Georgian Edinburgh

by David Bennett March 2, 2012

Edinburgh is quite far north of the equator – 56° north in fact. That’s further north than Moscow or Copenhagen. So every drop of sunshine that can be wrung out of the winter sky is welcome. This is our first winter in Edinburgh and before we arrived I was worried that the winter might be [...]

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‘Birds On The Blog’ Profiles Tamara As A Wonderful Woman Blogger

by David Bennett February 29, 2012

More Than Six Hundred Million Websites Before I get into writing about women bloggers – and one woman blogger in particular – let me give you some background about websites in general. As we know, there are millions of websites on the world wide web. In fact, the website of Netcraft – an ‘Internet research, [...]

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Crocuses On Brunstfield Links

by David Bennett February 22, 2012

I photographed these today on a large grassy area here in Edinburgh known as the Bruntfield Links. The Links are adjacent to the Meadows – another large grassy area – and it is a very pleasant walk from the adjoining neighborhoods of Bruntsfield and Marchmont into the center of the City. The Links and the [...]

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Romancing The Ecards: Valentine’s Day Origins And Lore

by Tamara Colloff-Bennett February 13, 2012

Sealed With A Kiss Ever sign an ‘x’ on your email? Or use several of them in a real live letter or on an envelope (as in ‘SWAK – Sealed With A Kiss’), as we did so often for years before computers came on the scene? Well, it is believed that the ‘x’ symbol became [...]

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Ecards – Romantic Love For This Valentine’s Day

by Tamara Colloff-Bennett February 12, 2012

We have just put this Un-Break My Heart ecard into the Romantic Love category at Quillcards. And it seems to us it would also make a lovely Valentine’s Day card. With our ‘mix-and-match’ arrangement, you can pair any of our images with any of the greetings and any of the background colors. That’s how we [...]

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Valentine’s Day Ecards – Feline Sweet

by David Bennett February 9, 2012

Feline In Love Again Talk about wearing your heart on your sleeve – this feline wears his on his chest. Look at those hopeful eyes – romantic to the core, don’t you think? He’s gearing up for Valentine’s Day – dreaming of the day just a few days from now – when he will call [...]

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