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Choose Your Garden -- The Roman Herb Garden

Perhaps my most favorite garden design of all, is the Roman Herb Garden. It reminds me of a translation from a recipe book written in the first century A.D. Now, there is a lot of misinformation when it...

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The Emily Morgan Hotel in San Antonio, Texas94

Real Haunted Hotels in San Antonio, Texas

The Emily Morgan Hotel in San Antonio, Texas If you've read many of my hubs, you'll know that I have an appreciation for architecture and haunted places. When you combine the two, you'll understand why I find...

24 comments    travel vacation hubchallenge
One sees this statue and horse before entering the grounds.79

Texas - Katy - Sightseeing - Forbidden Gardens - WOW

  If traveling to China is not in your foreseeable future and yet you would like to experience The Forbidden City in all of it's glory, come to Katy, Texas ( just outside Houston ) and you can see an exact...

22 comments    vacation texas sightseeing
Relaxing in the jacuzzi at The Terra Cotta Inn, nudist resort in sunny Palm Springs, California71

Nude vacations are very romantic

Romantic vacations are very important for couples. Especially in these trying times. With one out of every two marriages ending up in divorce that is a pretty sobering statistic. Couples definitely need to...

1 comment    travel vacation marriage
I have prepared a timeline for the best looking terracotta temples of Bengal. Five are in West Bengal and one is in Bangla Desh. These temples have been constructed over a period of 150 years. The artwork is exquisite and storytelling in the panels  69

TIMELINE & SIX BEAUTIES AMONG THE TERRA COTTA TEMPLES OF BENGAL

Please see the enlarged view of the 'Timeline' to go through the notes. I have prepared a timeline for the best looking terracotta temples of Bengal. Five are in West Bengal and one is in Bangla Desh....

2 comments    travel religion history
Dividing the Table into Thirds77

Baby Shower Table Decorations: What the Caterers Know

Chances are you have attended an "event" where the hostess stuck out a plate of pimento cheese sandwiches and tied some balloons to the new mommy's chair proclaiming it a baby shower. Back up! This is not...

0 comments    home save money party
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Garden ornaments: Survival strategies for you and them

Some gardens are so heavily covered in ornaments you can wonder whether the garden is an excuse for the ornaments, or vice versa. In practice, they tend to be an unscheduled supply of bric a brac for the...

1 comment    ornamental garden gnomes garden ornaments
Inscription on the centre of the Arch : regd. the opening of the Temple57

A TALE WOVEN AROUND HISTORY OF TERRACOTTA TEMPLES - II

I shall load photos later to this hub. If you liked this hub, please refer to : http://przmm.blogspot.com/ Manomoy Acharya It was early morning at Bishnupur. Mid- September,1640 AD. Manomay Acharya has...

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From L to R : KrsnaChandra,SriChaitanya and BrindabanChandra temples77

TERRA COTTA TEMPLES OF BENGAL - VI

BrindabanChandra cluster of Temples at Guptipara,West Bengal Guptipara is in Hooghly district, about 75 km by train or car from Calcutta.Story goes that this place used to be called 'Gupta Brindaban' during...

1 comment    travel religion history
'Art of Grotesque' .... the foliages on left and right sides are dissimilar! Watch out the difference in layout .... quite interesting. From small temple at Antpur,Dt. - Hooghly.78

ART OF GROTESQUE AND TERRA COTTA PANELS OF TEMPLES OF BENGAL

Till I did a bit of Internet search for writing on the ‘Art of Grotesque’ in terra cotta temples of Bengal, I did not know about genesis of the word ‘Grotesque’. In art, this is a style that...

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