orange juice and croissants
9:15
Soothing hot bath with
fragrant lilac bath oil
10:00
Light workout at club with
handsome, funny personal trainer.
10:30
Facial , manicure, shampoo, and comb out.
12:00
Lunch with best friend at an outdoor cafe.
12:45
Notice exboyfriend’s wife, she has gained 30 lbs.
1:00
Shopping with friends.
3:00
Nap.
4:00
A dozen roses delivered by florist.
Card is from a secret admirer.
4:15
Light workout at club followed
by a gentle massage.
5:30
Pick outfit for dinner.
Primp before mirror.
7:30
Candlelight dinner for two followed by dancing.
10:00
Hot shower. Alone.
10:30
Make love.
11:00
Pillow talk, light touching and cuddling
11:15
Fall asleep in his big, strong arms.
Perfect day for a woman true or false?
LOL where's the mens 10/10
Reply:True...so how do you die and go to heaven, come back to earth and manage to do this all day?
Reply:Erm maybe for most women.. but for me I'd prefer a lot more sleep and perhaps a trip to a rockin' gig in the evening. I wouldn't say no to pizza either!!
'_'
Reply:false
Reply:Must be the entertainment side of this category. RRRRRRREEEEEAAAAAALLLLLLYYYYYYY entertaining
Reply:not so bad
Reply:Life's hard enough I'm definitely not letting Mrs T see this .
Reply:sooo perfect, its like you read my mind!!!!
Reply:Ha Ha! Good one! lol!
Reply:yeah but it will never happen to me all in one day!! LOL.*_*
Reply:Yeah that does sound like a great day!
Reply:Oh yes.xx
Reply:now give us the men's version with the golf and bl*w jobs!
Reply:yeah right..I wish lol ;)
Reply:One can but dream.
Reply:None of the women ever experience this.
Reply:oh wow I'd love that
Reply:Only 30 mins love making?? Pleased she`s not mine.
Reply:Paris's life
Reply:haha, dont get the joke but....?!?
Reply:false
Reply:twud b nice
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Wake up to hugs and kisses.
8:30
Weigh 5lbs. lighter than yesterday
8:45
Breakfast in bed, squeezed
orange juice and croissants
9:15
Soothing hot bath with
fragrant lilac bath oil
10:00
Light workout at club with
handsome, funny personal trainer.
10:30
Facial , manicure, shampoo, and comb out.
12:00
Lunch with best friend at an outdoor cafe.
12:45
Notice exboyfriend’s wife, she has gained 30 lbs.
1:00
Shopping with friends.
3:00
Nap.
4:00
A dozen roses delivered by florist.
Card is from a secret admirer.
4:15
Light workout at club followed
by a gentle massage.
5:30
Pick outfit for dinner.
Primp before mirror.
7:30
Candlelight dinner for two followed by dancing.
10:00
Hot shower. Alone.
10:30
Make love.
11:00
Pillow talk, light touching and cuddling
11:15
Fall asleep in his big, strong arms.
Perfect day for a woman true or false?
LOL where's the mens 10/10
Reply:True...so how do you die and go to heaven, come back to earth and manage to do this all day?
Reply:Erm maybe for most women.. but for me I'd prefer a lot more sleep and perhaps a trip to a rockin' gig in the evening. I wouldn't say no to pizza either!!
'_'
Reply:false
Reply:Must be the entertainment side of this category. RRRRRRREEEEEAAAAAALLLLLLYYYYYYY entertaining
Reply:not so bad
Reply:Life's hard enough I'm definitely not letting Mrs T see this .
Reply:sooo perfect, its like you read my mind!!!!
Reply:Ha Ha! Good one! lol!
Reply:yeah but it will never happen to me all in one day!! LOL.*_*
Reply:Yeah that does sound like a great day!
Reply:Oh yes.xx
Reply:now give us the men's version with the golf and bl*w jobs!
Reply:yeah right..I wish lol ;)
Reply:One can but dream.
Reply:None of the women ever experience this.
Reply:oh wow I'd love that
Reply:Only 30 mins love making?? Pleased she`s not mine.
Reply:Paris's life
Reply:haha, dont get the joke but....?!?
Reply:false
Reply:twud b nice
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What color should i paint my room?
i have a hot pink bed set for summer and lilac and blue for winter light brown stained desk and bureau. 2 windows one facing east (nice wake up call) and one facing south with a tree blocking it i was thinking light orange
What color should i paint my room?
neon yellow
Reply:I would do a melon green color. It almost looks like neon green so it will look great with the pink. Green and lilac have been matched since forever.
Reply:I think blue would work. Light orange will look more peachy than orange and for me that would be warm color overload.
Grey, which most people think as an ugly color, works well as a neutral color in rooms.
Reply:I would try to find a colour that mybe both conforters sets do. like if theres a small print design or something. And if there is nothing than here are my opinions for your room...
1. pinkish lavender
2. plain lavender
3. peach
4. a very soft touch of yellow mixing with peach
Or to make it nicely match get a pillow that is a colour that can match both comforter sets adn paint your room similar to that pillow colour. That way it could match both. Im thinking a lavender coloured one or a faint orange or peach. Good luck!
Reply:I would say a bright yellow, but not to bright.
Reply:pale yellow
Reply:I think a light orange, like Sherwin William's "conch shell" or "flattering peach" would fantastic with your colors.
Good luck.
Reply:I'd go with a bluish lavender color.
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What color should i paint my room?
neon yellow
Reply:I would do a melon green color. It almost looks like neon green so it will look great with the pink. Green and lilac have been matched since forever.
Reply:I think blue would work. Light orange will look more peachy than orange and for me that would be warm color overload.
Grey, which most people think as an ugly color, works well as a neutral color in rooms.
Reply:I would try to find a colour that mybe both conforters sets do. like if theres a small print design or something. And if there is nothing than here are my opinions for your room...
1. pinkish lavender
2. plain lavender
3. peach
4. a very soft touch of yellow mixing with peach
Or to make it nicely match get a pillow that is a colour that can match both comforter sets adn paint your room similar to that pillow colour. That way it could match both. Im thinking a lavender coloured one or a faint orange or peach. Good luck!
Reply:I would say a bright yellow, but not to bright.
Reply:pale yellow
Reply:I think a light orange, like Sherwin William's "conch shell" or "flattering peach" would fantastic with your colors.
Good luck.
Reply:I'd go with a bluish lavender color.
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In need of help!?
i swear there should be a wedding planning for dummy's book! anyways, we recently got engaged, we decided some things already but still thinking about where to start. we decided to get married august 9th of next year, we're both extremely busy and we have a toddler to take care of so it'll give us enough time to plan carefully. We both agree on the fact that the ceremony will take place at a park, which part we have no clue. the main color is GREEN, not olive green but green like the crayon. and the other color to accentuate it will be a lavender/lilac. we also know our flower will mainly be the purple and white cala lily. Now where do i start and how can i do an affordable wedding for 80-95 people. all ideas are welcomed and appreciated, as we would like to have a beautiful wedding but we don't want to go broke either or start of in a huge debt.
In need of help!?
Well there actually is a Wedding Planning for Dummies book among others.
http://www.amazon.com/Wedding-Planning-D...
I'd get myself a good wedding planner to keep track of things I had purchased.
http://www.amazon.com/Emily-Posts-Weddin...
I would look at all the caterers in town and price a menu that you have in mind with all of them to see what can give you the most bang for your buck. And parks are usually a little less expensive to rent but not all of them will allow themselves to be rented so check the ones in town, see if they have room for that many people to witness the ceremony and think about close venues for the reception. You could get a student to take the photos which should reduce costs and go from there. Good luck.
Forgot about the calla lilies, I love this site
http://www.flowers.pacificcallas.com/ind...
Reply:There is a Wedding planning for Dummies book. Really, just get a wedding planner book that has everything broken down by months. You have the date, you need the location. Start scouting!!!!
Try Bridal Bargains as well for tips on saving money.
www.theknot.com
www.weddingchannel.com
www.weddingsolutions.com
CONGRATS!!!!
Reply:Heehee! I just bought "The Complete Idiot's Guide to The Perfect Wedding".
One suggestion: Can you arrange your own flowers? Callas usually end up in pretty simple arrangements. Get flowers wholesale. A few suggestions
http://www.flowerbud.com/flower-market/g...
http://www.thousandcolors.com/home.php?x...
Reply:Actually there IS a wedding for dummies book! -
http://www.amazon.com/Weddings-Dummies-M...
Congrats on getting engaged!
Plan the ceremony as you see fit, that's not where the costs come in...
For the reception, best thing to do is have a buffet - it's cheaper and you get a big bang for your buck. Keeping it simple with something like Baron of beef, turkey or ham; variety of salads; hot mixed veg; some sort of potato dish; buns, cheeses, pickles; variety of dainties. The way you dress things up - elegantly or simplified - can depend upon how everything is presented and decorated.
The reception is your biggest expense - a dj doesn't cost that much these days, if you are planning a dance.
Otherwise, just don't spend thousands of dollars on a cake, or much on decorating... just keep those simple and wonderful.
I love your colours, too.
Good luck!
Reply:try theknot.com or weddingchannel.com or weddingsolutions.com also try amazon.com and search for a wedding planning book congrats! and good luck
Reply:The books you need are not wedding oriented books, but etiquette oriented ones. Start by reading every word Emily Post and Miss Manners have ever written about weddings.
