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Sunday, December 12, 2010

Dixie Dog Has Gone Over the Rainbow Bridge~

In Loving Memory of DixieBell
Feb 1996 - Dec 2010

This is Dixie, she was a Cattle Dog mix, and a spirit full of life,

She endured diabetes for the past 7 yrs. She got insulin shots twice a day - she lost her sight had surgery to restore it 5 yrs ago...after being blind for 6 months, and she always fought the good fight.

She was a member of our family for almost 15 yrs and we will miss her forever.

~Peace my Love I will see you again when it's my turn to cross over the Rainbow Bridge~

Monday, November 16, 2009

The Results Are IN--!!!

Do you ever do things and then completely forget you did it? Like while I was traveling in September I picked up a flyer about a photo contest of the Rainbow Bridge National Monument and when I got home at the very last minute I sent in an entry. The winner of that would get their photo on a poster to commerate the centennial of the Monument and a free boat trip to the monument...second place would be featured on centennial exhibits and third place would receive a Rainbow Bridge hat & shirt, fourth place a gift certificate from the Colorado River Discovery Store. So I won Third Place!!

Shocked me when I got a call today from Mr. King of the Glen Canyon National Rec. Area to tell me I had been selected as the third place winner!! I was like ----WOW you are kidding!! The contest was open to professionals and amatures and editing was allowed. I submitted the photo Im currently using as my page header, up on top of my blog page! He said mine was the only entry that contained wildlife!!

Initial judging was done by the National Parks Service staff, and finalists were judged by a panel of independent photographers based on the following criteria--Overall compostion, quality, originality, and creativity. Mr. King told me that all the photos will be posted on the Official Rainbow Bridge Website and each winner will receive a certificate as well....I was just thrilled to even be involved--let alone be sent a prize!! Im honored to be a part of the upcoming centennial of such a beautiful spot. Here is a link to the website, hope ya'll get a chance to check it out: http://www.nps.gov/rabr/photosmultimedia/index.htm?eid=420189&root_aId=632#e_420189

So that was my news of the week. End of the week Im dog sitting again--hope it doesnt rain this time!

I got an Official letter of congrats, and I framed it with a copy of my winning photo...so here it below.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Postcards from Dixxe!

HOWDY THERE! I was home for one day and then off to dog sit upstate SC for my other sis...so Im writing from there. My sis's dog is quite old and he is not feeling too good so it's a pretty intense regiment of pills and such...but he is resting comfy right now so I am taking some time to update my blog! OH I had such a wonderful trip out west and even tho I was there for a bit longer than 2 weeks it wasnt enough! We took a fantastic road trip once I arrived in Colorado where big sis lives-we took the rental car and put 1800 miles on it! IN A huge circle--and although we didnt follow the entire Grand Circle most of the attractions we did see are in that vicinity. We traveled through some of the most beautiful scenery in the world in my opinion. I simply cant get enough of Canyon Country in Utah--so much magic there in those rocks of many colors. I took so many photos...omg and Im so happy to have those images to keep my memories fresh of what I saw and what I did. Of course Colorado is not half bad either! Check out this magnificent fall color the Aspen trees shared with me before I had to leave! This photo was taken in the area of Greg Mace Peak, not far from Aspen Colorado.

ANd this was taken inside a slot canyon near Page AriZona-- if you are even in the area I highly suggest taking a tour with Chief Tsosie and his Navajo Guides!..Fantastic spot. The curves and the striations in the rock are fantastic!

you have to see this for yourself!! and you have to see this guy--I dont know what his official name is but he is super fantastic to look at!

And this was a highlight...not just seeing this fantastic arch, but the boat ride thru the Glen Canyon and over Lake Powell to get to this arch--The Rainbow Bridge Natl. Monument--so worth the price--a must see and do!

1/2 boat ride to the Rainbow Bridge, so much fun. They weave in and around the rocks to you us there and sometimes we zoom over open water..

I know you guys are gonna be sick n tired of me and my trip photos...but I hope You love the landscape as Much as I do!.. And here are a few of the birds I saw--I didnt get a shot of the Pygmy nuthatch a new life bird for me!..but here is the western blue bird, the mountain blue bird, and the western meadowlark

I hope to share more of these adventures.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Update 2- Lake Powell and Rainbows

HI Friends, Please forgive me for not visiting your blogs...I can't begin to tell you how busy I've been...we had a FAB trip to Canyon Country...and Navajo Land OMG I love it there... beautiful!

Navajo National Monument

Well we returned from our roadtrip on Saturday and on Sunday we unpacked, did laundry..and Monday I painted the front of sis's bungalow...it looks super..but OUCH old muscles not wanting to do that reaching, and stretching...so a bit stiff! I recovered just fine tho

Sis and Jake, she wants us to try out Metal Dectecting...hmmm (Bungalow front where the staining too place)
and so today I installed a new faucet in her bathroom....like I said before Im sort of very handy--got that from my Dad-- and it works great and its very "hip and modern".

Does anyone say that these days?? Probably not-- OMG I took so many photos...there is no way to sort them in such a short time..but one good thing sis does have high speed..unfortunately she is still using Windows ME, and Internet Exp. 6.0 so all sorts of bugs..lol BUT I did manage to dump all my photos in my Flickr...

(BUT Flickr ate my photos in 2020) RECOVERED what I could

So when I left you last I was about to embark on a trip on Lake Powell...and IT was fantastic...We took the 1/2 trip to the Rainbow Bridge...I would highly recommend that trip if you cant rent a house boat and spend a week as so many do...here are a few shots of my fun on Lake Powell and the Rainbow Bridge...

They rent house boats by the week...Pretty sweet if you can afford it...at the time of this posting it was about $700 give or take. If you love red rocks against blue water this is the thing to do..