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Watch for new artwork added frequently! Click on the underlined

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Present PHOTOSTRATION Gallerie

Spirit Works Gallery Beauties & Beasties Gallery Self Portrait Gallery The Other Gallery

Permanent Additions! Check out Aidan's London !

More added Oct. 6th / 08!! New additions

July 2010!

Check out The Girls, part of what is turning out

to be my online museum.

Till I open my own facility!

MY NEW YORK! Photos of our

New York trip in 2009. Also the beauty of the ocean,

photos of the gorgeous New Jersey coast! Share the

love with our dear East coast friends in our East Coast

trip personal reunion page.

Celebrate!!

Click here to join us at our "Go Fly a Kite in

Papago Park" picnic held on October 4th

2009. This gathering was to celebrate Alan's

58th birthday and our 28th wedding anniversary.

A good time was had by all in a gorgeous setting.

Martha's Vineyard,

New York City & Westchester County

We celebrated Alan's 60th birthday and our big 30th year anniversary back East and have just

returned! What a wonderful time with famoly and friends. Click here to enjoy the sights of

Martha's Vineyard Massachusetts, New York's lower east side.

New!!! I will be selling part of a thirty year collection

of antiques and collectables. This will be a opportunity

for you to purchase your own piece of nostalgia

from these two outlets.

2 Feature Pages!!!

2 promotional works for HouseLift.

My answer to visualizing remolding or finishing

inside or outside. Ask me to help you visualize your dream!

*** * * * * New Project * * * * ***

The Life center museum project

This facility is dedicated to education, preservation and the appreciation of cultural achievement

and diversity of humanity.The celebration of uniqueness and the ordinary in mans experience will be

exhibited here. If you are inclined to help or contribute in any way you are welcome! Email me please!

For a look at the preliminary proposal please click on this link.

An archive of my past website Entrances. Changed each month to reflect

a season or event.

Visit my pics taken in Dublin at The Guinness factory and the old prison.

Come visit a gallery of my photography.

Photos of New Orleans, The Renaissance Fair, Northern Arizona, and Northern California.

Photos from our hacienda and cacti garden. Photos from Scotland & Ireland added 10/06//08!

Come along on the Dublin bus tour, visit the Guinness factory, the old prison & some of

Dublin's landmarks. More photos added 2/23/09. "OFF THE WALL WEB" design,

Phillip Mlsna photography (additions added 12/31/08.) New Artist Joanie Labette

added 6/25/09. Brand new artist added Catherine Stenhjem

Check out out her beautiful fantastic sirens!

Intermission (Just for fun) from You Tube and Jib Jab for your entertainment.

More accurate Bio of Georg Schafer

courtesy his wife Mani.

( All January trivia is courtesy Wilkopedia)

January is the first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars,and one of seven

Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. The first day of the month is known as New

Years day. It is, on average, the coldest month of the year within most of the Northern

Hemisphere (where it is the second month of winter) and the warmest month of the year

within most of the Southern hemisphere (where it is the second month of summer). In the

Southern Hemisphere, January is the seasonal equivalent of July in the Northern Hemisphere.

January starts on the same day of the week as October in common years, and starts on the

same day of the week as April and July in leap years. In a common year, January ends on

the same day of the week as February and October, and ends on the same day of the week

as July in a leap year.January is named after Janus, the god of the doorway; the name has its

beginnings in Roman mythology, coming from the Latin word for door (ianua) – January is the

door to the year. Traditionally, the original Roman calendar consisted of 10 months, totalling

304 days, winter being considered a monthless period. Around 713 BC, the semi-mythical successor

of Romulus, King Numa Pompilius, is supposed to have added the months of January and

February, allowing the calendar to equal a standard lunar year (355 days). Although March was

originally the first month in the old Roman Calendar, January became the first month of the

calendar year either under Numa or under the Decemvirs about 450 BC (Roman writers differ).

In contrast, years in dates were identified by naming two consuls Various Christian feast

dates were used for the New Year in Europe during the Middle Ages,including

March 25 and December 25. However, medieval calendars were still displayed in the

Roman fashion of twelve columns from January to December. Beginning in the

16th century, European countries began officially making January 1 the start of

the New Year once again—sometimes called Circumcision Style because this

was the date of the Feast of the Circumcision, being the eighth day from December 25.