If you let the "wedding industry" and its minions advise you, then every little tacky friviloty becomes a bridal "must have" item.
No, you won't treasure those custom toasting glasses and custom cake servers and custom ring cushions for years to come. You will be heartily sick of them by the end of year two unless you have servants to deal with displaying or storing the damned expensive nuisances.
Another good start is to warn everyone that it is going to be very very small wedding. It is better to have ppl get an invitation they didn't expect that to NOT get one they DID expect.
Also, make detailed list of what expenses, tasks, responsibilities you expect groomsmen, bridesmaids, etc to shoulder. Let those you wish to honor with a place in the wedding party review these before they commit. The last minute "Well I thought YOU were going to pay for ..." fights are easier to prevent than to patch up.
OK, that's it. Congrats and good luck.
Reply:Hi and congratulations! I am thinking about writing such a book! Anyway....your questions.
The first place to start is a BUDGET. The problem that I see with many brides (not on this site, but on another one that I post on...) is that they work in reverse. They have all sorts of ideas, buy things, invite lots of people.....then they wonder how they are going to pay for it and they are freaking out at the last minute!
You and your husband-to-be should sit down and say..."here is what we are spending on our wedding" and STICK TO IT! If you know of others that plan to contribute, then add that in, but don't expect your parents or his parents to contribute. That is the other thing I read...."well, I thought the grooms parents were supposed to pay for this/that....." No.
Once you have a budget, then go on from there. The smaller the wedding, the less you need to spend. It already sounds like you have a small wedding in mind...so that is good.
You choice of a venue (park) sounds nice. Check with the local city/town office to see about reserving it and what the costs will be. Also inquire about their policy on weddings. Can you bring in rental chairs, etc? Don't just assume you can. I love a park, I really do....but sometimes it's more of a headache than going to a small hotel because you will need to put someone "in charge" of set up (chairs, tablecloths, centerpieces, etc.). Then you need to bring in the food (if you are having a reception) ...I'm assuming you are....Someone will need to set out the food and clean up. You may want to check out a small hotel to cost compare. Of course, the easiest thing would be to have it at a park at a "non-food" time (i.e., not during the lunch [11-1] or dinner time [5-7]) and then have your ceremony and serve some "light fare" i.e., finger sandwiches, cheese and crackers, cake, punch, and soda. This would work out good, say for a 2 p.m. wedding.
One more thing....if people genuinely want to help....let them. Some brides have someone that will make the cake - let them; help with centerpieces? - let them. Take all the help you can get...don't try to do it all yourself!
I hope I have given you some ideas. Good luck!
Reply:first off all, take a deep breath, and relax. Wedding planning is stressful, but it doesn't have to push you over the edge. The best thing to do its to relax and enjoy every moment of it, because it goes so quickly.
When I was planning my wedding, I found this website that was a life saver! http://www.theknot.com
Amazing website that offers tools that help you plan, keep track of important information, and also offers boards where you can chat with other happily engaged women. So helpful!
I planned my wedding, and made friends, all from one website!
Check it out... oh, and it's free!
Good luck, and Congratulations
Reply:You can probably do much of this yourself. Like the flowers for instance.
If you'd like some help take a look at this website:
http://www.weddingflowers-diy.com
Reply:I did my wedding for a guest list of 130 (only 90 showed up) for around $3-4,000. So expect about 75% of your guests to actually show. (even if they rsvp, people wont show and vice versa.)
We did our wedding on the 18th of August (this year) and a good idea is to look for flowers that are in during that season. (it will look better and be cheaper)
Calla lillies are really expensive. Roses are your best bet. They are about 50 cents each. I dont know how crafty you are, but doing all your own decorations and food will really save you. What we did was go to costco and order food trays and buy all the potatoe salad, chips, ect. I made ice-tea at home and used the facilities water for drinking. I asked a close aunt to pick up the cake and set up the food area. (so no caterer). I bought the roses bulk at costco (about 14.99 for 2 dozen) and then made my own bouquets and boutenieres. Its really easy once you start and you feel so much better about creating it yourself. For decorations I went to good-will and bought canning jars and then put a single piece of ribbon around each neck, put some flowers (from my grandparents flower field) into them with a couple sprigs of wheat. It looked beautiful. Oh, i also bought my own camera for around $300, then asked a friend of mine from college photography classes to do them. I showed her the angles and ideas I had. That way, I get the images for free and my own camera. I bought a wedding planner from a local bookstore because I also had no clue and it informed me on everything that i needed to have done, and when. Here are my photos.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22893850@N0...
(sneaky idea, i bought the ceremony flowers, showed in the images, and then returned them to fred meyer the next day; unharmed)
NOW, for the second part, what i did and what i would do now are totally different. My wedding was beautiful, granted, but it is a huge waste of money. I would HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend going much smaller. Only inviting your immediate family and grandparents. (like 20 tops) Purchasing a nice dress, getting married someplace special in front of only those guests. Then taking them out to a nice restaurant and going crazy on the spending of that meal. That way you can afford a really nice honeymoon. TRUST ME. I had to have it my way and go bigger than what was necessary. If i could do it again, i would never have had spent that money the way I did.
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In need of help!?
Well there actually is a Wedding Planning for Dummies book among others.
http://www.amazon.com/Wedding-Planning-D...
I'd get myself a good wedding planner to keep track of things I had purchased.
http://www.amazon.com/Emily-Posts-Weddin...
I would look at all the caterers in town and price a menu that you have in mind with all of them to see what can give you the most bang for your buck. And parks are usually a little less expensive to rent but not all of them will allow themselves to be rented so check the ones in town, see if they have room for that many people to witness the ceremony and think about close venues for the reception. You could get a student to take the photos which should reduce costs and go from there. Good luck.
Forgot about the calla lilies, I love this site
http://www.flowers.pacificcallas.com/ind...
Reply:There is a Wedding planning for Dummies book. Really, just get a wedding planner book that has everything broken down by months. You have the date, you need the location. Start scouting!!!!
Try Bridal Bargains as well for tips on saving money.
www.theknot.com
www.weddingchannel.com
www.weddingsolutions.com
CONGRATS!!!!
Reply:Heehee! I just bought "The Complete Idiot's Guide to The Perfect Wedding".
One suggestion: Can you arrange your own flowers? Callas usually end up in pretty simple arrangements. Get flowers wholesale. A few suggestions
http://www.flowerbud.com/flower-market/g...
http://www.thousandcolors.com/home.php?x...
Reply:Actually there IS a wedding for dummies book! -
http://www.amazon.com/Weddings-Dummies-M...
Congrats on getting engaged!
Plan the ceremony as you see fit, that's not where the costs come in...
For the reception, best thing to do is have a buffet - it's cheaper and you get a big bang for your buck. Keeping it simple with something like Baron of beef, turkey or ham; variety of salads; hot mixed veg; some sort of potato dish; buns, cheeses, pickles; variety of dainties. The way you dress things up - elegantly or simplified - can depend upon how everything is presented and decorated.
The reception is your biggest expense - a dj doesn't cost that much these days, if you are planning a dance.
Otherwise, just don't spend thousands of dollars on a cake, or much on decorating... just keep those simple and wonderful.
I love your colours, too.
Good luck!
Reply:try theknot.com or weddingchannel.com or weddingsolutions.com also try amazon.com and search for a wedding planning book congrats! and good luck
Reply:The books you need are not wedding oriented books, but etiquette oriented ones. Start by reading every word Emily Post and Miss Manners have ever written about weddings.
If you let the "wedding industry" and its minions advise you, then every little tacky friviloty becomes a bridal "must have" item.
No, you won't treasure those custom toasting glasses and custom cake servers and custom ring cushions for years to come. You will be heartily sick of them by the end of year two unless you have servants to deal with displaying or storing the damned expensive nuisances.
Another good start is to warn everyone that it is going to be very very small wedding. It is better to have ppl get an invitation they didn't expect that to NOT get one they DID expect.
Also, make detailed list of what expenses, tasks, responsibilities you expect groomsmen, bridesmaids, etc to shoulder. Let those you wish to honor with a place in the wedding party review these before they commit. The last minute "Well I thought YOU were going to pay for ..." fights are easier to prevent than to patch up.
OK, that's it. Congrats and good luck.
Reply:Hi and congratulations! I am thinking about writing such a book! Anyway....your questions.
The first place to start is a BUDGET. The problem that I see with many brides (not on this site, but on another one that I post on...) is that they work in reverse. They have all sorts of ideas, buy things, invite lots of people.....then they wonder how they are going to pay for it and they are freaking out at the last minute!
You and your husband-to-be should sit down and say..."here is what we are spending on our wedding" and STICK TO IT! If you know of others that plan to contribute, then add that in, but don't expect your parents or his parents to contribute. That is the other thing I read...."well, I thought the grooms parents were supposed to pay for this/that....." No.
Once you have a budget, then go on from there. The smaller the wedding, the less you need to spend. It already sounds like you have a small wedding in mind...so that is good.
You choice of a venue (park) sounds nice. Check with the local city/town office to see about reserving it and what the costs will be. Also inquire about their policy on weddings. Can you bring in rental chairs, etc? Don't just assume you can. I love a park, I really do....but sometimes it's more of a headache than going to a small hotel because you will need to put someone "in charge" of set up (chairs, tablecloths, centerpieces, etc.). Then you need to bring in the food (if you are having a reception) ...I'm assuming you are....Someone will need to set out the food and clean up. You may want to check out a small hotel to cost compare. Of course, the easiest thing would be to have it at a park at a "non-food" time (i.e., not during the lunch [11-1] or dinner time [5-7]) and then have your ceremony and serve some "light fare" i.e., finger sandwiches, cheese and crackers, cake, punch, and soda. This would work out good, say for a 2 p.m. wedding.
