tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35680599407753221732024-03-05T14:24:05.754-08:00Angie's random blogCountry living, in rural BC, Canada, from my living room to yours.Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16595146773118901586noreply@blogger.comBlogger122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568059940775322173.post-66809948502781700072021-09-02T18:54:00.005-07:002021-09-02T18:55:59.245-07:00<p>I wrote this today, in memory of my Dad. </p><p class="p1" style="background-color: #c9e5f4; color: #646464; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>20 years ago today- We laughed together… it was the last time I heard that magical sound.</span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: #c9e5f4; color: #646464; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: medium;">20 years ago today- We went out for a lovely meal… it was the last meal we shared together.</span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: #c9e5f4; color: #646464; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: medium;">20 years ago today- We talked about things… I don’t remember what we talked about, but it was the last time I heard your voice.</span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: #c9e5f4; color: #646464; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: medium;">20 years ago today- We didn’t know it would be our last visit. If I’d known that, I would have made it so much more meaningful & loving.</span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: #c9e5f4; color: #646464; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: medium;">20 years ago today- My heart broke and it’s still trying to heal…</span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: #c9e5f4; color: #646464; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: medium;">20 years feels like a life-time, and at the same time feels like yesterday.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: #c9e5f4; color: #646464; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: medium;">20 years ago I thought my life was over, but it has gone on anyhow.</span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: #c9e5f4; color: #646464; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Dancing Script; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I try to remember our happy times and forget the pain… but I guess 20 years just isn’t long enough.</span></p><p class="p1" style="background-color: #c9e5f4; color: #646464; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Dancing Script;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I Love & miss you Dad…</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Dancing Script;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheaEB8PNXnGr1JpJfWa0D0SmcBbJnOe-rNoK9g0wmn67hWQO5anGyIv5GkWYgHNqIWvSLUFvlgxNYy4-wZfSstT4keK4Elj7jL0b3_Qp3nG0W2vO7iJ9xNNtvCOEIcZ-J3x1UsN8C9jHM/s2048/Mom+and+dad+-b%2526w.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1780" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheaEB8PNXnGr1JpJfWa0D0SmcBbJnOe-rNoK9g0wmn67hWQO5anGyIv5GkWYgHNqIWvSLUFvlgxNYy4-wZfSstT4keK4Elj7jL0b3_Qp3nG0W2vO7iJ9xNNtvCOEIcZ-J3x1UsN8C9jHM/w174-h200/Mom+and+dad+-b%2526w.png" width="174" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Dancing Script;"><br /></span><p></p>Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16595146773118901586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568059940775322173.post-54403827991173672492020-04-04T20:33:00.000-07:002020-04-04T20:34:46.586-07:00Nature break<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bald eagle during a spring snow</td></tr>
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It's been a long time since I've written here... and I wonder if anyone has missed me?<br />
But now is as good a time as any, to jump back in and try to continue more frequently :) <br />
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Right now I'm taking this evening off - away from the news and corona virus pandemic storm that has been growing and swirling around us all for the past few weeks, as I start my 3rd week of physical isolation. So that's all I'll say about that right now.<br />
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This is a great time to review/purge and edit my (numerous) photos and to share some of them. I hope you like them :) <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of our little chickadees- daily visitors most of the year.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Song sparrow? Posing ever so briefly.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stellar's Jay- all puffed up in the backyard.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stellar's Jay drinking from our birdbath.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bald eagle drying off after a wet morning.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Varied thrush under the feeder.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A toad in our creek- late fall (October?)</td></tr>
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Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16595146773118901586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568059940775322173.post-85552672536972910682019-05-26T00:11:00.002-07:002019-05-26T20:09:28.483-07:00Osprey rescue<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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UPDATE:<br />
Unfortunately all our efforts failed to save this magnificent bird, despite our best efforts.<br />
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I want to say a big THANK YOU to my friends that helped, especially<a href="https://www.owlrehab.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"> OWL Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society</span></a> and the <a href="https://selkirkvet.com/" target="_blank"> <span style="color: blue;">Selkirk Veterinary Hospital</span></a><span style="color: blue;"> </span>in Nelson.<br />
The world is a better place because of caring people like this :)<br />
