Love Birds

I am so glad that some of you have a use for those photographs of the Presidents.  Thank you all for the nice notes that you've left.

I just love those old school books and over the years have collected quite a few of them.  While going through some of the pages it occurred to me, that sharing some of the information in them would be fun.  If you have a minute or two, read on.

From Sander's New Second Reader June 1853.

Marks and Pauses used in Reading.

If with correctness you would read,
You must with care the pauses heed.

                       Comma,
As oft as you the Comma meet,
You pause while one you can repeat.

                        Semicolon;
At Semicolons thus you do:
You pause the time of counting two.
                       
                        Colon:
At Colons then, the pause is more:
For there you rest the the time of four.

                        Period.
For Periods thus the rule we fix;
You rest the time of counting six.

                        "Quotation"
Quotations show the words of others;
As "Brothers should not war with brothers."

                         Exclamation!
Now Exclamations next appear;
These mark delight, surprise, or fear;
And here the time to rest we state,
The same as we for colons rate.

                          Interrogation?
Interrogations serve to show
Some question asked; as, Will you go?
At which you rest but little more
Than time to count the number four,

Thus, if correctly you would read,
With care the marks and pauses heed.

Chocolates

Chocolates. Also I downloaded all the Easy Rider pieces, so they seem to be working fine. Sorry that you had trouble Margarita.

Be Mine

Be Mine. I know the tulips aren't traditional. My charming husband came home with a dozen red roses. Truth be told, I'll always be partial to tulips. If your loved one is far from home this Valentine's day, remember they are always really as close as your heart. Have fun.

Love You

Love You. I have been going back through the blog combining all the kits into one preview. While this will take some time, it will make it easier to locate what you need. I also thought that relabeling by subject was probably the fastest way to accomplish that goal. Sports kits will be labeled by the sport, rather than the name of the kit. Holiday kits by the holiday, etc. The focus is to avoid multiple labels. I hope this will help all of you. Have fun.

True Love

True Love Papers and True Love Elements.

So I want to know what you think. We don't own 12x12 printers, but this is layed out in that size. The 2 background papers are 12x12. The scalloped edges are the actual size on the layout, except the green which I enlarged to compare the picture quality. Some of the greatest looking papers are heavy in memory up to 10mb for one paper. If I cut the size to 6x6 or 8x8, I think you would be just fine because the largest you print is 8 1/2 x 11 anyway. Either way is good for me.