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Act of revenge?

March 21, 2007 by Tricia

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Don’t you just love this photo?

My sister had two German Sheppard – German Sheppard/ Doberman mix dogs when I used to live with her. A long long time ago …

I remember one day when my sisters husband was going to drive us to work, and then go off duck hunting – he decided not to take the dogs with him. He didn’t hunt often, but when he did, he usually did bring the dogs.

He had decided not to bring them along that day because one of the dogs liked to make a game of things. Every time my brother in law would take a shot, the dog would jump out of the bushes and try to catch the expelled cartridge. Naturally the ducks or geese would see the dog jump out (and I suppose hear the shot too) and scatter. Needless to say my brother in law wasn’t a very successful hunter when he’d bring the dogs.

The dogs knew that my brother in law was going out hunting. They’d watched him pack up his gear. When we left, we put the dogs in the basement for the day.

I think I got home first that evening. I went downstairs to rescue the dogs as soon as I got home so that they could go outside for a while.

Much to my surprise the basement was a mess – somewhat like you see above, but with lots of clothes scattered about too.

The two dogs had taken revenge on my brother in law. They had ripped up some of his clean laundry that had been either folded or hung in the basement to drip dry, and they’d attacked some of his books and other belongings. My sister and I both had clothing and other items that we owned in the basement, but the dogs hadn’t touched anything of ours. Only my brother in laws things were damaged.

Smart dogs huh? They knew who they were mad at and exactly how to get back at him too!





Filed Under: Entertainment, Family, Humor, Pets and animals, Recreation, Wordless Wednesday Tagged With: brother in law, cartridge, Doberman, dog, dogs, duck, Geese, german sheppard, hunt, hunting, revenge, shell, shredded, shredded clothes, shredded papers

A clump of crocosmia

March 18, 2007 by Tricia

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I just realized that whenever I talk about this lush red flowering plant, crocosmia Lucifer, I always show close up of the flowers. I thought I’d show you what a clump of crocosmia looks like when it’s in full bloom.

This isn’t the best photograph. The red is just so vibrant that it sometimes takes on an orangish tint in photographs. My new camera is much better with photographing reds than my old Pentax is. Obviously I took this photo with the Pentax, not the Sony.

This plant is very easy to grow. It blooms at least once a year, often twice. The clumps of crocosmia are 3.5 to 4 feet tall.

One clump that I have growing has spread so much in the last three years that I think I’ll divide the clump sometime this spring.

I often grow white flowers like fragrant Nicotina or Datura in front of the clump of crocosmia. The combination looks very nice together.

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Filed Under: Gardening, Green Thumb Sunday, Photography, Recreation Tagged With: bloom, camera, clump, crocosmia, crocosmia lucifer, digital camera, flower, flowers, garden, green thumb, pentax camera, photo, Photography, photos, plant, plants, Red, red flowers, sony cybershot, spring, sunday

The Dinner

March 17, 2007 by Tricia

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Two weeks ago my brother came to Toronto for a convention. For once, he was going to be in town for more than a day or two. He was actually here for five full days! His wife decided to come along for the trip too. She works for my brothers company, but I guess being the bosses wife must have some benefits. She was relaxing while my brother worked the convention.

On the Saturday night almost all of my siblings and a good portion of their kids got together for a nice dinner in a downtown Toronto restaurant. There were eleven us at the table.

The photo above is of me and my family holding our drinks high and giving a cheer. I didn’t take the photo, one of my nephews did. I’m sitting near the end of the left side of the table. You see way at the end of the table? Two sets of hands holding wine glasses up? The first hand is mine, and the second is my sister-in-laws.

I know, you don’t see much of me on this site, but I do give you little bits and pieces here and there don’t I?

Did you notice the glass of Guinness in my nieces boyfriends hand? Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

This last photo is one of my brother, from Vancouver, in the forefront, and my husband behind him.

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Filed Under: Entertainment, Family, Home and Lifestyle, Photo Hunters, Photography, Recreation, Socializing Tagged With: brother, Canada, dinner, Downtown, Family, husband, Nephew, Niece, restaurant, Saturday, Scavenger hunt, sister, Toronto, visit

Halloween Express for all your costume and themed party needs

March 16, 2007 by Tricia

I’ve been asked to write about Halloweenexpress.com. Now obviously, with a site titled Halloween Express you would expect to find Halloween Costumes, wouldn’t you?