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<br />Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16595146773118901586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568059940775322173.post-80266192114054838012019-05-12T14:52:00.003-07:002019-05-12T14:52:56.399-07:00Another Mother's Day<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Me and my Mom a long time ago.</i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Another Mother’s Day! </span></span><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I’m sitting in the sun on our patio, listening to the birds </span></span><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">and reflecting. </span></span><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Today marks the 18th year that we’ve celebrated Mother’s Day... </span></span><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">without my Mom. </span></span><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">A lot has changed throughout this time, especially communication. </span></span><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Imagine no cell phones ?!</span></span><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> If my mom were here today, we could chat for hours and still not cover everything. I miss her laugh... and she laughed a lot. She was a wonderful lady and thinking of her is bittersweet. I believe she’s in a better place and if I’m selfish in wishing she was still here, that’s ok.</span></span><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> I thank her for teaching me many things, which helped me to be a good mom too. My boys have turned out to be such wonderful young men, I hope she’s as proud of them as we are.</span></span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Anyhow, I just wanted to say "I hope you still have your mom or someone in your life that loves & motivates you as much as mine did. "</span></span></span></h4>
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Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16595146773118901586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568059940775322173.post-64981915998422685902017-01-08T13:29:00.002-08:002017-01-08T14:30:55.646-08:00New Year, new wedding bouquet photos. Happy New Year!<br />
It's all a blur since I last posted in September, we've had a lot going on, but not necessarily for the good. Since I intend to keep my blog upbeat I won't go there... besides it's a new year, full of hope, dreams, love and the chance to make new memories.<br />
My wish is that 2017 is a better year for me, my family, friends and you, my dear reader.<br />
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I hope you don't mind if I share something I'm quite proud of.<br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/SmilingBlueDog" target="_blank">My Etsy shop</a> hit a major milestone... <span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/SmilingBlueDog/sold" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">10k sales</span></a><span style="color: blue;">! </span></span><span style="color: blue;">s</span>ince opening (in 2008)! That's a lot of <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/SmilingBlueDog?ref=hdr#reviews" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">happy customers</span></a>! It's hard to believe and a little shocking, but then, I've put a lot of hard work into my venture.<br />
Of course I couldn't do it without the support of many people- too many to mention individually, but I must mention my teammates on Etsy- particularly my friends on the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/teams/18865/potti-team-pals-on-twitter-tweeting-in/members" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Potti Team</span></a>, and <span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://twitter.com/followers" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Twitter </span></a> </span> who have been so helpful in many ways.<br />
I mainly give credit to my incredibly supportive husband, who keeps taking on more and more. Thank you Dear! for helping me build my dreams, I'd be lost without you. I know this wasn't what you envisioned when you married me (this year will be 33) years ago, and I love you all the more for it! You're the best partner I could ever have! Thank you!<br />
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The Pantone wedding colours for 2017 are out! You can see them here at <a href="http://www.weddingideasmag.com/pantone-predicts-spring-2017-colours/" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">Wedding Ideas Mag</span></a> (btw-I especially love the Island Paradise colour!)<br />
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Here are a couple of wedding bouquet photos with my charms from happy brides! I'll add more throughout the year :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thank you Samantha! for sharing your bouquet and <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/107149108/" target="_blank">charm</a> picture.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thank you to Erin for sharing her bouquet and <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/202504444/" target="_blank">charms</a> picture.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thank you to Jessica for sharing her bouquet and <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/189504692/" target="_blank">charm</a> picture!</td></tr>
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The long hot sunny days of summer, with colourful blooms, birds, and butterflies are fading away into long shadows and shorter, rainier fall. The Kokanee have been spawning, kids are settling into school, and it's time to shift into autumn mode.<br />
Harvest season is coming to a peak and everyone seems to be busy, picking, pickling, canning and gathering firewood.<br />
We didn't really do a garden this year, but we can count on <a href="http://smilingbluedog.blogspot.ca/2011/10/our-awesome-walnut-tree.html" target="_blank">our walnut tree</a>, which is just starting to drop a few walnuts- time to get out the buckets & rubber gloves :)<br />
There's so many things I want to write about, but right now, I've got bears on my mind since there's been 3 different bears in our yard this week & have been so many sightings in town and all around. I have some great pictures to share, here's a few and I'll add more later :<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We stopped to watch this bear across the highway-</td></tr>
