tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8124362399293982952024-03-05T21:02:43.712-08:00Inspiring FelicityCatharinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12936669565255896250noreply@blogger.comBlogger228125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812436239929398295.post-66450051899107837732020-04-13T11:10:00.002-07:002020-04-13T11:51:36.527-07:00Spring in Acorn Woods<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<b>Spring is here!! There's no denying it! </b></div>
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Even while our day to day indoor activity may seem somewhat stagnant </div>
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due to the ongoing quarantine, the world out of doors is growing more </div>
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vibrant and and completely buzzing with life and activity!! </div>
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The hosta and peonies are poking up through the ground with new possibility!</div>
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The drooping wisps on the weeping willow are bursting forth with new verdure!</div>
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The clouds race across the sky only to be gathered up and grow heavy with rain!</div>
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And deep in the Acorn Woods, that lovely. large grove of trees just beyond Elderberry Hedge,</div>
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the always enthusiastic bunny, Bluebell, was hopping to every nest, den, and burrow, </div>
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showing every woodland creature she met her beautiful crown of spring flowers!</div>
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Well, as usual, Bluebell's excitement and enthusiasm was catching!</div>
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Soon fox cubs and badgers, bear cubs and skunk kits, as well as fawns, squirrels, </div>
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mice, and raccoons were scrambling through brambles and out into the pastures</div>
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to collect bright and cheerful flowers for their very own Spring crowns!</div>
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Daffodils, hyacinth, ranunculus, forget-me-nots, crocuses, tulips, snowdrops, and lilies were </div>
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brought to The Burrows, where Bluebell and her sisters carefully tied and twisted the blooms</div>
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into delicate circlets that soon graced the heads of the very appreciative animals!</div>
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"<b>Spring in the Woodlands" </b><i> </i></div>
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<i>Spring is really a time of excitement! And that excitement can be contagious!!</i></div>
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<i>I hope you get caught up in it and discover reasons to smile and rejoice!!</i></div>
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<b>♥ Cath-</b> </div>
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<br />Catharinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12936669565255896250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812436239929398295.post-41853469155525453482020-04-10T11:11:00.000-07:002020-04-10T11:11:18.531-07:00Hoppy Spring!<div style="text-align: center;">
My birthday has turned our house into a floral showcase!</div>
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Bouquets of cut tulips in every room, potted tulips, </div>
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hydrangeas, pansies, daffodils, and lilies aplenty!! </div>
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<b>There is a splash of colour everywhere I look!</b></div>
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The bounty of flowers that I have been blessed with </div>
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was definitely the inspiration behind these wee bunnies!</div>
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<b> "L'il Springtime Bunnies"</b></div>
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<i>With names like Daisy, Chrysanthemum, Tulip, Hydrangea, Lily, Bluebell, Crocus, and Flora, </i></div>
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<i>these bunnies were thrilled to don their namesake flowers in a springtime crown!</i></div>
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<i>Wishing you all a Hoppy Easter Weekend!!</i></div>
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Just when the world was beginning to feel the limitations of pandemic quarantines, musicians in Spain wanting to cheer those living around them, stepped out onto their balconies and began an impromptu concert. Joining together spontaneously, blending their abilities, and creating a melodic symphony, they drew their curious neighbours out onto their own balconies to listen. Smiles brightened every doorway and when the "concert" finished, applause and cheer filled the air! Doing something small to brighten the day for those nearby actually ended up making the world feel brighter! They truly created an Ode to Joy!!<br />
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These three pieces were inspired by that event. They can be placed in any order, in any formation, however they are arranged they create the impression of the beautiful Spanish balconies that beautify the city walls. I have always loved the wrought iron rails and the potted plants - especially geraniums - which add whimsy of these gorgeous urban homes! It was so much fun creating an unique door and balcony space for each of the musicians as well as <i>harmonizing</i> elements that unify them as they make their music together!<br />
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A lot of the time it is the small heartfelt things that we do that make the biggest difference! I hope that you are inspired to look for small ways to share felicity with those around you - there's no better time than right now!<br />
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<i>You can do it! So can I!!</i></div>
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<b>♥ Cath-</b> </div>
Catharinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12936669565255896250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812436239929398295.post-22971605282617762622020-03-14T10:00:00.004-07:002020-03-14T10:00:41.331-07:00"The Joy of Spring"<div style="text-align: center;">
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beginning to push up through the damp soil....</div>
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Online, people are trying to cope with the province's, </div>
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COVID-19... half laughing at the "problem," the other half trying</div>
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In my mind, I see colours... I daydream... gazing at the bright, bold yellow</div>
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garden dafs that come up faithfully each Spring, often alongside the</div>
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I look to the fruit trees, soon to be covered in candy floss-like blossoms.... </div>
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soft pinks, deep reds, and perfect whites... their perfumes wafting, </div>
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calling the bees to breakfast after their long, slumbering Winter...</div>
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I see li'l creatures who step out of their cozy havens in search of </div>
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their daily food, their eyes opening in wonder and excitement </div>
