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Tuesday ~ February 7th
Old graveyard near Bisbee, Arizona
I'm back! Photos coming soon... |
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Wednesday ~ February 8th
Click on the cacti to see what we've been up to. |
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Friday ~ February 10th
Galapagos Iguana ~ Photo courtesy of my Uncle Bill
This is how I feel right now. Do you ever need a vacation after having a vacation?
I've been lacking energy since we've been back. Yesterday I made beads for a bit but felt extremely uninspired & lethargic. After only a couple of hours I turned off the torch. I've had this problem before; it's hard to get back into the groove after taking some time off. Somebody emailed me today and asked, "so what's next for you?". Good question - my focus has been on the Tucson show for so long. Now that it's over, I feel a little lost, like I need something else to motivate me, but I should enjoy this time & take the opportunity to experiment, play, grow...
Last night my mom took "her girls" out for a spa treatment. Twice a year, she takes her other 2 daughters Nancy & Pam, along with Pam's daughter, Brandy & myself out to the spa to celebrate our birthdays & Christmas. We bring wine & snacks along (last night we ate sushi, crackers & cheese, fruit & granola cookies). I received a deep moisturizing facial, which I think I needed after being in the desert for 2 weeks. How dreamy! Why, oh why, do I not go to the spa everyday?
Oh right, it's expensive.
I will be in touch with all of you that have emailed me. I just need a day or two to go through them. Have a super weekend! |
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Saturday ~ February 11th
I have swag! Click on the photo above to see some of the jewelry up for grabs. |
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Monday ~ February 13th
What? Tomorrow is Valentine's day? It hadn't even crossed my mind until I saw someone else mention it on their website today ~ gulp. You know, with my birthday (January 24th) & our anniversary (February 2nd) just past & of course Christmas & New Year's - by February 14th, I'm kind of spent with all the celebrations. Perhaps we'll stay in tomorrow & I'll make a special dinner instead. That's about all I'm up for & the fact that Chris' alarm goes off at 4:30 a.m. to get up for work the next day makes for an early night.
I'm working on taxes today - tomorrow I'll torch for a bit. And Wednesday we start our dance lessons - two step, west coast swing & "night club"(?). Looking forward to it.
Below, something fun. I posted this last year at this time, but incase you're new to this site & haven't rummaged around in my archives yet, this might be something you haven't seen before. This will put a little humor into the day.
Take a peek inside... |
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Tuesday ~ February 14th
Purdy. Turquoise band with faceted clear quartz stone & pave diamonds around quartz. On sale for only $4,452.
A girl can dream... |
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Thursday ~ February 16th
Birds!
A tornado of birds! Perhaps over 1000 of them!
What kind of birds flock in such huge numbers around here? Why, Bohemian Waxwings do. As the winter wears on, the flocks grow bigger & bigger. Last winter, in Edmonton, there was a count of over 7000 of them! And this winter, I believe the count is as high or even higher. Hundreds & hundreds of them zoomed into my yard to pick the berries off the Mountain Ash tree, but they hardly got to any of them before I ran out with such excitement that I scared them off ~ whoosh, just like that they flew up again, making high-pitched trills & zigzagging across the sky.
Did you know that they are named "Bohemian" because of the nomadic movements of the winter flocks, which refers to the unconventional, gypsy lifestyle of the inhabitants of Bohemia? Or that when the end of a twig holds a supply of berries that only one bird at a time can reach, members of a flock may line up along the twig and pass berries beak to beak down the line so that each bird gets a chance to eat? Pretty cool! |
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Friday ~ February 17th
I made pretty beads in teal & pink! Above is a little sneak peak. I'm going to make some more today, So that I can get them on eBay. And our goodies came home finally, Now I'm sorting through beads & jewelry. The girls wanting swag won't have to wait 'til June, Ladies wanting beads, specials coming soon. |
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Sunday ~ February 19th
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Tuesday ~ February 21st
All the specials are sold - thanks everybody. |
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Wednesday ~ February 22nd
My Uncle Bill & Aunt Dorothy moved from Edmonton to Victoria 2 years ago. So right now in Victoria the cherry trees are exploding with blossoms & the robins are playing in their backyard fountain. In Edmonton, we're expecting another 2 or 3 centimeters of snow today... Do you think my Uncle Bill was rubbing it in when he sent me this photo?
Day 3 of the "cold from hell". Today the fever & chills have subsided, but my head is very congested. Last night, I forced myself to make beads & I'm glad I did, it took my mind off my cold - well a little bit. I also got all the packages out to the post office yesterday, so if you bought something from me, you'll be seeing it soon. Tonight we have our dance lesson. I hope I have the energy to go. |
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Thursday ~ February 23rd
Cute Overload! has done it again. Have you gone to visit them lately? |
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Friday ~ February 24th
One of our most well known bars here in Edmonton is shutting it's doors & moving to a new location & the building that has hosted live music on a nightly basis for 25 years will be destroyed. In it's place, yet another condo development will appear. The Sidetrack café was designed like a railway station complete with an attached caboose. It's a cozy place with an amazing musical history & a consistent charm that I can only hope they will restore in the new place. Needless to say, I'm a little sad to see it go... Doors shut on Monday & the original Sidetrack will be no more.
On the home front, I am finally starting to feel better. There's still a residue of symptoms - my throat hasn't totally healed, I have a mild headache, my nose is a bit stuffy, but overall, I feel like the worst has come & gone - phew. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend, thanks for stopping by. |
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Monday ~ February 27th
They came back! Those hungry Bohemian Waxwings whisked into our yard & gobbled up the berries on the Mountain Ash. It was amazing! I even saw an albino Bohemian, slurping up snow on the garage roof. Click on the photo to see more of the event.
On a sad note, we went to Chris' Aunt Vivian's funeral this weekend. She died, far too young, of cancer. There were over 500 people at her funeral. She was deeply loved by so many & she was nonjudgmental, loving, generous & talented. It is a sorrowful thing to lose another to cancer. As many of you know, the Bead Tree donates a portion of our profits to cancer research. I want to thank you all for your support. Maybe one day in our lifetime we won't have to lose anymore loved ones to this terrible disease. |
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Tuesday ~ February 28th
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