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Chessapeaka wrote:
Costumed peoples posing for the cams (not sure which anime/manga they’re from… possibly a myriad):
http://s48.photobucket.com/albums/f245/mondkatze/?action=view¤t=AnimeExpo6.jpgMost, if not all of them, appear to be from the anime .Hack. It’s also a series of video games.
I opted to work (I’ll get the holiday off at another date of my choosing *hehe*), but since the site is closed, I get to work from home. Saves me two hours in commuting that day :] Hopefully, with all other sites also closed (except maybe a site or two overseas at that hour), it will be pretty quiet anyways *fingers crossed*
I like 4 and 5, but voted for 5.
I also like any of the ones in this picture from Melody’s gallery:
http://www.windstoneeditions.com/galleries/displayimage.php?album=16&pos=34
They are # 1, 5, and 7 in the big pizza picture. I know the fourth one is the Metallic Blue Butternut Poad, just with Green eyes.I plan on it in the future. When I was in Austria, it was for the month of January, so I missed them. I plan on going back to Austria for a trip, but it won’t be until Nov/Dec 2008 (need to visit the Christkindlmarkts). Trying to save some money this year.
I do have a trip to France potentially in January coming up though (apparently the prices are cheap because no one wants to travel there in January). Will be doing Paris and traveling around by rail through Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg) and a bit of northwestern Germany.
I would like a Peacock Emp, but I can’t afford the full price of one at this moment. I’d have to do payments for one or something 😕 If I got reimbursed on some stuff, maybe I could reconsider, but that hasn’t happened yet.
Griffiness wrote:We are having a bad week 🙁
siberakh1 if you coming up from Cornwall to Glastonbury you will be going along a main road about 10 mins from my house!!!! 😯 😀 I used to go to college next to Glastonbury thats about 30 mins away from me 8) You should come over you are invited 😀
Sweet! Not sure what year I’ll end up doing it, but it won’t be this year. Either 2008, 09, or 10. 2010 if I get to go to Japan! If not, I may do that area on a trip all it’s own in the next two years 😉 I’ll definitely let you know and make a point to drop by!
Somerset? Sweet! When I make my UK trip (put off for another few years), I was planning on visiting a few places in Somerset (Bath, Glastonbury, etc.) on my way up from Cornwall before traveling North to Wales and Scotland 😀
I so can’t wait to go to London! Well, to quote “Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.” — Samuel Johnson
I hope the exchange rate is a bit improved in the next year or so. Everything is double right now. I just put off Scotland this fall for another time 🙁 Roadtriping up to Nova Scotia and back instead.
Actually, Andalusians are decended from the predecessors that helped create the Lipizzaner.
The Lipizzaners found at the Spanish Riding School in Vienna come from the Piber farm almost exclusively. All are decended from 6 different Stallions:
Pluto: a gray Spanish stallion from the Royal Danish Stud, foaled in 1765
Conversano: a black Neopolitan stallion, foaled in 1767
Neapolitano: a bay Neopolitan stallion from Polesina, foaled in 1790
Favory: a dun stallion from the Kladrub stud, foaled in 1779
Siglavy: a gray Arabian stallion, foaled in 1810
Maestoso: a gray (or possibly white) Kladruber stallion, a crossbred of Neapolitan sire and a Spanish dam, foaled at the Hungarian stud of Mezőhegyes in 1819All Piber Lipizzaners are decended from these 6 lines and will bear brands indicating which ones, as well as foal number and the Piber symbol. If you know what the different stallions physical traits are, you can actually pick out which lines a modern day Lipizzaner is decended from! There are two other lines recognized by the Lipizzan International Federation, but they won’t be in the bloodlines from the ones at Piber. Another big stud farm is in Lipica (formerly spelled Lipizza, hence the breed name) in Slovenia (Lipizzaners are a national treasure of Slovenia).
There are some Lipizzaners who stay dark and never develop a grey to white coat (Lipizzaners are actually considered genetically to be grey. A true white horse will have pink skin. If the horse has gray or black skin, even if the coat is snow white, the horse is actually a gray horse.). The Spanish Riding School makes sure they have at least 1 bay Lipizzan in residence as a nod to the old belief that to not have one is bad luck. Up until the 18th century, Lipizzaners also could be bay or dun. The grey gene is dominate, so the other colors have gone they way of genetics.
The more grey a Lipizzaner’s coat is (unless it’s a bay), the younger it is. The horses are very slow to mature. There also aren’t a lot of them (I think there are only around 3,000 registered world wide last I remember).
If you visit the school in Vienna, don’t visit in January (when I did). They are on vacation *d’oh!*. The museum across the street is open and you can watch them via camera in the stables, see all sorts of neat stuff, etc., but no performances. You can even buy Mare’s milk chocolate at the gift shop! If you are there during their performing season, check out a morning workout. I think it’s free, or cheaper than the shows and I believe much less crowded.
Guess where I spent a few hours one day ….
Hehe… don’t mean to intrude Keschete 8)
Nambroth wrote:Melody,
I like Crimson Flare. SOLAR FLARE!
Sorry, my DBZ days coming back to haunt me. >_>
Kamehaaaaamehaaaaaa Crimson Flare dragon! 😆
I think I would continue trying to lighten up those areas that still look a bit too dark or bruised before having to restart. If after a few more layers it isn’t helping, then I would consider restarting. I can’t wait to see her done! 🙂
