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Saturday, April 30, 2016

What, That Eternal Vernet? Mais Oui, On Ne Peut Pas L'Oublier

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Vernet is alive and well in this household, thank you. I may be more than a year behind, but it's a wonderful dress that should see the...
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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Meet Nina, Lana's First Lamb

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Nina. Eight pounds. Fuzzy, warm, adorable. The first for Lana. The first for us. The boys' own lamb. Here she is not long after bir...
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Friday, March 11, 2016

Early Spring Means Sheep Shearing...Or, How Lana and the Flock Took To Their Heels

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Holding Lana before she's sheared. Some of that dual coat is six inches long, and it's almost as dense as felt, without being fe...
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Sunday, February 07, 2016

Not Shaun the Sheep, but Lana the Sheep!

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Once upon a time there was a Shetland sheep, almost a year old. Her name was Lana, and she had long, tawny wool, almost like hair, and s...
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Friday, January 15, 2016

Vernet: I Spy Eyelets! Different Qualities of Handmade Eyelet Embroidery

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Reverse side of piece of finely produced eyelet embroidery with new threads laid on top for comparison. Discussion below.  The embroi...
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Wednesday, January 06, 2016

Vernet: Ninon declares, "Vive le Roi!"

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Arrival of Louis XVIII at Calais, 1814; Edward Bird. Courtesy BBC Your Pictures. More info . Are those angels on the stairs? No, sailor...
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Sunday, December 27, 2015

Vernet's 1814 Marveilleuses and Incroyables: A Robe a la Ninon

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What? A post? Yes indeed. Brief, but a post...about the Vernet project ! The Chapeau à l'Anglaise, Robe à la Ninon is the plate I s...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015

More Than a Snowstorm, More Than a Cold Snap

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The most snow since 1998, at least. The coldest since 1936, at least. Mardi Gras almost forgotten, Ash Wednesday celebrated at home, except...
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