Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

Oh Tami, Great memory...mine is from I was a little older, and knew the Santa thing, but had 4 younger siblings & wouldn't ruin it for them for the world...and we had had a very rough financial year as a family...and I worked with my Mom helping her make special gifts for my siblings...and when Christmas morning arrived, there was my favorite doll...all dressed in the most beautiful white silk wedding dress...It was so wonderful, and it took a few years before Mom told me that a group of neighbors had brought her a whole bunch of things to use for making our gifts, and one of the things was a silk parachute...which she used to make my dolls dress!!!

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:crackup:  :crackup:  :crackup: Me too...and a very handsome Santa he is!!! :crackup:  :crackup:  :crackup:

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I would send that stuff to Spoof@ebay.com immediately...and otherwise ignore it all...so many nasty scams out there!!!

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Sandi,
They look fabulous!!!!

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Happy Anniversary Mary!!!!!
Our Anniversary is May 10th...will be our 39th!

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Thanks so much Japhne, Judi & Lisa!

Japhne, you really should try needle felting...it just might surprise you how much detail you can get with it!

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Thanks much Mary!! I have had those bells laying around for years...was such fun adding them to his outfit:)

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Here is a close up of Beau Jingle's face. He is 8 inches tall, and needle felted with glass eyes & knitted knickers & hat & scarf from wool I spun. He has lots of jingle bells attached to his clothing. He is also posted in the market place at :http://www.teddy-talk.com/viewtopic.php … 23#p273723

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Thank you Claudia!

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Thank you very much Mary & Kathleen!

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Thanks SueAnn, Not positive about the history, some say it was a Civil War Outpost. There was a lot going on in the area during that time period. It is closer to Las Vegas, NM and not easily accessible. There is a very small town a little ways from there, where a few locals still live, but from what we hear, they aren't very welcoming to "Outsiders". Perhaps Georgia was there, but it would be more likely that she would be haunting similar places in the Abiquiu  area.

Thanks Pauline..it was very calm & tranquil. There were even some wood ducks in the river, and lots of cows around the whole area. Had to be careful walking...as there were lots of "cow pies"!! :crackup:

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Just thought you all might enjoy a little bit of our world in NM. We went on a little excursion today, and found a very old place. You can see it as a slide show at:http://outdoors.webshots.com/slideshow/561697429UsPHIo

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Thanks so much Tami & Mary!!!!

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I just put my newest purse in the Teddy Bears & Friends Topic
Here is the link:
http://www.teddy-talk.com/viewtopic.php … 76#p272876

The picture here is a close up of the bear.

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I did mine the other day...it's really a simple one. One of these days I will figure out how to do them.

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:clap:  :clap:  :clap: Beautiful job Tami...what an adorable face! :clap:  :clap:  :clap:

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I put all of our cards in a basket, which is a tradition my Grandmother started years ago, because she could sit in her favorite chair & go thru the cards with the basket on her lap, then she would pass the basket to visitors too look thru also. She was using a walker when she started that, so it was much easier for her, then trying to hang them all up. I made a special basket for doing the same.

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I just got this from my sister & thought immediately of all the Dog Folks here & had to share it!

----- Original Message -----

Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 6:01 PM
Subject: PLEASE READ!!!

If you have a dog... PLEASE read this and send it on.

If you don't have a dog, please pass along to friends who do.

Written by:
Laurinda Morris, DVM
Danville Veterinary Clinic
Danville , Ohio

This week I had the first case in history of raisin toxicity ever seen at MedVet. My patient was a 56-pound, 5 yr old male neutered lab mix that ate half a canister of raisins sometime between 7:30 AM and 4:30 PM on Tuesday. He started with vomiting, diarrhea and shaking about 1AM on Wednesday but the owner didn't call my emergency service until 7AM.

I had heard somewhere about raisins AND grapes causing acute Renal failure but hadn't seen any formal paper on the subject. We had her bring the dog in immediately. In the meantime, I called the ER service at MedVet, and the doctor there was like me - had heard something about it, but.... Anyway, we contacted the ASPCA National Animal Poison Control Center and they said to give I V fluids at 1 1/2 times maintenance and watch the kidney values for the next 48-72 hours.

The dog's BUN (blood urea nitrogen level) was already at 32 (normal less than 27) and creatinine over 5 ( 1.9 is the high end of normal). Both are monitors of kidney function in the bloodstream. We placed an IV catheter and started the fluids. Rechecked the renal values at 5 PM and the BUN was over 40 and creatinine over 7 with no urine production after a liter of fluids. At the point I felt the dog was in acute renal failure and sent him on to MedVet for a urinary catheter to monitor urine output overnight as well as overnight care.

He started vomiting again overnight at MedVet and his renal values have continued to increase daily. He produced urine when given lasix as a diuretic. He was on 3 different anti-vomiting medicat ions a ND they still couldn't control his vomiting. Today his urine output decreased again, his BUN was over 120, his creatinine was at 10, his phosphorus was very elevated and his blood pressure, which had been staying around 150, skyrocketed to 220.. He continued to vomit and the owners elected to euthanize.

This is a very sad case - great dog, great owners who had no idea raisins could be a toxin. Please alert everyone you know who has a dog of this very serious risk. Poison control said as few as 7 raisins or grapes could be toxic. Many people I know give their dogs grapes or raisins as treats including our ex-handler's. Any exposure should give rise to immediate concern.

Even if you don't have a dog, you might have friends who do. This is worth passing on to them.
Confirmation from Snopes about the above...
http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/raisins.asp

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Ahhhh what beautiful trees everyone!!! We usually dig up a small tree from our property (All we have is pinon & Juniper here)and put it in a large bucket of dirt & then after Christmas, we re-plant it where it came from, so we have a brief window of time if the tree is to live...will be just before Christmas when we do that, and can only have it indoors for a short time...I will try to get a picture to share then.

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Casandra,
What a wonderful thing!! I will participate also. Thank you very much for sharing this.

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Mark,
I thought he looked small!! I am charging $25 for bears like in my Avatar & they are 2 inches sitting & do not have movable limbs, and I have sold several, so I think you are right on with your thought on the pricing, but that's just my 2 cents worth

Good for you for keeping your first one..bet he looks great on your tree!!

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:clap:  :clap:  :dance: Congratulations Tami!!! :dance:  :clap:  :clap:

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:clap:  :clap:  :clap:  :clap:  :clap: Welcome to the addiction Mark!!! :clap:  :clap:  :clap:  :clap:  :clap: Very cute Bear Ornament!!! How tall is he?

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