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as they sniff the air, looking around them to take in the soft, </div>
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friendly colours that reappear with the arrival of Spring...</div>
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<i>I hope you make time to look around and discover</i></div>
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Catharinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12936669565255896250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812436239929398295.post-57210627364259093962019-01-17T11:17:00.004-08:002019-01-17T11:17:33.687-08:00Cozy Critters - Skunks<div style="text-align: center;">
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Exercise + warm sweaters + hot beverages = perfect way to stay warm in the winter!!</div>
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narrowed for the thought-provoking, solemn scenes, </div>
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and the eyebrows, well, the eyebrows are so constantly </div>
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knitting and parting and capable of such crinkling contortions, </div>
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you'd think they were performing an interpretative </div>
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dance of the story all on their own! </div>
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<i>These are the smile-inducing musings of Skittle the squirrel, </i></div>
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<i>whenever her afternoon coffee break coincides with Chippy's!</i></div>
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tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world.</div>
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Even though North America is consumed with coffee,</div>
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many in Canada still enjoy a cup of tea, hot in the </div>
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These two friends, Franny and Beth, both enjoy a good hot cuppa, but </div>
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strong while Beth enjoys a "tint o' tea", dunking her teabag just enough </div>
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to colour and flavour her hot water, because "it's better before it's bitter"!</div>
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These two gals love to get together for tea and a good ol' fashioned chin wag,</div>
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and the in the winter months you are sure to find them enjoying the warmth of</div>
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cozy sweaters and talking about those classic Hudson's Bay 4-point wool blankets!</div>
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Nothing warms the heart more than a good cup o' tea and a wonderful friend!</div>
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<b>♥ Cath-</b><i> </i> </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812436239929398295.post-64001008349630025122018-12-05T10:51:00.002-08:002018-12-05T10:51:46.677-08:00Cozy Critters - Badger<div style="text-align: center;">
Barnabas Badger</div>
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How would I describe ol' Barnabas?</div>
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Classic</div>
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He enjoys helping others and will quietly give advice when asked, </div>
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entertaining evening when spent in Barnabas' company!</div>
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One of his favourite winter activities is sitting in his comfortable </div>
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ol' armchair in front of the fire and reading (or re-reading) a classic story.</div>
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He has read and re-read all the Sherlock Holmes mysteries, </div>
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he went through much of his Dickens' collection and is now currently </div>
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absorbed in Anthony Trollope's Chronicles of Barsetshire series.</div>
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Barnabas considers himself an armchair traveler, always looking forward to new</div>
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areas to explore through the books he reads in the cozy comfort of his own home.</div>
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He's been to the Middle East <i>(when reading 1,001 Arabian Nights)</i></div>
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He's been to the Southern United States<i> (when reading books by Mark Twain)</i></div>
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Canada's Prince Edward Island<i> (when reading Anne of Green Gables)</i></div>
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Northern Canada and Alaska <i>(when reading Jack London's adventure tales)</i></div>
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All over England<i> (when reading his vast collection of British authors) </i></div>
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He looks forward to "visiting" Russia and Switzerland in his armchair soon!<i> </i></div>
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Barnabas is content and happy with simple pleasures.</div>
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A cozy sweater, a comfortable chair, a good book, </div>
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and a cup of coffee<i> (with milk, thank you!) </i>is</div>
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the perfect way to enjoy a long winter's night!</div>
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While Barnabas often quotes Trollope when he says,</div>
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<i><b>"What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?" </b></i></div>
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"<i><b>That I can read and be happy while I am reading, is a great blessing."</b></i></div>
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<b>♥ Cath-</b><i><b> </b></i></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812436239929398295.post-19088757415361347762018-11-28T10:22:00.003-08:002018-11-28T10:22:30.400-08:00Cozy Critters - Moose<div style="text-align: center;">
I'd like you to meet Moss.</div>
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Moss spends the early part of Winter helping his neighbours decorate their trees, </div>
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dens, and burrows for the holidays. He organizes all the neighbourhood squirrels </div>
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and together they go from house to house, dressing each doorway with evergreen</div>
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and berries; Moss acts like a step ladder while the squirrels scamper here and there</div>
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across his antlers securing each bough and berry in place!</div>
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After long days of standing in the cold and snow, Moss likes nothing more than </div>
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getting home and snuggling up under a blanket - Moss sure likes to be cozy! </div>
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His neighbour, Mrs. Pickle (she's a porcupine), knows just how cozy Moss likes to be,</div>
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so each year she sets to knitting a colourful sweater for him! Mrs. Pickle's husband, Mr. </div>
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Pickle, makes the best hot cocoa in all of Acorn Woods, and he always makes an extra </div>