One more thing....if people genuinely want to help....let them. Some brides have someone that will make the cake - let them; help with centerpieces? - let them. Take all the help you can get...don't try to do it all yourself!
I hope I have given you some ideas. Good luck!
Reply:first off all, take a deep breath, and relax. Wedding planning is stressful, but it doesn't have to push you over the edge. The best thing to do its to relax and enjoy every moment of it, because it goes so quickly.
When I was planning my wedding, I found this website that was a life saver! http://www.theknot.com
Amazing website that offers tools that help you plan, keep track of important information, and also offers boards where you can chat with other happily engaged women. So helpful!
I planned my wedding, and made friends, all from one website!
Check it out... oh, and it's free!
Good luck, and Congratulations
Reply:You can probably do much of this yourself. Like the flowers for instance.
If you'd like some help take a look at this website:
http://www.weddingflowers-diy.com
Reply:I did my wedding for a guest list of 130 (only 90 showed up) for around $3-4,000. So expect about 75% of your guests to actually show. (even if they rsvp, people wont show and vice versa.)
We did our wedding on the 18th of August (this year) and a good idea is to look for flowers that are in during that season. (it will look better and be cheaper)
Calla lillies are really expensive. Roses are your best bet. They are about 50 cents each. I dont know how crafty you are, but doing all your own decorations and food will really save you. What we did was go to costco and order food trays and buy all the potatoe salad, chips, ect. I made ice-tea at home and used the facilities water for drinking. I asked a close aunt to pick up the cake and set up the food area. (so no caterer). I bought the roses bulk at costco (about 14.99 for 2 dozen) and then made my own bouquets and boutenieres. Its really easy once you start and you feel so much better about creating it yourself. For decorations I went to good-will and bought canning jars and then put a single piece of ribbon around each neck, put some flowers (from my grandparents flower field) into them with a couple sprigs of wheat. It looked beautiful. Oh, i also bought my own camera for around $300, then asked a friend of mine from college photography classes to do them. I showed her the angles and ideas I had. That way, I get the images for free and my own camera. I bought a wedding planner from a local bookstore because I also had no clue and it informed me on everything that i needed to have done, and when. Here are my photos.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22893850@N0...
(sneaky idea, i bought the ceremony flowers, showed in the images, and then returned them to fred meyer the next day; unharmed)
NOW, for the second part, what i did and what i would do now are totally different. My wedding was beautiful, granted, but it is a huge waste of money. I would HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend going much smaller. Only inviting your immediate family and grandparents. (like 20 tops) Purchasing a nice dress, getting married someplace special in front of only those guests. Then taking them out to a nice restaurant and going crazy on the spending of that meal. That way you can afford a really nice honeymoon. TRUST ME. I had to have it my way and go bigger than what was necessary. If i could do it again, i would never have had spent that money the way I did.
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Advice on bringing up my new burmese?
hi ive just brought home a beautiful lilac boy and he is the most incredible animal to step foot in my house. i actually used to dislike cats quiet a bit but now im in love with this particular breed. any pointers from anyone who knows about burmese? likes dislikes growing up etc anything is appreciated
Advice on bringing up my new burmese?
I have just got my first Burmese a few months ago too. She is just great, She is so smart and very trainable. She learned to fetch in about 5 minutes with a paper ball. She is about 7 months old now and is really starting to learn words and commands. She rides to work with me everyday which if you can do at your job your will probably love it too. I only have one so I bring her everywhere I can, when we walk our dog to the park I put her on a harrness and put her in a purse like carrier with her head out. She loves it. Here is a few pictures of her.
http://www.dryfur.com/images/Phoebe_stre...
http://www.dryfur.com/images/Puppy_Kitte...
http://www.dryfur.com/images/Phoebe_smil...
Reply:Congratulations.
I think Burmese cats are fantastic.
I used to breed them and always have them as pets.
They are very sociable and need company to be happy.
If you are out a lot and your burmese is allowed outside it will go and find company.
Make sure you give it enough time with you or get it a buddy.
2 Burmese cats are even better than one.And they get on with each other really well.
They are very playful and often like climbing.
You can teach train them fairly easily but they won't do tricks they don't want to.Some can be taught to retrieve.
Male burmese can be gluttons when it comes to food.So watch out for that.
They are affectionate,humourous, intelligent, and great company.They are often very active and extremely inquisitive.
They may climb up your body and sit on your shoulders-fun when they're kittens but claws can hurt when they get a bit older.
They often grow rather long claws which might need clipping if they get hooked in fabrics.
One of mine likes to knock small items off shelves and has been known to run away with pincushions and other small items that he fancies.
If they avoid kitten ailments they are usually very healthy cats.
Males are usually cuddly and love to sit on your lap.
Their short coats are easy care.
Burmese are GREAT!
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Advice on bringing up my new burmese?
I have just got my first Burmese a few months ago too. She is just great, She is so smart and very trainable. She learned to fetch in about 5 minutes with a paper ball. She is about 7 months old now and is really starting to learn words and commands. She rides to work with me everyday which if you can do at your job your will probably love it too. I only have one so I bring her everywhere I can, when we walk our dog to the park I put her on a harrness and put her in a purse like carrier with her head out. She loves it. Here is a few pictures of her.
http://www.dryfur.com/images/Phoebe_stre...
http://www.dryfur.com/images/Puppy_Kitte...
http://www.dryfur.com/images/Phoebe_smil...
Reply:Congratulations.
I think Burmese cats are fantastic.
I used to breed them and always have them as pets.
They are very sociable and need company to be happy.
If you are out a lot and your burmese is allowed outside it will go and find company.
Make sure you give it enough time with you or get it a buddy.
2 Burmese cats are even better than one.And they get on with each other really well.
They are very playful and often like climbing.
You can teach train them fairly easily but they won't do tricks they don't want to.Some can be taught to retrieve.
Male burmese can be gluttons when it comes to food.So watch out for that.
They are affectionate,humourous, intelligent, and great company.They are often very active and extremely inquisitive.
They may climb up your body and sit on your shoulders-fun when they're kittens but claws can hurt when they get a bit older.
They often grow rather long claws which might need clipping if they get hooked in fabrics.
One of mine likes to knock small items off shelves and has been known to run away with pincushions and other small items that he fancies.
If they avoid kitten ailments they are usually very healthy cats.
Males are usually cuddly and love to sit on your lap.
Their short coats are easy care.
Burmese are GREAT!
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Name Bonnie's new man!!! First it was Bonnie and Clyde...But Clyde died...Bonnie was very depressed.?
So we got the Green male Parakeet for her....he obviously did the trick because they bonded within 3 weeks and now they are fixing up the love shack (nesting box) and have been doing the humpy hump for a few days now.
Now for the question....we have been calling him "Limon" (lee-moh-n)....just testing the waters to see if any better ideas are out there. Any name ideas?
Here is a link to a pic to them... The Male is the Green and Bonnie is Lilac
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/160/i...
Name Bonnie's new man!!! First it was Bonnie and Clyde...But Clyde died...Bonnie was very depressed.?
From his expression, I'd name him Butch. Butch Cassidy.
Reply:they are beautiful! i've never seen one like bonnie. i would have to see how he acts, to name him, and thats not posible. hers an awsom site! ( i like Bonnie and Beau)
http://www.vannsofla.com/bird_names.htm#...
hope this helps!
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Now for the question....we have been calling him "Limon" (lee-moh-n)....just testing the waters to see if any better ideas are out there. Any name ideas?
Here is a link to a pic to them... The Male is the Green and Bonnie is Lilac
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/160/i...
Name Bonnie's new man!!! First it was Bonnie and Clyde...But Clyde died...Bonnie was very depressed.?
From his expression, I'd name him Butch. Butch Cassidy.
Reply:they are beautiful! i've never seen one like bonnie. i would have to see how he acts, to name him, and thats not posible. hers an awsom site! ( i like Bonnie and Beau)
http://www.vannsofla.com/bird_names.htm#...
hope this helps!
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What style can i decorate my room in?
I have a very small room, its lilac at the minute with beech furniture but i really want a more girlier bedroom i like the colour blue and silver i have silver blinds, i also love glittery things and crystal things i love lights and allsorts, is there any websites or pictures or ideas you can give me? Or themes?
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What style can i decorate my room in?
Make it your own style...I saw something the other day that just might work for you. It was the twinkle lights hidden in a sheer window topper...it looks great at night, and in the day you can't really see them. Adds a lot of sparkle and not much cost!!!
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Please not teensthemes.com way to babyish
What style can i decorate my room in?
Make it your own style...I saw something the other day that just might work for you. It was the twinkle lights hidden in a sheer window topper...it looks great at night, and in the day you can't really see them. Adds a lot of sparkle and not much cost!!!
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Outfit for school?
What should I wear the first day of school?
I have either converse kicks or black ballet flats as shoes.
I am going to wear jeans as pants.
For tops I have a knit babydoll sweater, a white polo underneath a small knit zip up sweater, a gray roxy t-shirt style pull over, or a lilac thermal long-sleeved shirt underneath a black jumper.
