<?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-7353199310178436049</id><updated>2011-12-14T18:52:31.440-08:00</updated><category term='chilli'/><category term='pottery'/><category term='recipe'/><category term='treasured'/><category term='food'/><category term='art collectibles'/><category term='worth'/><category term='collecting art'/><category term='drink'/><category term='art collection'/><title type='text'>box of nails</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://boxofnails.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7353199310178436049/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://boxofnails.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Gildzen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10769972289867293406</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353199310178436049.post-594487508888908044</id><published>2007-07-29T12:46:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-29T12:46:32.182-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pottery'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='treasured'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='worth'/><title type='text'>Valuable Picasso Pottery - It's In The Marks!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'&gt; &lt;p&gt;Much like a signature on a painting, clayware Marks function to&lt;br /&gt; place where a piece was created, who made it, and what company&lt;br /&gt; sold it.  The clayware Marks aren't obviously placed, as to not&lt;br /&gt; overtake the beauty of the piece itself.  They are often hidden&lt;br /&gt; well inside, making it tough to larn much from them.  If you&lt;br /&gt; can't happen the grade or state what it means, a clayware expert will&lt;br /&gt; be able to turn up it and explicate to you its significance.  The&lt;br /&gt; Marks are important, so you should certainly look into them on&lt;br /&gt; any piece of clayware that you get or are looking to purchase.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Marks can be used to assist day of the month the piece, which can be&lt;br /&gt; especially helpful to historians.  Historians can larn who&lt;br /&gt; designed the pieces, when they made it, and where they made it.  From this information, they can larn what the civilization of the&lt;br /&gt; clip was like and what the typical life forms and conditions&lt;br /&gt; were.  A batch can be learned about the civilization by seeing what&lt;br /&gt; tools were used to do the clayware as well.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Since you are probably not a historian, this information probably&lt;br /&gt; intends less to you.  It is still interesting to cognize about, but&lt;br /&gt; the chief ground looking for Marks will assist you is to state what&lt;br /&gt; the clayware is worth.  A grade can assist you find the value of&lt;br /&gt; the clayware in respective ways.  You have got to begin by simply finding&lt;br /&gt; the grade and assessing what it means.  If you can't happen it or&lt;br /&gt; state what it means, confer with a professional.  Once you have got a&lt;br /&gt; basic apprehension of it, you can seek clayware databases on&lt;br /&gt; the cyberspace to happen inside information about your pottery.  These are very&lt;br /&gt; helpful tools and you can larn about the work you've bought and&lt;br /&gt; happen out what it's truly worth.  You may have got a cherished piece&lt;br /&gt; of fine art and not even cognize it yet!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7353199310178436049-594487508888908044?l=boxofnails.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://boxofnails.blogspot.com/feeds/594487508888908044/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7353199310178436049&amp;postID=594487508888908044' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7353199310178436049/posts/default/594487508888908044'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7353199310178436049/posts/default/594487508888908044'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://boxofnails.blogspot.com/2007/07/valuable-picasso-pottery-it-in-marks.html' title='Valuable Picasso Pottery - It&amp;#39;s In The Marks!'/><author><name>Gildzen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10769972289867293406</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353199310178436049.post-7821541498496519766</id><published>2007-07-19T17:03:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-19T17:03:33.924-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='drink'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chilli'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='recipe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><title type='text'>I Love A Good Chili Recipe</title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'&gt; &lt;p&gt;Those who like to cook chili con carne con carne con carne con carne always desire to detect that one chili formula that volition have got their household and friends talking about for ages and maybe even affect a few chili competition judges.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Below is one of the best chili formula for you to seek and I believe you everyone who is involved will be well impressed&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ingredients&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;4-5 lbs.  land beef cattle of your pick &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br /&gt; ¼ cup of olive oil if needful to brownish meat &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 64 ozs.  V8 Juice for 4-5 lbs.  &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 1 onion for each pound of meat &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 1/4 cup of brownish refined sugar or honey &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 1 bell common pepper for each lb.  of meat &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 2-3 cloves Allium sativum for each lb.  of meat &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 3 cayennes or 1 habanera &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 2 tablespoonfuls Cuminum cyminum &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br /&gt; ½ cup finely chopped Petroselinum crispum or coriander &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 2 tablespoonfuls of chili con carne pulverization (your favorite) &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 1 teaspoon of cultivated celery seed &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 1 bay leafage for each lb of meat &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 1 - 16 oz.  can dark kidney edible beans for each lb.  of meat &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br /&gt; salt and common pepper to savor &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 10 mushrooms per lb of meat &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br /&gt; 1 tablespoonful of the secret ingredient &lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ground beef cattle or land unit of ammunition should be at least 80% lean.  Brown land beef cattle with olive oil.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Salt and Pepper-to taste sensation throughout the recipe.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After meat is browned, add onions, bell peppers, bay go forths and garlic.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Add secret ingredient.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Add chopped mushrooms.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Add cultivated celery seed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Add brownish refined sugar or honey.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;V8 juice is added next.