<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192175921325681575</id><updated>2012-02-16T07:33:45.891-08:00</updated><category term='mermaids'/><category term='coffee'/><category term='adventure'/><category term='thinking about other things'/><category term='cinderella the chicken'/><title type='text'>midnight in the garden of evil knievel</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maritaalbers.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9192175921325681575/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maritaalbers.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>marita</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03114745097008064527</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-koxv6bKDl3k/TfVbue54dPI/AAAAAAAAAB4/2r2Lw1K42pE/s220/DSCF0279.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192175921325681575.post-1953186319849808062</id><published>2011-08-09T21:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-09T21:05:46.085-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cinderella the chicken'/><title type='text'>on my mind</title><content type='html'>tramp-steamer adventures&lt;br /&gt;tom waits&lt;br /&gt;china in the snow&lt;br /&gt;the ever-present presence of ibises on our street corner&lt;br /&gt;growing kang kong&lt;br /&gt;crows, crow women&lt;br /&gt;robin hobb&lt;br /&gt;the fleas&lt;br /&gt;compromise vs balance&lt;br /&gt;... and chocolate; I think I need chocolate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In other news,&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;this is the lovely Lady Luck... who is residing in my loungeroom until I decide whether I want to let her go...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--Ln0iLMQXjQ/TkIBLYCxgmI/AAAAAAAAACw/Hq_5peLA3YA/s1600/lady+luck.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--Ln0iLMQXjQ/TkIBLYCxgmI/AAAAAAAAACw/Hq_5peLA3YA/s320/lady+luck.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;..and I've been relishing the process of lino-printing fabric lately...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8ANTe7Bn7Mw/TkIBRcQ7J_I/AAAAAAAAAC0/MyBEPNDy2F0/s1600/fabric.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8ANTe7Bn7Mw/TkIBRcQ7J_I/AAAAAAAAAC0/MyBEPNDy2F0/s320/fabric.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;...and lastly, a chicken for nat!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NjYJO0bCMIs/TkIBzeGmatI/AAAAAAAAAC4/Jpxjoh3gf8Y/s1600/cinderella.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NjYJO0bCMIs/TkIBzeGmatI/AAAAAAAAAC4/Jpxjoh3gf8Y/s320/cinderella.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9192175921325681575-1953186319849808062?l=maritaalbers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maritaalbers.blogspot.com/feeds/1953186319849808062/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://maritaalbers.blogspot.com/2011/08/on-my-mind.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9192175921325681575/posts/default/1953186319849808062'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9192175921325681575/posts/default/1953186319849808062'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maritaalbers.blogspot.com/2011/08/on-my-mind.html' title='on my mind'/><author><name>marita</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03114745097008064527</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-koxv6bKDl3k/TfVbue54dPI/AAAAAAAAAB4/2r2Lw1K42pE/s220/DSCF0279.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--Ln0iLMQXjQ/TkIBLYCxgmI/AAAAAAAAACw/Hq_5peLA3YA/s72-c/lady+luck.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192175921325681575.post-1660466236058858745</id><published>2011-07-19T00:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-19T00:20:28.451-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='thinking about other things'/><title type='text'>ideas</title><content type='html'>'The idea hovered and shimmered delicately, like a soap bubble, and she dared not even look at it directly in case it burst. But she was familiar with the way of ideas, and she let it shimmer, looking away, thinking about something else.'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Northern Lights&lt;/i&gt;, Philip Pullman&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vWM7JL41BO8/TiUvVONAH3I/AAAAAAAAACs/_lsjPmTe7AE/s1600/chickens.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vWM7JL41BO8/TiUvVONAH3I/AAAAAAAAACs/_lsjPmTe7AE/s320/chickens.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;P.S. In other news, we have chickens! &amp;nbsp; Welcome to Cinderella, Fancy Nancy, Mrs Feather and Licorice; friendly, clucky little creatures that they are...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9192175921325681575-1660466236058858745?l=maritaalbers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maritaalbers.blogspot.com/feeds/1660466236058858745/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://maritaalbers.blogspot.com/2011/07/ideas.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9192175921325681575/posts/default/1660466236058858745'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9192175921325681575/posts/default/1660466236058858745'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maritaalbers.blogspot.com/2011/07/ideas.html' title='ideas'/><author><name>marita</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03114745097008064527</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-koxv6bKDl3k/TfVbue54dPI/AAAAAAAAAB4/2r2Lw1K42pE/s220/DSCF0279.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vWM7JL41BO8/TiUvVONAH3I/AAAAAAAAACs/_lsjPmTe7AE/s72-c/chickens.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192175921325681575.post-3606142835061771819</id><published>2011-07-05T20:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-05T20:13:09.873-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='coffee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='adventure'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mermaids'/><title type='text'>adventures in blogland...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4f_3CEs5aOg/ThPR0Hx2sHI/AAAAAAAAACY/BLW1QQ0mrbA/s1600/IMG_0173.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4f_3CEs5aOg/ThPR0Hx2sHI/AAAAAAAAACY/BLW1QQ0mrbA/s320/IMG_0173.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t3RB3ID_Qd8/ThPSFHFTXMI/AAAAAAAAACc/-wn9M-7hJ70/s1600/IMG_0256.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t3RB3ID_Qd8/ThPSFHFTXMI/AAAAAAAAACc/-wn9M-7hJ70/s320/IMG_0256.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4pYlkUbwxqw/ThPSMKgv2zI/AAAAAAAAACg/K2EfU0ZPVZo/s1600/IMG_0236.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4pYlkUbwxqw/ThPSMKgv2zI/AAAAAAAAACg/K2EfU0ZPVZo/s320/IMG_0236.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fgZQF3L_2rE/ThPSVlkH9hI/AAAAAAAAACk/RNXgq86XmS8/s1600/IMG_0248.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fgZQF3L_2rE/ThPSVlkH9hI/AAAAAAAAACk/RNXgq86XmS8/s320/IMG_0248.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RF0P-6cPfiQ/ThPSYUgZ7mI/AAAAAAAAACo/NnbjvXNOXKs/s1600/IMG_0267.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RF0P-6cPfiQ/ThPSYUgZ7mI/AAAAAAAAACo/NnbjvXNOXKs/s320/IMG_0267.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;It feels strange to be setting out on a new venture, into the world of cyberspace, whilst sitting on my back verandah in my around-the-house clothes, with the quiet sounds of dry season unfolding around me... but, in lieu of actually being able to sling a backpack on at this moment and squint towards the horizon, it's pretty good. At least, there's plenty of coffee brewing here.&lt;br /&gt;So, here's some photos of bits and pieces I've been making lately....&lt;br /&gt;More thoughts down the track....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9192175921325681575-3606142835061771819?l=maritaalbers.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maritaalbers.blogspot.com/feeds/3606142835061771819/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://maritaalbers.blogspot.com/2011/07/adventures-in-blogland.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9192175921325681575/posts/default/3606142835061771819'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9192175921325681575/posts/default/3606142835061771819'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maritaalbers.blogspot.com/2011/07/adventures-in-blogland.html' title='adventures in blogland...'/><author><name>marita</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03114745097008064527</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-koxv6bKDl3k/TfVbue54dPI/AAAAAAAAAB4/2r2Lw1K42pE/s220/DSCF0279.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4f_3CEs5aOg/ThPR0Hx2sHI/AAAAAAAAACY/BLW1QQ0mrbA/s72-c/IMG_0173.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