What would you suggest go best with jeans? What top would make a good impression on the first day of school? Give your ideas. Much appreciated :) Thanks
Outfit for school?
i like your style!
i would go with the black ballet flats and the babydoll sweater.
Reply:I would wear the black flats and the babydoll sweater.
But all your top options seem kinda warm... you might want to go with something ligther unless it's cold where you are. =]
Reply:converse, jeans and the roxy t-shirt!!! roxy is a good brand wiht cute clothes!!!
Reply:i think you should wear the babydoll sweater with the flats.
Reply:Baby doll shirts are really popular right now, so I think that would b OK, but the polo under the zip-up sounds really cute 2.
And converse shoes and jeans wil look great.
Have fun!!
Reply:i think the babydoll top with skinny jeans and the converse!
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I have either converse kicks or black ballet flats as shoes.
I am going to wear jeans as pants.
For tops I have a knit babydoll sweater, a white polo underneath a small knit zip up sweater, a gray roxy t-shirt style pull over, or a lilac thermal long-sleeved shirt underneath a black jumper.
What would you suggest go best with jeans? What top would make a good impression on the first day of school? Give your ideas. Much appreciated :) Thanks
Outfit for school?
i like your style!
i would go with the black ballet flats and the babydoll sweater.
Reply:I would wear the black flats and the babydoll sweater.
But all your top options seem kinda warm... you might want to go with something ligther unless it's cold where you are. =]
Reply:converse, jeans and the roxy t-shirt!!! roxy is a good brand wiht cute clothes!!!
Reply:i think you should wear the babydoll sweater with the flats.
Reply:Baby doll shirts are really popular right now, so I think that would b OK, but the polo under the zip-up sounds really cute 2.
And converse shoes and jeans wil look great.
Have fun!!
Reply:i think the babydoll top with skinny jeans and the converse!
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Does anyone know about "duress"?!!! can it be used in a civi case?!!?
as in a town is forcing you to chop down rees and liliac bushes that they say was there alley ver 30 years ago bu they allowed trees and lilac bushes and other plants be planted on it!!!
and after 30 years a new mayor comes along and buys the property next to it and wants to claim the alley back and tear dow the trees and bushes!!!
most of the village members are on my side but he will make their life miserable if they vote against him!!!
he says the adverse possession law wich is 10 years in the state of nebraska does not apply to a municipality!!!
but i have wittness to prove it was never used as an alley!!!
i filed a small claims suit to make him pay for a tree he chopped down but he hired village attorneys ad has had it moved to a regular court bin wich we are all paying for his attouneys!!!
Does anyone know about "duress"?!!! can it be used in a civi case?!!?
I'm sorry you are losing your trees and bushes, but you probably have no case.
Generally, the mayor is right--you cannot claim adverse possession over municipal lands. And, even if they never used it as an alley, if the town holds title to it, they don't have to do anything at all to it except make sure that it doesn't present a hazard.
Secondly, your long term gardening on land you knew wasn't yours is not enough to win an adverse possession case in Nebraska. A person claiming title by adverse possession must occupy and possess the land adversely to the record owners with the requisite intent and purpose of asserting ownership. Rentschler v. Walnofer, 203 Neb. 84, 277 N.W.2d 548 (1979).
As for the value of the trees and shrubs being removed, if the village can prove it was their property, they have the right to remove it.
If you actually believed that you were planting on your own property and you can show that there is some confusion or discrepancy in the land records that indicate that you could have owned the strip of property, you might be able to come to a settlement here. You need to search title and land records to find the complete history of the strip.
But as frustrating as this is, I think you will have to let it go.
Here is a web page with the adverse possession statutes and case law notes to help you with your reading on the subject.
http://uniweb.legislature.ne.gov/LegalDo...
Reply:Do you have a law school near you? School often have clinics that offer free legal advice and this would be a perfect question for them. Also, you may want to do your own research here, maybe head to the library and spend and hour or two looking at a "treatise" dealing with durress or property law matters - it's not a terribly complicated question and I bet you could answer it yourself.
Reply:Too much drama... You have too much time on your hands.
Reply:You may want to perform a search on the terms "intentional infliction of emotional distress" to see if it applies to your situation.
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and after 30 years a new mayor comes along and buys the property next to it and wants to claim the alley back and tear dow the trees and bushes!!!
most of the village members are on my side but he will make their life miserable if they vote against him!!!
he says the adverse possession law wich is 10 years in the state of nebraska does not apply to a municipality!!!
but i have wittness to prove it was never used as an alley!!!
i filed a small claims suit to make him pay for a tree he chopped down but he hired village attorneys ad has had it moved to a regular court bin wich we are all paying for his attouneys!!!
Does anyone know about "duress"?!!! can it be used in a civi case?!!?
I'm sorry you are losing your trees and bushes, but you probably have no case.
Generally, the mayor is right--you cannot claim adverse possession over municipal lands. And, even if they never used it as an alley, if the town holds title to it, they don't have to do anything at all to it except make sure that it doesn't present a hazard.
Secondly, your long term gardening on land you knew wasn't yours is not enough to win an adverse possession case in Nebraska. A person claiming title by adverse possession must occupy and possess the land adversely to the record owners with the requisite intent and purpose of asserting ownership. Rentschler v. Walnofer, 203 Neb. 84, 277 N.W.2d 548 (1979).
As for the value of the trees and shrubs being removed, if the village can prove it was their property, they have the right to remove it.
If you actually believed that you were planting on your own property and you can show that there is some confusion or discrepancy in the land records that indicate that you could have owned the strip of property, you might be able to come to a settlement here. You need to search title and land records to find the complete history of the strip.
But as frustrating as this is, I think you will have to let it go.
Here is a web page with the adverse possession statutes and case law notes to help you with your reading on the subject.
http://uniweb.legislature.ne.gov/LegalDo...
Reply:Do you have a law school near you? School often have clinics that offer free legal advice and this would be a perfect question for them. Also, you may want to do your own research here, maybe head to the library and spend and hour or two looking at a "treatise" dealing with durress or property law matters - it's not a terribly complicated question and I bet you could answer it yourself.
Reply:Too much drama... You have too much time on your hands.
Reply:You may want to perform a search on the terms "intentional infliction of emotional distress" to see if it applies to your situation.
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Ideas for Natural/Relaxing bathroom decor?
I'm redecorating my extra bath and need some ideas. I just painted the walls a grayish purple, it looks like a really light lilac, the floors are grey and the cabinets and countertop are white. I also have an old 4 pained window on the wall above the toliet. So I'm wanting some ideas to help with the natural theme I want.
Ideas for Natural/Relaxing bathroom decor?
Sounds really pretty. I would find some glass vases (maybe even washed- out jars) and put lilacs in them. I can totally see this. Maybe purple and cream flowers. A nice cream rug. I would paint all the wood a dirty white, kinda rustic. i would go to Ikea for the toothbrush holder. They have contemporarty/country type things there. If you have a shower, a nice purple gray, patterned curtain would look spectacular, as well as some thing delicate and lacey on your above-toilet window.
Reply:Introduce perhaps a zen garden on top of the toilet. Your decor is going to be through the use of towels so find the softest lilac towels and candles and place them throughout the bathroom. Find a really pretty napkin ring holder that will match and use them to hold your hand towels on the towel rack.
Reply:Perhaps use the old window as a mirror but if possible, move it over the sink. Just bring it to a glass shop and have them install mirror glass. Check out these accessories:
http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product....
Artwork: http://www.art.com/asp/place_order-asp/_...
Reply:linen curtains for the window with a bottom border of lilac satin (i know the satin isn't natural but it will add interesst)
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Ideas for Natural/Relaxing bathroom decor?
Sounds really pretty. I would find some glass vases (maybe even washed- out jars) and put lilacs in them. I can totally see this. Maybe purple and cream flowers. A nice cream rug. I would paint all the wood a dirty white, kinda rustic. i would go to Ikea for the toothbrush holder. They have contemporarty/country type things there. If you have a shower, a nice purple gray, patterned curtain would look spectacular, as well as some thing delicate and lacey on your above-toilet window.
Reply:Introduce perhaps a zen garden on top of the toilet. Your decor is going to be through the use of towels so find the softest lilac towels and candles and place them throughout the bathroom. Find a really pretty napkin ring holder that will match and use them to hold your hand towels on the towel rack.
Reply:Perhaps use the old window as a mirror but if possible, move it over the sink. Just bring it to a glass shop and have them install mirror glass. Check out these accessories:
http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product....
Artwork: http://www.art.com/asp/place_order-asp/_...
Reply:linen curtains for the window with a bottom border of lilac satin (i know the satin isn't natural but it will add interesst)
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Calling all garden pros?
I have a lilac bush that i planted about 3-4 months ago... it looked like it died about a week after i planted it (it never bloomed %26amp; looks sad, but not completely done) Do they come back? Did i plant it at a bad time? Is there anything i can do to bring it back? Tell me all you know, PLEASE!!!
Calling all garden pros?
First.. make sure you took it out of the pot. I know... but it's like the "did you plug it in?" question when people have computer problems! :-) And I have seen this happen!!!
Second, look for animal damage. I'm trying to resurrect a lilac that a *#%%26amp;! chipmunk tunneled under. Roots don't grow well in air.
