…. interesting read, roots of the Holiday and to quote the writer/blogger “Today is Mother’s Day and love it or hate it unless you aren’t a Mother or don’t have a Mother you might skip over today like a normal Sunday. I am a Mother and a Grand-Mother and I HATE Mother’s day…” (I happen to love it, but her take was interesting…. HAPPY MOTHER’s day everyone
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REFLECTIONS on 2015 A-Z CHALLENGE
M.C.V. Egan
About
A to Z Challenge 2015 was a very fun filled month in which “April Showers did indeed bring May Flowers.” I made some nice blogger friends, from many parts of the world and discovered some FANTASTIC BLOGS.
To my surprise the vast majority of movies I came up with were Science Fiction and I might pick a Sci-Fi theme someday.
At 4covert2overt~ A Place in the Spotlight the theme was; movies that have impacted me for better or worse. I laughed with some of the films, remembered the first movie I saw when I found out I was pregnant in 1997 (Titanic) and the last movie I saw before I gave birth in 1998 (The Mask of Zorro) . In the horror department it was easy to remembered a few nightmares. I added the movie trailer for every movie and in one case the full film was available!
In What’s in a name? I was surprised by the meaning of some of the names and I explained how the meaning of names influences my choices when naming characters. I paid homage to people that are or were important in my life, and I loved the comments of my visitors with their stories… one even said I gave her ideas on how to choose the name of a child she was expecting!
I think next year I will only use one blog, I have four, and I will stick to a HISTORICAL theme, I found the historical blogs had the posts that I found the most interesting and that sparked great ideas….. UNTIL NEXT APRIL and all the A-Z fun
Maria Catalina Vergara Egan
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The Bridge of Deaths
RUSSELL BITTNER: MADAME BOVARY AND ANNA KARENINA WERE “THE MODELS” OF TROMPE-L’OEIL
Russell Bittner’s Trompe-l’oeil was described by the readers as “sexy and sophisticated read”, “a fascinating mixture of sensuality and romanticism”, “prose as its best”. The book gathered nice 4.5 average Amazon stars from 39 reviews. Our next guest’s prose publications have appeared over the years in journals/magazines. Lets welcome in Land of Books Mr. Russell Bittner.
via RUSSELL BITTNER: MADAME BOVARY AND ANNA KARENINA WERE “THE MODELS” OF TROMPE-L’OEIL.
Daffodils at the Farmstead
Hey There Space Cadet
One of my wonderful finds whilst Blogging with #AtoZchallenge2015
Having scraped through Blogging A-Z with 24 stories, one very time-consuming Poser 2014 render and one hiatus post because I couldn’t see out of one eye, I now have more time to dedicate to retexturing the Ruby outfit.
With that in mind, I have a progress update! Of sorts.
Unlike the last one, this is not a vanity shot by any means. I take these on a (depressingly) regular basis to work out how my seams are going (perils of using Photoshop) and to make sure nothing horrific has happened between PS and Poser, like the time I accidentally moved part of the texture halfway down the map and didn’t notice. It has depth on it… but only because I keep forgetting to turn it off in the render menu, so it’s actually quicker to position the guide. …I am so lazy, I know.
Now… I think I have…
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Five Star Treatment – The Mistreatment of Zora Langston by Lisa Tetting
Z is for …. Zeke #AtoZchallenge2015
WE MADE IT TO Z! Thanks for all your visits and comments it has been such fun. I have one child a son, his name is Austin which means MAJESTIC and as a small child he loved the Disney movie A BUG’s LIFE . I think he identified with ZEKE, that he was the kind of kid whose intentions were always good, but the perceived result by those around him, especially teachers, were not as successful.
English Meaning:
The name Zeke is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Zeke is: Abbreviation of Ezekiel.
Hebrew Meaning:
The name Zeke is a Hebrew baby name. In Hebrew the meaning of the name Zeke is: God strengthens, or may God strengthen.
Do you identify your child/children to any Disney character? Or perhaps yourself?
Y is for YOLANDA
I am one of eight children, as you can imagine growing up my mom with eight kids was busy and did not have too many friends, she did as we got older and she had the time. She had a friend I found fascinating and welcomed with joy when she dropped by. YOLANDA , she was a very pretty woman. She would have been a good model for Rubens, she was overweight and carried it with elegance.
She always brought a delicious cake; bought I don’t think she was a baker… and one of her arms had a very large number of gold bracelets, they were like a wrist to elbow manacle and she had had them for so many years that her arm was thin (just under the bracelets), which were removed every few months to have professionally cleaned.
Meaning & History
From the medieval French name Yolande, which was possibly a form of the name Violante, which was itself a derivative of Latin viola “violet”. Alternatively it could be of Germanic origin.This name was borne by a 12th-century empress of the Latin Empire in Constantinople, who was originally from Flanders. It was also used by her descendants in the royal families of Hungary (spelled Jolánta) and Spain (sometimes spelled Violante). The Blessed Yolanda of Poland was a daughter of Béla IV of Hungary who married a Polish duke. Another notable bearer was a 13th-century countess of Vianden in Luxembourg who joined a convent against her parents’ wishes, later becoming the subject of medieval legend.
X is for XIMENA
XIMENA
I love my name Maria Catalina, but when I was a kid I use to ponder if my name were not Catalina what would be a cool name to have? I toyed with a few but always came back to a very cool name with an X …XIMENA it means to hear or listen, if accepted as a Spanish form of the name SIMONE… I am a talker, so I can only conclude Ximena would not have been the right name for me.
Ximena \x(i)-me-na\ as a girl’s name. Possibly a variant of Xenia, or an archaic Spanish form of Simone.
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