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cook down for about 10 proceedings at a simmer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Add edible beans last and cook them until they are done to your taste.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cook this full batch of chili con carne until you acquire it comin' up.  Bubbling a little.  Bash not boil.  Bend it off and allow it sit, allow it sit, and allow it sit.  You can even allow it sit down so long that it acquires cold.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Then, reheat it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Siphon off the lubricating oil when it chills - the milk looking material on the top.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7353199310178436049-7821541498496519766?l=boxofnails.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://boxofnails.blogspot.com/feeds/7821541498496519766/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7353199310178436049&amp;postID=7821541498496519766' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7353199310178436049/posts/default/7821541498496519766'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7353199310178436049/posts/default/7821541498496519766'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://boxofnails.blogspot.com/2007/07/i-love-good-chili-recipe.html' title='I Love A Good Chili Recipe'/><author><name>Gildzen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10769972289867293406</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353199310178436049.post-3825846528090889057</id><published>2007-07-12T15:19:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-12T15:19:21.959-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='collecting art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art collectibles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art collection'/><title type='text'>How To Begin To Collect Art Collectibles That Will Make Your Home Unique</title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'&gt; &lt;p&gt;Many people have got go enamored with the avocation of collecting different points and one of the most rewarding is that of collecting fine art collectibles.  There are so many different points that tin be collected in this genre that it truly boggles the mind.  In the fine art collectables class 1 can accumulate anything from rice grains that have got bantam pictures on them to giant pictures or postings or even wall tapestries.  There are also rare points that are numbered and limited that tin be collected such as as the plates or certain sculptures that you may see advertised on television or in magazine.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Many people follow peculiar people and accumulate mainly that artist's work.  One of my favourites is an creative person by the name of Wyland who specialises in pictures about marine life.  His pictures are very colourful and the animals he paints almost look to be alive.  This peculiar creative person is also known for his tremendous wall paintings that are painted on edifices and called "whaling walls".  These wall paintings picture many different species of whales.  We have got one near me in Destin Florida.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Collecting fine art demand not be a avocation only for the flush and affluent.  You don't have got to be a aggregator of Rembrandt Van Rijn to be able to bask this merriment hobby.  There are many other pieces if fine art 1 tin accumulate that can be just as rewarding to the norm person.  I have got got a friend who accumulates film postings and he have one of the biggest I have seen.  Some of these postings do really cool fine fine art when framed and hung on the wall.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As a professional cyberspace seller I am a large user of eBay for determination all kinds of points and art collectables are no different.  As a substance of fact you will be completely blown away by the tremendous choice available just from this 1 source.  You can even sell points of your ain that you may desire to acquire quit of when starting a new collection.  You may also be very surprised at the valuable collectables you can happen at garage gross sales and flea markets.  I cognize when I have got got taken the clip to acquire out early on a Friday or Saturday morning time and hit the garage gross sales I have often establish some deals that were deserving many modern times what I paid for them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It doesn't substance where in the human race you are there are people available whose work you may desire to collect.  I have got a friend on the island of Eleuthera in the Commonwealth Of The Bahamas whose adolescent boy makes beautiful pieces of fine art depicting different types of fish which he fashions from driftwood and then paints them with bright colors.  This is something that tin be merriment if you travel.  Collect fine art from local people wherever you travel that volition also give you affectionate memories of the topographic points you have got been.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7353199310178436049-3825846528090889057?l=boxofnails.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://boxofnails.blogspot.com/feeds/3825846528090889057/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7353199310178436049&amp;postID=3825846528090889057' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7353199310178436049/posts/default/3825846528090889057'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7353199310178436049/posts/default/3825846528090889057'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://boxofnails.blogspot.com/2007/07/how-to-begin-to-collect-art.html' title='How To Begin To Collect Art Collectibles That Will Make Your Home Unique'/><author><name>Gildzen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10769972289867293406</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353199310178436049.post-1959410943472659247</id><published>2007-05-09T00:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-09T00:40:36.984-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I love this car</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Mm46r6MUsnw/Re47K6ys_rI/AAAAAAAAAS0/HJvtSQcWA7U/s1600-h/merc-c230-kompressor.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Mm46r6MUsnw/Re47K6ys_rI/AAAAAAAAAS0/HJvtSQcWA7U/s400/merc-c230-kompressor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5039030091840814770" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;the 2005 mercedes &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;c230 kompressor coupe.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;---&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;i love this car.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/7447/1957/1600/724447/inspirationsoup.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7353199310178436049-1959410943472659247?l=boxofnails.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://boxofnails.blogspot.com/feeds/1959410943472659247/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7353199310178436049&amp;postID=1959410943472659247' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7353199310178436049/posts/default/1959410943472659247'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7353199310178436049/posts/default/1959410943472659247'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://boxofnails.blogspot.com/2007/05/i-love-this-car.html' title='I love this car'/><author><name>Gildzen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10769972289867293406</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Mm46r6MUsnw/Re47K6ys_rI/AAAAAAAAAS0/HJvtSQcWA7U/s72-c/merc-c230-kompressor.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
