Glittery Season's Greetings

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Another Christmas in July card coming at ya!! Sick of them yet? I find it sort of refreshing working with snow and snowflakes when it's so stinking hot outside. This card was put together using some products from Recollections, sold at Michaels Craft Stores.

The papers are from My Minds Eye - Holiday Cheer paper pad. The wood snowflakes and sentiment are Recollections, I have covered them with Shabby White embossing enamel.

The snowflakes and the brickwork die cuts are Cheery Lynn, the flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts, the snow is a DecoArt Snow Writer covered in Glamour Dust glitter. Some laces and ribbon from May Arts and everything else is from my stash.

It looks like you are all in for lots more Christmas cards in August. I am very excited to announce the upcoming release of the new Pion Design collection "GREETINGS FROM THE NORTH POLE". I missed all the Christmas collections last year, so I am totally stoked about dipping in to this vintage Christmas collection. Hold on to your hats ladies, it's about to get frosty! lol

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Hubby and I decided to hike down the Rattray Marsh Trail last weekend. This is one of the most fun trails we have done so far. These wooden trails are suspended just above the wetlands and wind in out through trees! So amazing!! Mind you, much of it was dried out because of the drought, but the 'pot of gold' at the end of this rainbow is just too delicious to pass up (more about that in a minute).

You can see how desperately low the water levels are. So sad.

See that spot of blue way off  on the horizon... that would my 'pot of gold', but there's still a ways to go yet in order to get there.

This little guy was just striking a pose on this stump. Closest I've ever been to a Chipmunk!

and here it is, my 'pot of gold'... LAKE ONTARIO!!!

I took about a billion shots of the beach, best save that for another day I guess. lol

And back on the home front we have a beautiful female Starling at the feeder.

You all know Dina and David, my Morning Dove couple. This is Dina sitting out in the tree. It's odd not to see them together, hope David is OK. (sorry about the railing, couldn't be avoided)

My token morning coffee shot, another fiery sky.

Poor little PRECIOUS, she still struggles with the carpet, she always works out her game plan before attempting the climb. So sweet!

JUNIOR, GET DOWN OFF THE ROOF!!!
I saved you a spot on the chair, come have your nap! Goofy little monkey!

I have had a couple of visits from a couple of Red Squirrels this week. Haven't given them names yet, can't get close enough to tell the difference between the two! lol

Some very sad new from the vet last week. Our dear sweet little SCULLY is losing her eyesight. She's only 9 years old, way too young to be going through this. She is such a huge fan of all things nature, so I will be cutting back on my walks for a while, and instead will be making sure this darling dog gets to enjoy every minute of the outdoors while she still can. Look how happy she is just sitting on the boardwalk! :(

That's it for today. Thank you for stopping in and for all the amazing comments. If you have any questions or interesting tidbits about today's wildlife, please let me know.