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big batch when he knows Moss will be visiting; they <b>do</b> love to spoil him! </div>
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Moss likes his hot cocoa with marshmallows!</div>
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He waits only long enough for the marshmallows to melt </div>
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then he slurps down the sweet steamy concoction in one big gulp!</div>
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<i>Oh, how he loves to feel the warmth of that drink reach all the way to his hooves! </i></div>
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<b>Now you know why Mr. Pickle makes an extra big batch!</b> </div>
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With all the snow that fell overnight, I <i><b>moose</b></i> tell you, </div>
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I now understand Moss' daily desire to be cozy!!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812436239929398295.post-325763616441514262018-11-21T07:47:00.003-08:002018-11-21T07:47:58.926-08:00Cozy Critters - Fox<div style="text-align: center;">
The temperatures have plummeted again,</div>
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This week I would like you to meet <b>Furlong.</b></div>
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This plaid-clad fox was nicknamed "Furlong"</div>
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by his friends because the furthest distance he will</div>
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travel before needing another coffee is about a furlong!</div>
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Coffee jump starts Furlong's day and fuels his on-the-go energy!</div>
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Furlong, in true Canadian-style, is a big fan of the Double-Double<b>!</b></div>
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<b>♥ Cath- </b> </div>
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It's that time of year again, when I start pulling out the extra-cozy blankets</div>
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and place them within arms reach of everyone's favourite hangout in our living room </div>
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and family room. There's little better than being warm and snug under a fuzzy blanket!</div>
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During the day when I am busy around the house and studio, </div>
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it's rather inconvenient to wrap myself up in a blanket; seeing as it would </div>
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<i>So, what is a girl to do? </i></div>
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<b>Pull on a cozy sweater of course!</b></div>
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And that's just what these critters are doing too!</div>
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<b>Christmas sweaters + a mug of something hot = Cozy Critters!</b></div>
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I would like you to meet "<b>George</b>".</div>
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George likes things in his life to be simple and sweet, </div>
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He likes the colour blue (simple) and </div>
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old-fashioned peppermint candy canes (sweet).</div>
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George's friend Nelly (she's a narwhal!) </div>
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because she thinks everything needs a 'pop' </div>
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One of George's favourite annual traditions</div>
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make peppermint fudge. They spend the </div>
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afternoon floating around an iceberg or two, </div>
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while munching on the minty confection and </div>
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sharing stories of their varied arctic adventures! </div>
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More Cozy Critters are on their way! Stay tuned!<i> </i></div>
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<b>♥ Cath-</b><i> </i><b> </b> </div>
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This is it! </div>
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The last day of </div>
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INKTOBER 2018!</div>
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What a month! </div>
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Full of challenges,</div>
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new accomplishments,</div>
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31+ ink drawings!</div>
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It has been a lot of fun </div>
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trying to depict objects</div>
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in black & white, after </div>
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working in colour for </div>
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so many years...</div>
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It's Halloween, so I decided to draw a party</div>
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taking place in Buttercup Dale*. </div>
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The squirrels made sure the pumpkins </div>
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were carved and set about just right. </div>
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Several big pies were donated by Bonny </div>
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(of The Bonny Baker Bakery & Cafe)</div>
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and they were served up in generous</div>
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<b>slices</b> to all the hungry trick o' treaters! </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>*Buttercup Dale is the field between </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Elderberry Hedge and Acorn Woods.</i></span></div>
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<i><b>Happy Halloween!</b></i></div>
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October is almost over!</div>
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<i>Shocking</i>, I know!!</div>
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This month my creativity</div>
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was <i>electrified</i>!</div>
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<i>Bolts</i> of inspiration</div>
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were <i>striking</i> me daily!</div>
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Pen strokes <i>sparked</i> new ideas!</div>
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Wow, this month went by</div>
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<i>lightning</i> fast!</div>
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What a <i>thrill</i>!</div>
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"A shared joy is a double joy,</div>
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A shared sorrow is half a sorrow."</div>
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The greatest gift </div>
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we could ever</div>
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give is love.</div>
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It was the greatest gift</div>
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ever given to us by God.</div>
