Canadian Crafter

Where's my horse?

kansasa@gmail.com (KansasA) — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 21:54:19 PDT

Where's my horse?, a photo by KansasA on Flickr.

Playing around with one of the turkeys.

Peeps

kansasa@gmail.com (KansasA) — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 17:54:23 PDT

Peeps, a photo by KansasA on Flickr.

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It's the first time the chicks have been outside. This one just wanted to sleep in the hot sun. :)

Sweet Dreams Chicky

kansasa@gmail.com (KansasA) — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 12:21:33 PDT

Sweet Dreams Chicky, a photo by KansasA on Flickr.

This little chick fell right to sleep in a wine glass. They are growing fast and I think I'll be moving them out to the coop soon. :)

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A couple of work lights and an off camera flash. White craft paper for the background.

1st chick!

kansasa@gmail.com (KansasA) — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 16:49:15 PDT

1st chick!, a photo by KansasA on Flickr.

Here's the first chick!

Pipping Eggs

kansasa@gmail.com (KansasA) — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 16:48:30 PDT

Pipping Eggs, a photo by KansasA on Flickr.

I set up an incubator 21 days ago and the chicks have started hatching today.

Hummingbird Feeder

kansasa@gmail.com (KansasA) — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:29:27 PDT

Hummingbird Feeder, a photo by KansasA on Flickr.

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A quick way to clean the inside of your hummingbird feeder is to mix rice with a bit of water and shake it clean.

Hummers in the Bleeding Hearts

kansasa@gmail.com (KansasA) — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:27:58 PDT

Our hummingbird population is increasing fast. :)

Awesome Card

kansasa@gmail.com (KansasA) — Thu, 05 May 2011 11:24:11 PDT

Awesome Card, a photo by KansasA on Flickr.

Created with MTC (Make the Cut) and cut out with my Cricut cutter.
Borrowed the idea from this blog:
www.kwernerdesign.com/blog/?p=4158 Wow she has some great ideas!
I didn't buy the sentiment but made it using a font in MTC and welding it together. :D

Stewart the Peacock

kansasa@gmail.com (KansasA) — Mon, 02 May 2011 23:31:51 PDT

Stewart the Peacock, a photo by KansasA on Flickr.

Stewart has now moved up to our deck and likes to sit on the railing. He jumps around on the woodpile and tonight tried to jump from a shelf up to the roof! I think he's getting used to the dogs because he doesn't seem to be running away from them and is actually standing his ground to Mini. :)

Peacock

kansasa@gmail.com (KansasA) — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 08:19:22 PDT

Peacock, a photo by KansasA on Flickr.

Pop's peacock has started coming over to our house for visits. I think he's lonely for company and likes my chickens. :)

JUMP!

kansasa@gmail.com (KansasA) — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 23:04:53 PDT

JUMP!, a photo by KansasA on Flickr.

Our dog Mini jumping through the flowers. It was a gorgeous day today and I think Spring has finally sprung! :)

Cricut Animal Cards

kansasa@gmail.com (KansasA) — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:46:07 PDT

Cricut Animal Cards, originally uploaded by KansasA.

I used my cricut cutter and MTC to make small animals cards. Sydney made the bunnies. :)
For directions visit: http://underacherrytree.blogspot.com/2011/01/ld-mtc-beginner-series-how-to-use.html
I'm hoping the Black Cat Cougar cutter I bought doesn't take too long to get here because the cricut was temperamental today!

Science Fair 2011

kansasa@gmail.com (KansasA) — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 14:53:51 PDT

Science Fair 2011, originally uploaded by KansasA.

Sydney earned a silver at the Science Fair! Good job Sydney! She's already working on next year's project. :)

Purchase Prints!

kansasa@gmail.com (KansasA) — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 16:43:13 PDT

I’m trying out Redbubble and will be adding more prints soon. Please feel free to check out my portfolio.

Available Products:

Science Project Final

kansasa@gmail.com (KansasA) — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 12:42:26 PDT

Science Project Final Final, originally uploaded by KansasA.

Sydney's hoping she'll earn a medal at this year's science fair. It's in Kamloops on April 7 & 8th.

Cricut Valentine Card

kansasa@gmail.com (KansasA) — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 17:04:48 PST

Using my Cricut Expression I made Valentine cards for Jevan to give out to his class. They are based on this pattern if you’d like to make them.

