Duck , Duck, What???

Several of you asked for an update on the ducklings, so here they are in all their glory!



They are playing along the ditchbank near the daylilies. :-) We flood irrigate our land once every 10 days, so this little ditch has water about 4 out of every 10 days. This makes the duckies *very* happy! The formerly yellow ducklings are now these "fawn and white" Runner ducks. The little brown ducklings are still brown, but feathered now, not fuzzy. Yes, that's a little red sandbox toy floating in the ditch. If I were better at Photoshop, I would have edited it out!

Today we acquired a new duck from one of my daughter's co-workers. It is a Pekin duck, and *much* larger (about twice as big!) as our little ducks! We have named her "Eileen," because she does this funny Border Collie thing when she looks at something: she cocks her head to one side!




So far, the little ducks aren't liking Eileen too much. Which is hilarious, because they are *so* much smaller! We'll see how that goes.

Here, kitty kitty

Another Convention swap!


These little sticky note holders are so fun! Find me at Convention if you want to trade for a small 3D!

Stamps: Polka Dot BG, Window Dressing
Paper: Tangerine Tango, Apricot Appeal, Chocolate Chip (of course)
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Accessories: White gel pen, Chocolate Chip Marker, sticky notes, scallop circle punch, Cropadile, binder ring

Swap till you drop!

This is the first in a series of my swaps for Stampin Up's Convention 2008! I can't believe I'm actually going! I'm not what you'd call an adventure person.

This is my submission for the Stamp Camp CD Swap.



Box, Bag, and Tag.

Stamps: Pretty Amazing
Ink: Old Olive Classic
Papers: Bali Breeze DSP, Old Olive cardstock, Pumpkin Pie cardstock
Accessories: Old Olive Grosgrain 5/8”, Flower Fusion, Vintage Brads, Corner Rounder Punch, Slot Punch, Ticket Corner Punch, small gift bag

Ducks on a pond

Well, not a pond exactly. A toboggan pond? It works for the ducklings, anyway.

When I went to buy chicks (the chicken kind, not more girls) a few weeks ago, I felt inspired to get a few ducks, too! 'Cause I'm a little bit crazy. So the ducklings are almost 4 weeks old now--and it's warm enough for them to be outside. They are so happy!

The yellow ones are called Runner Ducks, and they'll probably be all white. They stand upright and run really fast! Not normal duck action at all. The brown ones are Khaki Campbells, known for their amazing egg laying ability. If they're female. We're keeping our fingers crosse! Right now, they are all afraid of the miniature bunny. But they are getting braver. LOL



Here they are all lined up, for some reason! Grooming themselves. Ducks love to be clean!



This is Frodo, our big scary miniature bunny. Notice that the ducklings are keeping their distance!

A New Song--A New Blog

I finally decided to put up a personal blog, in addition to my business blog for my Card Buffet.

Here you'll be more likely to see my personal cards uploaded, news of my family, and evidence of a long-standing genetic smartmouth. ;-) Stay Tuned!