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Note: While making this blog- we had another bear visit- next door... it was a big one! Here's another healthy looking brown (black) bear...<br />
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Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16595146773118901586noreply@blogger.com0British Columbia, Canada53.7266683 -127.6476205999999834.4108023 -168.95621459999998 73.0425343 -86.339026599999983tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568059940775322173.post-57712958176474192412016-06-19T14:53:00.000-07:002017-10-15T08:56:59.232-07:00Baby River Otter - an amazing experience.<br />
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Long story short... we found an orphaned baby river otter and gave it to our Conservation Officer.<br />
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I heard there was a dead otter on the side of the highway near our home and have thought about it off & on for a couple of days, then heard it may have been a mom! I've never seen one up close, but really didn't want to see this poor dead one, so have avoided going there... but the possibility of babies? I had to see for myself, so I could stop wondering. </div>
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Friday- on my 1/2 hr drive home from work, I decided to go and investigate. I also thought about my dad and asked him, if he heard me, that this would be a great time to let me know. I was going to see if this was a female, and if so, have a look around for the possible baby/s, before it gets dark. </div>
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I got changed and headed out there... and ran into a neighbour on the way. </div>
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We could smell it (eww) so we knew that it hadn't been removed yet- (the dead otter had already been reported to a couple of places). </div>
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As we headed away from the smell talking about the possibility of pups, something caught my eye, a movement in the grass. I looked more carefully and said I'd seen something moving, and shortly it popped it's head out of the grass! It WAS a baby otter! I can't tell you how surprised we were.</div>
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I'm not going into details about how we caught it (right now), but we managed to catch him ( sorry I don't actually know if it's a he or a she). He seemed in good shape and wasn't frantic about being in a "cage", which I covered with my jacket to help keep him calm. I had planned to look for this little guy, but hadn't really expected to find it, let-alone know what to do with it if I did!</div>
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Saturday- I went back to look for signs of any other babies, with no success. I stopped to look around the dead otter and took a picture of it, when an Officer arrived.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes, it's a very cute orphaned baby, but it's still a wild animal.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Glad to see he's spunky, feisty & got attitude! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taking a moment to pose for photos! </td></tr>
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UPDATE:<br />
July/16 It's a girl! She is doing well and is now in good care at the Kamloops Wildlife Centre.<br />
<a href="http://www.bcwildlife.org/">http://www.bcwildlife.org</a><br />
So happy to hear that she will likely be released to the wild in 3 or 4 months :)<br />
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UPDATE: She was released in Oct/16 at Kokanee Creek Park<br />
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Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16595146773118901586noreply@blogger.com8BC, Canada50.736455137010665 -117.42187525.214420637010665 -158.730469 76.258489637010669 -76.113281tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568059940775322173.post-13011482347585040202016-05-08T16:30:00.000-07:002016-05-08T16:30:16.265-07:00Celebrating new life in the garden on Mother's Day 2016Happy Mother's Day! <div>
It's a great time to celebrate new life- so I'd like to share the new life growing in our garden... with these pictures, enjoy :)</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tiger swallowtail butterflies are my fave! This photo isn't new... but is still<br />from my garden :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A beautiful magnolia bloom, smells just as lovely.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our magnolia in bloom.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These magnolia flowers are huge & smell so delightful.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fancy daffodils- so pretty.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our white dogwood in full bloom<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rhododendrum flower buds...<br /> with a daddy long legs checking them out.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peonies flower buds... with an ant to help it open.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Is this the birth of a walnut tree?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our pink dogwood has lots of blooms forming!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Purple irises. I need more of these :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Birth of a fern plume.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Wisteria starting to bloom.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our wisteria starting to bloom, more spectacular every year.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Columbine abounds in our gardens with their pretty pink blooms.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Columbine almost blooming. <br />If you look hard, you'll see a face in this fairyland photo.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our azalea, preparing to bloom soon.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tiger swallowtail butterfly- saw the 1st one this year- yesterday :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I wish I could add the delightful scent of these lily of the valleys.</td></tr>
