Gold Mushrooms

I don’t think this photo does these mushrooms justice – they’re gold, they are prettiest mushrooms I’ve ever seen. Maine really is a beautiful state.

Gotta Love Disney – especially if you’re a squirrel

“Squirrel stops Disney monorail”

“Monorail passengers at Disney World had a 45-minute ride between stops because a squirrel got on the track and the woman driving couldn’t bring herself to run it over,” the YouTube poster said. ” They made progress a few feet at a time, honking at the squirrel to continue further down the track.”

http://www.clickorlando.com/news/Video-Squirrel-stops-Disney-World-monorail/-/1637132/14411662/-/c9aqnp/-/index.html

Bar Harbor Fine Arts Festival

Woo hoo! The dou dous are in! So everyone has to come to Maine to visit and go to the Arts Festival JUNE 17-24, 2012

http://www.barharborinfo.com/events/legacy_of_the_arts/?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=legacyartsfestival.com

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bar-Harbor-Fine-Arts-Festival/200492065354

Good Morning Maine!

These were taken at 4:30 this morning. Why was I up at 4:30? I have no idea. Obviously if I am going to live here I will need a better camera. the sky was so pretty and there was a mist coming off the river – neither of which you can see in the photo! The landscape has changed a lot in the past month, everything is very green – hundreds of different shades of green – I’ll try to get a photo that does it justice

This is a crow that was screaming his head off.

Pet Food Recall

– Kirkland Signature Super Premium Adult Dog Lamb, Rice & Vegetable Formula (Best Before December 9, 2012 through January 31, 2013)

– Kirkland Signature Super Premium Adult Dog Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Formula (Best Before December 9, 2012 through January 31, 2013)

– Kirkland Signature Super Premium Mature Dog Chicken, Rice & Egg Formula (Best Before December 9, 2012 through January 31, 2013)

– Kirkland Signature Super Premium Healthy Weight Dog Formulated with Chicken & Vegetables (Best Before December 9, 2012 through January 31, 2013)

– Kirkland Signature Super Premium Maintenance Cat Chicken & Rice Formula (Best Before Dec. 9, 2012 through Jan. 31, 2013)

– Kirkland Signature Super Premium Healthy Weight Cat Formula (Dec. 9, 2012 through Jan. 31, 2013)

– Kirkland Signature Nature’s Domain Salmon Meal & Sweet Potato Formula for Dogs (Dec. 9, 2012 through Jan. 31, 2013)

To determine if your pet food is recalled, the FDA recommends consumers check the production codes on the back of bags; they must have both a number “3″ in the ninth position AND an “X” in the 11th position. The best-before dates for the recalled brands listed are Dec. 9, 2012 through Jan. 31, 2013.

- Kirkland Signature Super Premium Adult Dog Lamb, Rice & Vegetable Formula (Best Before December 9, 2012 through January 31, 2013)

– Kirkland Signature Super Premium Adult Dog Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Formula (Best Before December 9, 2012 through January 31, 2013)

– Kirkland Signature Super Premium Mature Dog Chicken, Rice & Egg Formula (Best Before December 9, 2012 through January 31, 2013)

– Kirkland Signature Super Premium Healthy Weight Dog Formulated with Chicken & Vegetables (Best Before December 9, 2012 through January 31, 2013)

– Kirkland Signature Super Premium Maintenance Cat Chicken & Rice Formula (Best Before Dec. 9, 2012 through Jan. 31, 2013)

– Kirkland Signature Super Premium Healthy Weight Cat Formula (Dec. 9, 2012 through Jan. 31, 2013)

– Kirkland Signature Nature’s Domain Salmon Meal & Sweet Potato Formula for Dogs (Dec. 9, 2012 through Jan. 31, 2013)

– Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul

– Country Value

– Diamond

– Diamond Naturals

– Premium Edge

– Professional

– 4Health

– Taste of the Wild

Story here: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/tailsofseattle/2018161654_pet-food_recall_expanded.html?syndication=rss

Six One News: 1,000 rescued battery hens seek new home

Reblogged from Pethelpers.ie:

We have collected another 1,000 ex-working girls last week.

We already had a great lineup of people giving our hens a new home, however we are still looking for more suitable homes. As you can imagine we are very, very busy and it will take us some time to reply to emails, so the easiest would be if you could please give us a call at…

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In Ireland? Give a Hen a Home!

Oh what wicked webs we weave…….

Well it’s over. At least it wasn’t a bad breakup but as with any parting, there is some sadness. My 6 year relationship with Etsy has ended. Too many lies, just too many lies… There have been signs that things were going downhill for awhile now. I hung in there, sure that Etsy would come to it’s senses and regain it’s integrity, that did not happen. After I read this yesterday:

http://www.regretsy.com/2012/04/21/the-etsy-featured-reseller-ecologica-malibu/

and this:

http://www.regretsy.com/2012/04/24/update-ecologica-malibu/

I knew it was time to go. I decided I was going to close my shop on May 10th in solidarity with other artists that don’t use slave labor http://protesty.com but I didn’t last through the night. I went to get the URL for a post and found this:

They had replaced my banner with this bogus announcement. It was too much. I deleted all of my listings.

I just signed up for http://handmadeartists.com a couple of hours ago – I already have three times as many views on one bird than my entire Etsy shop got all last week. Obviously, it was a good move I’ve raised my prices too but you can still buy dou dous on my site http://doudoubirds.com If you follow my blog, email me for a discount code. I may go to thecraftstar.com too.

I think I scared the baby

So I see this out my window and run out front to get a shot.

Do you think that’s a baby eagle that I scared? I could have sworn there were two and one went on and the other turned around. And then the smaller one flew back where he just came from:

And then he turned around to come back but then changed his mind and went back. I am wondering if it’s a mom and baby I’ve been seeing today. Poor bird, first flight with mom and some crazy woman is running around trying to photograph him!

Boo Boo And Robin

Well Boo Boo is always up for a photo session – especially if I give her an almond I did manage to get this robin that was hanging out on the front lawn but the eagle will have to wait for a another day….

OMG Eagle 5

He just flew right by my window! 12:30? What kind of schedule is this bird on? Are there two of them? This is the closest he has ever flown by the window. I do believe this bird is taunting me now