More of the usual plus the unusual

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#63

 Monday, I switched direction away from my minimals. I wanted to try out my new Cavallini rubber stamps. Oh I do like them, having to do with postal things. Even those waving lines to cancel faux postage.

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I used a nice gray card board, the backing for the stamps that I receive in the mail, and tore up a 2010 estimate for ridding our house of termites. Turned out that we didn't have any. Hah! Used postage stamps from Finland and tiny cut out squares from some other project came in handy.






Here are two more in this series.
Fun with stamps. These are from a different Cavallini set that my honey got for me awhile ago.









And the rubber stamps on this one are from my collection of postal franks and immigration stamps.

 Here's our surprise yesterday -  ususual, snow falling! We didn't get a lot but it was cold and very windy. The valley region to the west and north of us got LOTS of snow. I heard some places got 30".  Wow, memories of my childhood.

Here's another unusual thing - a snapping turtle that we saw at the Maymont nature center last week. It was so prehistoric looking. One of the staff told us that mature one's spend all their time in the water, but when it was less-mature (I guess) they used to have a ramp in the tank so it could climb up out of the water. One day, they came into the center and found this guy taking a stroll!
What a surprise for them!

Update on Plastic bottles

I decided that these lovely images by Marja Karina in Rusko, Finland, can help us keep in mind how we can help our earth by re-using our water bottles....but it's necessary to choose the right bottles for our health and safety. An update from our cousin, just in, #7 bottles can be safely refilled if they're the newer ones that say BPA FREE. The older #7's aren't to be "trusted." Here's a site that can help you learn more and find safe re-fillable bottles. Thanks Marja for sharing your photos and our Cousin D for the research.

Litter Movement

Here are some wonderful flowers and berries from Marja in Rusko, Finland. Marja connected me to a website with a simple but important idea. It's the litter movement, well, actually, the anti-litter movement. Elisa's idea, we all pick up a piece of trash a day when we see it in our surroundings. Check out her website, sign her guest book and pick up some litter! Kiltos Marja for the terrific flowers to share. Kiltos Elisa for the terrific idea!