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Mug Collection

Mug Collection

Here you can view the mugs we have brought back from various countries. The collection grows with each trip and becomes ever more diverse. There are ceramic, glass, porcelain and wooden mugs here. In various sizes, volumes and shapes.

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An Individual Horoscope - For and Against

An Individual Horoscope - For and Against

I should say straight away that I am not a fan of fortune-tellers, card readers, or soothsayers, but I do believe that the position of the stars, place and time, as well as one's zodiac sign (akin to temperament), can thoroughly influence a person's life and bring out or conceal certain character traits.

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Lady Elizabeth Rosamund Taylor's Insights

Lady Elizabeth Rosamund Taylor's Insights

When the news of this remarkable woman and actress's passing made its way around the world's media, it seems no one needed to be told who she had been. Her legend grew alongside the Hollywood film tradition - cat on a hot tin roof, Cleopatra, cowgirl, reveller, and so much more. Here are a few insights from life from Elizabeth Taylor's collection.

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Book by I. Daliba "Fundamentals of Visual Advertising"

Book by I. Daliba "Fundamentals of Visual Advertising"

This book was created within the ESF open competition activity "Improvement of Educational Programmes in Initial Vocational Education in Sectors Important to the Economy", project "Development and Implementation of a Two-Year Vocational Secondary Education Programme in Advertising Service Commerce".

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Exhibition "Intertextil Balticum 2011"

Exhibition "Intertextil Balticum 2011"

I invite you to plan ahead and visit the exhibition at Ķīpsala in the second week of April, i.e., from 8th to 10th April this year - "Intertextil Balticum 2011". The exhibition comes with new offerings and a special handcrafts section.

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Flamenco Skirts

Flamenco Skirts

I want to share a positive experience of ordering flamenco dance skirts from Spain. As a result I saved both time and money, and within a month received the desired item. On 9 February this year I ordered dance skirts from the www.flamencista.com website, and on 10 March I received a notification from Latvian Post that I needed to collect a parcel.

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The Full Moon Approaches

The Full Moon Approaches

All the world's media are discussing tomorrow's (19 March) full moon, or supermoon - a topic that is stirring minds with the potential natural cataclysms to be expected. The Moon will come within 356,500 km of Earth. I want to look at all of this through the prism of optimism and the certain cyclicity of nature and the cosmos, which is inevitable and can bring change. I offer the full moon theme through the eyes of photographers.

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Ideas for a Spring Table Setting

Ideas for a Spring Table Setting

After a long rest under a thick blanket of snow, the earth awakens with splendid flowers suffused with sunlight and the sap of life - anemones, tulips, daffodils. That is precisely why flowers are an indispensable part of a spring table setting, and they need no pompous vases or bright bows. Spring flowers in clear, pure forms and natural simplicity.

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