Historical names for January include its original Roman designation, Ianuarius, the Saxon

term Wulf-monath (meaning wolf month) and Charlemagne's

designation Wintarmanoth (winter / cold month).

The Birth flower for January is the

Dianthus caryophyllus

or Galanthus.

January's birthstone is the garnet.

The garnet group includes a group of minerals that have been used since the Bronze Age as gemstones and

abrasives.The name "garnet" may come from either the Middle English word gernet meaning 'dark red',

or the Latin grain") ("grain"), possibly a reference to the Punica granatu("pomegranate"), a plant with red

seeds similar in shape, size, and color to some garnet crystals.Six common species of garnet are

recognized by their chemical composition.

They are pyrope, almadine, spassartine, grossular (varieties of which are hessonite or cinnamon-stone and

tsavorite),uvarovite and andradite. The garnets make up two solid solutioseries: 1. pyrope-almandine-

spessarite and 2. uvarovite-grossular-andradite.

Astrological signs for the month of January are

Capricorn or Aquarius

depending on which day you were born.

Capricorn is the tenth astrological sign in the zodiac. In astrology, Capricorn is considered an introvert sign.

It is also considered an earth sign and one of the four cardinal signs. Capricorn

is ruled by the planet Saturn. Being the 10 sign of the zodiac, Capricorn has

been associated with the astrological 10th house. Individuals born when

the sun was in this sign a considered Capricorn individuals. Under the

tropical zodiac,the sun enters Capricorn by definition at the moment of

the winter solstice, or roughly at December 22, and leaves it around

January 19.The constellation usually did take it as a goat with the fishes tail.

One myth says that when the goat God Pan was attacked by the monster

Typhon, he dove into the Nile; the parts above the water remained a goat,

but those under the water transformed into a fish. The image of the sea

goat goes back at least to Babylonian times."The symbol of the goat rising

from the body of a fish represents with greatest propriety the mountainous

buildings of Babylon rising out of its low and marshy situation; the two horns of the goat being emblematic

of the two towns, Nineveh and Babylon, the former built on the Tigris, the latter on the Euphrates; but both

subjected to one sovereignty."

Those born under the sign of Aquarius not only march to a different drummer, they make up new music

as they go along. They are 'mind oriented' individuals, whose thoughts

never stop tick-tocking over. Because of their high focus on intellectual

exploration, many inventors, eccentrics and highly original trailblazers are

born under this sign. Their intense ability to live on many mental levels, holds

both pain and pleasure for Aquarians. For example, in the American Hall of Fame

there are more Aquarians than any other sign, yet statistics reveal that in mental

institutions there are more Aquarians than any other sign too. Many extremes can

surround this sign and these extremes can take them to both heaven and hell.

But in everyday terms, most Aquarians are extremely humanitarian and often

involved in social programs that assist others. They can also be objective in

judgement, for they never let their emotions get in the way. Outgoing and

amiable, Aquarians attract friends wherever they go and those whom

Aquarians befriend have their unswerving loyalty.

Aquarians are the zodiac's most mysterious and unusual people - and no two are anything alike. Those born

under this sign - ruled by innovative and non-conformist Uranus - march to the beat of their own drum. They

see life in a different way. Others quite frequently think their habits and ideas are eccentric or crazy in some

way, but it is this uniqueness that makes them so special. The Aquarian mind is extremely quick and they never seem

to stop thinking (it is interesting to note that many born under this sign suffer from insomnia.) Aquarians usually

have strong political, environmental or social beliefs. But whether it is a relationship, career or cause - Aquarians are

happiest when they have "something" to believe in and nurture.

Special note for Aquarians: With the new Millennium heralding the Dawn of the Age of Aquarius, at

this time, ready or not, your sign is regarded as the zodiac's leader. You are the trendsetter for the future and

because of this high responsibility, many under born your sign will be undergoing at this time, as we approach the

Millennium, the pressure of personal change (particularly in your values and what makes you content and happy).

Yours has always been a philanthropic sign. Now more than ever these qualities will be highlighted.