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15 Minutes of Fame

OK, maybe not 15 minutes. An hour. Maybe not Fame. Just the front page of etsy. While I was getting ready to go to our friend's house last night, one of my etsy treasuries (which is kind of like a 'visually curated shopping list') made the front page of etsy. 

This is exciting for a few reasons. It helps the shops that are featured get noticed. When creating a treasury, you always hope that it will also result in some sales for the shops you featured. Well, the report is in and there have been at least 4 sales as result of my treasury making front page. This makes me smile. 
It also makes the shops that were featured smile. As the 'curator' it also helps our shop get noticed.  It's pretty much a good thing all around.  

Saturday Night, Saturday Night

We were off to our friends Ralph and Cathryn's last night.  Our mutual friends Phillip and Kathryn came up from New Jersey for a quick weekend visit. 

Luckily Ralphy got a picture of the appetizers. Pretty much one of my favorite things in the world. Fresh caught scallops.

The scallops were followed closely by fresh caught lobster pie. These are the things you have to suffer through when your pal is a fisherman. 

As you can tell by Phillip's face (and Gar's below), the night included many, many laughs. You know, the side splitting, shoot your drink out your nose kind.

Wish I'd remembered I'd had the camera when everyone was there.  Four of the rabble rousers - Sarah, Janice, Donna and Mark (make that 5 including baby Bella) had left when I finally pulled it out. Sometimes I wish there was a rewind button.

It was an all around good time with good friends. The best kind of night.

Cathryn stole Gar's hat for this shot.

Have I mentioned the dogs? Ralph and Cathryn are dog people like us. Except that they have three more than us.  They lost the Katey dog, which is sad. She was a good, scruffy little terrier.  However, someone new and equally nice, Catty, has found a place on the couch next to Ralph.

Famous Amos and Henny Penny lounged together on the other couch.  No, Amos doesn't have one red eye and one blue/green eye. But I just had to leave this picture as it was because it made me laugh.

Duncan opted to spread out in the kitchen. However, he was doing his best to avert his eyes from the camera, acting ever-so shy. Funny Duncs. Funny.

Love all these pooches.

Love the MacDonalds too. And the Lalimes. I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that I love scallops wrapped in bacon and lobster pie too. That's just a side note for Ralph.

Sunset Meadows

It was a lovely one yesterday.  I wasn't quick enough to get some of the really pretty colors, but I still got a couple of shots before it was done.

Hope you're having a slow-down kind of Sunday. It's sunny and windy here. Gar just went to get some groceries (thanks babe) and I have some work to do. When that's done, I'll enjoy the NHL all-star game with some Guac and chips.  Speaking of the NHL all stars, my bigZ man (seriously, he's 6'8" without skates one), Zdeno Chara, beat his own slapshot record of 105.9 miles per hour with a 108.8 missile last night.  Oh yeah baby.

See you on the flip side,