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Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16595146773118901586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568059940775322173.post-66758232982089115862016-01-23T15:21:00.000-08:002016-01-23T15:21:52.738-08:00Pine tar - a sticky situation Winter is here in full swing.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Winter in the mountains- looks pretty and I love the various shades of grey & clouds.</td></tr>
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We've got snow on the ground but it's melting in the rain, while our wood stove is burning away the dampness & making our home warm and cozy. </div>
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I love our wood stove and wood heat... but I hate getting sticky hands from the sap.</div>
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I loaded the stove this morning ... with my bare hands! How silly.</div>
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I know better, but in my defence, the gloves weren't there, so I took a chance and wouldn't you know it... a big gooey blob of pine tar was oozing from the chunk of firewood and of course I got it all over my hand.</div>
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If you're not familiar with pine tar, sap, pitch or whatever you want to call it- it's the stickiest stuff you can get. Just like in National Lampoons' Christmas Vacation... where Chevy Chase is trying to read a magazine in bed and the pages stick to his hands :) </div>
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Anyhow, that was me this morning. </div>
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Luckily I know how to get rid of it, easily & quickly and thought I'd share my tip with you, in case you didn't know.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">All you need is margarine, hot water & liquid dish soap!</span></div>
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<i> I wiped the blob off on a piece of newspaper. Then I got a tablespoon sized chunk of margarine and used it like a bar of soap on my hands, rubbing them together and getting them good and greasy.</i></div>
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<i> Then used some hot water to wash off what I could... now they're greasy- but not sticky, so... then I used a bit of Sunlight (any kind should work) liquid dish soap and rubbed & coated my hands with it. Finally used hot water to wash it all off. Bingo! Works like a charm! </i></div>
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So, there you go, if you ever get into a sticky situation with pine tar on your skin, you'll know how to get it off! (I haven't tried this on clothing and hopefully won't have to.)</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love the splash of red of these mountain ash berries.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taz... our grand dog- he loves the snow :)</td></tr>
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"Beauty is all around us. Sometimes we just have to look harder to find it".<br />
Have an awesome day! Please leave a comment, so I know you were here :)<br />
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Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16595146773118901586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568059940775322173.post-82989024425361776912016-01-09T16:31:00.002-08:002016-01-09T16:47:30.558-08:00Looking for a logo for my shop!<br />
Happy 2016!<br />
I'm hoping it's a wonderful year for you.<br />
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To kick off the New Year, I'm going to try to do some of the things that I've "been meaning to do".<br />
Something I've put aside for a long time is to have a logo for my small business- <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/SmilingBlueDog" target="_blank">Smiling Blue Dog gifts</a>. As my business grows, it seems that I should be doing some kind of branding so that my customers can recognize me - anywhere, on-line and off. So this is a start.<br />
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What I'd like is something: simple, blue & white, easily recognizable & memorable. I want it to appear professional and friendly... am I asking a lot? Probably, but I'm also hoping it will be fun.<br />
I want to be able to print it (on stickers,) and intend to get a rubber stamp made using this logo, so I can stamp my envelopes and any correspondence (electronic or hand written).<br />
I'll be needing new business cards soon, so now's a good time to get on it!<br />
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I would love it if some designers would post their logo ideas, and if I find THE one I want to use- I will pay up to $25.00 for it. I know that's not a lot of $ but it's better than nothing AND it would get a lot of exposure! Of course I'll be telling everyone where I got it!<br />
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I have made a hand-drawn design I like (see photo below). It would be nice to see some other ideas, so I'm posting this offer to see what happens...<br />
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Now after writing this, it seems a bit presumptuous on my part... sorry about that, but I'm still going to post this & cross my fingers...<br />
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<br />Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16595146773118901586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568059940775322173.post-79215254992718773762015-12-24T23:41:00.001-08:002015-12-24T23:56:46.462-08:00Season's Greetings from SmilingBlueDogHappy Holidays to all my amazing friends, on-line and off!<br />
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It's the night before Christmas, and my day job is done for 4 days! YAY!<br />
I'm taking a bit of time right now to enjoy a shot of Baileys in my coffee and write a note to you all.<br />
Tomorrow is the 25th and I will be doing what so many others are... preparing a Christmas meal to celebrate the Holidays. Yes, I can make a lovely turkey dinner with an awesome stuffing (it's my mom's unwritten recipe, ) and the purple cabbage side dish is almost as good as my dad made, but am mostly happy that it will last for a few days so I won't have to cook again for a while :)<br />