Third, how did you plant it? Shrubs should have a hole dug that's about twice the size of the pot. In that hole you should mix some good soil, some compost or peat moss, some organic fertilizer, then pour some water in. Wait until the water is all absorbed ***, then plant your plant, filling the hole around the plant with more of the soil/peat or compost mix. Press the soil down well around the roots. I actually tromp it down with shrubs. Take the rest of the soil that was in the hole and make a raised ring around the now-filled hole. This makes a little basin that you can fill with water. Put a layer of mulch over the soil in the basin.
For the first few months of the shrub's life, especially for the first month and the dry months of July/August, keep the shrub watered by deeply watering it at least twice a week, perhaps every other day in the dry months. Fill the basin with water. A shrub will take an entire large watering can of water, or use the hose to fill the basin.
*** If the water doesn't absorb then you might have clay soil or be planting in a soil so hard and rocky that water can't absorb. In this case you need to dig an even BIGGER hole, like 3 times the size of the pot or more, or the roots will not thrive. Fill the bigger hole with the soil plus peat/compost mix until it's back to twice the size of the pot, then continue.
Reply:Good question because I have planted a couple of bushes and was really discouraged when they didn't start growing. I have found they will usually start growing in the spring again so I will see. Good question.
Reply:If you planted it 3-4 months ago, this was a good time. If you kept it watered, it should be fine. It will not bloom the first year. Do not trim it now or you will not have any blooms next year. Lilacs should be trimmed right after they bloom.
Reply:Sometimes lilacs take a few years before they bloom. If you have cold winters where you live ,in the early spring you need to spray with an oil and lime dormant spray to kill overwintering insects. I'm sure if you keep it watered it will be fine. Next spring you may be surprised with a few flowers. The scent of lilacs in spring is your reward for planting it.
Reply:1.they never bloom the first season.2 they only bloom for 3-6 weeks.if the branches are brittle and break easy check the area and move it if you have to.they grow wild.check and see if the bottom of the we'll call it a trunk has any cuts,gouges or insect larvae.if cuts are deep.go get tree prune aerosol and fill in the cuts.it's basically rubber in a can.good luck
Reply:If you lived anywhere near the area that had a unseasonablly HARD freeze in April, lasting nearly a week - and your bush was planted before that - it would explain a lot about why it it doing so poorly.
If you didn't have the awful weather, then it sounds merely like it had some serious transplant shock, with the new growth dying back immediately (which would explain why you got no flowers this year - which normally occur mid-spring.)
If it is alive, that is, has any leaves on it at all - even small and misshapen ones, then your bush indeed has a good chance.
Next spring, after the new growth comes out, prune off any branches that do not produce any leaves - those are dead. But the lilac bush is one tough customer, and should look much better next year. Whether it blooms will depend on how old it is. lilacs usually need several years before they bloom. Although if you planted a bush 2-3 feet tall, it's mostly likely old enough already.
Also - I never spray my lilacs - and I've never known then to be susceptible to much in the way of insect attack. It one of the most disease and pest resistant plants in my garden.
Have patience, try not to fuss about how pathetic it looks this year, and see what next year brings. In the meantime, since it's a new transplant, treat it as usual for a new plant. Water once a week if it's hot and dry. Put a hose on the rootball, turn it on to a very slow trickle, and let it go for about 20-30 minutes. When the weather turns cooler, about once every 10-14 days is enough - if it doesn't rain. But often fall is wet enough naturally.
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Calling all garden pros?
First.. make sure you took it out of the pot. I know... but it's like the "did you plug it in?" question when people have computer problems! :-) And I have seen this happen!!!
Second, look for animal damage. I'm trying to resurrect a lilac that a *#%%26amp;! chipmunk tunneled under. Roots don't grow well in air.
Third, how did you plant it? Shrubs should have a hole dug that's about twice the size of the pot. In that hole you should mix some good soil, some compost or peat moss, some organic fertilizer, then pour some water in. Wait until the water is all absorbed ***, then plant your plant, filling the hole around the plant with more of the soil/peat or compost mix. Press the soil down well around the roots. I actually tromp it down with shrubs. Take the rest of the soil that was in the hole and make a raised ring around the now-filled hole. This makes a little basin that you can fill with water. Put a layer of mulch over the soil in the basin.
For the first few months of the shrub's life, especially for the first month and the dry months of July/August, keep the shrub watered by deeply watering it at least twice a week, perhaps every other day in the dry months. Fill the basin with water. A shrub will take an entire large watering can of water, or use the hose to fill the basin.
*** If the water doesn't absorb then you might have clay soil or be planting in a soil so hard and rocky that water can't absorb. In this case you need to dig an even BIGGER hole, like 3 times the size of the pot or more, or the roots will not thrive. Fill the bigger hole with the soil plus peat/compost mix until it's back to twice the size of the pot, then continue.
Reply:Good question because I have planted a couple of bushes and was really discouraged when they didn't start growing. I have found they will usually start growing in the spring again so I will see. Good question.
Reply:If you planted it 3-4 months ago, this was a good time. If you kept it watered, it should be fine. It will not bloom the first year. Do not trim it now or you will not have any blooms next year. Lilacs should be trimmed right after they bloom.
Reply:Sometimes lilacs take a few years before they bloom. If you have cold winters where you live ,in the early spring you need to spray with an oil and lime dormant spray to kill overwintering insects. I'm sure if you keep it watered it will be fine. Next spring you may be surprised with a few flowers. The scent of lilacs in spring is your reward for planting it.
Reply:1.they never bloom the first season.2 they only bloom for 3-6 weeks.if the branches are brittle and break easy check the area and move it if you have to.they grow wild.check and see if the bottom of the we'll call it a trunk has any cuts,gouges or insect larvae.if cuts are deep.go get tree prune aerosol and fill in the cuts.it's basically rubber in a can.good luck
Reply:If you lived anywhere near the area that had a unseasonablly HARD freeze in April, lasting nearly a week - and your bush was planted before that - it would explain a lot about why it it doing so poorly.
If you didn't have the awful weather, then it sounds merely like it had some serious transplant shock, with the new growth dying back immediately (which would explain why you got no flowers this year - which normally occur mid-spring.)
If it is alive, that is, has any leaves on it at all - even small and misshapen ones, then your bush indeed has a good chance.
Next spring, after the new growth comes out, prune off any branches that do not produce any leaves - those are dead. But the lilac bush is one tough customer, and should look much better next year. Whether it blooms will depend on how old it is. lilacs usually need several years before they bloom. Although if you planted a bush 2-3 feet tall, it's mostly likely old enough already.
Also - I never spray my lilacs - and I've never known then to be susceptible to much in the way of insect attack. It one of the most disease and pest resistant plants in my garden.
Have patience, try not to fuss about how pathetic it looks this year, and see what next year brings. In the meantime, since it's a new transplant, treat it as usual for a new plant. Water once a week if it's hot and dry. Put a hose on the rootball, turn it on to a very slow trickle, and let it go for about 20-30 minutes. When the weather turns cooler, about once every 10-14 days is enough - if it doesn't rain. But often fall is wet enough naturally.
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Gestation Period For Pregnant Rabbit And Advice?
My Female rabbit is pregnant, and i just need to know a couple things, How long is the gestation period for these wonderful critters?? Shes a Dutch rabbit and i bred her to a Lilac buck. How Many babies will she likely have? When they bred Rain(female) alloud Buttersctoch(male) to mount her 3 times. The the day after i read that its good to let them out together again and see if she refuses him then shes pregnant, if she doesnt shes not. So i let them out again and she alloud him to mount her one more time then she refused her all other times. Then again today i let them out and she refused him all together. So is she likely pregnant?? The times they bred before he mounted her and humped away.....then he bit her back (just pulling a little hair, nothing serious) and his eyes rolled to the back of his head and he just fell off. Is that a bunny orgasm or did something go wrong?? Did his goods go where they needed to go? sorry about all the questions, i just want everything to go smooth
Gestation Period For Pregnant Rabbit And Advice?
This is not just about dutch rabbits, I hand it out to anyone who buys any of my rabbit breeds.
I breed standard rex, dutch, harlequins, magpies and dwarf lops.
History
Dutch rabbits, along with the English, were the most popular pet and exhibition rabbits a position that has now been filled by the Lop breeds. Originally from Holland or Belgium, the breed is striking in its appearance with a white blaze carrying up to a point between the ears, a saddle of colour continuing right around the middle of the rabbit with a straight edge and white markings on the hind feet. Their coat should be glossy and they are a medium size rabbit weighing 2.04 -2. 26 kg (4.5 lb. 5 lb.).
Behaviour
Dutch rabbits are very lively and alert and should make good pets although a prospective owner should be looking for a breeder that handles the rabbits regularly from a young age so that the rabbit is not too jumpy. Colours Black, Blue, Chocolate, Yellow, Tortoiseshell, Steel Grey, Brown Grey, Pale Grey and Tri Colour
By using body language rabbits can stamp their feet or with a flash of a tail they can be seen and heard by other rabbits over a long distance.
Feeding Rabbits require a high fibre with lots of hay (dried grass) or straw and low protein feed to prevent digestive problems. Use rabbit pellets which can be purchased from pet shops to provide all your rabbits dietary needs, along with all types of fresh fruit, vegetables (green stuffs) and all types of roots. Most green stuffs are suitable for rabbits although be careful to avoid feeding potatoes (they have toxic parts) lettuce, chicory, chickweed and dandelions (can cause diarrhoea if fed in excess). Extra vitamins, salt licks are not generally required and mine never get any. I also use leaves from blackberries, raspberries, strawberries and other fruit bushes, along with a lot of wild greens during the summer.
