365 Photo of the Day

365 Photo of the Day

365 Photo of the Day

My little Grand Dawg will do almost anything for a dried sardine.

Origami butterfly along the hiking trail, first thing this morning, just me and G'Dawg!  

Pretty incredible psycadelic pattern - on the windsheild at the carwash no less. 

Beautiful evening at the Dawg Beach.

Thi is so Okanagan Lake!  

365 Photo of the Day

365 Photo of the Day

365 Photo of the Day

365 Photo(s) of the Day

I hope you’ve enjoyed the last several days of my photos of me and my splendiferous Mr’s fun day away at Molson, Washington.  This little ghost town has so much to offer.  If you ever find yourself with an opportunity make sure you give yourself loads of time.  I’m going to wind up with photos of birds and the little lake nearby. 

The lake is very small – and kind of elongated.  But birds seem to love it.

The birds in this picture were rather too dark to make a great photo out of so I turned them into a silhouette. 

Before you actually see birds you can certainly hear them.  There are many redwing blackbirds and these yellow headed birds too and they make the oddest sounds! 

This one is showing off for a mate, I’m sure!

Check out the bright blue bill on this Ruddy Duck! 

Couldn’t quite believe our eyes when we saw this.  But after googling it HERE I have learned that “They court females by beating their bill against their neck hard enough to create a swirl of bubbles in the water.”

This wraps up my photos of Molson, for now.  I’m looking forward to visiting the Museum in the future and sharing it with you! 

Thanks for visiting today!

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FREE Silhouette file, Simon Says Card and 365 Photos

I’ll start with my card for Simon Says and pair it with a FREE cutting file for YOU!

Today’s theme for Simon Says Wednesday Card Challenge is “MASCULINE” – here’s my take:

What can be more manly than a cigar (cough cough!)

Supplies:

Stamp – My Favorite Things

Embossing folder – Darice

Cigar – Barb Derksen

Cardstock

Ink – I used browns and dabbed it all over to give “texture”

And YAY for YOU because I’m giving this cigar cut away to YOU today.  This cut consists of the cigar itself, the band and a circle.  The band and circles also have an “offset” so you can layer just like I did for the band.  The “M” is not included, that’s a sticker I added myself to personalize this “stogie”  Click on the image above to download the Silhoette Cameo Cutting file.

365 Photos of the Day

Hmmm… seems I still have even one more day of photos of our fun day away at  Molson, Washington after today.  I thought I should display some of the photos my charming husband took.  It never fails he leaves his camera at home but sees and wants all sorts of photos shot (is this bad grammar?)  At any rate, my solution to this was to pass my actual camera off to him (yes, people still use these) while I used my iphone.  We parted and met up an hour later and had a little photo viewing festival later on.   I love how two people can spot entirely different things, and in some cases, the same thing only looked at in a new way. 

My brilliant Mr will be the first to admit to you he’s not so much a “machinery” person, but he does admire a photo opportunity in old contraptions like these.  The weathering lends an air of interest as well.  I think this looks like Steampunk?  It’s a stretch of my mind to think people really used such a machine and thought in that era this was a “modern” marvel!

Now this is the sort of photo I’d expect from a man.  There’s something very eye catching about this!

And this photo is not a surprise.  Other than that I missed this element entirely on my travels! 

And I totally see the appeal of this old house – though I pray he wouldn’t be looking at it like “hmmm, it would be great to live here…”

But the fact Mr Miles took this photo surprised me.  I thought about taking a picture of this woeful gal, gazing off across the plain and thinking “Why doesn’t the wind ever stop? Am I going to live here on this lonely farm forever?” 

What do YOU think of his little gallery show today?

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FREE Silhouette Word Art file &365 Photo(s) of the day

I’ll Start off today with my FREE cutting file and then share some more photos of my oh-so-lovley daytrip away with my Mr last Saturday afternoon. 

Just click on the image to download this free “Happy New Dog” word art cutting file for your Silhouette Cameo.  (and thank you once again to GE.TT for the storage they have provided me to share my free cutting files with you.  I ♥ their great service, and NO ADS, refreshing, right?)

Here’s a card which I made using my word art freebie which I welded to a sweet dog shape which I purchased from the Silhouette online store:

Here’s how I made this simple and fun card.  I welded my wordart with the dog shape and then cut it out of black cardstock.  I embossed this and added a few little silver spangles ontop before I “cooked” it with my Heat Embossing tool.  The background is a 5.5 x 4.25 rectangle of glittered cardstock.  I added a few puffy heart sticker embellishments to finish it off. 

Now on to more photos of our trip to Molson, Washington this past Saturday:

  Today I’m taking you inside as well as outside the buildings at the Historical village.  Just bits that captured my eye. 

I could take pics of vintage typewriters and keys all day long. 

Loving the pattern and texture on this old-time woodstove.

In one building, which I believe was sort of a Mining Assay place, there is a plaque with all sorts of rock samples.  Unfortunately parts of it have been vandalized, so sad!

Someone created this interesting window box using all sorts of reclaimed vintage glass and items!

“Land Sakes! I wish you wouldn’t spring even more company on me like this” She said with an exasperated sigh. 

That’s what I think she might say in her quaint one-room log cabin. 

Which is decorated with new spring blooms and a mossy roof!

More photos tomorrow, which will pretty much wrap up my delightful day away with my husband.

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365 Photo(s) of the Day

Well, so I am not "officially" any part of a yearly photo challenge so I will tell you that once in a while I don't blog a photo that was taken that exact day.  Rather, I choose to blog photos every day but if I have a spill-over from something interesting my camera captured then I will chose to spread it out over a few posts/days.  Such is the case with this past weekend.  My Mr took me out for a surprise drive across the border date!  

Today I'm sharing some photos from our trip to a tiny little town in Washington State USA - a place we've been to before but never tire of.  I can easily walk away each time wishing I'd just had a bit more time to take more photos.  

This first photo is on the drive to Molson Washington and this is Mr Miles capturing a photo of an old house with a unique gate in front.  Sometimes the photographer becomes the photographee!

Molson boasts an old time village where you will be welcomed to wander at will enjoying all the buildings and displays.  There is also a terrific museum, but we ran a little short of time to do that.  Today and tomorrow I'll just share some photos of the things I captured at the self guided walk thru of the historic buildings and machinery. 

There are all sorts of buildings, over a half dozen, representing homesteads and businesses of the era.  

Today I'll just give you peeks at some windows, tomorrow I'll take you inside! 

I think I'll leave you with all this wondering what's IN THERE!