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<b>To my family and friends:</b> though we are spread wide and far, you are always close to my heart, especially this time of year, and I hope you know that already. I wish you love and joy for the holidays and always.<br />
I'm so glad that one of my boys is living with us now, and the other we'll be able to Skype with. I wish more of you were on-line so we could Skype too not just over the Holidays.<br />
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<b>To my on-line supporters and friends:</b><br />
on Twitter, Etsy, FB and more. It's hard to express my gratitude to each one of you! I have so many long time friends that share my shop & wedding bouquet charms. You have each helped me in more ways than we know. I hope to be as much help to you, as you have to me :)<br />
Well, I'm Skyping with my boy now, so wishing you well for the holiday,<br />
Sending love to you all,<br />
Angie<br />
XOXOXOXO<br />
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With my husband's assistance, I am now stocking 2-sided frames and also photo lapel pins in my Etsy shop. I've been working on my photos & added new options to many of my charms, like adding my photo service as an option as they make their purchase. This has saved a lot of time and conversations, making it a smoother purchasing experience for my customers. I still ship most of my charms the next business day, in order to get them to my customers as soon as possible and have managed to keep my shipping prices low. I also started offering Expresspost shipping, which still takes a week, but has tracking. Although it's pricey, I don't make a dime on Expresspost, and it means a 1/2 hour drive to town to our main post office, but my customers appreciate that service & knowing their charms will arrive in time.<br />
Unfortunately the cost of my supplies has gone up, and I will be reviewing my prices as the year winds down. It's not something I like to do, however it's necessary, so now's a good time to get them as I will be increasing the price of my charms in the future.<br />
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Some of the stories behind the photos have been so touching.<br />
I just love the feedback and notes I get from my customers and as a bonus getting wedding bouquet photos too once in a while!<br />
Here's a few photos I can post - Thank you ladies for letting me share your pictures.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/253706130/" target="_blank">Pearl Heart wedding bouquet charm.</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/194074077/" target="_blank">So pretty</a></td></tr>
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<span id="goog_1071650663"></span><span id="goog_1071650664"></span><br />Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16595146773118901586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568059940775322173.post-9758296953236388012015-04-03T16:39:00.000-07:002015-04-03T16:39:06.441-07:00Early spring in the Kootenays<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I love spring!<br />
The promise of warmer, longer days, new growth popping up from bare branches and peeking up from the ground.<br />
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Our snow was gone earlier than usual.<br />
It's surprising how little snow we got here in the Kootenays this winter, unlike our fellow Canadians on the East Coast.<br />
I don't mind at all. I used to love it but the older I get, the less I like snow.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think this is a pine siskin, he's happy to sit & feed at the feeder.</td></tr>
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<br />Many birds have returned from wherever they spent their winter and our quiet mornings now sing with an orchestra of sound.<div>
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We've had an early spring here in the Kootenays and I'm thrilled to be able to share it with you - in pictures.<div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our cherry tree in bud.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think this is a mock raspberry. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love the fluffy seedheads of this clematis.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Larch starting to bud.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A whisky jack or grey jay! I think they like the higher elevations<br />as we rarely see them.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Osprey Ferry on Kootenay Lake</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Osprey Ferry heading up the West Arm of Kootenay Lake<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sun sets early behind the mountains. I love this beach!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An entertaining little dipper on a rock in Kootenay Lake.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love going for walks here, but they've cut down many trees lately.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of our little furry friends. <br />This little squirrel is my profile photo on Twitter :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thank you for sharing this lovely photo Wanda! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thanks for sharing Tara!</td></tr>
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This little feathered hunter was spread out on the concrete and not moving, so we feared the worst. Dave knew right away it was an owl, I wasn't so sure, since it was so small! I didn't want to frighten or hurt him by picking him up... but he wasn't moving and the grounds' so cold now.<br />
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So I waited a bit, then picked him up and examined him as best I could. He was cool and so stiff with his foot curled up by his eyes... yet I could see he was breathing so I held him close to my chest and covered him with my hands, breathing warm air on his little body, hoping a little warmth and the safety of darkness would help him to recover.<br />
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I could hear and see a little bird chattering and hopping excitedly in the trees, so I looked around and found that he was upset by the presence of our little pygmy owl, who looked quite annoyed as he recovered on a branch.<br />
