Archive for October 2013
small-scale economies 7-29
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Did you ever sell vegetables by the road or help your kids run a lemonade stand? On Day 29 of my virtual bike trip, I saw two examples of this kind of small-scale economy. Selling roses and pots of plants provides some extra money for the vendor and something pretty or useful to buy along the road …
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map showing distance travelled (map from Google Earth)
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Setting up a roadside stand means finding a way to display the merchandise (a small bench will do), making a sign on a piece of paper or cardboard, and being ready to run out when you hear a car stop in the yard …
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selling roses along the road (image from Street View)
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selling plants along the road (image from Street View)
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Best View: for some reason cars caught my eye on this virtual bike trip … a green car travelling on a highway near Treworlas and cars with their headlights on as they drove through a dark tunnel of trees near Veryan … I used ‘resist’ to keep the green car white until the last and learned the hard way that too much ‘resist’ will lift the fibres from the paper ! … won’t do that again!!! …
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September 7, 2013 ‘green car’ Jane Tims
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September 7, 2013 ‘headlights in dark woods’ Jane Tims
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Copyright 2013 Jane Tims
climbing roses 7-28
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Climbing roses seem to me to be one of the quintessential elements of England. On the 28th day of my virtual bike trip along the Cornwall coast, roses seemed to clamour over every door …
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These are a few of the climbing roses of Portloe …
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Best View: the rugged coast at Portloe … I am trying ‘resist’ to keep small areas white as I paint … you apply the ‘resist’ to the watercolour paper before you begin to paint and then rub it off afterward … worked well, but I have to pay attention to the shape of the small areas of ‘resist’ …
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September 7, 2013 ‘rugged coast at Portloe’ Jane Tims
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The ‘resist’ can also be used to leave white space where flowers should be …
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August 25, 2013 ‘roses in Reviskey’ Jane Tims
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don’t ignore the signs 7-27
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a view of the coastal path near Portholland (image from Street View)
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map showing distance travelled (map from Google Earth)
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Today, I cycled very carefully along the roads near Portholland, watching for falling rocks …
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watch for those rocks! (image from Street View)
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and falling cars …
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watch out! danger! (image from Street View)
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The coast at Portholland is rugged and picturesque, but dangerous for both cars and hikers …
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those warning signs are important … I think the red box holds equipment for rescue … (image from Street View)
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more warning signs (image from Street View)
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Best View: cove at East Portholland
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August 14, 2013 ‘cove at East Portholland’ Jane Tims
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