Any changes in diet must be made slowly (green stuffs and prepared feeds) over a period of a couple of weeks, to avoid digestive upsets. Fresh water must be available at all times and renewed daily.
To enable your rabbit to extract as much protein, vitamins and minerals from their food as possible, they digest their food twice, these are soft, kidney shaped droppings which are covered in a small amount of mucous. These droppings are very different from the dry round droppings that you will usually see your rabbit passing.
Rabbits are herbivorous and wild rabbits will spend most of their lives grazing on grass, foliage, flowers and roots
Housing
Rabbits can be kept indoors or outdoors, either way they need their own space in an appropriate cage or hutch. There are many purpose built cages and hutches available, alternatively you could build your own. It is recommended that you purchase the best quality you can afford, your rabbit will need it for 7--12 years. Make sure that the hutch is large enough for your rabbit to stretch full out, and high enough for your rabbit to stand upright. Dutch rabbits are generally comfortable in a 4' x 2' hutch. If kept outdoors, the hutch should have a dark enclosed area to provide your rabbit with a quiet space. The main living area should be large enough for your rabbit to stretch full out, and have wire mesh on the door. The hutch should be at least 6" off the floor to provide adequate ventilation. In the winter you can move your rabbits indoors or into a shed. They are also quite happy remaining out of doors, providing extra protection such as an old blanket draped over the front of the hutch at night in very cold weather. Remember rabbits need good ventilation, you cannot therefore leave the cover down permanently otherwise your rabbit will succumb to chest infections from the damp, ammonia or overheating, and rabbits die from all of these.
Bedding
Hay, straw and wood chips all make suitable bedding for rabbits. It is down to personal choice which you use, however, research has shown that rabbits will choose straw rather than wood chip or wire bottomed cages. All bedding should be renewed at least once a week, and the hutch should be washed, scrubbed and disinfected several times per year.
Rabbits can live out doors quite happily at minus 20c or below, all they need is plenty of bedding and a 4 inch layer of shavings
Exercise
Rabbits need regular stimulation and exercise in a safe environment. This can be in a purpose made rabbit run or simply by bringing your rabbit indoors and letting it play in your living room. Rabbits that are playing outside of their hutches, either in a run or indoors, should be supervised at all times and their play area must be 'rabbit proofed' by removing any hazards. Young rabbits will enjoy exercise, but be careful not to over do it, particularly if you are still in the 'getting to know each other' period.
Rabbits are sociable creatures and enjoy the company of humans, dogs, cats and other rabbits if carefully introduced. It is generally suggested that each rabbit has its own hutch (particularly if you intend to show it) as rabbits are like children and prefer not to share 'bedrooms'. They can, however, socialise together in common space, such as rabbit runs, and will like being able to see and hear another rabbit when they are in their own hutches. 2 bucks must never be put together even in a run if they have not been castrated (they will fight).
Rabbits need to be occupied and they love playing with toys. This can include manufactured toys for human babies, birds, cats, dogs, hamsters etc. But rabbits will equally get hours of enjoyment from some very cheap, readily available items in the household, blocks of wood, planks, plastic flower pots
Health
It is recommend that you get your rabbit covered by Pet Insurance as veterinary fees can mount up. Never leave a rabbit in the sole care of a child. As an adult you will have to assume sole responsibility for the health and welfare of your rabbit.
To prevent territorial behaviour of both bucks (males) and does (females), it is suggested that pet rabbits are neutered, if they are not neutered then it should be one rabbit per cage. Never put intact cavies / guinea-pigs in with intact rabbits as they will both sexually abuse each other, cavies / guinea- pigs should be housed with others of the same species. Males can be neutered at around 3-4 months, and does at 6 months. Females over 2-3 years old that are not being regularly bred from are at high risk of developing uterine cancer unless neutered.
Rabbits have little ability to regulate their body temperature and die very easily from heat stroke. Ensure adequate shade is provided at all times. Handle your rabbit daily, and it will generally enjoy your company. Never pick a rabbit up by its ears, and always support your rabbits back and hind quarters when handling. Rabbits can easily experience spinal injuries. Rabbits nails need clipping every 6-8 weeks and teeth should be checked weekly to ensure they are correctly aligned. Rabbits moult 2-4 times a year, only one of these will be heavy (usually late Spring/early Summer).
Seek veterinary advice if your rabbit develops discharges from the eye, nose or mouth, has scabs inside its ears, is passing diarrhoea or mucous, or stops eating and/or drinking. Any ill rabbit must always be given drinking water in a bowl. Water bottles are a clean, hygienic way of providing water if you rabbit is fit and well, but ill rabbits often become listless and will be unlikely to be bothered to lift their heads up to the spout of a bottle and will dehydrate and die very quickly. If at all worried about your rabbit seek Veterinary Advice as sick or injured rabbits die very quickly
Male Rabbit-BUCK (Sire) Female Rabbit-DOE (Dam) Young rabbit- KIT (offspring)
Breeding All rabbits should have their first litter before they reach 12 months old, if this is left until latter complications can set in and 95% of all older female rabbits die. Males can father a litter anytime from 9 months old up to 12 years old.
The doe must be put in with the buck who has to be housed separately and the matting only take a couple of seconds, then for the next three weeks she can be treated just as if she had not be mated only with a slight increase of food, by the 21 st day you should be starting to prepare for the birth by putting lots of hay or straw in the bedding area so that the doe can start to build her nest.
My experience
I have bred, exhibited and owned rabbits since the early 70's, all of my rabbits are healthy and well cared for, they live up to 12 years.
Showing
The Hobby of Breeding %26amp; Exhibiting Rabbits is called 'The Fancy'. Every weekend, all over the country, rabbit shows are taking place. Many are Local Rabbit Clubs holding their single-day shows in places such as Village Halls and Scout Huts. Others are two-day Championship Shows held in Sports Centres and School Halls.
Reply:Yes, your doe is pregnant and should kindle 30 days after the last breeding. The scenerio of breeding you outlined is exactly how it goes. If he doesn't fall off he didn't get her bred.
Dutch rabbits tend to have smaller litters so you should have somewhere between 2 and 6 and I'm putting my bet on 4.
She may start pulling hair for her nest anytime after 25 days but probably not until a day or two before. You'll know the babies are there because if you put your hand near the nest the babies should move. Each baby will find the teat they like best and will sometimes hang on even as mom leaves the nest box. You'll have to watch out for that and carefully put them back. I usually leave mom alone the first day and check for any dead kits on the second day.
It's not rare for the first litter to not go smoothly. Usually the next litter fairs better.
Reply:The above answer pretty much covered it all, from my experience with bunnies and babies you should not touch the babies until they are a couple weeks old. Some moms will not mind if they are very tame and used to you but most rabbits will kill their litter if you touch them and leave your scent...as well some moms are just plain bad so be prepared for your bunny either being a normal mom or being one of the bad ones that could harm her litter...
Reply:A rabbit gestation period is usually around 31 days. It can go either earlier or later. If the does goes more than 35 days she is either not pregnant or the kits have died.
28 days after the doe has been bred you should give her a nestbox with straw in it for her to kindle(give birth) in. Make sure that you keep the doe and buck seperate from now on. The doe will attack the buck and try and kill him to protect the kits. She may also kill the kits if the buck is around too close.
Once the kits are born you will need to check the doe's nest for any dead or deformed kits. they must be removed so the healthy kits will not be compromised. It is NOT true that the doe will kill or abandon the kits if you touch them. I have raised Mini Rex rabbits for 15 years and I handle the kits from the day they are born. You can run your hand over the doe or rub your hand in the fur she pulls before you touch them, that way you will smell like the doe.
I hope you have homes lined up for the kits. Mix breed rabbits are hard to find homes for. You will not get alot of money for them. Also you can think about selling them for the meat. the 2 breeds you mentioned can produce some nice fryers and roasters.
When you breed rabbits the buck has to fall off the doe, this mean he has released sperm into the doe. Does do not release eggs until the sperm is inside them. They do not have a heat cycle like most mammals. They can be more receptive at times but not more fertile.
You can find more info on the American Rabbit Breeders Association
Good luck with your rabbits.
rabbits are a great hobby
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Gestation Period For Pregnant Rabbit And Advice?
This is not just about dutch rabbits, I hand it out to anyone who buys any of my rabbit breeds.
I breed standard rex, dutch, harlequins, magpies and dwarf lops.
History
Dutch rabbits, along with the English, were the most popular pet and exhibition rabbits a position that has now been filled by the Lop breeds. Originally from Holland or Belgium, the breed is striking in its appearance with a white blaze carrying up to a point between the ears, a saddle of colour continuing right around the middle of the rabbit with a straight edge and white markings on the hind feet. Their coat should be glossy and they are a medium size rabbit weighing 2.04 -2. 26 kg (4.5 lb. 5 lb.).
Behaviour
Dutch rabbits are very lively and alert and should make good pets although a prospective owner should be looking for a breeder that handles the rabbits regularly from a young age so that the rabbit is not too jumpy. Colours Black, Blue, Chocolate, Yellow, Tortoiseshell, Steel Grey, Brown Grey, Pale Grey and Tri Colour
By using body language rabbits can stamp their feet or with a flash of a tail they can be seen and heard by other rabbits over a long distance.