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In the meantime I've made a couple of silhouette cut-outs and taped them to our front window, in the hopes that no more birds will hit that darned window!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Thank you Rebekah for sharing your beautiful <br />bouquet photo with <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/175088926/" target="_blank">the lockets </a>:)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Osprey on the nest - Kootenay Lake, BC, Canada</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close up of an osprey in a tree in our yard.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Young ducks & their mom sunning on a log... usually there's turtles here, but not today.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A young flicker that was sleeping under our gas meter... when he realized I was there, he flew away :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We saw so many blue herons at the seashore... lots of food for them :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three young blue herons waiting for dinner, close up.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We found an amazing heron rookery near the ocean, these young ones were patiently waiting for their dinner.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's always a special day when I see a bald eagle. <br />There's many in our area, but it's still a treat to get a close up.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A duck of some sort on Kootenay Lake, BC, Canada</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A close up of a stellar's jay</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A stellar's jay posing for me.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The elusive blue jay. I didn't even know we had them in this part of Canada :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The blue jay posing in our patio.</td></tr>
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You're just about to order one of my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/SmilingBlueDog?section_id=6068200&ref=shopsection_leftnav_1" target="_blank">wedding bouquet charms</a> and are thinking to let me do the photo for you, but it costs $5 more.<br />
Here's <a href="http://smilingbluedog.blogspot.ca/2014/01/wedding-bouquet-photo-charms-what-my.html" target="_blank">what my customers say.</a><br />
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I increased the price of my add-on "<a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/120148541/" target="_blank">Photo service</a>"- from $3 to $5.<br />
Yes that's a big increase and here's why:<br />
It's really EASY to do the photos yourself... (IF you have access to a printer, can resize a photo and have a little patience... ) or you may know someone that could easily do it for you.<br />
My customers agree that it's rewarding and intimate to add your own photo to <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/SmilingBlueDog?section_id=6068200&ref=shopsection_leftnav_1" target="_blank">one of my charms</a>, that's why they are offered as a DIY (do it yourself) .... but the reality is, not everyone can or wants to do it. So I started offering to do the photos (a couple of years ago) on my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/SmilingBlueDog?ref=hdr" target="_blank">Etsy shop</a>. It was so seldom requested and I enjoyed making them, so $3 was a good price.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/152929341/" target="_blank">It's not hard to add your own photo</a></td></tr>
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I enjoy making them, although I often get teary or sad knowing that this person's image I am editing, is no longer with their loved ones and sometimes this is the only picture they have. So I do my best to fix what I can.<br />
I rarely know anything about these fine folks, but just looking at their faces & what they are doing gives me a tiny connection as to who they were, and I want this photo & charm to be perfect to honour their memory for years to come!<br />
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It often takes a lot of my time to edit photos. The best ones have been scanned, but some are thumbnails or smartphone photos of photos... (sometimes the original pictures are so old they are yellowed, cracked, orfuzzy to begin with. ) <br />
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Not all shoppers are techies, so I try to be as helpful as I can. One lovely mom actually mailed her only treasured pictures to me, so I could scan them, make the charms with the photos, and send her pictures back- with the charms :) Luckily we had lots of time to do it that way.<br />
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I use a clear plastic dome "sticker" to enhance and protect each photo then cut each one to fit snuggly into it's frame.<br />
Anyhow if I want to keep offering the service I should pay myself a bit for doing so.<br />
I think you'll find that for $5 it's still a great deal!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'd love to <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/120148541/" target="_blank">add the photo for you</a>.</td></tr>
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<br />Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16595146773118901586noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568059940775322173.post-83908048109092666372014-07-06T15:39:00.002-07:002014-07-06T15:39:35.933-07:00Photos of garden visitors.I was hoping to do a "quickie" little post of some photos I've taken this spring... here's the photos, but I don't know how quick it will be :)<div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Osprey high up in our tree- using mega zoom</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some flowers in my garden :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robin, we have so many of them here, I call them my garden<br />"Drama Queens" as they are pretty noisey :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stellar's jays visiting our patio looking for peanuts.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stellar's jay- a quiet moment for a noisy bird.