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He showed us how to love</div>
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unconditionally,</div>
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selflessly,</div>
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thoughtfully.</div>
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He showed how to have a heart</div>
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focused on wanting what is best</div>
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for the other person, no matter what.</div>
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Give the gift of love.</div>
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Show others the love of God!</div>
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It will be the best gift you</div>
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could ever give!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812436239929398295.post-88873889799946517312018-10-27T09:36:00.004-07:002018-10-27T09:36:54.548-07:00INKtober - Day 27<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>"Thunder"</b></div>
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Thunder is the sound that follows</div>
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a lightning strike, so it is often</div>
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depicted as a lightning bolt.</div>
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Even Thor, is called the Norse </div>
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god of thunder because he </div>
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<i>how do you depict a sound?</i></div>
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Well, I decided that the only way</div>
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was to depict the effect thunder has</div>
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on some who are fearful of it...</div>
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So, imagine if you will, a wee l'il pupper happily</div>
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snoozing in front of the fireplace, when a flash</div>
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of light startles him awake. Bleary eyed, he looks </div>
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around to gain his bearings and, BOOOOOOOM!!</div>
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The thunder cracks through his confusion</div>
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and fear strikes his heart! His eyes widen and </div>
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it's all he can do to get his trembling l'il legs</div>
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to take him to the only place he can feel safe </div>
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- under his person's bed!</div>
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<b><i>"Oooo, that one looks even juicier!"</i></b></div>
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<b><i>"If... only... I... could... stretch....</i></b></div>
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<b><i>"Almost... therrre..."</i></b></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812436239929398295.post-79984578264276505452018-10-25T15:01:00.005-07:002018-10-25T15:01:40.004-07:00INKtober - Day 25<div style="text-align: center;">
"Prickly"</div>
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Only 1 week to go in Inktober 2018!</div>
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Today's prompt:</div>
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"Muddy"</div>
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Well, they say nothin's happier </div>
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Don't know who "they" are, </div>
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but I think this drawing says it all!</div>
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Busy day... Hurting hand and wrist...</div>
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"<b>Expensive</b>"</div>
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Vehicles are <u>not</u> my wheel house </div>
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The most expensive car of all time</div>
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which sold for <b>$52 million</b> -</div>
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Day 21 Prompt: Drain</div>
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Sundays are my days for filling up</div>
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with all good things from God's word,</div>
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sharing in study and worship with</div>
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It is definitely edifying!</div>
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So it was unusual to have to think </div>
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Sundays are anything but draining!</div>
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"Breakable"</div>
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Oh, yes, hearts are breakable,</div>
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Emotions can help and hurt the </div>
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Laughter and joy benefit it...</div>
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Because of its fragility,</div>
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it's <i>breakability</i>,</div>
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we need to take care of it,</div>
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physically <b>and </b>emotionally.</div>
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1. the quality or fact of being very determined; determination.<br />2. the quality or fact of continuing to exist; persistence.</div>
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<i>persistence, determination, perseverance, doggedness,</i></div>
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<i>strength of purpose, tirelessness, indefatigability, resoluteness,</i></div>
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<i>resolve, firmness, patience, purposefulness, staunchness,</i></div>
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<i>steadfastness, staying power, endurance, stamina, stubbornness,</i></div>
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<i>intransigence, obstinacy, obduracy, pertinacity</i></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Let them remind you of who you want to be</span></span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div>
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Bottle</div>
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My first thought was to draw a ship in a bottle,</div>
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- it's a happy place to hang out at times!</div>
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The bottle that my imagination developed </div>
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houses the playground of the ladybug faerie. </div>
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It is there that she visits with the ladybugs </div>
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from all over the forest. They enjoy festive </div>
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picnics on the knoll, and when she sits </div>
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on the great swing the ladybugs all know </div>
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that a wonderful story is about to be told!</div>
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They gather on the ground around her, </div>
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their little spotted shells click-clacking</div>
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