Feeding Rabbits require a high fibre with lots of hay (dried grass) or straw and low protein feed to prevent digestive problems. Use rabbit pellets which can be purchased from pet shops to provide all your rabbits dietary needs, along with all types of fresh fruit, vegetables (green stuffs) and all types of roots. Most green stuffs are suitable for rabbits although be careful to avoid feeding potatoes (they have toxic parts) lettuce, chicory, chickweed and dandelions (can cause diarrhoea if fed in excess). Extra vitamins, salt licks are not generally required and mine never get any. I also use leaves from blackberries, raspberries, strawberries and other fruit bushes, along with a lot of wild greens during the summer.
Any changes in diet must be made slowly (green stuffs and prepared feeds) over a period of a couple of weeks, to avoid digestive upsets. Fresh water must be available at all times and renewed daily.
To enable your rabbit to extract as much protein, vitamins and minerals from their food as possible, they digest their food twice, these are soft, kidney shaped droppings which are covered in a small amount of mucous. These droppings are very different from the dry round droppings that you will usually see your rabbit passing.
Rabbits are herbivorous and wild rabbits will spend most of their lives grazing on grass, foliage, flowers and roots
Housing
Rabbits can be kept indoors or outdoors, either way they need their own space in an appropriate cage or hutch. There are many purpose built cages and hutches available, alternatively you could build your own. It is recommended that you purchase the best quality you can afford, your rabbit will need it for 7--12 years. Make sure that the hutch is large enough for your rabbit to stretch full out, and high enough for your rabbit to stand upright. Dutch rabbits are generally comfortable in a 4' x 2' hutch. If kept outdoors, the hutch should have a dark enclosed area to provide your rabbit with a quiet space. The main living area should be large enough for your rabbit to stretch full out, and have wire mesh on the door. The hutch should be at least 6" off the floor to provide adequate ventilation. In the winter you can move your rabbits indoors or into a shed. They are also quite happy remaining out of doors, providing extra protection such as an old blanket draped over the front of the hutch at night in very cold weather. Remember rabbits need good ventilation, you cannot therefore leave the cover down permanently otherwise your rabbit will succumb to chest infections from the damp, ammonia or overheating, and rabbits die from all of these.
Bedding
Hay, straw and wood chips all make suitable bedding for rabbits. It is down to personal choice which you use, however, research has shown that rabbits will choose straw rather than wood chip or wire bottomed cages. All bedding should be renewed at least once a week, and the hutch should be washed, scrubbed and disinfected several times per year.
Rabbits can live out doors quite happily at minus 20c or below, all they need is plenty of bedding and a 4 inch layer of shavings
Exercise
Rabbits need regular stimulation and exercise in a safe environment. This can be in a purpose made rabbit run or simply by bringing your rabbit indoors and letting it play in your living room. Rabbits that are playing outside of their hutches, either in a run or indoors, should be supervised at all times and their play area must be 'rabbit proofed' by removing any hazards. Young rabbits will enjoy exercise, but be careful not to over do it, particularly if you are still in the 'getting to know each other' period.
Rabbits are sociable creatures and enjoy the company of humans, dogs, cats and other rabbits if carefully introduced. It is generally suggested that each rabbit has its own hutch (particularly if you intend to show it) as rabbits are like children and prefer not to share 'bedrooms'. They can, however, socialise together in common space, such as rabbit runs, and will like being able to see and hear another rabbit when they are in their own hutches. 2 bucks must never be put together even in a run if they have not been castrated (they will fight).
Rabbits need to be occupied and they love playing with toys. This can include manufactured toys for human babies, birds, cats, dogs, hamsters etc. But rabbits will equally get hours of enjoyment from some very cheap, readily available items in the household, blocks of wood, planks, plastic flower pots
Health
It is recommend that you get your rabbit covered by Pet Insurance as veterinary fees can mount up. Never leave a rabbit in the sole care of a child. As an adult you will have to assume sole responsibility for the health and welfare of your rabbit.
To prevent territorial behaviour of both bucks (males) and does (females), it is suggested that pet rabbits are neutered, if they are not neutered then it should be one rabbit per cage. Never put intact cavies / guinea-pigs in with intact rabbits as they will both sexually abuse each other, cavies / guinea- pigs should be housed with others of the same species. Males can be neutered at around 3-4 months, and does at 6 months. Females over 2-3 years old that are not being regularly bred from are at high risk of developing uterine cancer unless neutered.
Rabbits have little ability to regulate their body temperature and die very easily from heat stroke. Ensure adequate shade is provided at all times. Handle your rabbit daily, and it will generally enjoy your company. Never pick a rabbit up by its ears, and always support your rabbits back and hind quarters when handling. Rabbits can easily experience spinal injuries. Rabbits nails need clipping every 6-8 weeks and teeth should be checked weekly to ensure they are correctly aligned. Rabbits moult 2-4 times a year, only one of these will be heavy (usually late Spring/early Summer).
Seek veterinary advice if your rabbit develops discharges from the eye, nose or mouth, has scabs inside its ears, is passing diarrhoea or mucous, or stops eating and/or drinking. Any ill rabbit must always be given drinking water in a bowl. Water bottles are a clean, hygienic way of providing water if you rabbit is fit and well, but ill rabbits often become listless and will be unlikely to be bothered to lift their heads up to the spout of a bottle and will dehydrate and die very quickly. If at all worried about your rabbit seek Veterinary Advice as sick or injured rabbits die very quickly
Male Rabbit-BUCK (Sire) Female Rabbit-DOE (Dam) Young rabbit- KIT (offspring)
Breeding All rabbits should have their first litter before they reach 12 months old, if this is left until latter complications can set in and 95% of all older female rabbits die. Males can father a litter anytime from 9 months old up to 12 years old.
The doe must be put in with the buck who has to be housed separately and the matting only take a couple of seconds, then for the next three weeks she can be treated just as if she had not be mated only with a slight increase of food, by the 21 st day you should be starting to prepare for the birth by putting lots of hay or straw in the bedding area so that the doe can start to build her nest.
My experience
I have bred, exhibited and owned rabbits since the early 70's, all of my rabbits are healthy and well cared for, they live up to 12 years.
Showing
The Hobby of Breeding %26amp; Exhibiting Rabbits is called 'The Fancy'. Every weekend, all over the country, rabbit shows are taking place. Many are Local Rabbit Clubs holding their single-day shows in places such as Village Halls and Scout Huts. Others are two-day Championship Shows held in Sports Centres and School Halls.
Reply:Yes, your doe is pregnant and should kindle 30 days after the last breeding. The scenerio of breeding you outlined is exactly how it goes. If he doesn't fall off he didn't get her bred.
Dutch rabbits tend to have smaller litters so you should have somewhere between 2 and 6 and I'm putting my bet on 4.
She may start pulling hair for her nest anytime after 25 days but probably not until a day or two before. You'll know the babies are there because if you put your hand near the nest the babies should move. Each baby will find the teat they like best and will sometimes hang on even as mom leaves the nest box. You'll have to watch out for that and carefully put them back. I usually leave mom alone the first day and check for any dead kits on the second day.
It's not rare for the first litter to not go smoothly. Usually the next litter fairs better.
Reply:The above answer pretty much covered it all, from my experience with bunnies and babies you should not touch the babies until they are a couple weeks old. Some moms will not mind if they are very tame and used to you but most rabbits will kill their litter if you touch them and leave your scent...as well some moms are just plain bad so be prepared for your bunny either being a normal mom or being one of the bad ones that could harm her litter...
Reply:A rabbit gestation period is usually around 31 days. It can go either earlier or later. If the does goes more than 35 days she is either not pregnant or the kits have died.
28 days after the doe has been bred you should give her a nestbox with straw in it for her to kindle(give birth) in. Make sure that you keep the doe and buck seperate from now on. The doe will attack the buck and try and kill him to protect the kits. She may also kill the kits if the buck is around too close.
Once the kits are born you will need to check the doe's nest for any dead or deformed kits. they must be removed so the healthy kits will not be compromised. It is NOT true that the doe will kill or abandon the kits if you touch them. I have raised Mini Rex rabbits for 15 years and I handle the kits from the day they are born. You can run your hand over the doe or rub your hand in the fur she pulls before you touch them, that way you will smell like the doe.
I hope you have homes lined up for the kits. Mix breed rabbits are hard to find homes for. You will not get alot of money for them. Also you can think about selling them for the meat. the 2 breeds you mentioned can produce some nice fryers and roasters.
When you breed rabbits the buck has to fall off the doe, this mean he has released sperm into the doe. Does do not release eggs until the sperm is inside them. They do not have a heat cycle like most mammals. They can be more receptive at times but not more fertile.
You can find more info on the American Rabbit Breeders Association
Good luck with your rabbits.
rabbits are a great hobby
beauty quotes
How to get permanent maker out of a raw silk irish dancing dress?
Its a light lilac dress and i dont want to risk spreading the stain
How to get permanent maker out of a raw silk irish dancing dress?
You could try nail polish remover - PLEASE TRY A SMALL BIT 1ST! and I've even been told that milk could lift pen marks from fabric. Otherwise, get down to the dry cleaners for expert advice.
Reply:This is the best advice I can give you Call you dry cleaners first-- then, to do it yourself -- cold water first, use nothing else, if it comes out -- but, then, take a slight amount of "goo goo gone" (to remove adhesives,) etc. and spread slightly on the spot. See if it begins coming out with a soft toothbrush. If so, use about a tsp. and rub spot until it leaves. Then rinse, with cold water. Apply with a Q-tip or soft cloth. Otherwise, I don't think it will come out. That's ashame. I bet this is a beautiful dress, too.
