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Imari was simply the trans-shipment port for Arita wares. The kilns at Arita formed the heart of the Japanese porcelain industry, which developed in the 17th century, after kaolin was discovered in 1616 by an immigrant Korean potter Yi Sam-pyeong (1579–1655). Yi Sam-pyeong was kidnapped with his extended family (180 persons) after the Japanese invasion in Korea in 1598...The designation "Imari porcelain" connotes Arita wares more specifically designed to catch the European taste.
Jemima is a piano player with more feeling than precision and one of the pieces she bangs out is Cornish Rhapsody. Wow. Just wow. Jemima must have enormous manual dexterity and fortitude. I've got a hand cramp just listening.
Jemima reads to Lady Manderly about the 'fuel crisis'. (The book was published in 1982.) Here's the wiki article on a 1980s 'fuel glut' caused by temporary surpluses in response to the two major energy crisis in the 1970s--the Arab Oil Embargo of OAPEC and, later, the Iranian Revolution. But, unless you're in the energy business, could a glut (and six years of steadily falling prices) be considered a crisis? Not so much.
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Lauris says to her: 'Haec olim miminisse jubavit' which her father translates to be "It will be a joy to us to recall this some day". Apart from being just darling, I wonder how it advances his courtship ball down the field to tell her something she has no hope of understanding. So handy that Dad knows his Latin tags...
Regarding the "oil crisis," likely the book was written much earlier. And is it possible that they lasted longer in the UK than it did in the US? As it is they paid outrageous amounts for "petrol" for a very long time. When a British friend was visiting about 10 years ago he was appalled by the cost of gas until he got his brain translating to gallons. He'd assumed it was a closer match to a liter. After that he was ever so happy with his rental car! :)
ReplyDeleteAnd that Latin "prediction" is lovely, if a bit arrogant, in the nicest possible way, of course.
Oh, and that cat has me wanting to do my own version of that. I did my Dala horse the other day. Turned out quite well. Haven't photographed it yet. Got waylaid by some polymer clay Easter eggs for a swap my Guild is doing. :)
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If you cramp that easily Betty Keira, be careful when watching Margaret Lockwood here in Love Story aka A Lady Surrenders.
ReplyDeleteAnd beware this clip is an awful tease. It stops just before what I'm predicting would be one of Betty's more satisfying hard kisses. Someone order this movie and pass it around, please!