You will, but you’ll also find costumes that relate well to just about any other major holiday, and costumes that could be used when attending costume parties and other themed events.

disco.gif Halloween Express carries everything from Adult, kid, pet and Halloween costumes, to accessories and make up, hats, wigs and masks plus decorations for your costume party. They offer the largest selection of Halloween costumes and merchandise. Just browse through their pages to see what I mean.

The costumes and merchandise sold at Halloween Express are a combination of the latest popular trends in costumes, as well as the tried and true best sellers.

There are so many different types of costumes to choose. Clicking on the adult costume section revealed an assortment of different styles of adult costumes. I see listings for everything from classic men and womens costumes, to horror, career, couples, Disney, fairytale, holiday, humorous, medieval, military, pirate, religious, sexy, super hero, and TV and movie related men and womens costumes.

babybug2.gif Now that’s just one section. Don’t forget they have costumes for children too. Isn’t the baby bug costume adorable?

Oh and don’t forget to browse through the pet costumes. I just love them.

If I had a dog or cat I might be tempted to dress them up at least once a year after seeing photos of costumed animals. How do you like the masked Power ranger dog costume?

petpowerranger2.gif There are just so many costumes that you really must see the Halloween Express site for yourself.

Halloween express also offers a large assortment of accessories, make up, hats, wigs and masks that you can add to your costume to complete the look, or use to personalize your costumed character.

alien2.gif Halloween Express started out in 1990, and has built itself up to become one of the most aggressive and dynamic Halloween chains in the US. That’s 17+ years of experience, and over 140 retail locations.

There are several company owned as well as franchise locations across the United States. If there isn’t a location in your area, have no fear. Just visit their online site HalloweenExpress.com. They ship merchandise across the continental US, however they do not ship internationally at this time.

So remember Halloween Express the next time you get invited to a costume party or a themed event. I’m certain you’ll be happy with the selection.

Filed Under: Fashion, Recreation, Shopping, Website Promotion Tagged With: classic costumes, costume, costume accessories, costumes, Halloween, halloween costumes, halloween decorations, hats, holiday, horror, makeup, masks, sexy costumes, wigs

Are you participating in the Lifecruiser Cyber Cruise?

March 15, 2007 by Tricia

Thirteen Things about Mrs. Lifecruisers Cyber Cruise

This is Thursday Thirteen #37

1…. Mrs. Lifecruiser decided to have an elaborate, and I mean elaborate blog party! She’s calling it a “Cyber Cruise”.

2…. The Cyber Cruise starts tomorrow and runs through to the end of the month!

3…. We’ll be hitting ports from all over the world as different bloggers host the Cyber cruise on their own sites.

4…. This is going to be a great way to meet other bloggers, and discover some great new sites. You might even make a friend or two as you mingle at one of the banquet dinners or lounge by the pool.

5…. The lovely Mrs. Lifecruiser had asked who wanted to host the Cruise in their “port”. I opted to be a party goer rather than a host this time round. Perhaps next time round there’ll be a Toronto port on the Cyber Cruise.

6…. I’ve been looking through my cyber closets to find a few lovely evening gowns to wear to the dinners. So far I’ve found a lovely emerald gown that will set off my eyes, hair and fair skin nicely. I’ve also chosen two traditional black gowns – ones a little skimpy! Oh yes, I’ve also got a hot little red number.

7…. I’m hoping that Mrs. Lifecruiser lined up a lot of entertainment for this long Cyber cruise. Hopefully there’s some great rock n’ roll bands. I love mingling with rock stars.

8…. I think that everyone should bring a flag from their Country to hang over the side of the ship. That way we can show how truly international our Cyber Cruise will be.

9…. Now I’m trying to think of what else to pack from my Cyber drawers and closet? Hmmm some bathing suits? yeah I think I’d better bring something to swim in and tan in.

10…. Some of the ports that we’ll hit should be warm too so I’ll have to bring some light clothes – shorts, light tops and some good walking shoes just in case we hit any tourist areas as we travel across the world on the Lifecruiser Cyber Cruise.

11…. I’d like to try some chocolate from every port we hit. mmmm I love chocolate!

12…. Oh and I guess I should try a traditional food item from each country we visit too huh?

13…. I hope you’ll join us on our Cyber Cruise! I’m sure the host of the whole show, Mrs. Lifecruiser herself will drop in at some point today to tell us more about her huge Blog party/ Cyber cruise. I can’t wait to find out if there’s any last minute details?

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Filed Under: Entertainment, Recreation, Thursday Thirteen, Website Promotion Tagged With: blog, Canada, dinner, eat, Entertainment, Food, Green, Join, lifecruiser, Love, Party, style, Thursday Thirteen, Toronto, travel, visit

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