Reply:Try Fairy Washing Soap. its sold in a long cardboard box.Two Bars in box.I think this is great washing soap.Wet and rub plenty on,Us a soft brush untill it moves the stain.
Reply:try tide.com...great site
Reply:Lets face facts - if you cant get it out, the dress is ruined anyway. So... I've had good luck with Mostenbocker's Lift Off Graffitti Remover. Do not scrub on the sill - spray on, then gently rub with the tip of your finger. You may have to repeat, with a towel underneath so you can rise the stain through the fabric. After the stain is gone (hopefully), there may be a water ring. I can usually get rid of these by a free flow rinse with naptha (DANGER NAPTHA IS FLAMMABLE - USE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS). Hand the dress and let the naptha run all the way down the fabric, then let air dry.
Good Luck
Reply:I was once told to use milk to soften the ink, works with biro don't know about permanent marker, how about trinitroethaline solvent.
Reply:Methylated spirit works quickly to remove ink, but in may also remove dye . Try first in a similar piece of material., It should not be used on nylon,triacetate or acetate. It also removes grass stains
Reply:You don't.
Reply:Soak the garment in cold milk
Reply:dont think so. permanent usually means just that. have u tried asking a dry cleaner, thats the only thing i can think of.
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How to get permanent maker out of a raw silk irish dancing dress?
You could try nail polish remover - PLEASE TRY A SMALL BIT 1ST! and I've even been told that milk could lift pen marks from fabric. Otherwise, get down to the dry cleaners for expert advice.
Reply:This is the best advice I can give you Call you dry cleaners first-- then, to do it yourself -- cold water first, use nothing else, if it comes out -- but, then, take a slight amount of "goo goo gone" (to remove adhesives,) etc. and spread slightly on the spot. See if it begins coming out with a soft toothbrush. If so, use about a tsp. and rub spot until it leaves. Then rinse, with cold water. Apply with a Q-tip or soft cloth. Otherwise, I don't think it will come out. That's ashame. I bet this is a beautiful dress, too.
Reply:Try Fairy Washing Soap. its sold in a long cardboard box.Two Bars in box.I think this is great washing soap.Wet and rub plenty on,Us a soft brush untill it moves the stain.
Reply:try tide.com...great site
Reply:Lets face facts - if you cant get it out, the dress is ruined anyway. So... I've had good luck with Mostenbocker's Lift Off Graffitti Remover. Do not scrub on the sill - spray on, then gently rub with the tip of your finger. You may have to repeat, with a towel underneath so you can rise the stain through the fabric. After the stain is gone (hopefully), there may be a water ring. I can usually get rid of these by a free flow rinse with naptha (DANGER NAPTHA IS FLAMMABLE - USE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS). Hand the dress and let the naptha run all the way down the fabric, then let air dry.
Good Luck
Reply:I was once told to use milk to soften the ink, works with biro don't know about permanent marker, how about trinitroethaline solvent.
Reply:Methylated spirit works quickly to remove ink, but in may also remove dye . Try first in a similar piece of material., It should not be used on nylon,triacetate or acetate. It also removes grass stains
Reply:You don't.
Reply:Soak the garment in cold milk
Reply:dont think so. permanent usually means just that. have u tried asking a dry cleaner, thats the only thing i can think of.
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What color is the most feminine, delicate and soft?
Pink, lilac, pale lavender or pale blue?
What color is the most feminine, delicate and soft?
lilac, definitely.
it just alone sounds so pretty.
Reply:Uhhh . . . either light baby pink or lavender
Reply:Id say pink as its the symbolic color of female. But not lots of pink lol just light.
Reply:I like em all!
Reply:They r all good to me
Reply:All of them. I hate all of them, but they're all feminine, delicate, and soft. I'd say in the order you listed them is the order they go from most to least.
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What color is the most feminine, delicate and soft?
lilac, definitely.
it just alone sounds so pretty.
Reply:Uhhh . . . either light baby pink or lavender
Reply:Id say pink as its the symbolic color of female. But not lots of pink lol just light.
Reply:I like em all!
Reply:They r all good to me
Reply:All of them. I hate all of them, but they're all feminine, delicate, and soft. I'd say in the order you listed them is the order they go from most to least.
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Help me furnish my room?!?
i am trying to furnish my room. it is a pretty lavendar color with a chandelier, fireplace and a 12 foot ceiling. i am going for the vintage french look. i want all the furniture to be white. i absolutley love the lilac collection at pottery barn teen. take a look for yourself to see the feeling i'm going for at the websites below. the only problem is that i'm on a budget and am looking for a similar look for less. if you have anything in mind please anser this plea. im looking for a desk and bed but anything you hav i will consider. thanks!
http://www.pbteen.com/products/p2043/ind...
http://www.pbteen.com/products/p2044/ind...
Help me furnish my room?!?
That room sounds amazing.
For the bed maybe http://www3.jcpenney.com/jcp/ProductsHOM...
and for the desk... http://www5.jcpenney.com/jcp/ProductsHOM...
Even though the desk is mahogany you could easily paint it white.
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http://www.pbteen.com/products/p2043/ind...
http://www.pbteen.com/products/p2044/ind...
Help me furnish my room?!?
That room sounds amazing.
For the bed maybe http://www3.jcpenney.com/jcp/ProductsHOM...
and for the desk... http://www5.jcpenney.com/jcp/ProductsHOM...
Even though the desk is mahogany you could easily paint it white.
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Iowa, apple tree 10-12 years old at least, yellow spots on leaves spongy bark at bottom?
we just bought our home 2 mo ago and this tree has spongy bark at the bottom on one side but there are no drainage issues that area is higher than the rest of the lawn, the leaves have yellow spots and the tree had apples on one side but as they got to be the size of a quarter or an apricot they fell off and it is now apple free any ideas? can I fix this ? I can takeit out and put a new one in but it is so well established(I should say the lilac bush also had spongy wood but it was the whole base and was rotting out and we removed it)
Iowa, apple tree 10-12 years old at least, yellow spots on leaves spongy bark at bottom?
I suggest taking a leaf or some bark to the ISU Extension Office. They will tell you everything about the condition of your apple tree and the service is free.
You may even be able to get them to visit your apple tree to diagnose what's going on with it.
Reply:i agre with GG
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Iowa, apple tree 10-12 years old at least, yellow spots on leaves spongy bark at bottom?
I suggest taking a leaf or some bark to the ISU Extension Office. They will tell you everything about the condition of your apple tree and the service is free.
You may even be able to get them to visit your apple tree to diagnose what's going on with it.
Reply:i agre with GG
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Im planning my wedding for next fall and i need help with my colors.?
I have decided on a variaty of colors they are Silver, lilac, pink, emerald, and yellow... I like the idea of Pink with a silver embelshment.....i have no clue i know its my wedding but i have no clue about the colors. ... HELP!
Im planning my wedding for next fall and i need help with my colors.?
i think the silver and pink would look really pretty...i was thinking about having my bridesmaids in silver dresses but i dont know what other color i would use for other stuff
Reply:try to avoid light colors for fall. you could try navy with silver embelishments
Reply:I like the idea of pink too. If you are talking about your bridemaides everyone looks good in pink.
Reply:lilac, pink, and silver. it would look soo pretty
Reply:For fall you may want to stay away from light colors. They are more for spring and summer. I'd say burgundy is always beautiful in the fall. Good luck and congrats.
Reply:oooh, I had a fall wedding - so nice!
I used a pretty satiny gold and copper colors. It went wonderfully with the bright red and orange trees in the background of our pictures.
Reply:Doesn't really matter since you WILL get a divorce.
Reply:I agree with the light colors for spring and summer, and dark colors for fall and winter. Since Burgundy isn't one of the colors YOU had in mind go with the emerald and use the silver as your accent color. You may want a touch of yellow here and there since it's one of your colors, and the cake will be tough to do in emerald and silver. Unless you have an all white cake.
Good Luck and have fun planning.
Reply:Light colors for spring and summer, dark colors for fall and winter. I agree with the woman who said burgundy...........
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Im planning my wedding for next fall and i need help with my colors.?
i think the silver and pink would look really pretty...i was thinking about having my bridesmaids in silver dresses but i dont know what other color i would use for other stuff
Reply:try to avoid light colors for fall. you could try navy with silver embelishments
Reply:I like the idea of pink too. If you are talking about your bridemaides everyone looks good in pink.
Reply:lilac, pink, and silver. it would look soo pretty
Reply:For fall you may want to stay away from light colors. They are more for spring and summer. I'd say burgundy is always beautiful in the fall. Good luck and congrats.
Reply:oooh, I had a fall wedding - so nice!
I used a pretty satiny gold and copper colors. It went wonderfully with the bright red and orange trees in the background of our pictures.
Reply:Doesn't really matter since you WILL get a divorce.
Reply:I agree with the light colors for spring and summer, and dark colors for fall and winter. Since Burgundy isn't one of the colors YOU had in mind go with the emerald and use the silver as your accent color. You may want a touch of yellow here and there since it's one of your colors, and the cake will be tough to do in emerald and silver. Unless you have an all white cake.
Good Luck and have fun planning.
Reply:Light colors for spring and summer, dark colors for fall and winter. I agree with the woman who said burgundy...........
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