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A blue jay- a rare visitor here.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sun- dog... mid summer halo around the sun.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love creatures- big, small & even slimy :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wisteria in the front yard.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our magnolia in full bloom.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Azalea in full bloom.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not sure what kind of humming bird this is, but adorable & <br />fun to watch although very shy- even with a zoom.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another robin... this one has a nest in one of our trees :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh deer! How sweet- even if they do eat<br />most of my flowers :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bald eagle...using mega zoom :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stellar's jay visiting our little bird bath.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not sure what kind of bird this is- perhaps a young kestrel?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nuthatch defying gravity and hiding sunflower seeds<br />in the bark. I love their little buzzing sounds.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Raven on a post posing for me.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another blue jay looking for peanuts :)</td></tr>
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Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16595146773118901586noreply@blogger.com1Balfour, BC V0B, Canada49.62475 -116.9628789999999949.295833 -117.60832599999999 49.953666999999996 -116.31743199999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568059940775322173.post-49446424779325771542014-03-30T12:43:00.002-07:002014-03-30T12:43:18.372-07:00Gargoyle on a roof<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">Gargoyle on a roof<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw4knuD2-E8EkCddZ3-ogd_ogNXtlgqZCVoxxfiKwk0KbNhHRcvgzK8dUybf8TJfqNaP0vt-yaXMEJkV1t5fYDxrVzhE9CA7u8CWSN-oiN9jCs9XXNXn6Ed3zg_KbseUYbIAgsJY7Fh1o/s1600/DSCN2578.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw4knuD2-E8EkCddZ3-ogd_ogNXtlgqZCVoxxfiKwk0KbNhHRcvgzK8dUybf8TJfqNaP0vt-yaXMEJkV1t5fYDxrVzhE9CA7u8CWSN-oiN9jCs9XXNXn6Ed3zg_KbseUYbIAgsJY7Fh1o/s1600/DSCN2578.JPG" height="505" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There's something weird on this rooftop!</td></tr>
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There are so many Historical buildings in our town. I should share some of them, later ... but this isn't a building I'm intrigued with, it's a gargoyle sculpture on a roof.<br />
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So many times I've driven past this house in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson,_British_Columbia" target="_blank">Nelson, BC </a>and caught a fleeting glimpse of this sculpture on a roof top. As I'm sure many of us locals have. It's been there for years but I've never seen it up close.<br />
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My curiosity finally got the best of me, so we took the time to stop & I walked around taking pictures & getting a closer look. <br />
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I'm thrilled to see it's made of metal, and has some amazing details like claws, scales, a cool tail and I wonder if he always sports the helmet & skis.<br />
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I don't know who made it, or if it has a name,<br />
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a very special part of my wedding day, for my grandmother and I were very close and wished for this wedding to happen for so long. Not only are her dreams coming true but mine will too. Although she will not be physically present, her memory and her photo will walk me down the aisle. The seller was so helpful and prompt!</div>
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I always dreamed of my grandparents walking me down the aisle, but they passed a while back. With these charms I was able to hold them close to me and it was like they were still walking me down the aisle. They worked absolutely perfect and the color of the bead matched my bridesmaids' jewelry EXACTLY. I couldn't have been more happy with these charms! Thank you so much!</div>
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Very beautiful, timeless, and vintage. A Very great addition to my wedding details. Not Very big, but it is just what I was looking for. Now my grandfathers can both walk me down the aisle along with my father.</div>
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I loved that it was exactly as described and for a minimal fee, the photos were placed for me. Correspondence was prompt and I am thrilled with the charms. I have been showing them off :)</div>
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<b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/transaction/149126437" target="_blank">Wedding bouquet photo charm with pearl, heart and frame.</a></b></div>
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Just what I was looking for. Affordable, simple yet beautiful.</div>
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<b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/transaction/142187178" target="_blank">Wedding bouquet photo charm. Freshwater pearl.</a></b></div>
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So adorable. Worked great for my bouquet and husband's boutonnière. Perfect size. Great quality.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;">I used this to add a charm of my sister who passed away to my wedding bouquet. It shipped quickly and is exactly as pictured. The image was easy to install and attach to my bouquet.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New design- <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/173358427/" target="_blank">Blue shell pearl and heart wedding bouquet charm.</a></td></tr>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b>And starting right now I'm offering a 5% discount off for purchases (over 8.00) in my Etsy shop for the rest of this month… June 25-30/13 </b></span></i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I'd also like to extend a GREAT BIG "THANK YOU SO MUCH!!" to my customers, on-line friends at Twitter, Etsy, Facebook, and more! </span></div>