I’ve created a Facebook Photography page on Facebook and if you’d like to join please click the icon on the right side of my blog, Facebook will open and then click “Like” while there. I find I’m putting pictures up at Facebook and Flickr before I get to my blog so if you’d like to see them earlier please join me at Facebook. :) I’m running a contest for a free print, get the details at http://www.facebook.com/Lillooet

For lots more pictures visit my flickr site:

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1992 Flickr Pictures

kansasa@gmail.com (KansasA) — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 07:45:31 PST

This is a neat and cool way to show all your pictures at Facebook, Flickr, or Tumblr. I had 1992 pictures when I made the slide show. If you’d like to try it go to Pummelvision.com, best of all it’s free!

For lots more pictures visit my flickr site:

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The Chef

kansasa@gmail.com (KansasA) — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 01:24:10 PST

Jevan always says he wants to be a Chef when he grows up… someday I hope to post this picture on his restaurant wall.

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LES Christmas Concert & CP Holiday Train

kansasa@gmail.com (KansasA) — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 08:38:40 PST

Wow busy day yesterday! I attended the kid’s annual school Christmas concert, then zipped up to Jade Springs for an early supper, hit the grocery store, and then waiting by the CP (Canadian Pacific) tracks for the Holiday Train featuring the band “Odds.”

Sydney was one of the MC’s.

Jevan performed on stage and, as usual, gave everyone some giggles.

Sydney played the recorder alongside her classmates.

The CP Holiday Train supports Food Banks in many communities. It rolled in right on schedule and was amazing to see, wow!

It’s decorated with hundreds of thousands of lights and starts out in Montreal.

The “Odds” were fantastic and put on a great show! They are an alternative rock band from Vancouver BC and if you’ve heard the songs “Eat my Brain” or “Heterosexual Man” then you might know who they are. I gather they also did the theme song for the TV comedy show “Corner Gas” but I never watched the show.

Santa performed on stage and also did a great job.

When they were done the side of the boxcar flips up and closes and they’re off to the next town. Fun times!

For lots more pictures visit my flickr site:

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Snow!

kansasa@gmail.com (KansasA) — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 16:58:07 PST

We finally got enough snow for the kids to have some fun!

Sydney & Jevan with their rosy cheeks.

Sydney hits Jevan with a snowball!

The Upper Pond

kansasa@gmail.com (KansasA) — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 22:36:51 PDT

Today I was sitting and waiting for two muskrats to appear at the upper pond. They were there when we first showed up and I managed to get one picture but they quickly disappeared.

I sat for an hour, even changing my locations a few times but they never came back. I took a few pictures of the reflection in the water.

Yesterday Pops tried out the “new” potato harvester. Hubby worked for two days to get it modified to hook up to a tractor instead of a horse but it still has some kinks that need to be worked out.

I converted a picture to make it look really old, it didn’t take much because it is really old. The patent on it says 1906 and it was made by the “Canadian Potato Machinery Co.”

Coming back from the Horn Field I stopped at the pond and took some pictures of the ducks, these ducks were born and raised on the Ranch. Mini, our new puppy, was with me and when she saw the ducks she hightailed it right back to the house!

For lots more pictures visit my flickr site:

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Fog on the Fraser River

kansasa@gmail.com (KansasA) — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 22:57:06 PDT

Hubby and I headed out the other morning bright and early. He was trying to get a deer up the mountain and I had my camera. We didn’t see any deer but I sure got some great shots of the fog rolling across the Fraser.

The sun was shining and it was a beautiful morning, although a bit chilly. If you’ve been to the Ranch before you can spot our house in the shot below. Grandma’s house is sort of hidden in the trees.

I really like this pic, the way the fog has rolled over the Horn Field. The two big buildings are the hay shed in the back and the barn in the front.

Some days the fog rolls right over our house and we can barely see the fields from the windows, now I can see why, it’s pretty thick here.

While I was up the mountain I spotted a very lonely looking tree, I thought it would have made a great Halloween shot!

I’ve got to get up early tomorrow because I’m off to Lytton Elementary in the morning. The Ministry of Education is sending their Professional Video Crew to shoot a commercial and Sydney will be one of the speakers for the Connected Classroom. I’m so proud of her! Timeline sounds like around six months (maybe sooner) and we should be seeing it on all the channels… albeit Canadian channels only I would guess. With the Premier resigning today I hope things don’t change because the kids would be so disappointed.