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It's spring here in the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smilingbluedog/5978660056/in/photostream/" target="_blank">Kootenays</a> …<br />
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the season of new life, with courtships and <a href="http://pinterest.com/wedfunapps/" target="_blank">weddings </a>popping up, </div>
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sort of like the variety of plants and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smilingbluedog/7409872108/" target="_blank">flowers</a> sprouting in my garden.</div>
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I love flowers with their amazing <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smilingbluedog/5978739504/" target="_blank">colours </a>and endless variety.<br />
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Since weddings and<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/SmilingBlueDog?section_id=6068200" target="_blank"> bouquet charms</a> are <a href="http://smilingbluedog.blogspot.ca/2012/11/wedding-bouquet-photo-charms-not-just.html" target="_blank">on my mind a lot these days</a> it makes me wonder: </div>
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"Are there similarities between <a href="http://paper.li/GeniusFlowers/1298319110?utm_source=subscription&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=paper_sub" target="_blank">weddings and flowers</a>?"</div>
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Hmmm, I never really thought about it, but now that I am, let's see...</div>
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Weddings are often: colourful, vibrant, elegant, exciting, memorable events. </div>
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They come in infinite varieties: sizes, presentations, characteristics, traditions, expectations, </div>
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and even emotions can vary significantly. </div>
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With so much variety in weddings, what do they all (or almost all) have in common?</div>
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based on commitment and a desire to bond their lives together, call it love.</div>
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If Love is the soil, our earth, it provides the nutrition and base for all the flowers to grow and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smilingbluedog/8872047493/" target="_blank">multiply</a>. </div>
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A flower, can <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smilingbluedog/7409844932/" target="_blank">multiply</a> and become a family. Many other families are connected by numerous weddings to form a unique garden, in a plot, in a community, in a region, in a zone, in a planet…. um, maybe I'm getting carried away.</div>
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Some flowers will thrive and grow well together creating a beautiful, harmonious space, while some are more prolific or aggressive, taking over and pushing others out of the way…<br />
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Yes, I believe I could go on, but I won't. (Not now anyhow. I certainly don't want to get into "weeds"… and seeds. : )</div>
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Anyhow, I guess the analogy of a wedding being like flowers, has a lot going for it.</div>
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I like the idea of a garden full of weddings. Families, growing and thriving together, with their roots bound in love.<br />
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I will likely read this again in a couple of weeks (to add more links), and feel silly for posting it, but I hope not.</div>
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I'd love to hear your thoughts...</div>
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Angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16595146773118901586noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568059940775322173.post-26243774452150232672013-05-18T14:21:00.001-07:002013-05-18T14:42:32.454-07:00Spring time in the Kootenays. Spring time in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kootenays" target="_blank">Kootenays</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A couple of weeks ago, we saw this badger, on our way to Cranbrook! Awesome!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.hellobc.com/kaslo.aspx" target="_blank">Kaslo </a>is our 1st stop on the way to Trout Lake.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.nelsonstar.com/news/162394036.html" target="_blank">Johnson's Landing- mudslide</a> from last summer<br />
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Early in May the gerrard trout spawn at the mouth of Trout Lake and Mother's day is the perfect excuse to go for a beautiful drive up along<a href="http://www.nelsonkootenaylake.com/" target="_blank"> Kootenay Lake</a>, and see them. </div>
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We went on the Monday after Mother's day, so there was no one else around for a long time, makes me nervous about bears. It was sunny and hot which encourages the spring run-off, and the fish are BIG!</div>
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The trout seem to just hang in place, but if you watch them closely you can see they are quite busy, and once in a while one would jump out of the water. </div>
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There were many butterflies and birds of all kinds, including some common mergansers and a mature bald eagle. </div>
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Mergansers</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spring run-off. This silty creek is flowing into the main river. Note the<br />
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Here's a short video of a jumping trout.</div>
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