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Hay Halloween, not a typo.

kansasa@gmail.com (KansasA) — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:53:06 PDT

Instead of heading into town to trick or treat we lit a fire and ate hotdogs, roasted marshmallows, and drank hot chocolate here on the Ranch. My Mom and Robert were here and I think Mom had more fun sitting around the campfire than anyone! Here she is with a load of marshmallows over the fire, good stuff.

Jevan as the Toy Story Alien. Why does it always look like Jevan struggles to smile??

Sydney as Ms. Dracula. Ooooo Sydney you look scary!

Dallas was in Vancouver for the weekend and didn’t get my message about stopping and picking up fireworks but we did manage to find one in the back seat of Hubby’s truck.

Last week Grandma and Pops were at the auction for the calves and Hubby and I fed the cows. I sat in the centre of the round feeder and took a few pictures of the girls eating.

Hubby loading up the hay.

The girls certainly aren’t shy when it comes to food, it didn’t bother them one bit that I was there.

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Almost a month!

kansasa@gmail.com (KansasA) — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 14:26:40 PDT

It’s been pointed out to me that it’s been almost a month since I blogged… yes I’m a bad blogger of late. No excuses… or at least none that I find convincing enough to post, just lack of time and energy.

I’m seriously thinking of shutting down my blog. I’ve been terrible in the tutorial department, most all my pictures are uploaded to Facebook and Flickr long before they hit my blog, and in looking at my stats I find most people find my page by searching Google for a canning question, recipe or looming, or technical thing. I will think about it and decide in the next few weeks.

So on that note this is what we’ve been up to lately.

Sydney attended World Rivers Day and rode a raft from Nicomen along the Thompson River down to Lytton into the Fraser River.

She had a blast and loves riding the rafts! Me, on the other hand, love to scale the rocks on the banks and drive up and down the highway to take the pictures, lol.

Sydney waving as they go by.

A speck in the Fraser River. Lots more pictures of Sydney’s rafting trip can be seen at my Flickr site.

I spent about an hour under the Lytton bridge waiting for the kids to go by. While I was there I took some pics of birds, the trains, and the bridges.

A flicker on one of the old telephone poles.

A train on the bridge.

The train bridge on the left, the new Lytton bridge in the middle, and on the right is parts of the old bridge we used to drive on.

Enjoy your Saturday. :)

Catch up

kansasa@gmail.com (KansasA) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:37:22 PDT

Playing catch up again on my blog… I need more days in the week. :)

We have a new dog! Mini Pearl is her name and she’s the cutest bundle of joy. :) She’s a Chi Apso, a mix of Chihuahua and Lhasa Apso.

The day we got her.

A few days later.

We’ve pulled the net out of the river this past week except for the weekend. We’ll probably put it back in again this coming weekend depending on how often Sydney and I drive back and forth to Lytton. The Lytton Riverfest Pow Wow is this weekend and we’d like to attend a few of the festivities.

There’s been several bears we’ve seen down at the river. This guy/gal was walking on the road and when he/she spotted us headed for a tree.

This was one of two but they didn’t get close enough together to snap a pic.

Lots of eagles have been hanging around too.

I’ve been practicing birds in flight and find it tough to lock in on them… with some advice from my fav teacher Davimack I will keep trying. :)

Pulling the net one morning we found a small sturgeon. Talk about prehistoric looking things!

One of the last days we were at the river the Fish Monitoring Boat crew came up and spoke to Hubby. They keep track of how many sockeye are caught on the Fraser River. All are quite friendly and a pleasure to speak with. :)

I’m still entering photos for the weekly assignments at DPS. This one took 1st runner up for Bugs and Insects last week. We found the nest in our travel trailer.

The latest assignment is Books and I’ve entered a pic of Sydney with “Books on the Brain.” It’s “Cars” after this one and I don’t have any idea what I’m going to do. Jevan’s hot wheels springs to mind but I’ll have to think on it. :)

Another batch of chicks….sighhhhhh, do Banties ever quit bringing home bundles??

Whew that’s it! Hopefully it won’t be as long before my next post, sorry to all my dial-up friends but I have reduced the size of the pics so hopefully they won’t take too long to load. :)

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